WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1977
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VISITS TO KINDERGARTENS
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A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MR. PHILIP C.P. LEE, HAS SEEN FOR HIMSELF HOW CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT IN SOME KINDERGARTENS.
MR. LEE SPENT TWO MORNINGS YESTERDAY AND TODAY SIX PRIVATE KINDERGARTENS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
600.
VISITING
THE ENROLMENT AT THESE KINDERGARTENS RANGES FROM 200 TO
HE SAW CHILDREN USING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR GAMES AND GROUP ACTIVITIES.
MR. LEE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE WAY THE PUPILS WERE ENJOYING THE IR LESSONS BY LEARNING THROUGH DOING.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISITS BY THE PRINCIPAL CURRICULUM PLANNING OFFICER (PRIMARY), MISS LILIAN NG, AND THE SENIOR INSPECTOR (KINDERGARTEN), MISS FRANCES HON, WHO BRIEFED HIM ON KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.
THE VISITS WERE ARRANGED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
AS MR. LEE HAS EXPRESSED A WISH TO VISIT SOME KINDERGARTENS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR HIM TO DO SO IN NOVEMBER.