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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1975

EDUCATION DIRECTOR TO VISIT KINDERGARTEN

MODERN IDEAS OF PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION ARE BEING USED AT A KINDERGARTEN WHICH THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, WILL VISIT TOMORROW (MONDAY) MORNING.

THE CHILDREN AT LING LIANG PRIMARY SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN IN LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG, LEARN THROUGH PLAY AND FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE +CENTRE OF INTEREST+ PROJECT, INDIVIDUALLY OR IN GROUPS.

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→THIS IS A 'KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN WHICH LEARNING ACTIVITIES ARE DEVELOPED ROUND A MAIN THEME AND THE TEACHER ADOPTS THE ACTIVITY APPROACH IN TEACHING THE CHILDREN. SAID MISS FRANCES HON, INSPECTOR (KINDERGARTEN) WHO WILL ACCOMPANY THE DIRECTOR DURING THE VISIT.

MISS HON SAID: EACH CHILD AT THIS KINDERGARTEN LEARNS AT HIS OWN RATE, RELATES HIS LEARNING TO HIS INTEREST AND EVERYDAY LIFE, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE WORK AND FREE EXPRESSION WORK AND FOSTERS CLOSER CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN VARIOUS SUBJECTS IN THE CURRICULUM SO THAT THE CHILD MAY ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS READILY IN AN INFORMAL MANNER.

THE TEACHERS HAVE ACHIEVED GOOD RESULTS BY ADOPTING THIS

METHOD.*

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THE HEADMISTRESS, MRS. ANGELA LUK CHIU KWAN-HUNG, WAS AMONG THE FIRST GROUP WHO COMPLETED THE IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS FROM 1956 TO 1959 ORGANIZED AND RUN BY THE KINDERGARTEN SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY

INSPECTORATE.

THE COURSE IS WELL ATTENDED AND IS HELD ON TUESDAYS AT THE JOCKEY CLUB GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL AND ON THURSDAYS AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

THE LING LIANG PRIMARY SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN OPERATES IN TWO SESSIONS AND HAS A TOTAL ENROLMENT OF 560 CHILDREN. IT IS A PRIVATE NON-PROFIT MAKING KINDERGARTEN SPONSORED BY LING LIANG WORLD-WIDE EVANGELISTIC MISSION, HONG KONG. THE SCHOOL CEASED TO OPERATE PRIMARY CLASSES IN SEPTEMBER 1972.

THE KINDERGARTEN IS VISITED BY LECTURERS AND STUDENTS FROM THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE TUO UNIVERSITIES AND. AMONG OTHERS, NURSERY WORKERS FROM LADY TRENCH DEMONSTRATION NURSERY AND TRAINING CENTRE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO THE KINDERGARTEN AT 40A LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG.

THE TOUR OF THE SCHOOL TOMORROW WILL BEGIN AT ABOUT 9.30 A.M. AND WILL LAST ONE HOUR.

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