Some sharing on the shadowing day by the Hong Kong students

Reflection on the shadowing day--- Edinburgh Academy

Tsung Tsin Christian Academy

On the 28/11, three of us went to the Edinburgh Academy for a shadowing day.

We got on a school tour for 45 minutes and walked though different corners of the school. We had been to the art room, design technology room, French room, science building and other rooms. We also got to experience a few lessons including Mathematics, English, Latin, R.A.F lesson, social service, Mandarin and so on. Moreover, we can hear the amazing and joyful sound of the choir during their practice in the morning and within the lessons.

From this good experience, we have learnt the differences in knowledge level between Edinburgh and Hong Kong. For example, we (Hong Kongers) learn more advanced math in lower forms than Edinburgh's students but they learn more advanced English than us. We have find out the difference in students learning attitude between Hong Kong and Edinburgh. Compared with our school, Edinburgh students are more eager to learn and they are more confident to answer and ask questions while some of the students didn't really concentrate on the class and just sleep. For the activities and classes, the school gave students more opportunities to explore themselves with a variety of events such as playing hockey or rugby. Especially for the rules, the school also concerns a lot on the attitude of students to study. But comparing with our school in Hong Kong, they punish much lighter than us as they will give a penalty for the students who violated the school rules only while our phones will also be collected for two months.

Reflection on the shadowing day--- James Gillespie's High School

Law Ting Pong Secondary School

After the visit to James Gillespie's High School, there are a lot of things that impressed me. First, the students can choose every subject that they study, so that the lessons are more interesting and suitable for them. Second, students have autonomy in using their phone in lessons, so that people can actually do research on the topics that they are learning freely, and get to contact their parents if there's anything urgent. Third, they have a lot of fun things to do in class. For example, group interaction, project, drama etc. There are lots of interaction between teachers and students, which students don't really need to copy loads of notes to help their understanding towards the knowledge.

oNE special thing about James Gillespie's High School is that they got 2 sizes of lockers. The students can request for the size of lockers, which I think is really nice, because different students have different needs of space for their belongings. The school is the only one which students don't have uniform. The students can wear whatever they want to. It is nice because that everyone can feel more casual and comfortable at school. Besides, the school provides lots of learning facilities for students, such as MacBooks, wide range of instruments,   and rooms for practicing different artistic activities.

I've learnt to be respectful to teachers, and teachers should, at the same time, be respectful to students just like what the Head Teacher of James Gillespie's said.

Reflection on the shadowing day--- George Watson’s College

Creative Secondary School

Through the day of the learning experience with my partner school (GWC), I've observed that the learning style is really similar to our school (CSS), although there are a few more languages in their studies like Latin, French, Spanish.

In their lessons, such as maths, they use whiteboards when answering questions, they have their own learning time in lessons. In Latin, they use recordings and textbooks also dictionaries to help them understand. In Drama, they would have to write their own scripts and act the character. The school gives an open space for students to think and be themselves.

The classrooms in the school are really big with wide windows. There is a stage in the front of the room and there are various screens that are like whiteboards which teachers could write on. The environment is really nice as there are reddish carpets on the floor, it's a really cozy room with old furniture.

Overall, it is an amazing experience.