Playtimes HK Magazine The School Book 2019-2020 | Page 95

Wycombe Abbey School Hong Kong 17 Tin Wan Street, Aberdeen District: Southern Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected] www.wycombeabbey.com.hk Headmaster: Howard Tuckett Description: Wycombe Abbey has over 100 years of outstanding academic heritage. Our school in Hong Kong will provide the highest primary teaching combined with extra-curricular enrichment. Our bi-cultural education focuses on fluency in English and Chinese. Our main medium of instruction will be English with a strong focus on Chinese learning through Putonghua and Simplified characters. Students will have access to learning traditional characters through our extra-curricular classes. Our primary school aims to prepare students to enter the best secondary schools in the world. Teacher/student ratio: Approx. 1:20 Hours: 8am-3pm Curriculum: English National Curriculum Number of Mandarin Teachers: 1 per year group Frequency and Duration of Mandarin Classes: 35 minute class, 7 times a week Age students begin to learn Mandarin as Second Language: 5 years old Mandarin Curriculum: A Chinese curriculum is based on the Chinese National Curriculum and the Hong Kong local curriculum as outlined by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong. Other Languages Available: French Features: We have a structured approach to teaching literacy, language and numeracy to ensure our pupils achieve fluency in English, Chinese and maths. Chinese will be taught as a discrete subject in every year group, with the same time allocation as English and Math. We also have an extra-long day, from 3pm-5pm, to facilitate additional extra-curricular enrichment ranging from sports classes to homework clubs. We are experts in preparing students for top independent secondary schools in Asia and the UK. We will review different options with our pupils and parent years in advance of transfer to help them identify potential schools and prepare them fully for assessments, exams and transition. Facilities: Interactive classrooms, music rooms, dining hall, library, dance and drama studios, STEM provision, science classrooms and art rooms. SEN Support: We have a specialist SEN teacher. Uniform: Yes School Lunch Available: Yes Fees: HKD$188,000 Debenture Info: Individual and Corporate Nomination Rights are available. Admission: Please submit your application online. We will invite your child for an assessment and you for a parent interview with our Headmaster. Parents: Following the opening of the school we will be setting up a PTA. The School Book 2019-2020 93