Tung Tak School
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Introduction about school
Tung Tak School is a small village school in Kam Tin. With only one class in each year group, education at Tung Tak School is personal and each student forms a close bond with the teachers. Students come from a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds, with students coming from the local community or further afield. Our school is very multicultural with over 10% of non-Chinese with families from all over the world. No matter these different backgrounds, everyone is part of the Tung Tak School family and we strive to create a school where all are welcome and feel included.
School Vision
Inspired by the education in Finland, our principal sought to create a ‘forest school’ where the students are involved in and learn about nature and the outdoors. All our schools take part in our ‘forest course’ which integrates the discovery of Land, Sea and Sky with the core subjects.
It is the ambition of all teachers that each student who comes to TTS will follow our motto of Transform, Thrive and Soar to discover who they are and how they fit into our world.
What unique school facilities are and how they support the vision:
The school design means that all the students’ classrooms are centered around a garden filled with plants and trees. This allows the students to be amongst nature every day. At recess they may look for insects or help to water the flowers. Our school pets also live inside the garden and the students are able to spend time with them daily.
To invite our students to read, we put our library on an old bus. The students love to curl up with a book on a bean bag and read both English and Chinese books on the top deck.
Haydn Lam
TUNG TAK SCHOOL
THINGS | PERSON | PLACE
My name is Haydn. I am nine years old. I was born in Hong Kong. I live in Yuen Long.
My favourite person at home is my Mum because she is very kind.
My favourite place in the neighbourhood is the pet shop because there are two cats inside.
I hope to be a firefighter because I can save people.
Brian Wong
TUNG TAK SCHOOL
DREAM JOB
THINGS | PERSON | PLACE
I am Brian and I am ten years old. I love reading.
My favourite person at home is my mom because she is caring and never gives up on me.
My favourite place in the neighbourhood is the pet store because I like the cats there. They are cute and the store is colourful.
My dream job is becoming a doctor because it can earn a lot of money and I want to help people in need. I feel successful when I see someone recover because of me.
Joshua
TUNG TAK SCHOOL
HOBBIES
DREAM JOB
My name is Joshua. I like playing football.
My favourite person in school is Kenny because we like playing football together.
My favourite exercise is badminton. When I grow up, I aspire to be an athlete and become the world's number one badminton player.
I am Craig Andrew Smith, the NET at Tung Tak School. I was interested in helping my students to get involved with Little Stories as the concept of involving a photography course with English-language learning was so novel. I felt inspired as I saw my students learn the elements of photography for the first time; I even learned some new things myself! The students created their own photo-autobiography and I’m certain this will help them to develop their self-concept and sense of identity.
Mr Smith
TUNG TAK SCHOOL
"Photography is not only a skill, but also an art of expression. Tung Tak students are very lucky to be exposed to photography for the first time through the "My Story" project, and learn how to connect with themselves, their school, family, and neighbourhood. This is a precious opportunity for them to be grounded in the present and look to the future. I hope that by understanding themselves more deeply, students can become better versions of themselves.
We look forward to it!"
Miss Shirley
TUNG TAK SCHOOL
