Pui Ching Middle School and Beihai No. 2 Experimental School of Guangxi became sister schools and conducted their contract-signing ceremony at Beihai No. 2 Experimental School yesterday morning.  The ceremony marks the beginning of the two schools’ cooperation in cultural and academic exchange.  Principal Kuok Keng Man of Pui Ching Middle School and Principal Hu Wei Qiong of Beihai No. 2 Experimental School signed the contract which sealed the bond between the two schools.

Beihai No. 2 Experimental School was founded in 2014 under the 2010-2020 National Medium/Long-Term Education Reform and Development Scheme and the Guangxi Reform and Rejuvenation of Education Scheme.  It aims to promote education reform and provide high-quality education.  The school is located in Beihai and takes up an area of 54 acres.  The classrooms, laboratories, sports fields and other facilities are modern and the school is one of the “green schools” of the country.

Beihai No. 2 Experimental School boasts an impressive faculty comprised of teaching staff with Master’s qualifications, graduates of renowned universities, and experienced teachers and department directors. 

The school features smart management, e-education and standardized class size.  Its teaching philosophy is compassion, joy, breadth of learning and grace.  Features of the curriculum involve (a) foundation courses that meet the education bureau’s requirements, (b) whole-person education, and (c) courses that aim to develop practical skills.  It is hoped that the curriculum will produce well-rounded individuals that have practical and innovative abilities and a global mindset. 

The 2018 Asia International Stamp Collection Exhibition was held by the Post and Telecommunications Bureau and Pui Ching students won various awards in the awards ceremonies.

Award winners are as follows in the 47^th International Youth Letter Writing Competition:

Primary Category: Lei Tek Long (First Place), Cheang Hei Tong (Second Place), Lo Chi Cheong (Merit Award)

Secondary Category: Xiang Yi Fan (First Place), Lo Wing Ka and Sou Hoi Lam (Merit Award)

Award winners are as follows for the 2018 Stamp Story Writing Competition:

Youth Category: Ung Kei Ian (Second Place), Kong In Teng (Third Place)

Children’s Category: Mak Ka Ian (Best Creation Award), Gao U Hoi (Best Creation Award)

The Pui Ching Stamp Collection Group including Ho Chi Wai, Ao I Chon, Vong Hoi Ian, Cheong Sin Mei and Cheong Sin In won the Grand Bronze Award and the Bronze Award in the Youth Category of the Macao 2018 Asia International Stamp Collection Exhibition.

The 2018 Macao Sports Carnival Writing, Coloring, Drawing and Poster Design Competition awards ceremony was held in the Science Center this afternoon.  Our award winners are as follows:

Secondary Category: 

Championship: Tao Chong

Merit Award: Tam Wai Kei, Kou Cheng, Mak Ka Hou, Xiang Yi Fan

Primary Category:

First Runner-up: Lei Wa Lok

Merit Award: Ng Suet I, Leong Cheng Lok, Un Cheok Wing, Un Si Wai, Wong Lei Ian, Wong Ut, Chan Hok Chi, Chiu Hoi Kio

Poster Design Competition:

Merit Award: Hoi I Sam, Ip Hei Hei, Lou Wing Sam, Xiang Yi Fan

Hoi I Sam’s work was also used for promotion in the event this year. 

Teachers and students of Pui Ching visited the North Pole for robotics research with Ocean Ecology Specialist and Polar Researcher Professor Ho Kin Chong.  Pui Ching students have been the first group of students from Macao to conduct research in the North Pole. 

After visiting Nouvelle-Calédonie of the Pacific Ocean last year for ocean research, Pui Ching students visited the North Pole this year.  The school’s Ocean Environment Conservation and Exploration Team conducted research with their underwater robots for 10 days in the Svalbard Islands of the North Pole.

After arriving in Longyearbyen of the North Pole, the student researchers obtained their first glacier water quality sample and terrain record and conducted chemical analyses.  They also had the opportunity to conduct micro-organism analyses on the ocean water.  The students used underwater robots to record the water temperature for monitoring purposes.  At the same time, they had to overcome extreme weather and analyze their samples within limited time, all this while adjusting the robots to suit the sampling environment.  The robots in this expedition reached the deepest depth possible and obtained the temperatures along the way.  This success was an inspiration to teachers and students alike and the experience helped them to improve their robots’ data collection ability in different water environments.