The Pui Ching Dance Team staged The Galloping Pony in the 37^th Inter-School Dance Competition held by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau and clinched the Distinction Award and Creativity Award.  The piece also won the team the Golden Eagle Award in the 3^rd Prairie Children’s Ethnic Dance Art Festival.  The Galloping Pony was the only dance piece from Macao to qualify for entry into the 2018 Children’s Spring Festival Gala.  Dance teams that entered for the audition came from 12 countries and regions including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, Portugal, Australia, Japan, etc.  Among the contestants, 50 schools, non-profit organizations, commercial organizations, and individual participants from Hong Kong and Macau vied for the opportunity to perform in the Spring Festival Gala.

The Pui Ching Dance Team attended the filming for the Gala with China Central Television between December 29, 2017 and January 1, 2018.  The hard work and professionalism of the student artists received much acclaim from the director, and every member of the dance crew was conferred the Excellent Performance Award by the filming committee.  Pui Ching Middle School also received the Best Training Facility Award.  The 2018 Children’s Spring Festival Gala will be aired during the Spring Festival on the CCTV Animation Channel, Central Digital Entertainment, and China Network Television.

Vice-principal Kuok Keng Man and student Ms. Fung Cheok Lam attended the Macao Youth Jiangsu Cultural Tour upon invitation.  The group took part in the opening ceremony for the Jiangsu-Macao Children’s Artwork Exhibition and Ms. Fung introduced her work to the guests at the exhibition. 

In addition, the group visited the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, Yunjin Museum, China Gate of the City Wall, among other attractions.  The students later engaged in exchange activities with students of Wujin Experimental School of Changzhou and Jinling Primary School of Nanjing.  Pui Ching became sister schools with the two local schools on Dec 19^th and 20^th respectively.  

Secondary school students visited primary school and kindergarten pupils in their classrooms and exchanged Christmas greetings this morning.  They set up various game booths for the pupils in the afternoon.  The theme this year is My Ideal Life in 2050.  Christmas displays designed by students adorned the school while fundraising events and student performances lit up the Christmas fair.  

Many congratulations to our student Mr. Chau Hou Tin and his team in the International Science and Engineering Fair 2017 for receiving the Macao S.A.R. government decoration, the Honorary Title of Value.