The 57^th International Mathematical Olympiad was held in Hong Kong on July 11 and 12. Five out of the six IMO contestants from Macau were our students, including Mr. Hou Tin Chau, Mr. Cho Hou Tang, Ms. Wai Neng Lai, Ms. Ho Ieng Ngai, and Mr. Hoi Cheong Iam.

In particular, Mr. Hou Tin Chau clinched the first gold medal for Macau S.A.R. in 25 years. Being one point shy of the gold medalist score, Mr. Cho Hou Tang won the silver medal. Ms. Wai Neng Lai, Ms. Ho Ieng Ngai, and Mr. Hoi Cheong Iam each received the Merit Award.

Our school held an English training course for our secondary school English teachers from June 13^th to July 8^th.  The 30-hour programme was tailor-made for our school by the Bell Centre of Macau Polytechnic Institute and taught by experienced trainers Mr. David Sansom and Mr. John Wheeler.  The purpose of the course is to improve teaching effectiveness in English reading and writing.

Bell’s in-house training is designed to create an English teaching and learning environment.  It aims to promote student autonomy and interest in second language learning through the teaching of independent reading skills, incorporation of jigsaw reading, game-based learning, process writing, and learner self-editing. 

The alternative teaching approaches have shed new light on the familiar subject of language teaching.  It is hoped that the course will prepare our teachers to meet society’s growing demand for autonomous learners.

Funded by the Macau Foundation, our school’s 42-membered orchestra participated in the 2^nd Greater China Region School Music Festival held in Guangzhou from July 12^th to 14^th.

The Greater China Region School Music Festival was a two-day event featuring two concerts and close to 300 student musicians from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. The event drew an audience of thousands of viewers.

In addition to performing select pieces, student bands from all over the Greater China Region came together in a 100-membered orchestra, bringing alive on stage well-known pieces like Taiwanese composer Che-Yi Lee’s Dancing Strings and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. For the school performance, our orchestra played Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.3, Op.73.

The International Young Whizzes Challenge 2016 was held in Singapore today.  Award winners from our primary school are as follows.

Individual Gold Award recipients:

CHEANG, OI WA

CHEONG, PAK CHONG

LI, IENG CHON

Individual Silver Award recipients:

CHUNG, PUI HEI

LAM, CHI IO

NG, CHI UN

Individual Bronze Award recipients:

CHENG, MAN HONG

CHENG, SON HIM

HOI, LAP CHI

LEI, I LAM

WONG, CHENG MAN

WONG, TIN IAO