Who are the courses for?

• designed for young children who are attending Primary 1 and 2 in a Hong Kong primary school.
• specifically created to help non-native speakers of English develop confidence in expressing their ideas in English.   
• complement your child’s learning at school.

Course Objectives

We integrate speaking, writing, reading and listening. We use an enjoyable story-based approach which contextualises new grammar and vocabulary. This makes learning meaningful and encourages your child to use new structures and words naturally. Phonics and pronunciation are integrated where appropriate throughout the course.

We aim to develop your child’s ability to:

• speak confidently to the whole class, in small groups, and one to one with the teacher and teaching assistant
• listen and respond to stories, poems, songs and short video excerpts
• follow instructions and listen attentively to each other  
• produce different types of writing, working from full sentences to short paragraphs and supported full texts
• use new words and structures in their speaking and writing
• read to extract meaning from a short text.

Course Content

The coursebooks are Story Magic 2 for Primary 1 and Story Magic 3 for Primary 2. To develop themes of interest, our teachers use a range of supplementary resources:

• big story books
• songs and chants
• web-based and Interactive Whiteboard resources
• videos and book boxes

Our course also helps prepare your child to take Starters, the first Cambridge Young Learners examination.

Demonstrating Progress

Your child’s progress is measured by continuous assessment and these take place naturally and informally within class throughout the semester.

You will receive a report on your child’s progress at the end of each semester if they attend 75% of classes. Our observations on learning progress and strengths during assessments help inform our comments and the grades we award for achievement, effort and participation.

Working in Partnership

We understand that you want to be involved in and support your child’s learning. To this end we have created an outline of the roles and responsibilities  of all those involved in the learning process.