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NLSI Peace Evangelical Secondary School
Class management under the epidemic

Mr WONG Kwok Yuen Vice-principal

Background of the initiative
NLSI Peace Evangelical Secondary School has a history of more than 20 years in Tuen Mun District,
and parents and people in the district consider us to be a school with a caring culture.
In the 2019-2020 school year, due to the COVID-19 epidemic, students had lessons in online classes
and did not have campus life – the most valuable part of their school life. The interaction between
students, the care and mutual trust between teachers and students are the essential elements
of campus life. In particular, students who have just been promoted to S1 and S4 need special
attention. The school was aware of this situation and have added class management to the school's
concerns in the 2020-2021 annual school plan, expecting the class teachers to enhance the cohesion
of the class through various means to help students cope with the mental problems caused by the
virus outbreak. Classes were encouraged to carry out class association activities. Class teachers were
also expected to collect student weekly journals regularly so that the class teacher could better
understand their students.

What has been done?

1 Three class teachers for each S1 class
The school arranged three class teachers for each S1 class to provide more comprehensive
care for them. During the summer holidays, the school offered bridging courses
for S1 newcomers. The school also arranged for the three class teachers of each class to meet
with their parents. This helped the school better understand the new students and let the
Discipline and Guidance team better prepare for their work in the upcoming school year.

2 Class activities after resumption of in-class lessons
Shortly after the beginning of the school year, the Education Bureau announced the
suspension of in-class lessons and on-campus activities in response to the worsening
situation of the COVID-19 epidemic. How could we carry out class management without
face-to-face classes and students being unable to go back to school? How do we build
relationships with students without meeting each other in-person? I believe this is
the biggest challenge for all of us.

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