Social workers from the Scout Association of Hong Kong—The Friends of Scouting organized a talk for S1-S4 students. The talk aimed to arouse our students’ concern about the importance of emotional management and to enhance their initiatives to love and care for others. Hearing the talk, students will be able to remain cheerful in adversities & face challenges with courage.

國民教育組於12月6日在有蓋操場舉行了12月份升旗禮，升旗禮後有「國旗下的講話」環節，是次主題為「港珠澳大橋對香港的利與弊」，由國民教育組代表四乙班虞瑋業及李承煜主講。他們為同學分析了港珠澳大橋通車後的好處，例如便利了粵、港、澳三地的交通；又配合近年中央政府提出的「粵港澳大灣區政策」，開拓了經濟發展的潛力。但大橋開通後，來港旅客增加，卻為東涌嘅居民帶來壞影響，例如車輛大幅增加，導致東涌的空氣質量惡化，也令東涌變得十分擠迫。政府必須重新評估大橋人流對本港居民帶來的影響，以及增加配套設施，制定適當的政策。由於講題切身，同學都表現留心，定能有所得益。

TWGSS Careers Expo 2018 started with an inspiring speech entitled ‘Life is like a box of chocolates’ given by the Guest of Honour, Ms LEUNG Ka-man, an alumna of Class 1986. In the Mentorship Session that followed, 32 alumni volunteer mentors held a meeting with their charges, S4 to S6 students. After the Mentorship Session, there were two Alumni Sharing Sessions, during which 34 alumni from different professions (including medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, surveying, property management, civil service, advertising, marketing, finance, banking, accounting, law, education, information technology, engineering, journalism, social work, environmental protection, aviation and catering), shared their experiences of work with S4 to S6 students. The sharing sessions were well-received and our students got an inside look at the professions they are interested in, as well as practical tips on how to prepare themselves for future challenges.

The 53rd Annual Speech Day was held on 24 November 2018. The programme started with the Principal’s Report in which she lauded the various achievements and successes of students. The Guest of Honour, Dr CHAU Ka-foon, JP, congratulated all the graduates and prize recipients on their success in 2017-2018. Awards and scholarships were presented to S1- 6 students for their accomplishments. In her address, Dr CHAU encouraged the students to be courageous, positive and perseverant. The Speech Day ended with students’ performances showcasing their talents in Orchestra, Chinese Dance, Vocal Duet and Choir. Then, to crown the occasion, a tea party filled the campus with the sounds of satisfied munching and joy.

TWGSS Big Cleaning day aimed at increasing students’ awareness of the importance of a clean study environment and allowed them to cooperate with their classmates in order to strengthen students’ relationships and spirit of teamwork. Students cleaned their classrooms under the supervision of the class teachers. Prefects helped distribute materials needed, monitored the discipline outside the classroom and assisted them in their work. At the end, invested classes were rewarded and took a photo as a memento. All the students and teachers were enthusiastic in joining the activities, which we believe was a glorious time this year.

The Counselling Team and Scout Association of Hong Kong - The Friends of Scouting organised an adventure camp as part of the Healthy School Programme to help develop perseverance, trust, responsibility and a positive attitude of our students. The camp helped train the perseverance of the students and enhanced their problem solving skills.

The competition was aimed to heighten public awareness and knowledge of different health issues. The theme of this year was cardiovascular diseases. Six S6 students formed a team and selected ‘Cholesterol - Friend or Foe’ as their research topic. Through the competition in the Screening Round and the Preliminary Round, the school team had been selected as one of the 8 finalists in the Grand Final Round. In the Grand Final, all finalists had the opportunities to present their research findings to the general public in a shopping mall. With our efforts and excellent performance, our team was so honored to win the Championship. The adjudicator, Dr. Randolph WONG commented, ‘TWGSS team successfully presented the complicated information to the citizens in an easy-to-understand, comprehensive and interesting way. They successfully made the public understand more health knowledge.’ Congratulations.

In order to arouse the students’ awareness of environmental protection, the Parents-Teachers’ Association & the Environmental Education Team jointly organized the first “Used School Uniforms Recycling Campaign” from 15 - 20 November 2018. During the campaign, our parent volunteers and student helpers collected 136 pieces of used uniforms and redistributed 65 of them to the needy students.

The English Hot Seat Competition was an English vocabulary enrichment activity, which aimed to encourage students to communicate on a topic using synonyms and antonyms. In each group, the student on the ‘hot seat’ had to hold a balloon to be poked by other team members while giving hints in English for the student to guess the English word behind the ‘hot seat’. The game was a great success as the 40 S1-5 participants truly enjoyed this fun activity and interacted actively with the English Society committee members and their English teachers.

The 2nd school assembly was held on 13 November 2018. We happily shared the achievements and successes of the students and the school. Student awards were presented and numerous students were commended. We once again congratulated them on their achievements and thanked them for bringing honour to the school. The Principal and two functional teams gave presentations on different topics/activities, and shared inspiring messages with us. The presentations were all well-received. Students and teachers enjoyed the session and gained valuable insight into various aspects of student activities.

The “Care for the Elderly Charity Ticket Campaign” was one of the highlights of Secret Angel Caring Programme. The activity aimed to raise funds for The Elderly Association Limited to develop services for the sake of the elderly’s well-being. Committee members of the Community Youth Club (CYC) actively sold raffle tickets in the morning on 14 November in the school lobby. Donations of above HKD15,000 were gathered from teachers and students. Through participating in the event, volunteers were inculcated with the spirit of respect and love to the aged, which is indeed the traditional Chinese virtue. It is hoped that spreading the message throughout the campus, we would be able to direct youngsters’ attention to the welfare of the elders.

The socio-game was held on 2 November and was organized by the Counselling Team and the school social worker. All S4 students participated in this event. During the event, the school hall was split into different zones, such as the exercise zone, English zone, Mathematics zone, rest zone, game zone, computer zone, food zone and reflection zone. Students were given a card with stamps with each stamp representing one hour. They went around to any zone to earn or spend time stamps. The event aimed at telling students that they should balance the time of studying and playing after school.

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On 26-10-18, the Health and Sex Education Team organized a series of activities with the charity organization Angel of Diabetic. Through the exhibitions, game booth and talk, students learned the relationship between a high sugar diet and the risk of having diabetes. These activities helped students know how to choose their diet in a healthy way in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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領取2018年香港中學文憑考試證書

自2018年11月5日（星期一）起，2017-18年度的中六學生可到校務處親自領取2018年香港中學文憑考試證書（學生如委託家長代領，家長必須出示身份證及繳交學生簽名授權書），並請留意以下事項：

1. 校務處的開放時間為：

星期一至五：上午九時至下午五時

星期六：上午九時至十一時

2. 領取證書時請仔細核對證書上的個人資料（包括中、英文姓名及香港身分證號碼）。如需作出更正，學生須於2018年12月31日前將「申請更正表格」交回香港考試及評核局的修頓中心辦事處；於2019年1月1日至3月31日之間提出申請，學生須繳付港幣248元；2019年3月31日後，考評局將不接納更改申請。

3. 所有未經領取的證書將於2019年10月交還香港考試及評核局，學生如須領取，須直接聯絡香港考試及評核局。

4. 學生如遺失證書或要求在2019年3月31日以後更改個人資料，可向考評局申請成績證明書。申請成績證明書的費用為每張港幣490元。

English Game Time meeting was held on October 30th, in W207 from 3:30 to 4:15. Nine S1 students and the NET, Mrs. Dami played the English game ‘Boggle’. The students loved learning how to play the game and enjoyed the competition. They also appreciated learning new vocabulary while having fun at the same time! A great time was enjoyed by all the attending students!

The Dress Causal Day 2018-19 was organised and coordinated by the Students’ Association and Photography Club with the aim of encouraging students to raise funds for the Community Chest. A total of HK$21,206.7 was raised through donations, instant photo taking and group photo taking activities.

The 1st school assembly was held on 16 October 2018. We happily shared the achievements and successes of the students and the school. Student awards were presented and numerous students were commended. We once again congratulated them on their achievements and thanked them for bringing honour to the school. Seven functional teams gave presentations on different topics/activities, and shared inspiring messages with us. The presentations were all well-received. Students and teachers enjoyed the session and gained valuable insight into various aspects of student activities.

Congratulations to 6B LEE Yuk-ying, who won the Outstanding Students Award, and 4A LEUNG Hei-man, 4B LEUNG Tsz-kiu, 4B YU Wai-yip and 6A YEUNG Yui-pong, who won the Merit Award in the Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi District Outstanding Students Selection 2018 organized by Tsuen Wan Youth Association and the Youth Power of Kwai Tsing!

The Hong Kong College of Cardiology organized this year’s World Heart Day. Each year, the college organizes a series of conservation activities. The "World Heart Day" heart health carnival and drawing competition was held at Happy Valley Jockey Club. It hopes to enhance the public awareness of Hong Kong citizens. At the same time, it hopes the public will be aware of heart health problems and strive to improve their ways of living and change bad habits such as being overweight, not including enough fruits and vegetables in their diets, lack of exercise and smoking to enhance heart health. In addition to teaching visual arts training in the classroom, students were strongly encouraged to participate in the outdoor competition so that they can develop their potential in the competition and observe their peers.

The PTA AGM was held on 12-10-2018. On that evening parents and teachers discussed and communicated with each other about their children's performance in school. After the meet-up session, the PTA AGM started. In the AGM, the Chairlady, Ms CHENG Cheuk-kwan, delivered the 23rd PTA annual report and the Treasurer, Dr CHIU Wa-keung, delivered the 23rd PTA financial report. The Chairlady also presented the certificates to parent volunteer representatives, and our Principal, Ms TANG, presented the souvenirs to the outgoing PTA committee members. The program was followed by the election of PTA Executive Committee. After the polling, Mr NGAI Hin-Fai, Mr YU Cheung-chit, Ms CHENG Cheuk-kwan, Ms Ling Siu-mei and Ms LEUNG Ka-man would take up the two-year tenure while Ms CHAN Lai-ming and Mr LAU Sai-chong would take up the one-year tenure in PTA Executive Committee. In the election of SMC Parent Member, Ms LEUNG Ka-man was elected uncontested.

Our school arranged a two-day and one-night camp for all S1 students with the aim of enhancing students’ self-management and goal-setting ability as well as fostering their positive values and team spirit. During the camp, S1 students were divided into eight groups and played teamwork games and missions in the camp site under the guidance of the instructors from the Scout Association of Hong Kong -- The Friends of Scouting and supervision of the accompanying Class Teachers. These activities helped students discover their potential, strength, and develop their self-management and goal-setting ability, etc. Moreover, these activities also enhanced class cohesion, nurtured a better sense of belonging to the class to create a caring class culture and spirit as well as deepened their relationships. On the whole, they enjoyed the activities and cherished the time spent together with their peers.

The annual Teachers’ Day, organized by the Students’ Association was held on 5 October 2018. Message cards were given to students to write their thank-you notes and to express their gratitude for teachers. Specially designed notebooks with teachers’ surnames were presented as a gift to show students’ appreciation and thankfulness to teachers. Students demonstrated their love and respect for the teachers through an Opening Address by the Chairperson of the Students’ Association. House Representatives’ Performance, Video Show, Game, Magic Show were arranged to thank teachers for their passion and devotion. The assembly ended with a singing session by the Students’ Association Committee & Student Representatives & Gift Giving to all Teachers.

This gallery is named after the renowned Chinese artist, Professor Chao Shao-an. In addition to Professor Chao’s artworks, this gallery also features newspaper clippings, sketches, manuscripts, seals, photos and video documentaries by and about the artist. His studio has been re-created in a section of the gallery so that students can experience the mood and atmosphere in which the artist worked. After appreciating Professor Chao Shao-an’s paintings, the instructor taught the students some basic techniques of Chinese painting, and guided them to create works by themselves. Students enjoyed their time and were interested in the activities there and painted excellent artwork in the workshop.

TWGSS Alumni Variety Show 2018 was held on 30 June 2018 in the School Hall. The theme of the Variety Show was “Return to Good Old Days on Campus, Enjoy Moments of Life" (感受生活片刻，尋回校園時光). Various performances such as a pop band, Chinese orchestra, Western music ensemble, Chinese martial art, A Cappella, alumni chorus singing etc. were showcased. The audience was comprised of staff members, former teachers and alumni across the generations. Everyone enjoyed the performances.

TWGSS 48th Swimming Gala was successfully held on the 27 September, 2018 at Shing Mun Valley Swimming Pool. We were honoured to have Ms CHENG Cheuk-kwan, our chairperson of the Parents-Teachers’ Association, as our Guest of Honour. The event was officially started after the declaration was made by our Principal- Ms TANG Suk-Ching. There were about 195 entries and six new records were set by the outstanding performance of students. The results were absolutely exceptional and the efforts by students were well-appreciated. 6C Lau Sai-yin broke 1 record: Boys Grade A 100M Breaststroke, 2C CHAN Hon-yiu broke 1 record: Boys Grade C 100M Breaststroke, 1D FAN Ho-yee broke 3 records: Boys Grade C 50M Freestyle, 100M Breaststroke and 200M Freestyle and 1D CHENG Pui-yuen Broke 1 record: Boys Grade C 200M Freestyle. The flow of event was smooth and flawless with great support by 16 parent volunteers as different official judges. At the latter part of the event, 6 alumni and 3 parents participated in the Alumni Relay and Parent-Child Relay. At last, the event ended with the prize presentation and meaningful speech by our Guest of Honour.

The Admissions and Academic Liaison Section, Registry of the University of Hong Kong held an admissions talk for our S6 students on 27 September. After the general admissions talk, six HKU Student Ambassadors studying science education, nursing, arts, social sciences, law and business administration shared their experience of studying at HKU with the S6 students.

A two-day exhibition organized by the Tsuen Wan District Council was held in Tsuen Wan Town Hall during 21-22 September. The objective of the exhibition was to introduce our school in detail. For those who were interested in our school, they could obtain information such as the application for S1 Discretionary Places, the scope of learning and the mode of assessment. Peer counsellors of TWGSS were helpers and representatives of our school. Interested primary school students and parents came to the exhibition hall and looked for information of various secondary schools. Our school teachers and student ambassadors were there to answer questions and provided the information for parents and students.

The 45th Students’ Association Inauguration cum Annual General Meeting was held on 21-9-2018. “CARAVAN”, with CHANG So-yan as the Chairperson, TSUI Yuk -wai as the Internal Vice-chairperson and CHAN Wing-hang as the External Vice-chairperson will be leading the Association, to serve, communicate and support all the students in TWGSS this year.