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.

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.

The Students' Association Election 2018-19 Voting Day was held on 19-09-2018. All students from S1 to S6 were eligible for casting their vote. “Pathfinder” received 274 votes while “CARAVAN” received 442 votes. The Voting Rate of this Election was 96.6%. “CARAVAN” was elected as the Students' Association of 2018-19. They will be leading the Association, to serve, communicate and support all the students in TWGSS this year. This “One Student One Vote” election realized the dream of all democratic societies. Let’s pursue our dreams together with this newly elected team—“CARAVAN”!

The 45th Students’ Association Election Forum was held on 14-09-2018. The Chair and Vice-chairpersons of the two cabinets, “Pathfinder” and “CARAVAN” presented their platforms to the whole school. Debates and Q&A sessions were fully utilized to demonstrate the strong determination of the cabinets to win the election and to serve the students and the whole school.

國民教育組於9月7日在有蓋操場舉行了9月份升旗禮。升旗禮後有「國旗下的講話」環節，由國民及公民教育組負責。 是次主題為「對同學品德方面的展望」，兩位總領袖生受邀，就訓導組及領袖生對同學的觀察，提醒同學來年在守時、公德和待人接物各方面可改進之處。

At the beginning of the Level Assembly, our School Principal, Ms Tang, shared with the students the current situation of the school development and expressed her expectations to students' new school year study and performance. Teacher i/c of the Learning & Teaching Committee explained to students the new school year teaching & learning arrangements and the promotion criteria, whereas the teams that related to the student development, e.g. Student Whole Person Development Committee, the Discipline Team, the Counselling Team and the ECA Coordination Team, also delivered important information to the students, hoping that all students could have a better start in both learning and growth.

“Pine, Plum, Bamboo and Camphor Don’t Divide Us.” All TWGSS students are allocated into one of the 4 Houses. The Annual General Meeting is an opportunity for the introduction of new House Captains and briefing of coming activities. House masters and significant house members were commended and invited to share their experiences. House captains also used videos, photographs and live performances to interact with the members. We are proud of the four Houses to which our pupils belong.

The Assembly for Beginning of School Year 2018-2019 was held on 3 September 2018. The assembly started with the singing of School Song. We happily shared the achievements and successes of the students and the school. Six awards were presented and a total of 19 students were commended. We once again congratulate them on their achievements and thank them for bringing honour to the school. Badges were presented to Prefects, Peer Counsellors and House Captains in recognition of their contribution in the coming year. The assembly was finally ended with the Principal’s Speech, followed by the sharing of the Exploration Trip to Cambridge and London arranged by the Career and Life Planning Team.

The Orientation Talk for S1 parents and students was held on 25 August. We were honoured to have our vice-principals give a brief introduction of our school. Next, teachers in charge of the discipline team, counselling team and ECA team gave us more details about our school. Last but not least, S1 students and their parents had a short meeting with their class teachers in hopes of helping students to adapt to secondary school life soon.

To help this year's Form 1 students get acquainted with their new school as soon as possible, our school held an orientation day on 23 August. The day began with a short presentation on the various school rules by the school discipline team. In addition, the peer counsellors also organized a school tour to show the freshmen around and deepen their understanding of the school. The peer counsellors also led the Form 1 students in a series of collective games, helping to develop their cooperation skills and allowing them to get to know each other on a personal level. The new student also had lunch with their peer counselors near the school, allowing them to get a feel for the school district. After lunch, the Form 1 students returned to school to participate in a variety of social networking events organized by the Extra Curricular Activities Team, adding to their understanding of the culture and spirit of "Houses" in our school.

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