ECA GENERAL INFORMATION, GUIDELINES AND POLICY
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Teachers: Bricks4Kidz
Location: STEM Room
Bricks 4 Kidz® is the highly popular children’s ‘edutainment’ program designed in the United States which is now in Hong Kong! Bricks 4 Kidz® offers a unique educational LEGO® model building program for children between the ages of 3 to 12 years old. Both children and their parents can benefit from a host of education programs built around the company’s proprietary model plans, designed by engineers and architects, with exciting themes such as space, construction and amusement parks.
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Teachers: Centre Stage Studios HK
Location: Drama Room
Classical Ballet teaches children grace and elegance, improves posture, sharpens attention to detail and builds physical strength.
While our classes focus on technique, our ultimate aim is to produce Ballet dancers who demonstrate musicality and artistry when performing.
Our Ballet curriculum is carefully devised in such a way as to provide students with a holistic understanding of Classical Ballet and the various practitioners that are instrumental to the industry. Alongside the Royal Academy of Dance examination framework, students are introduced to classical Cecchetti, Benesh Notation and the internationally renowned Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing styles.
Family and friends will be invited into the last lesson of the term to watch an informal sharing of work.
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Teachers: Ms. Waters
Location: Art Room
This new and exciting Art & Gardening extra-curricular activity offers students the chance to combine their creativity with ecological studies, exploring botanical plant forms, nature and garden themed crafts using natural and recycled materials.
This activity will further allow students to
Due to high popularity, this ECA caters to a maximum of 10 students per block session. Sign up soon if you wish to start developing a new outdoor skill that gives something back to our beautiful planet earth.
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Teachers: Mr. Kim
Location: Music Room
Junior Choir (Thursdays 3-4)
In WASHK Junior Choir (Y1-2), pupils will sing a variety of choral repertoire ranging from classical to popular music, while developing a healthy vocal technique and musicianship including score reading and music theory. Various performance opportunities during school productions and assemblies will be given throughout the year. Interested pupils should first contact Mr. Kim at joseph.kim@was.edu.hk to appoint a short audition. No singing experience is necessary.
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Teachers: TLC
Location: Soccer Pitch
TLC provides all the equipment for children to learn how to skate in this skateboarding and inline skating class. This all new class format will be taught by their professional skateboarder and inline skaters. Children are encouraged to progress at their own pace and build confidence and self-discipline through fun and safe skating activities.
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Teachers: Unique Fencing
Location: Music Room
Unique fencing was established in 2012. It is run by a group of former Hong Kong Team members. Their objective is to promote fencing to children of all levels in Hong Kong and provide systemic training that enables children to experience the beauty of fencing. They are committed to develop children’s potential and their whole person development.
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Teachers: ActiveKids
Location: STEM Room
The Chess Academy was founded with the dual objectives of teaching world-class, international chess strategies and skills to children and building a child’s character through chess.
Chess requires a thorough understanding of rules, a belief in fair competition, learning from mistakes and the desire to challenge oneself. Through this process, children will develop stronger spatial reasoning, planning and logical decision-making skills as well as an improved attention span, better sportsmanship and higher levels of confidence.
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Teachers: Centre Stage Studios HK
Location: Drama Room
Drama is about communication.
The communication skills learnt in drama are directly transferable to the outside world. It provides each individual with the ability to talk with confidence, stand proudly and communicate ideas clearly and effectively in any situation.
In our Drama ECA students will be introduced to poetry, literature, script work and improvisational skills and performance techniques, as well as covering elements of the LAMDA Examinations Verse & Prose and Acting syllabi.
Centre Stage Studios HK is the Official International LAMDA Tour Organiser for Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
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Teachers: TLC
Location: STEM Room
The Computer Skills Program provides our pupils with a solid foundation alongside the extra skills and confidence to fully utilise ICT at school and at home. Each class will be a new and exciting adventure, with topical activities designed to engage their creativity and keep them up-to-date with current trends in our rapidly changing digital world.
Drawing upon the best teaching methods and latest international curriculum resources and technology. The program incorporates Digital Game Based Learning programs such as MinecraftEdu with topics such as:
Safely guided and motivated, our pupils will happily explore, create and collaborate to enhance real-world problem solving, social and academic skills.
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Teachers: ActiveKids
Location: Science Lab
The Science Adventure Program will encourage and develop interactive science learning.
Children will discover the joys of science and learn different concepts through hands-on experiments, activities and take-home projects. In order to maintain the high quality of the program, the imported curriculum is constantly revised and upgraded to offer the most interesting projects for the students.
The objectives of this ECA will be to:
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Teachers: ActiveKids
Location: STEM Room
RoboCode offers dynamic programs using cutting edge technology for children ages 4-15 years old.
Originating from Japan (Artec Edison Academy) and incorporating the S.T.E.A.M. approach, this program will help pupils to understand, design, build and program robots, as well as animation. They will learn about engineering, coding and creative thinking.
RoboCode programs are based upon the innate passion and curiosity of children, to help them become the engineers and designers; nurturing creativity and logical thinking, encouraging children to apply their knowledge using technology to develop the innovators of tomorrow.
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Teachers: Five-Star Sports
Location: Atrium
The main focus of the Five-Star After School Activity (ASA) is to teach children the game of basketball in a fun and instructive way. We introduce a set of basic skills in order for the kids to have a good experience as well as explaining and enforcing all of the rules of the game.
Each session begins with the kids playing an exciting game where the kids can simultaneously have fun and work on their skills. We will then teach them a variety of skills including ball handling, layups, shooting and passing. All of these skills are taught in a competitive and game-like scenario to help the kids be better prepared for game time. We end each session with a 3 vs 3 half-court game where the children can use the skills that they learned during the class in a live game situation
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Teachers: Hong Kong Taekwondo Moo Duk Kwan
Location: Drama Room
Unlike other sports, martial arts programs such as Taekwon-Do teach our pupils both hard and soft skills. This ECA is also an educational course in traditional culture and virtues.
Throughout this martial art training, which combines pattern lessons and sparring practice with self-defence techniques, our pupils have to present the ‘Taekwon-Do spirit’ of courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and an indomitable spirit.
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Teachers: Leadership Sports
Location: Atrium
Students will be taught various types of footwork and serving techniques. They will learn and practice while having fun and developing a love for the game.
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Teachers: Science Jr.
Location: Science Lab
This Science ECA encompass a rich variety of science topics, providing valuable opportunities for pupils to experience the hands-on side of science.
From Astronomy to Zoology, Science JR brings in different scientific fields to you. Each class is packed with unique science games and demonstrations and a DIY project to take home.
Be curious to explore. Be bold to create and test your inventions. Think like a scientist!
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Teachers: ActiveKids
Location: Art Room
Mission Runway is a dynamic program that combines textiles, design and presentation all in one. Not only will students gain knowledge of how to conceptualize their creativity, but they will also learn textile basics in order to construct a collection of outfits and accessories to be presented in the final fashion show – at the end of each term, students will showcase their masterpieces in a runway show!
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Teachers: EdstartHK
Location: Soccer Pitch
Children have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of sports including cricket, soccer, basketball, rugby, baseball, athletics. We focus on individual skills for each of these sports and look to apply them in game situations as the children develop. This is a fun and positive class to let children find their favourite sports. Children will work in small groups and also learn to work in a team to achieve a combined goal.
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Teachers: WASHK
Location: Room 302
English Second Language Beginner levels by invitation only from School Teachers
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Teachers: RiseWise
Location: Drama Room
This sport will both develop your child mentally as well as physically. They will learn martial arts techniques, while developing their emotional and social skills taught by professional coaches and behavioural experts specifically tailored for young children.
There is no striking in Jujitsu which reduces both injuries and increases focus on coordination and problem solving. It is both an individual sport as well as a group sport. Aside from the many techniques that are taught in this program, our pupils will learn to help his/her partner, focusing on their own technique as well as focusing on their partner’s learning and safety.
Brazilian Jujitsu has been described as human chess where a child is taught to choose between different options to escape or defend against his/her partner’s different attacks. They also learn to choose the optimal attack given their partner’s chosen defence position. Pupils will learn different techniques such as; the scissors sweep, Uchi Mata, butterfly guard and the break fall. Martial arts in general promotes a healthy respect for the hierarchy of the different ranks (belts), which translates into a strong sense of the relationship between skill and respect.
We recommend that participants purchase a suit from Rise Wise Limited.
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Teachers: Leadership Sports
Location: Atrium
Table tennis is a sport that originated in Victorian England, where it was played by the upper-class as an after-dinner parlour game. As a sport, this game is played by two or four players hitting a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets.
Leadership sports will teach students the techniques and skills needed to excel in this sport. Students will learn to find this sport very entertaining through fun games and exercises.
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Teachers: Science Jr.
Location: Science Lab
This Science ECA encompass a rich variety of science topics, providing valuable opportunities for pupils to experience the hands-on side of science.
From Astronomy to Zoology, Science JR brings in different scientific fields to you. Each class is packed with unique science games and demonstrations and a DIY project to take home.
Be curious to explore. Be bold to create and test your inventions. Think like a scientist!
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Teachers: EdstartHK
Location: Soccer Pitch
Children have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of sports including cricket, soccer, basketball, rugby, baseball, athletics. We focus on individual skills for each of these sports and look to apply them in game situations as the children develop. This is a fun and positive class to let children find their favourite sports. Children will work in small groups and also learn to work in a team to achieve a combined goal.
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Teachers: Maker Spaces
Location: STEM Room
Maker Spaces is the only authorized representative of the NASA Education and Houston Space Centre in Hong Kong.
The objective of this ECA is to inspire interest in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics or STEAM, in young learners with engaging and exciting opportunities so that they may develop to their full potential.
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Teachers: EdstartHK
Location: Aberdeen Tennis & Squash Centre
Our Mini tennis program is played on small courts with short rackets and softballs. It’s just like the real game and gives players opportunities to have long rallies and play different types of shots. Children will develop basic tennis skills, improve their motor skills and coordination. As children develop we use slightly longer rackets than the short rackets, softer balls and use a slightly bigger court. Players will develop more technical skills and tactics to push towards playing on a full-sized court. Once children are ready to develop further we start to use a full-sized court to develop all aspects of a child’s game.
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Teachers: WASHK
Location: Room 302
English Second Language Beginner levels by invitation only from School Teachers
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Teachers: Leadership Sports
Location: Soccer Pitch
Cricket is a bat and ball game played by two teams. In this ECA, Leadership Sports will be focusing on teaching the rules and fundamentals of the game.
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Teachers: EdstartHK
Location: Atrium
Our beginner gymnastic program is a great way for children to begin their gymnastic career. With lots of different equipment, it is the perfect opportunity for your children to develop the foundation skills to progress to more advanced skills. This is a perfect time to lay good foundations to be able to make learning harder skills that little bit easier. Children will develop good body strength using their body weight in all gymnastics skills. As children develop classes build on the skills and fundamentals that children have gained at the beginner level, focus on form and technique now becomes very important as children become physically stronger. Children will learn, forward and backward rolls, handstands, cartwheels, and many more skills along the way.
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Teachers: ActiveKids
Location: Canteen
Stormy Chefs teaches children about FOOD. For many of our “”City Kids””, cooking is a foreign concept. Our experienced Chefs will help children narrow this gap and attain knowledge of – nutrition, cooking, hygiene and etiquette.
Through practical hands-on lessons and interactive discussion, children will experience first-hand on how food is transformed from simple ingredients to elaborate, delicious meals. They will also learn about nutritional food groups and how to eat sensibly to stay healthy. By experimenting with different recipes, children learn not only about the processes of food making but also the creativity in cooking culinary delights.
Our Mission is to:
Get students truly excited about food
Equip students with the very basic survival skill of cooking
Provide a fresh, fun, hands-on way to learn about food and culture
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Teachers: Artloop
Location: Art Room
Art Loop is a studio school dedicated to art education.
The curriculum for this ECA is derived from Teaching for Artistic Behaviour (TAB), a theory originating from the USA in the 1970s. TAB asserts that learners should be given the freedom to create art while being guided in the use of different art techniques and gaining knowledge of relevant art history.
By giving free rein to pupils as to the choice of topics and materials they will become much more motivated and develop their artistic behaviour, ensuring that their problem-solving, decision-making and other essential skills are honed.
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Teachers: Centre Stage Studios HK
Location: Drama Room
The Musical Theatre program will help pupils to learn how to act through song, perform through dance and how to become “triple threat” performers. Our pupils will be able to delve into the musical theatre repertoire from London’s West End and Broadwayplus much more, and build on their performance skills and techniques. Each week they will cover all three key performing arts disciplines: acting, singing and dancing taught by industry professionals.
Family and friends will be invited into the last lesson of the term to watch an informal sharing of work.
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Teachers: Attic V
Location: Atrium
Indoor Climbing Wall is the modern training facility for climbers of all abilities – from beginners right through to the best! The wall offers the highest quality and most sophisticated artificial climbing wall in Hong Kong.
All Climbing Wall staff are experienced climbers and are available to advise on all your climbing queries. The Wall is a great place to learn the basic skills of climbing or develop new techniques in an exciting but controlled environment.
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Teachers: TBC
Location: Chinese Room
Teachers will invite students who learn Chinese as a second language to this class. These students will be supported in developing the level of Chinese needed to access the curriculum.
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Teachers: ESF Sports
Location: South Island School
ESF Sharks Swimming lessons for our ECA will be held at South Island School swimming pool. This is the ideal opportunity for our pupils to experience a positive and exciting introduction to water and the sport of swimming.
The ESF Sharks swimming program introduces the fundamental skills of swimming and develops technique and confidence.
We follow Australian, American and the British standards to ensure safety and maintain rigour in our method of teaching swimming. Games and activities are introduced so that children learn while having fun!
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Teachers: Centre Stage Studios HK
Location: Drama Room
Hip Hop is a high-energy class that infuses the latest styles of street dancing, breaking, popping and locking.
Hip hop dancing is very dynamic and helps dancers improve flexibility, develop body balance and coordination. Pupils will begin the program by securing their technical foundations including improving their posture, learning dance vocabulary and starting to explore musicality.
Each week our children will explore funky hip-hop routines to the most popular, current music. Through this we will encourage them to step outside of the box and bring their own individual style and personality to the movements.
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Teachers: Attic V
Location: Atrium
Indoor Climbing Wall is the modern training facility for climbers of all abilities – from beginners right through to the best! The wall offers the highest quality and most sophisticated artificial climbing wall in Hong Kong.
All Climbing Wall staff are experienced climbers and are available to advise on all your climbing queries. The Wall is a great place to learn the basic skills of climbing or develop new techniques in an exciting but controlled environment.
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Teachers: Stanford Instructors
Location: Room 307
Pilot program of Yale Centre of Emotional Intelligence’s RULER program, with a focus on introducing the concept of emotional intelligence and the RULER skills of emotion (recognizing, understanding, labelling, expressing, and regulating)
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Teachers: EdStartHk
Location: Tin Wan Soccer Pitch
Our Soccer program is for players aged 5-11 years old and specifically aimed at developing fundamental soccer skills as well as a passion for the beautiful game. Our programme incorporates learning basic technical skills and rules of soccer through fun drills, ball mastery and small sided games. We also build on physical skills such as speed, agility, balance, coordination and strength. Children will further develop these skills by playing small sided adapted games.
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Teachers: Ms. Waters
Location: 404 Art Room
This new Gardening extracurricular activity, offers students the chance to combine their creativity with ecological studies, exploring botanical plant forms, nature and garden themed crafts, using natural and recycled materials. This fascinating ECA will further allow students to develop their knowledge and understanding of organic forms and bush craft, combining the two by devising products that are more environmentally friendly, natural based and sustainable for the new Wycombe Abbey garden that is developing into a metropolis of naturalism and formal elements of discovery. Due to high popularity this ECA caters for a maximum of 10 students per block session. So, sign up soon, if you wish to start developing a new outdoor skill that gives something back to our beautiful planet Earth.
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Teachers: Djijor
Location: Music Room 1F
Learn interesting Rhythms from Africa, enjoy fun African games, songs, and stories.
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Teachers: Hockey Life
Location: Tin Wan Soccer Pitch
This is a team sport that has been adapted from ice hockey. Students in this ECA will learn the fundamentals of the game, and eventually feel comfortable playing in a competitive environment. Learning objectives for this ECA include: rules of the game, movement skills, fitness, strategy, sportsmanship and safety.
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Teachers: Kelly Yang Project
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Students will unleash their inner authors by writing one original short story per week in this fun and imaginative course. Students will learn to fall in love with writing while perfecting the fundamentals of proper spelling and grammar along with essential literary devices like setting, characterization, simile, and metaphor. Recommended (but not required): one 20-30-minute homework assignment per week.
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Teachers: Centre Stage Studios HK
Location: Drama Room 1F
“The CentreStage Public Speaking course is guaranteed to build confidence and will promote courage and conviction when speaking in public. The course develops students’ abilities to hone the necessary oral communication and written skills and for public presentations, debating skills, interview techniques and promotes courage and conviction when delivering speeches to an audience. Students will have the chance to influence their peers and make an impact by communicating their ideas in an organised and coherent manner, while having the confidence to effectively justify their views to others. Students will become analytical thinkers and researchers, being able to deliver show-stopping speeches that influence their peers and make them stand out from the crowd! All students will be given the opportunity to take the Speaking in Public LAMDA Examination. “
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Teachers: EdStartHk
Location: Atrium 2F
“Badminton – Children are given multi-shuttlecock training. This training includes fundamental techniques, shuttlecock control skills through fun and adapted games. As children develop to a higher level they will start to rally with others to develop awareness on the court and also develop further skils to beat their opponent.
Teaching Contents: Grips (Forehand and Backhand), Ball sense, Swing, Shuttlecock control, Serves (High, Low, Long and Short), High clear, Fundamentals of badminton footwork, Techniques, Accuracy and Stability, etc.
Table Tennis – Children will learn about the basic rules and how players can win a point. Children will learn about the 4 possible grips on a paddle. Penhold, Seemiller, Shakehand and V-Grip. Children will learn how to forehand and back hand in their favourite grip and also practice in other grips too. As children progress they will learn to serve and rally with other children, progressing to playing matches against each other.”
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Teachers: Five-Star Sports
Location: Atrium 2F
The main focus of the Five-Star After School Activity (ASA) is to teach children the game of basketball in a fun and instructive way. We introduce a set of basic skills in order for the kids to have a good experience as well as explaining and enforcing all of the rules of the game. Each session begins with the kids playing an exciting game where the kids can simultaneously have fun and work on their skills. We will then teach them a variety of skills including ball handling, layups, shooting and passing. All of these skills are taught in a competitive and game-like scenario to help the kids be better prepared for game time. We end each session with a 3 vs 3 half-court game where the children can use the skills that they learned during the class in a live game situation.
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Teachers: Mr Kim
Location: Music Room
In WASHK Senior Choir (Y3-6), pupils will sing a variety of choral repertoire ranging from classical to popular music, while developing a healthy vocal technique and musicianship including score reading and music theory. Various performance opportunities during school productions and assemblies will be given throughout the year. Interested pupils should first contact Mr. Kim at joseph.kim@was.edu.hk to appoint a short audition. No singing experience is necessary.