20230111 Notice on Teaching and Learning Arrangements for 2023 Spring Term

Dear Parents and Students,

We hope this letter finds you well. May the New Year bring you happiness, peace, and prosperity. Wishing you a joyous 2023!

China has always been protecting everyone’s health and safety, Coronavirus epidemic is becoming a thing of the past, people’s livelihood is gradually recovering. The teaching and management team in ASJ have also made full preparations, ASJ will resume face-to-face teaching for all school-age groups on Jan31st. School will launch a series of learning activities to welcome all students back to face-to-face classes, and ‘Join Hand in Hand Make Learning in Actions’ is our targetfor the new semester. Please find a brief introduction as follows:

In view of the restrictions and impacts of online classes in the teaching and learning of the last semester, and taking into account the concerns of parents and students on the progress and effect of online teaching, ASJ will arrange supplementary classes in next semester. Starting from Feb 13th, these supplementary classes will be carried out on P8 of every Tuesday and Thursday. Academic department will issue specific classes arrangements and study plans in due course.

In next semester, all regular classes will be carried out normally, more importantly, ASJ has planned a series of learning activities in different dimensions, hoping students get back on track. Hence, ASJ take ‘Join Hand in Hand Make Learning in Actions’ as our major theme. For instance, there are different science and technology competitions and lectures in STEAM Festival in March, various contests will be held on March 21st, including Finals and Award Exhibitions of First Water Rocket Competition, RoboMaster etc.; April is reading and studying month, there are ECA Achievement Exhibitions, Midterm Assessments, Filed Trips, and Sports Day which was delayed due to epidemic in last semester; in May, there is Bauhinia Art Festival, it is the focus of each year, academic activities include Writing Competition, Poetry Writing Competition, Speech competition to showcase the mastery of Putonghua, Cantonese and English, those outstanding participants will go to Hong Kong for next round of competition, Excellent Works Exhibitions and Finals of competitions will be held on May 25th and 26th; June is the summary of Spring Term, there will be MYP/PYP Achievement Exhibitions, Final Assessments, ECA Open Days, Community Care Services, Graduation Ceremonies, etc. In addition, from March to June, ASJ will also pay more attention to the English learning atmosphere in campus, such as environmental decorations, curriculum improvements, extracurricular activities and competitions, these aim to enhance the overall English learning environment in an all-round way in ASJ. Based on the above, ASJ will make some targeted fine-tunings of the school calendar, parents can refer to the latest school calendar for details.

The selection of outstanding students and scholarships will also be carried out in next semester. ASJ will shortlist students who perform well in ethics, discipline, and other aspects for rewards; Talent Scholarships, Admission Scholarships, Language Scholarships, etc. are available to encourage students to make persistent efforts, work hard to achieve better outcomes.

In next semester, ASJ will continue to optimize the training strategy to allow students to grow in learning, innovate in growing, and become talents in innovating.

Dear parents and students, based on recent experience, people who are vaccinated may still get infected, but there are fewer serious cases. It is strongly recommended that everyone should get vaccinated. In face-to-face teaching resumption period, ASJ will carry out normal teaching and learning activities. Coronavirus may still be impacting some teachers and students, but this will not affect our overall teaching plan and scheduled teaching activities.

Last but not least, everyone should stay vigilant to the epidemic prevention and control work. If you have not been infected, please stay safe, as some symptoms and feelings of discomfort will appear during infection. If you had been infected, please refrain from strenuous exercise in the short term after recovery and maintain personal health protection to avoid re-infection.

We look forward to seeing everyone back to our beautiful campus.

Affiliated School of JNU

for Hong Kong & Macao Students

Jan 10th, 2023