Home Economics
“Home is where love is.”
Nurturing refined modern females
The curriculum helps students develop elegant bearing and proper manners. Teachers introduce basic etiquette, including table manners and the use of tableware. Through theories, students develop the knowledge and skills to organize and manage household resources, understand home and financial management skills, nurture skills for an independent life in order to make a better home of high quality.
From scientific knowledge to home management and lifestyle
In the Home Management module, students develop the awareness of a healthy lifestyle, including nutrition and a balanced diet as well as their importance in terms of personal growth through activities. Students are given opportunities to understand the scientific principles of food preparation and processing, where skills they have learnt are applied.
Needlework and creativity
Needlework modules focus on nurturing students’ creativity and aesthetic judgment. Students create needlepoint canvas that highlight both practicality and aesthetics in the ‘product-based’ approach curriculum. During class, students identify the properties and suitability of different fabrics for choosing the best material and cutting. When making clothing items, students are to make use of different materials and incorporate their original ideas to create works of high individuality.
Cross-curricular learning
Collaboration with other subjects offers an innovative way to help students develop knowledge, skills and integrating abilities. Through intriguing topics across learning areas where teaching activities stimulate students’ thinking, students utilize knowledge from different disciplines to solve daily life problems, breaking the boundaries between subjects. Examples of such projects in recent years are as follows:
| Collaborating subject(s) | Content |
|---|---|
| Information and Computer Technology, Integrated Science and English Language | Combining knowledge from Science and that from Home Economics knowledge, students utilize theories from food science and creativity and make use of the 3D food printer to put their creative ideas into practice during their Home Economics lessons. Students share their results and perform group presentations by incorporating their presentation skills learnt in the English lessons. |
| Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English Language | The course adopts Design Thinking as the paradigm. Students have to consider how to improve chocolate formulas, such as to lower calories without losing sweetness or to increase antioxidant capacity to meet the needs of different users. They present their research results in groups with the speaking skills they have learned in English lessons. |
| Liberal Studies | Students prepare salad and dried hibiscus flower tea harvested in their LS excursion and understand the benefits of an organic diet. |
Cheongsam Expo
Our students were honoured to have joined the Qipao Expo at The Grand Stage, Western Market. Our S.3 students designed various styles of cheongsam and grasped new qipao etiquette. They pulled off the fashion show, receiving lots of applause, attention and positive affirmation.
145th School Anniversary Variety Show and S3 Fashion Show
With the professional coaching on posture, students modelled their designs in the 145th School Anniversary Variety Show and a post-examination fashion show. S3 students showed their craft and aesthetic sense.
Joint Section Exhibition Gallery of Exquisitely Sensitive
In 2018, Home Economics and Visual Arts held the KTL 70th Anniversary Joint Section Exhibition Gallery of Exquisitely Sensitive at Shatin Town Hall.
The Home Economics projects included wall hangings, tote bags, cheongsams and refashioning of old clothes.
Sports for All Day
The annual Sports for All Day features “Healthy Herbal Tea”, introduced by the Head of Home Economics Department. Teachers and students were delighted to taste different herbal tea drinks such as tea with red dates, dried longan, honey, dried rose buds and ginger.
Joyful Fruit Day
Joyful Fruit Day is an annual activity to encourage students to build up the habit of eating fruits every day.
Activities include the inter-class competition “The Biggest Variety of Fruits” and the guessing game “Fruits in the Bottles”.
Inter-class flower arrangement competition
Inter-class flower arrangement competition is a yearly school event. Class representatives are required to pick their own material to perform flower arrangement according to the theme of the year. Students utilize their Chinese presentation skills to present their product and introduce their design concept to the judges. The competition always receives active participation. The winners have their work displayed in the School History Room for the guests to appreciate their creativity.
Awards
- Kong Yee Ki, Chow Hiu Ching and Choi Lok Hei from S2 participated in Cooking King Joint School Cooking Competition 2019 and won the 2nd runner up prize.
- Students were required to make a nutritious and tasty dish with fruits, which was precisely what the competition promoted when it comes to culinary art and diet.
Innovative Heritage Education Programme
- S3 students joined the Jockey Club ICH+ Innovative Heritage Education Programme, which was co-organised by Lingnan University Hong Kong and Hong Kong Art School.
- Students learned the cheongsam sewing technique that displays traditional Chinese women aesthetics under the ICH master’s instruction.
Art Building Character
- Assisted by Mr Lam Yuk Fai, Executive Director of Art Building Character (ABC) Foundation Limited, our S.3 students learnt how to design and sew qipaos in groups.
- While the VA teachers covered the area of fashion design, the HE teachers guided students to refine their sewing skills.
- Students created their derivative designs based on some basic styles of qipao, showcasing their creativity.