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Kevin Yeung (JP Secretary for Education): Physical education classes will be organized carefully, with activities without physical contact preferred (MingPao)
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Photo 1/1 - The Education Bureau suggests that schools should organise individual activities when resuming physical education classes. The Yuen Yuen Institute MFBM Nei Ming Chan Lui Chung Tak Memorial College, said it was inclined to carry out stretching exercises and physical fitness training during physical education classes, and the photo shows that students in the school's gym are doing flat-body support training in the school's daily physical education classes. (Courtesy of the school)
[Ming Pao News] All schools in Hong Kong will resume classes in phases from the second half of this month. The Secretary for Education, Mr Yeung Yun-hung, said yesterday that classes would resume on a half-day basis, but did not rule out adjustments in the future as the new coronavirus outbreak improves. Schools are required to follow protective guidelines, including avoiding table tennis and basketball, and some headmasters have drawn up half-day timetables, saying that at the beginning of the resumption of classes, physical education lessons will only be devoted to theories, such as ball games and tactics, so as to reduce the risk of students coming into contact with the virus, and that light physical activities will be arranged depending on the situation.
Yang Yun-hung said on a radio programme yesterday that the resumption of classes in the form of half-day classes, schools need to remind students to pay attention to personal hygiene habits, keep a social distance, etc. Schools and students need time to familiarise themselves with, and I hope that the schools will operate for a period of time before considering whether to relax the measures to adjust the hours of class.
The Education Bureau wrote to all schools in Hong Kong the day before yesterday, providing preliminary guidelines for resumption of classes, such as primary and secondary schools should sit in single rows in classrooms in a "face-to-back" manner, teachers should teach in a unidirectional manner, and student desks originally placed side by side should be converted into single rows. The letter also pointed out that at the beginning of the resumption of classes, classroom teachers should be aware of the living and learning conditions of students during the suspension period, and that they should draw up a classroom health code of practice for their students.
Lam Tat-ho, principle of the CNEC Lau Wing Sang Secondary School in Chai Wan, said that a half-day timetable had been drawn up and the first lesson on the first day of the resumption of classes would be a class teacher's lesson, in the hope that students would have a chance to express their feelings and relieve the pressure of the period of suspension of classes. He also said that in order to prevent students from changing clothes and increasing the risk of infection, PE lessons at the beginning of the resumption of classes will only teach theory, such as teaching ball games, tactics, etc. Depending on the situation, if the Education Bureau announces the relaxation of full-day schooling, it will be arranged for students to do light exercise, such as dance, social dance, etc. He said that if students have any needs, they will be given the opportunity to do so. He said that if students had the need, arrangements would be made for them to change clothes in batches of about 12 students on each floor.
He said that he was considering how to arrange the oral part of the final examination. Some grades, such as S5, will have to cope with the DSE oral examination next year and need to have a chance to practise, so he was considering using the transparent "partition" specially made for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) Examination earlier as a partition, thinking that "it is not necessary to abolish the DSE Examination every time and it is possible to explore and solve the problem together".
Mr Mak Yiu-kwong, Principal of the CMA Secondary School in Shek Kip Mei, said that the sports hall now plans to do warm-up and running exercises, and that the school has 10 rowing machines as well as equipment such as cycling machines, which can be used by students on a rotational basis. There are 10 rowing machines and cycling machines for students to take turns using the equipment. The school will place disinfectant supplies so that students can sterilise their own equipment after use and let the next person use it. He said that students can do individual training such as shooting baskets at different locations in batches, and basketballs are not shared; during recess, if students wish to play badminton, they can only bring their own rackets, and teachers on duty will step up inspections to prevent students from sharing rackets.
Fung Kam Yin, the Principal of The Yuen Yuen Institute MFBM Nei Ming Chan Lui Chung Tak Memorial College, said that students need to adjust to the resumption of classes and hope to let students move towards a normal school life, and will not cancel sports activities. She said the school used to have activities to cultivate students' interest in sports, and students would do personal training such as jumping on the spot, palm pressing, and one-minute squatting and standing, etc. Both the school and the students have had similar experiences, and they are now inclined to use this approach to conduct physical education lessons.
(New Stage of Anti-epidemic)