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The Chinese language program offers various learning pathways to access Chinese language and culture, enabling support and extension. The Programme of Inquiry provides opportunities to integrate Chinese language learning across disciplines, including standalone units that focus on exploring Chinese language and culture. The Chinese curriculum blends cultural elements to provide authentic contexts for language learning, such as celebrations of Chinese festivals; the school also runs a cultural and language immersion trip to Beijing for Year 6.
The Kennedy School runs an annual cultural and language immersion trip to Beijing for Year 6 students. The trip provides immersive exposure to Chinese language and culture in authentic contexts. It connects classroom learning with real-world experiences and supports language development. The immersion trip is part of the specialist provision for Chinese language and culture.
ESF Kennedy School is a primary school for children aged 5–11 in Pokfulam on Hong Kong Island. It offers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) across Years 1–6. The language of instruction is English as part of the English Schools Foundation’s English-medium network. The school enrols around 900 students. Families can use a dedicated bus service operated by Kwoon Chung Motors, with routes across Hong Kong Island and West Kowloon. School hours run with gates open from 8:10 am and dismissal at 2:50 pm for bus users and 2:57 pm for others. The school’s activities programme features staff-run clubs, including sports, robotics, arts, and music, alongside ESF Explore classes and external providers, with offerings that vary each term. Student support includes an inclusion team, a multi-tiered system of support, and access to speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and social-emotional counselling on a user-pay basis.
