Programme	Programme Description	Target students	Duration
Social Sciences Programme (Foundation in Social Sciences Workshop, Introduction to Economics and Introduction to Sociology)	The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education and The Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University are offering a series of workshop and courses on social sciences that aim to enable student participants’ to make sense of the world through the lenses of social sciences. Upon completion, student participants will be able to raise questions and find answers for many puzzles in human beings daily living in the social world.	20 S4 or above	10 April to 18 August 2010
Future Curator Training Course	Future Curator Training Course is designed for secondary students with good potential or performance in studying history to help them reinforce their knowledge and realize their potential. The training aims to enhance students’ knowledge in the operations of a museum and enable them to make use of various resources to design docent services. After finishing the course, the students should be able to organize others students and teachers to visit museum exhibitions and provide docent services.	24 S4 or above	Early-May to Early-December 2010
Linguistics Fun Days 2009	The programme features a series of systematic exposure to human languages, with lectures, workshops and training activities/practices in solving problem meeting the needs and attributes of the gifted students. It enables the students to know more about language, i.e. its nature and its relationship with facets of life in the contemporary world, as well as enhance their effectiveness in communication.	30 S1 or above	29 – 31 July 2009
English Creative Writing (Frankenstein's Monster - A Multi-media Case Book) (University-based credit-bearing course)	This course aims to enhance the creative thinking and writing skills of students through practical work and intensive reading. Student participants are required to read selections of literary texts or articles and then produce their own creative writing pieces so as to boost their thinking power and free their creative mind.	40 S3 or above	21 March to 30 May 2009 (every Saturday, except public holidays)
Introduction to Chinese Script Writing - Creativity for the Future	This course introduces students to the foundation and techniques of the script-writing in Cinema and Television industry. The dynamics of script-writing will be taught to enable students to identify, describe, and apply essential writing concepts, theories, and practices. The relationships among Cinema and Television activities will be studied to understand the drama productions with the economic, political, legal, global and social environments.	25 S1 or above	13 to 27 March 2010
Film Art And Culture (University-based credit-bearing course)	This course examines the complex relationship between film art and culture. Film art is an important tool through which individuals (e.g. directors and script writers) express their feelings, understanding, and opinions of the world around them in the form of a narrative. Audience, sitting in front of the screen, watches the story unfold, and forms an opinion or a response about the content of the film.	50 S3 or above	7 February to 14 March 2009 (Every Saturday)
Workshop on Rational Thinking and a Meaningful Life	This course addresses the question “what is the meaning of life?” through investigating the relationship between rational thinking and a meaningful life. It examines the role of reasoning in ethics, and discusses the ethical issues and dilemmas that we often face in different stages of our lives. Basic principles of rational thinking are introduced in this course. By learning how to resolve the ethical issues and dilemmas rationally, students will improve their mastery of these basic principles and be able to enrich their lives through rational thinking.	20 S3 or above	17 & 20 August 2009
Certificate in Banking and Financial Services	This course aims to enhance students' professional competence and attitude for effective financial management in the rapidly evolving banking and investment services; broaden the students' horizon and reinforce their investigation of the latest development and impact of the financial sectors in the society; further stimulate students' sensitivity and enthusiasm in their career planning as well as their confidence to perform effectively in the sectors; and strengthen the students' vision in the financial sectors and the awareness of their possible contribution to the growth of Hong Kong economy.	50 S3 or above	6 August to 12 September 2009

Programme	Programme Description	Target students	Duration
Leaders for the New Generation	The course aims at developing students’ leadership qualities as an individual and as a group, strengthen students’ knowledge, attitude and skills in analysis of social issues through workshops, camps, interviews with social leaders, trial debate on social issues and so on.	50 per class S3 or above	Class 1: 23  December 2009 - 6 March 2010 Class 2: July - September 2010
Gov-Knowledge: Hong Kong Government Study and Leadership Training	The course aims at providing a series of systematic and professional courses for students who have potential or excellent performance in leadership.	45 S3 or above	February – May 2010
Leadership Enhancement and Social Service Projects	The course enhances students’ leadership through theories and practice. Students will attend workshops to learn the characteristics and principles of leadership and social services, and the needs of the disadvantaged groups. Students will then do an on-site investigation and plan a social service project. Afterwards, students will implement and present their projects. They will also interflow with social leaders during the course for further enriching their experience in social service.	35 S3 or above	Late June - September 2009

Programme	Programme Description	Target students	Duration
Mathematics Achievement Contest 2010	The aim of the contest is to arouse students’ interest in mathematics by conducting a mathematical study across different topics through project learning.  It focuses on upgrading the mathematics of students by offering a stimulating and non-traditional mathematical opportunity.	All Secondary School Students	Jan – Jun 2010
Maths Talk	The mathematics thematic talk, as a supplement to the secondary school curriculum, aims to introduce the application in mathematics.	450 (teachers, students nominated by school and student members of the HKAGE	31 March 2009 and November 2009
Mathematics Impossible (Credit-bearing Course)	Opportunities are offered to those students to attend Credit-bearing course in local university in weekends. It strengthens knowledge in basic Maths and basic geometry to develop skills in thinking, dialectic and solving problems.	50 S3 or above student members in Maths with priority	Mar – June 2010
Basic Mathematics Enrichment Course	It aims at providing learning opportunities to student members to attend the introductory enrichment course of Mathematics in the local university during Saturdays. The basic Mathematics training comprised three phases. The programme contents are varied but the levels of difficulty are similar. It enhances student members’ knowledge of geometry, algebra and develops logical thinking and hence the problem-solving skills can be consolidated. It helps to build up a solid foundation for the participants in 'Saturday School’.	About 50 in each phase S3 or above student members in Maths with priority	Phase I: March  - May 2009 Phase II: July - August 2009  Phase III: September - November 2009
Mathematics Training Camps (Winter & Summer)	The activities cultivate students’ higher order thinking and enhanced their problem solving skill.	About 40 Summer:S3 or above student members in Maths with priority; Winter:12 HK Representatives of IMO	January 2009 (Winter-2 days); Late August (Summer)
Mathematics Thematic Training (3-tier courses of advanced content learning)	Phase I is a basic level training. It cultivates students’ higher order thinking and enhances problem solving skill. It focuses on algebra, geometry, number theory and combinatorics. Phase II is an intensive maths thematic training which aims to provide intensive training for a group of mathematically gifted students with completion of Phase I training programme and successfully passed the Selection Test, for enhancing their skills in problem verification, and consolidating their higher problem-solving techniques and applications. Phase III is a pre-contest training. It aims to help the girl team members process the final preparation for the competition.	About 50 each phase S4 or above student members in Maths with priority	Phase I: April - June 2009 Phase II: June - July 2009 Phase III: July - August 2009
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) Training (3-tier courses of advanced content learning)	The training is divided into Level I and Level II. Level I is a basic training which aims at strengthening participants’ problem-solving, high order thinking and logical thinking and enhancing their interests in Mathematics. Level II is an intensive training programme for student members who have participated IMO Training or related Mathematically Training Activities. It intends to deepen participants’ Mathematical problem-solving.	About 50 each class in each phase S4 or above students members who passed required screening test/ training programmes/received awards in related competitions	Phase I: July - August 2009 Phase II: September - December 2009 Phase III: January - March 2010

Programme	Programme Description	Target students	Duration
Physics Olympiad Training (3-phase programme + intensive pre-Olympiad training + coaching for the delegates in APhO and IPhO)	The training aims to provide an opportunity for the Physics talented students to acquire advanced level knowledge in Physics and select representatives to participate in territory-wide Physics Olympiads.	Phase I and II: 50 students Phase III: 20 students 5-8 students in pre-Olympiad training	Summer 2009  - Summer 2010

Programme	Programme Description	Target students	Duration
Harmonies In Nature: A Dialogue Between Mathematics and Physics	The programme attempts to integrate the two subjects into a meaningful dialogue between mathematics and physics. The underlying theme would be the role and evolution of mathematics (mainly calculus, with related topics in linear algebra and geometry) in understanding the physical world, from the era of Issac Newton’s mechanics to that of James Clerk Maxwell’s electromagnetism and possibly beyond, to that of Albert Einstein’s relativity. In other words it tries to tell the story of the triumph mathematics and physics won over together in the past four centuries. The study of physics has brought about so many Mathematical concepts and applications that are applicable in Physics. These concepts, methods and applications will be developed through discussion, assignments and tutorials. Proactive and cooperative learning, rather than passive or competitive participation, is expected of the class.	50 S6 or above	6 Feb – 24 Apr 2010 (10 sessions on Saturdays, except public holidays)

All the information of International Mathematical Olympiad Preliminary (IMO) Selection Contest –
Hong Kong 2010 can be downloaded from the following links, and will be announced through the
Education Bureau Circular Memorandum in April 2010.  (Applications are to be made via school).

A	Letter of IMO Hong Kong Committee
B	Details and Regulations
C	Nomination Form for Student Participants (For school’s nomination only)
D	2009 Question Paper

Enquiry
For enquires, please contact Ms Shirley Kwok on 3698 3502.

A snapshot of the China Mathematical Olympiad

Great triumph in the China Western Mathematical Olympiad (CWMO) 2009

Snapshot - Hong Kong’s greater triumph in the 50th International Mathematical Olympiad

The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education and the Hong Kong Physics Olympiad Committee will launch the Pre-Olympiad Workshops for the Hong Kong Physics Olympiad on 28 Nov 2009 and 5 Dec 2009 at The University of Hong Kong Science and Technology. Invitation letters and related documents have been issued to all secondary schools to encourage teachers to nominate up to four S5 students to the workshop (application should be made through school nomination). Subsequent enhancement programmes will be provided for the highest-achieving students in the HKPhO, who will represent Hong Kong to take part in the 42nd International Physics Olympiad in July 2011.

Pre-Olympiad Workshops for the Hong Kong Physics Olympiad - Invitation letters and related documents

The ‘Self-learning Booklet’ is available for download on this website.

‘Physics Enhancement Programme – Student Self-learning Booklet’

• Booklet I
• Booklet II
  
  

Hong Kong’s Success in the 40th International Physics Olympiad

- Details

Hong Kong Physics Olympiad 2009 competition results are uploaded. Awardees are reminded to read the Ceremony arrangements carefully and be punctual that day.

- Competition results

Hong Kong Physics Olympiad 2009 enrollment result is uploaded. Student contestants are reminded to read the files carefully and be punctual that day.

- Enrollment Results

Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education had launched Hong Kong Physics Olympiad in late May 2009. Circular Memorandum has been released by EDB (No. 23/2009) to all secondary schools to encourage teachers to nominate appropriate students to the competition. All the attachments and information have to be downloaded from the website. (Enrollment through school)
A	Hong Kong and International Physics Olympiad Introduction
B	Competition Details and Regulations
C	Nomination Form for Student Participants (For School Only)
D	Scope of Competition
E	2003 - 2008 Question Paper

Suggestions about the Booklets are welcome.

Enquiry
For enquires, please contact Mr Francis KWONG on 3698 3494.

The Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary Schools is a project learning competition jointly organised by the Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education, the Hong Kong Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry and Hong Kong Education City, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education

It aims at promoting the interest of students in learning Chemistry and developing students’ skills in problem solving, critical thinking, communication and science process through project learning. We offer TWO streams of competition this year, (A) Project-based Stream and (B) Non-practical Stream to let students to show their talent by diverse means.

The theme of the 15th Hong Kong Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary Schools in 2009/2010 is “Chemistry of Metal”. The purpose of the theme aims at

• Promoting science for everyone;
• Allowing students to quest this well-perceived field by their own lens;
• Encouraging students to carry out investigative studies; and
• Encouraging students to perform and demonstrate their chemical knowledge in diverse formats.

For details including application and schedule, please refer to the official website here .

For enquires, please contact Mr Francis Kwong on 3698 3494.