"C-for- Chinese@JC" Project

Background and Objectives

“C-for-Chinese@JC” is created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, co-created by three local universities and two non-governmental organisations. Through pioneering a home-school-community evidence-based model, this five-year Project aims to foster a culturally responsive and pleasurable learning environment and to facilitate effective teaching, with a view to enhancing the Chinese proficiency of culturally diverse kindergarten children for their better transition to primary education and early integration.

This five-year project was launched in July 2016. With the collaboration among "Home, Community and School", we hope to achieve the following objectives:

• Expand Chinese learning opportunities for Non-Chinese kindergarten students.
• Explore internal resource in the NCS families to support their children in learning Chinese and enhance children's proficiency.
• Promote cross-cultural sharing among different ethnic groups, enhance mutual understanding and achieve social integration ultimately.

Service Content

School Level

• Provide differentiated story books to cater for learning differences among studetns
• Provide professional training for principals and teachers
• Multicultural Teaching Assistants to assist in classroom teaching

Family Level

• Provide training to parents for parent-led Chinese Learning at home
• Family support

Community Level

• Chinese Learning Centre
• Community learning activities
• Individual student support
• Cross-cultural activities

Service Target

Non-Chinese kindergarten students and their families who are studying at the networked kindergartens of the project.

Service Application

Application is accepted through the kindergartens joining the project.

Service Termination

Service will be terminated once students graduate from / leave the networked kindergartens.

Service Hours

Monday to Friday: 9:00am to 6:00pm (Closed on public holidays)

Video