An English Jamboree
Organizer：
Co-organizer：
香港中文中學聯會
培正教育中心
The Association of Hong Kong
Chinese Middle Schools
Pui Ching Education Centre
An English Jamboree
Momentum
…The Rising Bunch
Background
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Association of Hong Kong Chinese Middle
Schools, a series of English activities will be organized between April and December 2004. The
venture has been named “Momentum…The Rising Bunch”. There will be, among others,
workshops, sharing sessions, a day camp and competitions to help students gain momentum in
learning English; they will be rising.
Objectives
 to cultivate stronger academic and sharing atmospheres among teachers and students of
member schools.
 to enhance students’ English language proficiency.
 to provide platforms for students to participate in inter-school activities.
 to allow students to develop aesthetic practical use of the English language.
 to prepare students for local inter-school events of similar natures.
Events Proposed
Event
Period
Target Students
Number of
Students/ teams
Spelling Bees
April to May 2004
S. 1 to 3
54 teams
Poetry Writing
April to May 2004
Junior Section (S.1 to 3)
100 students
Senior Section (S. 4 to 7)
100 students
All secondary students
32 teams
Debates
July to Dec 2004
Eligibility
All activities are open to member schools only. Non-member schools wishing to join the
Jamboree are requested to apply for membership first.
Steering Committee Members
: Mr. Yip Chee-tim (Principal of Pui Ching Middle School)
 Chairperson
 Vice Chairperson: Ms. Fung Lin-foon (Principal of Hotung Secondary School)
 Secretary:
 Members:
Ms. Middy Szeto (Administrative Officer of Pui Ching Education
Centre)
Ms. Chan Yuen-sheung (Principal of Kowloon True Light Middle
School)
Ms. Enian Tsang (Principal of Pooi To Middle School)
Ms. Brenda Mau (Vice Principal of Pui Ching Middle School)
Ms. Lo Wing-sze Wendy (Administrative Assistant of Pui Ching
Education Centre)
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Working Committee
 Chairperson:
 Vice Chairperson:
 Members:
Ms. Enian Tsang (Principal of Pooi To Middle School)
Ms. Brenda Mau (Vice Principal of Pui Ching Middle School)
Teacher representatives from Council Committee Member Schools
of The Association of Hong Kong Chinese Middle Schools
- Ms. Kwok Mei-ling (Baptist Wing Lung Secondary School)
- Ms. Sindy Lee (Caritas St. Francis Secondary School)
- Ms. Leung Sze-on Angie (China Holiness College)
- Ms. Chan Pui -yee Peral (Kowloon True Light Middle School)
- Ms. Lam Mei -yi Belinda (HKTA Ching Chung Secondary School)
- Ms. Kwan Wan-sze Janet (Hotung Secondary School)
- Mr. Yuen Hon-ming Jacky (Pooi To Middle School)
- Ms. Lai Kam-choi Olive, Ms. Chung Yan-yan Sally
(Shun Tak Fraternal Association Tam Pak Yu College)
- Ms. Cheng Yee-kwan Iris (Tack Ching Girls’ Middle School)
Work Schedule
Date
Activity
Feb 20 (Fri)
Invitations to all Chinese Middle schools
Mar 13 (Sat)
Jamboree Opening Ceremony
Mar 25 (Thu)
Entry deadline: Spelling Bees & Poetry Writing
Apr 17 (Sat)
Spelling Bees Competition 1st Round
PCEC
Apr 24 (Sat)
Poetry Writing Workshop for students
PCEC
May 08 (Sat)
Spelling Bees Competition 2nd Round
PCEC
May 15 (Sat)
Poetry Writing Deadline to submit poems
May 22 (Sat)
Spelling Bees Competition Final
PCEC
May 29 (Sat)
Poetry Writing Contest
PCEC
May 31 (Mon)
Debate Entry Deadline
Jul 16 (Fri)
Debate Sharing Session for teachers
PCEC
A. Jul
Debate Day Camp for Students
PCEC
Mid Sept to
Debate 1st Round
Participating schools / PCEC
end Oct
(3 debates per team)
Nov 13 (Sat)
Debate 2nd Round
19-20
Venue
Pui Ching Middle School
B. Jul 21-22
PCEC
rd
Nov 27 (Sat)
Debate 3 Round
PCEC
Dec 11 (Sat)
Debate Final & Jamboree Closing Ceremony
Pui Ching Middle School
＊ PCEC: Pui Ching Education Centre, 42 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon.
Enquiries & On-line Information
All Jamboree information and entry forms are available at:
http://www.puichingcentre.edu.hk/momentum
Ms. Wendy Lo at Tel: 2332 6611 or Fax: 2332 2144 e-mail: momentum@puiching.edu.hk
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Address: Pui Ching Education Centre, 42 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon (ref: “Momentum”)
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Regulations
A.
Spelling Bees
1. Each school can enter 1-2 three-student teams (secondary 1 to 3).
The Jamboree will
cater to a maximum of 54 teams.
2. Entry fee: $100 per team
3. Two weeks before the tournament, contestants will be given 5 lists of 30 words; they are
expected to learn the spelling, pronunciation and usage of these words.
(a)
one-syllable words
(b)
two-syllable words
(c)
three-syllable words
(d)
four-syllable words
(e)
five-syllable words
4. Three teams will compete in each competition.
5. The competitions will test spelling, pronunciation and usage.
(Please refer to sample questions in Appendix I)
B.
Poetry Writing
1. There are two sections: Junior Section (Secondary 1 to 3)
Senior Section (Secondary 4 to 7).
2. Each school can enter up to 2 students per section.
The Jamboree will cater to a
maximum of 100 students in each section.
3. Entrants will attend a workshop on:
(a) Basics of poetry writing
(b) Reading / Presenting poem
4. Entry Fee: $120 / student (The fee covers the workshop)
5. Entrants will submit an original poem within 3 weeks after the workshop.
6. Entrants will meet with adjudicators when their poems will be discussed and presented.
7. There will be 20-25 contestants in each competition group.
8. In each group, 5% contestants will receive a gold certificate, 10% silver, 15% bronze and
the rest commendation.
9. An anthology will be compiled featuring the works of all deserving contestants.
C.
Debates
1.
Each team consists of 4 speakers from any form(s).
2.
The Jamboree will cater to up to 32 teams.
3.
Entry fee: $100 per team.
4.
Participating schools will send a teacher to a morning briefing session in July 2004.
5.
Debaters will attend a 2-day camp (12 hours in total) in July 2004
6.
Camp fee: $400 per student
7.
Debates will be held from mid September to mid December 2004.
(Please refer to Appendix II for competition structure)
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Appendix I : Spelling Bees
Section A: Spelling Bees Sample Syllabus
One-syllable
Two-syllable
Three-syllable
Four-syllable
Five-syllable
words
words
words
words
words
ache
fashion
lemonade
quantitative
unsympathetic
burn
giggle
multiply
residency
video-taping
chat
henna
November
stationery
windscreen
deal
icy
occupy
thermometer
wiper
eel
jelly
piano
utopia
Xerox copier
zoological
Section B: Spelling Bees Competition Structure
1.
3 teams will compete in each contest. The team with the highest score wins.
2.
Consider the scenario of 27 teams in one section:
Contest
Date

st
April 17 (Sat)
9
Producing the top 9 teams
nd
1 Round
No of Contests
Results

2 Round
May 8 (Sat)
3
producing the top 3 teams
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Final
May 22 (Sat)
1
Producing the champion 1st &
2nd runners-up
3.
In each contest, there are 3 parts:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
*
Each team will have 3 minutes to answer as many questions as they can.
*
Credit will be given to correct answers.
*
There will be no penalty for incorrect answers.
*
This part will last 12 minutes.
*
All 3 teams will take part.
*
For each question,
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credit will be given to the first team to provide the correct answer.
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there will be no penalty for incorrect answers.
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no second attempts by any teams will be allowed.
Unseen Questions
(Please refer to Unseen Questions in Section C).
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Section C: Spelling Bees Sample Questions
1.
Questions set on the syllabus:
Category
Contestants will
Examples
Spelling
Spell a word on the syllabus
eel
Spell a pair of words, one on the urn / burn , fin / thin ,
Pronunciation
syllabus but the other not
jelly / Kelly
Pronounce a word on the syllabus
ache
Pronounce a pair of words, one on fin / fine, Xerox / syrup,
the syllabus but the other not
quantitative / qualitative
Identify the part of speech of the Let’s have a chat.
Usage
underlined word
The silly girls giggle.
Identify the incorrect sentence She fine. / She has fine. /
from a group of three
2.
She is fine.
Unseen questions for Part 3 of the contest:
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Each team will choose an envelope that contains a word made up of 8 different letters.
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The teams will have 2 minutes to figure out the pronunciation of the word and create
new words with any or all of the 8 given letters.
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Example:
Restaurant (sure, at, ant, star, eat, ran, run, tree …)
Appendix II: Debate Competition Structure
1. There will be 4 speakers in a team. Two teams will compete in each contest.
2.
Consider the scenario of 32 teams ( 8 groups of 4 ):
Contest
1st Round
Activity
* For each group, there are 6 contests in this round.
* Each team will compete against the other 3 in the same
group.
* This round will produce the top 8 teams.
2nd Round
* There will be 4 contests producing the top 4.
3rd Round
* There will be 2 contests producing the top 2.
Final
* There will be one contest.
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An English Jamboree
Momentum
…The Rising Bunch
Opening Ceremony
Date:
Time:
Venue:
13th March, 2004 (Saturday)
10:00 a.m.
School Hall
Pui Ching Middle School
20 Pui Ching Road, Kowloon, HK
9:45 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony - officiated by Sister Wong May May
Chairperson, The Association of Hong Kong Middle Secondary Schools
Principal, Tack Ching Girls’ Middle School
10:10 a.m. Opening Address by Prof. Amy B.M. Tsui
Chair Professor, The Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Director, Teacher of English Language Education Centre,
The University of Hong Kong
10:30 a.m. Souvenirs Presentation
10:35 a.m. Briefing and Demonstration on ‘Momentum’
by Students
- Spelling Bees (Pooi To Middle School)
- Poetry Writing (Pui Ching Middle School)
- Debate (Kowloon True Light Middle School)
11:15 a.m. Q & A Session
Organizer：
Co-organizer：
香港中文中學聯會
The Association of Hong Kong
Chinese Middle Schools
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培正教育中心
Pui Ching Education Centre
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An English Jamboree
Momentum
…The Rising Bunch
Reply Slip
Please fax this reply slip to 2332 2144 or mail it to Pui Ching Education Centre,
42 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, HK. (ref: “Momentum”) on or before 6th March, 2004.
Please tick where appropriate.
1.  Our school will join the Jamboree, and I/our school representative(s) &/or student(s)
will attend the Jamboree Opening Ceremony. The number of attendees will be :Principal
Teacher(s)
Student(s)
No. of attendees
Opening Ceremony
Date
Time
Venue
:
:
:
13th March, 2004 (Saturday)
10:00 a.m.
School Hall, Pui Ching Middle School
20 Pui Ching Road, Kowloon.
 Our school will NOT join the Jamboree.
2.
Our school would like to join
 Spelling Bees
 Poetry Writing (Junior Section)
 Poetry Writing (Senior Section)
 Debate
Entry forms are available at http://www.puichingcentre.edu.hk/momentum in mid March.
3. Our school
 is a member of The Association of Hong Kong Chinese Middle Schools.

is NOT a member of The Association of Hong Kong Chinese Middle Schools and
would like to join the Association.
(Application form is available at http://www.puichingcentre.edu.hk/momentum)
4. School Information
School Name:
(in English)
(in Chinese)
Address:
Tel:
Fax:
Contact
Name:
Tel:
e-mail:
person(s):
Name:
Tel:
e-mail:
Signature of Principal : _____________________
School Chop
Name of Principal : ________________________
Date: __________________________________
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