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Summer English

Summer English is organised by Hong Kong Education City and Bayard Presse Asia. It aims at encouraging primary school students to read and learn English in the Summer Holidays through interesting topics and a variety of text types, such as comics, stories, etc.

Students and schools with excellent performances will be rewarded.


Target

Summer English is open to all primary school students in Hong Kong.

Junior Primary Division: P1-3 students
Senior Primary Division: P4-6 students

 

Rules

  1. Schools that have enrolled are entitled to win school prizes. The teacher-in-charge having enrolled will receive award notification for both student and school prizes.
  2. All primary school students in Hong Kong are free to join Summer English at any time and get individual student prizes.
  3. All challenges must be completed by 20 August 2023.
  4. The challenges consist of reading passages and relevant questions. Students can only attempt each challenge ONCE.
  5. When attempting the challenges, students will gain marks when they have got a correct answer, and extra marks if they have got all the answers of a challenge correct within the time limit. Students with the highest marks within each division will get prizes.
  6. The school prizes are determined based on the participation rates of each school (i.e. number of participating students / total number of students within the school).
  7. Results will be announced in September 2023 on this website. Schools with awarded students will be notified of the prize collection arrangement.
  8. The organisers have the final decision on the rules, terms and results of Summer English.

A new challenge will be released every Wednesday and Friday from 12 July to 11 August 2023. There are 10 challenges in total for each student.

All challenges must be completed by 20 August 2023.

Results will be announced in September 2023.

Detailed Schedule:

Date Challenge
12/7/2023
Challenge 1
14/7/2023
Challenge 2
19/7/2023
Challenge 3
21/7/2023
Challenge 4
26/7/2023
Challenge 5
28/7/2023
Challenge 6
2/8/2023
Challenge 7
4/8/2023
Challenge 8
9/8/2023
Challenge 9
11/8/2023
Challenge 10

Students and schools with excellent performances will be awarded.

Schools that have enrolled are entitled to win school prizes. Teachers can enrol online for the whole school with their EdCity teacher accounts by 20 August 2023. The teacher-in-charge having enrolled will receive award notification for both student and school prizes.

Prize Collection Arrangement

Awarded schools and schools with awarded students will be notified of the prize collection arrangement.

Best Performance Awards for Students

In each division, the 13 students with highest marks will get a certificate and the following prizes:
 

Junior Primary Division

Award School Student Prize
medal1.png Champion

St. Paul's Co-Educational College Primary School

Leung Jun Andres HK$1,000 vouchers
medal2.png 1st Runner-up

Tai Po Methodist School

Lam Lok Ka HK$500 vouchers
medal3.png 2nd Runner-up

St. Paul's Primary Catholic School

Yau Yuet Chi HK$300 vouchers
Merit Award Winner

Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School

Lam Yee Shun 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Kowloon Tong Government Primary School Curreem Shing Yik Clifford 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School Tam Pok Yui Francis 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Yaumati Catholic Primary School To Long Yin 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner St. Mary's Canossian School Chung Yat Lok 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Sam Shui Natives Association Huen King Wing School Tang Cheuk Lai 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) Yeung Ching 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) Yeung Chun 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School Hung Kyle Hin Ting 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner HKCCCU Logos Academy Ho Sze Lam 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)

 

Senior Primary Division

Award School Student Prize
medal1.png Champion

Taikoo Primary School

Wong Fung Lun HK$1,000 vouchers
medal2.png 1st Runner-up

Taikoo Primary School

Wong Fung Ki HK$500 vouchers
medal3.png 2nd Runner-up

North Point Government Primary School

Wang Fung Yuet HK$300 vouchers
Merit Award Winner Taikoo Primary School Wong Fung Ha 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner North Point Government Primary School Wong Fung Chi 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner North Point Government Primary School Wang Fung Ling 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Taikoo Primary School Wong Fung Chun 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner The HKCWC Hioe Tjo Yoeng Primary School Sze Hei Lam Melody 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Tuen Mun Government Primary School Sin Ching Bella 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Maryknoll Convent School (Primary  Section) Cheng Yi Tung Emma 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner La Salle Primary School Chow Ching Hin 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner St. Paul's Co-Educational College Primary School Leung Fung Justin 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)
Merit Award Winner Pentecostal Gin Mao Sheng Primary School Ho Man Yui 1 DiscoveryBox Special Issue - Secrets of the forest revealed (Single Issue)

The vouchers can be redeemed on Bayard Presse Asia's website.

Best Participation Awards for Schools

The 10 schools with the highest participating rates will be awarded.

Prize - 1 full-year subscription of any magazine by Bayard Presse Asia.

School
Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School
Tai Po Methodist School
Salvation Army Ann Wyllie Memorial School
Hoi Pa Street Government Primary School
Kowloon Tong Government Primary School
Choi Wan St. Joseph's Primary School
St Francis' Canossian School
Sau Ming Primary School
Chan's Creative School (HK Island)
St. Paul's Primary Catholic School

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What's New

2023-09-01

Summer English 2023 results out now

2023-07-12

The first challenges of Summer English are now available!