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:

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
Champion	St. Paul's Co-Educational College Primary School	Leung Jun Andres	HK$1,000 vouchers
1st Runner-up	Tai Po Methodist School	Lam Lok Ka	HK$500 vouchers
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
Champion	Taikoo Primary School	Wong Fung Lun	HK$1,000 vouchers
1st Runner-up	Taikoo Primary School	Wong Fung Ki	HK$500 vouchers
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.