(Bandar Seri Begawan, May 4) – A team of teachers from Chung Hwa School, led by the Board Chairperson and School Executive Director, Lui Sze Yun, recently participated in the 2nd Jolly Phonics Workshop held in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. This two-day professional training underscores the school’s commitment to continuous professional development and its dedication to enhancing students' literacy skills.
This is the second consecutive year that Chung Hwa School has sent teachers to participate in this internationally certified course, reflecting the school’s proactive alignment with the Ministry of Education’s literacy improvement policies and Brunei Vision 2035 education goals. Through practical training in Synthetic Phonics, the teachers gained the latest strategies for phonics instruction, strengthening students’ phonemic awareness and laying a foundation for fluent reading and deeper comprehension.
Chairperson Lui Sze Yun stated: “Achieving national literacy benchmarks is a vital cornerstone for students’ future development. With evidence-based teaching methods like Jolly Phonics, we are equipping students with lifelong core learning skills.” Participating teachers refined their instructional techniques, including letter-sound correspondence, blending, and leveled reading, through hands-on group activities, and were awarded internationally recognized teaching certifications.
The workshop also served as a platform for cross-border educational exchange, where educators from multiple countries shared innovative classroom practices. The Chung Hwa teaching team gained international insights, integrating diverse strategies into school-based curriculum designs to optimize English literacy instruction. The school emphasized its continued investment in professional development to enhance the quality of education through research-based teaching methodologies.
As part of its broader educational reform initiatives, Chung Hwa School considers faculty development as the foundation of school advancement. With the guiding principle of “promoting high-quality teaching through systematic teacher training,” the school has built a comprehensive, multi-tiered teacher growth system, continuously empowering educators and injecting new momentum into educational excellence.
Chung Hwa School reiterated that teachers are the most valuable resource in education. Only through the growth of teachers can students receive a higher quality education. Participating in workshops and similar initiatives helps upgrade teachers’ instructional and application skills.