At the school where Ko Cheuk-kiu works, there are neither school bells ringing no r students running around the playground. "You look good today. Shall we review the text together?" After greeting her student Hei Hei, Ko, in a light blue uniform, t on her table computer and began to teach at the bedside. Ko is a teacher for the Hong Kong Red Cross Hospital Schools, which provides education services for hospitalized children.
"Teaching children in a hospital? I was excited. " Ko recalled explaining that she first learned about the school from a newspaper report. Founded 1954, the Hong Kong Red Cross Hospital Schools provided services in only one public medical institution. Its services are mainly made up of three f —general services, blood transfusion services, and home teaching programs. "Every morning, the first thing we do is to c on each student in the ward and see if they are well. "Ko says. The s school cares for students aged from 6 to
18. Most teachers need to teach both primary and secondary school age students. Depending on thes , teachers will carry out small group or one-on-one bedside teaching. Teachers in hospitals have to meet students with different medical conditions and face all kinds of (challenge) every day,but Ko regards these experiences as training, which have led her to have ad understanding of life than before.
Over the years, Ko has ( receive) a lot of greeting cards from parents and students. Looking at these warm w of encouragement, she silently sends her best wishes to the students. "I hope they can soon recover and go back to school. "she says.
