ABC Pathways School
Summer English Programme 2026

Taught by professional native teachers

• ABC has a teaching team of over 150 members. All English teachers are native speakers, with English as their mother tongue.
• The teaching team members have all received teacher training such as TEFL/TESOL or hold a degree or above, and they have rich teaching experience.
• After joining ABC, all teachers must first receive formal training from the teaching directors or the head teachers. This includes internal training on Cambridge English, phonics, classroom management, teaching theories, etc. They can only start teaching after reaching the specified level.
• Moreover, the ABC summer English courses are taught entirely in English, aiming to let children have a fulfilling summer vacation and achieve the best learning results in an immersive English-learning experience.

6 Weeks = 7.5 Months Regular Course Progress

• The ABC Summer English Course English courses are intensive programmes. There are classes 5 days a week. 6 weeks of study is equivalent to the content of 7.5 months of regular courses. Students absorb knowledge daily, which greatly expands the English language context and improves progress and effectiveness.

Diverse Course Themes

• ABC offers the widest selection of summer English courses in Hong Kong, including Read4Fun Phonics, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Summer Camp, Cambridge Starters Test Preparation, Kindergarten/Primary Preparation, Science, etc., to comprehensively boost students’ all-round English proficiency.
• ABC education consultants will also help parents create personalised summer learning plans based on children’s interests, abilities, and learning progress.

The “Happy School” teaching method: “Fun” and “High Effectiveness”

• The ABC Summer English Courses adopt an interactive teaching approach that combines “fun” and “high efficiency”. This enables students to engage in the learning process in a way that they “learn while playing and play while learning”, enjoying the fun of learning English. It breaks away from the traditional teaching framework and the low-efficiency rote memorisation learning model. 

The ABC Summer English Courses are carried out in a small-class teaching mode, with a teacher-student ratio of 1:10. This ensures that all students can receive adequate attention. At the same time, it maintains the interactivity in the classroom to achieve the highest learning effectiveness.

• Except for the “Starters Preparation & Spelling Practice” and the “Primary 1 Preparation”, the content of all other summer English classes in Week 1 – 3 and Week 4 – 6 is different. Parents can enrol their children for 6 consecutive weeks.
• And “ABC Explorers ” is a five-day-a-week children’s English summer class. Each day has a different theme. It is also possible to enrol for a full six-week course.

• During the 15-minute break between the two classes, the ABC education consultants will assist in taking care of the children.
• ABC suggests that parents can enrol their children in two 1.5-hour summer English classes consecutively in one day every three weeks (a total of 3 hours). This allows children to focus on learning at school for the whole morning or afternoon. It is a more cost-effective use of time and can also save transportation time.

The following content of the summer English courses in Week 1 – 3 is the same as that in Week 4 – 6. You can enrol for a 3-week course.： 

《Starters Preparation & Spelling Practice》(Going into K3–P1)
《Primary 1 Preparation》(Going into K3–P1)

The following content of the summer English courses in Week 1 – 3 is different from that in Week 4 – 6. You can enrol for a 6-week course： 

《Summer Phonics》 (Going into K2–P3)
《Summer Fun Camp》 (Going into K2–P1)
《Kindergarten Preparation》 (Going into K1)
《Grammar Focus》 (Going into P1–P5)
《Imagination Station: Creative Writing》 (Going into P2–P6+)
《Reading & Comprehension》 (Going into P1–P6+)
《Fun and Practical Science》 (Going into P2-P6+)

The following content of the summer English classes varies each week from Week 1 to Week 6. You can enrol for a six-week course.：

《ABC Explorers》

• A World of Fun (Going into K1-P1)
• Global Discovery (Going into P2-P6+)

• For all summer English courses, make-up classes are not available except in cases of sick leave. In the event of sick leave, a medical certificate must be provided to the ABC centre before an application for a make-up class can be submitted (subject to the quota of each class). Additionally, the material fees for the relevant courses must be paid.

• ABC will follow the guidelines of the Education Bureau. In case face-to-face classes need to be suspended, the classes will be switched to an online format. This is to assist students in learning as scheduled while ensuring their safety.

• The relevant Zoom Meeting ID and password will be displayed in the “Class Schedule/Apply for Leave” section within the ABC App.

• After completing the 6-week summer English courses, when the new school year starts in September, students can enrol in the regular courses offered in September.
• ABC’s professional teaching team will arrange assessments after the summer courses. Based on individual abilities, students will be guided into regular courses to keep improving their English.。 

This summer, ABC specially offers multiple summer courses for regular students to make up missed classes. It is calculated on an hour-for-hour basis. Students only need to pay the difference in class hours (if any)： 

• 《ABC Explorers》consists of 30 classes over 6 weeks and can be used for make-up classes without an upper limit. The material fee is $400 per week. 
• Moreover, all 15 classes in the afternoon sessions (from 1:30 pm to 4:45 pm) within the six-week period can also be used for make-up classes, with a limit of 3 make-up classes per course.

• If parents have previously registered for any ABC Pathways Group courses, activities, or Fun Day using their email, the system automatically creates an account, thus showing “already registered”.   
• When registering for ABC summer courses, if you find your email is already registered while creating an account, follow these steps:  

1. Return to the login page and enter the existing email.
2. Click “Forgot Password” and follow the steps to reset your password for login.
3. Log in again and continue to enrol in the English summer classes.

• 《ABC iLearn Kindergarten》students in the current course will complete their one-year programme on 11 July. The summer holiday runs from 13 July to 21 August. Classes for the next level will officially begin in September. Teachers will recommend suitable 3-week or 6-week summer courses according to each iLearn student’s current learning progress and situation to consolidate their foundation.
• ABC summer courses offer diverse options for iLearn students to intensively catch up on their studies at a rapid pace and strengthen their foundation. The courses include：
  • 《Summer Phonics》 (Going into K2–P3)
  • 《Starters Preparation & Spelling Practice》 (Going into K3–P1)
  • 《Summer Fun Camp》 (Going into K2–K3)
  • 《Primary 1 Preparation》(Going into K3–P1)
  • 《Reading & Comprehension》 (Going into P1–P6+)
  • 《Grammar Focus》 (Going into P1–P5)
  • 《Imagination Station: Creative Writing》 (Going into P2–P6+)

• Students in ABC’s regular courses will continue their studies during the summer vacation. They can also enrol in summer courses as recommended by teachers to significantly enhance language contexts, or catch up on their learning progress according to different needs.
• ABC summer courses offer a variety of options for regular-class students to intensively and rapidly catch up on progress and solidify their foundations. The courses include：
  • 《Summer Phonics》 (Going into K2–P3)
  • 《Starters Preparation & Spelling Practice》 (Going into K3–P1)
  • 《Summer Fun Camp》 (Going into K2–K3)
  • 《Primary 1 Preparation》(Going into K3–P1)
  • 《Reading & Comprehension》 (Going into P1–P6+)
  • 《Grammar Focus》 (Going into P1–P5)
  • 《Imagination Station: Creative Writing》 (Going into P2–P6+)
  • 《ABC Explorers》: A World of Fun (Going into K1-P1) /Global Discovery (Going into P2-P6+)

【Enrol in ABC Summer Courses】

• Generally, there is no need for an assessment when enrolling in summer courses. Parents only need to consider the grade their children will enter in September.
• Parents, please note that current ABC students do not need to take an assessment for enrolling in summer courses either. Teachers will recommend suitable summer courses based on the children’s progress and performance. Parents will receive a notification from the APC App at the latest by mid – April.

【Enrol in ABC Regular Courses】

• If you enroll in the regular courses and your child has been assessed but not assigned to a class within 3 months, you can directly contact the ABC centre to arrange for enrolment.
• However, if it has been over three months since the assessment and the child still hasn’t started attending the regular class, another assessment will be required. This is to ensure the child is placed in the most suitable class. (Normally, the validity period for assessment-based class placement is three months.

• Parents, rest assured that the learning content of all summer courses differs from that of the regular courses in terms of teaching materials and requirements. Hence, there will be no overlapping content.；
• Every summer, ABC aims to enhance children’s abilities in different learning areas or meet their learning needs in a targeted manner through various types of courses. For example：
  1) Some children are more introverted and need to improve their expression and public-speaking skills；
  2) Some children, after entering primary school, need to strengthen their grammar application skills；
  3) Some children need to enhance their phonics skills to aid reading and writing；
  4)There are also some children whose academic levels lag behind and need to catch up at full speed. The branch schools will offer the most suitable enrolment combinations.

Let’s share a bit more. In fact, each student has individual circumstances/learning needs. For example：

• Some children wish to enrol in the regular classes immediately. Therefore, after registration, they will be carefully assessed. Meanwhile, the team will recommend the most suitable summer courses based on the corresponding abilities they are expected to develop in the regular classes.
• There are also situations like this: Parents, aware that their child’s English proficiency may be relatively weak and might not be able to handle the regular corresponding level, proactively choose to enrol their child in a course one or two levels lower when registering. This is to help the child catch up and build a solid foundation.
• In addition, there are some children with a relatively high language learning ability who may be suitable for enrolling in courses at a higher level with more demanding requirements.
• Therefore, it is difficult for our school to provide a one-size-fits-all answer based on a single child’s case. We’d like to give a warm reminder that before enrolling in the summer courses, parents are welcome to communicate with our team. Let us first understand your child’s capabilities, and then we’ll recommend suitable summer courses for you.

• Regarding the registration for the summer courses, parents are required to pay the full – term tuition fees.
• If you need to take leave, parents must inform the staff at the ABC centre of your leave requirements before registration. The relevant make-up class arrangements will be handled specifically for individual parents by the staff at the ABC centre.