Precious Blood Secondary School
School Type
- Region: Hong Kong East
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Girls' School
- School Banding: Band 2
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of foundation: 1945
- Sponsoring organization: Sisters of the Precious Blood of Jesus
- Mission: The mission of the school is to guide students in the spirit of love, justice, and peace, and to integrate faith, culture, and life in the development of morality, intellectuality, physical fitness, social skills, aesthetics, and spirituality in order to achieve whole-person education and self-fulfillment.
- School motto: Wisdom, Justice, Courage, and Temperance.
- Management Structure: The school was founded by the Sisters of the Precious Blood of Jesus and is managed by the Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) with the mission of promoting education, while the day-to-day affairs of the school are managed by the Superintendent and the Principal. Under the Principal, there are the Learning and Teaching Committee, the Student-Parent Committee and the Compliance and Development Committee, which deal with matters of school administration, learning and teaching, student support and development. The PTA and the Alumni Association work closely together to promote the all-round development of students.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Mr. Cheung Wing Ming
- Existing Principal: Mr. To
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 48
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 94%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 56%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 41%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 21%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 8%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 71%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly Chinese.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Music*, Physical Education*, Home Economics*, Religious Ethics*, Growth Class, Visual Arts, Life and Society, Geography*, Chinese History, History*, General Computer*.
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese Literature, Geography, Chinese History, History, Civic and Social Development, Economics, Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education, Growth Classes, Ethics of Religion, Arts Development, Tourism and Hospitality, Travel and Hospitality, Introduction to Business, Accounting and Finance
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Chemistry #, Physics #, ICT #, Biology #, Mathematics (Extended Module 1 - Calculus and Statistics)
School-wide language policy:
The school actively creates a good language environment for students to communicate and express themselves in biliteracy and trilingualism. At the junior secondary level, apart from English Language, English is used as the medium of instruction for Mathematics and Science in some classes, and "Extended Learning and Teaching Activities in English" is implemented in all other subjects to enhance students' English proficiency in a holistic and comprehensive manner in a diversified manner. The teaching of Chinese Language at Secondary 1 and 2 is supplemented by Putonghua teaching to enhance students' Putonghua listening and speaking skills. At the senior secondary level, except for English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Information and Communication Technology are taught in English, while Mathematics and Calculus and Statistics are taught in English on a group basis. At the same time, students are given a student-centered approach in choosing the language of their examination according to their wishes and abilities. In addition, the school enhances students' biliteracy and trilingualism through interdisciplinary activities, and organizes various activities after school to create a language environment and a conducive learning atmosphere, so that students can excel in both Chinese and English, and enjoy communicating with others and learning.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
- There will be one examination and one standardized test in each semester;
- Most of the subjects adopt the Continuous Assessment Method (CAM) and the Diversified Assessment Method (DAM).
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 3
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 3
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participation in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
S1 Application: 45% in school; 15% in conduct; 20% in extracurricular activities and achievements; 20% in interview.
How is Precious Blood Girls' High School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 2B
School Wind:
The school culture is based on moral education, intellectual education and spiritual education. Students are taught to adopt the school motto and the special charisms of the school sponsoring body: "Sacrifice" and "Cultivation of Harmony" as the guiding light for the formation of students. We emphasize on character education and use the Growth, Religious Ethics and Classroom Teachers' Classes to establish a positive outlook on life and a caring culture for our students.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
It promotes a "constructivist" learning model where teachers and students work together to construct knowledge, encourages cross-curricular collaboration and curriculum integration, and enables students to learn in an enjoyable and effective environment. Life and Social Education pays special attention to the training of basic skills (language and reasoning) in order to articulate with the NSS curriculum. The school attaches great importance to cultivating students' reading habit. In addition to the extensive reading scheme, book clubs are organized from time to time to deepen reading.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school organizes professional development days for teachers to strengthen their professional knowledge and skills. Through peer lesson planning, lesson observation and active participation in various training programs both inside and outside the school, teachers are able to enhance their professional development and improve the quality of learning and teaching.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The Student Support Unit of the school is responsible for planning, implementing and reviewing various support services, and is committed to building an inclusive culture in the school through the Whole School Approach (WSA). Progressive assessment is used to enhance student learning, and homework and test accommodations are provided for students in need. Classroom activities are diversified, including discussion, oral presentation, drawing, use of library, audio-visual teaching materials and information technology, etc., to cater for the various interests of students and to enable students of different abilities to participate in classroom learning. The Student Support Section also organizes Chinese Language and English Language study skills classes in line with the academic subjects, and the school-based educational psychologists provide curriculum and teaching support. We make flexible use of the Secondary Learning Support Grant and other resources within the school to procure speech therapy services, social groups, etc. We also employ additional counselors to provide individual or group counseling, homework guidance and organize interest classes at lunchtime.
The school strives to create a caring culture and an inclusive campus through various activities, such as the "Big Sisters Peer Counseling Program". At the same time, the school also strengthens career planning counseling for students with special needs, so that they can learn about different career paths, such as interview workshops, visits to tertiary institutions and workplaces, and workplace internships. The school has also set up a regular mechanism to update parents on the progress and effectiveness of the support measures and services provided to students on a timely basis, either during parent days or at student case conferences.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The School provides additional support to admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: providing after-school Chinese learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive Chinese teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning on a need basis, group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; and organizing cultural integration activities.
School facilities:
Auditorium, court, 28 classrooms, 3 remedial teaching rooms, 2 multi-media language rooms, multi-media learning center, music, art and design room, home economics, music and coffee tutoring corners, Healthy Living Resource Center, Chinese Culture Learning Center, English Activity Center, Shepherding Center, Teacher's Resource Center, Geography, Conference Room, STEM Lab, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Science Lab, Library, Multi-purpose Room and Student Activity Center.
School contact information:
- Tel: 25704172
- Fax: 25782491
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.pbss.edu.hk
- Address: 338 San Ha Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
- Precious Blood Girls' High School Wikipedia
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
