Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School

Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School

Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School
Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School

Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School is a government school located in Wan Chai. The school accepts both male and female students and the medium of instruction is mainly Chinese. Founded in 1933, the school is run by the government.

School Type

  • District: Wan Chai
  • School Category: Koon Lap
  • Student Sex: Co-educational
  • School Banding: Band 2
  • Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
  • School Religion: Not Applicable

School History

  • Year of foundation: 1933
  • Sponsoring Body: Government
  • Objective: To create an enjoyable and fulfilling school life for students and to provide them with a well-balanced education so that they can develop a complete personality and a spirit of challenge.
  • School motto: Always be true to your word.
  • Management Structure: 1. In terms of school administration and management, the school established a School Management Committee in 1999 to formulate and monitor school policies. 2. The school has a School Policy Team and a Crisis Management Team to collect opinions and play an active role in the management and development of school affairs. 3. eClass is utilized for roll call and school affairs.
  • Existing Supervisor/Chairman of School Management Committee: Winnie Leung
  • Current Principal: Lai Ping Fai

Teacher Information

  • Total number of teachers in the school: 58
  • Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education: 97%
  • Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
  • Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 50%
  • Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 35%

Teacher seniority:

  • Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 5%
  • Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 9%
  • Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 86%

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, Putonghua, Chinese History, Geography (S.1 & S.2)*, General Computer (S.1 & S.2)*, Music (S.1 & S.2)*, Life and Society*, Visual Arts*, Design and Technology*, Technology and Life (S.1 & S.2), Physical Education*.

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, Civic and Social Development, Biology (S.5 and S.6), Chinese History, Geography (S.5), Economics (S.5), Design and Applied Technology, ICT, Introduction to Enterprise, Accounting and Finance, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Applied Learning, Other Learning Experiences (OLE).

Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:

English Language, Mathematics Extension

School-wide language policy:

Enhancing students' biliteracy and trilingualism is one of the key concerns of the school.

Tests and study adaptation measures:

The school has continuous assessment to minimize students' examination stress.

Class Establishment:

  • Number of S1 classes in this school year: 3
  • Number of S2 classes in this school year: 4
  • No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 4
  • Number of S4 classes in this school year: 4
  • Number of S5 classes in this school year: 4
  • Number of S6 classes in this school year: 4

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.
For details of the admission criteria and weighting of S1 Discretionary Places, please refer to the school's website (http://www.tskvgss.edu.hk).

Orientation and Healthy Living:

Orientation Day for Secondary 1 students and their parents was organized during the summer holidays to help students adapt to the new learning environment and life as early as possible. Provide bridging courses in Chinese, English and Mathematics to enhance students' learning effectiveness.
The school has a tuck shop which provides food and lunch boxes. Form 1 students are required to stay for lunch.

How is Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School?

How is Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School?

Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School Band:

Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School Ranking Estimated Band 3A-2C

School Wind:

  • The school emphasizes on the whole-person development of students and has set up a task force to coordinate various activities to cultivate positive thinking and proper values among students.
  • Setting up a "Jump Start Program": Students set their own development targets at the beginning of the school year, with guidance from the classroom teacher.
  • Implementation of "Career Planning": Students set their own future career development direction so as to equip themselves at an early stage.
  • Sister School with the Affiliated High School of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) to promote cultural exchanges.
  • The Counseling Section has implemented the "Big Brothers Big Sisters" program, arranging Secondary 3 to Secondary 5 students to counsel their Secondary 1 classmates.
  • The school has a number of award schemes.
  • Alumni donations support students' overseas and domestic learning and training activities. The "Mentor and Mate" program invites alumni to serve as group mentors to help enhance the academic and moral behavior of younger students.
  • Students are actively developing their physical and artistic potentials and have won numerous awards for their performance in sports, inter-school drama festival, speech festival and music festival.

Learning and Teaching Strategies :

  • Cultivate students' habit of preparing for lessons before class, and inspire them to take the initiative in learning.
  • The English Department of the school has incorporated drama elements into English language teaching, with significant results.
  • To provide a quality life-wide learning experience that fosters positive thinking.
  • To implement various measures to enhance learning performance, including academic progress awards, homework excellence awards and homework guidance classes.
  • Comprehensively promote environmental education.
  • The school has utilized the additional funding from the Creating Space for Teachers to hire additional teachers and clerical staff to help promote teaching and learning.

Teacher professional training and development:

To keep abreast of the latest academic and policy developments, teachers actively participate in seminars, workshops and courses.

Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:

The school makes good use of the Education Bureau's subsidy to employ dedicated teachers and teaching assistants to help students with special educational needs.

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:

The school has a basketball court, a multi-purpose open court, a covered playground, a language room, a student activity center and a garden, and all classrooms and auditoriums are air-conditioned. The school has a state-of-the-art Multi-Media Learning Center and an Information Technology Learning Center, and all classrooms are equipped with projectors. The school has adopted the eClass system to assist in school affairs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System consists of two phases: Discretionary Places Allocation (DP) and Central Allocation (CA).
Discretionary places refer to S1 places reserved by schools for self-admission of students. Government, aided and caput secondary schools are allowed to reserve S1 places not exceeding 30%, while DSS secondary schools are allowed to reserve S1 places exceeding 30%.
The application period for the 2024 Discretionary Places is from January 2 to January 16, 2024. All secondary schools participating in the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System (participating secondary schools) will accept applications during the same period. Parents of current Primary 6 students participating in the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) will receive two copies of the Application Form for Secondary 1 Discretionary Places in early December 2023 through their children's elementary school.
Parents may refer to the "Handbook on Application for Secondary One Discretionary Places", or visitEducation Bureau(https://www.edb.gov.hk/) or call: 2891 0088 for a list of schools through the Education Bureau's automated telephone enquiry system.
Parents can submit applications in paper form or through the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) e-Platform. Once an application is submitted, it cannot be withdrawn, canceled or changed.

Parents are advised to consider two important factors when choosing a school for their children: their children's abilities and the characteristics of the preferred school.

You can communicate with your child's subject teachers to learn more about your child's abilities. For the characteristics of the target school, you may refer to the "Profile of a Secondary School" issued by the Committee on Home-School Co-operation to understand the school's philosophy, language of instruction, religion, class structure, etc. You may also refer to the "School Profile" issued by the Committee on Home-School Co-operation to learn more about the school's philosophy, language, religion and class structure.Visit the school's webpage on this websiteThis is because our information is also collected from theSecondary School OverviewThe school's website and information about the school on the internet, including the schools' Youtube Channels.

We believe that as long as we choose suitable schools according to the abilities of our children, we will make them happy to learn and enjoy going to school, which will be most helpful to their studies.
Parents can only apply for a maximum of two participating secondary schools for their children. Note: Applications for Discretionary Places from more than two secondary schools, whether submitted in paper form or through the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) e-platform, will be considered invalid.
There is no district restriction on the application for discretionary places and parents can choose target secondary schools across districts.

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