Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin)
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School Type
- District: Shatin
- 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 Establishment: 1988
- Sponsoring Body: Government
- Objective: The school is committed to providing an excellent learning environment, stimulating students' interest in learning, and providing a balanced development of moral, intellectual, physical, social, and aesthetic education.
- School Motto: Learning and Deliberation
- Management structure: Under the leadership of the School Management Committee (SMC), the school practises school-based management to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning. The School Development Committee, School Affairs Committee, Curriculum Committee and Values Education Committee are set up to review and implement the school policies and academic affairs. In addition, the Co-curricular Activities Section, Life Education Section, Career Planning Section, Discipline Section, Counseling Section and Student Council are dedicated to catering for the needs of students.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Hui Chi Fung
- Existing Principal: Liping Yang
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 56
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 91%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 98%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 41%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 22%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 16%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 10%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 74%
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, Technology and Life (S1 & S2), Design and Technology (S1 & S2), General Computer Studies (S1 & S2), Life and Society (S1 & S2), Basic Business (S3), Creative Education (S3), Putonghua (S1), Chinese History, History, Geography, Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education, Civic 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, Economics, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, History, Biology, Geography, Visual Arts, Tourism and Hospitality (F.4, F.6), Chinese History, ICT, Music (F.4), Physical Education, Civic Education, Marketing and Online Marketing (F.4, F.5), Food Innovation and Science (F.4, F.5)
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (S4, S6)
School-wide language policy:
Under the policy of fine-tuning the medium of instruction (MOI), the school adopts a suitable MOI based on students' language proficiency and progresses step by step, with some subjects taught in English to match students' language proficiency.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Daily Continuous Assessment is worth a total of 301 TP3T and the exam is worth a total of 701 TP3T.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 4
- 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:
School fees for Secondary 1 (S1) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for S2(S2) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for Secondary 3 (S3) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for S4 (S4) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
Tuition fees for S5 in the 2022-2023 school year:-
School fees for Secondary 6 (S6) in the 2022-2023 school year:-
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participates in the central allocation under the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System. Admission criteria for S1 discretionary places:
1. academic achievement 30%; 2. conduct 20%; 3. extracurricular activities, service on and off campus, and awards 10%; 4. interview 40%.
S1 Discretionary Places Admission Criteria (if interview is not possible)
1. 601 TP3T in the Board of Education; 2. 301 TP3T in conduct; 3. 101 TP3T in extracurricular activities, service inside and outside of school, and awards.
Orientation and Healthy Living:
S1 Parent and Freshman Orientation Days are held in mid-July; School Information Day will be held on November 19, 2022, and the school also has English and Math Bridging Programs for S1 students.
The School's Physical Education Section participates in the School Sports Promotion Scheme: "Outreach Coaching Scheme" of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
Leung Man Yin Memorial Secondary School (Sha Tin)
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 2C
School Wind:
To promote positive education activities, we provide activities and training courses to cater for the characteristics and needs of students at different levels, to help students understand themselves, to promote their personal growth, to plan their life direction, to realize and develop their potential, to formulate learning plans and future directions, and to build up their self-confidence and correct and positive outlook on life. We also strictly enforce a reward and punishment system to cultivate a sense of responsibility among students and their good habits of observing the law and being courteous and polite. We also implement an interactive life education program to enrich the spiritual life of our students.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- The school actively enhances the academic standards of students. The school organizes enrichment courses in various subjects according to the performance of students. 2020/21, for example, the school has 12 subjects with guaranteed top-up courses, including core subjects such as Chinese, English, Mathematics and General Studies, and more than 35 courses with different contents. 2021/22, the school will continue to implement enrichment workshops for students in various subjects, so as to train up elites of various subjects to achieve good results in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination.
- To promote e-learning and STEM programs for students and enhance classroom interaction with a view to improving learning effectiveness.
- In order to enhance students' English proficiency and create a good English environment, the school organizes different activities such as Intermediate 1 English Phonics Course, English Drama Class, English Week, English Day, English Morning Assembly, English Ambassador Scheme, and English Movie Watching on your own choice in the English Room. In addition, the English Department works with teachers of all subjects to design programs to enhance students' English proficiency. In addition, in order to help students adapt to the new curriculum, summer bridging courses have been organized at all levels, including English and Mathematics bridging courses for Primary 6 to Secondary 1 students.
- Providing a diversified learning environment to broaden students' horizons. The school arranges students to participate in or organizes overseas exchange activities, such as the "Korea Cultural Tourism and STEM Exposure", the "Dalian and Shenyang Mainland Exchange Program", and the "Brisbane, Gold Coast, Australia Exchange Program".
Teacher professional training and development:
In addition to arranging school-based training for teachers every year, the school also encourages and supports teachers to actively participate in external professional development and training to enhance teaching effectiveness. A mentor teacher system is in place to help new teachers adapt to the teaching environment. Peer lesson observation and collaborative teaching are encouraged, and professional sharing is promoted to enhance teaching standards.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school is committed to building a caring campus and optimizing the integrated education measures. The school has a Special Education Co-ordinator, uses the Learning Support Grant flexibly to support the different needs of students with SEN in a Whole School Approach, and also provides learning and test accommodations for students in need, maintains communication with parents, strengthens home-school co-operation, and works together to support students' growth.
School facilities:
There are 28 standard air-conditioned classrooms and 20 special rooms (including laboratories, language teaching rooms, computer rooms, multi-media learning center and resource rooms). The school also has an auditorium, library, study hall, multi-purpose room, student activity center, covered playground, basketball court, amphitheater and climbing wall.
School contact information:
- Tel: 26941414
- Fax: 26091245
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.hlmssst.edu.hk
- Address: 2 Hin Tin Street, Tai Wai, Sha Tin, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
