South Tuen Mun Government Secondary School
School Type
- District: Tuen Mun
- School Category: Koon Lap
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 2
- Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
- School Religion: Not Applicable
School History
- Year of Establishment: 1988
- Sponsoring Body: Government
- Objective: To provide students with an excellent learning environment and adequate support for moral, academic, physical, social, and artistic development so that they may realize their full potential and become confident, responsible, and caring citizens.
- School Motto: Diligence and Humility
- Management Structure: The School Management Committee (SMC) is the highest decision-making body, comprising not only teachers, parents and alumni representatives, but also members of the community. The Principal is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the school, with key areas under his/her purview, including management and organization, learning and teaching, school ethos and student support.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Ms. Moses HO
- Current Principal: Chan Yiu Ming
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 52
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 94%
- Percentage of Teachers with Bachelor's Degrees: 96%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 35%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 35%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 8%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 19%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 73%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly English.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics, Geography, Life and Society, Science, History, Creative Technology (Computer and Information Technology, Home Economics, STEAM), Visual Arts, Music, Sports
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese History, Civic and Social Development, Tourism and Hospitality
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics (Compulsory Part), Extended Mathematics Curriculum (Module 2), Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, Economics, Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance, Information and Communication Technology, Visual Arts, Sports
School-wide language policy:
In addition to the teaching of Chinese Language, Chinese History and Putonghua, all classes in the South Tuen Mun Government Secondary School are taught in English, with expatriate English teachers, and Chinese and Putonghua education is actively promoted, with emphasis on training students to be biliterate and trilingual. To this end, the school has created a good language environment, for example, providing students with opportunities to speak in English or Putonghua and act as masters of ceremonies at weekly school assemblies and other events; encouraging students to communicate with students from the Mainland and other countries to improve their English and Putonghua proficiency; organizing a reading lesson every afternoon, so that teachers and students can read extra-curricular books or specific chapters on a regular basis every week in order to enhance their knowledge through reading; and encouraging students to participate in inter-class and extra-school reading competitions in order to promote the development of bilingualism and tri-lingualism. Students are also encouraged to participate in inter-class and out-of-school reading competitions to promote reading.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
There are two examinations and two standardized tests each year to assess the academic standards of students.
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 participation in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
1. academic performance and list of student achievement subgrades provided by EDB: 60%; 2. interview performance: 25%; 3. extracurricular activity performance: 15%.
How is the South Tuen Mun Government Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 2C-2B
School Wind:
The school's ethos is simple and unassuming. In order to help students grow up healthily, the school organizes a number of activities to support students, including the "Big Brothers Big Sisters Program" for Form 1 students, the "Senior Training Class" and the Leadership Training Program to train student leaders. Short talks and activities on national security education, national education, civic education, character education, environmental education, and health and sex education are held regularly in weekly assemblies and homeroom classes to develop students' character. The school also guides students to compile "Student Learning Profiles" to record their non-academic performance and community service in secondary school.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school emphasizes the importance of catering for students' differences in learning. This year, the school divided students into classes according to their English proficiency and overall academic performance from S1 to S5, so that teachers could tailor their teaching to the students' academic level. For the more able students, the school recommended them to participate in various gifted and talented programs and organized leadership training and Olympiad classes for them. In addition, the school arranges remedial classes and re-tests for students who are less successful in tests and examinations in order to improve their academic performance. The school also arranges teachers to work together to prepare lessons so that teachers can design a school-based curriculum that meets the learning needs of the students and takes care of the blind spots of the students. The school also emphasizes the development of students' reflective learning skills, and teaches students various generic skills at different levels, including communication skills, problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills, logical thinking, and collaborative skills, etc., which can be applied in various subjects. The school also actively encourages students to participate in exchange activities to broaden their horizons.
Teacher professional training and development:
- Organize in-school professional development days for teachers to keep abreast of the times, enhance their professional knowledge and strengthen their teaching effectiveness through diversified activities.
- Teachers are encouraged to participate in seminars or workshops organized by the EDB or external organizations and share their experience with their colleagues in the school, so as to promote professional exchanges among colleagues and subject groups and enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
Nam Kwun is committed to building an inclusive culture and has set up a Task Force on Integrated Education. The team comprises the Deputy Principal, SENCo, Guidance Officers, teachers, Regular Resident Educational Psychologist, Resident Social Worker and Teaching Assistants (Specialized in Integrated Education) to
"Whole School Approach (WSA) to support students with special educational needs (SEN).
The school systematically plans professional training for teachers, identifies students in need of support through resource deployment, sets support targets according to their different needs, and provides them with appropriate and diversified support services to help them integrate into campus life and achieve the expected learning targets. Specific support services include teaching and assessment adaptation, classroom pull-out mode, etc. Professional support is also sought through the establishment of remedial groups, literacy training groups, social behavior and emotional training groups, speech therapy services, concentration training and individual learning plans, etc., to provide individual counseling and assessment for students with special educational needs (SEN).
Apart from that, the school emphasizes home-school co-operation and has established a regular communication mechanism to discuss and formulate strategies on supporting students with parents through different channels and to review the effectiveness.
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 language learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; organizing cultural integration activities; and employing additional staff and/or procuring additional translation/interpretation services to facilitate communication with parents. To provide supplementary adaptation for Chinese Language internal tests and examinations, e.g. computerized screen-reading.
School facilities:
There are 24 classrooms, 4 laboratories, 1 Virtual Technology and Innovation Center (Future Classroom), 1 Living History Center, 1 Geography and Environmental Education Center, 1 C3 Creative Space, 1 Creative Cube, 1 Chinese and Western Culture Hall in the Language, Culture and Communication Center, 2 Computer Rooms, 1 STEM Garden, 1 Center for Liberal Studies, Values and Life Education, 1 Home Economics Room, 1 Visual Arts Creation Room, 1 Music Room Nanguan Recital Hall, 1 Dream Workshop Nanguan, 1 Library, 1 Independent Learning Center, 1 Career Planning and Whole Person Development Center, 1 Student Union Office, 1 Lecture Hall, 2 Social Work Rooms, 1 Discipline and Counseling Room, 1 Parents' Resource Room, and 1 Orchestra/Band Rehearsal Room. There is also an auditorium, a fitness room, a recreation area, a covered playground, a volleyball court and a basketball court. The entire school is air-conditioned and equipped with a campus radio station and centralized video broadcasting system.
School contact information:
- Phone: 24045506
- Fax: 26183151
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.stmgss.edu.hk
- Address: 218 Wu Shan Road, Tuen Mun, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
