Salesians of Don Bosco Ng Siu Mui Secondary School
School Type
- Area：Kwai Tsing
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Boys' School
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of establishment: 1972
- School Sponsor: Salesian Missions of the Borough of Scotland
- Objective: The school campus is permeated with the love, freedom and trust of the gospel, and nurtures students' whole-person growth through religious faith, compassionate care and rational teaching. In the spirit of the "Preventive Education Act", students are motivated to self-improvement through a variety of activities, so that they can realize their potentials, cultivate a good attitude towards learning, and build up a positive, optimistic, enterprising and innovative attitude towards life, so that they can become good citizens with integrity and honesty.
- School Motto: Constant Virtue and Knowledge
- Management structure: The IMC comprises representatives of the school sponsoring bodies, principals, teachers, parents, alumni and independent persons, and an Executive Committee on School Policies is set up to implement school policies. The Learning and Teaching Committee formulates policies to enhance students' learning effectiveness and teachers' professional teaching quality, which are implemented by different working groups. On the other hand, the school attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' self-discipline, moral education, multiple talents and other aspects of whole-person development, and has set up a Student Development Committee to formulate relevant strategies. The school has also set up a National Security Education Team, which is responsible for coordinating and harmonizing the work and measures related to national security education in a whole-school approach.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: So Chi Chiu
- Existing Principal: Lee Kin Man
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 44
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 90%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 41%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 24%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 36%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 20%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 44%
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:
Ethics/Religious Education, Chinese Language, Mathematics, Integrated Humanities, Integrated Science, Design and Information Technology, Chinese History, Putonghua, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Music, Moral and Civic Education, and Whole Person Healthy Learning Experiences.
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, subjects taught in English to NCS students: Ethics/Religious Education, Mathematics, Integrated Humanities, Integrated Science, Design and Technology, Chinese History, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Music, Moral and Civic Education, Whole Person Healthy Learning Experiences.
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Ethics/Religious Education, Chinese Language, Mathematics, Extended Mathematics, Civics and Social Development, Moral and Civic Education, Physical Education, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Health Management and Social Care, Design and Applied Technology, Diploma of Physical Education, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Visual Arts, Multi-media Storytelling, and Whole Person Healthy Learning Experience.
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English, NCS subjects taught in English: Ethics/Religious Education, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Development, Moral and Civic Education, Introduction to Enterprise, Accounting and Finance, Health Management and Social Care, Design and Applied Science and Technology, Physical Education, Diploma of Physical Education, and Whole Person Healthy Learning Experience.
School-wide language policy:
The Chinese classes are taught in Cantonese while the non-Chinese classes are taught in English. Two expatriate teachers have been recruited to implement practical language enrichment and extension activities at lunchtime and after school, such as English essay competitions, story-telling competitions and drama competitions, to encourage students to use English and to create an English learning environment. Diversified extra-curricular language learning activities are organized regularly to broaden students' learning experience and increase their opportunities to use biliteracy and trilingualism.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Two examinations are held throughout the year. The team in charge of the school provides students with examination adaptations based on the recommendations of experts, and tiers of examination papers are introduced at junior secondary levels to enhance learning motivation. Continuous and diversified assessment is provided to integrate classroom participation and coursework performance into equal time points, which will be counted as part of the semester grades. Diversified assessments, such as classroom activities, project-based learning, self-evaluation and mutual evaluation, will be used to promote students' learning and to review students' learning status and progress.
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: 2
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 2
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 2
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. The School will use the following criteria and weightings, in descending order of percentage, to determine whether an applicant will be admitted:
1. conduct 30%; 2. grades 25%; 3. interview performance 25% (expressive language skills, agreeableness, neatness, etc.); 4. extracurricular activities and awards 20%.
How is Salesian Secondary School of the Salesians of the Catholic Diocese of Wu Siu Mui?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3A
School Wind:
The school has a simple ethos and is committed to nurturing each student to be a good citizen who is active and quiet, honest and open to serving others. Our students and teachers share a common mission: Win over yourself every day, be a better man, and make the world a better place.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school has designed school-based curricula for each subject to cater for students' learning diversity. The implementation of "Multiple Assessments" allows students of different abilities and talents to demonstrate their learning achievements. Introducing cross-curricular learning activities to enable students to apply what they have learned and construct knowledge through cross-curricular learning activities. To design cross-curricular school-based STEM activities, teachers of Science, Design and Technology, Information Technology and Mathematics will co-organize STEM activities to enhance learning motivation and deepen learning. The school has embarked on a Talent Nurturing Program, which aims to pool together and put in place different resources to discover and nurture the uniqueness and talents of our students, so that they can shine in their future lives.
Teacher professional training and development:
Professional training of different nature was fully implemented, including: new teacher training, subject-based training, school-wide training on teaching strategies, middle management training, participation in special learning needs training, and observation and exchanges with friendly schools. Implemented "Classroom Visits" through the cycle of "Observation - Sharing - Revision" for teachers to share their observations and enhance professional exchanges. Participated in the School-based Support Program (Chinese and English) of the Education Bureau and the School-based Curriculum Development Program (Chinese, English and Mathematics) in collaboration with universities to enhance teachers' professionalism. Collaborating with the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero program to promote educational innovation and teacher training, and to shape the future of education and the future campus.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The Student Support Team consists of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator and teachers, Educational Psychologist, Speech Therapist, Guidance Counselor, School Social Worker, subject teachers and support staff. Students with SEN are provided with reading and writing training, social skills training, concentration training, speech and language training and counseling services. The school also organizes seminars for parents and sets up parent groups to provide learning support information and collect parents' opinions to promote home-school communication and cooperation. Educational psychologists and speech therapists are invited to provide training for teachers to enhance their effectiveness in supporting students with special educational needs.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The School provides additional support to the 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, small group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; organizing cultural integration activities; and employing additional staff and/or purchasing additional translation/interpretation services to facilitate communication with parents. To facilitate communication with parents, the school will also be required to provide additional staff and/or purchase additional translation/interpretation services.
School facilities:
Through diversified real-life learning venues (hardware) and professional curriculum and learning experience design by the teaching team (software), the school enhances the relevant knowledge and skills of the students, and cultivates the good character of the students through the preventive pedagogy (mindset) to promote effective learning and whole-person development, so that the school becomes the second home of the students. "Inspire, Innovate, Impact" is the core approach of the school to enhance students' learning effectiveness. The Eco-Education Campus, STEM Studio, Meditation Room and Life Education Cattery will be completed in the 2021-22 school year. Hands-on Learning Sites: Design Thinking and STEM Learning Center, Artificial Intelligence Education Center, Information Technology Learning Center, Solar Farm, ECO Lab, Hands-on Café, Art Gallery, Ceramics Studio, Campus TV Station, Muay Thai Boxing Hall, and Fitness Room.
School contact information:
- Tel: 24258223
- Fax: 24890921
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.sdbnsm.edu.hk
- Address: 30 Kwai Hop Street, Kwai Chung, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
