Catholic Ming Yuen Secondary School
School Type
- District: Sai Kung
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of foundation: 1950
- Organization: Sacred Heart of Mary
- Objective: The school upholds the spirit of Christian charity, teaching all students without discrimination, and tailoring education to the needs of the students. The school aims to enable students to realize the mission of being a human being by knowing themselves and experiencing the realities of life, and to achieve a balanced development of ethics, intellect, physique, social skills, aesthetics and spirituality.
- School Motto: Righteousness, Integrity and Shame
- Management structure: The school has an Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) and implements a school-based management mode. The school has a clear management structure with a School Development Committee and a number of ad hoc committees to coordinate teaching and curriculum, discipline and guidance, career planning, extra-curricular activities, moral education, civic and national education, general affairs and PTA.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Tik Wo Sze
- Current Principal: Yuen Yuk Lan
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 44
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 93%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 50%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 33%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 43%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 14%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 43%
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, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Life and Society, Chinese History, Geography, Religious Ethics, Home Economics, General Computer, Basic Design, Putonghua, Visual Arts, Music, 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, Mathematics, Civic and Social Development, Economics, Geography, Chinese History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Information and Communication Technology, Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance, Tourism and Hospitality, Visual Arts (Diploma of Secondary Education), Mathematics Extended Module 2, Ethics of Religion, Physical Education, Tutorials (Chinese, Maths, Communal)
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Tutorial (English Language)
School-wide language policy:
The school is committed to nurturing students to be biliterate, trilingual and proficient in both Chinese and English. Through diversified teaching and co-curricular activities, students are provided with more opportunities to get in touch with and utilize English and Putonghua. In English, there are debate competitions, English Speaking Stage, English morning assembly and lunchtime English activities, etc. In Putonghua, students are given opportunities to practise outside the classroom through exchange visits to the Mainland and Taiwan, and are encouraged to participate in speech and recitation competitions.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
- Tests: The school's assessment mechanism is divided into "Continuous Assessment" and "Summative Assessment". Continuous assessment includes quizzes, assignments and classroom performance, some of which are conducted electronically with immediate feedback to students. Summative assessment consists of two standardized tests and examinations throughout the school year.
- Adaptation measures: The policy of catering for diversity in learning is implemented to enhance students' learning confidence and effectiveness through diversified learning tasks, layered worksheets, learning environment, grouping, multi-sensory learning materials, questioning skills, appropriate display of students' learning outcomes, etc., so as to provide better care for students with special educational needs and giftedness. Basic questions are set in the standardized tests and term papers to track and analyze students' performance in different subjects and review the teaching strategies regularly.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 2
- 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: 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 participates in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System. Academic Achievement: 30%; Conduct: 30%; Performance in Extra-curricular Activities and Services in School and Outside School: 20%; Performance in Interview: 20%.
How is Ming Yuen Catholic Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3A
School Wind:
In keeping with Fr. Lui's motto: "Sacrifice, love others, and rejoice always", the teachers have been taking care of the needs of the students with the spirit of caring without discrimination. The school emphasizes character education and life education, and adopts a whole-school approach to discipline and counseling, cultivating students' good appearance, self-confidence and enrichment of knowledge, which are often praised by students in various aspects. In the face of the repeated epidemics, the school often organizes diversified growth activities to help students adapt to the school life and relieve the pressure brought by the epidemic: the theme of this year's school is "Life", so the school will help students build up correct values through different kinds of lectures, civic education, life education and other activities. Meanwhile, the Good Student Award Scheme, Academic Attendance Award Scheme, Talent Award and Volunteer Service Award Scheme are all in place to recognize the outstanding performance of students in each school year. The school also emphasizes the development of students' multiple abilities and implements the "One Service for Life" and "One Art for Life" programmes. The school also has a Student Council, a four-society system, and a Leadership Team to enable students to realize their leadership potential.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- Enhancement of Learning Effectiveness: Extended Lessons for F.5 and F.6 to enhance academic performance.
- To promote E-learning and interactive learning through information technology, and to develop VR Cave, an immersive simulation learning environment, so that students can master various knowledge principles in an interactive experience.
- English tutorial classes for newly arrived students and individualized learning plans for students with special learning needs.
- In line with the optimization of the core subjects of senior secondary education, the school has set up Language Enrichment Classes in S4 and S5 to enhance students' language proficiency and learning skills.
- To strengthen the support for S5 and S6 students by organizing the S5 and S6 Leapfrog Action Plan to introduce examination and time management skills.
- The "Mingyuan Classroom" open classroom was organized to allow teachers from outside the school to observe and exchange ideas to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching.
- The school has set up group teaching and Saturday tutorials for students in S6 who are striving for excellence.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school has always emphasized the professional growth and development of teachers. Every year, teachers are encouraged to pursue continuous learning in line with the school's development and needs, and to equip themselves in different fields and areas to enhance the effectiveness of teaching. The school believes in the importance of caring for each student individually. Therefore, the school's teachers actively participate in the "Catering for Different Learning Needs" program, and educational psychologists are invited to conduct workshops for teachers. The school regularly organizes teacher study days and professional development seminars every year. The school also actively liaises with outside schools to organize activities with different themes, such as participating in the "Think Actively Project" organized by the University of Hong Kong and inviting psychiatrists to the school to conduct seminars on the concern of students' mental health; and in recent years, the school has also actively promoted joint seminars: "Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Mary Joint Schools Teachers' Development Day - A New Vision of Law on Campus" has been organized in the school to strengthen the relationship between colleagues. In recent years, the school has also been actively promoting joint seminars: the "Sacred Heart of Mary Joint Teachers' Development Day - New Perspectives on Law on Campus" was organized at the school to enhance professional exchanges among staff and to foster a collaborative atmosphere. The school also pays attention to the nurturing and growth of new teachers, and has set up the "New Teacher Partnership Program", in which experienced teachers are responsible for assisting new teachers in adapting to the teaching environment.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The Student Support Team will provide after-school support for dyslexic students, such as language enhancement groups and one-to-two tutorials. Collaborative teaching is promoted in junior secondary schools, utilizing cooperative learning and differentiated worksheets to provide appropriate care for students in need. In the general classroom, we strengthen the care of learning differences and provide tests and homework adjustments for students in need to learn in a sequential manner.
The school also arranges speech therapy services for students with speech and language impairment, and organizes various multi-intelligence and functional groups for students with hyperactivity disorder and autism. The school participates in the Medical-Educational-Social Collaboration Program to provide appropriate support services for students with mental health needs. The school has set up the "Care and Inclusion Week" and invited external organizations to organize activities in the school. The school also purchased the Counseling Psychologist Service for the prevention and treatment of students with mental health needs. The school also utilized the Support Grant for Non-Chinese Speaking Students with Special Educational Needs and the Enhanced Support Grant for Chinese Language Learning and Teaching of Non-Chinese Speaking Students to assist teachers in designing activities and purchasing teaching materials, as well as purchasing translation services to enhance communication with their parents and to help non-Chinese speaking students to learn Chinese effectively. In collaboration with the College and Career Counseling Section, we arranged internships for the students during the summer vacation.
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:
In addition to general classrooms, laboratories, computer rooms, and a multi-media language learning center, the school also has a Creative Space, an English Corner, a campus TV station, a Geography Room, a Dance Room, a Library, a Student Activity Center, and a Parent Resource Center to meet the needs of multiple intelligences of our students. Each classroom is equipped with air-conditioning, computers, projectors, physical projectors, screens, and lockers for each student. In addition, there is an auditorium, study room, home economics room, music room, visual arts room, counseling room, social work room, physical education room, staff room, conference room, multi-purpose classroom, tuck shop, accessible restrooms, and elevators.
School contact information:
- Tel: 27027102
- Fax: 27027370
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.mingyuen.edu.hk
- Address: Hau Tak Estate, Tseung Kwan O, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
