De La Salle Secondary School NT
School Type
- Area：North District
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of foundation: 1965
- Organization: La Salle Sisterhood
- Mission: We believe that every student is unique and precious, and we will touch the hearts of our students with love, respect and nurturing. In the spirit of La Salle - faith, passion and community - we provide our students with a God-centered, person-centered quality education that develops their full potential.
- School motto: Faithfulness, Compassion and Love
- Management structure: The school implements school-based management with the establishment of a School Improvement Team and an Executive Committee to increase teachers' participation in policy formulation. The two Vice-Principals coordinate the Senate and the Student Development and Support Committee. The former reviews and optimizes the school's curriculum and related policies to promote and enhance student learning. The former reviews and optimizes the school's curriculum and related policies to promote and enhance student learning, while the latter systematically integrates the administrative components of student development to enable the school to provide appropriate support and care services.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Mr. CHENG Tai-man
- Current Principal: Cao Shao Min
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 64
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 85%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 41%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 37%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 39%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 6%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 55%
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, History* (S1, S2), Mathematics*, Science*, General Computer*, Visual Arts*, Music*, Physical Education*, Design & Technology* (S1, S2), Ethics & Religion*,
Life and Society*, Geography* (S3)
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 (S4, S5, S6), Chinese History, Geography, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Tourism and Hospitality, Visual Arts, Information and Communication Technology, Physical Education, Religious Education (S5)
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
School-wide language policy:
- With mother tongue as the medium of instruction and Putonghua as the subject of instruction in the middle school, the school is committed to implementing the "biliteracy and trilingualism" policy by focusing on the enhancement of English proficiency throughout the school.
- Implementing the "Extended Learning and Teaching Activities in English" to infuse English into the learning contents of various subjects at junior secondary levels, so as to enrich the English learning context and enhance students' motivation in learning English.
- Implemented the "English Language Enrichment Scheme", whereby every Wednesday is designated as English Day to promote English reading, English conversation, English interest activities and annual visits to overseas La Salle schools, such as Singapore, the Philippines or Australia, to gain real English experience. The school-based English curriculum reform was implemented, and teachers developed teaching materials to cater for learning differences and enhance learning effectiveness.
- With additional resources, such as funding from the School Start Programme, the Support Grant for Newly Arrived Children, the School-based After-school Learning and Support Grant, and the Language Fund, etc., small-class English teaching and a number of after-school English courses are provided for students of different levels, especially junior secondary school students, so as to enhance the support for English learning in the light of the differences in English proficiency.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Two standardized tests and two examinations are held in each school year, with recurrent quizzes and diversified interim assessments to assess learning progress. Adaptation arrangements are made for students with special educational needs (SEN).
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 5
- 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: 3
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.
S1 Discretionary Places Admission Criteria: Interview Performance 40%; Academic Achievement 30%; Extra-curricular Activity Performance 30%.
How is the New Territories La Salle Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3B
School Wind:
- In accordance with the Catholic faith and the educational vision of St. John La Salle, students are touched by caring education and love each other.
- The school culture is simple and the discipline is strict. The school has implemented a dual classroom teacher system to enhance individualized care for students and contact with parents.
- Develop a praise program to recognize good behavior and increase student self-confidence.
- To enhance students' sense of responsibility, self-image and aspirations through organizing various activities.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- With English as a school concern, junior high schools have implemented school-based English curricula and promoted whole-school language-rich extracurricular activities and after-school English learning support programs at all levels.
- Promote interactive pedagogies and e-learning (e.g. iPad, electronic interactive whiteboard, VLE online learning platform) in the classroom to enhance learning effectiveness.
- Students are encouraged to develop the learning habits of pre-study, revision, note-taking and handing in homework on time.
- Interim assessments are conducted in each semester, and diversified assessment modes are adopted to enhance feedback on teaching and learning so as to improve learning and teaching.
- Provide diversified senior secondary elective subjects to achieve "Arts and Science in Chinese Language and Science in Chinese Language".
Teacher professional training and development:
- A five-year training program for teachers to build a Brain-based Learning Professional Community using Brain-based Learning Theory.
- To organize various professional training activities for teachers to support and complement the development of their professional capacity in "teaching and learning".
- To promote school-based lesson observation activities and develop professional learning communities.
- A mentorship system is in place to provide professional support to new teachers.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school adopts a Whole School Approach (WSA) to inclusive education, with the Integrated Education (IE) Team, headed by the Deputy Principal, organizing measures to support students with special educational needs (SEN). The IE Team comprises the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, Counselor, Student Counselor, Counseling Psychologist, Support Teachers, Social Workers and Teaching Assistants. Taking into account the individual differences of the students concerned, the school utilizes the Secondary Learning Support Grant to provide students with appropriate and diversified support services under the "three-tier support model", with a view to enhancing students' motivation to learn and boosting their self-confidence. Measures include: small group teaching to take care of the less capable students, assisting students to complete their lessons with the use of information technology, hiring professional tutors to provide speech therapy, social training and career planning for students in need, and implementing the "Joyful Companions" project to help students with social difficulties to enhance their ability to express themselves and resolve their problems.
Weekly meetings are also arranged for students to get to know people with different difficulties or needs in the community. Activities that are beneficial to the body and mind, such as barista training, microfilm production, drone interest classes, board games, etc., are also organized to develop students' sense of competence, self-confidence, and their communication and expression skills. Educational psychologists, parents and class teachers regularly develop and review Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs) for students with severe learning difficulties.
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; and organizing cultural integration activities.
School facilities:
- Classroom Facilities: Classrooms, special rooms and auditoriums are equipped with audio, computers, physical projectors, 86-inch interconnecting touch screens, computer projection equipment and air conditioning.
- Sports facilities: turf soccer pitch, handball court, basketball court, fitness room, archery facilities, badminton court and table tennis practice area.
- Special Rooms: Library, High School Student Study Room, English Corner, Social Work Room, Campus TV Station, Automatic Weather Station, 2 Computer Rooms, Music Room, Design and Technology Room, Visual Arts Room, Geography Exploration Room, Integrated Science Lab, Physics Lab, Chemistry Lab, Biology Lab, Integrated Activity Rooms, Student Life Activity Center, Primary Sacrament Hall, Parent-Teacher Association Room, and STEM Makerspace.
School contact information:
- Tel: 26700443
- Fax: 26790161
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.delasalle.edu.hk/
- Address: Kam Tsin Tsuen, Sheung Shui, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
