The Church of Christ in China Kwei Wah Shan College
School Type
- Region: Hong Kong East
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Chinese and English
- School religion: Christianity
School History
- Year of establishment: 1977
- Sponsor: The Church of Christ in China, Hong Kong Synod
- Objective: The school adheres to the vision of the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China, which is to "nurture abundant life and witness Christ's love", and provides students with whole-person quality education services, affirming that the true meaning of education lies in the formation of human beings and the building up of character, and hoping to cultivate in students healthy attitudes towards life, positive values and the concept of the nation.
- School motto: Love others as yourself
- Management structure: School-based management is used to promote school development, with emphasis on self-evaluation. Valuable opinions from students, parents, teachers and the public, as well as effective management, are the main reasons for the school's successful breakthroughs and enhancements.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Au Yeung Ka Keung
- Current Principal: Mr. Wong Chung Leung
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 46
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 72%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 24%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 24%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 52%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 4%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 44%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is both English and Chinese.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Putonghua, Mathematics, Science*, Design and Technology, Home Economics, Applied Learning in Information Technology, Chinese History, Geography, Life and Society, Ethics/Religious Education, Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
Applicable to NCS students only: Mathematics, Science, Design and Technology, Home Economics, IT Applied Learning, Geography, Life and Society, Ethics/Religious Education, Visual Arts, Music, Physical Education
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Mathematics, Civic and Social Development, Chinese History, Geography
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English, Biology, Business, Introduction to Accounting and Finance, Information and Communication Technology, Economics
For NCS students only: Mathematics, Civic and Social Development
School-wide language policy:
The school is committed to fostering biliteracy and trilingualism. Our mother tongue is our medium of instruction. The school is committed to shaping the English and Putonghua language environment in the school, and through regular English and Putonghua activities, students have more opportunities to communicate in English and Putonghua. In the future, the school will strengthen its support for Chinese language learning for non-Chinese speaking (NCS) students and enhance the biliteracy and trilingualism of local students through integration activities.
School-based programs:
1. Elective subjects: 2X. There are two combinations of five elective subjects each.
2. Curriculum Focus: In line with the Eight Key Learning Areas and Four Key Targets set by the Education Bureau for curriculum development, and with the support of the Curriculum Development Institute, the school has been actively developing a school-based curriculum to provide students with a broad, holistic and coherent curriculum, so as to enable all students to acquire the essential learning experiences necessary for whole-person development. The school has implemented measures to ensure excellence in Chinese, English and Mathematics, such as after-school remedial classes in junior secondary schools and enrichment courses in senior secondary schools, and has also endeavored to enhance students' learning skills through participation in speech and debate competitions.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
To implement a diversified and continuous assessment policy, including thematic inquiry, classroom performance, coursework results, tests and examinations, etc., and to utilize the Student Data Analysis System for detailed data analysis, in order to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and student learning.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 2
- 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: 3
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participation in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
Admission Criteria and Weighting: (1) Interview Performance 30% (2) Academic Achievement 30% (3) Extracurricular Activities 20% (4) Conduct and Attitude 20%.
Orientation and Healthy Living:
S1 Orientation Activities: Bridging Course, Leadership Training Camp and S1 Orientation Parents' Meeting will be held in mid to late July, and S1 Life Camp will be held in September. The school has always emphasized on the healthy growth of students and therefore provides "Free Breakfast" to students in need so that they can receive adequate nutrition during their developmental period. In addition, the school also adheres to the guidelines issued by the Centre for Health Protection on the prevention of various types of infectious diseases. In addition, junior secondary students participate in sports training activities on Mondays, lunch suppliers provide healthy menus, and students regularly assist in cleaning classrooms and sterilizing desks and chairs. In addition, through the Student Health Service of the Department of Medical and Health Services and various seminars on growth topics, such as "Sexuality Education", "Emotional Control", "Healthy Eating", "Healthy Information", and "Winning Online", etc., the school aims to instill in students the right attitude and positive outlook towards a healthy life. These seminars aim to instill in students a correct attitude towards healthy living and a positive outlook on life.
The Church of Christ in China - Kwai Wah Shan Secondary School
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3B
School Wind:
The school's school ethos is simple, strict, but loving. The school practises positive discipline so that students can learn to be self-disciplined and abide by the rules and regulations, and emphasizes classroom management to create a good classroom culture. Teachers and students abide by the school motto, "Love others as yourself", and adhere to the District Council's philosophy of "Serving the Word through the School", so that students can grow up in God's care and love. For 16 consecutive years, the school has been awarded the "Caring School Award Scheme" by the Hong Kong Christian Service. Teachers of the school have always been aiming at "caring for each individual and teaching each lesson well" to nurture students to become independent learners and outstanding "Huashan People". Teachers and students are constantly striving for improvement, and a culture of excellence has taken root on campus.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
We emphasize the balanced development of biliteracy, trilingualism and the six core subjects, and follow the guidelines of the Education Bureau's curriculum framework to promote reading, the use of information technology, the practice of moral and civic education, and the conduct of thematic studies, so as to enable our students to learn and achieve the goal of lifelong learning. Over the past five years, the performance of our students has continued to improve, and their performance in public examinations has improved every year.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school's Teacher Professional Development and Evaluation Committee coordinates the professional development of teachers and organizes seminars and workshops annually in response to the school's concerns. In the past five years, the number of hours of professional development for teachers in the school was higher than the average of 88 hours per teacher.
In addition, the following professional organizations are the school's teacher development partners:
1. Quality Education Fund Thematic Network Project - Schools: Development of Chinese Curriculum Leaders and Teachers' Professional Learning Communities for Teaching Non-Chinese Speaking Students
2. School-based Curriculum Development Support Service for Secondary Schools - Mathematics Education
Life-wide Learning:
The School has always been committed to promoting various sports in order to cultivate the spirit of teamwork, discipline and perseverance among its students. The school's Boys' Basketball Team has a particularly impressive record, having been ranked among the top three in the Boys' Group A of the Hong Kong Inter-School Basketball Competition (Division 1) for 12 consecutive years from 2008 to 2019, and its students have won numerous awards in various territory-wide competitions.
The school has been actively implementing the "Wah Shan People Physical Education and Sports Development Program", and in recent years, it has introduced free activities such as equipment fitness, cricket, beatbox, electric piano and guitar to develop students' potential in different areas. In addition to joining the Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps for training, all S1 students are required to choose one of the following sports: volleyball, field hockey, badminton, archery, dance and drama for specialized training. In addition, in line with the school-based objective of "Career Planning", the school has set up career-related activities such as the Rotary Junior Service Group and the Coffee Corner to enhance students' understanding of different trades and industries, and to help them find their interests and strengths and plan their lives as early as possible.
All in all, the school is constantly looking for new and diversified extra-curricular activities, hoping to cultivate students' generic skills and leadership through diversified activities, so that students can grow up in an enjoyable and fulfilling school life.
The development of the four key projects:
(a) Learning through reading: The school has set up morning reading classes to actively cultivate students' reading habits and deep reading skills. The library and various disciplines promote interdisciplinary reading and the Reading Award Scheme to enhance students' thinking and communication skills, and to build up an attitude of lifelong learning.
(b) Interactive Learning with Information Technology: All classrooms are equipped with computer systems and wireless network coverage, together with the newly purchased mobile devices, to enable students to conduct interactive learning in class. An e-learning platform has been set up to provide students with online exercises for self-learning. All subjects have incorporated e-learning elements into their curriculum, with about 20% classes including e-learning activities. With the implementation of the "One Person, One Device (BYOD)" e-learning program in the 2020/2021 school year, the learning effectiveness and IT competency of students will be enhanced.
(c) Project-based Learning: Teachers of various subjects in junior secondary schools will lead students to conduct project-based learning to cultivate students' critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills, so as to lay a good foundation for senior secondary studies. Teachers of the two major study areas, Science and Technology, will enhance the all-round development of students through various STEM project studies.
(d) Moral and Civic Education: Teachers discuss life values and share religious beliefs with students in morning and weekly meetings. The school organizes thanksgiving activities during important festivals. The flag-raising ceremony is held in every school year. Teachers instruct students to care about the society and know their country, and to become law-abiding and good citizens.
Career Planning Education :
(a) To enhance teachers' understanding of career planning and career education in all schools through professional training for teachers, so as to help them understand the needs and aspirations of senior secondary students in respect of learning, work, career goals and other aspects of life.
(b) Incorporating elements of career education into the curriculum content, coursework assessment and other learning experiences, coupled with the establishment of the Career Planning Resource Center, so as to enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills of career planning that meet their developmental needs at different stages of their growth, as well as to grasp information on further studies and employment.
(c) A Life Coach Scheme is in place, under which school teachers provide personalized care in the form of Life Coaches to help students sitting for the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination to set personalized learning and career goals for further studies and to promote career development.
(d) To deepen students' understanding of local universities through visits to their campuses and to encourage them to pursue university studies.
(e) Through industry talks, business-school partnership programs and workshops, the visits enable S4 to S6 students to learn about and understand a wide range of occupations and to gain a better understanding of the world of work, thus enabling them to face the changes in the transition from learning to employment with confidence.
Whole school participation in caring for student diversity:
In order to nurture gifted students, the school actively participates in the Education Bureau's "Support Scheme for the Exceptionally Gifted Students" and selects high caliber students to receive training in "Excellence in Leadership", "Excellence in Mathematics", "Excellence in Science" and "Excellence in Humanities". The school also emphasizes on integrated education, with professionally trained teachers dedicated to catering for students with special educational needs both inside and outside the classroom.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school is committed to building an inclusive culture and adopting a Whole School Approach (WSA) to support students with special learning needs (SEN). The school has an Integrated Education Committee (IEC) comprising the SEN Co-ordinator, SEN Support Teachers, subject teachers representing counselors and teaching assistants. Members of the Committee meet regularly with professionals from different sectors such as educational psychologists, school-based speech therapists, professionals from the Medical and Education Department and school social workers, etc. to devise appropriate support plans for students with SEN. The school makes flexible use of the Learning Support Grant and the outsourced services under the Support Grant for Non-Chinese Speaking Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN NCS) to provide appropriate support for students, such as reading and writing groups, peer socialization activities, executive functioning groups, after-school learning support, etc. The school has also provided a wide range of support services to students with special educational needs (e.g., learning and teaching support for students with special educational needs). With the consent of parents, the Integrated Education Committee will conduct individualized learning programmes for students with learning or adjustment difficulties, and class teachers and subject teachers will pay special attention to students in need. The school has put in place a regular mechanism to meet with parents on parents' day or at students' case conferences to report to them the progress and effectiveness of the support measures or services provided to the students in a timely manner. The school arranges adaptations for each internal test, such as special examination sessions, extra time, screen-reading software, etc. The school also assists students sitting for public examinations to apply for similar adaptations to ensure fairness in the assessment they receive. Through the Whole School Approach to Integrated Education, students with special educational needs in the school are given the most comprehensive care.
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.
Facilities to support students with special educational needs (SEN):
Ramps and accessible lifts (to be constructed soon).
Home school cooperation:
The school is like a big family. Parents participate in the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to learn more about the school and give their opinions and suggestions on the school administration. Parents have always supported the school's scholarships and often participate in off-campus competitions with their students, thus enhancing their sense of belonging. The school has also set up a Parents and Alumni Resource Center to further strengthen the spirit of home-school cooperation.
Environmental Policy:
Environmental protection is a major concern of the school. Through the following hands-on activities, the school has made students realize that it is everyone's responsibility to take care of the environment.
I. Energy Conservation: Encourage all teachers and students to send messages by email to reduce paper consumption; teach students to turn off all electrical appliances, including computers, lights, and air conditioners before leaving the classroom.
II. Waste Separation and Recycling: Recycling bins are set up on campus to separate waste paper, plastic bottles, aluminum cans and glass bottles for recycling.
III. Green Campus: A solar power system is installed on the rooftop. Students and teachers fully supported the greening of the campus, and students managed the flower garden in the school.
IV. Green Ambassadors: Two Green Ambassadors will be assigned to each class to promote environmental protection.
Other:
Scholarships offered by the school are listed below:
1. Rev. Peter Wang Scholarship
2. Mr. Kwai Wah Shan Six Education Scholarship
3. CCC Kwai Wah Shan Middle School Parent-Teacher Association Scholarships
4. CCC Kwai Wah Shan Secondary School Alumni Association Scholarships
5. Late Alumnus Yi Cod Huang Scholarship
6. Math King Scholarship
7. Scholarships for outstanding athletes
School facilities:
In addition to standard classrooms, the six-story main building has a food court, cafeteria, library, multimedia learning center, labs, career planning resource center, sports science room, basketball training machine, rock climbing wall, and a green garden. The school also has three playgrounds, an auditorium, a dance studio, and a Watson stage. The entire school is air-conditioned and equipped with audio-visual teaching materials. The wireless network infrastructure (Wifi900) and interactive whiteboards have been installed in all classrooms, allowing students to learn electronically through mobile devices.
School contact information:
- Tel: 25711285
- Fax: 28070085
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.ccckws.edu.hk
- Address: 62 Cloud View Road, North Point, Hong Kong
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