Bethel High School
School Type
- District: Yuen Long
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Chinese and English
- School religion: Christianity
School History
- Year of foundation: 1950
- School Sponsor: Berean Christian Church (Hong Kong) Limited
- Objective: To provide a Bible-based whole-person education and to cultivate students' balanced development in the seven areas of spirituality, morality, intellectuality, physical fitness, social skills, aesthetics, and happiness, so that students can know the truth, build up a sound personality, realize their potentials, establish a foothold in the society, and make contributions to the community.
- School motto: You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32)
- Management Structure: A School Management Committee (SMC), comprising experienced teachers, manages, directs and supervises the school for the realization of whole person Christian education. There are also various task forces to handle the day-to-day operation of the school as well as the growth and development of students.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: WONG Kwok-ching
- Current Principal: Chan Ka Fai
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 50
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education: 48%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 48%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 28%
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, Mathematics, Bible, Chinese History, Integrated Science, Life and Society, History (S.3), Geography (S.3), Music, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Home Economics, Design and Technology, Computers
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
Applicable to NCS students only: Mathematics, Integrated Science, Life and Society, History (S3), Geography (S3), Visual Arts, General Computer, Physical Education, Music, Home Economics, Design and Technology, Bible
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese Language (IGCSE, Applied Learning Chinese), Mathematics, Mathematics (Extended), Civic and Social Development, Introduction to Business, Accounting and Finance, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economics, History, Chinese History, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Bible, ICT, Applied Learning Programmes.
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
Applicable to NCS students only: Mathematics, Civic and Social Development, Physical Education, Bible, Applied Learning courses
School-wide language policy:
The school emphasizes biliteracy and trilingualism. Through the Multi-media Learning Center and foreign English teachers, students are able to strengthen their listening and speaking skills in both Chinese and English. The school also creates a good English learning environment by organizing English Week, setting up an English corner, and arranging English morning assembly time.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
The school emphasizes on continuous and diversified assessment methods to understand the learning outcomes of students so as to improve learning and teaching and enhance the quality of teaching. To optimize teaching and learning, the school adopts small group remedial teaching and adapted teaching in some classes to cater for individual differences. For students with special educational needs (SEN), the School provides appropriate arrangements for special examinations within the school, and applies to the Hong Kong Examinations Authority (HKEAA) for special examination arrangements corresponding to public examinations for these students, so as to ensure that they are fairly assessed.
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: 4
- Number of S5 classes in this school year: 3
- 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 participates in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places (CASPA). Admission criteria for S1 Discretionary Places: EDB Student Achievement Ranking List and Internal Results 40%; Conduct and Grades 30%; Extra-curricular Activities and Service Performance 20%; Interview Performance 10%.
How's Bertram's Middle School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3B
School Wind:
- The school has a strict school ethos and good teacher-student relationships.
- To know the truth of the Bible, to build up a complete personality, and to live a fruitful life. Through morning and weekly meetings, Bible classes, moral education classes, homeroom classes, and fellowship activities, we help students understand the truth of the Bible and live a positive life.
- The school practises a caring, inclusive, strict but caring whole-school discipline and guidance policy to enhance students' self-confidence, self-discipline, team spirit and leadership through different kinds of activities and training.
- The school has been awarded the Caring Campus Award for more than 10 consecutive years, and its efforts in actively promoting and practicing a caring culture are widely recognized.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school continues to modernize its classrooms and campus facilities to create a conducive learning environment and atmosphere. The curriculum is designed to keep abreast of the times, responding to curriculum reforms and promoting student-centered teaching and learning. In addition to the regular curriculum, the school provides sufficient and diversified activities to broaden students' horizons. The school makes good use of resources, and in order to cater for the learning differences of students, the curriculum is adapted for junior secondary levels and diversified for senior secondary levels, so that students can choose the most suitable subjects according to their interests and abilities, and realize their potentials to the fullest.
Teacher professional training and development:
Every year, we organize a number of school-based professional development workshops and seminars for teachers and participate in education seminars organized by joint schools to enhance their professionalism. The school also collaborates with local education professional bodies to develop school-based curriculum and related learning and teaching modes to facilitate teachers' professional development in keeping with the times. The school also places great emphasis on providing appropriate support programs for new teachers to help them adapt to school life and work as soon as possible.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school is committed to building an inclusive school culture and adopting a Whole School Approach in implementing its student support policy, so that all students are valued and treated equally. The School has set up a Student Support Team to provide appropriate support programs and projects for students in need. The team implemented various learning and other learning experience activities for students, including individual learning plan and after-school enrichment program, "No More Solitary Reading + Book Club" peer reading program, speech therapy service, "Screen Reader" program, speech-to-text software program, care interview program, "Get Together Moment" program, student social gathering, and Inclusive Values Education for Secondary 1 students, etc. The school also arranged internal tests and examinations for students. The school also arranges internal test accommodations, such as extra time, enlarged question papers, screen-reading software, voice-to-text conversion, etc., and assists students sitting for public examinations to apply for similar accommodations to enhance the fairness of the examinations. The Student Support Team works closely with the resident educational psychologist and social worker to identify and refer students with SEN at an early stage so as to assess their needs and provide timely support.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The School provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn the Chinese language by arranging intensive Chinese language teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning, small group learning, etc.) and organizing cultural integration activities. The school's Chinese Language curriculum for NCS students follows the EDB's "Framework for Second Language Learning in the Chinese Language Curriculum", which sets out the progressive learning targets, progress and expected learning outcomes. Students learn in small steps, and their learning effectiveness is enhanced through various enrichment activities.
School facilities:
The school is situated in Fairview Park, Yuen Long, with a quiet, spacious and fresh campus. To cope with the development of the new academic structure, apart from standard classrooms and special rooms, the school also has an English Learning Center, a Liberal Studies Learning Center, a Computer-Aided Design Center, a campus TV station and a track for track and field events for students to practice. The school has implemented the "Electricity Adoption Club" program and set up a solar power system on the rooftop to promote the concept of sustainable development. The school is well-equipped with facilities to support diversified learning activities, so that students can learn and grow happily. All classrooms and special rooms are air-conditioned, equipped with computers and projectors, and supported by wired and wireless networks. Teachers and students can learn and teach through information technology, thus enhancing the effectiveness of teaching and learning. Fiber-optic network and Wi-Fi access points have been installed throughout the school to promote e-learning and to build "classrooms without walls". 2022-23 will see the completion of a fitness room, a multi-learning studio, and a small stage, which will enable students to enjoy learning in a well-equipped environment.
School contact information:
- Tel: 24712622
- Fax: 24715171
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.bethel.edu.hk
- Address: No. 11, 4th Street, Section F, Fairview Park, Yuen Long, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
