Caritas Tuen Mun Marden Foundation Secondary School
School Type
- District: Tuen Mun
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of establishment: 1977
- Organization: Caritas Hong Kong
- Aims: To carry out the spirit of Caritas, to bring hope through caring service, and to promote universal education. To provide whole-person education for students with different learning aptitudes and abilities in order to meet the needs of students for further studies and employment, and to become good and committed citizens. To promote the diversified development of society through professional and tertiary education.
- School motto: Loyalty, honesty, diligence, respect for the Lord and love for others.
- Management Structure: The IMC was established in August 2015 and is managed in conjunction with parents and alumni.
- Administration: The principal works with the School Site Council to handle the day-to-day work of the school, under which there is a School Committee, a Student Affairs Committee, and a School Site Council.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Wong Chun Man
- Current Principal: Yuen Kwok Ming
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 51
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education : 84%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Masters/Doctoral Degrees: 45%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 31%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 25%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 14%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 61%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly English.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
For CS students: Chinese Language, Ethics/Religious Education, Chinese History, Math*, Science (Middle School)*,
Humanities*, Music, Physical Education, Basic Business*, Visual Arts*, Creative Computing*.
Non-Chinese Speaking Students: Chinese Language/Basic Chinese Language, Chinese History
Japanese (Form 3, School-based Program)
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language Students: English Language
NCS students: English Language, Mathematics, Science (Middle School), Humanities, Music, Physical Education,
Basic Business, Visual Arts, Ethics/Religious Education, Moral Education, Creative Computing
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language/Basic Chinese Language, Chinese History, Ethics/Religious Education, Japanese Language
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Tourism and Hospitality, Introduction to Business, Accounting and Finance, ICT, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Urdu (S6), Spanish, Mathematics (Extended - Module 2), Mathematics (Extended - Module 1), Moral Education, Applied Learning: Fashion Identity Design (S6), Applied Learning: Film and Ultra Media (S6), Applied Learning: English Communication (S5, S6), School-based Vocational Professionals Program Applied Learning: English Communication (F.5, F.6), School-based Vocational Professional Programs
School-wide language policy:
NCS classes use English as the medium of instruction (except Chinese Language/Basic Chinese Language and Chinese History).
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Two exams and one standardized test are held throughout the year, the first semester exam (40%), the quiz (20%) and the second semester exam (40%);
Continuous assessment is implemented in all subjects, and students' performance in class, assignments and project work are counted as part of their semester grades to enhance students' motivation in learning;
After-school homework tutorials and specialized learning support programs are available to meet students' individual learning needs and to help them improve their academic standards in a focused manner.
Special examination arrangements are made for students with special needs or physical disabilities.
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: 3
- 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 participation in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
Criteria for admission to discretionary S1 places: students' academic performance (30%); conduct (30%); extra-curricular activities (10%); record of awards for activities (10%); performance in interviews (20%).
Caritas Tuen Mun Ma Deng Kei Gold Secondary School
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3B
School Wind:
- Won the Excellence "2014 Caring Schools" Theme Award (300 schools participated);
- Under the "Sunshine Teachers" program, teachers meet with students regularly to understand their adjustment and learning situation;
- Support groups are set up and planned and led by the Special Education Coordinator to assist students with SEN;
- Establishment of an award scheme to encourage students to strive for excellence;
- Implement a lunch program for detention from 1 to 4;
- "Peer Counseling Program on Campus;
- We are committed to implementing inclusive cultural activities on campus to enhance communication, understanding and support among students;
- "Hand-in-Hand Friendship Group" New Immigrant Orientation Program;
- Healthy School Program;
- Leader training groups and career counseling activities to focus on their education and career development.
- My Commitment to Action - Gratitude, Cherish and Positive Outlook" Program: To develop positive values and attitudes in students for whole-person development. The "My Action Pledge - Gratitude, Cherish, Positive and Optimistic" Program: to cultivate students' positive values and attitudes for whole-person development.
- To promote school-based Religious, Moral and Character Education (RMCE) to develop positive values and character among students.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The common teaching strategies of the school are "Four Steps to the Classroom" and "Low, Small, Multiple, Fast". We aim to develop students' independent learning by adopting subject-specific learning strategies, together with e-learning programs such as the Portable Device Scheme and Flipped Lessons, which enable students to develop a self-motivated attitude to learning, and to continue to explore and self-improve. Through effective group activities, students benefit from collaborative relationships.
Teacher professional training and development:
- Professional Development Program for Teachers of the New Senior Secondary Curriculum;
- Three school-based training activities per year;
- Caritas Joint Schools Teaching and Sharing;
- Each teacher will be required to fulfill the 50 hours of continuing education target per year;
- Induction program for new teachers;
- Organize lesson observation and exchange activities.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
One of the objectives of IE in the school is to help all students/teachers/parents to recognize, accept and respect individual differences, and even to appreciate the value of differences, which in turn can become the driving force for personal growth and the building of a harmonious campus. In the face of individual differences in all classrooms, teachers can no longer use the same teaching method to teach the whole class, nor can they expect students to reach a uniform learning level. Schools help students to develop multiple intelligences through various adaptations:
- Setting up a Student Support Unit with Integrated Education Support Teachers and Integration Assistants to assist students with special educational needs;
- The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) is responsible for leading the Student Support Team to plan, co-ordinate and promote the Whole School Approach (WSA) to Integrated Education (IE) so as to enhance the effectiveness of support for students with special educational needs (SEN) and the effective use of the Learning Support Grant (LSG) in supporting students with such needs.
- Educational psychologist and social worker support;
- "Big Brothers Big Sisters" and "Teachers for Life" programs;
- Instructional and Assessment Accommodations, Individualized Learning Plans;
- To enhance teachers' professional competence in catering for students with special educational needs;
- Collaboration within and outside the school to support students with visual impairment, autism and dyslexia.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The School provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive Chinese teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning, small group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; and organizing cultural integration activities. Funded by the Education Bureau (EDB) to develop different activities to support NCS students with SEN.
School facilities:
The school has set up an intranet, a campus TV station, a multimedia learning center, a computer laboratory, a rowing center, a community and cross-border public service e-learning center, a computer room, an IT learning center, a teaching resource center, an English room, a Chinese education resource room, and a lecture and group activity room. In addition, there is a "One Belt and One Road Liberal Studies Museum", where students can learn about the cultural characteristics of the Belt and One Road countries through the display of clothing and ornaments from these countries, so that they can recognize and identify with each other, and create an atmosphere of communion.
There is also a library, a school social worker room, a medical room, a meeting room, a study room and a student activity room.
Classrooms are equipped with information teaching equipment, projectors and air-conditioning, and the auditorium is air-conditioned.
School contact information:
- Tel: 24610304
- Fax: 30138634
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.tmmarden.edu.hk
- Address: 3 Wang Yin Street, Tuen Mun, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
