HK & KLN Chiu Chow Public Association Secondary School
Hong Kong and Kowloon Chiu Chow Association Secondary School is an aided school located in Yau Tsim Mong District. The school accepts both male and female students and the medium of instruction is mainly Chinese. Founded in 1957, the school is organized by the Hong Kong Kowloon Chiu Chow Association.
School Type
- District: Yau Tsim Mong
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 2
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School Religion: Not Applicable
School History
- Year of foundation: 1957
- Sponsor: Hong Kong Chiu Chow Association, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Objective: The school adheres to the spirit of diligence and simplicity of the Chiu Chow people, and nurtures students to become good citizens with love for the motherland, noble character, honesty and integrity, and extensive knowledge and all five qualities.
- School motto: "Virtue and Career".
- Management structure: 1. school-based management is practiced, with representatives of parents, teachers and alumni joining the Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) to participate in school affairs; 2. self-evaluation is emphasized. Through the meetings of the School-based Management Committee, the Personnel and Finance Committee, and various committees, we analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the school based on the School Performance Measure (SPM), stakeholder questionnaires, and sentiment questionnaires, and set out the school's concerns for each year. 3. Enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning and promote professional development through the self-assessment of performance, collaborative lesson planning, and peer lesson observation.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Mr. Ma Kai-yam
- Current Principal: Chan Suk Ying
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 55
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education : 82%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Masters/Doctoral Degrees: 45%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 28%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 20%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 10%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 70%
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, Mathematics, Science (S1 and S2), Geography, History, Chinese History, Computer and Technology, Science (S3 Biology, Chemistry, Physics), Physical Education, Visual Arts, Music, Life and Society: Resources and Economic Activities (S3), Growth Class, STEM (S1)
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, English Art Classes
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Mathematics, Extended Mathematics (Module 2), Biology, Chemistry, Physics, ICT, Chinese History, History, Geography, Economics, Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance, Civic and Social Development (S4-S6), Physical Education, Visual Arts, STEM.
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, English Art Classes
School-wide language policy:
In line with the New Senior Secondary Language Policy, the school has enhanced the Chinese and English language proficiency of its students. The school has allocated additional resources to strengthen oral training in both English and Chinese by increasing after-school oral training, speech recitation, drama activities, bilingual enrichment and consolidation programs. In addition to Chinese Language, Chinese History, and Putonghua, the junior high school has introduced the English Teaching Extension Program, which helps to create an English learning environment. During the summer vacation, students are subsidized to participate in English WeCan and overseas English exchange tours co-organized by the Hong Kong University of Education, so as to enhance their language proficiency.
The school subsidizes S6 students to sit for the mock examination to help them pursue further studies or employment in the future.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
1. assess students' academic performance through assignments, quizzes, standardized tests, examinations, and project work; 2. emphasize continuous assessment; 3. set up a revision week before the test, with teachers accompanying students to revise.
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:
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.
S1 Discretionary Places Admission Criteria (All applicants are required to undergo an interview):
1. grades (refer to student's most recent report card); 2. conduct (refer to student's most recent report card);
3. activities (refer to student's most recent report card + interview); 4. interview performance (as graded by the interviewing teacher).
Orientation and Healthy Living:
In order to help Secondary 1 students adapt to secondary school life as soon as possible, a series of courses are organized to stimulate students' interest in learning, cultivate a good attitude towards learning, and build up a healthy and pleasant school life. Including:
1. S.1 Long Day 2. Bridging Course in English (taught by expatriate teachers) 3. Bridging Course for promotion to S.1 (Chinese, English and Mathematics) 4. Learning Skills Classes
In order to emulate the spirit of perseverance and hard work of the Chiu Chow community, we have arranged for our Form 1 students to participate in the perseverance program, the contents of which include:
1. "Perseverance Training Camp" enhances students' concentration and develops perseverance, hard work, self-discipline and self-reliance.
2. To organize overseas study tours to Australia, Singapore and the Mainland to enable students to understand the differences in learning environments and the importance of perseverance and hard work.
How are the secondary schools of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Chiu Chow Association?
Hong Kong and Kowloon Chiu Chow Association Secondary School Band:
Ranking of Hong Kong and Kowloon Chiu Chow Association secondary schools in Band 2C-2B
School Wind:
- To establish a culture of caring that is "strict but loving, character and learning at the same time".
- The "Growth Class" emphasizes responsibility, discipline, respect, moral and emotional education, and career planning;
- To promote volunteer training and service among junior and senior high school students to care for the community;
- Collaborate with non-profit organizations to organize large-scale activities, such as opening up the campus and inviting the public to participate, allowing students to perform volunteer services and experience the social value of "it is more blessed to give than to receive";
- Regular birthday parties, dessert making, barbecues and other social activities are held to build a pleasant campus life;
- A dual-teacher system is in place to care for the growth of students;
- S1 and S2 students stay for lunch to train self-discipline and independence;
- The PTA, Student Council, and Alumni Association frequently organize seminars and activities to strengthen home-school cooperation and teacher-student relationships;
- The Discipline and Counseling Section organizes regular activities and provides individual counseling to students to cultivate positive values;
- A self-discipline and self-improvement program is in place to enhance students' character education;
- By formulating a career plan, students can set goals, develop good habits, develop their potentials and meet challenges at an early stage.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- Teaching is learning-based; at lunchtime, S1 and S2 launched the English Read Aloud program;
- Diversified learning through interdisciplinary project work and cross-curricular reading;
- After-school tutorial classes, Saturday English classes, junior high school language enrichment classes, S1 homework tutorial classes, academic reinforcement classes and pre-test revision groups are provided to cater for learning diversity.
- In order to promote academic exchanges within the school, the school regularly organizes Academic Weeks to showcase students' works and introduce interesting trivia within the subject groups.
- Encourage students to take notes and require them to prepare before class to develop a good learning attitude.
- Weekly centralized quizzes will be set up to continuously assess learning progress and to establish revision routines.
- Additional Native English Teachers (NETs) have been recruited to focus on the training of students' oral skills and enhance their expressive abilities; two NETs also serve as classroom teachers in the Junior High School to create a good English learning environment;
- To implement the enhancement of the junior high school learning and teaching curriculum and curriculum clipping to tailor teaching to students' needs and to articulate the junior high school and senior high school curricula;
- Chinese, English and Mathematics are taught in small groups according to ability;
- Extensive reading program, cross-media reading, and promotion of reading culture. The school's students have won many awards in reading report competitions and cover design competitions;
- We have a morning reading class every day to cultivate students' reading habits; Reading Across the Curriculum (RAC), in which middle school students read English materials in the morning reading class, complete small exercises, and learn about other subjects through reading, which also enhances their English proficiency.
- In the English Language Arts Program, school-based English speaking programs are offered in middle and high schools, with extracurricular reading in middle schools and various English language training such as debates and drama in high schools.
Teacher professional training and development:
- Collaborate with universities and colleges of post-secondary education to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching;
- The number of teacher training hours per year exceeds the number recommended by the Education Bureau (EDB).
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The Growth Support Unit of the school supports the growth needs of students. The team formulates support plans and budgets according to the priority of students' special educational needs, and provides appropriate support to students with the Learning Support Grant, Non-Chinese Speaking Student Support Grant and other school resources. Additional teachers and counselors are employed for collaborative teaching, and outsourced services such as small group, individual counseling and speech therapy are provided.
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; and organizing cultural integration activities.
School facilities:
There are 20 special rooms. The school has 2 multi-media teaching rooms, robotics room, dance room, silver music room, steam room and tennis court.
The school is equipped with a large-scale rice steamer, which can reheat self-prepared meals for all students to promote a healthy eating culture.
School contact information:
- Tel: 23964187
- Fax: 23944087
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.ccpass.edu.hk
- Address: 150 Sai Yee Street, Mongkok, Kowloon
Related information:
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- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
