Lingnan Hang Yee Memorial Secondary School
School Type
- Region: Hong Kong East
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Christianity
School History
- Year of Establishment: 1991
- Sponsor: Lingnan Education Organization Limited
- Mission: To provide quality whole-person education in the spirit of the Lingnan tradition and to encourage students to develop a fruitful and meaningful life through the school motto: "To serve the community with integrity".
- School motto: To serve the community by promoting the foundation of character.
- Management structure: The school emphasizes the promotion of a whole-school culture where teachers are actively involved in teaching, counseling and discipline, guiding students to be active learners by word and example, and successfully establishing a rigorous and caring school culture. In addition, the school holds regular all-teachers' meetings to set the school's direction and major policies, and then each working group formulates measures in accordance with the direction set, which are then endorsed at the all-teachers' meeting and implemented by all teachers. As a result of the harmonious relationship among the staff and their consensus with the management, all policies and measures are effectively implemented.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of the School Management Committee: Cecilia Wai
- Existing Principal: Lee Chi Lam
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 62
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 90%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 98%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 53%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 24%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 16%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 2%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 82%
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, Mathematics*, Integrated Science*, Integrated Humanities*, Chinese History, Putonghua, Religion, Music, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Computer*.
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, Civic and Social Development, Chinese History, Economics, Geography, Tourism and Hospitality, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Introduction to Business, Accounting and Finance, Information and Communication Technology, Visual Arts, Sports.
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
School-wide language policy:
The school is a mother-tongue teaching-oriented secondary school, and all junior high school subjects are taught in the mother tongue. The school attaches great importance to the development of "biliteracy and trilingualism" among students. It makes good use of the 25% of "Extended Learning and Teaching Activities in English" at each junior secondary level, and gradually increases the proportion of English-medium teaching in Mathematics, Science, Integrated Humanities and Computer Science, so as to provide more opportunities for students to come into contact with and utilize English in junior secondary school, and to enhance students' ability to learn in English. At the same time, the school actively creates a language environment through various measures and activities, such as the Whole School English Day and Reading Classes every Friday, so that every student can master "biliteracy and trilingualism".
Tests and study adaptation measures:
The school adopts a diversified policy of continuous assessment, with two standardized tests and two examinations throughout the year, and other assessment items such as quizzes, homework, project reports, project learning and classroom participation.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 4
- 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: 4
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.
The admission criteria for S1 Discretionary Places include: 35% in school, 35% in conduct and 30% in interview, and the factors to be considered in the interview include: language proficiency, analytical skills, family support for the student, extra-curricular activities, services inside and outside school, and prizes.
Orientation and Healthy Living:
The school provides a two-week summer adaptation program for new S1 students, including English Bridging Class, Computer Application, Mathematics, Extra-curricular Reading Guidance and Learning Life Counseling Classes, etc., so that students can adapt to secondary school life as soon as possible. The school emphasizes on the balanced development of students and healthy dietary habits, so that students can pay attention to food nutrition. At the same time, all S1 students are required to have their meals in the classroom with their class teachers, and basic etiquette is cultivated.
How is Lingnan Heng Yi Memorial College?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3A
School Wind:
Since the founding of the school, the school has been practicing the junior high school system of promoting students to the next class with their homeroom teachers. The homeroom teachers accompany the students to grow up and build up a very close and deep relationship with the students and their parents, so that the relationship between teachers and students in the school is particularly harmonious, the students are pure and disciplined, and the teachers can effectively encourage the students to make positive progress in their academic performance and extra-curricular activities.
In 2007, the school was also awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Education Bureau for this system in the second "No Student Left Behind" Award Scheme, and was awarded the "Caring School" honor by the Hong Kong Christian Service from 2009 to 2016 and 2020, and was awarded the "Promoting Career Planning" Theme Award in 2017, and the "Promoting Career Planning" Award of Merit in 2018 and 2019, which is a system that is also This system is also a great credit to the school. Meanwhile, the school has set up the Orderly Student Training Program in recent years, aiming to train students to be law-abiding and responsible. Through taking up practical and regular school work, students learn to be law-abiding and serve as role models for their peers, thus contributing to the school's excellent school ethos.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school's goal has always been to enhance student learning. In the past few years, teachers have tried to enhance students' learning ability through learning from reading, project learning in junior high school and strengthening students' participation in class. At the same time, in order to improve the standard of students in Chinese, English and Mathematics, the school organizes after-school and holiday study classes and homework tutorials. In addition, teachers of all subjects actively participate in training and try out new teaching methods to encourage students to learn on their own. For example, teachers will categorize teaching or preparatory videos, so that students can watch and learn on their computers or mobile phones to prepare for formal lessons and enhance their learning effectiveness.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school has set up a Teacher Professional Development Unit to promote teacher development and training, and all teachers actively participate in various training courses after school to cope with the changes in the curriculum. In 2017, the school piloted open classes for teaching practice and professional exchanges, and in 2018, there was an open class for external observation. From 2019 onwards, we will try to introduce a new mode of lesson observation and evaluation in addition to the existing lesson observation by teachers, so as to enhance professional exchanges in teaching.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school adopts a Whole School Approach (WSA) in implementing integrated education, which is based on the "Class Teacher Follow-up System" to build up a caring atmosphere in the classroom and in the school. The school is also committed to catering for the learning diversity of its students through the use of e-learning, the adoption of a flexible curriculum policy, and the provision of test accommodations to enhance students' learning effectiveness. The school has also set up a Learning Needs Support Unit led by the Deputy Principal with the assistance of the Special Education Needs Co-ordinator, school social worker, subject teachers and teaching assistants, and has brought in experts from different professional organizations to the school to provide support services for catering for learning diversity outside the classroom, which include school-based speech therapy service, school-based educational psychology service, learning skills groups of different disciplines, career planning group and self-management group, and so on. These include school-based speech therapy service, school-based educational psychology service, learning skills groups for different subjects, career planning groups and self-management groups. In addition, the school has also collaborated with social service organizations to organize Joyful Companion Groups and school-based psychological counseling services, etc., so that students in need can receive the most appropriate support.
The school also focuses on communication with parents through Parents' Day where parents interact with class teachers, SENCOs, school social workers, etc. on a multi-disciplinary basis to foster collaboration. Meanwhile, the school has participated in the "Medi-Teach-Social" program starting from 2019, through which psychiatric nurses, school specialist teachers and school social workers form a multi-disciplinary team to provide support services for students with mental health needs using the school as a platform.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The school provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: the school is committed to building an inclusive campus culture and details of the support measures can be found in the EDB guidelines.
School facilities:
All rooms are air-conditioned. In addition to the basic facilities of a standard secondary school, there is an elevator, an English Coffee Corner, a campus TV station, a STEM learning room and a computer-assisted teaching room. A Renewable Energy and Sustainability Learning Resource Center will be established in 2021 to promote STEM and environmental education. All classrooms and special rooms are equipped with computers, physical projectors, intranet and projectors. At the same time, the school has purchased tablet computers and installed large touch monitors in some classrooms, in addition to the installation of WIFI throughout the school to promote e-learning.
School contact information:
- Tel: 25764852
- Fax: 28824540
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.lhymss.edu.hk
- Address: 31 Siu Sai Wan Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
- Lingnan Heng Yi Memorial Secondary School Wikipedia
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
