Lock Tao Secondary School
School Type
- District: Shatin
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Christianity
School History
- Year of establishment: 1962
- School Sponsor: Lok Tao Middle School Limited
- Our mission is to provide students with a moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic, and spiritual education in the spirit of our school motto, "Sincerity, Trust, and Good Learning". To cultivate students' moral character and Christian values; to encourage students to realize their potential, to be courageous and enterprising, and to serve the community.
- School Motto: Integrity and Good Learning
- Management Structure: The school has incorporated an Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) in 2007 to enhance school-based management and actively promote Christian quality education. The school also collects the views of teachers, parents and students through the School Council, the Parent-Teacher Association and the Student Union, and the Principal, the Vice-Principal and the Assistant Principals work together with the Committee on Home Affairs to formulate and implement the school policy.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Tsang Kin Wo
- Existing Principal: Mr. Wong Chi-wai
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 61
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 90%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 44%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 44%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 33%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 8%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 59%
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*, Science*, Life and Society, Technology Education, Chinese History, Putonghua, Religious Education, Physical Education, Music, Visual Arts
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, Mathematics (Extended Module 1), Religious Education, Geography, Economics, Physics, Visual Arts, Tourism and Hospitality, Physical Education, Health Management and Social Care (S4, S5), Applied Learning, Future Skills Training Program (S4, S5)
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 implements mother-tongue teaching, specializing in both Chinese and English. It has a general education section at junior secondary level, and conducts English extension activities in Mathematics and Science at junior secondary level. Through the second phase of the "School Start" project and the Quality Education Fund, the school has set up a campus television station to promote language learning. In addition, the school has set up an English Activity Centre, which organizes English Day and English Drama training; provides morning assembly for sharing of current affairs, Chinese and English morning reading periods and extensive reading programmes; and encourages students to participate in Chinese, English and Putonghua speech competitions, etc., so as to cultivate students' biliteracy and trilingualism skills.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
There are one standardized test and two examinations throughout the year. The school also emphasizes the importance of continuous and diversified assessment methods, such as through students' assignments, project reports, classroom performance, laboratory tests, etc., to assess students' performance and achievements at different stages of learning. The school's assessment policy meets the requirements of the HKEAA's Quality Management Accreditation Scheme and the school has been awarded the Quality Management Accreditation again.
Class Establishment:
Number of S1 classes in this school year: 3
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: 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.
30% for academic grades, 20% for the Board of Education's Second Place List, 20% for conduct, 10% for interviews, 10% for awards, and 10% for extracurricular activities.
How is Lok Tao Middle School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3B
School Wind:
The school's ethos is simple and the school rules are strict. The school has a full-time resident pastor to nurture the spiritual development of the students. The school has implemented a double class teacher system for Forms 1 to 6 to enhance the care of students. The school also arranges lunch detention for students of Forms 1 to 3 so that they can have more time to use the school facilities and participate in activities.
The school has been awarded the "Caring School" honor for many consecutive years. Through the implementation of the "New Power for Growth", "Walk with Me Scheme", "I Can Do It", "Lok Tao Ambassador Scheme" and "Caring Ambassadors Scheme", etc., the school has enabled students to integrate into the campus life, develop their potentials and enhance their self-confidence.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- Teachers design "school-based curriculum" and tiered assignments according to students' abilities and needs, and set up "After-school Learning Support Program" and school-based gifted programs to cater for learning diversity.
- To promote blended learning by arranging diversified and interesting learning activities to strengthen teacher-student interaction and enhance learning effectiveness.
- Enhancement of e-learning through the enhancement of pre-preparation, optimization of e-learning, enhancement of students' motivation to learn, and initiation of self-directed learning.
- A "Life-wide Learning Period" has been set up to cater for the development needs of the society, allowing students to "get out of the classroom" and integrate learning with life through visits, field trips, study camps, service learning, and so on.
- Teachers' effectiveness in learning and teaching is enhanced through peer lesson observation, collaborative lesson planning and continuous learning.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school attaches great importance to the professional training and development of teachers. Since 2007, the school has been cooperating with the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong as a partner school to promote the professional development of teachers. In line with the latest trends in education, the school actively organizes and participates in a wide range of professional seminars and workshops on education, and promotes the culture of peer lesson observation to enhance the quality of teaching and learning, establish a learning organization, and promote the sustainable development of the school.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
- Based on the principle of "Respecting Differences, Building Inclusion", the school adopts a whole-school approach to arrange appropriate support for students with SEN through the collaboration of school policy, culture building and support measures.
- In terms of policy, the school has set up an Integrated Education Policy Unit, which is coordinated by the Deputy Head (Learning and Teaching), to review the overall planning and development of integrated education in the school. In terms of implementation support, the school has set up the "Support for Students with Integrated Education (SEN) Team", which comprises the SEN Co-ordinator, the SEN Support Teacher, the Guidance Counselor and the Learning Support Teacher, to follow up on cases and provide appropriate and comprehensive care for students with SEN according to the uniqueness of each student.
- In terms of culture building, in order to enhance teachers', students' and parents' understanding of IE and the culture of caring, the school not only organizes different kinds of seminars for teachers and students and workshops for parents, but also sets up the "Lok Yung TEEN Ground" to promote IE activities, which includes "Lok Yung Group" luncheon gatherings, visits, and services, etc. The school has also set up the "Lok Yung TEEN Ground" to promote IE activities.
- In terms of support measures, the school provides the following support measures for students with SEN: case follow-up, assessment referrals, test accommodations, companion learning, Individualized Education Program (IEP), speech therapy, learning enhancement group, social training group, career planning
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The school provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: 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. Non-Chinese speaking Teaching Assistants (NCLTAs) are employed to take care of students and enhance communication with parents; circulars in both English and Chinese are provided to enable students to receive school messages clearly; and experiential activities are organized to enable students to learn more about Chinese culture and the characteristics of Hong Kong.
School facilities:
The school has an auditorium, an innovation and technology room, a food technology room, an electronic technology room, an equipment and fitness training center, a science lab, a physics lab, a chemistry lab, a biology lab, a music room, a visual arts room, a geography room, a library, a computer-assisted classroom, a student activity center, a band room, a campus TV station, a college and career counseling room, an English activity room, a religious activity room, 90 tablet computers and 70 laptops, and a computer room with a wireless network in all classrooms to support IT teaching. All classrooms are equipped with wireless network to support IT teaching.
School contact information:
- Tel: 26021000
- Fax: 26927712
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.locktao.edu.hk
- Address: Mei Lam Estate, Shatin, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
