Po Kok Secondary School
School Type
- District: Sai Kung
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Buddhism
School History
- Year of foundation: 1931
- School Sponsor: Tung Lin Kok Yuen
- Objectives: 1. To promote the Buddhist spirit of "compassion and fraternity". 2. To inspire creativity, cultivate thinking, and equip students for lifelong learning. 3. To emphasize "five selfs" in student-centered education, aiming to build up a healthy self-image of students, and to cultivate their self-confidence, autonomy, self-learning, and self-assessment. 4.
- School Motto: Compassion and Fraternity
- Management Structure: 1. The Principal is responsible for leading the operation of the school, coordinating the Administration Section, the Assessment Section, the Finance Section and the National Security Education Section, and allocating authority and responsibility to other sections and subject heads. 2. 2. The three Deputy Principals lead the school in learning and teaching, student development and resource management, and participate in the decision-making process through various meetings and brainstorming sessions.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of the School Management Committee: Mr. John S. Hinzog
- Existing Principal: Chan Suk Man
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 66
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 95%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Masters/Doctoral Degrees: 40%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 31%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 16%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 7%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 77%
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:
Buddhism, Chinese Language, Putonghua, Life and Society, Computer Literacy, Chinese History, History, Geography, Home Economics (S1 & S2), Design and Technology (S1 & S2), Business (S3), STEM (S3), Music, Visual Arts, Sports
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, History, Geography, Biology, ICT, Economics, Introduction to Business, Accounting and Finance, Visual Arts, Tourism and Hospitality, Physical Education, Health Management and Social Care (S4 and S5)
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics Extended Module 2
School-wide language policy:
The school emphasizes the importance of biliteracy and trilingualism, with some classes at the junior secondary level using English as the medium of instruction for Mathematics and Integrated Science, and at the senior secondary level, students are taught in either English or their mother tongue, depending on the subject they are studying and their language proficiency.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
- Continuous assessment including classroom performance, assignments, project-based learning, tests and examinations.
- Standardized tests and examinations are held twice a year in each subject, and the list of students to be promoted and retained is determined on the basis of their performance.
Facilities to support students with special educational needs (SEN):
Accessible lifts and accessible toilets.
Home school cooperation:
The school has set up organizations such as Parent-Teacher Association (one parent committee member for each grade), Parent Choir, Parent Volunteer Team, etc. The school is committed to implementing parent education in order to promote mutual cooperation between the school and parents in raising children and helping them learn.
Environmental Policy:
The school building itself is designed to be environmentally friendly. In terms of policy, the school is committed to practicing the principles of "Reduce Use", "Reuse", and "Recycle" in the management of the school. The school also endeavors to teach students to contribute to the protection of the environment in their daily lives.
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:
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 System. The school determines the admission list on the basis of academic performance (65%), conduct and interview performance (30%), extra-curricular activities and other aspects of ability and performance (5%).
How do you feel about secondary school?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3A
School Wind:
- The school emphasizes character development and promotes the "Five Freedoms Education", which aims to build up students' healthy self-image, cultivate their self-confidence, autonomy, self-learning and self-assessment abilities, and to establish a pure and simple school ethos, as well as an excellent culture of mutual help and love in the school. With the concerted efforts of teachers and students, these efforts have been recognized and acknowledged by parents and the community.
- The school has a Discipline Team, a Counseling Team, a Moral and Civic Education Team, and an Extra-curricular Activities Team, etc. The school implements a number of leadership training and award programs to promote character education in the school.
- To promote potential education to enhance students' sense of belonging and self-confidence.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- All subjects are designed to foster independent learning and train students' thinking skills.
- Diversified teaching activities are implemented to enable students to apply what they have learned. Learning activity days are set up for different forms of life-wide learning activities.
- To implement the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program to further enhance students' information literacy and develop their independent learning skills.
Teacher professional training and development:
- Participating in the Hong Kong Association of Heads of Secondary Schools (HKAHS) "Independent Learning School Charter" program to further enhance teachers' teaching effectiveness.
- We actively develop professional learning communities, implement peer lesson observation and joint lesson planning, and organize open classes for exchanges with colleagues in other schools.
- Mentor System (Mentor System) is used to assist new teachers to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and classroom management.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school adopts a Whole School Approach (WSA) to support students with special educational needs (SEN). The Student Support Team (SST), comprising the SEN Co-ordinator, the IE Support Teacher, the School Social Worker, the Student Guidance Counselor and the Educational Psychologist, is responsible for the co-ordination and implementation of support services for students with SEN, and organizes regular meetings on Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) and individual case conferences, as well as multi-disciplinary meetings with subject teachers, parents and students, in order to set up the appropriate support plan for students' learning, homework and tests. We also organize regular ILP meetings and case conferences with subject teachers, parents and students to work out learning, homework and test adaptations, and to help students design specific and feasible support plans.
The school has successfully applied for the "Enhanced School-based Educational Psychology Service", under which an educational psychologist is stationed at the school for 30 days to provide comprehensive case follow-up and intervention services according to the needs of the school and students, and to assist the school in strengthening its preventive and developmental work. The school also utilizes the Learning Support Grant to employ additional manpower, including teaching assistants, graduate teachers and student counselors, and uses the grant to procure appropriate professional services to strengthen the support for students with special educational needs in curriculum adaptation, learning strategies, peer support and after-school learning. We are also committed to building an inclusive culture through different activities to promote students' understanding of and respect for individual differences, so as to enhance students' learning effectiveness and help them integrate into campus life.
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:
- Adoption of the Architectural Services Department (ASD) designed layout plan of the Millennium Secondary School (MSS) premises, including 30 classrooms, 5 laboratories, special rooms for various subjects, 2 computer rooms, library, student activity center, Chinese room, English room, Mathematics room, School History room, Meditation room, Campus TV station, counseling room, social work room, students' union room, auditorium, cultural piazza, and ball field.
- To meet the needs of student growth and curriculum, the school has built a state-of-the-art fitness center, converted the covered playground into a small auditorium, established an aquaponics system, rolled out Wi-Fi throughout the school, and constructed a lecture hall with a capacity of more than 100 people.
School contact information:
- Tel: 27022863
- Fax: 27022337
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.pokok.edu.hk
- Address: Choi Ming Court, 9 Choi Ming Street, Tseung Kwan O, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
