Queen Elizabeth School Old Students' Association Tong Kwok Wah Secondary School
School Type
- District: Yuen Long
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School Religion: Not Applicable
School History
- Year of establishment: 2005
- Sponsor: Queen Elizabeth Secondary School Old Boys' Association Education and Promotion Organization Ltd.
- Mission: To realize our ideals and commit to our mission. To create a positive and caring environment for students and to build a community that embodies brotherhood, neighborliness, patriotism, and love of mankind; to create an environment for members of the school to cultivate themselves and develop professionalism.
- School Motto: Cultivate Yourself and Benefit the Community
- Management structure: The school is managed by an Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) with a Teacher's Committee and a Parent's Committee. The school emphasizes a high level of participation and a professional management style, with a transparent decision-making process and access to relevant information for all members. The school has also established a high degree of accountability and quality assurance mechanism to continuously review and improve the management structure.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Tong Sau Chai
- Existing Principal: Winnie Weng Sze
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 62
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 93%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 54%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 37%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 32%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 7%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 61%
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, Geography, History, Chinese History, Life and Society, Computer Cognition, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Home Economics, Music, Putonghua (F.1, F.2), Growth Class, Reading and Writing
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, Civic and Social Development, History, Economics, Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance, Geography, Information and Communication Technology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Science and Technology for Life, Health Management and Social Care, Physical Education, Visual Arts, Growth Class, Reading and Writing.
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
School-wide language policy:
In order to enhance students' Chinese and English language ability and interest, the school arranges small class and group teaching as well as various after-school enrichment programs. In addition, the school employs two expatriate teachers to organize a wide range of English learning activities to create a good English learning environment and increase students' opportunities to use English.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
There will be two examinations and standardized tests throughout the school year, combining progressive and summative assessments to examine students' learning effectiveness; standards-referenced assessment, project-based learning and other practical assignments will be actively used.
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 (CASPA). The assessment areas include: interview performance 35%; academic performance 35%; conduct, service participation, extra-curricular activities, and personal strengths and talents 30%.
Old Students' Association of Queen Elizabeth Secondary School - How is Tang Kwok Wah Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3B
School Wind:
The school adopts a whole-school approach, emphasizing mutual respect, positivity and a caring school culture. Through the dual-teacher system, teacher-level assemblies, growth classes, activity workshops and cross-curricular programs, the school nurtures students' character and civic qualities, emphasizes balanced development of mind and body, and encourages students to strive for excellence in learning.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
Learning and teaching strategies are based on the school's ten curriculum goals:
- Strengthen students' biliteracy, trilingualism, communication and arithmetic skills;
- Emphasis is placed on the understanding and application of the learning domains;
- To cultivate students' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of art, culture and rational thinking, and to explore their artistic talents;
- To acquire knowledge of political and social sciences in Hong Kong, China and other countries;
- To cultivate civic awareness and acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with a high degree of autonomy under the principle of "One Country, Two Systems";
- To enable students to respect and appreciate people of different abilities, genders, races, countries, religions, cultures, economic, political and social backgrounds;
- Understand the ecological cycle of the environment and natural resources and sustainable development;
- To prepare for further education or employment;
- Develop life skills to promote parent-child relationships;
- Promote lifelong learning, applying what we have learned, learning from the past, cultivating judgment, and following ethical principles.
In addition, small class teaching is implemented at junior secondary levels to cater for learner diversity, and e-learning is promoted to cultivate students' self-learning ability and spirit.
Teacher professional training and development:
Throughout the year, the school implements the Teacher Professional Development Program, where teachers conduct peer lesson observation and lesson planning, and are encouraged to participate in professional development courses. The school is committed to supporting teachers to utilize information technology in teaching and learning. Through lesson observation, discussion and sharing, the effectiveness of teachers' teaching is enhanced.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The school adopts a Whole School Approach (WSA) to cater for students' individual differences. Through close collaboration among the Education Administration Section, the Regular Curriculum Section, the Incubation Section, and the Careers and Further Education Section, the school formulates the policy on integrated education to support students in all aspects and reviews the implementation of the policy in a timely manner. The school supports students with SEN in the formal curriculum, administrative support, incubation programs and extension activities to develop their potentials. The arrangements are as follows: special internal and external examinations, assessment by speech therapists and educational psychologists, social and self-care training, career planning and employment support services for students with special needs. In addition, schools will offer individualized learning programmes to provide different types of support to students. Schools use the Learning Support Grant to employ additional teachers, counselors and teaching assistants to ensure that students benefit from the above arrangements.
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 learning; and organizing cultural integration activities. The School provides after-school support programs for NCS students once a week for two hours throughout the year to strengthen the Chinese language foundation of NCS students, build up their vocabulary and accelerate their adaptation to subjects using Chinese as the medium of learning.
School facilities:
In addition to the standard facilities provided by the Government for the Millennium School, the school has also invested in a wide range of learning equipment, including mobile Internet access in all classrooms, together with 300 tablet computers, to enhance the effectiveness of learning through the interactive mode of teaching and learning. The Campus TV encourages students to show their creativity and show their school life in a variety of ways.
School contact information:
- Tel: 26175000
- Fax: 26175222
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.qts.edu.hk
- Address: 57 Tin Wah Road, Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
