Sha Tin Methodist College
Shatin Methodist Secondary School is an aided school located in the Shatin District. The school accepts both male and female students and is a Band 1 school. The medium of instruction is mainly English. Founded in 1983, the school is organized by the Methodist Church, Hong Kong.
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participation in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places System.
Self-allocation and central allocation (Part A and Part B) places in 2024
| Form 1 | Secondary One places | Self-supporting places | Part A places | Part B places | Knock-in Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 132 | 40 | 8 | 76 | 8 |
Admission requirements, criteria and weighting:
- 50% Grade Levels and Interscholastic Grades provided by the Department of Education;
- 25% Conduct, activities, service and awards received;
- 25% Interview performance.
School Type
- District: Shatin
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 1
- Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
- School religion: Christianity
School History
- Year of Establishment: 1983
- School Sponsor: The Methodist Church, Hong Kong
- Objective: To develop holistic education in the spirit of Christ; to cultivate a fruitful life through the proclamation of the Gospel.
- School Motto: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. To know the Holy One is to be wise.
- (Proverbs 9:10)
- Management structure: School-based management is implemented. Communication with stakeholders is strengthened through the Parent-Teacher Association, Alumni Association and Student Union. The Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) is composed of professionals from various sectors, and has set up various sub-groups to focus on school-based management, school development, selection and evaluation, and financial matters.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: KAN Kee-biu
- Existing Principal: Ms. Cheung Chui Yee
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 60
- Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 90%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 48%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 40%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 41%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 2%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 57%
Teaching and Learning
Language of Instruction:
The medium of instruction is mainly English.
The subject of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua (S1-S2), Religious and Moral Education, Life and Society (S1), Physical Education
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics, Integrated Science (S1-3), STEM (S1-2), General Computer, History, Music, Visual Arts, Geography, Life and Society (S2-3)
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Civic and Social Development, Physical Education, Religion and Moral Education
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics (Core and Extended Modules), Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Business, Accounting and Finance, History, Geography, Information and Communication Technology, Music
School-wide language policy:
- The school uses English as the main medium of instruction, emphasizes English language teaching, and strives to improve students' biliteracy and trilingualism.
- English is taught in small groups from S1 to S5: S1 is taught in four classes and five groups; S2 and S3 are taught in a fast-paced English class in a pull-out mode; and S4 to S5 are taught in a cyclical English writing class, which is taught in four classes and six groups.
- The Chinese Language classrooms at S1-S3 are equipped with a classical literature class every cycle week to enhance students' Chinese language literacy; S2 adopts a five-class-six-group mode of Chinese language lessons, and S1-S2 is equipped with a Putonghua class to enhance students' Chinese language proficiency.
- All large-scale activities on campus, including morning assemblies, weekly meetings, academic activities, and large-scale ceremonies, are mainly conducted in English, creating a good English learning environment for students.
- A cross-curricular language learning team is set up to coordinate the various English teaching subjects to enhance the effectiveness of students' English learning.
- Different types of English extended learning activities, including English Week, English Volunteer Service, English Drama, Simulated United Nations Conference, Global Culture Day, etc., are organized to provide students with more real-life scenarios to apply English.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Replace the traditional "report card" with the "Student Performance Report" to assess students' behavior and academic performance.
Academic performance emphasizes "self-comparison" and independent assessment "extensive reading".
In the area of quality, students are assessed in three major areas, namely, "conduct", "ability" and "attitude", and nine items, namely, "integrity, self-discipline, courtesy, critical thinking ability, interpersonal relationship, leadership, learning attitude, spirit of service, and initiative", are used to recognize the different qualities of the students. Every semester, students review their development in both character and academic areas, revise their goals and plans, and communicate with their teachers.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 4
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 5
- 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
How is Sha Tin Methodist Secondary School?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 1B
School Wind:
- We emphasize the balanced development of students' spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic development.
- To implement life education and service learning to cultivate students to respect life, love life, appreciate life, recognize and develop their potentials so as to live a meaningful life.
- Through a variety of activities, students with different potentials are given the opportunity to realize their potentials.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- Enhance the English learning atmosphere.
- Emphasis is placed on cross-curricular curriculum design, with cross-Learning Area project-based learning from Secondary One to Three.
- Deeper learning is promoted, with each subject emphasizing the strengthening of 21st century skills, including critical thinking, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, character development and civic education.
- In response to the call of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNECSO), we promote Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to broaden students' global vision and prepare them to become future leaders.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school has always attached great importance to the professional development of teachers. It has set up a classroom research group, which is in line with the curriculum design and assessment, and has practiced collaborative lesson planning, lesson observation and deliberation, with a view to enhancing the quality of teaching through professional exchanges and sharing. In addition to subject-based exchanges among teachers, the school also emphasizes cross-subject learning, and conducts cross-subject lesson observation and discussion to promote mutual professional growth. In addition, the Teacher Development Team will also work with the school's development plans, such as optimizing teaching and learning, developing global perspectives and positive education, by inviting leaders in the field or experts and scholars to come and share their valuable experience or conduct professional training.
The school has been awarded the Quality Education Fund (QEF) for a number of times to support the development of life education, gifted education and liberal arts education, such as the Life Education Project, the School-based Support Project (PDS) and the Thematic Network Project (QTN), etc. A number of senior teachers have been invited to second to the Gifted Education Section, the Liberal Studies Section, and the Personal Social and Humanities Section of the Curriculum Development Institute (CDI) of the Education Bureau (EDB) to carry out teaching and experience sharing. In 2021-22, the school was highly evaluated by the Education Bureau for its focused inspections.
School facilities:
Interactive TVs are installed in classrooms and special rooms to support e-learning. There are also student activity centers, digital teaching classrooms, campus TV production room, English room, Chinese medicine garden, Chinese medicine education resource room, greenhouse, plant trail, religious education center and STEM maker space. There are solar panels on the rooftop with green space for students' learning.
The school has an extension campus (Fung Shing Campus), which is adjacent to the main campus, with a number of activity rooms, robotics learning rooms, etc., as well as dance and fitness equipment, providing students with more space and possibilities for activities and enhancing the quality of whole-person education.
School contact information:
- Tel: 26021300
- Fax: 26091477
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.stmc.edu.hk
- Address: San Tin Wai Estate, Sha Tin, N.T.
- Shatin Methodist Secondary School Wikipedia
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
