Shung Tak Catholic English College
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 | 6 | 78 | 8 |
Admission requirements, criteria and weighting:
- 40% Academic standing;
- 20% Interview Performance;
- 20% Character and Conduct;
- 10% Extracurricular Activities and Awards;
- 10% Contact the school.
School Type
- District: Yuen Long
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 1
- Medium of Instruction: English as the main language
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of establishment: 1958
- Sponsor: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
- Our mission: In accordance with our school motto of "Prayer and Diligence", we encourage our students to do their best in their studies and to glorify God through their work. We provide a quality education for our students so that they can become bilingual, independent thinkers, socially sensitive, and play an active role in a rapidly changing, culturally diverse, and challenging society.
- School Motto: Prayer and Diligence
- Management Structure: Through school-based management, school managers, principals, teachers, parents and alumni work together to provide quality education for students.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Lee Chi Yuen
- Existing Principal: Tang Shui Chiu
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 53
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education: 92%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 44%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 19%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 23%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 9%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 68%
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, Ethics and Religious Education, Putonghua, Life and Society
English Language Teaching (ELT) subjects from S1 to S3 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics, Geography, History, General Computer, Physical Education, Science, Music, Visual Arts, Technology and Life (S1 and S2), Physics (S3), Chemistry (S3), Biology (S3), Basic Business (S3)
Secondary 4 to Secondary 6 Literature and Literature subjects in the 2023-2024 school year:
Chinese Language, Civics and Social Development, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Ethics and Religion
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Mathematics, Geography, History, Economics, Physical Education, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Introduction to Business Accounting and Finance, Information and Communications Technology, Visual Arts
School-wide language policy:
The school provides a very rich and intensive English learning environment. With the exception of Chinese Language, Literature, Chinese History, Putonghua, Ethics and Religion, Life and Society, Liberal Studies and Civics, all subjects are taught in English. Students are encouraged to communicate in English every school day. Morning prayers, assembly announcements, awards, and school board meetings are all conducted in English, and every week is designated as English Day. Every week is designated as an English Day. In addition, the school organizes a Chinese Day and a Putonghua Day every year.
School-based programs:
1. Elective Subjects: 3X. Life and Society for S1 to S3, Technology and Living for S1 and S2, and Basic Business for S3.
2. Curriculum focus: The school's curriculum is aligned with the Curriculum Guide for Secondary Education to help students lay a solid foundation of knowledge for whole-person development and develop lifelong and self-directed learning skills. Knowledge, generic skills, values and positive attitudes of the eight Key Learning Areas (KLAs) are embedded at all levels of study to ensure vertical and horizontal continuity of the curriculum.
In order to cater for learning diversity, the school has not only arranged after-school enrichment and enrichment classes, but also made use of different online resources and the Moodle platform to provide a more suitable curriculum for students with different abilities, and the use of Zoom has also provided students with new opportunities for self-directed learning and student-directed meetings in different Key Learning Areas (KLAs), cross-curricular subjects, as well as in extra-curricular activities.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
The school emphasizes students' daily learning attitude and performance in homework. In addition, the school conducts mid-term and final examinations for students on a regular basis, arranges standardized tests for junior secondary students, and incorporates the method of continuous assessment to assess students so as to enable students and parents to understand their learning situation. There is no standardized test for English at junior secondary level. Instead, students' performance in classroom writing and quizzes are used to calculate their scores. In addition, the School has put in place relevant adaptation measures and procedures for students with special educational needs (SEN) according to their individual circumstances. The support services provided by the school include: school and homework adjustment, peer support, special seating arrangements, special examination arrangements, speech therapy training courses, focus and socialization training groups and academic enhancement groups.
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
Zonta Catholic English College
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 1A
School Wind:
The school strives to nurture the physical and mental health of its students by emphasizing the five core Catholic values of Truth, Justice, Love, Life and Family. With the school motto "Prayer and Diligence", students strive for academic excellence to glorify God and develop a balanced personality and a value system in line with the Catholic spirit. The school emphasizes the cooperation between parents and the school in nurturing their children with respect and care.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school attaches great importance to the effectiveness of learning and teaching. Curriculum development is student-oriented, and teachers adopt diversified teaching methods to encourage student participation. In addition, with the use of information technology and project-based learning, students can master the methods of data exploration and self-learning, and develop the ability to think critically and discerningly. The school's curriculum provides students with whole-person development and aims at fostering lifelong learning. The curriculum is designed to be flexible, open and coherent, taking into account students' interests and abilities, and to meet the needs of the times and society.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school's dedicated and hard-working teaching staff is the backbone of the school, committed to providing knowledge and training to students. With the implementation of new concerns and the continuous improvement of teachers, the school not only provides support in terms of technology and learning experience, but also provides professional training for teachers, so that teachers not only improve their teaching skills, but also emphasize the physical and mental health of teachers.
Life-wide Learning:
The Student Union of the school coordinates 29 clubs, 4 school teams and 2 uniformed teams to organize a wide range of extra-curricular activities every year. Co-curricular activities such as Chinese Week, Maths Competition, Music Competition, Art Exhibition, Ball Games, etc. are also organized by different departments of the school from time to time to enable students to have balanced physical and mental development. The school has organized many overseas study tours for its students to countries and places such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Macau, New Zealand, Taiwan, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom, etc. The school has also received exchange students from Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Austria to promote academic and cultural exchanges. In addition, the school has implemented the "RepuTex Self-Development Program" at the junior secondary level to encourage students to develop multiple intelligences, and the "RepuTex Leadership Development Program" at the senior secondary level to enable students to explore their potentials, give back to the school what they have learnt, and realize their strengths in the workplace. So far, the program has trained hundreds of RepuTex students to become outstanding leaders.
The development of the four key projects:
In terms of students' moral, civic and national education, the school arranges various visits and activities to nurture students to become responsible, respectful and caring citizens. With "Service Learning" as one of the new focuses, students are given more opportunities to learn to be servant-leaders. In the area of reading, students develop an interest in and habit of reading through reading classes, thematic reading activities in the library, and reading programs in language subjects. Interdisciplinary project-based learning and interactive learning through the use of information technology not only enhance students' self-learning skills, but also further consolidate their generic skills in line with the new focus on making students self-reflective learners.
Career Planning Education :
The School's Career Planning Unit has set different themes for each grade, and through different activities such as games, career visits, thematic talks, individual counseling, group meetings and sharing sessions, etc., it helps students to know themselves, understand different career paths, make appropriate choices, set goals, and plan for their ideal careers.
Whole school participation in caring for student diversity:
In S.1, a mixed class system is adopted and additional resources are provided to set up Learning Effectiveness Enhancement Classes, Academic Enhancement Classes and Elite Training Classes to cater for learner diversity so that teachers can tailor their teaching to students' needs. For S2 to S3, two elite classes and two mixed classes are used, while the Academic Enhancement Classes and Elite Training Classes focus on training students' language and mathematical skills. For gifted and academically gifted students, the school will recommend them to participate in gifted and talented programs and competitions held both inside and outside the school. In addition, the school organizes annual growth and development programs for students.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The School's Student Support Team consists of the Headmaster, Deputy Headmaster, Assistant Headmaster, Head of Discipline, Head of Guidance, SENCO, two social workers and the Educational Psychologist. The team aims to cater for students with special educational needs. The school regularly reviews the culture of inclusion within the school and utilizes community resources to promote inclusive activities. The Support Team develops strategic support plans, utilizes the Learning Support Grant and combines other school resources to provide appropriate support for students with special educational needs. The school has accumulated rich experience in supporting students with autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and has developed effective support measures and strategies. The support team works with professional staff to develop the level of support and service arrangements for individual students. The school also employs additional teaching assistants to support students with special educational needs and professional support services such as guidance team, social training team and speech therapy. For students with severe learning/adjustment difficulties, the school has an Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) and regular appointments with parents to review the students' learning progress. Teachers are encouraged to attend special education training courses and seminars to enhance their professional capacity in catering for students with special educational needs.
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.
Facilities to support students with special educational needs (SEN):
Ramps, accessible lifts and accessible toilets.
Home school cooperation:
The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) actively organizes various activities, such as seminars, workshops, parent-child fun days, newsletters, etc. The PTA has also set up a Parent Volunteer Team to serve the school and the community, to strengthen communication with each other, and to enhance the sense of belonging of parents to the school, and has set up a PTA Scholarship Fund to reward students who have excelled in the public examinations, so as to facilitate the development of the school.
Environmental Policy:
The school has set up an "Environmental and Health Education Unit", which aims to promote students' awareness of environmental protection and health awareness. Every year, the school recruits environmental protection ambassadors, health ambassadors and food-saving ambassadors, and organizes a variety of activities regularly, such as booth games and quiz competitions, to promote the messages of energy conservation, personal hygiene and care for the environment, etc. The school also assists teachers in taking students' body temperatures according to the requirements of the Education Bureau in the morning, and reduces food waste at source through the food-saving program, so that students are instilled with the concept of cherishing food. Through the "Food Choice" program, food waste was reduced at source to inculcate the concept of food cherishing among students.
Other:
In order to encourage students to pursue excellence, the school's former principal, teachers, alumni, and Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) have established a number of scholarships for students who have demonstrated excellence in academics, conduct, and activities, as described on the school's website.
School facilities:
The school has all the standard facilities provided by the Government. All classrooms and special rooms are equipped with computers, projectors, physical projectors, LED displays and smart whiteboards to facilitate IT teaching and learning. There are also two multimedia learning centers and distance learning rooms. To enhance students' language proficiency, self-learning and leadership skills, the school has set up Chinese and English self-learning rooms. The school has a multi-purpose auditorium with a capacity of 180 for large-scale performances and lectures. The school has a campus TV station for live broadcast of morning prayers and assemblies to encourage the development of multiple intelligences and to recognize students' achievements. The school also has a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM) Laboratory, which provides a platform for students to experience innovative technologies such as 3D model printing, virtual reality, aerial photography and robotic programming.
School contact information:
- Tel: 24764263
- Fax: 24734437
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:https://www.stc.edu.hk
- Address: 1 Hung Tak Road, Hung Shui Kiu, Yuen Long, N.T.
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
