SKH St. Benedict's School
School Type
- District: Wong Tai Sin
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Co-educational
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Christianity
School History
- Year of foundation: 1965
- Sponsor: Sheng Kung Tsung Tsung (Hong Kong) Secondary School
- Committee Limited
- Objective: To provide holistic education for young people in the spirit of Christ, to enable them to learn and grow in the love of Christ, to build up their personality, to cultivate their spirit, to enable them to be self-respecting, self-reliant and self-confident, and to become pillars of the society.
- School's lesson: It is not to serve others, but to serve others.
- Management Structure: School-based management is practiced and teamwork is emphasized. There is a School Administration Committee to coordinate school administration, and communication channels such as the Teachers' Consultative Council, the Parent-Teacher Association, and the Student Union have been set up to promote cooperation among various parties to achieve the school's mission.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Lau Wing Kai
- Current Principal: Cheng Ming-keung
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 50
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 96%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 52%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 20%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 6%
- Teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience Percentage: 0%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 94%
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*, Integrated Science* (S1-S2), Life and Society* (S1-S2), Computer* (S1-S2), Visual Arts* (S1-S2), Music*, Ethics and Religion*, Physical Education*, Physics* (S3), Chemistry* (S3), Biology* (S3), Geography* (S3), Business Studies* (S3), Chinese History, Special Topics Study* (S3)
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, Business Accounting and Financial Studies, Geography, Economics, Health Management and Social Care, Physics, Chemistry, Chinese History, Physical Education (DSE), Tourism and Hospitality, Biology, Ethics and Religion, Music, Physical Education.
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English
School-wide language policy:
To promote mother-tongue teaching and to strengthen English language training, we have implemented English language extension activities in all junior high school subjects, introduced English phonetics and English drama in English classes, and organized various English classes and activities for students after school to strengthen their English conversation training. Students are encouraged to participate in activities such as recitation, speeches, and debates in order to strengthen their biliteracy and trilingualism. An English Self-Study Center is available for students to improve their English performance through self-study.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
Examinations are held once a semester, and regular assignments and project reports are also used for progress assessment. We have a clear homework policy, and students' homework is posted on the Internet for parents' easy access.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 3
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 3
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 3
- 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.
S1 Admission Criteria: Interview Performance 40%, Academic Achievement 30%, Behavior 20%, Extracurricular Activities 10%.
How is S.K.H. St. Bend College?
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3B
School Wind:
We emphasize the cultivation of students' character and whole-person development. We adopt a whole-school approach to discipline and counseling; we also use weekly assemblies, homeroom classes, and developmental group activities to cultivate students' self-discipline and good character. A Medal of Honor Award Scheme has been set up to encourage students to achieve balanced development in the six areas of ethics, intellect, physique, social skills, aesthetics and spirituality. Class teachers, discipline teachers, social workers and educational psychologists provide students with various kinds of support, and each student is provided with a personal locker to alleviate the burden of school bags. Students actively participate in community services. In 2020, the total number of volunteer hours for all students reached 12,108, and 53 students were awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze Volunteer Service Commendation Awards and Long Service Awards by the Social Welfare Department.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- Implementation of small class teaching: to implement small class teaching at junior secondary levels according to students' ability so as to increase students' opportunities for classroom interaction and enhance individualized care for students.
- To make good use of the e-learning platform to cultivate the spirit of independent learning among students.
- Students are motivated to learn and develop a good attitude towards learning through pre-training;
- We emphasize the quality of classroom teaching and implement activities such as peer lesson observation, group lesson planning, and classroom practice programs to enhance the effectiveness of teachers' teaching;
- We implement life-wide learning and project-based learning, and enrich students' knowledge and develop the nine generic skills through visits and field trips;
- To broaden the horizons of our students, overseas exchange visits were arranged for students to Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Korea, Hainan Province, Chaozhou, Zhaoqing, Shaoguan, etc. in the academic years of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, with a total of 17 tours and more than 564 students participating in them.
- A diversified curriculum is introduced in junior secondary schools to enable students to be exposed to different subjects and to strengthen the Chinese, English and Mathematics syllabuses so as to consolidate students' basic abilities. Two integrated subjects, Integrated Science and Life and Society, are introduced in Forms 1 and 2 to help students develop a more comprehensive and broader perspective. In S3, independent subjects and project studies are introduced to prepare students for senior secondary education.
Teacher professional training and development:
Teachers' professional development is highly valued. In addition to the school-wide Teacher Professional Development Day held three times a year, all committees and subjects conduct professional training activities, and the school also subsidizes and encourages teachers to participate in seminars, workshops, and other activities organized by various educational organizations.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
- The school adopts a "Whole School Approach" to implement integrated education, setting up a student support team to support students with special educational needs. At the same time, it arranges for teachers to enroll in courses related to integrated education in order to enhance their professional competence, with a view to catering for learner diversity appropriately.
- The school makes flexible use of the Learning Support Grant and other school resources to provide diversified support for students with special educational needs (SEN), such as organizing after-school tutorial classes and pre-testing revision classes, social groups, and a wide range of interest classes, etc., to cater for their academic, social and career planning needs. Meanwhile, the school also arranges school-based speech therapy and outsourced occupational therapy services to provide appropriate training for students in need.
- In addition, teachers take care of students' learning diversity through curriculum design, diversified teaching, optimized tiered assignments, provision of homework and test adaptation, etc., so as to enhance the learning effectiveness of students with special educational needs (SEN).
- The school also works closely with professionals such as the Education Bureau and the School-based Educational Psychologist to conduct regular individual meetings and student assessments, to jointly develop individual learning plans for students, and to review the effectiveness of the plans on a regular basis. The school also attaches importance to home-school co-operation. The School-based Educational Psychologist organizes workshops for parents to equip them with the skills of caring for and teaching their children, so that the school and parents can work together to support students' learning and growth.
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; and organizing cultural integration activities.
School facilities:
All classrooms, special rooms and assembly halls are air-conditioned and installed with computers, LCD projectors and projection screens to facilitate IT teaching. In addition to the general laboratories and special rooms, there are STEM Technology Center, Physical Fitness Training and Assessment Center, Chinese Language and Civic and Social Development Resource Centers, English Self-study Center, Student Activities Center, and Computer Room.
School contact information:
- Tel: 23200011
- Fax: 23204470
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.skhsbs.edu.hk
- Address: 11 Bluebell Road, Choi Hung Estate, Kowloon
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
