Tack Ching Girls' Secondary School
School Type
- District: Sham Shui Po
- School Type: Subsidized
- Student Sex: Girls' School
- School Banding: Band 3
- Medium of Instruction: Mainly Chinese
- School religion: Catholic
School History
- Year of foundation: 1923
- Sponsoring organization: Sisters of the Precious Blood of Jesus
- Objectives: The school follows the Catholic mission of cultivating students' spirit of courtesy, righteousness, integrity and perseverance, and fostering an atmosphere of peace, love, honesty, justice, mutual trust and understanding.
- School motto: propriety, righteousness, honesty, and shame.
- Management Structure: Adhering to the Sisters of the Precious Blood's policy of fostering the whole-person development of students, the IMC, through the Supervisor, and the various administrative groups and working groups work together to implement the school's objectives and concerns.
- Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Mr. Cheung Wing Ming
- Current Principal: Sam Hui
Teacher Information
- Total number of teachers in the school: 77
- Percentage of teachers holding Diploma in Education : 94%
- Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
- Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 78%
- Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 50%
Teacher seniority:
- Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 18%
- Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 13%
- Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 69%
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, Life and Society, Chinese History, Geography, Integrated Science (F.1 and F.2), Biology (F.3), Physics (F.3), Chemistry (F.3), General Computer, Putonghua (F.1 and F.2), Ethics and Religious Education, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Science and Technology for Life, Rhythm and Music.
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, Extended Mathematics (Module 1), Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, Chinese History, History, Tourism and Hospitality, Economics, ICT, Visual Arts, Chinese Literature, Ethics and Religious Education, Arts Development, Physical Education, Civic and Social Development, Personal Development, Health Management and Social Care (S4, S5), Applied Learning (S5, S6)
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) subjects from S4 to S6 in the 2023-2024 school year:
English Language, Cross-curricular Reading
School-wide language policy:
- Since its founding in 1923, the school has emphasized bilingual education.
- There are 10 English lessons per week for Junior and S6, 9 English lessons and 2 English cross-curricular reading lessons per week for S4 and S5, and English group teaching is implemented.
- The school is committed to creating an English language environment by arranging a series of English activities and competitions, including English drama, debates, writing, recitation, reading and sharing, and so on. The school has an English Club and an English Debate Team. Two expatriate teachers and all English teachers lead students in activities both inside and outside the school to increase students' exposure to English.
Tests and study adaptation measures:
- There will be two standardized tests and two exams throughout the school year.
- Daily examinations include tests, daily assignments, group discussions and project work to assess student performance.
- After the last semester examination, teachers will review the students' performance and adjust the learning and teaching strategies.
Class Establishment:
- Number of S1 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of S2 classes in this school year: 5
- No. of S.3 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of S4 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of Form 5 classes in this school year: 5
- Number of S6 classes in this school year: 5
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Application for S1 admission:
The school accepts applications for S1 Discretionary Places and participates in the Central Allocation of Secondary School Places (CASPA) System. Interviews are available and selection is based on the following criteria and weightings:
Interview Performance (30%); Student Academic Achievement (50%); Conduct (10%); Extracurricular Activities (5%) and Other (5%) (e.g., Talent Accomplishments, Public Service, etc.).
Tack Ching Girls' College
The school group Band is a few:
Ranking Estimate Band 3A
School Wind:
- The school has adopted the motto of "propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame" to make the school a harmonious and well-organized campus.
- The school's philosophy is simple and caring, and it emphasizes whole-person education, especially character development, to cultivate students' positive and correct outlook on life.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
- To actively promote biliteracy and trilingualism, and to complement diversified teaching activities and information technology teaching to cultivate students' self-learning spirit.
- In order to cater for the diversity of student learning, the Junior High School has separate teaching groups for Chinese, English and Mathematics, as well as after-school homework guidance.
- The school arranges Life-wide Learning Day to enable students to broaden their learning scope and enhance their learning ability effectively through various activities.
- In order to promote reading, a Whole School Collective Reading Scheme is set up in the morning, and "Reading Month" and cross-curricular extended reading activities are organized every academic year to promote cross-curricular reading.
- Diversified English activities are organized on a regular basis and English assemblies are held twice a week in the assembly hall to create a whole-school English learning environment.
Teacher professional training and development:
The school has a staff development management team to plan the overall development of the school throughout the year according to the school's development and concerns. At least three days of professional development days for teachers are arranged every year; in addition, teachers are encouraged to pursue continuous learning and lifelong learning.
Whole School Participation Model Integrated Education:
The School has set up a Student Support Unit comprising the Vice Principal of Student Development, Assistant Principal, Special Education Coordinator, Educational Psychologist, Special Education Support Teacher, Counselor and Teaching Assistant. Through the utilization of the Learning Support Grant, a Whole School Approach is adopted to promote integrated education and provide diversified and appropriate support services to cater for different learning needs and enhance students' self-confidence. In addition, the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator of the School has completed a two-year professional training course.
Students can participate in different "drop-in activities" in the Student Support Room to enhance the communication between students, peers and counselors. In terms of professional training, the Unit has strengthened the school-based speech therapy service by providing occupational therapy, clinical psychologist and educational psychologist to provide professional training and assessment for students. In terms of on-site activities, the Unit has organized lunchtime fun learning and growth activities, senior high school revision group, AIMS socialization group, pre-testing revision class and "Tak Ching's Heart". For off-campus activities, they include institutional visits, workplace experience and volunteer activities to broaden students' life experience. For parent education, parent workshops and regular publication of parent education pamphlets are organized to enhance their understanding and support to students.
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; arranging intensive Chinese teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning, group learning, etc. on a need basis); and organizing cultural integration activities. For example, orientation activities, festivals and cultural experience activities are organized to enhance students' interest and confidence in learning Chinese language.
School facilities:
- It is a millennium standard school building with 36 classrooms, 15 special rooms including visual arts room, music room, home economics room, sewing room, geography room, library, student activity center, and one laboratory each for integrated science, biology, physics and chemistry.
- The school also has a computer room and a computer-assisted learning room so that students can make learning interesting and diversified through information technology.
- Other facilities include a STEM learning room, an auditorium, a school history room, an ethics room, and a parent resource center.
School contact information:
- Tel: 27293211
- Fax: 27251779
- Email: [email protected]
- Web site:http://www.tackching.edu.hk
- Address: 9 Hing Wah Street West, Sham Shui Po, Kln.
- Tak Ching Girls' Middle School Wikipedia
- Webpage update: January 4, 2024
