District: Yuen Long
\nPrimary One School Net: 72
\nSchool Type: Subsidized
\nStudent's gender: male and female
\nMedium of Instruction: Chinese, Mandarin and English
\nSchool Religion: N\/A
\nOne Dragon Secondary School:-
\nDirectly affiliated secondary schools: -
\nContact Secondary School: Yuen Long Public Secondary School Alumni Association Tang Siu Tong Secondary School<\/p>\n
Year of Establishment: 1989
\nSponsoring Body: Yuen Long Public Secondary School Alumni Association
\nThe mission of the school is to emphasize moral, intellectual, physical, social, and aesthetic education, so that students with various potentials can have the opportunity to develop their strengths. The school motto: Diligence, filial piety, friendship and sincerity, teaching students to serve people as the goal of life.
\nSchool Motto: Diligence, Filial Piety, Friendship, Sincerity.
\nManagement structure: There is an Incorporated Management Committee (IMC), which is the decision-making and advisory body of the school and is directly accountable to the Parent Association (YCIS Alumni Association) and the Education Bureau. There are also a Parent-Teacher Association and an Alumni Association to provide advice to the school from different stakeholders.
\nExisting Supervisor\/Chairman of SMC: Tang Hoi Kiu
\nCurrent Principal: Eunice Shan<\/p>\n
No Tuition Fee Payment<\/p>\n
Total number of teachers: 62
\nPercentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education : 87%
\nPercentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 98%
\nPercentage of Teachers with Master's\/Doctoral Degrees: 31%
\nPercentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 48%
\nPercentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 36%
\nPercentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 11%
\nPercentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 53%<\/p>\n
Number of Primary One classes in this school year: 4
\nNumber of Primary Two classes in this school year: 5
\nNumber of Primary Three classes in this school year: 5
\nNumber of Primary 4 classes in this school year: 5
\nNumber of Primary 5 classes in this school year: 5
\nNumber of Primary Six classes in this school year: 5
\nTotal number of classes in the 2023-2024 school year: 29<\/p>\n
In 2009, the policy of small class size was implemented to enhance individualized care; and the General Education Medium Scheme (GEMS) was implemented for specific classes at Primary Six. Dual appointment system was adopted for specific subjects in Primary Three; homogeneous grouping was adopted for Primary Four.<\/p>\n
Primary 6 students are selected to learn Chinese in Putonghua on the basis of their Putonghua proficiency.<\/p>\n
No. of Annual General Tests: 0
\nNo. of examinations for the whole year: 3<\/p>\n
The whole school participates in the planning and promotion of discipline and counseling in a wide range of forms, including preventive character development, intensive civic education, therapeutic counseling, and a rigorous system of rewards and punishments. Through the Self-Enhancement Award Scheme, students are encouraged to strive for moral and academic excellence, and to promote a caring culture and a healthy campus.<\/p>\n
To design student-centered teaching content to enhance learning interest; to diversify teaching strategies, to use information technology to promote student learning and develop self-learning ability, and to enhance learning motivation. Optimize the classroom by adding interactive elements and designing suitable group learning activities to cater for learning diversity. Theme-based education is implemented to integrate different learning elements to develop generic skills and proper values. Various types of learning activities are arranged in the afternoon session in the form of small groups with multiple types and interactions to enrich learning experiences, broaden horizons and develop students' multiple intelligences.<\/p>\n
Ball Games, Swimming, Rope Skipping, Dancing, Shuttlecock, Dragon Dance, Choir, Drum Team, Handbells, Instrumental Training, Papier-M\u00e2ch\u00e9 Art, Chinese Painting, Ceramics, Maths Elite Group, Science Exploration, English Exchange Program, General Knowledge Club, Drama, Master of Ceremonies, Programming, mBot Robotics, King of Guan, Digital Media Classes, Horticultural Art, Chinese Chess, Wetland Guides, and many other service groups.<\/p>\n
The school-based curriculum is designed through collaborative lesson planning by teachers; small class sizes are implemented to cater for differences; extra tutoring time is provided, together with outsourcing of services, to make up the difference.<\/p>\n
The School provides additional support to its admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: providing after-school Chinese language learning support; employing additional teachers\/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive Chinese language teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning on a need basis, group\/small group learning, etc.); developing a school-based Chinese Language curriculum and\/or adapting teaching materials; organizing inclusive school activities; and employing additional staff and\/or purchasing additional translation\/interpretation services to facilitate communication with parents. Translation\/interpretation services to facilitate communication with parents.<\/p>\n
To actively promote parent education and maintain close cooperation with parents by utilizing parent days, parent seminars, monthly parent newsletters, mobile applications and school web channels. Organize parent volunteer teams to promote active parent participation through various activities to bring the spirit of home-school cooperation into full play.<\/p>\n
Implementing school-based curricula: \"Little Dr. Wetland\", \"Little Farmer in Portsmouth\" and \"Aquaponics\"; encouraging the practice of a sustainable lifestyle by installing solar power and electricity consumption display panels, supporting the recycling of waste paper, plastic bottles and lunch food waste; promoting renewable energy and supporting greening of the school campus to raise awareness of environmental protection.<\/p>\n
Number of classrooms: 30
\nNumber of halls: 1
\nNumber of playgrounds: 4
\nNumber of Libraries: 1
\nSpecial rooms: STEM classroom, campus TV station, counseling room, computer room, pottery room, piano room, Wetland Discovery Center, English learning room, PTA Resource Center, etc.
\nSchool Bus: Yes
\nNanny van: Yes<\/p>\n