Yuen Long
SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School
Address: 20 Tin Shing Road NT
Tel: 24478123
Email: mail@sphrc.edu.hk
Fax: 24478242
URL: http://www.sphrc.edu.hk
How to travel to SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School
Bus: Take bus nos. K73, 265B, 269B, 269C, 269M, 276B or E34A and get off at Lynwood Court.
West Rail: Transfer to LRT at Tin Shui Wai Station
LRT: Get off at Tin Wing Station
About
SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School is a Aided Co-ed secondary school located in Hong KongThe school was founded in 1996. The school is located in Yuen Long, and covers an area of approximately 6180 square meters. The supervisor/chairman of the school management committee is Ching Chan Ming Mr.,And the principal is Liu Siu Lin Ms (BA(Hon), Dip Ed, MEd). The sponsoring body of SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School is SPHRC School Ltd. and is a non-religious school. The mission of the school: "We aim to provide students with a distinctive holistic education. By fostering a culture of love and discipline, we seek to develop students’ academic potential and life-learning skills, expand their knowledge, support their moral development and encourage positive attitudes in them."School has Parent-Teacher Association,has student union,doesn't has IMC,has old students/alumni associations, the existence of these organizations promotes the cohesion and cooperation of the school community. The motto of SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School encourages students to strive for excellence in academic, moral and personal growth.
Admission Information
Class Structure
Form 1: 4 classes. Form 2: 4 classes.
Form 3: 5 classes. Form 4: 4 classes.
Form 5: 4 classes. Form 6: 4 classes.
^It is important to note that these class numbers may change over time, so students and parents should check with the school for the most up-to-date class structure when applying for admission.
2022-2023
Secondary One Entrance
Our school will accept discretionary places. Our school will participate in the Secondary School Places Allocation System through central allocation stage (Applicable for admission to S.1 in September 2023 ).EDB's rank order list: 40%,
Interview performance: 30%,
Conduct: 20%,
Extra-curricular activities and awards: 10%.
2022-2023
Orientation Activities and Healthy Living
Orientation:
July & August: held for 8 days in July and August and includes the Pre-F1 bridging course in Chinese, English, Mathematics, Life and Society, Integrated Science and Computer together with counselling and English reading activities.
August: F.1 Orientation Day
Whole year: Training programmes for F.1 students
Healthy life program: includes social service, health and physical education, physical training and marching drills.
2022-2023 Annual Fees
The tuition structure for SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School is as follows:
∎ Form 1: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $0.
∎ Form 2: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $0.
∎ Form 3: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $0.
∎ Form 4: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $340".
∎ Form 5: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $340".
∎ Form 6: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $340".
The PTA dues are $40" per year.
Student union fee: $0.
The approved charge for non-standard items is SMI fee: $310 (F.1-F.5), $155 (F.6) per year.
Other charges/fees: $0.
^Please note that the above prices and charges are for reference only and may change over time. Students and parents should check with the school for the latest tuition and related fee details when applying for admission.
2022-2023 Faculty Profile (Including Principal)
Based on 2022/2023 data, SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School has a total of 62 teachers and 59 approved teacher positions. The qualifications and professional training of teachers are as follows:
∎ Diploma of Education: 90% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Bachelor's degree: 100% of the school's faculty.
∎ Master's degree, doctoral degree or above: accounting for 47% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Special education training: 34% of the total number of teachers in the school.
In terms of seniority of teachers, the data are as follows:
∎ Teachers with 0-4 years of experience account for 24% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Teachers with 5-9 years of experience account for 0% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Teachers with 10 or more years of experience account for 76% of the total number of teachers in the school.
These data show that SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School has an experienced team of teachers with diverse academic and professional training. nearly half of teachers hold master's, doctoral or above degrees, which will help to provide more in-depth and professional educational content.Also, there are there are many of teachers trained in special education, which shows that the school cares about and is committed to students with special educational needs. Their PGCE and BA guarantee they have a good foundation in teaching. In addition, most of teachers have rich teaching experience, and 76% of teachers have 10 or more years of seniority. This means that they have accumulated rich experience and professional knowledge in the teaching field, and can better guide and support the growth of students.These teacher profiles reflect that SPHRC Kung Yik She Secondary School has a team of strong and experienced teachers who provide a high quality education to their students.
Subjects offered in the 2022-2023 school year
Form 1 to Form 3:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Life and Society*, Computer Literacy*, Geography*, Chinese History, History*, Integrated Commerce (F.3)*, Economics (F.3)*, Music*, Visual Arts*, D&T*, Physical Education, Putonghua, Life Education
English as the medium of instruction:English Language
Form 4 to Form 6:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Mathematics, Mathematics Extended Part Module 2, Citizenship and Social Development (S.4, S.5), Liberal Studies (S.6), Geography, Chinese History, History, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, BAFS, ICT, Physical Education, Life Education, Music, Visual Arts
English as the medium of instruction:English Language
Subjects proposed for the 2023-2024 school year
Form 1 to Form 3:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Life and Society*, Computer*, Geography*, Chinese History, History*, Integrated Commerce (F.3)*, Economics (F.3)*, Music*, Visual Arts*, D&T*, Physical Education, Putonghua, Life Education
English as the medium of instruction:English Language
Form 4 to Form 6:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Mathematics, Mathematics Extended Part Module 2, Citizenship and Social Development, Geography, Chinese History, History, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, BAFS, ICT, Physical Education, Life Education, Music, Visual Arts
English as the medium of instruction:English Language
School Facilities (for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs)
1. The Science Park which cost $3.3 million to build includes the following: DNA Research Laboratory, Plant Tissue Culture Room, Aquatic Biology Laboratory, Greenhouse, Aquaponics 2.0, Orchid Court, Orchid Garden, Organic Orchard, Soilless Culture Room, Freshwater Stream Habitat, Wetland Plant Display, Intelligence Botanical Garden and Robotic Laboratory.
2. Facilities for self-directed learning are provided including a self-study room, study areas, the English Learning Centre and the library.
3. Two IT learning centres have been set up. The whole campus is equipped with Wi-Fi and Apple TVs have been set up in each classroom. Students can borrow tablets for interactive learning in the classroom.
Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet.
School Characteristics
School Management
School's Major Concerns:
1.To strengthen junior form students’ academic foundation. 2.To develop elite students’ potential as a way of inspiring other students. 3.To develop in students a positive attitude towards life.
School Management Organisation:
The School Administration Board, the Academic Development Board and the Student Development Board Committee coordinate with different school departments to oversee and devise plans to improve teaching and learning, as well as facilitating students’ growth.
Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee / Management Committee:
An incorporated management committee is in place.
School Green Policy:
1. Greening the school and establishment of the Science Park which consists of several environmental protection facilities. 2. Recipient of a golden award from the Sustainable Development School Award Programme. 3. Infusion of environmental education into formal and informal curriculum.
Details: https://www.sphrc.edu.hk/%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E7%9B%AE%E6%A8%99%E5%8F%8A%E6%96%B9%E5%90%91
Learning and Teaching Plan
Whole-school Language Policy:
1. Allocating more resources into improving English results: Each class is taught by 2 English teachers. 2. Enhancing the English atmosphere at school:
(a) One more NET has been hired to help implement the ‘Enriching Students’ English Language Learning Experience’ project and organise different English activities. (b) A variety of English activities are organised, e.g. English drama, English Ambassador Scheme, festival celebrations and emcee training.
(c) English courses are offered after school and during holidays, e.g. KET and PET Courses, English Enrichment Course and Summer Bridging Course.
(d) An English award scheme has been set up to recognize those students who have shown outstanding performance or great improvement in English.
3. Enriching the reading environment at school: (a) Some students are encouraged to join extra reading activities, e.g. Harvard Book Prize and Teen’s Reading Clubs. (b) More outstanding pieces of writing are included in the school curriculum to enhance students’ language competence. (c) Extra reading lessons are conducted to enhance students’ English reading skills. (d) A cross-curricular English reading scheme is implemented. (e) Book recommendations and reviews given by students and teachers are shared on different occasions. 4. Improving students’ interest and standards in Chinese language.
(a) Various Chinese activities are held for students, e.g. Chinese writing group, author talk, theme-based book fair. (b) Students will be provided with more opportunities to give a speech or participate in public speaking contests and forums. Over the past years, students have received numerous awards, e.g. the Best Debater Awards, the Best Interrogative Debater Awards and the Most Outstanding Debater Awards.
Learning and Teaching Strategies:
1. Implementing e-Learning: (a) The‘Bring Your Own Device’ policy is implemented in Forms 1 to 3 and efforts have been made to help all students purchase IT equipment for learning. (b) Teachers attend globally recognised programs to become experts in e-Learning. (c) Different interactive e-learning platforms, software and apps will be used to facilitate students’ self-learning. 2. Developing STEM education: (a) The newly-established IT Innovation Lab has launched the IoT Garden project and runs IT innovation courses and activities. (b) The Science Park was built to facilitate the teaching of Science and technology as well as the training of Science Park Prefects. (c) A new centre called ‘STEM + Innovation Centre’ has been set up. (d) Students have been encouraged to explore their potential by participating in Mathematics competitions or international assessments. 3. Enhancing self-directed learning and improving learning atmosphere: (a) The school’s Math, Science, and D&T departments have received about $300,000 from the QEF to promote self-directed learning as well as facilitate classroom teaching and learning. The funding has been used to set up a resources platform where students can access cross-curricular teaching videos and engage in self-learning. (b) Students are encouraged to do preliminary work in some subjects so they will be more engaged in class and prepared to demonstrate their learning. (c) Students are encouraged to form study groups and make use of the self-study room and the learning materials provided in the room. (d) An award scheme has been set up to promote self-directed learning. 4. Cross-subject lesson observations are carried out in order to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching. 5. Providing enhancement and remedial classes to cater for the needs of different students.
School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. Students can also choose to take Applied Learning courses.
2. Curriculum highlights: (a) The school-based curriculum designed by different departments features themes, lesson planning ideas, materials and assessment methods to achieve their curriculum objectives. For example, students can learn the design and the making of freighters in Science and foreign folk songs in Music. (b) A cross-curricular school-based curriculum: The Science department and the Design and Technology department collaborate with each other in teaching electrical science and electrical testing to help students complete electrical science projects such as making LED light boards.
Development of the Four Key Tasks:
1. Values Education: (a) Life Education, which covers Moral Education, Civil Education, Interpersonal Relationship Education, Sex Education, Emotion Education, Family Education, Career Education, Environmental Education and Health Education, has been developed as part of the formal curriculum. (b) Our school has received the Outstanding Team Awards, Outstanding Performance Award and Outstanding Member Awards from the CYC. Our students also participated in overseas exchange programs on behalf of our district. Our school has joined the ‘Heart to Heart School’ project to further promote active participation in voluntary work. Our school has won the Silver Award for Volunteer Service Groups and our students have also received several gold awards for their good service records. (c) Our school has implemented positive education through the life education program under the QEF project to help students develop a positive attitude towards life. 2. Reading to learn: (a) There are 3 reading platforms students can use to access books that are tailored to meet their needs. (b) Different reading schemes are implemented, e.g. online reading, Chinese and English Reading Schemes and Reading across the Curriculum. Activities like book fair, author talk and writing class are organised. (c) We will launch reading activities focusing on particular renowned writers and themes. 3. Project learning: Students have to work on a cross-curricular project in Humanities subjects. 4. Information technology for interactive learning: iPads and e-learning platforms or e-resources are used to enhance classroom interaction as well as learning effectiveness.
Life Planning Education:
1. ‘The Career and Life Planning Programme’ is implemented, in which students can understand themselves, learn how to set goals and broaden their vision. 2. Alumni are invited to give a talk to students in which they share their life at university and tips on how to be successful in the workplace. Visits to universities and other higher education institutions are also held to prepare our students for tertiary education. 3. Our students attended the ‘Dialogue with Women CEO’ organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. They can also participate in different interest classes and summer internship programmes to explore their potential and gain valuable work experience.
Details: https://www.sphrc.edu.hk/administration/%E5%AD%B8%E8%88%87%E6%95%99
Student Support
Whole School Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity:
1. Enhancement and remedial courses are organised(the Chinese, English and Mathematics). 2. Senior and junior form supplementary classes are arranged after school, on Saturdays and during holidays. 3. Happy Team is arranged to tutor students to complete their homework.
Whole School Approach to Integrated Education:
1. Our school’s Student Support Team is responsible for planning, implementing and reviewing the support for integrated education and formulating a school-based integrated education policy. The Student Support Team consists of the Principal, the Vice Principal, the Head of the Discipline Team and the Head of the Student Counselling Team, Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), the Head of Academic and Administration, panel heads and the school social workers.
2. Our team provides support for students with special educational needs using the Learning Support Grant. The support includes hiring a speech therapist to offer them one-on-one training. Besides that, a school counsellor and teaching assistants are employed to provide them with individual counselling and social skills training, and to facilitate the implementation of small group activities.
3.Meetings are held among our school-based educational psychologist, social workers, counsellor, teachers and parents to monitor the learning progress of SEN students.
Educational Support for Non-Chinese Speaking Students:
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Measures to provide adaptation for Learning and Assessment:
1. Summative assessments: 3 examinations are held every school year. 2. Formative assessments: Varied assessments are conducted on a regular basis to evaluate students’ learning progress and performance.
Details: https://www.sphrc.edu.hk/administration/%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E5%9F%B9%E8%82%B2-0
Home-School Co-operation and School Ethos
Home-School Co-operation:
Parents’ Day, Parents’ Nights, talks for parents and interest classes for parents are organised.
School Ethos:
1. Our school is dedicated to creating a school culture which emphasizes love and discipline by combining disciplining and counselling of students.
2. A whole-school approach is adopted to implement a number of programs. For example, positive education is included in our curriculum and activities are held to facilitate students’ health, growth and well-being as well as help them build a good social network. We also have the ‘Form One Students Training Program’ which includes marching drills and the Assignment Award Scheme to help them build good learning habits, interpersonal skills and proper values.
3. Small counselling groups are organized to help students improve interpersonal relationships, adapt to the new environment, improve their communication skills, etc. Also, post-secondary school students are hired to tutor students after school.
Details: https://www.sphrc.edu.hk/%E5%AE%B6%E9%95%B7%E6%95%99%E5%B8%AB%E6%9C%83
Future Development
School Development Plan:
1. Learning and teaching:
(a) To continue to refine teaching and assessment policies and improve students’ learning strategies to boost their academic results.
(b) To promote diversified teaching and learning strategies and strengthen junior form students’ foundation.
2. Students’ growth:
(a) To enrich students’ learning exposure and develop their desire to improve themselves.
(b) To nurture a positive attitude in students and create a caring and proactive culture at school.
Teacher Professional Training and Development:
1. Subject-based training programmes are organised for teachers, e.g. sharing sessions and workshops.
2. Professional sharing is strengthened among teachers through regular co-lesson planning, lesson observations and evaluations, etc.
3. In-school IT trainings are conducted and given by IT in Education Centre of Excellence (CoE).
Life-wide Learning (including Five Essential Learning Experiences to be provided through Key Learning Areas, extra-curricular activities, co-curricular activities, etc.):
1. An English musical, co-run by the Music Department and English Department and offering rigorous training to students, is held to boost students’ English standards and musical performance skills.
2. Our school understands the importance of critical thinking and has encouraged our students to join Mock Trial Competitions to learn from lawyers. Our school has won third runner-up and our students, The Best Lawyer Award and The Best Witness Award.
3. Over 200 school activities are organised every year including whole-school, inter-house, inter-class, club, subject, lunchtime, post-exam and summer activities.
4. Overseas exchange tours to places like Japan, Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai are recommended or organised for students.
5. Various school teams and clubs such as sport teams, dance team and school band are organised.
6. Leadership training programmes are organised for student leaders.
7. From interest classes to certificate programs and career planning:
(a) Various interest classes are provided to students, e.g. magic course, Chinese acrobat course, anime characters drawing course, drama course, balloon twisting course, etc.
(b) Locally recognised certificate programs are offered, e.g. professional stage makeup program, foundation certificate program in medical care, etc. for students to explore their strengths and understand job requirements, and improve their competitiveness.
8. Students perform well in local and international competitions in various fields, e.g. STEM, choral speaking, debate, IT, sports, music, dancing, photography and social service. They win more than 200 awards every year.
Details: https://www.sphrc.edu.hk/administration/%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E5%9F%B9%E8%82%B2-0
Others
1. Our students have won more than 170 championships and runners-up awards in inter-school science and technology competitions.
2. Outstanding performance in water rocket competitions:
(a) Our students set a Guinness World Record for launching 693 water rockets simultaneously in 2011 and broke that record in 2013 by launching 1056.
(b) Students performed well in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 inter-school water rocket competitions, winning championships, runners-up and merit awards in both secondary school and open sections and the best design award in the open section.
3. Achievements in STEM:
(a) Our school was awarded the champion in the ‘Young Inventor Competition 2021’.
(b) Our school has won first place awards in the Fun Science Competition for 15 years. In the 2021 competition named ‘Through the Channel, Down the Generals II’, our school won 2 first place awards and 1 third place award.
(c) In the ‘Mathematics and Science Competition’ organized by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, our students received a total of 239 certificates including high distinction certificates from 2012 to 2019.
(d) In the ‘CityU Science Challenges 2021’, a competition launched by the City University of Hong Kong, our students won merit and satisfactory awards in physics, chemistry and biology.
(e) Our students have been chosen to represent Hong Kong in the International Robotic Olympiad for 17 consecutive years, winning 9 championships, 10 first runners-up and 25 second runners-up in total. In the Hong Kong Robotic Olympiad, our students have won more than 120 championships and runners-up awards.
(f) In STEM coding competitions, our school won the championships of the Quality STEM Education Award and the Outstanding Team Award in 2021.
4. Outstanding performance in flower and plant exhibit competitions:
(a) Our school won the Hong Kong Flower Show Cup (School Section) in the Plant Exhibit Competitions of 2016 and 2018 Hong Kong Flower Shows. In 2019, we received 16 championships and runners-up awards.
(b) Our school won the Secondary School Potted Plant Growing/Nursing Cup for four times.
(c) Our school has won nearly 250 championships and runners-up awards in the ‘North District Flower, Bird, Insect and Fish Show’ since 2003.
(d) Our school won the Secondary School Challenge Cup in the Plant and Flower Exhibit Competition of the Tuen Mun Bonsai and Orchid Exhibition for five times.