Address: | Cheung Hong Estate Tsing Yi | |||
Phone: | 24977110 | Email: | info@plk83.edu.hk | |
Fax: | 24311156 | Website: | http://www.plk83.edu.hk |
School Mission
Formerly known as PLK 1983 Board of Directors' College, our school aims at a quality education for all, advocates an all round education embracing the academic, moral, physical, social and aesthetic aspects, and takes pride in nurturing and flourishing faithful boys and girls for the community.
District | : | Kwai Tsing |
Other District(s) | : | Sham Shui Po, Islands |
Supervisor / Chairman of School Management Committee | : | Mr. Ching Nam MA, CStJ, JP |
Principal (with qualifications / experiences) | : | Ms. LAW Wing Chung (BSc(HKU), PGDE(CUHK), Cert in Careers Counselling (CUHK), M.Sc & Ed. (CUHK)) |
School Type | : | Aided |
Student Gender | : | Co-ed |
Area Occupied by the School | : | About 6500 Sq. M |
Name of Sponsoring Body | : | Po Leung Kuk |
Incorporated Management Committee | : | Established |
Religion | : | Not Applicable |
Year of Commencement of Operation | : | 1984 |
School Motto | : | Love, Respect, Diligence, Honesty |
Parent-Teacher Association | : | Yes |
Student Union / Association | : | Yes |
Past Students’ Association / School Alumni Association | : | Yes |
School Fee ($) | Tong Fai ($) | ||
S1 | - | - | |
S2 | - | - | |
S3 | - | - | |
S4 | - | $340 | |
S5 | - | $340 | |
S6 | - | $340 | |
Parent-Teacher Association Fee (Annual) ($) | : | $30 | |
Student Union / Association Fee ($) | : | $10 | |
Approved Charges for Non-standard Items (Annual)($) | : | Approved Collection for Specific Purposes $0 Air Conditioning Fee: $0 (S.1-S.6) | |
Other Charges / Fees ($) | : | - |
School Facilities | : | Multi-media Learning Centre, Active Learning Centre, Computer-assisted Learning Rooms, Language Room, Lecture Room, Student Activity Centre, Multi-Purpose Area, Science Station, English Corner, Library, Meteor, Love and Hope Center, Special Rooms, Indoor basketball Court, Assembly Hall, Commonplace Hall and Student Union Yards. All Classrooms are installed with air-conditioners, computer, LCD projector and IR Amplifier for learning and teaching. |
Facility(ies) for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs | : | Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet. |
Number of Teaching Posts in the Approved Establishment | : | 54 |
Total Number of Teachers in the School | : | 58 |
Qualifications and Professional Training | : | Percentage of teaching staff (%) |
Teacher's Certificate / Diploma in Education | : | 89% |
Bachelor Degree | : | 100% |
Master / Doctorate Degree or above | : | 39% |
Special Education Training | : | 47% |
Years of Experience | : | Percentage of teaching staff (%) |
0-4 years | : | 39% |
5-9 years | : | 7% |
10 years or above | : | 54% |
Number of classes | ||
S1 | : | 4 |
S2 | : | 4 |
S3 | : | 4 |
S4 | : | 4 |
S5 | : | 4 |
S6 | : | 4 |
Subjects Offered in 2022/2023 School Year | : | S.1 - S.3 |
Chinese as the medium of instruction | : | Chinese Language & Putonghua, Chinese History, Life/Moral Education (including Career Planning) |
English as the medium of instruction | : | F.1-F.2: English Language, Mathematics, Science, Geography, Life & Society, Technology & Living, Music, Visual Arts, Computer Literacy and P.E. F.3: English Language, Mathematics, Science, Geography, Life & Society, Technology & Living, Music, Visual Arts, Computer Literacy and P.E. |
Adopt a different medium of instruction by class or by group / school-based curriculum | : | - |
Subjects Offered in 2022/2023 School Year | : | S.4 - S.6 |
Chinese as the medium of instruction | : | Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature (S.6), Citizenship and Social Development (S.4, S.5), Liberal Studies (S.6), P.E., Visual Arts |
English as the medium of instruction | : | English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economics, Information and Communication Technology, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies |
Adopt a different medium of instruction by class or by group / school-based curriculum | : | - |
Subjects to be Offered in 2023/2024 School Year | : | S.1 - S.3 |
Chinese as the medium of instruction | : | Chinese Language & Putonghua, Chinese History, Life/Moral Education (including Career Planning) |
English as the medium of instruction | : | F.1-F.2: English Language, Mathematics, Science, Geography, Life & Society, Technology & Living, Music, Visual Arts, Computer Literacy and P.E. F.3: English Language, Mathematics, Science, Geography, Life & Society, Technology & Living, Music, Visual Arts, Computer Literacy and P.E. |
Adopt a different medium of instruction by class or by group / school-based curriculum | : | - |
Subjects to be Offered in 2023/2024 School Year | : | S.4 - S.6 |
Chinese as the medium of instruction | : | Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature (S.6), Citizenship and Social Development, Health Management and Social Care, PE, Visual Arts |
English as the medium of instruction | : | English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economics, Information and Communication Technology, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies |
Adopt a different medium of instruction by class or by group / school-based curriculum | : | - |
Secondary One Admission | : | 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 ).Academic Results: 10%; Conduct, ECA, Services, Awards: 5% each; Rank Order List from EDB: 30%; Interview: 40%. |
Orientation Activities and Healthy Life | : | F.1 Orientation Talk and Orientation Games Day are held before September. The year-long "F.1 Orientation Star Scheme" includes a series of lunch-time programs and interest groups (Sept-Dec). There are Guidance Prefects helping all F.1 students to adapt to the secondary school life. The school has been awarded “Caring School” for 15 consecutive years. The aim of our school is to provide teachers and students with a safe, healthy, harmonious and happy environment. Our School has also fulfilled the requirement of the scheme with good performance. This year our school has launched Jockey Club Project Well-being to promote the importance of mental health. |
School Management | ||
(1)School's Major Concerns | : | 1. To further enhance students’ academic performance; 2. To empower students to achieve physical, emotional and intellectual wellness; 3. To enhance learning, teaching and school administration by upgrading school campus and IT facilities. Theme of the year: Clear Mind, Pure Hearts, Together we can reach the Stars. |
(2) School Management Organisation | : | Creative and high efficiency. Our school joined the SMI as a pilot. In 2014, we actively participated in the Pilot Project on Strengthening Schools' Administration Management. The Administrative Committee is formed by heads of the Academic Department, Executive Department, Pastoral Development Committee, Co-curricular Activities Department, Guidance Department and Discipline Department. Daily administration and management is under the guidance of the Principal who works collaboratively with vice-principals and assistant vice-principals. |
(3) Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee / Management Committee | : | Our school has adopted the school-based management system since 1992; It has allowed our school flexibility in operation and development and we have striven to continually provide the best learning environment for our students. The Incorporated Management Committee of Po Leung Kuk Lo Kit Sing (1983) College was established on 1st Sept,2012. Introducing a participatory governance framework involving key stakeholders in direct school decision-making and providing different input would enhance transparency and accountability. The IMC consists of representatives from the sponsoring body, the Principal, teachers, parents and alumni. |
(4) School Green Policy | : | With creative and authentic activities, students are inspired and take personal responsibility in caring for the environment. Our school was granted Outstanding Environmental Protection School Award, Outstanding Environmental Protection Teacher Award and Outstanding Environmental Ambassador Award. Our School has been awarded School Sustainable Development Gold Award for three consecutive years, and School Sustainable Development Honour Award. The School has been granted 'The Outstanding Climate Ambassador' for two consecutive years. Besides, the school has been awarded "The Most Outstanding Green School -- Excellence Award" by Hong Kong Electric. |
Learning and Teaching Plan | ||
(1) Whole-school Language Policy | : | English has been adopted as the medium of instruction in our school except the subjects of Chinese Language & Putonghua, Chinese History, Life/Moral Education (including Career Planning), Citizenship and Social Development (F.4 and F.5), Liberal Studies (F.6), Physical Education (HKDSE) and Visual Arts (HKDSE). The well-tailored curriculum helps students switch to English-medium learning. |
(2) Learning and Teaching Strategies | : | In order to promote active learning and reading culture, our school has developed a series of parallel curriculums including Project Curriculum, Extensive Reading Scheme, Reading Celebration, Activity Curriculum and Student Profile. Our junior secondary curriculum aims at fostering students' whole-person development; enriching students' learning experiences; strengthening students' biliterate and trilingual ability as well as STEM education. The junior curriculum is tailored to consolidate students' foundation and ensure smooth transition to their senior secondary curriculum. |
(3) School-based curriculum | : | 1. Electives: 2X and 3X. All F.1 to F.3 students study all the subjects listed. F.4 to F.6 students have to study English Language, Chinese Language, Mathematics and Citizenship and Social Development (F.4 and F.5) /Liberal Studies (F.6) with other elective subjects. 2. Curriculum highlights: English has been adopted as the medium of instruction. Moral Education and other learning experiences are embedded in the curriculum. |
(4) Development of the Four Key Tasks | : | We are a school with vision. We are committed to helping students of our school to have whole person development. In order to create a favorable learning and teaching environment, our school actively promotes Inquiry-based Learning, Extensive Reading, Moral Education and STEAM programs. There are Reading Celebration Day and Project Presentation Day for students to celebrate their works in these areas. Our teachers and students are well equipped with I.T. skill and it is a common practice to apply I.T. in learning and teaching. Moral education is already a part of our formal curriculum, though its components (e.g. Environmental Education, Nationalistic Education) are not discrete subjects. Besides moral education lessons, different kinds of activities such as Voicing Our Values, Character Day, Day for You are organised for value and moral education. |
(5) Life Planning Education | : | In our school, Life Planning Education plays a significant role in helping students’ self-understanding, personal planning, goal setting, reflective habits of mind and articulation to progression pathways. A series of programs and visits were organized for students, who are developing their competitive edges for the future. Apart from applying JUPAS and non-JUPAS courses, other study pathways are explored for our students such as Taiwan, Japan, England and Australia universities, etc. Besides, we have partnered with renowned institutes which offer company visit opportunities for our students to enrich their knowledge of business environment. |
Student Support | ||
(1) Whole School Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity | : | Elite classes, split classes and remedial classes are set to cater for learning diversity. SEN coordinator and SEN social worker help to take care of students with special learning needs. |
(2) Whole School Approach to Integrated Education | : | Our Student Support Team includes Vice-principal, Guidance Head, Special Educational Needs Coordinator, Academic Department Head, Discipline Master, Special Educational Needs Support Teacher, Representatives from Chinese, English and Discipline Departments, social workers and Po Leung Kuk educational psychologist. With the support of the Learning Support Grant from EDB, our team offers speech therapies, and clinical psychological services to equip our special needs students with reading and writing skills, social skills, attention training and counselling sessions. All teachers will regularly be informed of the SEN students’ condition and if necessary, our school will make special examination arrangements for students. |
(3) Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking(NCS) Students | : | Our school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: providing after-school support programmes in learning Chinese; appointing additional teacher(s)/teaching assistant(s) to support NCS students’ learning of Chinese; and organising cultural integration activities. |
(4) Measures to provide adaptation for Learning and Assessment | : | The school year is divided into two terms for more flexible timetabling. Assessments include uniform tests and two examinations and continuous assessments. |
Home-School Co-operation and School Ethos | ||
(1) Home-School Co-operation | : | Home-School cooperation is strengthened by our efficient and devoted Parent-Teacher Association established since 2004. A rich variety of activities have been organised, notably including parent campus day tours, parenting talks, local tour, interest classes, cooking class, parents' night and voluntary work etc. |
(2) School Ethos | : | Our school adopts a whole-school approach to discipline and guidance. Students in general behave well with good self discipline. School prefects and guidance prefects help to maintain a good and healthy learning environment. We have a fair and consistent discipline policy, with rules clearly spelt out and made known to all staffs and students. |
Future Development | ||
(1) School Development Plan | : | Major Concern 1: To further enhance students’ academic performance: Through more students’ engagement in learning, strengthened students’ learning strategies in different subjects and enriched school learning environment, students’ academic performance would be further enhanced. Major Concern 2: To empower students to achieve physical, emotional and intellectual wellness: With the creation of the supportive social and physical school environment, together with teaching students about health and wellness, students’ wellness would be cultivated. Major Concern 3: To enhance learning, teaching and school administration by upgrading school campus and IT facilities: By upgrading school campus and IT facilities, learning and teaching productivity can be improved & efficiency in school administrative work can be enhanced. |
(2) Teacher Professional Training and Development | : | The Principal and teachers attended overseas exchange programs and local training courses actively. In 2021-22, the average hours attended were far more than that required by EDB. |
Life-wide Learning (including Five Essential Learning Experiences to be provided through Key Learning Areas, extra-curricular activities, co-curricular activities, etc.) | : | 1. To emphasize learning beyond classroom, the CCA bodies have been restructured into 5 tiers system with around 60 units, namely, 4 Houses, school teams, academic societies, uniform teams and interest clubs. There are clear expectations on different forms of students. F.1 and F.2 students have to choose two teams or clubs as whole year training and exposure. F.3, F.4, and F.5 students are offered executive posts for leadership training. 2. To enrich other learning experience of students, our school also organized different activities during the whole year. For example, life wide learning day, stage cultural day, Chinese cultural day, Science showbiz, inter-house singing competition, inter-class English drama and dance competition, etc. 3. Our students are actively involved awarded great achievement in competitions such as The Hong Kong Schools Speech and Music festival, sports competitions in the Kwai Tsing District, JA company, Mock Trail competition and 2018 Robofest Hong Kong Game Robot Challenge, International 4D Frame Maths & Science Creativity Competition, etc. 4. To develop students' potential and to engage them in serving the community, we organize a Social Service Programme to F.1 to F.4 students so as to encourage them to take part in community services. Our school achieved over 10000 hours of voluntary service in the past few years respectively. 5. Our school encourage students to explore the horizons through overseas exchange programme such as Sydney English cultural exchange tour (2018), Singapore English speaking tour (2016, 2019), Ningbo / Shanghai sister schools exchange tour (2017, 2018, 2019) and Hokkaido leadership training tour (2019), etc. In 2017 and 2018, all F.3 students was subsidized to join the Po Leung Kuk Beijing study tour. |
Others | : | 2018 Po Leung Kuk Outstanding School EDB Hi-Five students Engagement Award Scheme – Outstanding Award SDC Sustainable Development Community Project Award School - Gold Award 21/22Hong Kong Electric 2020 The Most Outstanding Green School Award - Excellence Award and champion team Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence - Ms Law Wing Chung (Mathematics) Outstanding Arts Teacher Award - Ms Lai Tuen Lei (Art), Ms Ho Mui Chi (Music) Golden Coach Awards (CityU Robocode Competition) - Mr Li Kwong Tak (Computer) Outstanding JPC School Club Supervisor (KWTDIST) - Ms Chu Kit Ping, Lisa 2021/22 TKT Principal Organization Outstanding Student Award Election – Chim Hiu Man 2021/22 Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing Outstanding Student Election (Junior section): Cheung Lok Ching, Lam Chi Tat, Pang Yi Tung Pursuing Excellence and Beyond Youth Leadership Award Scheme – Outstanding Student - Chim Hiu Man, Ng Wai Lam Taken part in an overseas trip to Australia in the I Can Fly program organized by Cathay Pacific The 8th Continent Exploration Tour to Madagascar held by Yan Oi Tong Kwai Tsing & Tsuen Wan Flying Drone Programming Competition - Overall Champion, Most Corporation team, Best programing team Inter-school Scrabble Championship 2019 - Best Player Division B Winner, Individual first-runner up The 10th University Literary Awards - Junior Writer Award GBA Knowledge Challenge - MVP Champion PLK LPFEC Citi Foundation Build Your Career Programme - Outstanding Leadership Award, Best Promotion Award, Best Company Award Final Competition - Best Presentation Award JA Youth Entrepreneur Virtual Trade Fair and Social Buzz Award, Active Participation Awards, Most Improved Team Player and Most Valuable Team Player 2021/22 HK 4D Frame Maths & Sci Creativity Competition - Bronze Award Chemist Online Self-study Award Scheme – Diamond Award 2021 CoderZ League Pro Division (HK Region) – Regional Champion: Tsang Tsz Hin 2021/22 CoderZ League Pro Division – 3rd Place World: Tsang Tsz Hin 2022 Canadian English Writing Competition (Arch Cup) live Preliminary Competition – Gold Award 2022/22 Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad Heat Round (Hong Kong Region) – Gold Award, Silver Award, Bronze Award 2021/22 Mingpao Writer Training Competition – Champion: Cheung Mei You 2021/22 ICE Challenge – CodeCombat Competition HK_MO_TW Grand Final 1-week Online Battle – Gold Award: Tsang Tsz Hin 2022 HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD SEMI-FINAL (HONG KONG REGION) – Gold Award, Silver Award, Bronze Award 2022 ICE Challenge – CodeCombat District Competition (New Territories – Secondary Division) - 2nd Runner-Up, Top Coder, Outstanding Coder HKYPAF The 9th Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival –Piano Solo, Third Place: Szeto Tsz Ching Jovy 2022 Hong Kong Taekwondo Competition ,2nd Runner-up 2022 “My Interfaces with the Belt and Road Initiative” Integrated Abilities Competition 2021-2022 Outstanding Campus Award – Outstanding Student: Zhang Zeru 2021-2022 Sustainable Living Challenge – Most Popular Award: Cheng Siu Ting 2021/22 Low-carbon Living Q&A Competition – Best Performance School Award, Most Active Participation School Award 2021/22 Inter-school Sport Dance Competition – Champion of Tango, Champion of Quickstep |
Direct public transportation to School | : | Bus: 41, 42, 42A, 43, 43A, 43B, 43C, 43D, 43M, 243M, 948, 241X, 242X, 249M, 249X; Minibus: 88D; Airbus: A31, E42. (Bus Stop is Ching Shing Court). |
Remarks | : | All classes are uniform EMI (English as the Medium of Instruction) classes across each Form. |
Last revision date: 6/12/2022