SSP2023/2024 Belilios Public School

School Information

District	:	Eastern
Other District(s)	:	Central & Western, Wan Chai, Southern, Yau Tsim Mong, Islands
Supervisor / Chairman of School Management Committee	:	Ms Leung Wing-shan, Magnolia
Principal (with qualifications / experiences)	:	Ms Wong Fei (HKU BSc (Hons))
School Type	:	Gov't
Student Gender	:	Girls
Area Occupied by the School	:	About 5574 Sq. M
Name of Sponsoring Body	:	Government
Incorporated Management Committee	:	Not Applicable
Percentage of School Supervisor and Managers Fulfilling the Training Targets	:	Not Applicable
Religion	:	Not Applicable
Year of Commencement of Operation	:	1890
School Motto	:	Climb High See Wide
Parent-Teacher Association	:	Yes
Student Union / Association	:	Yes
Past Students’ Association / School Alumni Association	:	Yes

Chargeable Fees (2023/2024)

	School Fee ($)	Tong Fai ($)
S1	-	-
S2	-	-
S3	-	-
S4	-	-
S5	-	-
S6	-	-
Parent-Teacher Association Fee (Annual) ($)	：	$100
Student Union / Association Fee ($)	：	$10
Approved Charges for Non-standard Items (Annual)($)	：	School-based Management Fee: $310
Other Charges / Fees ($)	：	ECA Fee: $151 (S.4-S.6)

School Facilities

Number of Classroom(s)	:	25
School Facilities	:	Here are the main facilities provided at BPS: School Hall, Junior Hall, Library, Student Activity Centre, Covered Playground, Computer Rooms (2), Geography Room, Music Room, Social Workers' Rooms (2), Discipline and Guidance Room, Art Room, Home Economics Room, Needlework Room, Laboratories (4), Campus Video Station, Basketball Court, Volleyball Court, PTA Garden, BOGA Garden, Green Roof, Medical Room and Tuck-shop etc.
Facility(ies) for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs	:	Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet.

Teaching Staff Information (including School Head) in the 2023/2024 School Year

Number of Teaching Posts in the Approved Establishment	:	52
Total Number of Teachers in the School	:	54
Qualifications and Professional Training	:	Percentage of teaching staff (%)
Teacher's Certificate / Diploma in Education	:	100%
Bachelor Degree	:	98%
Master / Doctorate Degree or above	:	50%
Special Education Training	:	39%
Years of Experience	:	Percentage of teaching staff (%)
0-4 years	:	9%
5-9 years	:	17%
10 years or above	:	74%

2023/2024 Class Structure

		Number of classes
S1	:	4
S2	:	4
S3	:	4
S4	:	4
S5	:	4
S6	:	4

Subjects Offered

Subjects Offered in the 2023/2024 School Year	:	S.1 - S.3
Chinese as the medium of instruction	:	Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua
English as the medium of instruction	:	All Round Development, Computer Literacy, English Language, Geography, History, Home Economics, Junior Secondary Science(S.3), Literature in English (S.3), Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Science (S.1-S.2), Visual Arts
Adopt a different medium of instruction by class or by group / school-based curriculum	:	-
Subjects Offered in the 2023/2024 School Year	:	S.4 - S.6
Chinese as the medium of instruction	:	Chinese History, Chinese Language, Chinese Literature
English as the medium of instruction	:	All Round Development, Biology, Business, Accounting & Financial Studies, Chemistry, Citizenship and Social Development, Economics, English Language, Geography, History, Literature in English, Mathematics (Compulsory and Extended Part), Music, Physics, Physical Education (non-elective), Visual Arts
Adopt a different medium of instruction by class or by group / school-based curriculum	:	-
Subjects to be Offered in the 2024/2025 School Year	:	S.1 - S.3
Chinese as the medium of instruction	:	Chinese History, Chinese Language, Putonghua
English as the medium of instruction	:	All Round Development, Citizenship, Economics and Society (S.1), Computer Literacy, English Language, Geography, History, Home Economics, Junior Secondary Science(S.3), Literature in English, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Science (S.1-S.2), Visual Arts
Adopt a different medium of instruction by class or by group / school-based curriculum	:	-
Subjects to be Offered in the 2024/2025 School Year	:	S.4 - S.6
Chinese as the medium of instruction	:	Chinese History, Chinese Language, Chinese Literature
English as the medium of instruction	:	All Round Development, Biology, Business, Accounting & Financial Studies, Chemistry, Citizenship and Social Development, Economics, English Language, Geography, History, Information and Communication Technology, Literature in English, Mathematics (Compulsory and Extended Part), Music, Physics, Physical Education (non-elective), Visual Arts
Adopt a different medium of instruction by class or by group / school-based curriculum	:	-

Secondary One Admission, Orientation Activities & Healthy School Life

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 2024 ).Admission Criteria and Weightings: Interview performance 40%; Academic Results (Rank order provided by EDB) 45%; ECA 15%; Conduct: B or above. The SSPA admission criteria and weightings have yet to be finalized. Please refer to the announcement of the school in January 2024.
Orientation Activities and Healthy Life	:	1. S.1 Adjustment Programme which lasts for five days is organized for newly admitted S.1 students; 2. S.1 Orientation Day; 3. Summer Programmes for new students: We offer Chinese, English and Mathematics adjustment courses for S.1 students; 4. S.1 Parents' Night. 5. The school cares about the well-being of students’ physical and mental health. The Health and Sex Education Team organizes different health-related activities. Knowledge and skills on healthy living are taught through Home Economics, Physical Education and Biology lessons.

School Characteristics

School Management
(1)School's Major Concerns	:	1. To elevate students’ confidence and affection in their study; 2. To nurture students’ positive values and attitudes.
(2) School Management Organisation	:	1. Belilios Public School is a government grammar secondary school for girls in Hong Kong. It is operated by the Education Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; 2. In 1999, the School Management Committee was set up with a view to reviewing the school's annual plan and major concerns. The committee comprises the chairperson, PEO from EDB, the Principal, 2 teacher representatives, 2 parent representatives, 2 alumni representatives and 2 independent members; 3. The School Development Committee, consisting of senior teachers, meets regularly; 4. The school conducts self-evaluation by the end of the year.
(3) Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee / Management Committee	:	Chairperson: Ms. LEUNG Wing-shan, Magnolia; Principal: Ms WONG Fei; Alumni Members: Ms LEE Kar-lun Karen, Ms TSE Mui-li Emily; Independent Members: Mr Daniel HUI, Mr NG Ho-hei, Elvis; Parent Members: Mr CHENG Yu-hon, Ms YAN Ching-man Josephine; Teacher Members: Mr CHAN Wing-hung; Mr LAM Man-tak.
(4) School Green Policy	:	The Environmental Education and Conservation Term is responsible for formulating green policies and coordinating work related to environmental protection: recycling programmes, energy conservation campaigns, organic farming workshops, and more. The team is run by the school's senior management, teacher advisors and student green ambassadors. In addition, environmental education is incorporated into the Citizenship and Social Development syllabus and the All Round Development programme.
Learning and Teaching Plan
(1) Whole-school Language Policy	:	The language education policy of our school aims to enable students to become biliterate and trilingual so that they are proficient in written Chinese and English and able to communicate confidently in Cantonese, English and Putonghua. In addition to the formal curriculum, students have ample opportunities to enhance their language skills in co-curricular activities such as Chinese and English drama, debate and speech festivals. The English Speaking League established by our alumna allows students to learn from native English speakers with outstanding careers. Under the sister school scheme, students practise with mainland students to perform Chinese poems and prose in Putonghua. Students who are keen on learning foreign languages to explore the world can also enrol in Japanese, French, Korean and Spanish courses through the Other Languages Programme.
(2) Learning and Teaching Strategies	:	In BPS, students are nurtured to be life-long learners who continuously collaborate to strive for excellence in their pursuit of knowledge. Being aware of the huge impact of teachers on young people and how values and attitudes could be inculcated through classroom interactions, our teachers would collaborate to deliver the kind of education we pledge to offer through the following strategies: - To promote the spirit of the school motto – Climb High See Wide. - To create opportunities for life-wide learning whereby students acquire knowledge and skills through experiences and observations. - To develop students as self-directed and life-long learners. - To encourage students to share knowledge through peer learning. - To foster a reflective culture among students. - To train students to be critical thinkers with enhanced problem-solving skills.
(3) School-based curriculum	:	1. Electives: Our school offers 15 electives. Students can choose three electives at S.4-S.6. 2. Curriculum highlights: Our school incorporates All Round Development periods in formal lesson time to provide students with learning experiences inside and outside the classroom, cultivating their potential in order to widen students' horizons and nurture them to become future leaders.
(4) Major Renewed Emphases in the School Curriculum	:	Strengthening National and Value Education. Reinforcing the learning of Chinese history and Chinese culture. Extending "Reading to learn" to "Language across the Curriculum". Promoting STEAM education and Information Technology Education. Fostering an entrepreneurial spirit. Diversifying All Round Development experiences. Stepping up gifted education.
(5) Life Planning Education	:	Our comprehensive life planning programmes from S.1 to S.6 aim to enhance our students' self-understanding of their personality traits and interests in junior forms and to experience university life and workplaces in senior forms so that they can make better choices of their studies and careers in the future.
Student Support
(1) Whole School Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity	:	The diversity of students' learning ability is addressed through the following ways: - Provision of a broad and balanced curriculum with a wide range of subject choices; - Curriculum planning, tailoring and adaptation to cater for diverse abilities; - Adoption of collaborative learning strategies to promote peer learning and support; - Adaptations to assessment to recognize different abilities; - Enhancement and enrichment programmes for the gifted and the less able students; - Deployment of various grants to employ extra teachers and supporting staff; - Ethos building to value diversity and individual differences.
(2) Whole School Approach to Integrated Education	:	To support students with special educational needs, our school establishes an inclusive education policy, flexibly utilizes resources and works out a plan to arrange teachers to attend relevant special education training courses in a systematic manner. The SEN team works with school social workers to implement different measures in supporting SEN students. We offer academic and counselling support to students and organize programmes such as training sessions on social skills, board games and speech therapy services to enhance their learning skills and life skills.
(3) Education Support for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students	:	Our school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: appointing additional teacher(s)/teaching assistant(s) to support NCS students’ learning of Chinese; and organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school. Teachers and teaching assistants are assigned to take care of the non-Chinese speaking students. We provide enhancement training courses and tutorials for the NCS students to facilitate their adaptation to the local education system and mastery of the Chinese language.
(4) Measures to provide adaptation for learning and assessment	:	To introduce assessment for learning apart from examinations and tests.
Home-School Co-operation and School Ethos
(1) Home-School Co-operation	:	Through the PTA, parents participate in school activities and voluntary work, collaborating with the school to construct a high-quality learning environment for our students.
(2) School Ethos	:	Our students are polite, well-behaved and enthusiastic learners. There is close collaboration between the Counselling and Discipline Teams, both aiming to raise students' self-esteem and developing their multiple intelligences with unfailing support from full-time school social workers.
Future Development
(1) School Development Plan	:	1. To elevate students’ confidence and affection in their study; 2. To nurture students’ positive values and attitudes.
(2) Teacher Professional Training and Development	:	Teachers are encouraged to participate in professional training courses, assisting new teachers in adapting to the work environment, enhancing teachers' professional development in education through professional training, encouraging peer observation, collaborative lesson preparation, and sharing teaching experiences.
Life-wide Learning (including Five Essential Learning Experiences to be provided through Key Learning Areas, extra-curricular activities, co-curricular activities, etc.)	:	There are 4 houses and more than 30 clubs and interest groups classified according to 6 categories, academic, arts, sports, interests, services and religions, to offer a great diversity of activities to students. Besides, our school incorporates All Round Development periods in formal lesson time to provide students with learning experiences inside and outside the classroom.
Others	:	Apart from offering a broad and balanced curriculum, BPS is also committed to widening students' exposure and extending their learning arena. The competitions and exchange programmes participated by students in the past 5 years are listed as follows: - Singapore Summer Exchange Programme (Singapore) - 'Passing on the Torch' Mainland Exchange Programme (China) - Cultural Exchange Tour to Nansha Sister School (China) - Study Tour to Silk Road - Xian (China) - Study Tour to Great Wall and Forbidden City - Beijing and Shenyang (China) - Study Tour to Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (China) - Cultural Exchange Tour to Shanghai - 5th School Orchestra Festival of the Four Regions Across the Strait (China) - 11th LAN QIAO International Collegiate Programming Contest (China) - Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad 2020 (Hong Kong Region) - 2021 Asia International Mathematical Olympiad Open Contest - International European Music Competition 2020 Hong Kong Region - International Painting Competition 2020 - Girls Go Tech HACKATHON 2020　 - 2021 Chinese Figure Skating Interclub League (China) - 2022 Hong Kong Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating Championships - 2022 SEA Open Figure Skating Trophy in Singapore - The 10th Inter-school Competition of Project Learning on Hong Kong’s History and Culture - Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2021/22 - International HK Model United Nations Conference - Definity United Inter-secondary Schools Debating Competition - The 38th Sing Tao Inter-school Debating Competition - Eastern District Schools Public Speaking Competition by Eastern District School - The First Hong Kong Secondary School MUNESCO Conference 2022 - 'Huaxiabei' National Mathematics Olympic Invitation Competition 2023 (Hong Kong District) - Greater Bay Area MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD Final Round 2023 - Asia International Mathematical Olympiad Open Contest 2023 - Junior Achievement Company Programme - Joint School Science Exhibition Proposal Competition - International Chemistry Quiz 2022/23 - Hong Kong School Drama Festival - 2022 Hong Kong Youth Music Interflows - Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival - Bratislava International Youth Music Festival 2023: Symphonic orchestras competition (Youth Orchestras up 21 years) Gold Band Award - Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy - Hong Kong Island Outstanding Student Award - Hong Kong Outstanding Teens Election - Eastern District Model Students Award - SCMP Hong Kong Student of the Year Award
Direct public transportation to School	:	Bus: Route No. 25 or other buses along King's Road & Tin Hau Temple Road; MTR: Tin Hau Station; Minibus: 49M.
Remarks	:	Besides the formal subjects, our school also offers Applied Learning and Other Languages.

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BELILIOS PUBLIC SCHOOL
World Youth & Children's Choir Festival 2023
Chinese Dance Performance

Last revision date: 5/12/2023

Address:	51 Tin Hau Temple Road
Phone:	25718018	Email:	bps@edb.gov.hk
Fax:	25785698	Website:	https://www.bps.hk