Annual School Report
2017-2018 Contents Page 1. School Vision & Mission 1 2. Our School 2-3
Introduction
School Management 3. Achievements and Reflections on Major Concerns 4-7 4. Our Learning and Teaching 8-14
Number of Active School Days
Lesson Time for the 8 Key Learning Areas
Our Students
Our Teachers 5. Support for Student Development 15-16
6. Performance of Students 17-46
Destination of final-year students, including early leavers
Students’ Reading Habits
Pre-S1 AT
HKDSE
Awards & Achievements
7. Feedback on Future Planning 47 8. Appendices 48-57 8.1 Financial Reports Evaluation Reports on the use of the EDB Grants (2017-2018)
Capacity Enhancement Grant (CEG)
Learning Support Grant (LSG)
Senior Secondary Curriculum Support Grant (SSCSG)
Enhancement of Chinese Learning and Teaching Grant (ECL&TG)
Careers and Life Planning Grant (CLPG)
Diversity Learning Grant (DLG)
Strengthening School Administration Management Grant (SSAMG) 8.2 Unaudited Financial Reports (2017-2018) 58-59
Annual School Report 2017-2018 School Vision & Mission Our Vision We envision our students to embrace the Maryknoll spirit signified by the school motto "Sola Nobilitas Virtus” (Virtue Alone Ennobles).
We envisage our students to be individuals with moral, ethical and religious values, intellectually competent, compassionate in serving others and capable of continuing self-development to meet the challenges in life and to contribute to society.
We see our students as informed and innovative, analytical and critical, responsible and adaptable, moral and ethical members of society.
Our Creed and Values We believe that each person is formed in God's image. We wish our students to know through Jesus Christ the hope and the meaning of life and to liberate their minds from ignorance and their hearts from prejudice.
We believe in the dignity of each student. We believe that education is essential to a just society.
Our Mission We provide all-round, quality and affordable education for girls. We develop in every student a thirst for knowledge, an ability to self-learn, and a spiritual, intellectual, aesthetical, physical and social balance. We encourage our students to pursue excellence in their respective interests and realize their potential to the full.
We inculcate basic skills for our students to grow as individuals and in a group, to be responsible citizens with an appreciation of Chinese culture and of the world around them.
We stimulate our students to develop initiative in learning and awareness of its relevance to themselves, to life and to others.
We instill in our students an awareness of the importance of trust and integrity and an appreciation for co-operative teamwork and respect for others.
We train our students to have high moral standards, to be socially and environmentally aware and to be useful, contributory and responsible members of the community.
We co-operate with teachers, parents and society to promote and maintain a safe, healthy and happy environment for quality education.
1 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Our School Introduction Maryknoll Convent School (MCS) Secondary Section is an EMI Anglo-Chinese Roman Catholic day school for girls. It is financially assisted by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR as a “Grant-in-Aid” School. The language of instruction at MCS is English except in classes where Chinese or Putonghua constitutes the subject material. History In 1925, the Maryknoll Sisters began teaching 12 students in the convent parlour at 103 Austin Road. They taught classes in basic subjects. In the decades that followed, the number of students grew, as did the number of teaching staff. After six years on Prince Edward Road, Maryknoll Convent School (MCS) moved to Boundary Street in 1937. World War II interrupted their teaching, but the Sisters resumed their work in 1945. In 1960, the Secondary Section relocated to 5 Ho Tung Road while the Primary Section remained on Boundary Street. From an initial class of 12 students and a few Sisters, the school (both primary and secondary sections) has grown to its current full capacity of 2000 students with a faculty of over 100.
Since 2005, the Maryknoll Convent School Foundation Ltd., comprising Maryknoll Sisters and former teachers and students, has assumed the sponsorship of the school.
School Facilities The secondary section of MCS has been operating in a single building of three storeys. The Jockey Club Wing with additional classrooms and other facilities was erected in 1995. There are 31 classrooms as well as laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics, and junior science. In addition to a lecture room, the student canteen, assembly hall, conference room, staff resource rooms, staffroom, prefects' room, Student Association room and prayer room, there are special rooms assigned to visual arts, music, cookery, sewing and computer studies. In 2002, a Multi-Media Learning Centre was added to facilitate computer-assisted learning of all subjects. There are also outdoor and covered playgrounds and a swimming pool and basketball court shared with the primary school. The campus features lawns, trees, bushes and flowerbeds. The Rogers Annexe, constructed under the School Improvement Programme, was opened in September 2004. This has facilitated various aspects of learning with the provision of more classrooms as well as rooms for specific functions, namely the Multi-Purpose Area, Student Activity Centre, extended Library, and the Computer Assisted Learning, Geography, Careers, Character Building Committee, Guidance Activity and Editorial Board Rooms, etc. In 2016-2017, all classrooms and special rooms were covered with wi-fi and in 2017-2018, all classrooms were equipped with digital media players to facilitate e-Learning. A 21st Century Classroom and a 21st Century Supportive Education Room were set up. The rooms were furnished with furniture and equipment which facilitate learning 21st Century skills.
2 Annual School Report 2017-2018 School Management School Organization: We follow a school-based management framework with the sponsoring body exercising the highest authority. The Maryknoll Convent School Secondary Section Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) was established in 2013, with different partners working together in the management of the school.
Composition of the IMC
Membership Sponsoring Principal Parent Teacher Alumna Independent Body + Alternate + Alternate
2017/2018 8 1 1+1 1+1 1 1
The Principal works with four Core Groups to support the administration of the school: Curriculum and Academic Affairs, General Resources Management, Student Support and Pastoral Care and School Development. The core group members are in charge of the Key Learning Areas, pastoral care, character-building, counselling, ECA, Global, Citizenship & Civic Education, environmental protection, community service, religious activities, IT etc. In addition, the School Advisory Committee and the General Staff Assembly liaise between staff and the school administration and take part in decision-making.
3 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Achievements and Reflection on Selected School Goals
Priority Task 1: To encourage and empower our students and staff to pursue excellence and realize their potential to the full.
Ultimate Targets: I. To develop and enhance the capacity of staff and students. (Pursue Excellence, Realize Full Potential & Be Forward-Looking)
II. To develop and enhance students’ 21st Century Learning Skills: critical thinking, creative thinking, communication and collaborating skills. (Pursue Excellence; Realize Full Potential; Be Forward-Looking)
III. To develop and enhance students’ 21st Century Literacy Skills: information literacy, media literacy and technology literacy (Pursue Excellence; Realize Full Potential & Be Forward- Looking).
Achievements: Students participated in a wide range of activities to pursue their interests and broaden their horizons with outstanding results. Beyond the traditional activities such as debates, speech and music festivals and sports competitions, our students have been exposed to more STEM competitions and other longer-term projects that require creativity, teamwork and entrepreneurial skills. Details to be found under “Student Achievement” under Section 6.
Enhancement and enrichment classes of English (F.1 & 2), Chinese (F.1, 2 & 4) and Maths (F.2, &3) held were able to help those with different academic potentials to stretch further and scale new heights. Feedback from students and teachers concerned found the arrangements of split and pull-out classes conducive to the learning and teaching process and optimizing student outcome.
School-Based programmes, namely the Extended Learning Programme, Project-Based Learning and STEM Ed Programme, helped the F.1 students to enhance 21st Century skills and knowledge and increase their interest in STEM-related activities to build a solid foundation for success in senior secondary years.
st o The Extended Learning Programme was revamped to help develop the 21 Century skills in students. The F.1 programme was changed from subject-based extended learning activities to skill-based modules, namely Library and Information Literacy, Communication & Interpersonal Skills and Self-management Skills.
o The Project-Based Learning Programme teachers continued to help students research on Personal, Social & Humanities Education topics of their own interests. This served as a good foundation for students in their completion of Independent Enquiry Study Reports for Liberal
4 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Studies in the Senior Forms. L.S. teachers were able to find majority of the IES reports of satisfactory standards.
The systematic approach to promoting STEM education has paid off with increased student interest and achievements, supported by additional resources from alumni donations.
o The STEM Education Programme was introduced in F.1, sharing lesson time with Project-Based Learning Programme. The 11-week programme during class time was a good taster activity for the majority of students involved. The programme included 1) microbiology (a student-centred inquiry comparing the cleanliness of chosen places), 2) flight investigation (study of aerodynamics, where students designed and constructed their own planes), 3) building blocks for stimulating creativity and innovation (building windmills, compressed air turbines, solar vehicles, etc.)
o Students’ interest in STEM-related activities was demonstrated by the increase in participation rate. The rate in STEM-related extra-curricular activities in 2017-2018 was higher than the previous school years. In terms of the number of events, it was nearly double of that of 2015-2016; in terms of the number of participants, it was 50 percent more than that of 2016-2017. With the STEM fund provided by the government, various panels (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Junior Science) were able to use the extra resources effectively to facilitate students to participate in activities outside school.
o Participants of STEM-related extra-curricular activities were mainly from the senior forms. These students, who studied the science electives in F.4, were able to apply what they were learning during class time to complete projects in a variety of STEM-related competitions.
A 21st Century classroom was launched, based on the pedagogy-technology-space concept. The room is equipped with iPads, Apple TVs, full length glass walls, projector and electronic screen, sound system, WIFI internet access and reconfigurable furniture. Teachers from different subject panels were able to engage in e-Learning pedagogies and make good use of e-Learning tools and facilities. The high usage rate of the 21st Century classrooms and other e-Learning tools, e.g. iPads and e-Learning platforms e.g. Socrative etc. showed teachers’ readiness to create technology-infused classrooms with multiple pedagogies to foster student engagement and networked and personalized learning. Majority of students (across the board) were able to demonstrate Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication and Creativity in their work and projects.
Through learning about the Sixteen Habits of Mind (HOM), students acquired targeted habits to help them to excel and stretch their potentials. Incorporating the targeted HOM and 21st Century skills in their year plans, all panels and committees contributed to the fulfillment of the school goal concerned. Selecting HOM relevant to the year group to be incorporated into Class Goals was able to achieve desirable results. E.g. “Think Interdependently” and “Finding Humour” (HOM) are selected to be class goals for F.6. The F.6 students were able to demonstrate how they supported one another in group work and also how they faced their joint challenge of the public exams. Positive feedback in the evaluation of the Class Goals achieved across the forms. 5 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Teachers sought out professional development opportunities provided by the EDB and other organisations to stretch their potentials and enhance their various skills. One such focus was eLearning and teachers were able to share their knowledge and skills across the panels during staff meetings and also within panels and committees during their meetings. One staff development day was dedicated to promoting teacher well-being, while the other was spent visiting Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Chinese University so teachers can learn how 21st Century skills are being cultivated in tertiary education.
Reflection The systematic approach to presenting the Sixteen Habits of Mind and their corresponding 21st Century skills has worked well, and can continue to be promoted as a useful tool to help students acquire the skills to excel and fulfil their potentials. More flexibility can be allowed for the panels and committees to pick relevant Habits to align with the new school goals.
The School-based Programmes will be further developed in the junior curriculum so that students can acquire necessary 21st Century skills and build a solid foundation for senior secondary years learning. The STEM curriculum in F.1 will be expanded to become a 1-year programme to give time for students to acquire STEM related knowledge as well as have hands-on experiences in engaging in STEM projects. STEM activities will also be introduced in F.2 to take the place of Tech-Ed contact hours. Teachers involved will make time to learn related skills and help to develop a STEM curriculum for F.2 in due course.
Due to the demands of the senior curriculum, many new initiatives including STEM-related ones could be introduced as extra-curricular programmes. These exposures could help enhance the interests of students and help them apply their knowledge in research projects.
21st Century skills development can be further enhanced in the curriculum, both senior and junior, through curricular and extra-curricular programmes.
Pull-out enrichment and enhancement classes for Chinese, English and Maths should continue as they yield good results in helping students with very diverse academic needs.
By joining the profession development courses organised by the EDB and other institutions, teachers are able to keep abreast of the latest development in teaching and learning. Their capacity in facilitating students’ learning has been enhanced. The Staff Development Programme for promoting teachers’ well-being was well-received. More wellness programmes would be organised in the future to foster an organizational culture of health and well-being. Teachers have got insights on how the 21st Century skills could be cultivated through the visits to The HK University of Science and Technology and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
6 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Priority Task 2: To instill in our students the importance of trust and integrity, an appreciation for cooperative teamwork and respect for others.
Ultimate Targets I. To develop and enhance the spirit of service by promoting the values identified: “trust”, “integrity”, “cooperative teamwork” and “respect for others” (Serve Home, Country, World)
II. To develop and enhance students’ 21st Century Life Skills (Flexibility, Initiative, Social Skills, Productivity, Leadership) (Be Forward-Looking)
Achievements: All subject panels and committees have helped to promote the targeted values and enhance students’ spirit of service through activities in and outside school. Teachers gave positive feedback towards students’ attitude and performance. Students who excel in this area were recognized by teachers who nominated them for service awards. The Character Building Committee and Prefects’ Board’s records and evaluation showed that our students were generally well-behaved and were able to live up to our high expectations. The majority of the students were able to demonstrate their “integrity” or “respect for others” etc.
The 21st Century Life Skills were promoted in all student activities. The Student Association and the Prefects Board played an important part in promoting and helping our students live out the skills concerned.
The trip to Maoming, Mainland China, enabled our students to serve in the orphanages and also primary schools. Students found the trip meaningful and their performance was complimented by the organizer. Their spirit of service was evident and “cooperative teamwork” and “respect for others” were values lived out through their actions. Students also learnt to treasure what they have.
The visit to the Maryknoll Motherhouse in New York was well planned and it was not only a great opportunity for the students to broaden their global horizons while getting in touch with our school heritage, but also a way for students to serve the Sisters, who founded our school, and to learn from them about their visionary projects to serve their home, their country and the world.
Reflection: Students’ creativity and spirit of service can be further stretched so that service becomes a “way of life” for Maryknollers. Class-based service projects can be facilitated in the coming years.
The values identified should continue to be emphasized and promoted in different school activities regardless of the changing of the school’s major concerns. They are very much part of the mission of the school.
7 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Our Learning and Teaching
Learning & Teaching Strategies We have clear-cut objectives and policies for fashioning a curriculum in line with the school's vision and mission, and with the intellectual, spiritual, psychological, emotional and physical needs of our students. We provide our students with different learning experiences as an integral part of education for whole person development. Our curriculum is balanced, comprehensive and multi-faceted and caters for a broad range of abilities and needs. We have flexible timetables to accommodate our diverse, cross-curricular and extended learning activities, particularly those designed to promote civic and moral education. Student-centred Learning and eLearning activities are systematically introduced in class. Extended Learning Programme lessons are in place for students to enhance their learning in different subject areas outside the classrooms. They help to enhance the acquisition of 21st Century learning, literacy and life skills. STEM Education is introduced in F.1 and students were exposed to in and out of school STEM activities and competitions.
Key Tasks (Reading to learn & Project-based Learning): A reading session is built into our Monday to Thursday regular timetable. The school also runs an on-line reading programme for Chinese books and English reading materials. In each junior form classroom, a reading corner has been set up. Each student also keeps a reading profile listing the books she has read. Our P.T.A. Reading Club organizes regular sharing sessions featuring famous authors and speakers in order to promote students’ interest in reading. The school library team introduced the mobile library and initiated book floating activities to encourage the reading habit. Students' critical thinking skills and creativity are improved through classroom discussion, project work and intranet learning and teaching. Form 1 students have two lessons of Project-based Learning each week, through which they can acquire the skills required for effective independent learning by working on group projects. They learn to carry out research on a topic of their own interest and write up a research report at the end of the school year. As they move up to higher forms, they expand their knowledge and skills by working on projects in different subject areas.
Teaching & Learning in Information Technology: We have 3 computer rooms, including a multi-media learning centre (MMLC), to serve our students’ needs. In addition, our students can go online in the school library to gather information. Every one of our classrooms is equipped with a computer, an apple TV, a visualizer, a screen and an LCD projector to facilitate eLearning where deemed appropriate. All classrooms and most special rooms have wi-fi access and eLearning activities are employed when appropriate. Computer notebooks and tablets are available to facilitate eLearning. An intranet and tools like eCampus and eClassroom make it possible for teaching-learning and 8 Annual School Report 2017-2018 communication to take place outside school hours and outside the school setting. Each teacher is issued with a notebook computer. Preparations have been made to facilitate e-learning in all classrooms.
Medium of Instruction Policy: All classes, apart from Chinese Language, Chinese History and Putonghua, are conducted in English. Putonghua is a compulsory subject from Forms 1 to 3. Our English Club runs the annual English Week and English camp. Through Chinese and English reading schemes, prose reading and verse speaking, drama and musicals, we seek to maintain a high level of proficiency in biliteracy and trilingualism well beyond the requirements of public exams.
Curriculum Tailoring and Adaptation for Learning and Assessment: We administer a midyear and a final examination every school year, supplemented by regular quizzes. The Common Test Week, introduced in 2017-18, allows students to study at their own pace and develop self-directed learning. It also gives room for teachers to have more diverse teaching strategies to cater for students’ needs in the first term. Our method of assessment takes into consideration both a student's written assignments and her performance in class.
The school provides additional resources to provide pull-out programmes for Non-Chinese students. These will prepare them for the alternative Chinese Language public exams recognized by the universities. Additional resources are devoted to help Non-Chinese students to be able to catch up with their Chinese counterparts in terms of their Chinese Language standards. Other than preparing for the alternative Chinese exams, more emphasis has been put in enhancing the Non-Chinese students’ language skills beyond the examination curriculum. Extra-curricular activities are also run to promote understanding and create harmony among students from different cultures. These also help the Non-Chinese students practise the Chinese language in a meaningful way.
Students with Special Educational Needs can apply to have special arrangements made in internal and external examinations and assessment. These depend on the recommendations provided by experts in the area. Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) are drafted and implemented under the guidance of the in-house Educational Psychologist. Regular case conferences are held to ensure specific needs of students’ concerned are made.
9 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Number of Active School Days
Number of Days with Regular Classes
2015- 2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
165 166 169
Number of Days with Learning Activities
2015- 2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
26 26 22
Lesson Time for the 8 Key Learning Areas S1-3
Key Learning Area 15/16 16/17 17/18
Chinese Language Education 17.0% 17.0% 17.0%
English Language Education 20.0% 20.0% 20.0%
Mathematics Education 11.1% 11.1% 11.1%
Personal, Social & Humanities Education 20.7% 20.7% 22.2%
Science Education 10.4% 10.4% 10.4%
Technology Education 5.2% 5.2% 5.9%
Arts Education 8.9% 8.9% 8.9%
Physical Education 4.4% 4.4% 4.4%
Cross Curricular Programme 2.2% 2.2% 0%
10 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Subjects Offered 2017-2018 Subjects F.1 F.2 F.3 F.4 F.5 F.6 Chinese Language Education Chinese Language HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Putonghua Chinese History HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE English Language Education English Language HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Literature in English HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Mathematics Education Mathematics HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Mathematics Extended Modules 1 HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Mathematics Extended Modules 2 HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Personal, Social & Humanities
Education Economics HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE E.P.A. Geography HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE History HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Religious and Moral Education Religious Studies # # # Science Education Junior Science Biology HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Chemistry HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Physics HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Arts Education Visual Arts HKDSE/# HKDSE/# HKDSE/# Music HKDSE/# HKDSE/# HKDSE/# Physical Education Physical Education # # # Technology Education Computer Literacy Information and Communication HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Technology Home Economics Technology Business, Accounting and Financial HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE Studies Global, Citizenship & Civic
Education Liberal Studies HKDSE HKDSE HKDSE School-Based Programmes Extended Learning Programmes Project Based Learning Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education
#: Students taking these subjects do not have to take the subjects in public examinations. : All classes apart from Chinese Language, Chinese History and Putonghua are conducted in English 11 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Our Students Our students enjoy their school life and particularly appreciate the wide range of opportunities offered to them, and the freedom they are afforded to choose, explore and lead. We hold our students to high standards of behavior, and they have been able to live up to the school’s expectations. Students are academically motivated, enjoy the collaborative learning environment, and show due respect to all members of the school community.
Students’ Class Organization and Enrolment
Year Class Structure Roll Catholic Students
No. of classes Classes by level
2015-2016 30 F.1-6: 5 classes 981 31%
2016-2017 30 F.1-6: 5 classes 977 31%
2017-2018 30 F.1-6: 5 classes 964 30%
Attendance
Student Attendance Rate (in percentage)
Level 2015- 2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
S1 98.3 98.0 98.1
S2 98.1 97.5 97.3
S3 97.9 97.2 96.1
S4 97.4 97.1 95.7
S5 95.6 96.6 95.3
S6 94.9 95.0 93.5
12 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Our Teachers Our teachers are well qualified, experienced and dedicated. They possess up-to-date pedagogical and subject knowledge and continue to learn and improve. They embrace the Vision & Mission of the School, and are committed to nurturing our students accordingly.
Teachers’ Qualifications Number of teachers in the school 2015- 2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
Total number of teachers 67 67 69
Actual Staff Strength 63.3 64.3 66
Highest Academic Qualifications attained by Teachers 2015- 2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
% of teachers with master’s degree or above 61.2 61.2 59.4
% of teachers with bachelor’s degree 37.3 37.3 39.1
% of teachers with tertiary non-degree qualifications 1.5 1.5 1.5
Teachers holding qualified professional status 2015- 2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
% of professionally-trained teachers 100 100 100
Subject-trained teachers in the core-three subjects 2015- 2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
% of subject-trained Chinese Language teachers 100 100 100
% of subject-trained English Language teachers 100 100 100
% of subject-trained Mathematics teachers 90.0 90.0 90.9
Teachers meeting Language Proficiency Requirement (LPR) 2015- 2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
% of English teachers meeting LPR 100 100 100
% of Putonghua teachers meeting LPR 100 100 100
In addition, 15 non-English language teachers obtained LPR in English Language and 3 non-Putonghua teachers obtained LPR in Putonghua.
13 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Teachers’ Experience
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
% of teachers with 0 to 2 years of experience 1.5 3.0 2.9
% of teachers with 3 to 5 years of experience 0 0 4.4
% of teachers with 6 to 10 years of experience 14.9 13.4 10.1
% of teachers with over 10 years of experience 83.6 83.6 82.6
14 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Support for Student Development
Healthy Lifestyle: At MCS we set great store by our students' physical and mental health.
Physical Wellbeing We offer a wide range of intracurricular and extracurricular sporting activities. All classes, F.1 to F.6, have Physical Education classes which offers a comprehensive curriculum. Besides having sports clubs and teams for selected athletes, the school organizes annual sporting events open to all students e.g. inter-house activities e.g. the Annual Swimming Gala, Annual Athletics Meet and inter-class running competitions and ball games. Besides exploring in class the importance of eating healthily to stay fit, the school conducts events focusing on healthy eating such as 'Fruit Day', ‘Green Friday’ etc. to put into practice our belief in a healthy lifestyle. To ensure that our students follow a balanced diet and sound eating habits, the lunch dishes and the snacks that our school canteen provides are decided on and vetted by qualified nutritionists.
Mental and Psychological Wellbeing The school put great emphasis on promoting mental health. For Staff Development Programmes, the school has invited experts including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and educational psychologists to conduct seminars and workshops to equip teachers with professional knowledge in tackling issues related to mental health. The school has been promoting positive psychology for more than 10 years. The in-house clinical psychologist has conducted courses for teachers and students to introduce the background and merits of positive psychology. Teachers and student ambassadors have been trained to promote positive psychology. The student ambassadors, called the Smileys, organize programmes to help the junior-form students to get to know and enhance different character strengths. They also help to boost the morale of F.6 students who are stressed due to the exam pressure. The school adopts a comprehensive whole-school approach involving religious and moral education, the homeroom period, guidance provided by a full-time social worker, the Careers Committee, the Extra-curricular Activities Committee and the Pastoral Care Core Group, under which the Character Building Committee, the Counselling Committee, the Prefect Board, the Homeroom Teachers’ Committee work together to promote the mental and psychological wellbeing of the students.
15 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Catering for learner diversity Funding from the EDB and the MCS Educational Trust helps to pay for extra services like the running of Learning Support Groups and the provision of school-based educational, psychological and clinical psychological services. Individualised Education Plans (IEPs) are drafted and implemented for students with Special Educational Needs. Case conferences are facilitated by the SEN & Gifted Education Committee regularly between the in-house Educational Psychologists, the School Social Worker, homeroom and subject teachers to discuss students’ learning needs. The Educational Psychologists also conduct surveys to help gauge the different learning styles and identify learning issues of students. Based on the findings, homeroom and subject teachers can offer appropriate assistance to individual students. Enhancement and enrichment classes are run, where appropriate, to help students of different levels of academic ability to excel, stretch their potential and improve. Split classes and pull-out tutorial sessions are run to help students who can benefit from having more individual attention from teachers or instructors.
16 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Performance of Students Destination of exit students
HKDSE 2016 (%) HKDSE 2017 (%) HKDSE 2018 (%)
Degree courses 87.9 83.4 86.8
Local 74.3 68.2 66.7
Overseas 13.6 15.2 20.1
Non-degree courses 12.1 15.9 12.5
Local 8.3 12.9 9.7
Overseas 3.8 3.0 2.8
S6 course ------
Full-time employment ------
Others --- 0.7 0.7
Gap Year ------
Total Number of Candidates 132 132 144
Degree Courses (Local)
HKDSE 2016 (%) HKDSE 2017 (%) HKDSE 2018 (%)
HKU 41 37 34
CUHK 27 21 20
HKUST 11 23 23
PolyU 8 6 6
CityU 7 4 5
BaptistU 2 1 3
EducationU 2 1 1
Others 2 7 7
Early Leavers
15/16 16/17 17/18
% of early leavers* 2.24 1.84 2.28
*Majority of the early leavers went abroad to continue their secondary education.
17 Annual School Report 2017-2018 University Programmes Enrollment Statistics
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018
Programme % % %
MBBS/MBChB 9.2 4.9 4.2
L.L.B. 4.6 9.0 7.0
B.A. 17.6 18.0 16.1
B.B.A. 29.0 15.6 23.8
B.Eng 0.0 4.9 5.6
B.S.Sc. 9.2 6.6 7.7
B.Sc. 15.3 21.3 16.8
Others 15.3 19.7 18.9
Total 100 100 100
18 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Students’ Reading Habits This wide range of activities helped to cultivate a reading culture among the majority of students. The more avid readers were able to act as role models for the others.
Students’ reading habits were promoted through:
1. the daily reading session (20 minutes) from Monday to Thursday; 2. a recommended reading list drawn up by the Chinese language and English language teachers; 3. Chinese and English book review assignments; 4. the addition of new Chinese and English fiction and non-fiction titles to the school library every year;
5. film appreciation: in-class screenings of feature films (e.g. Bloody Sunday, Match Point, The Kite Runner, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Charlotte’s Web, etc.) and adaptations of plays by Shakespeare and other classics (e.g. Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Odyssey etc.);
6. English quiz shows based on Mary Glasgow magazines; 7. the ‘Hylda Christie Book Award’ for the best readers in English in Forms 1 – 6; 8. the book forums organized by the English Club; 9. junior- and senior-form writing competitions; 10. the book review displays mounted by the Chinese Club; 11. book exhibitions; 12. new initiatives of the Library Team such as book floating and 13. the Parent-Teacher Association Reading Club.
19 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Pre-S1 AT
Raw mean scores of Pre-S1AT in the three core subjects
Pre-S1 AT 15/16 16/17 17/18
Chinese 68.08 64.10 67.72
English 82.72 82.95 81.22
Mathematics 81.99 77.25 83.93
Students' Average Pre-S1 AT Scores in the Core-three Subjects
90
80
70
60 15/16 16/17 50 17/18 Score 40
30
20 Mean of HK 10 Schools
0 Chinese English Maths
Note: As conducting the test is optional in 2015-2016 and 2017-2018, there are no data for HK schools in these years.
20 Annual School Report 2017-2018 HKDSE (2016 – 2018)
2016 2017 2018
MCS All-Day MCS All-Day MCS All-Day School School School Candidates Candidates Candidates
Number of candidates 132 55933 132 51008 144 50447
% of students with core 91.6 42.2 84.5 40.9 86.1 42.2 subjects at 3322 or above
% of level 2 or above in 99.9 85.0 99.5 84.7 99.8 85.5 all subjects
% of level 4 or above in 84.8 35.5 78.3 35.6 79.2 35.4 all subjects
MCS HKDSE 4-year average statistics
Highest results attained: Level 5** in 7 subjects and Level 5* in one subject
Results 2015-2018 2015-2018
Average % (MCS) Average % (Territory)
5 Level 5** 1.1 0.15 5 Level 5* or above 9.1 1.3 5 Level 5 or above 31.3 4.7 5 Level 4 or above 71.7 20.5 Core subjects at “3322”, with two electives 39.7 8.7 at level 5+ Core subjects at “3322”, with two electives 70.2 21.7 at level 4+
4-year average (2015-2018) DSE statistics (All subjects) MCS Territory % Level 5** 6.2 1.3 % Level 5* or above 22.3 5.0 % Level 5 or above 44.4 12.3 % Level 4 or above 79.6 35.0
21 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Student Achievements 2017-2018 We value all-round and well-balanced development of our students, and encourage them to pursue excellence in their respective interests and realize their potential to the full. Students are offered a wide range of opportunities and can freely choose to explore. There is broad participation among students, and many achieve outstanding results with personal initiative, effort and perseverance. In addition to pleasing results in Speech Festivals and interschool debates, our students showcased their literary creativity and won the grand prize and best copywriting award in an English video competition, multiple awards in the Hong Kong Budding Poet Award, and their works in the New York Times Asia Pacific Writing Competition were shortlisted and published. Our school orchestra won the gold award in the Joint Schools Music Association Symphony Orchestra competition, while our Chinese orchestra was the 1st runner-up in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival and was invited to perform to an international audience at the Action Air World Shooting Championship. Students also showed keen interest in learning and demonstrating their entrepreneurial skills by setting up and running their own business; learning to be outstanding leaders and budding entrepreneurs. Recently, many showed growing interest in STEM-related activities and the number of students participating and achieving pleasing results has increased significantly.
Participation Rate and Awards Rate
Category
Year Eng Chin Arts Sports Others# Total No. of 16-17 125 85 232 363 234 1039 Participants 17-18 130 83 234 351 200 998 16-17 161 111 342 807 387 1808 No. of Entries 17-18 160 126 348 880 291 1805
16-17 6.1 8.8 2.9 1.2 2.5 0.5 Students-Entry (977 students) Ratio 17-18 6.0 7.7 2.8 1.1 3.3 0.5 (964 students) No. of Award 16-17 66 44 163 199 146 618 Winners* 17-18 77 46 176 230 128 657 16-17 88 63 255 477 241 1124 No. of Awards 17-18 97 67 275 564 192 1195
Students-Award 16-17 11.1 15.5 3.8 2.0 4.1 0.9 (977 students) Ratio 17-18 9.9 14.4 3.5 1.7 5.0 0.8 (964 students) Awards-Entry 16-17 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 Ratio 17-18 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7
* Only include Champion, 1st and 2nd Runner-up #Others: STEM-related activities, Business Programmes, etc
22 Annual School Report 2017-2018 No. of Participants
Others English 20% 13% Chinese 8%
Performing Sports Arts 35% 24%
No. of Entries
Others English Chinese 16% 9% 7% Performing Arts 19% Sports 49%
No. of Awards
English Others Chinese 8% 16% 6%
Performing Arts 23% Sports 47%
23 Annual School Report 2017-2018 External Awards & Scholarship Advanced Placement Awards College Board AP Scholar 6C Tsoi Sze Yi Celine AS Watson Group Hong A.S. Watson Group Awardee 5B Lau Cheuk Ki Kong Student Sports Award Jackie CLP Centenary Scholarship CLP Holdings Limited Awardee 5D Yiu Cheuk Yan 2017 - Senior Secondary Dorothy Eternal Love Foundation Eternal Love Foundation Excellence award 3A Yik Wing Sze Hebe Scholarship HKU Academy for the HKU Academy for the Awardee 5D Lau Yan Chee Talented Academic Talented Nicole Scholarship Hong Kong Ballet Group Hong Kong Ballet Group Bay Point Ballet 3D Chan Chin Wing Scholarships (US) Charis PCCW Credit Union PCCW Credit Union Academic 3B Mak Pui Yu Cherry Scholarship Excellence Scholarship of Excellence - HKU Faculty of Science Awardee 5D Lau Yan Chee Mathematical Laboratory and Nicole Modeling The Sir Edward Youde Sir Edward Youde Awardee 6E Choy Yun Kiu Memorial Prizes 2017-2018 Scholars Association Christy The Sir Edward Youde Sir Edward Youde Awardee 6E Tsang Tsai Man Memorial Prizes 2017-2018 Scholars Association (Queenie) 明日之星- 2017 年上游獎學 香港社會服務聯會 Awardee 5A Kam Wai Ching 金 Kary 6E Wong Chun Yin (Lauren) 第四屆九龍城區卓越學生領 九龍城青年協進會 卓越學生榮譽領袖 6B Chan Yin Hei 袖獎勵計畫 大獎 Rosaline 黃廷方獎學金 香港社會服務聯會 Awardee 5E Wong Tin Wan (Jennifer)
24 Annual School Report 2017-2018 External Competitions Sports Thailand Age Group Swimming Thailand Swimming Champion 3C Wong Suet Ching Championships 2018 4*200m Association (Cheryl) Freestyle Relay 2017-18 Div.2 Age Group SC Hong Kong Amateur 1st 3C Mak Agnes Swimming Comp. P2 - 200m Swimming breaststroke Association 2017-18 Div.2 Age Group SC Hong Kong Amateur 1st 3C Mak Agnes Swimming Comp. P3 - 100m Swimming breaststroke Association 2017-18 Div.I Age Group Short HKASA Champion 3C Wong Suet Ching Course Swimming Competition Part (Cheryl) 2 50m Breaststroke 2017-18 Div.I Age Group Short HKASA Champion 3C Wong Suet Ching Course Swimming Competition Part (Cheryl) 3 200m Individual Medley 2017-18 Div.III Age Group Short HKASA Champion 3C Wong Suet Ching Course Swimming Competition Part (Cheryl) 3 100m Backstroke 2017-2018 Division III Age Group Hong Kong Amateur Champion 5B Lau Cheuk Ki Jackie Long Course Swimming Swimming Competition(Part 3B) 100M Association Butterfly 4x400M Relay Girls Junior Group 32nd New Territories Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Interregional Track (Group) (Annabel) and Field Conference All Future Cyclists (Aged 11-12) Hong Kong Cycling 1st (Overall 1D Chan Zai Ci Joyce Association Champion) All Future Cyclists Race Series 1 Hong Kong Cycling 1st 1D Chan Zai Ci Joyce Individual Time Trial Mass Start Association Women Aged 11-12 All Future Cyclists Race Series 2 Hong Kong Cycling 1st 1D Chan Zai Ci Joyce Individual Time Trial Women Aged Association 11-12 All Future Cyclists Series 3(Aged Hong Kong Cycling 1st 1D Chan Zai Ci Joyce 11-12) Mass Start Association All Future Cyclists Series 4 (Aged Hong Kong Cycling 1st 1D Chan Zai Ci Joyce 11-12) Individual Time Trial Association All Future Cyclists Series 5 (Aged Hong Kong Cycling 1st 1D Chan Zai Ci Joyce 11-12) Mass Start Association
25 Annual School Report 2017-2018 B grade 200m individual medley Inter-school 1st 3C Wong Suet Ching Swimming (Cheryl) Competition 2017-2018 C Grade - Girls Epee Inter-school Fencing Champion 2C Wong Wan Tim Competition 2017 (Janice) Central & Western District Leisure and Cultural 1st 4D To Tiffany Swimming Competition Girls 15-17 Service Department 50m Backstroke Central-west District Swimming LCSD 1st 6E Lee Ho Ting (Aida Competition 200m Butterfly Belle) Girls’ B Grade Inter-school Cross Champion 3C Lo Yuk Yan Justina Country Competition (Group) 2017 (Division 3) 3D Yip Hoi Ching (Catherine) 3E Cheung Ka Ming (Kalina) 3E Ng Yuk Yue Cythia 3E Wong Ching Kwan Janice 4E Tang Hou Chloe Girls’ B Grade- Balance Beam All Hong Kong Certificate of 4E Ho Cheuk See Jessie Inter-Secondary Distinction Schools Gymnastics Competition 2017-2018 Girls’ B Grade- Floor Exercise All Hong Kong Certificate of 4B Chan Hoi Yan Athena Inter-Secondary Distinction Schools Gymnastics Competition 2017-2018 Girls’ B Grade- Floor Exercise All Hong Kong Certificate of 4E Ho Cheuk See Jessie Inter-Secondary Distinction Schools Gymnastics Competition 2017-2018 Girls' B Grade Individual The 18th Hong Kong Certificate of 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga Competition Secondary School Outstanding Trampoline Performance Competition
26 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Girls' B Grade Individual The 19th Hong Kong Champion 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga Competition Secondary School Trampoline Competition Girls’ B Grade Team Championship All Hong Kong Champion 3B Chow Ching Tung Inter-Secondary (Group) Charlotte Schools Gymnastics Competition 2017-2018 3B Sham Cheuk Yi Cherry 4B Chan Hoi Yan Athena 4E Ho Cheuk See Jessie 4A Leung Tsz Pui Stephanie 4C Wong Tsz Yan Sabrina 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga 5C Kwok Yuen Tung Natalie 5C Poon Wai Tung Venice 5D So Yuen Kiu (Yuki) Girls’ B Grade- Vault All Hong Kong Certificate of 4E Ho Cheuk See Jessie Inter-Secondary Distinction Schools Gymnastics Competition 2017-2018 Girls’ C Grade- Floor Exercise All Hong Kong Certificate of 1E Tang Wing Kei Inter-Secondary Distinction Kaitlyn Schools Gymnastics Competition 2017-2018 Girls’ C Grade- Floor Exercise All Hong Kong Certificate of 2A Pun Wing Sum Wincy Inter-Secondary Distinction Schools Gymnastics Competition 2017-2018 Girls’ C Grade- Team Championship The 19th Hong Kong Champion 1E Yu Ming Wai Kayleen Secondary School (Group) Trampoline 27 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Competition 2A Ma Win Hei Tiffany 2C Chan Shum Yi Vanessa 2D Cheng Pui Kiu 2E Chow Nok Lam Charis 2E Wong Hei Suen Clare Girls’ C Grade- Vaulting All Hong Kong Certificate of 2A Pun Wing Sum Wincy Inter-Secondary Distinction Schools Gymnastics Competition 2017-2018 Girls’ Group C - 100m Hurdles Kwun Tong District 2nd (New 5E Chan Sik Yeung Age Group Athletics record) Chava Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - 1500m Kwun Tong District Champion 5C Chan Sum Yee Age Group Athletics (Charmy) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - 200m Kwun Tong District Champion 5D Chan Ka Wai (Karry) Age Group Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - 400m Kwun Tong District 2nd (New 6B Li Eve Age Group Athletics record) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - 400m Kwun Tong District Champion 5D Chan Ka Wai (Karry) Age Group Athletics (New record) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - 400m Kowloon City Champion 5D Chan Ka Wai (Karry) District Age Group (New record) Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - 4x100m Relay Kowloon City Champion 5E Chan Sik Yeung District Age Group (Group) Chava Athletics Competition 2017 5E Yeung Ho Yuet Rachel 6B Li Eve 6C Rhodes Joanne
28 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Josephine Girls’ Group C -- 4x400M Relay Watsons Annual Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Challenge 2017 (Group) (Annabel) Girls’ Group C - 800m Kwun Tong District Champion 5C Chan Sum Yee Age Group Athletics (New record) (Charmy) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - Discus YauTsimMong Champion 5D Ng Ho Ching (Kristie) District Age Group Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - Long Jump Kwun Tong District 2nd (New 5E Chan Sik Yeung Age Group Athletics record) Chava Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - Long Jump Kwun Tong District Champion 5D Chan Ka Wai (Karry) Age Group Athletics (New record) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group C - Long Jump Kowloon City Champion 5D Chan Ka Wai (Karry) District Age Group (New record) Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group D - 100m Kowloon City Champion 3E Lam Verna District Age Group Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group D - 100m Hurdles ShamShuiPo District Champion 6C Rhodes Joanne Age Group Athletics Josephine Competition 2017 Girls’ Group D - 4x100m Relay Kowloon City Champion 3E Cheung Ka Ming District Age Group (Group) (Kalina) Athletics Competition 2017 3E Lam Verna 3E Ng Yuk Yue Cythia 3E Wong Ching Kwan Janice Girls’ Group D -- 4x400M Relay Citizen Junior Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (Annabel) Championships 2017 4nd stop (Junior) Girls’ Group D - High Jump Kowloon City Champion 4A Ho Wai Kiu Carrie District Age Group 29 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group D - Javelin YauTsimMong Champion 4D Li Yu Ying Iris District Age Group Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group D - Long Jump Kowloon City Champion 3E Ng Yuk Yue Cythia District Age Group Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group D - Long Jump ShamShuiPo District Champion 5E Chan Sik Yeung Age Group Athletics (New record) Chava Competition 2017 Girls’ Group D - Shot Put YauTsimMong Champion 4D Lo Hiu Wa Melody District Age Group Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E - 100m Hurdles ShamShuiPo District Champion 4D Mok Chor Sze Age Group Athletics Chelsea Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- 400M Islands District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- 400M Kwai Tsing District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- 400M Tsuen Wan District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E - 400m ShamShuiPo District Champion 3E Wong Ching Kwan Age Group Athletics Janice Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- 4x100M Relay Kwai Tsing District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (Group) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- 4x100M Relay Kwai Tsing District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (Group) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- 4x100M Relay Tsuen Wan District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (Group) (Annabel) Competition 2017
30 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Girls’ Group E -- 4x100m Relay Kowloon City 2nd (Group) 1E Leung Tsz Ki Evelyn District Age Group Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- High Jump Islands District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- High Jump East District Athletic Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Competition 2017 (New record) (Annabel) Girls’ Group E -- High Jump Tsuen Wan District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- High Jump Kowloon City Champion 2C Man Wai Yan District Athletic (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E - High Jump ShamShuiPo District Champion 4A Ho Wai Kiu Carrie Age Group Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E - High Jump Kowloon City Champion 2C Man Wai Yan District Age Group (New record) (Annabel) Athletics Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- Long Jump Islands District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- Long Jump Kwai Tsing District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- Long Jump South District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- Long Jump East District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- Long Jump Tsuen Wan District Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E -- Long Jump Kowloon City Champion 2C Man Wai Yan District Athletics (New record) (Annabel) Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E - Long Jump ShamShuiPo District Champion 4E Tang Hou Chloe Age Group Athletics 31 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Competition 2017 Girls’ Group E - Long Jump Kowloon City Champion 2C Man Wai Yan District Age Group (New record) (Annabel) Athletics Competition 2017 Girls' Individual Competition (Aged Samsung 61st Champion 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga 15 to 17) Festival of Sports Trampoline Gymnastics Age Group Competition 2018 Girls’ Open - 4x400m Relay Kowloon City Champion 5A Chan Ho Yuet District Age Group (New record) (Amelia) Athletics (Group) Competition 2017 5B Cheng Wing Gee Rachel 5C Chan Sum Yee (Charmy) 5D Chan Ka Wai (Karry) Girls’ Open - 800m Kowloon City Champion 5C Chan Sum Yee District Age Group (Charmy) Athletics Competition 2017 Girls' Synchronized Competition The 18th Hong Kong Champion 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga Secondary School (Group) Trampoline Competition Girls' Synchronized Competition The 19th Hong Kong Champion 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga Secondary School (Group) Trampoline Competition 5C Poon Wai Tung Venice Girls' Synchronized Competition Samsung 61st Champion 2C Chan Shum Yi (Aged 13 to 14) Festival of Sports (Group) Vanessa Trampoline Gymnastics Age Group Competition 2018 2D Cheng Pui Kiu
32 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Girls' Synchronized Competition Samsung 61st Champion 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga (Aged 15 to 17) Festival of Sports (Group) Trampoline Gymnastics Age Group Competition 2018 5C Poon Wai Tung Venice Girls' Synchronized Competition Hong Kong Champion 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga (Aged 15 or above) Trampoline Open (Group) Championship 2017 HK Age Group SC Swimming Hong Kong Amateur 1st(Group) 1C Cheung Margaret Championship 2017-18 (4x50m Swimming Freestyle Relay) Association HKASA Hoi Tin Athletic Association 2017 Hoi Tin Athletic 1st 5C Chan Sum Yee Age 13 Over 50M Butterfly Association (Charmy) Hong Kong Inter-school Rhythmic Sports Federation & 1st 1A Wong Suet Laam Gymnastics Competition 2018 Olympic Committee (Desta) of Hong Kong, China Hong Kong Road Cycling Race Hong Kong Cycling 3rd 1D Chan Zai Ci Joyce Series 4 (Women Youth Aged 11-16) Association Individual Competition Maryknoll Convent Champion 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga School Trampoline Invitation Competition 2017-2018 Island District Age Group Swimming LCSD 1st 5A Chiew Shing Lu Competition 2017 Girls 13-17 Katina 4x50M Medley Relay Island District Age Group Swimming LCSD 1st 5A Chiew Shing Lu Competition 2017 Girls 15-17 200M Katina Backstroke Islands District Swimming Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 4D To Tiffany Competition Girls 13-17 200m and Cultural Service record) Individual Medley Department Islands District Swimming Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 4D To Tiffany Competition Girls 15-17 100m and Cultural Service record) Breaststroke Department Islands District Swimming Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 4D To Tiffany Competition Girls 15-17 50m and Cultural Service record) Breaststroke Department 33 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Kowloon City District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 5C Chan Sum Yee Athletics Meet 2017 Women Open and Cultural Services record) (Charmy) 4X400M Relay Department (Group) Kowloon City District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st 5C Chan Sum Yee Athletics Meet 2017 Women Open and Cultural Services (Charmy) 800M Department Kowloon City District Age Group LCSD 1st 5A Chiew Shing Lu Swimming Competition 2017 Girls Katina 13-17 Years old 4x50M Medley Relay Kowloon City District Age Group LCSD 1st 5A Chiew Shing Lu Swimming Competition 2017 Girls Katina 15-17 Years old 100M Backstroke Kowloon City District Age Group LCSD 1st 5A Chiew Shing Lu Swimming Competition 2017 Girls Katina 15-17 Years old 200M Backstroke Kowloon City District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st (Group) 5C Chan Sum Yee Swimming Competition 2017 Girls' and Cultural Services (Charmy) Age 13-17 4X50 M Freestyle Department Relay Kowloon City District Swimming LCSD Champion 5B Lau Cheuk Ki Jackie Competition 2016 13-17 age 4X50M (Group) Freestyle Relay Kwun Tong District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 5C Chan Sum Yee Athletics Meet 2017 Women's Group and Cultural Services record) (Charmy) C 1500M Department Kwun Tong District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 5C Chan Sum Yee Athletics Meet 2017 Women's Group and Cultural Services record) (Charmy) C 800M Department Kwun Tong District Age Group Leisure and Cultural 1st 3C Mak Agnes Swimming Competition 2017- 200m Services Department individual medley Kwun Tong District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 5C Chan Sum Yee Swimming Competition 2017 Girls' and Cultural Services record) (Charmy) Group F 100 M Butterfly Department Kwun Tong District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 2nd (New 5C Chan Sum Yee Swimming Competition 2017 Girls' and Cultural Services record) (Charmy) Group F 50 M Butterfly Department Kwun Tong District Age Group Leisure and Cultural 1st 3C Mak Agnes Swimming Competition 2017-200m Services Department backstroke
34 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Pacers Nova Track and Field League Pacers Athletics Champion 2C Man Wai Yan 2018 (series 1) - Long Jump C Grade Club-Girls 0405 (Annabel) Group Pacers Nova Track and Field League Pacers Athletics Champion 2C Man Wai Yan 2018 (series 2) - 100M Girls 0405 Club (Annabel) Group Pacers Nova Track and Field League Pacers Athletics Champion 2C Man Wai Yan 2018 (series 2) - 200M Girls 0405 Club (Annabel) Group Pacers Nova Track and Field League Pacers Athletics Champion 2C Man Wai Yan 2018 (series 2) Girls 0405 Group Club (Annabel) Pacers Nova Track and Field League Pacers Athletics Champion 2C Man Wai Yan 2018 (series 2) - Long Jump Girls Club (Annabel) 0405 Group Sai Kung District Swimming LCSD Champion 3C Wong Suet Competition Girls Age Group 13-14 (New record) Ching(Cheryl) 100m Breaststroke Sai Kung District Swimming LCSD Champion 3C Wong Suet Competition Girls Age Group 13-14 (New record) Ching(Cheryl) 200m Breaststroke Sai Kung District Swimming LCSD Champion 3C Wong Suet Competition Girls Age Group 13-14 (New record) Ching(Cheryl) 50m Breaststroke Shatin Cup (11th) Swimming STSAL Individual 3C Wong Suet Championships, 2018 Overall Ching(Cheryl) Champion Shatin Cup (11th) Swimming STSAL Champion 3C Wong Suet Championships, 2018 50m Ching(Cheryl) Backstroke Shatin Cup (11th) Swimming STSAL Champion 3C Wong Suet Championships, 2018 50m Ching(Cheryl) Breaststroke Shatin Cup (11th) Swimming STSAL Champion 3C Wong Suet Championships, 2018 50m Butterfly Ching(Cheryl) Shatin Cup (11th) Swimming STSAL Champion 3C Wong Suet Championships, 2018 50m Freestyle Ching(Cheryl) Southern District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 5C Chan Sum Yee Swimming Competition 2017 Girls' and Cultural Services record) (Charmy) Age 15-17 100 M Butterfly Department Southern District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 5C Chan Sum Yee Swimming Competition 2017 Girls' and Cultural Services record) (Charmy) Age 15-17 50 M Butterfly Department 35 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Southern District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st 5C Chan Sum Yee Swimming Competition 2017 Girls' and Cultural Services (Charmy) Age 15-17 50 M Freestyle Department Synchronized Competition Maryknoll Convent Champion 4A Leung Tsz Pui School Trampoline (Group) Stephanie Invitation Competition 2017-2018 4C Wong Tsz Yan Sabrina Team Championship Maryknoll Convent Champion 3B Cheung Lok Lam School Trampoline (Group) (Selina) Invitation Competition 2017-2018 3C Lai Yan Tung Shermain 3D Ma Shara Jill Montuno 4D Ng Pui Ka Olga The 22nd Citizen Junior Athletics The Citizen Athletic Champion 2C Man Wai Yan Championships 2018 (Junior) - 400M Association (Annabel) Girls Group C The 32nd NT District Swimming LCSD Champion 3C Wong Suet Competition Girls Group H 100m Ching(Cheryl) breaststroke The 32nd NT District Swimming LCSD Champion 3C Wong Suet Competition Girls Open Grade 200m Ching(Cheryl) Individual Medley Tsuen Wan District Swimming LCSD 1st 6E Lee Ho Ting (Aida Competition 100m Butterfly Belle) Vita Green Cycling for Health Vita Green 1st 1D Chan Zai Ci Joyce Marathon Challenge 2018 (College Charitable Students Group) Foundation Vita Green Cycling for Health Vita Green 1st 1D Chan Zai Ci Joyce Marathon Challenge 2018 (Youth Charitable Elite Group) Foundation Yau Tsim Mong District Age Group LCSD 1st 5A Chiew Shing Lu Swimming Competition 2017 Girls Katina 15-17 200M Backstroke Yau Tsim Mong District Age Group Hong Kong Leisure 1st (New 5C Chan Sum Yee
36 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Swimming Competition 2017 Girls' and Cultural Services Record) (Charmy) Age 15-17 4X50 M Freestyle Department (Group) Relay Yau Tsim Mong District Swimming LCSD Champion 5B Lau Cheuk Ki Jackie Competition 2017 4X50M Freestyle (New record) Relay (Group) 恩福堂跆拳道邀請賽 搏擊比賽 恩福堂 冠軍 5A Kwan Sum Yi (Sammi) 恩福跆拳道邀請賽 香港跆拳道東龍會 冠軍 4D Yip Yuen Lam Serena 荃灣區射箭比賽女子反曲弓初級組 康樂及文化事務署 冠軍 4D Chung Hei Iu Naomi 及 荃灣區體育康樂 聯會 合辦 第三十二屆新界區水運大-50 米背 新界區體育總會 冠軍 3C Mak Agnes 泳
37 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Arts 13 years old Latin Dance Open The 14th Hong Kong 1st (Group) 1C Chu Sheung Ting Interschool Dancesports Venus Championship 2018 中俄青少年舞蹈春晚 北京中世暢想文化傳播有限 金獎 5B Siu Ching Lam 公司 Karie 2018 第三屆中國深圳體育舞蹈 中國體育舞蹈聯合會 冠軍(隊際) 1C Chu Sheung Ting 全國公開賽 Venus Chinese Dance 54th Schools Dance Festival Honours Award (Group) Hong Kong Ballet Group Stars Hong Kong Ballet Group First 3D Chan Chin Wing Award 2017 Charis IYACC 4th International Open IYACC Champion 2E Cheng Rachel Piano Competition Piano AB6 IYACC 4th International Open IYACC Champion 2E Cheng Rachel Piano Competition Piano OP5 JSMA competition of Joint School Music Gold Award Symphony Orchestra Association (Group) Piano Classical Class 5th Hong Kong Youth Winner 2B Chan Shun Nga Barclampory Music Festival (Sonya) Pipa Solo 70th Hong Kong Schools 1st 1E Fung Kei Tsun Music Festival Ophelia The 5th Hong Kong Hong Kong Youth 1st 2A Chan Shun Hei Vera International Youth Performing Performance Art and Arts Festival ABRSM Piano Development Association Class - Grade 7 錦鯤杯 2018 中國體育舞蹈俱樂 中國體育舞蹈聯合會 冠軍(隊際) 1C Chu Sheung Ting 部聯賽 Venus
38 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Drama Drama Competition Hong Kong School Drama Outstanding (Chinese Section) Festival Cooperation (Group) Drama Competition Hong Kong School Drama Outstanding 4D Li Kai Yin Kelly (Chinese Section) Festival Director 4E Lam Jessica Ka Wing 5C Lam Ka Hei (Jenna) Drama Competition Hong Kong School Drama Outstanding 1C Chu Sheung Ting (Chinese Section) Festival Performer Venus 4A Cheng Ho Lam (Ruby) 4E Lam Jessica Ka Wing 5A Lam Tsz Mei Gianna 5C Lam Ka Hei (Jenna) Drama Competition Hong Kong School Drama Outstanding 4D Li Kai Yin Kelly (Chinese Section) Festival Script 4E Lam Jessica Ka Wing 5C Lam Ka Hei (Jenna) Drama Competition Hong Kong School Drama Outstanding Stage (Chinese Section) Festival Effect (Group) EMI Drama Fest The Association of English Outstanding 3B Yu Yan Kiu Winky Medium Secondary Schools Directing (Group) 4C Fung Pui Laam Prima EMI Drama Fest The Association of English Outstanding Medium Secondary Schools Performance (Group) EMI Drama Fest The Association of English Outstanding 3B Yu Yan Kiu Winky Medium Secondary Schools Script (Group) 4C Fung Pui Laam Prima EMI Drama Fest The Association of English Outstanding Medium Secondary Schools Spoken English (Group)
39 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Languages The 12th Territory-wide Competition Hong Kong Yihai 1st 3D Cheung Yan Tung in Story Telling, Sketch Comedy Language Arts Nicole Performance and Verse Speaking Centre (2018) --English Solo Verse Speaking The 12th Territory-wide Competition Hong Kong Yihai 1st 3D Cheung Yan Tung in Story Telling, Sketch Comedy Language Arts Nicole Performance and Verse Speaking Centre (2018) --Putonghua Solo Verse Speaking AIMO Open Trial (Hong Kong Asia International Gold 5D Chan Tsz Ching Region) cum HKMO Open Mathematical Rachel Olympiad Union Budding Poets (English) Award EDB Poet of the 5B Wong Tsz Wing school Pauline Budding Poets (English) Award EDB Poet of the 5B Wong Tsz Wing school Pauline Dramatic Duologue: Secondary 3 and HK Schools Music 1st 4 and Speech (Group) Association Hong Kong SDG Debating UNESCO Hong Top 10 2A Ip Michelle Tournament 2017 Kong Association Speaker Hong Kong SDG Debating UNESCO Hong Top 10 4C Khan Sarah Tournament 2017 Kong Association Speaker Solo Prose Reading: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 6B Chan Amelie Chin Secondary 6 Girls and Speech Ying Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 1A Chan Bo Yi Bowie Secondary 1 Girls and Speech Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 1C Yeung Yee Fei Secondary 1 Girls and Speech Venus Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 1E Chan Hei Man Secondary 1 Girls and Speech Claudia Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 2A Chan Tsz Yan Secondary 2 Girls and Speech Christy Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 2A Ng Yi Pui Eunice Secondary 2 Girls and Speech
40 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 2B Aimen-Sadeedi Secondary 2 Girls and Speech Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 2E Chu Hok Yan Secondary 2 Girls and Speech (Hoiley) Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 3D Fan Lydia Veronica Secondary 3 Girls and Speech Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 3E Chan Tsz Yee Secondary 3 Girls and Speech (Cherrie) Association Solo Verse Speaking: Non-Open HK Schools Music 1st 5D Lau Yan Chee Secondary 5 Girls and Speech Nicole Association Solo Verse Speaking: Open Age 17 HK Schools Music 1st 6B Chan Amelie Chin and over and Speech Ying Association Standard Chartered Hong Kong The Hong Kong Top 10 2D Chu Hang Wah English Public Speaking Contest 2018 Federation of Youth Webbe Groups The 10th AIA MPF Inter-School Joint School Chinese Best 5C Yip Pui Ting Ariel Debating Cup- Second Round Debating Society debater The 10th AIA MPF Inter-School Joint School Chinese Best 5C Yip Pui Ting Ariel Debating Cup- Semi finals Debating Society debater The 32nd Sing Tao Inter-School Sing Tao Newspaper Best 5C Yip Pui Ting Ariel Debating Competition Group Limited debater The 49th Joint School Chinese Debate Joint School Chinese Best 5C Yip Pui Ting Ariel Competition- First Round Debating Society debater The Hong Kong Youth Speech Y's Men Award of 6E Tina Lam Competition (2016-17) -- Senior International Hong Distinction Secondary Section (Cantonese) Kong District The Speaker 2018 RTHK Semi- 5D Lau Yan Chee finalist Nicole
41 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Others 15th Infrastructure Building Department of Construction, Finalist 5D Chan Tsz Ching Competition for Secondary HKIVE (Group) Rachel Schools 5D Choy Sin Hang Sonia 5D Ip Yuen Ling Christina 5D Lam Natalie Wai Yan 2016-2017 Social Innovation World Green Organisation Award of 6B Fan Wing Ching Inventor - Competition for Finalists Michelle Innovative design 6B Tong Wing Lam Cherrie 6B Wong Wan Ka Sabrina Sophie 2017–2018 年度友誼活動創 香港紅十字會(青年及義工 冠軍 (隊際) 2D Law Yuk Wa Law 作比賽總決賽 事務部) Yuk Wa (Eva) 2E Huang Hin Ching Chloe 3A Cheung Sum Ching Sammy 3C Lau Nicole AIA MPF Challenge Cup - Joint School Chinese Best Speaker 6E Tina Lam Debate Competition Debating Society Character Drawing Contemporary Art & Gold Award 3E Cheuk Nga Man Competition 2017-2018 Ceramics Association Dora Chemists Online Self-study Hong Kong Virtual Diamond 6D Chan Hong Yi Award Scheme-2017 University and the Science (Connie) Education Section of the Education Bureau HK High School Students’ The 17th Basic Law Cup Best Debater 4B Lai Tim Hei Hilary Competition (Basic Law Cup)-Kowloon District Semi-final (Cantonese) Hong Kong Future Pioneers HKSAR Outstanding Most Popular 5A Chan Ho Yuet 2017 Students' Union and the Campaign (Amelia) School of Journalism and Award Communication, CUHK
42 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Hong Kong Secondary Hong Kong Model United Best 4C Shukit Maria School Model United Nations Nations Club Delegation Musarrat Conference 2017 (Group) 5E Fung Ho Kiu Tiffany Huaxiabei National HKMO 1st prize 2D Wong Yu Ching Mathematics Olympic Agnes Invitation Competition 2016 (Hong Kong District) JA Company Programme- Junior Achievement Hong Champion 5C Kwok Yuen Tung Company of the Year (Open Kong (Group) Natalie Track) JA Company Programme -JA Junior Achievement Hong Winner 5A Chan Ching Nam Company of the Year Kong (Group) Eilis Champion (Open Track ) 5A Chan Ho Yuet (Amelia) 5D Lau Cho Ki Lorraine 5D Leung Man Yi Vanessa 5E Lau Yan Tung (Sophie) JA Company Programme Junior Achievement Hong Champion 5A Chan Ching Nam -Most Popular Mobile Kong (Group) Eilis Promoter Award (Open Track) 5A Chan Ho Yuet (Amelia) 5D Lau Cho Ki Lorraine 5D Leung Man Yi Vanessa 5E Lau Yan Tung (Sophie) 5C Kwok Yuen Tung Natalie JA Company Programme Junior Achievement Hong Champion 5A Chan Ching Nam -Most Popular Offering Kong (Group) Eilis Award (Open Track ) 5A Chan Ho Yuet (Amelia) 5D Lau Cho Ki Lorraine
43 Annual School Report 2017-2018 5D Leung Man Yi Vanessa 5E Lau Yan Tung (Sophie) 5C Kwok Yuen Tung Natalie JA Company Programme Junior Achievement Hong Winner 5A Chan Ching Nam -The Corporate Sustainability Kong (Group) Eilis Award 5A Chan Ho Yuet (Amelia) 5D Lau Cho Ki Lorraine 5D Leung Man Yi Vanessa 5E Lau Yan Tung (Sophie) 5C Kwok Yuen Tung Natalie Joint School Chess Challenge Joint School Chess 1st 4A Kam Hill Lam (Rummikub) Challenge Hillary Kowloon City District Kowloon City District Fight Awardee 4D To Tiffany Student Anti-crime Slogan Crime Committee Competition Liberal Studies Online HKEdCity & RTHK Student Award 6D Chan Hong Yi Contest 2016/2017 Phase 4 Of Distinction (Connie) (Senior Form) Liberal Studies Online HKEdCity & RTHK Student Award 6D Chan Hong Yi Contest 2016/2017 Phase 6 Of Distinction (Connie) (Senior Form) Liberal Studies Online HKEdCity & RTHK Student Award 6D Chan Hong Yi Contest 2016/2017 Season 2 Of Distinction (Connie) (Senior Form) Montmartre 2018--Best of the Children's art studio 'St. Awardee 3E Lam Verna day Cyril and Methodius' - Bitola R. Macedonia National Day Cup Chinese Tai Po Community 1st 4D Leung Yan Ada Calligraphy Competition Association Oxford Junior Secondary Oxford University Press Grand Prize 2B Ching Chloe English Video Competition Hong Kong Through My Eyes
44 Annual School Report 2017-2018 2B Lam Pui See Suzanne 2B Ng Natalie 2E Tse Yu Ching Megan 西九龍總部 友誼活動創作 香港紅十字會(青年及義工 冠軍(隊際) 2D Law Yuk Wa Law 比賽 2017-2018 事務部) Yuk Wa (Eva) 2E Huang Hin Ching Chloe 3A Cheung Sum Ching Sammy 3C Lau Nicole
Note: Please visit our website at www.mcs.edu.hk for a full list of awards and scholarship winners
45 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Community Service Awards 2017-2018
Maryknollers have a long tradition of service to the community, and this spirit is nurtured at school by encouraging and promoting different opportunities for students to contribute their time, efforts and talents in different school programmes and extra-curricular activities.
Bronze Silver Gold Diamond Service Total Honour
(50 hours) (150 hours) (300 hours) (500 hours) (800 hours)
Form 1-3 10 2 0 1 0 13
Form 4-6 37 28 9 5 1 80
Total 47 30 9 6 1 93
46 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Feedback on Future Planning
This was the third & last year of our 3-year development cycle. The school incorporated into the school plan Four Strategic Foci, namely, “Serve Home, Country and World”; “Pursue Excellence”; “Realize Full Potential” and “Be Forward Looking”, identified by our School Sponsoring Body as crucial to the development of the school. With the new school development cycle, the school will continue to embrace these Four Strategic Foci as one of the school goals.
Our school will maintain a balance in the opportunities we offer to ensure students can have a holistic outlook. STEM education will continue to be developed, and will be balanced by innovation in other areas, whether we call it STEAM, or STREAM education. eLearning activities will be part of the daily routine for classes whenever applicable. The three school-based programmes i.e. Extended Learning Programme, Project-Based Learning & STEM Education, will be fine-tuned and further developed in the junior forms to encourage and empower our students in their acquisition and application of 21st Century skills. Students in the senior form will be encouraged and empowered to achieve the same goals via continued refinement in the teaching and learning of the Senior Secondary Curriculum and wider exposure to extra-curricular activities.
As the school is moving towards the celebration of the centenary in seven years’ time, we will revisit the our school motto and our school’s vision and mission to devise forward-looking plans in the context of the 21st Century and the education landscape in Hong Kong. We will continue to be committed to providing quality education to our students.
47 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Appendix 1 - Financial Reports
Evaluation of the Use of Capacity Enhancement Grant for 2017-2018 Academic Year
I. Chinese Language & Physical Education
Task Area Evaluation Suggestion for Next Year
Curriculum With the help of the Capacity We will continue to hire an Development Enhancement Grant, we are able to additional Chinese employ an additional teacher Language teacher to assist the Chinese Language panel and carry out the (i) to reduce teachers’ workload resulting enrichment programmes from the implementation of the Senior under our staff Secondary curriculum and the establishment. administration of SBA
(ii) to promote the development of Physical Education, including both More space and time will curricular and extra-curricular activities. be made available for all Chinese Language teachers
to devote their effort and
time to curriculum changes
and the administration of SBA.
48 Annual School Report 2017-2018 II. Information Technology (IT)
Task Area Evaluation Suggestion for Next Year
Facilitating With the help of the CEG, an IT assistant was We will continue to hire work arising employed to assist our teachers in creating IT an IT assistant to relieve from the use of teaching materials. Teachers were able to the administrative WEBSAMS focus more on the implementation of the workload of our and eCampus senior secondary curriculum as over 5% of teachers so they can existing teachers’ administrative work was focus on teaching. done by the IT assistant.
With the help of the IT assistant, there is more effective use of eCampus, the school intranet. More electronic resources and documents were prepared by the IT assistant. The use of Websams in handling student reports and student profiles has also been enhanced.
49 Annual School Report 2017-2018 III. Audio Visual Services and Technical Support
Task Area Evaluation Suggestion for Next Year
Facilitating With the help of the CEG, an AV assistant We will continue to hire work arising was employed. Teachers are relieved from the an AV assistant to help in from the use administrative work and they are able to offering Audio visual of Audio focus more on teaching and the Services and provide Visual implementation of the new Senior Secondary support to the Equipment curriculum as part of the administrative work development of and of the teachers responsible for the Audio and e-Learning. e-Learning Visual Equipment Services Team was done by the assistant.
With the help of this assistant, the development of e-Learning has also been enhanced.
There is more effective use of t h e AV equipment for school functions and programmes.
50 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Evaluation of the Use of the Learning Support Grant for 2017-2018 Academic Year
Helping Students with Learning Difficulties
Task Area Evaluation Suggestion for Next Year Providing A full-time programme worker has been We will continue to hire a services and hired to provide support to the SEN full-time programme worker support to students and/or school personnel offering to provide support to the SEN students with support to them in examination students and/or school SEN/learning invigilation, programmes, study groups, personnel offering support to difficulties etc. them in examination invigilation, programmes, Study groups for the students with special study groups, etc. educational needs/ learning difficulties with the support of additional staff and We will continue to hire peer peer tutors were organized in the second tutors to conduct programmes term. for students with special educational needs/ learning Remedial sessions were conducted for difficulties. students during the summer vacation. We will hire professional Sessions by Educational Psychologists and services provided by the Clinical Psychologists funded by other Educational Psychologists, funding sources were arranged for Clinical Psychologists and/or students with special educational needs. Speech Therapists (if needed) More has been done on catering for for students with special students’ diversity at the case-level, educational needs instead of the subject panel level. We will continue to run Students with learning difficulties have school-based programmes on shown progress in their studies and have catering for student diversity become more motivated. There is also at the case level or subject improvement in their social skills and panel level. behaviour. Parents of the students concerned find the programmes and We will continue to organize support offered by the school helpful. programmes on understanding of and respecting for This has been done by the programmes individual differences at the run by the school social workers and form/school level. Homeroom teachers. We will continue to conduct Parents find the training workshops school-based training helpful. Teachers find the support workshops for teachers and offered by the Educational Psychologists parents. (funded by other funding sources) and the school social workers helpful. Reference materials to equip teachers with skills in Reference materials for teachers have handling students with special been purchased to equip teachers with educational needs/ learning skills in handling students with special difficulties and to promote an educational needs. inclusive culture will be Below 15% of the grant is set aside for purchased. purchasing learning tools (e.g. tablets) to Educational Tools (e.g. enhance the learning effectiveness of teaching packages, computer students with diverse learning needs. softwares, mobile apps) will be purchased to enhance the learning effectiveness of students with diverse learning needs.
51 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Evaluation of the Use of Senior Secondary Curriculum Support Grant for 2017-2018 Academic Year
I. English Language
Task Area Evaluation Suggestion for Next Year
Facilitating the With the help of the Senior Secondary We will continue to hire implementation Curriculum Support Grant, we were able to an additional teacher to of the Senior employ an additional teacher: assist the English Secondary Language Panel in (i) to provide more human resources to Curriculum the English Language Panel and carrying out the Literature in English Panel enrichment programmes. More space and time will (ii) to reduce teachers’ workload resulting from the implementation of the Senior be made available for all Secondary curriculum and the English Language administration of SBA teachers to devote their effort and time to (iii) to develop and conduct English curriculum changes and enrichment programmes and to the administration of enhance the learning of the English SBA. Language.
52 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Evaluation of the Use of Senior Secondary Curriculum Support Grant for 2017-2018 Academic Year
II. Liberal Studies & Mathematics
Task Area Evaluation Suggestion for Next Year
Facilitating the With the help of the Senior Secondary We will continue to hire implementation Curriculum Support Grant, we were able to an additional teacher to of the Senior employ an additional teacher: assist the Liberal Studies Secondary Panel and Mathematics (i) to provide more human resources to curriculum the Liberal Studies Panel and Panel in carrying out the Mathematics Panel enrichment programmes. More space and time (ii) to reduce teachers’ workload resulting from the implementation of the Senior will be made available Secondary curriculum and the for the Liberal Studies administration of IES teachers and Mathematics teachers to (iii) to develop and conduct enrichment devote their effort and programmes and to enhance the time to curriculum learning of Liberal Studies and changes and the Mathematics administration of IES.
53 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Evaluation of the Use of the Funding for Enhancement of Chinese Learning and Teaching for Non-Chinese Speaking Students for 2017-2018 Academic Year
Chinese Language
Task Area Evaluation Suggestion for Next Year
Providing extra With the help of the Funding for We will continue to hire support for NCS Enhancement of Chinese Learning and additional Chinese students to Teaching, we were able to employ Language teachers to ensure that all NCS students additional Chinese Language teachers to assist the Chinese have equal provide more human resources for the Language panel. opportunities in Chinese Language Panel. learning Chinese on a par with More space and time will their Chinese Language teachers find that space be made available for all Chinese-speaking and time have been created for: Chinese Language counterparts, and teachers to devote their to create an - the implementation of the Chinese inclusive Language Curriculum Second effort and time to learning Language Learning Framework for implement the Chinese environment in Language Curriculum schools NCS students. Second Language
- the adaptation of the Chinese Language Learning Framework for curriculum according to individual NCS students. needs of the NCS students.
The Chinese Language competency of the Non-Chinese Speaking students has been enhanced. Programmes to promote inclusive education in well received by students and teachers An inclusive learning environment in school has been fostered.
54 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Evaluation of the Use of the Careers & Life Planning Grant for 2017-2018 Academic Year
Careers & Life Planning
Task Area Evaluation Suggestion for Next Year
Providing With the help of the Careers and Life We will continue to hire a guidance and Planning Grant, we were able to employ a Careers Administrative Careers Administrative Assistant and a 0.5 support to teacher : Assistant and additional facilitate teaching staff to provide students’ - To help students develop a responsible necessary human resources careers and attitude through closer supervision - set for the Careers Committee & enforce internal deadlines life planning & offer guidance and - To organize activities facilitating self-assessment of interests, abilities and support to students in achievements careers and life planning. - To arrange programmes to help students build a positive self-image - To arrange/ encourage students to join talent development programmes organised by school or external organisations - To adopt career development tools - To arrange programmes on life planning skills, e.g. goal setting & portfolio building - To help students build a portfolio of their achievements - To disseminate career-related information - To organise talks on the writing of CVs & personal statements - To organise workshops on university admission interviews - To arrange sharing sessions on overseas applications for students/ parents - To provide individual consultation services to parents - To arrange work placement/ experience opportunities - To improve the processing of applications for careers-related documents
55 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Evaluation of the Use of Diversity Learning Grant for 2017-2018 Academic Year
Network Programme & Gifted Education Programme
Task Area Evaluation Suggestion for Next Year
With the help of the Diverse Learning Grant, we were able to:
Network 1) offer Music as an elective subject for We will continue to offer Programme HKDSE Music as an elective.
Gifted 2) employ coaches for the relevant areas We will continue to Education below: employ coaches with Programme Training for external debates (English) different expertise to equip - The coach was professional and the students with necessary programme design was good. skills so as to challenge - Students’ debating skills have improved. them to excel and fulfil - Our team was the champion of the Hong their potentials. Kong Secondary Schools Debating Competition in Term 2.
Training for aspiring debaters (Chinese) - The attendance of students was high (80%). - The tutor provided timely advice and feedback to students. - Students participated in various debate competitions and entered the semi-final of the competition – 思辯盃全港校際辯 論邀請賽 .
Training for the Mathematics Olympiad group - The tutor was professional and the programme design aroused the interest of students, provided timely advice and feedback to students. - Students improved their critical thinking skills and computational skills. - Students got a merit in the Hong Kong Mathematics Olympiad organized by EDB.
56 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Evaluation of the Use of Strengthening School Administration Management Grant
Financial and Document Management
Task Area Evaluation Sustainable Development
Financial With a new financial management electronic With the successful Management system, panel heads and committee i/c’s implementation of the could submit budgets and claims efficiently. system, it can continue to The financial management personnel will be facilitate and enhance the able to process budgets and claims more workflow of handling finance matters. efficiently.
Document All electronic documents and metadata of The new document Management the existing electronic documents of the management system will alumni could be migrated into the new System with continue to serve school system. eForm and members after proper workflow The school could control and log the ‘read’, configurations and Management ‘write’, ‘retrieve’ and ‘download’ records of training. documents and metadata of different users in school through the use of The school apps will parents/teachers/students’ apps. continue to serve the school users in different A user-friendly interface has enabled school contexts and easy retrieval personnel to design web forms that replace and dissemination of hard copies in use and also devise new ones information will be to serve different purposes and programmes. facilitated. Workflows were designed that could The workflow in handling securely capture data, with automatic school documents will be submissions, and routing of documents for further enhanced. review, approval and further action.
57 Annual School Report 2017-2018 Financial Report 2017-2018 Unaudited Accounts as at 31 Aug 2018
Income ($) Expenditure ($) Opening Balance Government Funds - EOEBG 459,358.83 as at 1.9.2017 Government Funds - Outside EOEBG 1,955,504.15 School Funds 3,827,048.80 6,241,911.78
I Government Funds (1) - 1 EOEBG B/F 459,358.83
(a) Baseline School and Class Grant 855,799.21 1,138,853.56 Lift Maintenance Grant 94,287.96 88,380.00 Air-Conditioning Grant for Preparation Rooms 14,935.32 14,935.32 Administration Grant for Additional Clerical Assisstant 185,823.88 225,035.00 Enhancement Grant 7,839.12 7,839.12 Supplementary Grant for School-based Management 208,690.72 57,035.39 Training and Development Grant 8,622.96 8,622.96 Composite Furniture and Equipment Grant 561,914.72 293,353.00 Programme Funds for Implementation of Whole School Approach to Guidance & Discipline Grant 9,039.44 4,678.40 Consolidated Subject Grant 194,028.00 144,762.07 2,140,981.33 1,983,494.82
Surplus / (Deficit) Sub-total 157,486.51
(b) School Specific Grants Administration Grant 4,401,468.00 4,375,975.67 Capacity Enhancement Grant 599,381.00 878,777.75 Composite Information Technology Grant 437,948.00 337,555.91 Noise Abatement Measures Recurrent Subsidy 41,571.00 41,571.00
5,480,368.00 5,633,880.33
Surplus / (Deficit) Sub-total (153,512.33)
Funds to be set aside for Long Service/Severance Payment 86,087.85
EOEB G Surplus / (Deficit) Sub-total 463,333.01
58 Annual School Report 2017-2018 B/F Income ($) Expenditure ($) (1) - 2 Funds Outside EOEBG (Special Domain-not transferable) 1,955,504.15 Senior Sec Curriculum Support Grant 193,262.57 875,340.00 860,220.00 Learning Support Grant 1,993.56 237,762.00 216,585.50 Diversity Learning Grant 12,887.50 117,000.00 90,805.60 Enhanced Chinese Learning Grant 800,000.00 800,000.00 1,001,489.50 Career and Life Planning Grant 19,128.49 583,560.00 546,432.27 Teacher Relief Grant 287,110.15 227,856.25 108,200.00 Extra Recurrent Grant under ITE 4 4,235.00 84,940.00 73,856.40 Teacher Training Grant - SEN - 16,206.00 16,206.00 Strengthening School Admin Management Grant 232,800.00 - 232,876.58 * One-Off IT E-Learning 113,634.00 - 38,400.00 One-Off Promotion of Stem Edu-Aid 200,000.00 - 99,833.02 Sister School HK Mainland 90,452.88 120,000.00 20,983.65 # IT Staffing Support Grant - 300,000.00 - One-off Promotion of Chi. Hist and Culture - 150,000.00 29,222.00 3,512,664.25 3,335,110.52
Surplus / (Deficit) Sub-total 2,133,057.88
II School Funds (General Funds) B/F 3,827,048.80
(1) Tong Fai 2,833,800.00 2,663,662.15 (2) Donations 508,321.60 454,623.00 (3) Profit on Sales of Exercise Books 9,183.00 - (4) Tuckshop Rent 200,000.00 - (5) Approved collection for specific purposes account 294,035.00 482,769.25 (6) Subsidy by MCS Educational Trust 459,812.12 459,812.12 (7) Others 900,851.20 1,003,018.83 5,206,002.92 5,063,885.35
Surplus / (Deficit) Sub-total 3,969,166.37
Total surplus / (deficit) for school year 6,565,557.26
1) Government Funds - EOEBG (Baseline + School Specific Grants) 463,333.01 * Government Funds - Outside EOEBG 2,133,057.88 #
2) School Funds 3,969,166.37 6,565,557.26
# $189,469.23 to be returned to EDB (Sisters Sch) * $76.58 Deficit (SSAM Grant)
59 Annual School Report 2017-2018