Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School

Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School
保良局陳守仁小學
We are Camoesians
Location
6, Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Information
Type Co-ed School
Established September 1999
Opened September 1950
Founder Dr. Tan Siu Lin
School district Yau Tsim Mong District
Principal Mr. Derek V.M. Yeung
Staff 107
Grades 1-6
Enrollment 8,100 Applicants (as of September, 2017)
Campus type Primary School
Color(s) Red
Newspaper Camões Flash
Website http://www.plkctslps.edu.hk

Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School is a primary school in Hong Kong, previously known as Portuguese Community Schools, Inc.,(Escola Camoes); Demonym: Camõesian. The school is located at 6 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It has a multicultural environment with over 1000 students from 18 different countries.

History

The school was established in the 1950s by the Portuguese Community Education and Welfare Foundation Incorporated. Since 1996, the school has been run by Po Leung Kuk. In school year 1999/2000, the school became a pioneer DSS primary school in Hong Kong. In the school year 2017-2018, Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School broke the Hong Kong record of Primary One Application by having 8100 applications.

Curriculum

English is the main medium of instruction. Other subjects include:

  • Mathematics
  • General Studies
  • Visual Arts
  • Music
  • Physical Education
  • Basic French
  • Basic Japanese
  • Basic Spanish
  • Chinese (Putonghua or Cantonese as the medium of instruction)

Everything is to be taught in English other than the Language subjects.

Extra-curricular activities (ECA)

The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities including:

  • Music - music classes and school teams including Symphony Orchestra, Chinese Orchestra, School Choir, String Camerata, Handchime Ensembles and individual instruments.
  • Sports - sporting activities and school teams such as Swimming, Cricket, Karate, Taekwondo, Table-tennis, Basketball, Latin Dance, Badminton, Football, Volleyball, Fencing, Athletic Training and Triathlon.
  • Visual Arts - Handicrafts, Ceramics, Chinese Painting, Print-making and Water Colour Painting.
  • Accelerated and remedial classes - accelerated and remedial classes for Chinese, English and Maths.
  • Others - The school has a Campus TV team, Astronomy Club, Cubs and Brownies, Poem Recitation, French Drama, Cookery, Magic, Chinese Dance, etc.

Annual events

Special events include the Annual Concert, Sports Day, Open Day, Chinese Week, English Week, Japanese Week, French Week, Spanish Week, Christmas Party. On the latter, students wear traditional costumes. In Year 2014-15, there is a new event called the "Thanksgiving 360°".

School Facilities

The School has 30 classrooms in the main building and more than 30 new classrooms in the New Annex for different learning use. Below are some other facilities.

Covered Playground 1, Swimming Pool(All-weather indoor), Reading Corner,

Covered Playground 2, Rehearsal Room, Playground,

Covered Playground 3, Sport Climbing Room, School Hall,

Theatre(+ 250 seats), Sport Climbing Wall, Common Room,

Conference Room, Art Room 1, Art Room 2,

Music Room 1, Music Room 2, Orchestra Practice Rooms,

Piano Rooms, Campus TV Studio, Computer Room,

Drum Rooms, MMLC, e-Learning Centre,

Language Kingdom(English), Language Kingdom(French), Language Kingdom(Japanese),

Language Kingdom(Chinese), Mini Golf Court,

Green Podium, Environmental Resources Centre, Library,

Running Track Mat, Organic garden

Self Publishing

  • 期待無限的可能 by Mr. Derek V. M. YEUNG and Mr. CP CHAN (June 2015) ISBN 9789881438638
  • 園來自有機 by Camõesian Organic Garden (June 2016) ISBN 9789888380589

Performance in the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA)

2013/2015[1]

Note: The table is a brief overview of the results. For a more detailed table, please refer to the citations.
Name of School Number of Students Name of School Number of Students
Diocesan Boys' School 6 St. Francis Xavier's College 3
Diocesan Girls' School 4 St. Joseph College 1
Good Hope School 2 St. Paul's Co-Educational College 4
Heep Yunn School 4 St. Paul's College 6
La Salle College 1 St. Paul's Convent School 11
Marymount Secondary School 8 True Light Girls' College 8
Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College 35 Wah Yan College, Hong Kong 2
Queen Elizabeth School 2 Wah Yan College, Kowloon 6

Achievements

2014-2015

  • 66th Hong Kong Schools' Speech Festival
    • Champion of English Choral Speaking (Senior)
    • 20 Champions in Solo Verse Speaking
  • Outstanding Gold Group Award in True Light Girls' College - Primary School English Quest Competition
  • 全港十八區小學數學比賽 全場冠軍

2015-2016

2016-2017

2017-2018

References

  1. ↑ "Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School". www.plkctslps.edu.hk. Retrieved 2016-04-02.

Coordinates: 22°18′55.28″N 114°9′55.15″E / 22.3153556°N 114.1653194°E / 22.3153556; 114.1653194

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.