Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School
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 1,000 students from 18 different countries.
| Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School 保良局陳守仁小學 | |
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| Location | |
6, Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong | |
| Information | |
| Type | Co-ed |
| Established | September 1999 |
| Opened | September 1950 |
| Founder | Dr. Tan Siu Lin |
| School district | Yau Tsim Mong District |
| Principal | 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 |
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 8,100 applications.
Curriculum
English is the main medium of instruction. Everything is taught in English other than the Language subjects. Subjects include:
Extra-curricular activities
The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including:
- Music classes and school teams including Symphony Orchestra, Chinese Orchestra, School Choir, String Camerata, Handchime Ensembles and individual instruments
- 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 watercolour painting
- Accelerated and remedial classes for Chinese, English and Maths
- Others - Camoes TV team, Astronomy Club, Cubs and Brownies, Poem Recitation, French Drama, Cookery, Magic, Chinese Dance
Annual events
Special events include the Annual Concert, Sports Day, Open Day, Chinese Week, English Week, Japanese Week, French Week, Spanish Week, 3rd Language Week, STEAM Week, and Christmas Party. At the latter, students wear traditional costumes. In year 2014–2015, there was 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. Other facilities include
- Covered playgrounds
- Reading corner
- Sport climbing room, sport climbing wall
- School hall
- Music rooms, piano rooms, drum rooms, rehearsal room, orchestra practice rooms
- Theatre (250+ seats)
- Common room
- Conference room
- Art rooms
- Camões TV studio
- Computer room
- MMLC
- e-Learning centre
- Language Kingdom (English, French, Japanese, Chinese)
- Mini golf court
- Green podium
- Environmental resources centre
- Library
- Running track mat
- Organic garden
- Solar power station
- All-weather swimming pool(under re-provision)
Self-publishing
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
- “Certified Organic Farm - Outstanding Management Award 2016” by Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd.
2016–2017
- “Certified Organic Farm - Outstanding Management Award 2017” by Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd.
2017–2018
- “Certified Organic Farm - Outstanding Management Award 2018” by Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd.
2018–2019
- “Certified Organic Farm - Outstanding Management Award 2019” by Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd.
- “2019 Think BIG of Learning 100” by Parenting.com.tw