Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School
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| Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School 保良局陳守仁小學 | |
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6, Hoi Ting Road, Tai Kok Tsui | |
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| Type | Co-ed School |
| Established | September 1999 |
| Principal | Mr. Derek V. M. YEUNG |
| Grades | 1-6 |
| Campus type | Primary School |
| Newspaper | Camoes 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). The school is located at 6 Hoi Ting Road, Tai Kok Tsui. 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 2013-2014, Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School broke the Hong Kong record of Primary One Application by having 6533 applications.
Curriculum
English is the main medium of instruction. Other subjects include:
The school's focus is on "learning to learn" and the all-round development of children using diversified learning and teaching materials. Students are provided with opportunities to explore their aptitudes and potential.
The P.1 English Curriculum employs continual assessments rather than conventional examinations so that students enjoy learning English at school.
(Note 1: Basic Spanish, Basic French and Basic Japanese are only available to Chinese students. NCS students are required to learn French or NCS Chinese while the Chinese students are having their Chinese lessons.) (Note 2: Once the student applies Basic French/Spanish/Japanese during his/her admission, he/she cannot change the preference anymore.)
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, Karete-do, 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.
Note: Every student is required to apply at least one extracurricular activity (ECA). The activity is held every Tuesday (for P.1 - 2), Wednesday (for P.3 - 4) or Friday (for P.5 - 6). The student needs to apply for it around the starting of the first term and the starting of the second term respectively.
Annual events
Special events include the Annual Concert, Sports Day, Open Day, Chinese Week, English Week, Japanese Week, French Week, Halloween, Christmas and Multicultural day. 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)
- 園來自有機 by Camõesian Organic Garden (June 2016)
Performance in the Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA)
2013/2015[1]
| Name of School | Number of Students | Name of School | Number of Students |
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| 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
References
- ^ "Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School". www.plkctslps.edu.hk. Retrieved 2016-04-02.