Tai Po
Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College
Address: 4 Chui Yi Street Tai Po
Tel: 26640833
Email: btc@btkchc.edu.hk
Fax: 26646687
URL: http://www.btkchc.edu.hk
How to travel to Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College
Bus Route: 72, 72X, 73X, 74A, 74X, 75X
MTR station: Tai Wo.
About
Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College is a Aided Co-ed secondary school located in Hong KongThe school was founded in 2009. The school is located in Tai Po, and covers an area of approximately 7000 square meters. The supervisor/chairman of the school management committee is Fan Sai Chor (MH) Mr.,And the principal is Leung Wing Woon Ms. (Bachelor of Arts, Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Master of Arts,Master of Education). The sponsoring body of Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College is The Hong Kong Buddhist Association and Tai Kwong Yuen Limited and is a Buddhism school. The mission of the school: "Our school operates in compliance with the Buddhist Beliefs. We aim to enhance students’ academic performance and foster students’ moral development, set up the proper life values and explore students’ potential so that they can maximize their strengths and contribute to the society."School has Parent-Teacher Association,has student union,doesn't has IMC,has old students/alumni associations, the existence of these organizations promotes the cohesion and cooperation of the school community. The motto of Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College Adhering to the school motto of To illumine wisdom and manifest compassion, encourages students to strive for excellence in academic, moral and personal growth.
Admission Information
Class Structure
Form 1: 3 classes. Form 2: 3 classes.
Form 3: 4 classes. Form 4: 4 classes.
Form 5: 3 classes. Form 6: 3 classes.
^It is important to note that these class numbers may change over time, so students and parents should check with the school for the most up-to-date class structure when applying for admission.
2022-2023
Secondary One Entrance
Our school will accept discretionary places. Our school will participate in the Secondary School Places Allocation System through central allocation stage (Applicable for admission to S.1 in September 2023 ).The admission criteria and weightings for Secondary 1 (S.1):
Performance in the school, including academic attainment, extra-curricular activities & social services: 30%, Interview: 30%, Conduct: 40%.
2022-2023
Orientation Activities and Healthy Living
1. S.1 Orientation Program and Diversified S.1 Summer Bridging program are organized to help freshmen adapt to secondary school life and master their learning skills.
2. Provide after-school learning support and academic enrichment classes to consolidate and extend learning.
3. Implement “Healthy School Policy” to help students achieve good condition physically, psychologically and socially by helping them develop healthy living habits, positive outlook toward life and values, life skills and temptation resistance skills.
2022-2023 Annual Fees
The tuition structure for Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College is as follows:
∎ Form 1: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $0.
∎ Form 2: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $0.
∎ Form 3: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $0.
∎ Form 4: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $340".
∎ Form 5: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $340".
∎ Form 6: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $340".
The PTA dues are $30" per year.
Student union fee: $10".
The approved charge for non-standard items is $0 per year.
Other charges/fees: $0.
^Please note that the above prices and charges are for reference only and may change over time. Students and parents should check with the school for the latest tuition and related fee details when applying for admission.
2022-2023 Faculty Profile (Including Principal)
Based on 2022/2023 data, Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College has a total of 53 teachers and 51 approved teacher positions. The qualifications and professional training of teachers are as follows:
∎ Diploma of Education: 100% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Bachelor's degree: 98% of the school's faculty.
∎ Master's degree, doctoral degree or above: accounting for 53% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Special education training: 40% of the total number of teachers in the school.
In terms of seniority of teachers, the data are as follows:
∎ Teachers with 0-4 years of experience account for 32% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Teachers with 5-9 years of experience account for 15% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Teachers with 10 or more years of experience account for 53% of the total number of teachers in the school.
These data show that Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College has an experienced team of teachers with diverse academic and professional training. more than half of teachers hold master's, doctoral or above degrees, which will help to provide more in-depth and professional educational content.Also, there are nearly half of of teachers trained in special education, which shows that the school cares about and is committed to students with special educational needs. Their PGCE and BA guarantee they have a good foundation in teaching. In addition, most of teachers have rich teaching experience, and 53% of teachers have 10 or more years of seniority. This means that they have accumulated rich experience and professional knowledge in the teaching field, and can better guide and support the growth of students.These teacher profiles reflect that Buddhist Tai Kwong Chi Hong College has a team of strong and experienced teachers who provide a high quality education to their students.
Subjects offered in the 2022-2023 school year
Form 1 to Form 3:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Mathematics*, Science*, Chinese History, Buddhist Moral and Value Education*, Computer Literacy*, Geography*, History*, Life and Society, Music, Visual Arts*, Physical Education, Design & Technology, Home Economics*, Putonghua (S.1, S.2), Life Planning Education (S.1, S.2).
English as the medium of instruction:English Language
Form 4 to Form 6:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:HKDSE Subjects: Chinese Language, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Development (S.4, S.5), Liberal Studies (S.6), Chinese History, Geography, Tourism and Hospitality Studies*, Information & Communication Technology, Visual Arts, Biology*, Chemistry*, Physics*, Ethics & Religious Studies*, Economics*, BAFS, Math (M2) Non-HKDSE Subjects: Buddhist Moral and Value Education, PE, Social Emotional Learning (S.4), Life Planning Education (S.5), Sports, Art & STEM (S.5), Music (S.4, S.6).
English as the medium of instruction:English Language
Subjects proposed for the 2023-2024 school year
Form 1 to Form 3:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Mathematics*, Science*, Chinese History, Buddhist Moral and Value Education*, Computer Literacy*, Geography*, History*, Life and Society, Music, Visual Arts*, Physical Education, Design & Technology, Home Economics*, Putonghua (S.1, S.2), Life Planning Education (S.1, S.2).
English as the medium of instruction:English Language
Form 4 to Form 6:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:HKDSE Subjects: Chinese Language, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Development, Chinese History, Geography, Tourism and Hospitality Studies*, Information & Communication Technology, Visual Arts, Biology*, Chemistry*, Physics*, Ethics & Religious Studies*, Economics*, BAFS, Math (M2) Non-HKDSE Subjects: Buddhist Moral and Value Education, PE, Social Emotional Learning(S4), Life Planning Education (S5), Sports, Art & STEM (S.5), Vocational English (S.6), Music (S.4, S.6)
English as the medium of instruction:English Language
School Facilities (for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs)
To facilitate learning, our school provides a number of Classrooms, Laboratories and Special rooms with Wi-Fi System such as Computer Rooms, Multi-Media Learning Centre, Meditation Room, English Learning Centre, STEM Room, Campus TV, Gymnasium, Shooting range, Home Economics Room 2 and Counselling Activity Room for students. All the rooms are equipped with computer, visualizer, LCD projector, screen and air-conditioning.
1. Counselling Activity Room is provided for SEN students to conduct group study and personal growth training. 2. Facilities like Speech-to-text and screen reader software are provided to assist SEN students to conduct internal and external test and exam..
School Characteristics
School Management
School's Major Concerns:
1. Enhance learning and teaching effectiveness and cater for students’ learning diversity.
2. Cultivate students’ positive values and attitudes towards life through diverse learning activities to achieve better career planning.
School Management Organisation:
SBM is implemented by setting up the Administrative Committee to manage the school affairs. Besides the Principal and the Vice-principals, the Committee is also composed of the heads of the 10 Teams naming Academic, Learning Support, IT, School Development, Discipline & Counselling, Moral and Civic Education, Extra- Curricular Activities, Religious Affairs, General Affairs and Life Planning Education.
Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee / Management Committee:
IMC members include School Supervisor, Sponsoring Body Manager, Principal, Independent Manager, Parents, Teacher and Alumni.
School Green Policy:
Our green policies include saving energy, reducing, reusing and recycling resources.
Details: https://www.btkchc.edu.hk/index.php?route=project
Learning and Teaching Plan
Whole-school Language Policy:
1. The school implements mother-tongue teaching and focuses on biliteracy and trilingualism to nurture students’ language proficiency.
2. Optimization of school-based English courses and teaching materials to enhance teaching effectiveness.
3. Organization of English Days, English Debate Workshops, Daily News and Lunchtime English Tea Gathering to create a well-rounded English learning environment and encourage students to communicate in English.
4. Implementation of “Extended English Activity” for cross-curricular learning in chosen subjects to enhance learning effectiveness.
Learning and Teaching Strategies:
1. The curriculum design is student-centered and focuses on balanced and comprehensive development of students.
2. Hire additional teachers and teaching assistants to enhance interaction between teachers and students and cater for students’ learning diversities.
3. Teaching of Chinese, English, and Mathematics are conducted in groups according to the abilities of students to promote adaptive teaching. Curriculum and teaching materials are tailor-made according to the abilities of students which cater for students with different abilities and learning styles.
4. Use assessment data to assess students’ academic abilities continuously, adjust teaching strategies to enhance learning and teaching effectiveness.
5. Provide diversified after-school support programs to students, such as enrichment classes for core subjects, homework tutorial classes, advanced academic English classes, group learning classes and academic performance improvement classes.
School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. 11 electives, additional electives under Taipo Joint-school programme ; applied learning courses.
2. Curriculum highlights: (1) English programmes are organized for S1-S3 students to build up their personal English word bank.
(2) Coding is introduced in junior Computer Edu; STEM is added in Sci and D & T. (3) Social and Emotional Learning programme is introduced in S4 to integrate positive psychology and growth mindset to promote students' physical and mental health. (4) Setting up of S5 STEM, Sports and Arts curriculum to cultivate students’ generic skills. (5) Widen students’ exposures and horizons through organizing extended learning experiences like field trips, exchange studies and volunteering trainings.
Development of the Four Key Tasks:
1. For moral and civic education, in addition to strengthening values education through Buddhist education, diverse activities are held to cultivate students’ quality such as respect for others and committment. 2. There is a reading section per week to encourage students to read across the curriculum, allowing students to integrate knowledge from various subjects to stimulate their interest in reading; English reading materials are added regularly to cultivate students’ reading habits. The library cooperates with different subjects to organize book fairs and various activities to broaden the scope of reading for students. The novel course on personal growth is added to the Chi subject in junior secondary, which allows students to learn from reading. 3. Interdisciplinary project study is conducted in S1 &S2 to give full play to the spirit of students’ self-learning, allowing students to develop generic skills and build higher-ordered thinking.
4. Through Learning Management System, e-learning activities with innovative teaching strategies allow students to conduct self-directed learning. Campus TV is set up for students to prepare and shoot films. Students’ generic skills can be enhanced through helping teachers produce quality teaching videos.
Life Planning Education:
1. Establishment of a school-based career planning curriculum to allow students to have a systematic understanding of character traits.
2. Participation in “CLAP@JC” – “Hong Kong Benchmarks for Career and Life Development” to optimize the school’s life planning education development, allowing students to explore their strengths and qualities, develop life aspirations, explore the possibilities of different career development, and establish their own future direction.
3. Through various workshops and activities, students have a better understanding of qualification system, progression ladder and multiple pathways.
4. Through the work shadow programme, high school students can gain experience in different industries, understand the future development of all walks of life, learn practical skills, problem-solving and collaborative skills.
5. Through individual or group counseling, S3 students are provided with DSE subject selection information, applied learning courses and other pathways to further studies, which cater to the needs of different students for further studies and employment.
6. Through participating in the “Life Buddies” mentorship program, students develop a vision for the future through the guidance of mentors.
7. Focus on students’ career planning, encourage students to become career planning ambassadors to practise what they have learned.
Details: https://www.btkchc.edu.hk/class-idea
Student Support
Whole School Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity:
1. Core subjects like Chi, Eng and Math are taught in small groups to cater for students’ learning diversities. 2. Each subject will stipulate the difficulty ratio of test papers to complement with the evaluation of learning enhancement, follow up the student’s learning process, supplemented by appropriate teaching strategies and learning materials to enhance students’ learning. 3. Guidance and Discipline Team runs “Yes We Can”, which promotes students’ active participation in various activities to cultivate students’ growth. 4. Fully utilise the e-learning platform to allow students to conduct self-assessment and peer-to-peer collaborative learning to extend what they have learned. 5. Provide training for gifted students and recommend them to gifted education programs run by different institutions to explore their potential.
Whole School Approach to Integrated Education:
1. Learning Support Team includes members of SEN coordinator, supporting teachers, social workers to school-based educational psychologist; support direction includes L&T, student growth, etc. 2. For L&T, “Group Education Plan” designs appropriate courses based on the principle of “one step at a time” and encourages peers to form learning circles. In addition, in order to train students to learn proactively, there are homework classes to support students in all aspects and strengthen their learning foundation. 3. For student growth, lunchtime and after-school activities are run to enhance students’ social skills. In addition, in cooperation with Career Life Planning Team, we provide students with career orientation courses and communication skills training, so that students can plan their future directions. 4. For home-school cooperation, Learning Support Team arranges meetings with parents regularly and follows up students’ cases, provides parents with Student Support Summary to let parents understand the students’ learning progress. 5. For teacher’s professional development, we invite school-based professionals to provide training for teachers and share their expertise on students’ learning and personal growth. Through active participation in the School-based Support Program (SEN) run by the EDB, we continue to connect teachers’ continuous professional development, school-based curriculum development and school development together to enhance students’ learning.
Educational Support for Non-Chinese Speaking Students:
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Measures to provide adaptation for Learning and Assessment:
Test and Examination arrangements:
1. Results of one Test and two Exams are shown on the report card. 2. Students’ performance in lessons and assignments are reflected in daily marks which counts as part of the summative assessment. 3. Different modes of assessment are designed to enhance and monitor students’ learning.
Details: https://www.btkchc.edu.hk/study-support
Home-School Co-operation and School Ethos
Home-School Co-operation:
1. Home visits are organized to enhance the understanding of parents and students, foster closer relationship between teachers and students and enhance the cooperation between school and home.
2. Home-school cooperation has been harmonious throughout the years. Parent Teacher Association (PTA) will actively organize social activities, such as Chinese painting classes, calligraphy, interest groups and participate in school volunteer services to strengthen parent-child and home-school exchanges.
3. Collaborated with NGOs and other organizations to organize seminars, talks and workshops for parents and teachers to provide support in enhancing knowledge in parenting and communication skills.
4. Two publications are published every year to strengthen linkage among stakeholders.
School Ethos:
1. Promote actively an inclusive school culture to cultivate a harmonious campus.
2. The values and character education theme of this school year is Commitment, Care for Others and Responsibility, which will be run through cross-disciplinary team cooperation, developing school-based values education courses, promoting class management capabilities, cultivating students’ good learning attitudes and habits and helping students develop positive values and attitude towards life.
3. Implement the “Yes We Can” scheme to encourage students to participate actively, enhance students’ sense of success and cultivate a self-conscientious attitude.
4. Conduct “class teacher meetings” regularly to fully care for the growth of students.
5. Organize diversified social groups or team activities to cultivate student’s moral quality.
6. Introduction of “Social Emotional Learning” course (SEL) in S.4 to enhance students’ positive motivation and resilience and develop positive emotions and character.
Details: https://www.btkchc.edu.hk/index.php?route=idea
Future Development
School Development Plan:
1. Optimize teachers’ professional development and promote campus exchange culture.
2. Promote curriculum development and cater for learning diversity.
3. Develop and promote STEM education to increase students’ interest in related subjects.
4. Enhance students’ learning effectiveness with various teaching strategies.
5. Optimize values and moral education, integration of cognition, affection and action, nurture students’ positive values and attitudes and good character.
6. Enhance students’ sense of belonging to the school.
7. Implement life planning education with the model of whole-school participation.
Teacher Professional Training and Development:
1. Organise more professional training workshops to cater students with special learning needs. Meetings and workshops are arranged regularly for teachers to facilitate teachers’ professional development in this area of concern.
2. Enhance teaching and learning effectiveness through setting up collaborative lesson planning meetings for subject teachers of Core subjects.
3. Implement self-evaluation mechanism through homework inspection and students’ survey to monitor the quality of teaching and learning.
4. Implement E-learning and strengthen teacher related training to foster various teaching methods and enhance effectiveness of teaching and learning.
5. Strengthen teachers’ assessment literacy and promote electronic assessment, systematically identify students’ strengths and weaknesses, intervene as quickly as we can to provide students with appropriate learning support.
Life-wide Learning (including Five Essential Learning Experiences to be provided through Key Learning Areas, extra-curricular activities, co-curricular activities, etc.):
1. Setting up of various interest clubs, like Shooting, Drama, Chinese Brush Painting, Ukulele, and Innovative Science Club, to cater to and to develop a variety of interests conducive to all-round development of different students.
2. Organisation of multiple school sports teams, such as Track and Field, Volleyball, Basketball and Snooker Team, and recruitment of student ambassadors to allow students to fully realise their potential and develop crucial values, for example perseverance and diligence through continuous sports training.
3. Organisation of various interdisciplinary activities and project studies every year to enhance the learning atmosphere on campus.
4. Volunteer training is arranged at all levels to allow students to enter the community to serve people from different walks of life, for example the elderly living alone, the visually impaired and the physically disabled.
5. Organisation of the “Macau Team Challenge Activity” annually to allow S4 students to step outside the classroom and broaden their horizons.
6. Actively participate in the characteristic learning activities of different institutions to expand the learning journey of students, such as: “School-based Support Services” by EDB; iTeen Leadership Programme for Senior Secondary School student by ICAC, “Educational Innovation Leadership Project (EdILP)” organised by EdUHK, “Coral Nursery Education Programme” organised by CUHK, Virtual Reality (VR) Tour of Tai Po and LU and HKJC ICH+ Innovative Heritage Education Programme.
7. Organisation of overseas exchange activities, namely “Hangzhou, Shaoxing Culture, Innovation and Technology Exploration Tour” and “Buddhism and Culture Study Delegation to Cambodia”.
8. Encourage students to actively participate in off-campus and competitions to enrich their learning experience and broaden their horizons, for example, “Young Astronaut Training Camp”, “Outstanding Student competition Taipo District” and “Outstanding Youth Competition Taipo District”.
Details: https://www.btkchc.edu.hk/Our-School
Others
1. The school has set up various scholarship programs to commend students with outstanding achievements or progress in academic, moral, sports and service aspects.
2. Setting up of BTKCHC scholarship to praise with excellent academic performance and encourage students to study hard and pursue excellence.
3. A foreign exchange program is set up for our students. Those who successfully apply can receive half of the subsidy to go to the United States for one year of high school or full subsidy for summer short-term American exchange activities. Through this program, students can experience American culture and life first-hand, at the same time they can also learn English from daily life, strengthen communication skills with others and cultivate independent and mature personalities, which are all beneficial to future growth or further education.
4. In the academic field, last year our school got:
- Speech Festival (HKSMSA): first runner-up in English and third in Chinese Solo Verse Speaking, 20 Certificates of Merit and 4 Certificate of Proficiency for Chi. and Eng. Solo Verse Speaking; - Hong Kong Youth Cultural & Arts Competition Committee - Hong Kong Youth Putonghua Solo Verse Speaking (Civic Education): first runner-up and second runner-up; - “Pursuing Excellence and Beyond” jointly organized by Fung Hon Chu Education Trust Fund and Man Kwan Educational Organisation Limited: Outstanding Student Award; - New Territories Outstanding Students Selection 2021: Outstanding student award- New Territories, Tai Po District; - Tai Po District Outstanding Students 2021-2022
5. In the field of Art, last year our school got:
- The 8th Peng Cheng Cup Singing Contest–Second runner-up: Junior Secondary Solo Singing Contest; First runner-up: Senior Secondary Solo Singing Contest; - The 50th Voice of Tomorrow Singing Competition–Champion of Individual Project of Youth Group; - The 15th International Children and Youth Singing Competition–Solo Project High School Group F.4-F.6 Champion; Tai Po District Primary and Secondary School Drama Competition 2021-2022 (Secondary) – Best Actress Merit Award and Best Stage Design; - The 2nd 2022 Hong Kong Children and Youth Singing Competition - Champion, 2nd Runner-up and Merit in Solo Group; - The 2nd Hong Kong Children and Youth Singing Competition – Merit in Duo Choir