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Yau Tsim Mong

True Light Girls' College

Address: 54A Waterloo Road
Tel: 23851491
Email: mail@tlgc.edu.hk
Fax: 27825300
URL: http://www.tlgc.edu.hk

How to travel to True Light Girls' College

Bus: 7, 8, 10, 81C, 208, 270A, 271;
MTR: Yau Ma Tei MTR Station, Exit A2 or D.

About

True Light Girls' College is a Aided Girls secondary school located in Hong KongThe school was founded in 1973. The school is located in Yau Tsim Mong, and covers an area of approximately 7540 square meters. The supervisor/chairman of the school management committee is Chan Chi Kin Rev.,And the principal is Tam Kim Hung Principal (B.Sc (Eng) (HKU) - M.Ed (HKU) - P.C.Ed. (HKU) - Dip.CS. (CGST)). The sponsoring body of True Light Girls' College is The Kowloon True Light Middle School and is a Protestantism / Christianity school. The mission of the school: "We inspire our students to Think independently, Learn proactively, Grow in love and Contribute to 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 True Light Girls' College Adhering to the school motto of Thou art the Light of the World, encourages students to strive for excellence in academic, moral and personal growth.

Admission Information

2022-2023

Class Structure

Form 1: 4 classes. Form 2: 4 classes.
Form 3: 4 classes. Form 4: 4 classes.
Form 5: 4 classes. Form 6: 4 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 ).Rank Order (as provided by the Education Bureau) & Academic Performance-40%, Conduct-5%, Extra-curricular Activities, Services, Awards-10%, Connection with TLGC(mother as alumna / sister as alumna or student)-5%, Performance at interview(Mainly in English)-40%

2022-2023

Orientation Activities and Healthy Living

Orientation Activities: S.1 Summer Bridging Programme, S.1 Orientation Programme and S.1 English, Chinese & Mathematics Enrichment Course.
In subjects like Science, Home Economics and Physical Education, we teach student's personal hygiene, food hygiene, balanced diet and exercises for fitness. We organize workshops on sex education and mental health in Life & Society and Religious Education lessons.

2022-2023 Annual Fees

The tuition structure for True Light Girls' 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 $60" per year.
Student union fee: $48".
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, True Light Girls' College has a total of 57 teachers and 53 approved teacher positions. The qualifications and professional training of teachers are as follows:
∎ Diploma of Education: 98% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Bachelor's degree: 53% of the school's faculty.
∎ Master's degree, doctoral degree or above: accounting for 47% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Special education training: 32% 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 12% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Teachers with 5-9 years of experience account for 19% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Teachers with 10 or more years of experience account for 69% of the total number of teachers in the school.

These data show that True Light Girls' College has an experienced team of teachers with diverse academic and professional training. nearly 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 there are many 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 69% 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 True Light Girls' 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, Chinese History, Religious Education, Putonghua
English as the medium of instruction:English Language, Mathematics, Science, Business Fundamentals (S.3), History, Geography, Computer Literacy, Music, Physical Education, Home Economics (S.1 & S.2), Visual Arts, Life & Society, Career Education (S.3)

Form 4 to Form 6:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Religious Education
English as the medium of instruction:English Language, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Development (S.4 & S.5), Liberal Studies (S.6), Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, History, Economics, BAFS, ICT, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Aesthetic Development, Career Education

Subjects proposed for the 2023-2024 school year

Form 1 to Form 3:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Chinese History, Religious Education, Putonghua
English as the medium of instruction:English Language, Mathematics, Science, Business Fundamentals (S.3), History, Geography, Computer Literacy, Music, Physical Education, Home Economics (S.1 & S.2), Visual Arts, Life & Society, Career Education (S.3)

Form 4 to Form 6:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Religious Education
English as the medium of instruction:English Language, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Development, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, History, Economics, BAFS, ICT, Visual Arts, Physical Education, Aesthetic Development, Career Education

School Facilities (for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs)

2 basketball courts, 1 badminton court, 1 tennis practice court, 15 special rooms, library, e-Learning Centre, Digital Creative Arts Centre, computer room, STEM Education Centre, language room, student activity centre, Student TV Studio, Chapel and School History Archive, a canteen installed with air conditioning system that can accommodate 300 students, a mini hall and a school hall with air conditioning system that can accommodate 900 students. All classrooms, special rooms are installed with air conditioning system, computer, visualizer, LCD projector and full wifi coverage.

Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet.

School Characteristics

School Management

School's Major Concerns:
True Light Value Education Cultivation, Learning and Teaching Effectiveness Enhancement.

School Management Organisation:
The Principal leads the Core Committee to establish the school development goals and policies. This committee holds regular meeting on every cycle to discuss the planning and implementation of school policy. Different departments and committees are responsible for managing school affairs, including the Academic Committee formed by various subject panel heads, Guidance and Discipline Committee, Other Learning Experience Committee, Careers Guidance Committee, I.T. Committee and Religious Education Committee, etc.

Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee / Management Committee:
The Incorporated Management Committee has been set up in September 2011. It consists of representatives of the school sponsoring body, parents, teachers, alumnae and independent school mangers.

School Green Policy:
Our major aim is to raise the awareness of environmental conservation among all students by organizing various workshops and seminars in school. A Green Ambassador from each class is selected to promote environmental conservation in school. Cross-curricular learning on environmental education is encouraged; we also strongly emphasize the idea of recycling and waste separation in order to provide a clean and green learning environment.

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Learning and Teaching Plan

Whole-school Language Policy:
All subjects are taught in English except for Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua and Religious Education. There is an English-rich environment at school to arouse students' interests in learning English, which are much enhanced by the provision of drama education in English lessons for S.1 and S.2 students. To enable students to be biliterate and trilingual, Putonghua lessons are designed for junior forms.

Learning and Teaching Strategies:
In pursuance of the Christian spirit of benevolence, the school aims to provide quality education for girls, placing an equal emphasis on the moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic and spiritual aspects of students’ whole-person development to keep them develop their full potential. Through the learning process which focuses on proactive learning and independent thinking, students can acquire an inquiring mind, cultivate correct values and develop positive attitudes to life.

School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 3X. Senior secondary students can choose two to three electives from a variety of subjects.
2. Curriculum highlights: To realize our rationales in education and the learning needs of students, there are tailor-made learning materials for different subjects, while many school-based subjects, like Business Fundamentals, Life and Society in the junior secondary curriculum, Aesthetic Development in our senior secondary curriculum, and Career Education for both junior and senior forms are incorporated to provide quality learning experiences for our students.

Development of the Four Key Tasks:
Students’ learning effectiveness is very much enhanced first in classrooms as teachers flexibly adopt suitable teaching strategies to cater for their learning diversities, while students will be using cooperative learning skills to make their classroom learning doubly effective. Besides, in order to broaden students’ learning horizons and to motivate them to learn proactively, cross-curricular learning is much emphasized through the implementation of the Cross-curricular Learning Day and many tailor-made curricula. Students’ self-directed learning abilities will also be strengthened as they acquire e-learning skills in school since Secondary One, enrich their learning experiences through engaging themselves in producing and enjoying educational Student TV programmes, and develop their reading-to-learn habits with the help of the School Library facilities and the Reading Periods.

Life Planning Education:
Our school has developed a systematic framework for life planning education for the holistic development of students. Students are provided with opportunities to understand themselves, and learn about career exploration and career management so that they can be more prepared to make informed choices for further study and future career. With the support from such resources as the community and parents, a wide variety of activities such as talks, visits, job experience programmes and a mentorship scheme are also available and students are encouraged to participate in them.
Apart from students, teachers and parents are also equipped to support students during their transition period from school to work in the form of staff development programmes, talks and workshops.

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Student Support

Whole School Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity:
To cater students with individual needs, we have Guidance and Discipline Committee, Learning Support Committee, Gifted Education Committee and NCS Students' Education Working Group. The school arranges a variety of activities and workshops regularly, aims at cultivating students' interests and developing their potentials.

Whole School Approach to Integrated Education:
The school is committed to building a culture of inclusiveness and caring by the whole school participation to support students with special educational needs. Students in need are provided with appropriate and diversified support services to enhance students' learning efficiency and help them integrate into campus life. The school values “home-school cooperation” and negotiates with parents on strategies to support students through different channels. The school has set up a special education support group consisting of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator, the Special Educational Needs Supporting Teachers, teachers who have received special education training, social workers, an educational psychologist and a teaching assistant. The school has flexible use of the "Learning Support Grant" outsourcing emotional management training courses, speech therapy services, after-school learning motivation and skills enhancement classes, and inclusive activities. School social workers and educational psychologists also provide social skills training for students in need, arrange students to participate in volunteer services and visit different institutions to assist them in career planning. Speech therapists will also provide parents with professional advice to help students improve their speech problems at home. Students with special education needs can apply for special arrangements in internal and public examinations. The school provides information on the services of external organizations for students and their parents. It provides school based training workshops on "Caring for different learning needs" and arranges teachers to attend training courses run by EDB.

Educational Support for Non-Chinese Speaking Students:
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Measures to provide adaptation for Learning and Assessment:
There are two examinations in one academic year and at least one test in each term. The results of the tests weigh 30% of the overall mark and those of the examinations weigh 70%.

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Home-School Co-operation and School Ethos

Home-School Co-operation:
In order to facilitate the communication and cooperation of parents and school for the whole-person development of students, "True Light Girls' College Parent-Teacher Association" was established in 1999. The PTA holds and sponsors various activities, such as "Old Book Selling", "S.1 Form Association Inauguration Ceremony", "Annual Concert", "Reading Scheme" and parent talks. In the year 2011, TLGCPTA established “Student Activity Fund” aims at sponsoring students’ other learning experience activities, encouraging whole person development.

School Ethos:
The school motto is "Thou Art the Light of the World". In pursuance of the Christian spirit of love and equality, we engage ourselves in providing quality education for girls. We encourage our students to follow the teaching of Christ "to love thy neighbors as thyself" and develop a community spirit. Mentoring scheme is established so student leaders can serve as role models for junior students. It is hoped that students can be trained to be more self-disciplined. Through the establishment of Form Association and the mentoring schemes for S.6 and S.3, S.5 and S.2, S.4 and S.1, we aim at further fostering students' collaborative and co-operative spirit so that they can establish positive relationships with others.

Details: http://www.tlgc.edu.hk/pta.html

Future Development

School Development Plan:
The school aims at nurturing students’ whole person development with the fine True Light education developed through years of quality education with sustained True Light legacies. Students’ learning effectiveness is to be further enhanced through self-directed learning and cross-curricular learning, while the school will be gearing towards STEM education to bring students to new horizons in learning. To cater for students’ diverse learning needs, provisions will be made at life planning, gifted education and special education needs.

Teacher Professional Training and Development:
To facilitate the professional development of teachers, programs for:
(1) enhancing teaching and learning effectiveness (such as mobile learning in classroom, catering for students' diverse learning needs, developing students' self-directed learning skills);
(2) enriching knowledge and skills in student guidance (such as taking care of students with special educational needs, crisis management); and
(3) teachers' personal growth (such as teachers' retreat, Joint Christian schools spiritual enrichment talk) will be conducted. Mentorship scheme is designed for new teachers to facilitate their adaptation to school life.

Life-wide Learning (including Five Essential Learning Experiences to be provided through Key Learning Areas, extra-curricular activities, co-curricular activities, etc.):
About 60 clubs and interest groups: religious, academic, recreational, social services and uniform teams.

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Others

Our school provides lots of opportunities for students to serve the community through different ECA organizations and the help of NGOs. This enhances their awareness to the needs of different people in the community.
Different study tours to mainland China and overseas are organized to broaden students' horizons.

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