Wan Chai
True Light Middle School of Hong Kong
Address: 50 Tai Hang Road
Tel: 25760703
Email: tloffice@tlmshk.edu.hk
Fax: 25771473
URL: http://www.tlmshk.edu.hk
How to travel to True Light Middle School of Hong Kong
Bus: 11, 23B, 25A, 26, 41A, 63, 81, 108;
Minibus: 21M
About
True Light Middle School of Hong Kong is a Aided Girls secondary school located in Hong KongThe school was founded in 1872. The school is located in Wan Chai, and covers an area of approximately 10000 square meters. The supervisor/chairman of the school management committee is Lee Ching Yee, Jane Dr.,And the principal is Hui Tuen Yung Frances Ms. (Master of Arts in School Improvement and Leadership (CUHK), Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Studies (Gifted education & talent Development) (HKU), Bachelor of Arts (HKU)). The sponsoring body of True Light Middle School of Hong Kong is The True Light Middle School of Hong Kong's Board of Trustees and is a Protestantism / Christianity school. The mission of the school: "We use "Jesus is the True Light of the World" as our school name, and "Educating people for God" as our school mission by living up to the truth of how Jesus sacrificed His life for loving us and cultivating talents for the society, the nation and the world."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 Middle School of Hong Kong 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
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 ).Criteria and weightings for discretionary places: Academic assessment in P.5 & P.6 (55%), Interview performance (20%), Conduct, Awards, extra-curricular activities & services (25%).
2022-2023
Orientation Activities and Healthy Living
"Get-Set-Go Orientation Programme" is run for S.1 students in August every year. The course is organized on a variety of subjects, namely English Summer Camp, Chinese Writing and Reading Strategies, Mathematics learning skills, self-exploration activities and ECA experience. Besides, Blessing Ceremony and Parents Day are also held before school starts to introduce the school policies and operation of the school so that students and parents can adapt to the new environment smoothly. Each form has developed specific goal to help students grow healthily: S.1 Be a responsible secondary student; S.2 Let Us Shine; S.3 Communicate with Empathy, Grow with Perseverance; S.4 To live a life with a tenacious attitude and a heart of gratitude; S.5 Be Positive; Be a Companion; S.6 Breakthrough with companions.
2022-2023 Annual Fees
The tuition structure for True Light Middle School of Hong Kong is as follows:
∎ Form 1: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $550".
∎ Form 2: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $550".
∎ Form 3: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $550".
∎ Form 4: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $550".
∎ Form 5: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $550".
∎ Form 6: Tuition is $0/year, lecture fee is $550".
The PTA dues are $70" per year.
Student union fee: $12".
The approved charge for non-standard items is $310 Expenditure on non-standard items per year.
Other charges/fees: Form Association Fee (S.1 $20, other Forms $10).
^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 Middle School of Hong Kong has a total of 63 teachers and 52 approved teacher positions. The qualifications and professional training of teachers are as follows:
∎ Diploma of Education: 95% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Bachelor's degree: 100% of the school's faculty.
∎ Master's degree, doctoral degree or above: accounting for 70% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Special education training: 33% 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 13% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Teachers with 5-9 years of experience account for 11% of the total number of teachers in the school.
∎ Teachers with 10 or more years of experience account for 76% of the total number of teachers in the school.
These data show that True Light Middle School of Hong Kong 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 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 76% 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 Middle School of Hong Kong 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, Putonghua, Religious Studies, Life Education
English as the medium of instruction:English Language, English Drama, English Literature, Mathematics, Science (S.1 to S.2), Physics (S.3), Chemistry (S.3), Biology (S.3), History, Geography, Computer, Life and Society, Visual Arts, Home Economics, Music, Physical Education
Form 4 to Form 6:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Religious Studies
English as the medium of instruction:English Language, Mathematics, Liberal Studies (S.6), Citizenship and Social Development (S.4-S.5), Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Information & Communication Technology, Business, Accounting & Financial Studies, Economics, History, Music, Extended Modules (M1 and M2) in Mathematics, Aesthetic Development, Physical Education
Subjects proposed for the 2023-2024 school year
Form 1 to Form 3:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Religious Studies, Life Education
English as the medium of instruction:English Language, English Drama, English Literature, Mathematics, Science (S.1 to S.2), Physics (S.3), Chemistry (S.3), Biology (S.3), History, Geography, Computer, Life and Society, Visual Arts, Home Economics, Music, Physical Education
Form 4 to Form 6:
Chinese as the medium of instruction:Chinese Language, Chinese History, Chinese Literature, Religious Studies
English as the medium of instruction:English Language, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Development, Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Information & Communication Technology, Business, Accounting & Financial Studies, Economics, History, Music, Extended Modules (M1 and M2) in Mathematics, Aesthetic Development, Physical Education
School Facilities (for Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs)
Our infrastructure has undergone consistent expansion and modernization throughout the course of the past 87 years or so in order to provide for evolving requirements and improve the quality of the learning environment. All classrooms are outfitted with air conditioning and ventilation systems, computers, bright ultra-short throw laser projectors, a whole school WiFi system, and Apple TV in order to accommodate a variety of teaching and learning needs, as well as to make it easier for students to learn on their own time and in their own environments and at their own pace. In addition, we have the following facilities: the True Light Oasis, an eLearning Zone, a True Light Maker Space, a library, an English center, laboratories, a cooking room, a sewing room, an all-weather sports ground, a gymnasium, a heated indoor swimming pool, a dancing room, a Tesseract (Black Box Theater), a school history room, a careers room, a self-directed learning room, the True Light Chapel, and campus TV (True Vision).
Accessible lift, Accessible toilet and accessible public information / service counter.
School Characteristics
School Management
School's Major Concerns:
School’s Major Concerns:
"Try all-IN, SET to Shine" is our 3-year development goal starting from 2021. Through the 3 years' School Development Plan, develops students' following six qualities:
- IN: Inquisitive, Initiative, Innovative
- SET: Synergy, Empathy, Tenacity
School Management Organisation:
The School Management Committee of our school consists of 16 professionals, responsible for formulating the school's development direction and strategies. Besides, our school has various sections, including Executive Committee, Academic Affairs Section, Religious Affairs Committee, Guidance Team, Discipline Team, Civic Education Team, Careers Team, ECA Team, Inclusive Education Team, Students Affairs Committee, IT Development Team and Teachers' Professional Development Team etc. The school's development relies very much on their concerted efforts.
Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee / Management Committee:
The School Management Committee of our school consists of 16 professionals, responsible for formulating the school's development direction and strategies.
School Green Policy:
The Civic Education Association is set up to develop student's lifelong commitment to environmental sustainability and protection. The Association organizes various activities promoting waste reduction; reusing and recycling habits among the students; environmental talks and field trips regularly to arouse students' enthusiasm for knowing and conserving the environment.
Details: http://www.tlmshk.edu.hk/about7.php
Learning and Teaching Plan
Whole-school Language Policy:
Our school uses English as the medium of instruction in all subjects except Chinese Language, Chinese History, Putonghua, Religious Studies and Life Education. Apart from that, we also emphasize the teaching of Chinese Language and Putonghua. Through the NET scheme, English Centre, Chinese and English Reading Across the Curriculum Literacy Programme, Drama curriculum, English Week, Putonghua Week and overseas study tours, we hope that our students can achieve the aim of "biliteracy and trilingualism".
Learning and Teaching Strategies:
Our school offers a balanced and broad curriculum with diverse opportunities for whole-person development of the students. 17 subjects covering nine Key Learning Areas are offered in S1 – S3. 12 electives with sixteen groups are offered to S4 to S6 students to broaden their horizons and cater for their diversified interests. Each subject department determines the focused higher-order thinking skills to be taught in class and design learning activities to facilitate students' active learning. As English is our main medium of instruction, we find it important to create an English-rich environment on campus to facilitate students' learning in English. Various strategies have been adopted to enhance the English-rich environment, for example, having native-speaking teachers, setting up an English Centre, the Tesseract and incorporating English drama and English Literature lessons into the school curriculum, organizing the Reading Across the Curriculum Literacy programme and Extended Learning Activities etc.
School-based curriculum:
1. Electives: 2X and 3X. According to their interests and abilities, each senior secondary student chooses two to three elective subjects out of the thirteen subjects. Core subjects like English, Chinese and Mathematics are taught in small groups of about 23 students to enhance the learning effectiveness.
2. Curriculum highlights: The S1 – S3 school-based English Drama and English Literature curriculum not only increases students’ confidence in English speaking, their creativity and art appreciation ability are also enhanced. To enrich students’ learning experience and align with drama learning offered by the English and Chinese Language Departments, a creative cross-curricular school-based Aesthetic Development Programme, covering Visual Arts, Music, Drama and Film Appreciation has been offered to senior secondary students.
Development of the Four Key Tasks:
Under the spirit of “Creating and Constructing,Loving and Serving Others”, our school has been constantly upgrading its facilities during the past decades for optimizing the teaching and learning environment. The redevelopment project “True Light Oasis”, meaning the “Source of Knowledge”. Students’input has been incorporated into the design. Its design comprises of 4 elements including diversity, flexibility – making changes in accordance to different situations, connectivity, and ingenuity. In recent years, our school has been committed to promoting e-learning. We launched the "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) programme in 2014 which allows students to bring tablets to school, enabling more interaction in class and a higher degree of self-direction in learning. Since 2015, our school has been appointed as an IT in the Education Centre of Excellence.
Life Planning Education:
Aims of our Career and Life Planning development are as follows:
1. To assist students to understand their interest, abilities, needs and priorities in relation to further education.
2. To provide individual and group guidance on study and job opportunities and to assist students when they apply for further studies.
3. To arouse students’ awareness of their connection with inner selves, living and others and facilitate their adjustments so as to better balance their personal and life development.
4. To guide students to make their choices of study rationally by understanding their inner selves and their life development opportunities through homeroom session activities.
5. To better balance their studies and understanding the careers world by providing job shadowing, company visits and True Light mentorship programme.
Details: https://www.tlmshk.edu.hk/academic/overview/
Student Support
Whole School Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity:
There is split class arrangement of core subjects Chinese, English and Mathematics to cater for needs of different students. Teaching materials are tailored & different teaching approaches are adopted to suit students’ different learning styles and to develop their abilities. Enrichment programs and remedial classes have been offered for higher-ability and weaker-ability students to develop their potentials and enhance their capacity. The Academic Affairs Section coordinated all the courses for the Gifted and Talented.
Whole School Approach to Integrated Education:
Students with SEN are provided with the following support measures:
1. Inclusive Education Team is established.
2. A special examination room is set to provide equitable, reliable and valid examinations for our SEN students.
3. Social skills training programme is provide to students with social difficulties.
4. School-based speech therapy service is provided to offer individual training and therapy sessions to students with SLI regularly.
5. Adapted learning materials and assessment accommodation are provided to students in need.
6. Professional speakers are invited to conduct staff development programmes.
Educational Support for Non-Chinese Speaking Students:
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Measures to provide adaptation for Learning and Assessment:
Our school adopts a balanced assessment policy. Assessment for learning and of learning are given equal weights, i.e. 50% for daily marks and 50% for examination. In terms of assessment for learning, the following strategies are practised:
(i) give detailed written and oral feedback on assignments;
(ii) discuss the main problems and mistakes with students after assessments;
(iii) display and share students’ good works to provide marking guidelines and sample answers.
Details: https://www.tlmshk.edu.hk/activities/student-support/
Home-School Co-operation and School Ethos
Home-School Co-operation:
Communication channels between parents and school are diversified and appropriate: "Parents' Day" of all levels is held throughout the year to make close contact with parents on students' performance and major school development. Parents are invited to attend major school functions such as Speech Day, Prize Presentation Day & S.1 Association Inauguration, Sports Day, Swimming Gala, etc. Parents show their support to the development of the school by serving as volunteers. The Parents Teacher Association (PTA) helps to strengthen the link between parents and the school. Every year the Christmas offering to charity organizations and Annual Fun Fair are launched by the PTA. The funds raised are used to support the charity organizations, evangelical bodies and the needy students in the school. Various PTA talks are held by social workers to strengthen parents' practical parenting skills and widen their perspectives when witnessing misbehaviors of their children, which might trigger misunderstanding and conflicting situations. Handicraft workshops, culinary workshops, father-child camps, used book sales and etc. are also organized.
School Ethos:
Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, a young North American female missionary travelled a far distance to Guangzhou with the religious mission to spread Christianity to China. In order to provide Chinese women with education opportunities, she founded the first True Light School in 1872. It was one of the first colleges for women in South China, and Guangzhou. This female missionary is our school founder, Miss Harriet Noyes (1844-1924). Her religious zeal laid the foundations for the school's future development in education. In pursuit of the ideal cherished by our school founder, our school provides a quality Christian education, aiming at inculcating our students with the values embodied in the Bible and preparing them as a generation knowing how to love themselves and others, to distinguish between right and wrong, and to live in integrity and with a good sense of responsibility. Under a harmonious and friendly school culture, our class teachers, subject teachers and club advisors serve as guides of our students on their path of growth. Guidance and counselling programmes are conducted to help students positively face the challenges ahead and move forward to lead a fruitful life.
Details: http://www.tlmshkps.edu.hk/pta/
Future Development
School Development Plan:
2021-24 School Development Plan
1. IN: Inquisitive, Initiative, Innovative
In the learning and teaching process, give students autonomy in exploration and opportunities to construct knowledge and get creative, cultivate students to become learners with an inquisitive mind, initiative and innovation.
2. SET: Synergy, Empathy, Tenacity
Encourage students to empathize with the needs of the community and collaborate side by side with their peers from idea, planning, action to review and adjustment, which lets students experience experimentation, frustration and success in teamwork to build up their tenacious willpower.
Teacher Professional Training and Development:
Teachers' Professional Development Section provides teachers with resources for further studies and training and assists them in pursuing their professional development. The section also organizes related professional development activities based on the needs and new trends in their professional development. The section continues to organize class observation activities, encourages the practice of opening the classroom for exchanging ideas, with the hope that colleagues can have more exchange in their teaching experience.
Life-wide Learning (including Five Essential Learning Experiences to be provided through Key Learning Areas, extra-curricular activities, co-curricular activities, etc.):
In order to provide our students with a wide variety of educational opportunities, a variety of disciplines engage in field studies that make use of the resources that are available in the surrounding area. Students in the junior form, investigate issues such as the preservation of cultural and historical heritage, environmental challenges, and the many uses of urban area, etc. Students at higher levels of education study topics such as geological parks and sustainable cities. In order to broaden the horizons of our students, our school hosts immersion programs and study tours during the summer break. These programs include study and service tours to places like Mainland China and Singapore, as well as study tours to places like Britain, Canada, and Australia, among other places. Aside from that, our school offers over sixty extra-curricular activities for students to participate in, through which they are able to exhibit their passions and skills while also taking pleasure in the pursuits of their own personal interests.
Details: https://www.tlmshk.edu.hk/about-tl/motto-and-mission/
Others
Students who are in financial need have access to a variety of scholarship and grant opportunities. For instance, the Dr. Koo Kwok Yee Memorial Awards for Study Tour. In addition, the Shaw Wai Ming Foundation was established to provide financial assistance to disadvantaged students and alumni who wish to further their education.