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 Camões); 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.
| Escola 保良局陳守仁小學 | |
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| Location | |
6 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon Hong Kong | |
| Coordinates | 22°18′55.28″N 114°9′55.15″E |
| Information | |
| Type | Co-ed DSS |
| Established | September 1999 |
| Founder | Tan Siu Lin |
| School district | Yau Tsim Mong District |
| Principal | Raymond C.M Chou, previously Mr. Derek V.M. Yeung |
| Staff | 107 |
| Grades | 1-6 |
| Enrollment | 8,100 applicants (as of September, 2017) |
| Classes | 30 classes |
| Average class size | 30 students |
| Campus type | Primary school |
| Houses | Apollo Buddy Chilli Dolphin Eagle |
| Color(s) | Red |
| Team name | N.A. |
| Newspaper | Camões Flash |
| Website | www |
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 the school year 1999, 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 subjects of Chinese and Putonghua. Subjects include:
- Mathematics
- General Studies
- Visual Arts
- Music
- Oral Skills (for primary three to six students only)
- Physical Education
- Third Language (Basic French, Basic Spanish and Basic Japanese, students are required to choose one)
- Chinese (Putonghua and Cantonese as the medium of instruction)
- Computer Studies (replaced by Final Year Project for primary six students)
- English
- Reading and Storytelling (for primary one to two students only)
Despite having many students from foreign countries, all students are required to learn Chinese regardless of whether they speak the language.
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, tennis, fencing, athletic training and triathlon
- Visual arts - handicrafts, ceramics, Chinese painting, printmaking and watercolour painting
- Accelerated and remedial classes for Chinese, English and Maths
- Others - Camões 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, 3rd Language Week(Japanese Week, French Week and Spanish Week), STEAM Week, Thanksgiving 360°, and Christmas Party. At the latter, students can choose to wear casual clothing.
School facilities
The school has 61 classrooms in the main building and more than 60 new classrooms in the new annex for different learning use. Other facilities include:
- Covered playgrounds (4)
- Open playground
- 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 (2)
- Camões TV studio
- Computer room
- MMLC (computer room)
- e-Learning centre
- Language Kingdom (for eg: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese,General Studies)
- Mini golf court
- Green podium
- Environmental resources centre
- Library
- Running track mat
- Organic garden
- Solar power plant
- Tuck shop
- All-weather swimming pool
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
2019–2020
- “Certified Organic Farm - Outstanding Management Award” by Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd.
2020–2021
- “Certified Organic Farm - Outstanding Management Award” by Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd.
2021–2022
- “Certified Organic Farm - Outstanding Management Award” by Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd.
2022-2023
- "Ceritified Organic Farm - Best Management Award" by Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd.
- 8 graduates to SPCC