HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Secondary School

HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Secondary School
Location
Fu Tung Estate Tung Chung
Information
School type	Grant-in-aid, Secondary school
Motto	「Pragmatic and Innovative」
Established	2003
President	Mr Yeung Yiu Chung, BBS, JP
Principal	Dr. Chung Sin-Ling, Jenny
Grades	F.1 – F.6 (Equivalent of Grades 7–12)
• Grade 7	(F.1) 195
• Grade 8	(F.2) 196
• Grade 9	(F.3) 182
• Grade 10	(F.4) 189
• Grade 11	(F.5) 180
• Grade 12	(F.6) 61
Classes offered	27
Campus size	8,400 m²
School colour(s)	Green, Blue
Affiliation	Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers Organisation Ltd
Information	(+852)2109–4005
Website	http://www.wcbss.edu.hk/

HKFEW Wong Cho Bau Secondary School is a grant-in-aid secondary school in Hong Kong. It was founded in September 2003. Fully subsidized by the Government of Hong Kong, WCBSS is a grammar school using Chinese as the medium of instruction. There are 58 teaching staffs and around 1020 students. The campus is situated in Tung Chung.

Principals

Name	Years in office
Dr. Chung Sin-Ling, Jenny	2003 – present

House system

Students entering the College are equally allocated into the four houses. Their houses remain the same until they leave the College. Currently, there are four houses. Each House is led by two teacher advisors.

House	Color
House of Honesty	● Red
House of Trust	● Yellow
House of Benevolence	● Blue
House of Love	● Green

Class structure and curriculum

There are altogether 27 classes in the school.

Form 1: 5 classes
Form 2: 5 classes
Form 3: 5 classes
Form 4: 5 classes (3 Arts and Business classes, 2 Science classes)
Form 5: 5 classes (3 Arts and Business classes, 2 Science classes)
Form 6: 2 classes (1 Arts and Business class, 1 Science class)

S1-S3 offers a broad general curriculum with a good balance among languages, arts, science, cultural and practical subjects. There is no streaming in S1-3. The top 40 students are placed in one class (1A,2A,3A as of years 2008–2009), and the other students are distributed among the other four classes.

In S4-S5, the classes are divided into two streams with three classes concentrating on arts and commercial subjects and two on science.

At the end of S.5, students sit for the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, HKCEE.

In S6, the broadened curriculum includes Use of English, Chinese Language and Culture and some Advanced Supplementary (AS) Level subjects, in addition to the Advanced Level (AL) subjects.

Lessons are arranged on a 5-day week basis.

New senior secondary curriculum

Starting from the academic year 2009–2010, the College will provide a new curriculum for senior students in conjunction with the planned educational reform by the Hong Kong Government. The subjects that will be offered are Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics, Liberal Studies, Chinese Literature, Chinese History, Economics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Geography, Business, Accounting and Financial Studies, Visual Arts, Information and Communication Technology.

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