Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School
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Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School 保良局陳守仁小學 |
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6, Hoi Ting Road, Tai Kok Tsui Hong Kong |
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| Type | Co-ed School |
| Established | September 1999 |
| Principal | Mr. Derek V.M. Yeung |
| Grades | 1-6 |
| Campus type | Primary School |
| Newspaper | Camões Flash |
| Website | http://www.plkctslps.edu.hk |
Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School is a primary school in Hong Kong, previously known as Portuguese Community Schools, Inc.,(Escola Camoes); Demonym: Camõesian. The school is located at 6 Hoi Ting Road, Tai Kok Tsui. It has a multicultural environment with over 1000 students from 18 different countries.
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 school year 1999/2000, the school became a pioneer DSS primary school in Hong Kong. In the school year 2013-2014, Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School broke the Hong Kong record of Primary One Application by having 6533 applications.
English is the main medium of instruction. Other subjects include:
The school's focus is on "learning to learn" and the all-round development of children using diversified learning and teaching materials. Students are provided with opportunities to explore their aptitudes and potential.
The P.1 English Curriculum employs continual assessments rather than conventional examinations so that students enjoy learning English at school.
(Note 1: Basic Spanish, Basic French and Basic Japanese are only available to Chinese students. NCS students are required to learn French or NCS Chinese while the Chinese students are having their Chinese lessons.) (Note 2: Once the student applies Basic French/Spanish/Japanese during his/her admission, he/she cannot change the preference anymore.)
The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities including:
Note: Every student is required to apply at least one extracurricular activity (ECA). The activity is held every Tuesday (for P.1 - 2), Wednesday (for P.3 - 4) or Friday (for P.5 - 6). The student needs to apply for it around the starting of the first term and the starting of the second term respectively.
Special events include the Annual Concert, Sports Day, Open Day, Chinese Week, English Week, Japanese Week, French Week, Spanish Week, Christmas Party. On the latter, students wear traditional costumes. In Year 2014-15, there is a new event called the "Thanksgiving 360°".
The School has 30 classrooms in the main building and more than 30 new classrooms in the New Annex for different learning use. Below are some other facilities.
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