School Profile

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School History
Our school was founded in 1954 as the first government co-educational Anglo-Chinese secondary school in Hong Kong. The idea of Queen Elizabeth School was first conceived in 1953, the same year that the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place. The school came into being in September 1954 and was operated as an afternoon school in the premises of Kingˇ¦s College prior to the completion of its present building which was officially opened in October 1955.

School Mission
Our mission is to provide an all-round education to promote the moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic development of students. Through a well-balanced curriculum and a positive learning environment, we offer students opportunities for realizing their potential to the full and growing in a sense of self-discipline, civic responsibility, concern and respect for others as well as commitment to the common good in their service to home, country and humanity.

School Motto
Vos Parate Ut Serviatis ˇV Prepare yourself that you may serve

Staff
There are 81 members of staff in our school: the principal, 2 assistant principals, 50 teachers (including 1 native-speaker teacher of English), and 28 non-teaching staff members. All teachers hold the required teaching qualifications. Over 93% of them are degree-holders and 34% of them have obtained masterˇ¦s or PhD degrees. All lessons are taught by subject-trained teachers.


Class Structure (2008/2009)
There are four classes in each form from S.1 to S.5. In S.4 and in S.5, there are two Science classes and two Arts classes while in S.6 and in S.7, there are two Science classes and one Arts class. Altogether, there are twenty-six classes, with a student population slightly below 1000.
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Level

No. of class

S.1

4

S.2

4

S.3

4

S.4

4

S.5

4

S.6

3

S.7

3

Medium of Instruction
English is the medium of instruction in all subjects except Chinese Language, Chinese Language & Culture, Chinese Literature, Chinese History, and Putonghua.


School Facilities
Located on a small hill overlooking Mongkok, our school campus is pleasant and quiet surrounded by plenty of trees. The whole school is air-conditioned with 23 classrooms, 3 staff rooms, 4 laboratories, and 17 special rooms (e.g. the Computer Room, the Computer Assisted Learning Room, the Multi-media Learning Centre, the Lecture Room, the Teaching Resource Room, the Parentsˇ¦ Resource Room, the Studentsˇ¦ Activity Centre, Liberal Studies Room and English Room). Other facilities include the School Hall, the School Library, the School Studio, a football field, basketball courts and volleyball courts. Cable TV has been installed in the School Hall and the covered playground for facilitating multi-media mass programmes. Our four-storey new annex under the School Improvement Programme, with a total area of nearly 1000 square metres, was opened to full use in September 2004.

School Curriculum (2008-2009)
The school operates on a 7-day cycle basis. Special programmes are designed for pastoral care and cross-curricular education.

Class Subject

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2

3

4A / 4B

4C

4D

5A / 5B

5C

5D

6A

6B

6C

7A

7B

7C

English / U.E.

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Chinese / C.L.C.

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Mathematics

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Geography

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History

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Economics / E.P.A.

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Principles of Accounts

 

 

 

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Chinese History

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Chinese Literature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Putonghua

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Physics

 

 

 

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Chemistry

 

 

 

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Biology

 

 

 

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Integrated Science

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Add. Mathematics /
Pure Mathematics

 

 

 

 

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Comp. Lit. /
Comp. & IT

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Home Economics

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D & T

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Visual Arts

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Music

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P.E.

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