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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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Location | |
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6 Hoi Ting Road,
Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon Hong Kong | |
Coordinates | 22°18′55.28″N 114°9′55.15″E / 22.3153556°N 114.1653194°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 |
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Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School is a private primary school in Hong Kong, previously known as "Portuguese Community Schools, Inc., Escola Camões", in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The school has over 1,000 students from 18 different countries.
The school was established in the 1950s by the Portuguese Community Education and Welfare Foundation Incorporated located in 7 Cox Road, Jordan. Since 1996, the school has been run by Po Leung Kuk. In the school year 1999, the school moved to a new school premise in Yau Ma Tei. The school was founded with a donation of $3,330,000 dollars from Dr. Tan Siu-lin. Since then, the School was known as "Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School" The school became a pioneer DSS primary school in Hong Kong in the school year 2000. In the school year 2017–2018, it broke the Hong Kong record of Primary One application by having 8,100 applications.
English is the medium of instruction. Everything is taught in English other than the subjects of Chinese and Putonghua. Subjects include:
Despite having many students from foreign countries, all students are required to learn Chinese regardless of whether they speak the language.
The school offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including:
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°, Christmas Party and Post Exam activities. At the latter, students can choose to wear casual clothing.
The school has 60+ classrooms in the main building and more than 60 new classrooms in the new annex for different learning use. Other facilities include:
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