Heep Yunn School - Prospectus 2022

PROSPECTUS 學 校 概 覽

Introduction

Christian Holistic Education

Arts

Awards

03 Student Support

04 Alumnae’s Sharing

01

Introduction

In strength and grace we stand

faith and love we are committed

School Background

Amalgamated from two schools, Fairlea School (1886) and Victoria Home and Orphan age (1902), which were both founded by British missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, Heep Yunn was renamed in 1936, offering a full Chinese middle school course based upon Chris tian values for destitute girls and daughters of Christian parents. Over the years, Heep Yunn has gradually grown from a Vernacular school into a leading English-medium school providing a high quality, all-round education for girls in Hong Kong. In 2012, the school switched its status from a government grant-in-aid school to a direct sub sidy scheme school.

Vision and Mission

It is the vision of the school to provide equal opportunities for quality and holistic Christian ed ucation for our students. The school’s mission is to provide our students with a Christian education that develops the whole person in the following areas: moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic and spiritual; to instil in our girls a spirit of public ser vice; and to build a firm foundation in both Chinese and English.

Headmistress’ Foreword

May I take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude for your interest in exploring if Heep Yunn School is ideal for your daughter’s secondary education.

Upholding Christian values and embracing the historic heri tage, Heep Yunn School is renowned in building students’ good char acters like humility, unity, thankfulness, fortitude, temperance, com mitment and altruism. With all these wonderful virtues, Heep Yunn graduates are able to envision their purposes, envisage the challenges and accomplish the duty and mission entrusted to them. Over and above, Heep Yunn graduates always give all out in their undertakings and achieve beyond people’s expectation, winning the trust of their team and the public at large.

Since 2012, Heep Yunn has changed to the Direct Subsidy mode of operation enjoying more flexibility in learning and teaching. On the academic front, our girls are having small group learning in the three core subjects, allowing our teachers to give more attention to each student. The curriculum is also getting a more international outlook, with optional Spanish, French, Japanese and Korean class es available for our students to take after school. In addition, more elective subjects and school-based subjects could also be offered with resources accessible.

Furthermore, the DSS funding structure has given us the com petitive edge to enrich our courses that address learner diversity, de sign programmes that promote students’ personal development and conduct activities that further unleash our students’ potential. The in crease in the number of teaching staff also makes the mentoring and career planning over and above the standard guidance and counsel ling services provided by the subsidised schools.

It is also noteworthy that our fee remission and scholarships scheme offers great opportunities for girls with financial concerns to receive the same quality education that they are entitled to. Parents can rest assured that your daughters will receive the kind of support that they might not otherwise get.

Heep Yunn is a community founded on Christian beliefs. With our conviction and determined efforts, we sincerely hope that no child will be left behind and students will not find themselves walking alone in Heep Yunn. If you share our same tenets, you are mostly welcome to submit applications for your daughter.

Heep Yunn Communities

Heep Yunn School Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)

The PTA is established to support the school in its vision and mission, promote the mutual commu nication and cooperation between the parents and the school, and facilitate the promotion of the welfare, de velopment and benefit of the students.

Heep Yunn Old Girls’ Association (HYOGA)

The HYOGA was first established in 1954 and re-established in 1991. Besides the Hong Kong HYOGA, we also keep close contact with our Van couver and Ontario chapters.

Heep Yunn Primary School (HYPS)

Established in 1936, Heep Yunn Primary School is an aided primary school for girls. It en rols students from Primary 1 to 6, with 3 classes per level.

Heep Yunn School Private Kindergarten (HYKG)

Established in 1936, Heep Yunn School Pri vate Kindergarten is a non-profit making private kindergarten for girls. It enrols students from Kin dergarten 1 to 3, with 2 classes per level. In 2017, HYKG started to receive the government’s subsidy and became a free quality kindergarten.

Campus and Facilities

The school is located on an 11,000 sq. m. campus consisting of six building blocks: the Lau Cheung Suet Ming Building (1936), the Chapel of St. Clare of Assisi (1957), the Chau Hau Leung & Li Shiu Ching Building (1964), the Library (1966), the Jubilee Building (1986) and the Mr. & Mrs. Au Shue Hung Build ing (2005). Outdoor facilities include a 25-metre swimming pool, 4 multi-purpose games courts, a rest garden, a parking area and a lawn. Other facilities include the School Hall, the Dining Room, Student Activity Centre, Student Development Centre, 30 special rooms including the Drama Laboratory, Lecture Theatre, 30 classrooms, and a 3-storey high sports centre.

Proposed

School Fees (2022-2023)

Number of

for

Instalment

(Whole

$37,800.00

$37,800.00

$37,800.00

Form

Form

Form

Subject to EDB’s approval.

$3,780.00

$37,800.00

$3,780.00 $37,800.00

instalment $6,120.00, 2nd to 6th instalment $6,130.00 $36,770.00

School fee payable for the succeeding year after class promotion will be no less than the school fee payable for the current year. For example, a student promoted from Form 5 to Form 6 will be paying no less than $37,800 in school fees in Form 6. (Subject to EDB’s approval).

Depending on the school’s development and financial situation, fee revision applications may be submitted to EDB in future.

02

Christian Holistic Education

Our Heavenly Father, Guide our leaders through your Holy Spirit; give them the wisdom, courage and strength they need; keep them faithful, now and always. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Christian Holistic Education

In Heep Yunn School, we offer intensive development programmes to cater for learner diversity. We believe that God has endowed each and every one of us with special talents, and it is our mission to provide support for our girls in order that they can achieve their personal best in all their ventures. Inside and outside the classroom, Heep Yunn girls learn to realise their potential through trial and hard work with the strong will to succeed.

The school offers 21 school sports teams, four orchestras, four choirs, debating teams in Chinese, Putonghua (Mandarin) and English, a drama club and over 60 other co-curricular programmes related to languages, humanity studies, visual arts, science in vestigations, community service and leadership training. These programmes, which serve as channels for innovation and creativity, emphasise peer support, personal responsibility and commitment and allow learning to take place in tier structures that cater to a wide range of different abilities.

We aim to cultivate intelligence, leadership, flexibility, tenacity and perseverance in all our students so that they will be well prepared for the challenges in times of rapid changes locally and in the world at large. In addition, we believe that education is not just

a stepping stone to personal success. Rather, our pledge is to help our students to develop, alongside academic excellence, compassion, integrity, truthfulness, social responsibility and a commitment to care and serve when they become future leaders of the community.

We believe that as educators we should not only empower each individual student to excel but also motivate the entire school community to empower one another so as to bring out the best in all in a concerted effort. The distinctive achievements of Heep Yunn School in sports, music, debating, drama and science ventures all testify to the success of our school ethics and teamwork.

Our school name in Chinese, “United in Grace”, captures the very vision of Heep Yunn. What we take pride in is not only our ability to turn out students with remarkable academic achievements but, most of all, our extraordinary spirit of unity and service. Heep Yunn girls are comrades in a Christian community working in a harmonious concerted ef fort to achieve distinction in academic pursuits, in all extra-curricular programmes as well as in various services. Each member of this community stands in support of all others, in good times and bad. In their quest for brilliance, Heep Yunn girls are never alone. They have one another, and, with the unfailing love and support of Jesus Christ, they will all shine.

Academics

General Information

Class Structure

Medium of Instruction

Heep Yunn School uses English as the medium of instruction

all subjects except Chinese, Chinese Literature, Chinese History, Putonghua, Family and Life Education and other foreign languages classes (Japanese, Spanish, French and Korean).

Small Group Teaching and Learning

Small group teaching

provided for Chinese, English, Math ematics, Computer Literacy, Technology and Living, with about 25 students

address learner diversity.

Learning Chinese Language in Putonghua

About one to two groups in each form will learn Chinese in Putonghua from Form One to Form Three.

Other Languages Education (Japanese, French, Spanish and Korean as elective subjects)

Students may take up one elective Foreign Language (French, Spanish, Japanese or Korean) at school starting from Form One and are encour aged to sit for the respective public examinations in Form Four to Form Six.

Academics

Curriculum

Heep Yunn School offers teaching of as many as 36 subjects. The subjects are classified into eight categories in accordance with the key learning areas set by the Education Bureau.

Curriculum

Junior Form Curriculum

The junior form curriculum includes a wide range of subjects covering all eight key learning areas of studies. In the third year, the curriculum prepares students for the transition to the senior secondary curriculum.

Senior Form Curriculum

The school provides a wide and balanced spectrum of HKDSE elective subjects for students to choose from. In the latest selection for Form Four electives conducted in July 2022, 53 combinations of the main elective subjects were offered from 153 pos sible combinations. 70% of our students were offered their first three choices.

School-based Curriculum

Family and Life Education (Form 1-Form 3)

Family and Life Education is a tailor-made subject designed particularly for the developmental needs of the Heep Yunn School students from Forms One to Three students. It also aims at instilling and strengthening positive values in them. In the first year, the course focuses mostly on helping students to adapt to our school’s learning environment and cultivating life skills, study skills and interpersonal rela tionship skills. In order to meet our students’ specific needs, many scenarios and cases are derived from the real-life examples of their school sisters.

Science and Technology (Form 1-Form 2)

Transformed from a pull-out STEM education programme for students gifted in Science, Science and Technology is a school-based subject which has been introduced to all Forms One and Two students since 2019 in response to the “Report on Promotion of STEM Education - Unleashing Potential in Inno vation” released by the Education Bureau in 2016. Supported by the Quality Education Fund, through the design thinking approach, the curriculum aims at developing students’ empathy, unleashing their creativity, enhancing their collaboration, as well as sharpening their skills for scientific investigation and developing their interdisciplinary problem solving skills.

Science and Technology adopts effective quality formative assessment to promote assessment of learning and assessment as learning. The use of Evans’ Assessment Tool (EAT) Framework, developed by Profes sor Carol Evans and used in practice by higher education institutions in the United Kingdom, such as the Research Assessment Practices group at the University of Southampton, fosters students’ independent learning capacities and promotes self-directed learning of students. In alignment with holistic education, regular Science and Technology lessons have been complemented by three-tier life-wide learning experi ences: the first-tier includes authentic learning experience in applying the STEM knowledge and skills at the School’s Fun Fair across the forms; the second-tier comprises interest class for interested students and the third-tier involves participation in external inter-school competitions for elite students. It is hoped that the curriculum encourages and inspires all students to look for innovative yet scientific and practical solutions to problems, and therefore allows them to make an impact on society and the world.

Service Learning Education (Form 4)

It has always been our school goal to nurture students’ compassion for others and to enable them to bring a positive impact on the community in the future. Starting from 2022-2023, we have introduced a School-based Service Learning Education Curriculum to all Form Four students. Working with the non-government organisations and the tertiary institutions, we have designed a curric ulum which aims at developing a sense of empathy among students towards the disadvantaged groups in society and equipping them with skills in design thinking and entrepreneurship. Students are provided with authentic contexts to identify the pain points of users and apply interdisciplinary knowledge to de vise and test solutions to real-world problems. We hope that this subject can stimulate students’ interests and prepare them for other social innovation projects in the future.

Academics

Assessment Policy

Both summative and formative assessments are adopted. Apart from biannual examinations and tests, students are assessed in their regular assignments and project work.

Time Examination and Assessment

Term 1

Term 2

Oct – Nov Form Test Dec

Mid-year Examination

Feb – Mar Form Test Apr

Mid-term Assessment

Jun Final Examination

Junior Form students have the option to take the Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE) and International General Certifi cate of Secondary Education – English (IGCSE – Eng); whereas Se nior Form students have the option to take the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the International English Lan guage Testing System (IELTS) examinations. The number of examina tions a student can sit is subject to the school’s approval.

Academic Achievements

With the comprehensive life planning curriculum ranging from Careers lessons, Work Placement Programme, University Fair, Alumnae Mentorship and Careers Sharing, etc., our graduates are well sup ported to pursue diverse pathways and destinations according to their abilities, interests and orientations. Many of them further their studies in Hong Kong in degree programmes through JUPAS. In recent years, we have also sent many girls to prestigious institutions overseas, including the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, the UCLA, the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, the Imperial College London and other Russell Group Universities. Some of the success stories have been made possible through the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme.

2020-2022 HKDSE Results (in the last 3 years)

No. of examination subjects sat per year (no. of students x subjects) 1065

Percentage of Level 5** attained (subjects) 9.70%

Percentage of Level 5* or above attained (subjects) 26.40%

Percentage of Level 5 or above attained (subjects) 47.3%

Average

No. of students attaining seven Level 5** or more 3 Total No. of students attaining five Level 5** or more 15

2020-2022 JUPAS Offer (in the last 3 years)

Percentage of students receiving a JUPAS Offer 92% Average

Percentage of students receiving an offer from HKU/CUHK/HKUST 65.7%

No. of students admitted to Medicine and Dentistry Programmes 46 TotalNo. of students admitted to Medical-related Programmes 56

No. of students admitted to Law-related Programmes 20

2020-2022 Major External Scholarships

No. of students awarded the CUHK Admission Scholarship 41

No. of students awarded the CUHK Sports Scholarship Scheme 10 No. of students awarded the Grantham Scholars of the Year 1

No. of students awarded the HK Scholarship for Excellence Scheme 5 No. of students awarded the HKU Sports Scholarship Scheme* 8

No. of students awarded the CityU Student Athletes Admission Scheme* 4 Total (As of 10th October, 2022)

No. of students awarded the Home Affairs Bureau Multi-faceted Excellence Scholarship 3

No. of students awarded the PolyU Entry Scholarship 2022 7

No. of students awarded the PolyU Outstanding Sportsmen Recommenda tion Scheme* 5

No. of students awarded the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Prizes for Senior Secondary School Students 6

*Pending Re sults of 2022

Co-curricular Activities

Heep Yunn School offers students a lot of op portunities to develop their own interests and realise their potential outside the formal school curriculum. The guiding principles for providing co-curricular activities are to:

• provide students with an all-round education

• promote education for life

• cultivate an international outlook and respect for other cultures

• allow students to adapt to the local environment and maintain a strong sense of cultural identity

Currently, Heep Yunn has over 60 co-curric ular programmes organised by various departments (as an extension to the curriculum) and groups or organisations co-ordinated under the Co-curricular Activities Committee.

Co-curricular Activities

Christian Activities

Heep Yunn has a strong Christian atmosphere. Over 300 students and 30% of our staff are Christians.

Christian Activities Committee (CAC)

The Christian Activities Committee (CAC) has been es tablished with the aims to pro mote Christian faith and values, provide spiritual support and pastoral care for the school, orga nise religious activities for teach ers and students, conduct prayer meetings for school affairs and the needy, and organise services at Christian festivals and other important occasions.

Christian Fellowship (Heep Kwong Tuen)

Under the guidance of the teachers-in-charge and advisors, the Christian Fellowship (Heep Kwong Tuen) organises numer ous religious activities for the school during the school year on a regular basis. Through taking up diverse roles as coordinators for worship, prayer, education and publicity as well as serving as ushers, the group serves as one in Christ. The group is obliged to live out the fellowship pledge and song: to let their light shine before others so that people may see their good deeds and glorify their Father in heaven.

Activities of Christian Fellowship

• Potential Committee Members’ Vision and Sharing Session

• Potential Committee Members’ training

• Annual Christian Gathering

• Daily Prayer Meetings

• Weekly Programmes

• Weekly Luncheon Bible Study Group/ Cell Group

• Special Programme for Form 6 students

• Christian Fellowship Committee Retreat Camp

• Spiritual Counsellors’ Recruitment and Training

• Evangelical Week

• New believers’ Nurturing Programme

• Joint-School Fellowship/ Camp

• Summer Retreat Camp

Community Service

We believe that real suc cess benefits not only ourselves, but also our fellow men. Every year, the Community Service Committee collaborates with various community groups to engage our students in a wide variety of community service programmes to serve both inside and outside the school campus. To nurture our students to be come more caring and empathet ic individuals and instil in them a keen spirit of public service, all students are required to complete a designated number of volun tary service hours each year.

Service Groups

• Volunteer Team

• Community Youth Club

• Girl Guides and Rangers

Co-curricular Activities

Debating and Public Speaking

With the aims to promote the art of debate and eloquence of speech among students, and to enhance students’ critical think ing skills and global awareness, the three Debating Teams (Chinese, English and Putonghua) cultivate students’ multidimensional devel opment through the participation in inter-school debating competi tions and speaking events locally and internationally. A member of the English Debating Team was qualified to represent Hong Kong in the World Individuals Debating and Public Speaking Champion ships consecutively for the last five years. Our school is also one of the first few schools in Hong Kong to set up a Putonghua Debat ing Team and has put a lot of effort into fostering debate-related ex change programmes with schools in Asia. Equipped with reasoned discourse and discernment, our students are trained to be visionary leaders serving and connecting our community with compassion, conviction and courage.

Major Activities

• Overseas Debating and Public Speaking Competitions

• Hong Kong Model United Nations (MUN)

• Inter-school debates

• Inter-school friendly debates

• Inter-class debates

• Mock Trial

• All-round training programmes on speaking, debating and thinking skills

Drama

“All the world’s a stage.” To act impressive ly, we incubate our students with the much-needed notion of professionalism and teamwork. A holistic approach to drama education has been in place to foster students’ artistic and aesthetic development. In addition to the 3-year junior drama curriculum, students are given ample opportunities to appre ciate drama and experience the making of drama in professional theatres through the activities or ganised by the Drama Group and the EMI Drama Group. The productions of our students, whether in inter-school competitions or in the annual Dra ma Night “Muse”, have always moved our audience with their novelty.

Major Activities

• Drama Appreciation

• Drama Camp

• Drama Workshops

• Hong Kong School Drama Festival

• English Drama Festival

• School Concert

• Drama Night - “Muse”

• Shakespeare: A Worldwide Classroom

Co-curricular Activities

Language Arts

Elegance comes from wisdom, while read ing unlocks the wisdom of life. To equip our stu dents with trilingual abilities and nurture them to become effective communicators, our school offers extensive co-curricular language activities to students. Our students often prove themselves graced with language competence and creativity and they are approved by the accolade in various local and international competitions.

Major Activities

• International/ National/ Inter-school Speech/

Calligraphy Competition

Reading and Writing Competitions

• Joint School Creative Writing Programme

Speaking Programme

• Reading Programmes

• Putonghua promotion activities by Putonghua Ambassadors

Co-curricular Activities

Leadership School Prefects

The Prefects Team consists of the Head Pre fect, the Second Head Prefect, and a team of Form Four to Form Six prefects led by 6 team leaders. Every year, all members of the teacher and student body vote to elect the two Head Prefects, ensuring that the Prefects Team represents the voice of the students and acts as a bridge between students and the school. Being the biggest student organisation at school, the Prefects Team aims to maintain dis cipline on the campus, develop a sense of self-disci pline and responsibility in their fellow schoolmates and lead by example in various school events.

Form Three students are also given an op portunity to be part of the team by being junior prefects. They have to go through interviews and training before being formally admitted to the Team.

Student Association

The Student Association (SA) is led by an Executive Committee, assisted by members of the subsidiary committee. The Executive Committee serves as a coordinator between the school and the student body including the 5 houses and about 20 clubs and societies.

Divided into 8 departments, the SA or ganises a wide range of co-curricular activities, major school functions and provides welfare ser vices. Activities like the Form One Orientation Programme and Camp, Inter-house Singing Con test, Inter-house Sports Competitions, Foundation Day, forums and seminars are organised annual ly, which often create lifelong collective memories and foster unity among our students.

Student Council

The Student Council, as the consultative agent of the School under the Secretaries Depart ment of the SA, is made up of representatives from each class with the purpose of gathering and voic ing student opinions. Class representatives may submit proposals and raise motions in the annual formal meetings for deliberation and voting. Rele vant reports would be submitted to the Headmis tress for consideration. An annual dialogue be tween the Headmistress and all students will take place at the end of the school year to promote effi cient communication.

Co-curricular Activities

Music

In Heep Yunn, music pervades the campus. The Music Department of fers musical groups and instrumental classes for students to further their music education outside the classroom. In addition to the 4 choirs, 5 orchestral groups and various instrumental classes, our School organises and participates in var ious music camps, master classes, outbound interflows and competitions. We also provide memorable occasions for our students to showcase their musical talents, ranging from important performances at school functions, Christmas carolling at prominent hotels, to the annual school concert ‘Heartstring’. There are also lunchtime ensemble performances and visits to other schools to pro vide opportunities for our students to establish a firm music base. Our groups take part in both local and overseas choir and instrumental competitions like the renowned World Choir Games and receive many awards every year. In local competitions like the Hong Kong Schools’ Music Festivals, we have consistently been placed in the top three places in different categories.

Co-curricular Activities

Sports

Covering a wide range of sports activities, Heep Yunn houses over 21 sports teams and all of them have reached a very high standard. Since 1984, Heep Yunn has dominated girls’ sports in the Hong Kong and Kowloon regions and continued to be the overall girls champion of the much-coveted Bank of China (Hong Kong) Bauhinia Bowl Award (formerly the Omega Rose Bowl).

At least one in three of our students are involved in our school’s sports teams at the Division I Level of the sports under the Hong Kong School Sports Federation purview. Teams practise two to three times weekly on campus where available to ensure a strong unity and cohesion among the ath letes.

Under the ‘One Sports One Life’ programme, our school provides every student with an op portunity to take part in at least one sports interest class from the year of their admission. The com mon experience cultivates in our students not only the essential fortitude, but also the much-valued sportsmanship and never-quit mentality.

Co-curricular Activities

STEM

Our school has made special efforts to become the cradle for budding scientists. The Science Week, a student-initiated programme, is held annually by the Science Ambassadors to develop stu dents’ interest in Science and stimulate their scientific way of thinking. The STEM Education pro gramme, together with the Junior Science curriculum, provides ample opportunities for each and ev ery student to explore and apply scientific knowledge in everyday life. Students are encouraged to join external local and international science and mathematics competitions or interflow programmes. Our students’ successes in inter-school science and mathematics competitions in Hong Kong has earned them valuable opportunities of international exposure through representing Hong Kong in science and mathematics competitions abroad. We believe that every small effort can make great changes. To em power our students with innovation and perseverance, we hope to bring betterment to our community.

Co-curricular Activities

Study Tours and Exchange Activities

No man is an island.

The school recognises the significance of partnership and global experience in our students’ development and is impressed by how well they learn in communicating with people from differ ent parts of the world. An array of exchange pro grammes, partnering with local schools, our main land counterparts and overseas institutions, have been organised annually to enable students to ex plore and connect with the rest of the global vil lage.

Major Activities

• Exchange Programme among local schools

Shanghai Exchange Programme

Beijing Exchange Programme

Global Exchange Programmes

Summer Study Tours to English speaking countries

Co-curricular Activities

Visual Arts

Art appreciation and art-making are integrated in a ho listic Visual Arts curriculum. To enhance students’ understanding of the contemporary art scene, they are exposed to different artists and media in the Artist-in-School programme and are encouraged to explore different media by attend ing different kinds of workshops and master classes beyond the classroom:

Graphic design

Fashion design

Chinese calligraphy

Chinese painting

Photography

Ceramics and sculpture

Site-specific art

Civic awareness and in terdisciplinary knowledge are instilled in the visual arts pro gramme to cultivate a sense of social responsibility. Students serve the community and con tribute to society through art-making and showcase their creativity through different media. Their achievements are recognised in different ways, through receiving awards, scholarships and holding exhi bitions locally and abroad.

Major Awards

Language Arts Awards

Chinese

Englishh

Competition

Chinese Language Elite Programme (2021-22) organised by Hong Kong Chinese Language Education Research Association (HKCLERA)

The 13th Asia Talent Cup Hong Kong Speech Competition

Title of the award/ Ranking

Elite Gold Award Group Writing Competition Champion

Organised by the Chinese Language Art Research CentreProse Group (Putonghua) and Ancient Verse Group (Putong hua) Champion

Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2021/22 Gold Prize

Hong Kong Young Writers Awards Winner

The Harvard Book Prize 2022 Winner

Debating Awards

Cantonese

Putonghua

Competition

Title of the award/ Ranking

Hong Kong Heart City Debating Competition Champion

The 3rd Hong Kong Schools Debate Competition Champion

The 20th Basic Law Debating CompetitionPutonghua Category Champion

The 6th Hong Kong Secondary Schools Joint Putonghua Debate Tournament Champion

Challenge Cup Hong Kong Secondary Schools Putonghua Debate Tournament Champion

English Western Australia and Hong Kong Senior Ethics Olympiad Honourable mention

Drama Awards

Competition Title of the award/ Ranking

Hong Kong School Drama Fest 2021-22

Adjudicator's Award Award for Outstanding Script Award for Outstanding Director Award for Outstanding Cooperation Award for Outstanding Audio-visual Effects Award for Outstanding Performer

Music Awards

Competition

Title of the award/ Ranking

Hong Kong Inter-school Choral Music Festival Gold Diploma

Chinese orchestra Gold Prize Orchestra Gold Prize

Symphonic Band Gold Prize

Hong Kong Joint School Music Competition

Senior Choir Gold Prize

Junior Choir Gold Prize

Senior Mixed Choir in collaboration with Wah Yan College, Kowloon Gold Prize

Intermediate Mixed Choir in collaboration with Diocesan Boys’ School Gold Prize

Chinese ensemble (Pipa ensemble) Silver Prize

Inter-school competitions (organised

All Hong Kong Jing Ying Competition (organised by

Kong

Archery Third Athletics Second Badminton First Life-saving Second Squash Second Swimming Second Table-tennis First Tennis Second

Athletics Third Badminton First

Science Awards

Competition

Project title: More Sustainable Lithium Ion Battery using Alternative Materials

Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition 2022

Project title: Water On Wax (W.O.W.)

Title of the award/ Ranking

Champion in Junior Investigation Social Innovation Award

1st Runner-up in Senior Investigation Social Innovation Award

Project title: I Defended 2nd Runner-up in Senior Investigation

The International Biology Olympiad Hong Kong Contest 2021 Best School Award

03 Student Support

Counselling

All teachers have the mis sion to provide pastoral care to our students. Students can ap proach any of the teachers when they are in need; in particular, their class teachers, mentors and teachers-in-charge of co-curricu lar activities, as they have many opportunities to interact with their students and can give as sistance to students most readily. Apart from teachers, the higher form students or the big sisters are also ready to help the new comers to better adapt to the new learning environment.

Guidance Programmes

The Big Sisters Scheme

To better help the Form 1 students adapt to the new learning environment, the Big Sisters Scheme is organised every year. It involves participants from Forms One, Three and Four, with Form 1 students being the “small sisters” and Forms 3 and 4 students serving as “big sisters”. Activities in clude an adventure-based training camp, community ser vices, tea gatherings etc. Application is open at the beginning of the first term of every year.

Form One Induction Programme

Every year, before the commencement of the new school year, the Form 1 Induction Programme is organised. The school educational psychologist is consulted to help pre pare the newcomers of the school for the challenges they will face and equip them for better adjustment to this new phase of education.

Peer Support Network

Peer Support Network enables students to build better social relationships through participating in activities organ ised by the school social workers. The activities aim to boost students’ self-confidence and help them develop better social skills.

Parents’ Service

Communication between the school and parents is essential. Thus, parents’ days/nights are held periodical ly. Apart from meeting Form Teachers to understand more about the performance of their children, parents can attend talks conducted by professionals to equip them with more ef fective parenting skills.

Emotional Coaching Workshop

To equip parents with skills to help students with their developmental adjustment, the school educational psychol ogist organises workshops for parents on how to be effective emotional coaches for their children. Parents are encouraged to join the workshops so that they can be more prepared to help their children in managing their emotional problems.

Service for Students with Special Needs

To support students with special needs, professional help from the school educational psychologist and clinical psychologist are provided in addition to the services provided by the school social workers. Apart from providing individual care for students and their parents, different skills training programmes are also organised, such as the workshops on emotional management and executive functioning.

Careers and Guidance

Determined to develop careers and guidance provision in accordance to differential needs, abil ities, orientations and interests of students; to im prove awareness, skills sets and connections with ex tended stakeholders, and to guide students to make informed choices at key transition points in their careers and life planning, the Careers and Guidance Committee organises a wide range of activities ca tering to the diverse needs of our students across all forms. To inculcate students with the proper notions of professionalism, our school pioneered the whole Form 4-day work experience placement programme by liaising over 60 places of work to provide onthe-site work experience for students. Every effort is made to ensure that students are given relevant, useful and practical advice and experience so as to maximise their choices while minimising their wor ries and struggles in their key life stages.

Major Activities

Work Placement Programme

Alumnae Mentorship and Careers Sharing

Careers-related programmes

Careers Lessons

University Fair

JUPAS and Overseas Applications

Mentorship

Each student is partnered with a teacher-mentor, who will provide developmental guidance in personal growth, moral character building, social skills, time management skills and careers counsel ling. This aims at boosting students’ self-awareness and self-esteem in order to face changes and difficulties positively in future. This pro gram also assists students in making successful transitions at school and realising their potential with the support of a teacher-mentor. It is also hoped that students can explore possibilities and take up chal lenges in personal development and career planning.

Aims

• To boost students’ self-awareness and self-esteem in order to face changes and difficulties positively in future

• To foster a caring and supportive relationship between the school, teachers and students

• To assist students in making successful transitions at school and realising their potential with the support of a teacher-mentor

• To encourage students to explore possibilities and take up chal lenges in personal development and career planning

Equal Opportunities for Quality Christian Education

Scholarships

Full, half, quarter and fixed monetary amount scholarships are awarded to students who are exceptionally talented or who have achieved excellent achievements.

Scholarships for academically outstanding students

Twenty students with the highest scores in the school’s streaming test will be awarded differ ent levels of scholarships when joining Heep Yunn School in Form One.

At the end of each academic year, different levels of scholarships will be awarded to the top 10 students from Form One to Form Six. Students with outstanding results in individual subjects as well as remarkable progress will also be awarded scholarships at a fixed monetary amount.

Scholarships for outstanding performance in Sports, Cultural Activities or Services

Three levels of scholarships, namely gold, silver and bronze will be provided for students with outstanding performance in sports, cultural activities or services from Form One to Form Six. On top of these, 20 talented students in sports or cultural activities will also be awarded scholarships when joining Heep Yunn School in Form One.

Fee Remission Scheme

Equal Opportunities for Quality Education

We believe that we should serve students from all socio-economical backgrounds, and we attach great importance to our social responsibility and the provision of opportunities for upward social mo bility. Active measures are taken to ensure that our education remains open to students from financially disadvantaged families by implementing a very supportive fee remission system where up to 30% of our school fee income would be reserved for student financial support and scholarships.

Premise for Handling Fee Remission Applications —— Confidentiality

During the process of fee remission application, in view of its sensitive nature, the applicant’s information will be confined to a selected few and kept in the strictest confidence.

Fee Remission Scheme

The School offers a fee remission scheme for needy students (including those from families receiving the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) and students receiving financial assistance provided by the Student Fi nancial Office (SFO)). Subject to the availability of funds in the fee remission/ scholarship scheme, the School will offer fee remission to needy students.

Applications are normally made before the commencement of a school year, but exceptional circumstances (such as a family member contracting chronic illness which requires high medical expenses, sudden and drastic changes to the family’s financial situation, etc) would warrant special consideration and suitable arrangements.

Needy students should apply for fee remission through their parents or legal guardians. Depending on the gross annual income of the students’ family, different levels of fee remission, capped at full fee cut (100%), can be provided.

Level of Fee Remission School Fees Payable per year

Full (100%) Nil

Three-Quarters (75%)

Half (50%)

Quarter (25%)

25% of the school fee

of the school fee

of the school fee

Fee Remission Application Procedures

Application forms will be distributed to ALL students who are offered a school place. Parents or legal guardians of students who wish to apply for fee remission should fill in the application forms according to the guidelines given and submit the supporting documents requested together with the completed application form on or before the application deadline stated on the form.

Discretionary Fee Remission Scheme

1. Siblings Discretionary Fee Remission

The School will provide fee remission for families with 2 or more daugh ters studying at the secondary section in the same school year.

Example: In a family of 4 with 2 daughters attending Heep Yunn School, in de termining the eligibility of Daughter A for fee remission, the applicant should refer to the row of 4 family members; while for Daughter B, the number of fam ily members would be adjusted to 4+1, hence the applicant should refer to the row of 5 family members for Daughter B.

2. Emergency Discretionary Fee Concessions

Families in sudden financial hardship can apply for emergency discre tionary fee concessions all year round whenever necessary, and need not wait until the prescribed application period for the normal fee remission application period.

3. Discretionary Fee Concessions (Long Term Medical Expenses)

Families bearing long-term medical expenses of their own household member or the parents’ next-of-kin without any public funding support may also make applications to the school for discretionary fee concessions.

Living Expenses Subsidy

Students eligible for full (100%), three-quarters (75%) or half (50%) fee remission who are in financial difficulties may apply for living expenses subsi dies which will be granted in suitable cases for up to 10 months in an academic year. Eligible students will be provided with details upon successful application of full (100%), three-quarters (75%) or half (50%) fee remission.

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Alumnae’s Sharing

Alumnae’s Sharing

Kristy Chow

Class of 2022

Year 1, Medicine (MBChB) Programme Global Physician-Leadership Stream (GPS), CUHK

Second Head Prefect (2021)

Choir Leader (2019-2021)

Executive Committee Member of the Science and Technology Society (2019-2021)

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I used to think that ‘Once a Heep Yunn girl, forever a Heep Yunn girl’ is a cliché, I now realise that it is true.

Back then when I was 12, I had no idea what I was capable of, who I wanted to become, and what I wanted to achieve in life. Six years have passed and I am now a medical student who aspires to serve others using my knowledge, just as Heep Yunn taught me how to serve and not to be served.

I still recall the orientation camp in Form 1 when we were led by a group of student leaders to learn the traditional Heep Yunn cheers. I was amazed by the leadership qualities and charisma they possessed, as well as how proudly they proclaimed their identity as a Heep Yunn girl. Inspired to become leaders like them, I started to participate in various activities.

One of the things that I am most grateful for is that I was granted so many different opportunities at school, which allowed me to fully explore my interests and develop my potential. I was a member of the school choir, symphonic band and Science and Technology Society. Moreover, I was granted a lot of lead ership experiences in Heep Yunn, such as being the Second Head Prefect and the chairlady of the Music Department. Through these invaluable experiences, I have learnt to value teamwork and mutual respect. Moreover, my sense of belonging towards Heep Yunn was strengthened as I passed on the legacy to the juniors.

In Heep Yunn, we do not only learn in classrooms, but also in the real world. Through the Per sonal Growth Programme, we travelled abroad to learn about different cultures and carry out voluntary activities. This made me reflect on the privileges I have and reinforced my desire in doing humanitarian work in the future. In Form 4, we participated in the Work Placement Programme to have a glimpse of the actual workplace environment. This experience allowed me to realise where my aspiration truly lies and contributed to my final decision as to which career to pursue.

In addition, Heep Yunn provided me with a nurturing environment to grow, try and thrive in as many things as we wanted. In particular, the teachers in Heep Yunn were extremely supportive. They not only gave us constructive advice to improve academically, but also encouragement to support us to carry on.

I used to think that ‘Once a Heep Yunn girl, forever a Heep Yunn girl’ is a cliché, I now realise that it is true. In life, we may mess things up or be hit by harsh reality. Yet, I do believe that our six years in Heep Yunn has shaped us into resilient individuals who will never give up despite difficulties. This place is not merely a place for knowledge acquisition, but also a place for girls to become independent young women who are capable of making a difference in society.

Stephanie Yip Class of 2018

Master of Arts in Philosophy - University of Edinburgh (2022)

Awardee - Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (2018-2019)

Team Captain - Chinese Debating Team (2016-2017)

Heep Yunn girls do not just work hard academically, we are also constantly offered challenges in the form of co-curricular activities. My experiences participating in STEM competitions, building stalls out of slotted angle bars during fun fairs, as well as being the captain of the Chinese Debating Team have trained me to be resourceful and flexible. Of course, I was not alone - teachers, alumni, classmates and junior schoolmates were always willing to offer a helping hand. By appreciating and practising teamwork, I am proud to say that Heep Yunn has made me a good leader, and an even better teammate.

Another character that I have developed from my Heep Yunn days is to stay humble. Schoolmates in Heep Yunn were all talented in so many different aspects, which made it daunting to realise how “ordi nary” I was. But soon I was able to treasure the exposure, and learn to appreciate how others shine - most importantly, I can work hard on my pursuits and shine in my own way.

Ten years ago, I started my journey in Heep Yunn as a Form 1 student. With love, support and encouragement from the Heep Yunn family, I enjoyed my days studying, debating and exploring, which prompted me to embark on another journey as a Philosophy student at the University of Edinburgh. With receiving comes giving back - just after my graduation earlier this year, I returned to Heep Yunn as a sub stitute teacher. It was rewarding to see Heep Yunn girls, wearing the same Cheongsam and sitting in the same classroom as I did. But this time, I could be the one to give them insight, inspiration and love.

Ivy Chan

Year 4 Translation, CUHK Head Prefect (2017-2018) Archery Team Captain (2017-2018) Publications Department Chief Designer (2017-2018)

Class of 2019

Every hidden gem yearns for a lapidary to reveal its glamour, and every student calls for a holistic education to unleash their potential. If you are looking for an all-round academy, there is no better place than my alma mater -- Heep Yunn School.

Heep Yunn is a blessed land of possibilities. It was where I had matured into a full-fledged in dividual, and witnessed the transformations of many others. As timid as I was when I first joined HYS, I was cordially welcomed by various student unions, such as the Photography Team and Publications Department. As days went by, the two clubs I enrolled in snowballed into three, and then four -- by my graduation, I had participated in the Archery Team, Student Association, Prefects Team and Putonghua Society, as well as partaken in some leadership roles, many of which have opened doors to my personal development.

Here in Heep Yunn, teaching and learning are never constrained in cold, monotonous classrooms. Throughout the six years, the School has granted me ample opportunities to venture into unknown wa ters, by which I had discovered my own potential. Even as a graduate, I remain forever grateful to the School, and wish only the best for Heep Yunn.

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A big part of who I am now traces back to my time at Heep Yunn.

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Heep Yunn is a blessed land of possibilities.