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School Annual Report
Sha Tin College
28 October 2015
ESF Secondary School Annual Report
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Sha Tin College
*School’s mission, aims and values: Following the extensive work of the Philosophy and Objectives group during the CISWASC
review period, a new mission statement and sets of values and aims were established and
accepted by the school community in November 2010.
Mission Statement
'Ours is a culture where we take responsibility for fulfilling our own potential and that of
others for the good of humanity at all levels.’
Values Statements At Sha Tin College we value-
Holistic learning
Positive relationships
Curiosity and passion
Persistence and resilience
Creativity
Integrity
Community
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Sha Tin College Aims
A love of learning will permeate everything we do, uniting all members of the community. At Sha Tin College we aim to: 1. Foster a spirit of inquiry, a sense of adventure and develop self-confidence and
self-esteem in all members of our community. 2. Develop and consolidate a balanced, rigorous and relevant curriculum adaptive
to the needs of all students. 3. Form and maintain meaningful communication with parents, partner schools and
the wider community. 4. Maintain an English speaking and learning environment which embraces our
multilingual community. 5. Induct all those new to our school in accordance with our values and beliefs so
they are encouraged to feel part of our enterprise and mission, and embrace our culture.
6. Promote the ethos of creativity, action and service throughout school life and all curricula.
7. Facilitate opportunities for leadership, in its myriad forms, at every level. 8. Adopt an active, socially conscious and informed approach to both our own
environment and the world around us so we can live in a safe, clean and sustainable world.
9. Work individually and in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams. 10. Listen to, and value, all voices, so we are a truly inclusive school. 11. Optimise relevant research about intelligence, thinking, the brain and the ways
we learn, in order to reflect upon, and continually evaluate, what we do. This way every individual will flourish.
12. Enjoy life and nurture in everyone the feeling that their time at Sha Tin College is pleasurable and rewarding.
13. Encourage each individual to exceed their best in a culture where excellence is recognized in its multiple facets.
14. Prepare students to achieve ambitions beyond school: in further education, careers and in balanced ways for life-long learning, inspired by the values of the people at Sha Tin College.
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*Curriculum and whole school development:
Sha Tin College was the first ESF secondary school to gain full accreditation from the Council
of International Schools (CIS) and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) –
awarded in July 2009. This was the culmination of two years of consultation and self-
evaluation involving all school stakeholders. Sha Tin College remains in good standing with
both CIS and WASC.
Sha Tin College successfully completed its five-year review at the end of the 2014-2015
academic year by the two international educational accreditation bodies, the Council of
International Schools (CIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Sha Tin College is proud to announce it has been awarded a five-year accreditation extension.
The review culminated with a visit by representatives from CIS and WASC who thoroughly
examined the College’s official documents, observed classes and met with several
representatives of the school community from 27th to 29th October 2014.
Visitors from CIS and WASC found many aspects of the College worthy of commendation,
including:
Sha Tin College’s commitment to ensuring high academic achievement
The use of the CIS-WASC accreditation processes and recommendations to drive
school improvement
The school’s persistent aspiration of constant improvement of the quality of students’
learning and all factors that support such high quality learning for all students,
irrespective of their abilities and potential
The implementation of a range of methodologies and learning activities to suit the
content being taught and the needs of the students
A student body that is fully engaged with learning and which contributes significantly
to the life and development of the school
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The teaching, administrative and support staff for their overall enthusiasm, dedication
and willingness to put in additional time to ensure that individual needs of students are
well catered for
The energetic, positive and professional leadership of the school
The creation of a strong sense of community and well-being, recognised by all sectors
of the College.
The review took a year to complete and involved the College examining various aspects
of our educational practice. The review involved all teachers, members of the support
staff, students, parents and school counsellors. Sha Tin College is delighted with the
findings and commendations in the 60-page report from CIS-WASC. We received our
CIS Membership certification in September 2015.
Paul Hoang
Vice Principal
September 2015
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*Curriculum enrichment and CAS activities
CAS Activities play an integral role in the life of the student at Sha Tin College. There are a
wide range of activities on offer at all age ranges throughout the school year.
Creativity Anime Music Club
Art and Design
Business and Economics Creativity
Origami Club
Card and Gift making
Chamber Choir
Chinese Drumming
Chinese Orchestra
Chinese Painting
Choir
Creating Platform Games
Cooking Crew
Creative Writing
Food Club
HK Speech Festival
Glee
International Penpals
Jewelry Making
Jumpcut Film Screening
Knitting
Looming Mad
Modern Japanese Music
Model Making
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Orchestra
Patchwork club
Puzzle solvers
School Production (Aladdin)
United Magazine
Voice
Young Filmakers Club
Action
Aerobics
Athletics (6 teams)
Badminton
Ball Hockey
Basketball (12 teams)
Biathlon (4 teams)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cardiovascular Training
Chess Club
Chinese Dance
Cross Country (12 teams)
Dance
Dartslive
Dodgeball
Dragon Dance
Football (4 teams)
Iceskating
Trampolining
HKAYP (bronze, silver and gold)
Hockey (6 teams)
Cricket
Netball (8 teams)
Rock Climbing and Bouldering
Rowing
Rugby (5 teams)
Running
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Sailing
Slacklining
Swimming (8 teams)
Table tennis
Tai Chi
Tai Kwon Doe
Tennis
Tumbling
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball
Yoga
Zumba
Service
Amnesty International
Activities Newsletter team
English Fun days at Kei Oi Primary Sch
English Homework and Reading Club
Flag Day for Bapist Chuch Social Service
Global Issues
Green Fingers
Healthy Lifestyle Project
Homework Club
Stride for a Cure
Knitathon
Library Monitors
Media Team
Missing Maps for Humanity
Priceless
Sha Tin Sketchup
Visits to Elderly Mei Lam Estate
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Others
Battle of the Books
Board Games
Carnegie Reading Group
Einsteins Relativity for Beginners
F1 in schools
HK Speech Festival
Aromatherapy
Japanese Culture
Junior Achievement Business Enterprise
Latin
Liverwire Christian Fellowship
Debating
Mandarin debating
MUN
Philo Soc
Planet Science
Psychology in Action
Puzzle Club
Scrabble Club
CAS Placement
This is our second year in placing year 12 students in service volunteer placements in the local
community. After 4 weeks at the various community CAS placements the students have
definitely felt the experience to be both valuable and challenging. They were placed in a range
of service projects that included teaching English to local school students, physically and
mentally disabled youth/adults to conducting creative activities with the elderly.
It was overwhelming and stimulating to see how well our year 12 students coped with the
challenging situations they encountered. For example they dealt with disabled adults throwing
tantrums, keeping primary school students on task and entertained and developing and adapting
their activities for elderly clients up to the age of 70 years old. On reflecting the students have
for sure been pushed beyond their comfort zones and given meaningful experiences in
engaging with the local community.
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CAS Project – DEAFiance
In February 2015, six students in Year 13 had details of their CAS Project published in IB Review, the
new flagship magazine from Hodder Education (http://goo.gl/K4FAs4).
CAS is a core component of the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP), although it is not formally assessed.
However, students reflect on their CAS experiences as part of the IBDP, and provide evidence of
achieving the eight learning outcomes specified for CAS. It enables students to enhance their personal
and interpersonal development by learning through meaningful experiences.
Germaine Yuen, Hilary Lok, Heidi Chen, Lena Chan, Theodora Ng and Siu Yu Yeung formed the
DEAFiance group to look into the issue of hearing impediments and deafness in Hong Kong. As part
of their CAS Project, they were involved in the following activities:
Taking classes offered by the Hong Kong Association of the Deaf for 5 weeks
Producing a YouTube video to raise awareness of the issue
Conducting “Lunch & Learn” workshops at school to teach staff and students the sign language
that they had learnt
Raising awareness during Year assemblies
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Leading GTS classes in school to demonstrate the way of life of the hearing impaired in Hong
Kong and the wider issues they face.
Take a look at the DEAFiance video on YouTube, Deaf for a Day, available here: http://goo.gl/rl4RYJ.
A copy of the published article can be downloaded from the College website here:
http://www.shatincollege.edu.hk/sites/shatincollege/files/01_03_CAS_DEAFiance_Group.pdf
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*Charities
Our students continue to provide services in the local and wider community and raise monies
for charities throughout the whole school in the spirit of the IB CAS programme. The College
raised a grand total of $376,192.40 at various events during 2014/15:
Accelerated Study Notes
Climbathon Fund Raising
Dol Dol Project Fund Raising
Global Clinic Fund Raising
Habitat for Humanities
Knitathon Fund Raising
Lai See Packet Fund Raising
Liberty Asia
Masarang Fund Raising
Nepal Earthquake Fund Raising
Pegasus and Dragon Charity Week
Phoenix and Griffin Charity Week
Save the Rhino Fund Raising
Stride for a Cure
United Magazine Fund Raising
USmile Knitathon
Vanuatu Typhoon Fund Raising
$8,000.00
$24,438.00
$4,971.90
$17,726.40
$52,126,10
$1,620.00
$10,106.70
$1,500.00
$3,764.00
$33,307.00
$15,085.60
$17,949.90
$804.70
$150,155.00
$4,808.00
$19,300.00
$10,529.10
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*Staff turnover 2014-2015
i. New Teaching Staff Appointments from August 2014
ii. Teaching Staff Leavers
The following teachers left Sha Tin College in the 2014-15 academic year:
iii. Teaching staff Sabbatical Leave
The following teacher will take a year’s sabbatical leave:
Wendy Ho Biology teacher / CAS Coordinator
Grant Altoft
Pravin Bhardwaj
Meher Hodgson
Joan Morgan
Raluca Paraschivescu
Kimberley Ryou
Adam Webster
Nick Wong
Geography maternity cover
P/T Teacher of Business & Econs (temp)
Drama maternity cover
Drama maternity cover
Head of European languages TLR 3
LSC teacher
P/T Teacher of Business & Econs (temp)
Chemistry maternity cover
Laura Brown
Malcolm Godsman
Neil Hodgson
Bibi Lee
Meiling Tsang
Amanda Walker
Lesley Watkins
Head of Biology
Head of Music
Vice Principal
Mandarin Teacher
Business Studies Teacher
Head of History
Learning Support/Languages Teacher
(part-time)
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iv. Support Staff Appointments from August 2014
The following support staff joined Sha Tin College during the academic year:
Jamie Bilbow
Angel Chau
Kathy Cheng
Elena Cheung
Choo Yee Boon
Sam Chui
Maria Flanagan
Alex Lee
Eileen Leung
Sue Lucas
Stella Ng
Nicole So
Jenny Wong
Jill Wong
Educational Assistant Mandarin
Educational Assistant
Educational Assistant (part-time)
Laboratory Technician III
Senior Administrator
Laboratory Attendant
Educational Assistant (part-time)
Resources Administrator
PTA Administrator
Laboratory Technician III
Educational Assistant
School Health Professional
Mandarin Educational Assistant
Library Assistant
v. Support Staff Leavers
The following support staff left Sha Tin College during the academic year:
Jamie Bilbow
Richard Carman
Elena Cheung
Sam Chui
Ho Thai Hang
Patricia Lai
Ray Lai
Michael Lam Chi Kong
Kelly Lane
Nicole So
Educational Assistant – Mandarin
Educational Assistant (part-time)
Laboratory Technician III
Laboratory Attendant
Laboratory Technician II
Senior Administrator
From Laboratory Attendant to Laboratory
Technician III
Laboratory Attendant
School Health Professional
School Health Professional
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*Buildings and facilities:
The main focus of summer works and development this year was the replacement of all old
air-conditioners and the associated re-roofing works at Block 2 which was built in late 1980s.
Most of the air-conditioners and roofing had nearly reached the end of the workable life. The
new air-conditioners having the heating function like those in Blocks 1 & 2 and the new roofing
will provide protection for the building for another decade. We also took this opportunity to
replace the astro turf, roofing, drainage system, metal fence, lighting and roof netting on the
roof playground of the Sports Complex. This new G3 astro turf provides a better and safer
surface for sports like rugby, football and hockey. It would have been a massive job to replace
all these items in the summer break, for this reason the works were scheduled to be finished by
the half-term break in October.
The flooring used on fifth floor corridor is extended to fourth floor, it is non-slippery and
provides much better acoustic effect. We hope that such flooring work will be extended to
lower floors in the coming school years.
We are working closely with ESF colleagues on the proposal of redeveloping the undercover
area of block one in order to address the issue of room shortage and maximise the potential of
the existing building footprint. The tendering of the consultancy contracts have started in
October. The date of the actual site work is targeted to commence in the coming summer
break. We will keep the community posted of the progress.
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*Achievements and successes:
Academic
(I)GCSE Results: May 2015 – Sha Tin College
The (I)GCSE results from May 2015 are excellent and reflect the hard work of students to
perform at their best academically. When compared to other schools internationally and within
ESF we have achieved at the highest levels and staff and students deserve congratulations for
maintaining this incredible level of performance consistently over the past six years. This
highlights the supportive learning environment at Sha Tin College where all students are
encouraged and feel motivated to achieve at a very high standard. Although the proportion of
A and A* grades is down slightly on last year’s cohort, the results for the year are at or above
average for results since 2009 and the value added for this Year 11 cohort was much higher
than last year (meaning that they performed significantly in excess of their predicted grade
levels). This May 2015 performance is incredible when you note that 60.8% of results were at
an A or A* and 83.1% were a B grade or higher. This means that four out of every five exams
sat by Year 11 students from Sha Tin College were awarded a B or higher grade.
% of students in each grade
Of particular note where the performances from Vera Ho, Joey Wong and Jeffrey Yam who
achieved all A* results in their examinations. In total 44 students gained either an A or A*
grade for all of their examinations. 77 students achieved 8 or more A*and A grades compared
to 69 in 2014.
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Four subjects with particularly high levels of student success are PRS (Philosophy and
Religious Studies) achieving 90% of its grades at A* or A level and Geography and Economics
both achieving 72% at A* or A level. ICT students complete the CIE Diploma assessment
where possible results range from B at GCSE up to an A Grade at A -Level equivalent. 27%
of students achieved an A-Level grade, higher than IGCSE A*, and have already earned UCAS
points for their future university applications. Zachary Guard, Elwin Young and Elena Jim all
achieved an A grade A Level equivalent and this is worthy of special mention.
Whilst we are proud of the students mentioned above we are particularly proud of the students
who have performed at their best. Many students who were expected to find their (I) GCSE
examinations particularly challenging have gained the five grades (between A* and C)
necessary in order to progress into the IB Diploma Programme. In fact 98% of our students
achieved 5 or more grades between A* and C.
Table 1: Overview of (I) GCSE Results
May-
15
May-
14
May-
13
May-
12
May-
11
Number of students entered for
(I)GCSEs 170 171 173 177 174
Number of students achieving 5
A* - C grades 166 169 172 174 167
% of students achieving 5 A* -
C grades 97.6% 98.80% 99.40% 98% 96%
Number of students achieving 9
A* - C grades 135 142 148 145 115
% of students achieving 9 A* -
C grades 79.4% 83% 86% 82% 66%
Mean GCSE grade scored
A* = 8, A = 7, B = 6 through to a G = 1)
6.68 6.89 6.79 6.63 6.7
Greg Thornton
Vice Principal
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IB Diploma and Applied Learning Provisional Results: May 2015 – Sha Tin
College
Sha Tin College is extremely proud to announce another excellent set of IB Diploma results.
What is particularly remarkable about the students’ achievements is that Sha Tin College is an
inclusive school which educates students of all abilities and it is pleasing that this year’s
students set a record high Diploma score of 37.0, breaking the previous record of 36.3 points
set in 2012. The average total score for Sha Tin College students achieving the IB Diploma
was almost 7 points higher than the world average.
We are delighted to note that, for the fourth consecutive year, over 98% of our students
achieved the full Diploma, which is almost 20% above the worldwide IB average.
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An impressive 72% of our students achieved 35 or more IB points compared to a World
Average of 25%. Even more impressive however is that 42% of our students achieved 40 or
more points, which is a new record for the College and the English Schools Foundation (42%
compared to a World Average of less than 7%). This further demonstrates that Sha Tin College
students are able to achieve a great deal of success, comparable with some of the most able
candidates in the world. Some notable achievements were Stephanie Cheung, Ellen Hao, Justin
Cheng and Hei Tung Wong with the maximum Diploma score of 45 points (only 0.31% of
candidates worldwide were awarded the maximum 45 points). Andrea Chan, Justin Fan, Oliver
Ho, Matthew Mui, Clarence Ng and Oswald Tong all attained 44 points and Heidi Chen, Sum
Kiu Ma, Joyce Ng, and Eleanor Ngan-Kee were awarded 43 points.
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Whilst we are extremely proud of the students mentioned above we are also particularly proud
of the many students who fulfilled their personal potential and the students who were expected
to find the Diploma Programme particularly challenging, yet through sheer hard work and
determination managed to achieve more than the 24 points needed to pass the Diploma.
Average grades for IB subjects are well above worldwide averages for all IB subject groups at
Sha Tin College, and this is an indication that our students are achieving well across the
curriculum. The average grade for our students is 5.8 points per subject compared to 4.7
worldwide. This represents a slight increase for the third year running, and the highest average
score in Sha Tin College history.
* IBO Worldwide data for May 2015 was not available at the time of writing so May 2014
data has been provided. The worldwide data has stayed fairly consistent over the last few years.
We are very pleased with the number of Bilingual Diplomas our students have achieved over
the past five years (averaging 22 students a year). A Bilingual Diploma is achieved when
students study two languages at native or near native level. A significant amount of work has
been done at Sha Tin College to ensure that students take a level of Chinese which is
appropriately challenging. Twenty one Sha Tin College students achieved this prestigious
qualification this year.
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Table 1: Overview of IB Diploma Results (2011-2015)
May
2015
May
2014
May
2013
May
2012
May
2011
Worldwide
(May 2014)
Number of students entered
for the full IB Diploma 156 159 141 142 150 67,492
Number of students achieving
the IB Diploma 153 157 139 140 145 53,552
Number of students achieving
a Bilingual Diploma 21 29 13 20 27 15,321
% of students achieving the
IB Diploma 98.1% 98.7% 98.6% 98.6% 96.7% 79.3%
Mean points score for all IB
Diploma students 37.0 35.2 34.3 36.3
34.3 30.1
% of students achieving 30+
IB Diploma points 92% 86% 82% 88% 79% 53.2%
% of students achieving 35+
IB Diploma points 72% 59% 47% 63% 48% 24.9%
% of students achieving 40+
IB Diploma points 42% 21% 15% 35% 16% 6.8%
Mean grade for all subjects 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.4 4.7
Sha Tin College wishes to congratulate its graduating students on all their achievements, many
of whom have secured higher education places in a variety of prestigious university
destinations across the world. We are also very proud of our staff. Sha Tin College is fortunate
to employ an extremely talented and professional group of teachers and support staff who have
worked tirelessly to support these students in their magnificent record-breaking achievements.
Paul Hoang
Vice Principal
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* University Application/Destination Report 2014/2015
The Careers and Higher Education Department supported 179 students’ applications to
tertiary institutions linked to the 2014/2015 academic year. These included:
Graduating Year 13 students (842 applications – avg. = 5.4 applications per student)
Gap Year students from the previous graduating classes (21 apps – avg. = 2.3 per
student)
1 Year 11 student is enrolling in 1-year Foundation programmes, hoping to qualify for
degree courses a year earlier (1 app made)
Former students who had enrolled elsewhere, for whom supporting documents sent for
transfer/restart applications (27 apps – avg. = 5.4 per student)
The success rates for these groups are as follows:
Graduating class – 658 offers/acceptances (to date -- S. Hemisphere results incomplete);
Success rate = 78.2% (to date)
Gap year students – 17 offers/acceptances; Success rate = 89.5%
Year 11 student – 1 acceptance – foundation course; Success rate = 100%
Former students – full details and success rates unknown (these are students who left
before graduating, and applied from other secondary schools – we send supporting
documents as per their requests).
For Graduating Y13 Class only:
Overall Application Success Rates:
Students experienced a high degree of success in their applications, with many students having
100% acceptances/offers from their applications. The number of students having less than
25% positive replies to their applications was 4, with most of these applying to extremely
competitive courses/colleges as a strategy, knowing that such replies were likely or very likely.
Of these 3, have secured places to study, usually in their ‘Safe’ course/programme, but in one
case, the student applied to only 2 schools, which were High Reach, and was able to secure a
place after correspondences and a remark – having missed the offer, the university
subsequently adjusted the offer and accepted the student onto the course.
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Students rank their applications according to the likelihood of success in their applications
based on their research and individual profiles.
High Reach is defined as: Very unlikely to receive an offer, but want to have a try, as
they believe it may be a very challenging, but positive match – like a ‘dream school’.
We would normally expect a 0 – 15% positive reply rate from such applications.
Reach is defined as: Unlikely to receive an offer but showing a good degree of
alignment, and want to apply as they believe a challenging, but positive match – like a
‘really good place’. We would normally expect between 15 and 35% positive reply
rate from such applications.
Mid is defined as: A good match in many ways, though far from a sure thing as it is a
competitive application environment. A good match and a place where the student will
be happy and well suited, with about a 50/50 chance of having a positive reply.
Safe is defined as: A good match in many ways, with the college/university
course/programme expectations being less than what the student has to offer. A place
where the student will be happy to study and live. We would normally expect between
70 and 90% positive reply rate from such applications.
We normally advise students to have an even spread between High Reach/Reach, Mid and Safe
applications.
Application Profiles:
This year’s graduating class tended to apply to with high aspirations and in an optimistic
manner, though virtually all had a sense of reality in their applications. This can be seen in the
range of High Reach/Reach, Mid and Safe applications made.
Positive Replies78%
Negative Replies22%
Replies from Universities
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Students experienced higher than expected level of success in each of the rating categories
mentioned above. The High Reach and Reach have been pooled in this report, due to feedback
from students stating that they found it difficult to distinguish between the rating categories.
Additionally, the data was fairly consistent across the two categories.
49%
36%
15%
Student Applications - HR/R/M/S
High Reach/Reach Mid Safe
Safe
Mid
Reach/High Reach
2.5
17.6
46.1
97.5
82.4
53.9
Success by Application Rating
Positive Replies Negative Replies
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Applications by country:
Students, as expected, applied to a range of countries, based on family and cultural heritage
preferences, as well as choosing the best match courses/programmes for them. The majority
again applied to our ‘big five’ destinations of Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, UK and USA.
The details of these applications are listed below (**please note that the information related to
Australia applications is incomplete at this time, due to the application timeline for Southern
Hemisphere applications).
The following table shows the number of applications by country submitted:
UK HK Canada USA Australia
Number of Applications 285 188 152 128 29
Number of Students 73 64 49 31 9
Average Apps per Student 3.9 2.9 3.1 4.1 2.3
There were an additional 60 applications sent to 8 other countries, but these were limited to
one or two students to each country.
As most students applied to more than one country, the differences in success rates was more
dependent on the individual student application profiles, more than the differences between the
systems applied to. For example, a student who applies to both Canada and USA, may have
Reach and High Reach schools in USA, and Mid and Safe schools in Canada. Such a profile
is quite common for multiple country applications as families consider relative costs and world
rankings, as well as future career pathway options when setting their HR/R/M/S applications.
It should be noted that there are students who had 100% success rates in each of our ‘big 5’
destination countries.
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67
93
UK
HK
Canada
USA
Australia
Application Success % Rate by Destination
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Enrollment by country:
While many students were successful in their applications to more than one
destination/country, final enrollment decisions seem to be based on a combination of factors,
which vary in importance individually. Students reported that final enrollment decisions, in
relation to both countries of study, as well as course/university final choices were based on the
following factors (please note that this is student reported data, and is not rigorously verified,
but does reflect some important factors in final decision-making) – in alphabetical order, NOT
in order of incidence, nor importance):
Citizenship
Cost
Family/Heritage links
Future Career Opportunities
Location (weather/setting/community-culture)
University Reputation/Ranking
It may be noteworthy that there seems to be a somewhat consistent trend over the past 10 years
showing a steady increase in Hong Kong applications, as well as the number of students who
choose to stay in Hong Kong for their university studies. This may be linked to the rise of
Hong Kong institutions’ rankings in world university tables, as well as the relatively ease of
career progression made possible through studying in Hong Kong, in addition to the relatively
low costs linked to such programmes.
UK39%
HK24%
Canada17%
USA11%
Australia6%
Others3%
Enrollment by Country
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It should be noted that of the final destinations for all students, nearly 80% of these were for
courses and/or institutions which they had rated as either High Reach or Reach applications
(please note that Australia enrolments are not yet confirmed, and these, along with gap year
details, are not included).
The most popular places for universities is quite similar to recent years. The following show
the most common destinations by university for our graduating class. This information does
not include Australia bound students, as their university applications are being submitted and
considered this term.
It should be noted that all other destinations for our students have a total of 4 or fewer students
enrolling. Please also note that our graduating class will enrol in more than 40 different
institutions.
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High Reach/Reach Mid Safe
Enrollment by Application Rating
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A fuller list of all universities is attached below in Appendix A1.
Enrollment by course/major:
There was a significant shift in the number of students applying to specific programmes in this
year’s graduating class. The list below shows the most common course/specialisms that
students enrolled in. It should be noted, that as was expected, the number of different
programmes remained over 30, as in previous years, showing that students applied to a variety
of programmes, most closely linked to their personal or individual talents and interests.
It should be noted that the number of Medicine and Law enrolments are unusually high this
year, but are very much in line with individual students’ interests and talents. It would be
expected that this is not a ‘trend’ but rather a reflection on these particular students’
preferences.
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9 9
76 6
5 5
HKU CUHK UBC KCL (King's) Bristol UCL LSE UofT
Enrollment by University
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A fuller list of all courses that students are enrolling into is attached in Appendix C.
We feel very proud of our graduating class and wish them all the best in their studies and future
careers, as well as in their future roles in both their families and communities.
16th September, 2015 – Sha Tin College Careers and Higher Education Department.
** Please note that all data is up-to-date and accurate based on information provided by
students on or before 11th Sept, 2015
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Medicine Sciences Business Law Art/Design
Enrollment by Course/Major
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University Country Course
Applying Australia AUS Business & Management
Applying Australia AUS Physiotherapy/Medical Science
Applying Australia AUS
Applying Australia AUS Bachelor of Science
Applying Australia AUS Commerce/Business
Applying Australia AUS Education/Humanities & social studies
Applying Australia AUS
Management/commerce/Art/City
planning
Applying Australia AUS Science
Applying Australia AUS Science in Exercise & Health
Applying Australia AUS
Applying Australia AUS
U of Toronto CAN Business Commerce
U of Toronto CAN Life Science
U of Toronto CAN Astrophysic
U of Toronto CAN Law
U of Totonto CAN Computer Science
U of Waterloo CAN Arts
UBC CAN Arts
UBC CAN Commerce & Arts
UBC CAN Computer Science
UBC CAN Psychology
UBC CAN Commerce & Arts
UBC CAN Computer Sciences
UBC CAN Economics/Arts/Science
UBC CAN Life Science
UBC CAN Sciences
Western U Ontario CAN Chemical Engineering
U Catholique de L'ouest France Pre-medicine
City U of HK HK Creative Media
CUHK HK Medicine
CUHK HK Business Administration
CUHK HK Journalism
CUHK HK Medicine
CUHK HK Medicine & Surgery
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CUHK HK Nursing
CUHK HK Journalism & Communication
CUHK (FT) HK Medicine & Surgery
CUHK(FT) HK Medicine
HKU HK BA
HKU HK Economics
HKU HK English
HKU HK Medicine
HKU HK Medicine & Surgery
HKU HK Science
HKU HK Social Sciences
HKU HK Business & Management
HKU HK Medicine
HKU HK Science
HKU (FT) HK Business Administration
HKU (FT) HK Medicine
HKU (FT) HK Medicine
HKU (FT) HK Medicine & Surgery
HKUST HK Business
HKUST HK Business & Management
HKUST HK Aerospace Engineering
HKUST HK Science
Poly U HK Product Design/Communication
Poly U HK Science/Surveying
Savannah College of Art & Design HK HK Sequential Arts
SCAD HK HK Art & Design
U of the Arts London HK Graphic Design
Rotterdam Sch of Management, Erasmus
U Netherlands International Business Admin
U of Groningen Netherlands Medicine
U of Maastricht Netherlands Science
Applying South Africa S. Africa
Central St Martins Coll of Art & Design UK Painting
Durham U UK English Literature
Durham U UK Financial Accounting
Heriot-Watt U, Edinburgh UK Economics
Heriot-Watt U, Edinburgh UK International Business Management
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Imperial College London UK Mechanical Engineering
Keele U UK Physiotherapy
King's College London UK Geography
King's College London UK Law
King's College London UK Law
King's College London UK Nutrition
King's College London UK Philosophy, Politics & Economics
King's College London (U of L) UK Law
King's College London, U of L UK Law
Lancaster U UK Fine Art
Loughborough U UK Sport Management
LSE UK History
LSE UK Law
LSE UK Law
LSE UK Law
LSE UK Sociology
Newcastle U UK Biochemical Science
Newcastle U UK Fine Art
Newcastle U UK Law
Newcastle U Upon Tyne UK Computer Science
Nottingham Trent U UK Architecture
Nottingham Trent U UK Marketing
Queen Mary Uof L UK Law
Queen's U Belfast UK Medicine
Royal Veterinary College (U of L) UK Veterinary Medicine
SOAS U of L UK History & Chinese
U of Brighton UK Architecture
U of Bristol UK Biology
U of Bristol UK English
U of Bristol UK Law
U of Bristol UK Medicine
U of Bristol UK Medicine
U of Bristol UK Music
U of East Anglia UK Medicine
U of Edinburgh UK English Literature
U of Essex UK Economics
U of Glasgow UK English Literature/History of Art
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U of Hull UK Marketing
U of Kent UK Drama & Theatre Arts
U of Leeds UK English Literature & Theatre Studies
U of Leicester UK Aerospace Engineering
U of Leicester UK Medicine
U of Nottingham UK Finance, Accounting & Management
U of Nottingham UK Int'l Media & Communications
U of Nottingham UK Law
U of Nottingham UK Nutrition
U of Sheffield UK Architecture
U of South Wales UK Media
U of Stirling UK Psychology
U of Surrey UK Musical Theatre
U of Sussex UK Music Technology
U of Sussex UK Business & Management
U of Warwick UK Law
U of Warwick UK Mechanical Engineering
U of Warwick UK Politics with Int'l Studies
UCL UK Applied Medical Sciences
UCL UK Geology
UCL UK History of Art with Material Studies
UCL UK Pharmacy
UCL UK Pharmacy
UCL UK Philosophy, Politics & Economics
Babson College USA Business
Boston U USA Education
Boston U USA Social Sciences
Cornell U USA Biological Sciences
Northwestern U USA Journalism & Communication
NYU USA Fine Arts/Visual Arts
Parsons New School for DesignNY USA Fine Arts
Rice U USA Environmental Science
U of Chicago USA
U of Rochester USA Political Science/Government
U of the Pacific USA Dentistry
U of Virginia USA Life Science
UC Irvine USA Business Administration
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UCLA USA Communication Studies
USC USA Civil Engineering/Biophysics
Vassar College USA Environment Analysis
Wellesley College (ED) USA Business
Wellesley College(ED) USA
Gap Year
Gap Year
Gap Year
Gap Year
Gap Year
Gap Year
Gap Year
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*Sports:
Sports and physical activities continue to play a very important role during and in addition to
the school day. The Sha Tin College Sports Programme incorporates throughout the year a
very wide range of competitions for all ages. In 2014/15 approximately 650 students took part
in 60 teams which participated in 280 matches and 42 tournaments.
Inter-House sports: swimming; athletics; cross country; netball; basketball; dodgeball; tag
rugby; volleyball; rounders; football
HKSFF (Hong Kong School Sports Federation): netball; hockey; basketball; football; rugby;
cross country; swimming; athletics; fencing; table tennis; rowing; sailing; tennis; badminton;
equestrian.
ESF league: basketball; football; rugby; table tennis; cross country; swimming; athletics;
volleyball; biathlon.
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Basketball ESF League
A Grade Girls 3rd Place
B Grade Girls 3rd Place
A Grade Boys Runner Up
B Grade Boys 3rd Place
HKSSF Leagu
A Grade Boys Champions
B Grade Boys Runner Up
C Grade Girls 5th Place
Athletics HKSSF
C Grade Girls 4th Place
Fencing HKSSF
Individual A Grade Girls Champion
Individual B Grade Girls Champion
Individual C Grade Boys Champion
Boys Epee Team 4th Place
Gilrs Epee Team Champions
Hockey HKSSF
Junior Boys Champions
Senior Boys Runner Up
Rugby HKSSF
AB Grade 7’s Girls Champions
A Grade Boys 7’s Champions
B Grade Boys 7’s Champions
Biathlon ESF
Year 8 Girls Champions
Football
A Grade Boys 3rd Place
B Grade Boys 4th Place
C Grade Boys 3rd Place
Swimming ESF
Junior Gala 3rd place
ABC Grade Swimming Gala Runner Up
Cross Country
A Grade Girls 4th Place
C Grade Girls Runner Up
Badminton
ESF
Open Grade mixed tournament
Champions
Equestrian
Hong Kong Equestrian
Lower Division Champions
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Climbing and Bouldering
CHKMCU
26th HK Open Sports Climbing
Junior Girls – Champion
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
Hong Kong Bouldering
Girls Junior – Champion
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
National Bouldering
Women’s Amateur - Champion
2nd place
4th place
International Honours
Rugby – boys and girls
Hockey – boys and girls
Fencing
Climbing
HKSSF – Sha Tin and Sai Kung District
Overall Championships (52 competing
schools)
Girls – 7th Place
Boys – 8th Place
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*Student and Staff Achievements:
Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards
Two of our Y12 students have won awards for exceptional achievement in the June 2014
Cambridge examinations. We are very proud of them. They are:
Vanessa Kam Tsz Wing – highest mark in the world for Cambridge IGCSE Co-ordinated
Sciences (Double Award) and,
Shimali Ruanthi De Silva – highest mark in the world for Cambridge IGCSE Drama
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SCMP Junior Reporter Awards 2014
Congratulations to Henry Lui, 11G2 who won the SCMP Young Post Junior Reporter Awards
2014 for Best Workshop Report with his piece, "Musical awareness on a whole new level", a
report on Sony's high-resolution audio workshop.
http://yp.scmp.com/junior-reporters/reports/article/91484/phil-lam-and-sony-shows-yp-
junior-reporters-newest-high-res
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66th Hong Kong Speech Festival
We would like to congratulate Elin Chan of 10X2 on her magnificent effort in the 66th Hong
Kong Speech Festival. Elin was incredibly successful in all of the competitions that she
entered:
Shakespeare Monologue – Non Open Under 15 – 1st place
Solo Prose Reading – Non Open Secondary 4 – 1st place
Public Speaking Solo Secondary 3 & 4 – 2nd place
Dramatic Duologue Secondary 3 & 4 – 3rd place
Elin has worked incredibly hard and we are all proud of her. Well done Elin!
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Hong Kong Young Writers’ Awards 2014
Congratulations to Yoki Chan of 7D1 and Elin Chan of 10X1 for being short-listed for this
year’s Hong Kong Young Writers’ Awards. HKYWA is an annual writing competition which
receives thousands of submissions from students in Hong Kong and Macau. This year students
were asked to submit writing based on the theme of ‘New Tales of the Pearl River Delta’. Both
Yoki and Elin have been short-listed for their Non-Fiction submissions in their respective
groups. Yoki’s piece, ‘The Power of Things Past’, and Elin’s, ‘Embracing a Pearly Future’,
will be published in HKYWA 2015 anthology and both girls will be attending the awards
ceremony in April when this year’s winners will be announced. Good luck to both Yoki and
Elin and well done for writing such inspiring and well-crafted pieces!
Yoki Chan
Elin Chan
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China Hong Kong Mountaineering and Climbing Union Bouldering Championships
2014
The China Hong Kong Mountaineering and Climbing Union (CHKMCU) organised the
national bouldering championships at the Go Nature climbing centre on 18th January. There
were two categories of entry – Men/ Women’s Open and Men/ Women’s Amateur with no age
restriction in either category. The Sha Tin College climbing team entered the competition in
the amateur category and were competing against university students and adults.
The competition was organised in to a qualifying round of bouldering problems with the top
climbers being invited back for a final round of problems in the afternoon. Against stiff
competition, the Sha Tin College team put in a superb performance and displayed excellent
technique on very challenging problems. Their reward for such an outstanding display was to
finish 1st, 2nd and 4th in the Women’s Amateur competition!
The final placing were as follows:
1st Denise Wong; 2nd Sally Lam; 4th Vanessa Kam
Sally Lam and Denise Wong
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‘A Close Run Thing’
The 2014-15 Inter-School Rugby Sevens (NT) - Boys A Grade Finals was won by STC in a
nail biting finish which went down to the wire. After going ahead, Sha Tin went behind and
were chasing the game. With 1 minute to go in the last play of the match from a scrum Sha Tin
equalised with a try from James Hawgood. It took a carefully and cooly timed conversion by
Dominic Lam to win the game deep in injury time with the last kick of the game.
The squad over the 3 days of competition were the following Dominic Lam (Captain), James
Hawgood (Vice Captain), Damien Lee, Mervyn Mckinley, Malcolm McNicol, Ho Yee
Cheung, Michael Ting, Adrian Lau. Ryman Lee, James Atter, Alex Zalvin, Simon Won,
Mathew Mui, Rocco Cheung, Alex Tonks.
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Girls:
The Girls A and B grade rugby team came 2nd in the Inter-Schools Rugby 7s. They went
through the pool rounds winning every game convincingly, only 2 tries were conceded in the
whole tournament. The girls came up against a tough team in the final, it was a close finish
which resulted in the STC team losing by 1 try to nil.
Squad: Elspeth Laidler (Captain), Kathleen Arthur, Kat Esser, Sarah Lucas, Katie Beattie,
Hollie Key, Brittany Arthur, Jessica Eden, Jessica Barnes, Nicole Leung, Katie Ngan Kee,
Ching Hei Cheung.
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Clive Graham 9X1: ESF Sports Star 2015 championship
Congratulations to Clive who was runner up at the ESF Sports Star 2015 championship
organised by the ESL Educational Services Ltd (ESL).
ESL hosted a season long ESF sports star initiative which selected the top four students from
each of the main core sports: basketball, football, netball and swimming. Clive was identified
as the top swimmer within the ESF Sharks swimming programme. He experienced a wide
range of sports activities throughout the year and thoroughly enjoyed his time.
Clive Graham – third from left (in blue t-shirt)
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The Other Hundred Exhibition at Sha Tin College
Sha Tin College hosted an Exhibition of photographs entitled “The Other Hundred.” The Other
Hundred is a unique photography project aimed as a counterpoint to the Forbes top 100 and
other media rich lists by telling the stories of people around the world who are not rich but
whose lives, struggles and achievements deserve to be celebrated. Its 100 photo stories move
beyond the stereotypes and clichés that fill so much of the world's media to explore the lives
of people whose aspirations and achievements are at least as noteworthy as any member of the
world's richest 1 percent.
All students at Sha Tin College visited the Exhibition; as they viewed the photographs and read
the stories they were encouraged to reflect upon the question ‘What is a successful life?
Students completed a survey about their own view of success and some of the results are shown
in the video below.
As part of the Exhibition everyone at Sha Tin College, students, teachers and staff were asked
to contribute a photograph which encapsulates the concept of achievement or meaning in their
own lives. The collection is a testament to the energy, enthusiasm and creativity of our student
body. And together it is a powerful symbol of the unity of the school. Here is a link to a video
which captures the Exhibition at STC: https://vimeo.com/114330508
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Hong Kong’s Stride for a Cure!
Another year, another record broken! This year, we’ve raised over HK$150,000 beating last
year’s record of $130,000 and once again winning the HK Cancer Fund’s School Cup. As a
team, we cannot express how thankful we are for the constant generosity and willingness of
the Sha Tin Community - your kindness has inspired and motivated us throughout this entire
project. We are so incredibly proud of the Sha Tin Community and we’re especially proud to
be able to be a part of this.
HK Cancer Fund’s ‘Stride for a Cure’ have written to Sha Tin College thanking us for our
participation in this year’s walk. They wrote: “Your generous gift has helped us raise the funds
needed to support ongoing cancer research programmes here in Hong Kong! Your support has
helped enable scientists to increase the rate of early detection and improve treatments, as we
make every effort to improve the lives of those touched by cancer…”
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*Arts
As well as music, drama and fine arts are particularly strong within and outside of the formal
curriculum.
This Year’s Art GCSE exam unit, namely, Apart and or Together, challenged over 55 young
artistic minds to create a piece that personified their best work to date. It was obvious from the
preparation and organisation from many that they were ready to show to the world what they
could do. They did not fail.
Each student produced a work that best reflected their skill to date and highlighted the Arts as
a supreme way for each student to express themselves, problem solve, be creative, relieve stress
and enjoy themselves.
Below is just a snapshot of what was produced from our Year 11 Art students during the GCSE
Art exam this Year. It represents the high level and diversity of Art produced here at Sha Tin
College. A very well done to each Art student for the work produced throughout the two years.
Each students work will be on exhibit this coming September.
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Year 13 IB Visual Arts Exhibition March 2015
There were 21 students involved in the final IB Visual Arts exhibition this year and each were
given their own space in which to display their work. The results were very impressive.
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How to apply to Heaven by Caught in the Act
The Drama department hosted a group of talented actors from Years 10-12 who were
performing in a play written by our Year 11 student, Shimali De Silva, entitled “How to apply
to Heaven. “This student run performance group has been active for some months now and
they call themselves Caught in the Act.
Shimali’s thought provoking and original drama was set in a fictional institution that may or
may not have been modelled on our own college, and in which the inhabitants were trying to
figure out the best way of getting into Heaven. The production was both funny and clever and
an audience of around 50 friends and parents attended and stayed behind for a discussion after
the performance in which audience raised ideas such as the inspiration for the writer (Uni
applications amongst other things!) and the theme of religion.
Shimali should be commended for her dedication in writing a great short play that may become
a longer piece soon and also may be performed again for a wider audience.
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*CAS Week
CAS Week at Sha Tin College is intended to offer a wide range of challenges and opportunities
for students which are not normally encountered in a classroom situation. The activities are
intended to challenge students, provide opportunities for personal growth and to foster
awareness and appreciation of life outside academic studies. For the 2014-2015 academic year
CAS Week took place between Monday 13th and Friday 17th October 2014.
Embracing the ‘Activity’ strand of CAS, Year 7 were at a camp on Lantau. They participated
in a wide range of physical activities such as archery, rope climbing and bubble football, as
well as a wide range of team building games. The week was designed to offer the students
both new challenges and the opportunity to bond as a team. The week was successful and well
organized and we shall be using the same provider for CAS Week 2015.
Year 8 were immersed in a ‘Creative’ theatre workshop as Sha Tin College played host to the
organization, Scottish Opera. Students spent four days preparing two musical productions
which they performed to family and friends at the end of the week. Students said “it boosted
our confidence to try new things”, “the mood was always happy and joyful” and “it was
imaginative and enjoyable”. This was the first time Sha Tin College has worked with Scottish
Opera and we will develop our working relationship with them when they return to reprise
their workshop for CAS Week 2015.
Students in Year 13 use CAS Week to complete their IB Group 4 project and to write their
personal statements for University applications. This ran smoothly this year and we will
continue with this programme in 2015. As the Group 4 project assessment has changed, this
has provided us with an opportunity to review the CAS Week experience for Year 13 students
in the future. From the academic year 2016-17, Year 13 students will be allowed to attend
CAS Week activities and their work on their University applications will take place in a
redesigned Year 13 Induction Programme in August 2016.
Students in Years 9 to 12 were able to select their CAS Week experience from a wide range of
choices.
Sha Tin College students supported local Service projects in Hong Kong such as the David
Exodus Kindergarten, Jockey Club Sarah Roe, SPCA and taught English in a local school.
Year 12 Student Leaders also supported the Year 7 and 8 activities. Historic Walks and The
Amazing Race gave our students the opportunity to learn and be challenged in a range of ways
around Hong Kong. Purely actively-minded students specialized for the week in Boxing or
Sailing or were coached professionally in a range of sports in Mad About Sport Week.
Creativity options for students ranged from the traditional disciplines of Mural Painting,
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Pottery and cooking up a Global Feast to innovative digital disciplines such as App
Development and DSLR Photography. Musicians could either play at Rock School and learn
the craft of making their own instruments at Ukelele Making.
Over 350 students travelled to a variety of international destinations. Blending in a range of
creative, active and service elements, students travelled to Bali and Komodo, Borneo,
California, Cambodia, Jordan, Morocco, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Students
travelled to Berlin and Paris for a European perspective on creativity and its application in
everything from architecture to cuisine. Separate treks to Kanchenjunga and Everest Base
Camps and a Rock Climbing course in Krabi provided the opportunity for students to overcome
a tough physical challenge.
CAS Week Berlin
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Scottish Opera
CAS Week Borneo
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Murals and Stage Set Painting
Teaching English at a local school
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Kanchenjunga Base Camp
*PTA Update
Each year the PTA co-organises the Year 13 Graduation Ceremony with the school. Also, the
PTA each year awards monetary prizes to Year 12 students for Academic Excellence,
Academic Progress and Overall Contribution to STC school life. The plaque in the School
Hall is a permanent record of those who have been awarded the prizes. We offer our
congratulations to last year’s students, chosen by Sha Tin College staff. Each student received
$5,000.
School Fair: The College’s share of the proceeds from the 2014 Fair was $178,598 out of
which $38,870 was donated to House charities. The PTA used this income and other surplus
to fund the school’s piano, Health Week activities, tournaments, Christmas and CNY
celebrations, Year 12 and Year 13 Graduation Ceremony as well as other functions and
projects.
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*Statistics: turnover, ethnicity, nationality, first language
Turnover rate
Total no. of students
in September 2014
Total no. of student
withdrawals by end June
2015
Year 7 178 5
Year 8 175 7
Year 9 174 15
Year 10 170 10
Year 11 171 20
Year 12 156 5
Year 13 157 1
Ethnicity
Total
no. of
students
Chinese Caucasian Eurasian
Other
East
Asian
Countries
Indians Others N/A
1,180 850 61 107 47 39 22 54
Nationality
Total no.
of
students
No. of
Chinese
PRC
No. of
Americans
No. of
Australians
No. of
British
No. of
Canadians
No. of
Hong
Kong
Others
1,180 43 78 68 218 130 475 168
First Language
Total no. of
students
English Cantonese Mandarin Korean Other
1,180 802 302 33 15 28
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Ethnicity
Total
no. of
students
Chinese Caucasian Eurasian
Other
East
Asian
Countries
Indians Others N/A
1,180 850 61 107 47 39 22 54
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Nationality
Total no.
of
students
No. of
Chinese
PRC
No. of
Americans
No. of
Australians
No. of
British
No. of
Canadians
No. of
Hong
Kong
Others
1,180 43 78 68 218 130 475 168
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First Language
Total no. of
students
English Cantonese Mandarin Korean Other
1,180 802 302 33 15 28
