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SPCS
is located in a densely populated area of Causeway Bay. (Click here
to view the location
map.) Together with the private primary and
pre-school section and St. Paul's Hospital which adjoins a
chapel
and a sesquicentennial
garden, the entire compound takes up an area
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Secondary, Primary and Pre-school Sections have their own separate
buildings. There are two school
halls, one each
for the Secondary and the Primary. The Secondary School hall consists
of a balcony as well and can accommodate over a thousand students.
Apart from the school hall which is also used for indoor sports,
there are also an indoor
heated swimming pool, a covered playground,
one netball/basketball court and a garden for recreation. The teaching
block includes thirty-four classrooms, six science laboratories,
a school library,
a multi-media self-access learning centre (MMLC),
an information technology learning centre (ITLC),
a quality
kitchen and other 'key learning areas' special
rooms for english, chinese, mathematics, humanities and religious
studies. Moreover, some recent additions include a
dance studio, a video-broadcasting
studio and a Media Laboratory
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School Improvement Programme (SIP) was completed in June 2005. It
is a seven-storey block which integrates with our existing school
campus. It houses a Student
Activity Center on the second floor, and a Computer
Assisted Learning (CAL) Laboratory, a Preparation
Room and a Language Laboratory
on the third floor. The fourth floor consists of an art room and
its display area, while the fifth floor comprises a music room and
its storeroom. The sixth floor features the Staff Room and Staff
Common Room with pantry. The roof has been transformed
into a Classroom
of the Future which boasts an extended skylight
feature, along with renewable solar panels. At the lobby entrance,
there stands a fountain that operates on renewable solar energy.
Eventually, this area will become an environmental gallery in which
environmental models and equipment will be displayed and used for
educational purposes. |
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Chapel |
Christ
the King Chapel, a magnificient place for prayer, is next to our
school building. Mass of the Holy Spirit, Chrismas Mass, Mass
on St. Paul's Day and Friday Masses are held here every year. |
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Christ
the King Chapel. |
The
Statue of Our Lady. |
Father
was praying for peace in the Mass. |
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We
all were listening to Father's Homily. |
We
were praying to God. |
All
of us gathered in the Chapel. |
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Smart Oasis |
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Smart Oasis is a three-storey building which integrates nature and technology all within one building. We also call this building ¡¥Smart CITIES¡¦ which stands for the Center for Integration for Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability.
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Anti-aging Laboratory (G/F) |
STEM Cradle (1/F) |
Chinese Herb Garden (2/F) |
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Sesquicentennial
Garden |
On
12th November 2004, we had our Tree Planting Day and the opening
of our Sesquicentennial Garden, which was one of our highlights
of the 150th Anniversary of our school. This garden not only marks
the launch of our school's effort in being a Green School, but
also provides a beautiful space for our leisure activities. |
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School
Hall |
The
Secondary School Hall consists of a balcony and can accommodate
over a thousand students. Not only for various school functions,
it is also used for indoor sports sometimes. |
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The
balcony in our school hall. |
It
can accommodate all students and teaching staff. |
The
stage is for various performances and functions. |
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Indoor
Swimming Pool |
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We
work in partnership with Hoi Tin Swimming Club in maintaining
our school swimming pool. To enhance our partnership, our pool
has been upgraded to a heated pool, all the changing rooms have
been renovated with new lockers. It is of great benefit to the
school as we can use the pool during the day for our swimming
classes with Hoi Tin providing two life-guards, as specified
by law, together with professional instructors for our school
swimming team morning practice.
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Library |
There
are nearly 17,000 books and audiovisual materials, and more than
20 computers in our library. Our library catalog is fully computerized
since 1995. You may visit our School
Library Homepage for more detail. |
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Classroom
of the Future |
Classroom of the Future is located on the 7th floor of our new block
(SIP). Its design is inspirational and environmental and can readily
adapt to educational and technological changes. (Innovation designs
for Schools: Classroom of the Future, Department of Education and
Skills UK, 2004) It provides Paulinians with an environment that is
both functional and stimulating, and facilitates various patterns
of group work that promotes creativity, critical thinking, problem
solving and communication skills for global learning. It extends students
beyond the traditional classroom setting while leveraging off advanced
technology. Furthermore, it demonstrates the re-cycling of solar energy
by activating a fountain and different equipment at the lobby entrance
of the seven-storey block, as well as supplying energy for the movable
light boxes that serve as partitions when required. |
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Chinese Medicine Research Centre |
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This room is equipped with standard laboratory furniture and advanced analytical research instruments for techniques such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Our Chinese Medicine Team will conduct research on Chinese medicine authentication and studies on the active ingredients of Chinese herbs here. |
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Hydroponic Research Centre |
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Students can explore the impact of urbanisation on farming and food safety, identified problems through hands-on work, and found solutions to problems all on their initiative in this hydroponic lab. |
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Multi-Media Self-access Learning Centre (MMLC) |
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The Multi-Media Self-access Learning Centre (MMLC) was opened on 29th October, 1999. There are 42 computers with various CD-ROMs, video clips, educational software and packages as well as virtual recorders for students to learn languages themselves. Moreover, SmartCards were first used to unlock the doors of the MMLC. |
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ITLC - Information Technology Learning Centre |
ITLC
is a well-equipped computer room consists of 42 computers. It is
similar to MMLC, but ITLC is for self-access learning of information
technology while MMLC is for self-access learning of language. Some
classes have their computer lessons here. |
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Quality Kitchen |
Our
former cookery room is now a brand new Quality Kitchen, with a luxurious
model home. Other than the improvement of the cooking facilities,
a computer and a video projector were also installed in the kitchen
for the students to present Home Economics projects. Students enjoy
having their cookery lessons in this well-equipped kitchen very
much. To see more pictures, visit our Home
Economics Department website. |
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It
is a well-equipped kitchen with computer and video projector. |
A
very nice place to enjoy cooking! |
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Here
is the living room of Modern Home. |
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Dance
Studio |
Our
new Dance Studio was completed in 2003, the Dance Team have their
practices here instead of in the hall. With the new Dance Studio,
our school Dance Team will have more room to do their best. |
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Media Laboratory |
Media Laboratory is a special room for creative media classes. It is a well-equipped
room with more than 20 computers, video cameras and other aided
equipments. There is a video-broadcasting studio next to it which
helps to monitor the video shooting there. |
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Student
Activity Center |
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Our
new Student Activity Center is on the second floor of the SIP block.
Students are free to use the room for student activity, including
drama practice, speech rehearsal, DIP sessions and prefect activities. |
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Computer
Assisted Learning (CAL) Laboratory |
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The Computer
Assisted Learning (CAL) Laboratory is a well-equiped computer room
located on the third floor of our new block. There are 40 computers
installed with software for creative media, such as Kar2ouche and
Movie Maker. Students have their creative media lessons here as well. |
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Staff
Common Room |
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Our
Staff Common Room, located on the 6th floor of our new block, provides
staff with a very comfortable and spacious environment for meetings,
group work, guest functions and lunch gatherings. |
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