Campus Life

Activities give students room to explore movement, technology, creativity, communication and leadership.

Students work together to pass a yellow hoop during a teamwork activity.

Local and overseas university visits

Visits and course experiences introduce students to university environments and help them connect interests with future choices. Experiences include Hong Kong institutions as well as visits and activities overseas.

  • The Education University of Hong Kong: introduction to cultural heritage education and arts management.
  • Hong Kong Metropolitan University: tradition, innovation and creative arts sharing.
  • Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts: Cantonese opera creation and intercultural performance.
  • University of York: law course experience.
  • RMIT University, Australia, and UNITAR International University, Malaysia: exchange visits.
HKBC students and accompanying adults on a visit to the Education University of Hong Kong.
Visit to the Education University of Hong Kong.

Community service and social activities

Community experiences give students opportunities to meet people, understand public services and take part in shared activities. Activities include volunteering, cultural visits, career exploration and wellbeing experiences.

  • CLP: field visit to Black Point Power Station.
  • Youth activities including National Games volunteering and aviation career exploration.
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals: guided history visit.
  • M+ museum: Picasso for Asia — A Conversation.
  • Company visits and practical exposure to a sports physiotherapy clinic.

Chinese culture

Visits and cultural activities encourage students to look closely, ask questions and connect what they learn with the world around them.

  • Cultural visit to Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple.
  • Chinese cultural knowledge programmes, Kunqu talks and opera performances.
  • Guided visits to Hong Kong temples and heritage sites.
Students look at architectural details during a visit inside a Chinese temple.

Exchange tours

Study visits connect history, culture and contemporary life. Previous experiences include the following destinations and activities. Contact the school for information about upcoming tours.

  • Jiangmen heritage and innovation study, and Nanjing history visits.
  • Beijing arts, culture and Grand Canal learning.
  • Malaysian history visits and Model United Nations experiences.
  • Cultural exchange in Melbourne, Australia.
  • High-speed Rail Youth 2024 cultural and creative visit to Changsha.

HKBC Student Union

Student-led activities create opportunities to organise, collaborate and contribute to school life through festive celebrations, chess, basketball, swimming and community-building events.

  • HKBC Student Union lion-dance team and Lunar New Year performances.
  • HKBC chess tournament.
  • Bluebell Carnival: student and teacher team-building activities.
  • School basketball and swimming activities.
Students gather with lion-dance costumes during a school cultural activity.

All-round development

Sport, technology, language, arts and leadership help students discover their strengths. Activities complement classroom learning and provide room to practise responsibility and teamwork.

Clubs and activities take place Monday to Friday, 3:30–4:30 pm. Participation is compulsory for Years 7–9 and voluntary for Years 10–13.

Sports clubs and societies

Sport creates space to move, practise skills and work with others. Pickleball is one example of the activities represented in our school life.

  • Badminton
  • Athletics
  • Table tennis
  • Rugby
Students take part in pickleball on a court.

Aerospace and artificial intelligence

Students explore aerospace and aviation, artificial intelligence applications, and golf and racing simulation through practical activities.

  • Aviation knowledge and flight-simulation activities.
  • Aviation career planning and airport visits.
  • Technology, engineering and science exploration.
Students explore aviation through a simulator activity.

Languages and arts

Art and creative activities give students different ways to observe, express ideas and develop their own work.

  • English public speaking and drama
  • Chinese creative arts
  • Art and design
  • Entrepreneurship and leadership
Students work on a painting during an art activity.

Student leadership programme

Leadership begins with taking part, listening and working towards a shared task. Group activities help students put cooperation into practice.

The programme develops student leaders and representatives who participate in school activities, major competitions and events.

Students work together to pass a yellow hoop during a teamwork activity.

Competitions and events

Students take part in athletics, technology and innovation, culture and arts activities.

Athletics

  • Inter-school fencing, swimming, athletics, badminton and table-tennis events.
  • 2025 Asian youth fencing championship: Wang Zhe won the junior individual foil championship.

Technology and innovation

  • Inter-school aviation knowledge and flight-simulation competitions.
  • PolyU Science Young Talents Competition and Hong Kong Student Science Competition.
  • Mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology competitions.

Culture and arts

  • 2025 Sporting Activity Painting and Clay International Competition: champion.
  • Bilingual and trilingual recitation and public speaking, writing, arts and inter-school music activities.
  • Traditional calligraphy, painting and creative-design competitions.

Scholarship

Student-development awards and support opportunities include the schemes below. Availability and application arrangements vary; contact the admissions team for current details.

  • Sir Edward Youde Memorial Prizes for Senior Secondary School Students
  • Hong Kong Jockey Club Striding On Scholarship
  • Sir Robert Black Trust Fund support for outstanding students in non-academic fields, 2023–24

Admissions scholarships and bursaries