Quarry Bay School

{{Infobox school

| name = Quarry Bay School

| type = Private, international, primary, co-educational.

| principal = Ms. Sue Yee

| enrollment = approx. 720

| free_label = Years

| free_text = 1 - 6

| motto = Labore et Honore

| location = 6 Hau Yuen Path
Braemar Hill, North Point, Hong Kong

| website = https://www.qbs.edu.hk/

}}

{{Chinese

| order = ts

| t = 鰂魚涌小學

| s = 鲗鱼涌小学

| y = jāk yùh chūng síu hohk

| j = zak1 jyu4 cung1 siu2 hok6

| p = Zéiyúchōng Xiǎoxué

| showflag = y

}}

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Quarry Bay School is the oldest English Schools Foundation primary school in Hong Kong. There are around 720 students. Its current campus is on Braemar Hill on Hong Kong Island.

The principal is currently Sue Yee who started her role in August 2021. Mina Dunstan was principal from 2012 until June 2021. The previous principal was Debra Gardiner who, before she retired, had been at Quarry Bay School for 4 years.

History

The juvenile hall was opened in 1926 to educate the children of expatriate dockyard workers. It remained at 986 King's Road, Quarry Bay until the 1970s, briefly interrupted by World War II when it was forced to operate in the Stanley Internment Camp. In 1980 it relocated to temporary premises in Victoria Barracks, and then in 1984 to its current location on Braemar Hill.{{Cite book |last=蕭 |first=國健 (Siu, Kwok-Kin Anthony) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3eyEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 |title=舊日足跡：香港地區與民生尋蹤 |date=2023-02-01 |publisher=三聯書店(香港)有限公司 |isbn=978-962-04-5095-2 |language=zh-hant |trans-title=Footprints of the Past: Tracing the Hong Kong Region and People's Livelihoods}}

A time capsule filled with children's work, messages and other items was buried in its gardens during the academic year of 1996-97 and still remains under the ground near the terrapin pond to be exhumed in 2027 to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Handover of Hong Kong.{{cite book|title=Quarry Bay School Year Book, 1997-8|year=1998|location=Hong Kong}}{{Cite web |date=1997-07-06 |title=Relics sealed with a kiss e |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/202883/relics-sealed-kiss-e |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

Conservation

The former building of Quarry Bay School, located at No. 986 King's Road, in Quarry Bay, has been listed as a Grade III historic building since 2010.Antiquities Advisory Board. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/204meeting/List%20of%20the%201444%20Historic%20Buildings%20with%20Assessment%20Results%20(as%20of%207%20March%202024).pdf List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results]

References

External links

[http://www.qbs.edu.hk/ Official site]
Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/829_Appraisal_En.pdf Former Quarry Bay School, No. 986 King’s Road, Quarry Bay] [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/829_Photo.pdf Pictures]

Category:Primary schools in Hong Kong

Category:English Schools Foundation schools

Category:Braemar Hill

Category:Educational institutions established in 1924

Category:Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong

Category:1924 establishments in Hong Kong