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Meng Tak Catholic School

POA School Net：16

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school_name	Meng Tak Catholic School
district	Eastern
school_address	11 Cheung Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
school_type_1	Aided
school_type_2	Whole Day
medium_of_instruction	Chinese
school_tel	25572244
school_fax	25575324
school_email	mtcs@mengtak.edu.hk
school_website	http://mengtak.edu.hk
school_motto	Love others as you love yourself
school_mission	To embody the Spirit of Christ, we provide love and caring for our kids. We nurture them to become self-initiated in their learning, to be civic-minded, confident and competent in serving the society.
sponsoring_body	Hong Kong Catholic Diocese
student_gender	Co-ed
commencement_of_operation_year	1952
religion	Catholicism

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poa_school_net	16
imc	Established
training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members	93%
name_supervisor_chairman_of_mc	Tam, Paul Wing Ming
title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc	Rev.
name_of_school_head	Hui Carlo
title_of_school_head	Mr.
school_size	5143
school_bus	Yes
parent_teacher_association	Yes
school_alumni_association	Yes
asc_pta_fee	"$50"
asc_charges_for_non_standard_items	"$310"
fac_no_of_classroom	24
fac_no_of_school_hall	1
fac_no_of_playground	2
fac_no_of_library	1
fac_special_rooms	Computer Room, Art and Craft Room, STEM Room, Language Room, Remedial Classrooms, Music Room, Religious Activity Room, Student Counselling Room, Student Activity Room, Student Learning Room, etc.
fac_others	Electronic blackboards, Optical fiber & Wifi in classrooms; Arts Studio for display, workshops and performance; New Annex--more space for activities.
fac_support_for_specialedu	Ramp.
previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts	46
previous_year_tsi_total_no_of_teachers	47
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training	100
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_bacherlor	98
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above	34
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training	67
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4	15
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9	19
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above	66
previous_year_no_of_class_p1	4
previous_year_no_of_class_p2	4
previous_year_no_of_class_p3	4
previous_year_no_of_class_p4	4
previous_year_no_of_class_p5	4
previous_year_no_of_class_p6	4
previous_year_no_of_class_total	24
current_year_no_of_class_p1	3
current_year_no_of_class_p2	4
current_year_no_of_class_p3	4
current_year_no_of_class_p4	4
current_year_no_of_class_p5	4
current_year_no_of_class_p6	4
current_year_no_of_class_total	23
cs_mode_of_teaching	To cater for different students' learning needs, various class modes and learning contents are adapted. Other than small-class teaching according to students' needs, elements of gifted education are integrated into daily teaching and gifted task-groups such as English Drama, Little Scientists, Filming Agents, etc. are established.
no_of_test_per_year_P1	1
no_of_exam_per_year_P1	1
replace_test_exam_P1	Yes
no_of_test_per_year_P2-P6	1
no_of_exam_P2-P6	2
formulate_appropriate_school_based_assessment_assignment_policy_inform_parents_collect_views_from_teachers_students_parents_regularly	Yes
upload_school_assessment_policy_to_school_web	Yes
upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_web	Yes
diversified_assessment	Different modes of assessments on students' performance in terms of knowledge, attitudes and skills.
avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays	Yes
arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon	Yes
streaming_arrangement	Streaming policy is implemented every year according to students' learning performance. There are elite classes from P.4 to P.6.
no_of_school_days_per_week	5
no_of_periods_per_day	9
duration_of_each_period	30
school_starts_at	8:30
school_starts_at_AMPM	AM
school_ends_at	3:45
school_ends_at_AMPM	PM
lunch_start_time	12:55
lunch_end_time	1:55
lunch_arrangement	Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents.
healthy_school_life	We have a healthy school policy: using environmentally friendly utensils and recycling the leftovers, providing lunch according to the "Nutritional guidelines on School Lunch for Primary School Students" and arranging exercises for students regularly.
school_life_remarks	From Mondays to Thursdays, the last lesson is assigned as a 60-minute 'Get-Set-Goal period' to facilitate the arrangement of homework guidance, students' activities and training. Every Friday is school-based 'Dress Casual Day'.
life_wide_learning	Different kinds of activities: Young Pioneers of Christ, Cub Scouts, Brownies, Grasshoppers, Red Cross Youth Club, Choir, Brass Band, Soccer Team, Badminton Team, Table-tennis Team, Swimming Class, Taekwondo Class, Modern Dance, Rope Skipping Team, Maths Olympiad Class, Violin Class, Recorder Team, English Drama, Filming Agents, Drone Course, Leadership Class, Puppetry Team, Spike Robot Programme Designer, etc.
school_management_url	http://mengtakps.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms/public/index.php3?refid=798&mode=published&nocache
school_organisation	The Incorporated Management Committee is responsible for the management and supervision of the school's operation.
imc_smc_mc	Regular meetings are held to monitor and implement school policies.
school_green_policy	Fully utilization of the natural light, green plantations everywhere (including roof garden).
school_major_concerns_url	http://shorturl.at/huzOV
school_major_concerns	1. Optimize value education, cultivate students' positive values and demonstrate the typical traits of Meng Tak students. 2. Enhance students' learning abilities and integrated literacy to provide room for their all-round development.
learning_and_teaching_plan_url	http://mengtakps.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms/public/index.php3?refid=684&mode=published&nocache
learning_and_teaching_strategies	To enhance students' motivation and learning performance through STEAM education, cross-curricular learning, reading across curriculum and coding education. Daily teaching and rich learning environment including English and Putonghua (reading, speaking, listening aspects) helps enhance students' billiterate and trillingual abilities. "Bring Your Own Device Scheme" (BYOD) is implemented from P.4 to P.6 to enhance students' participation and learning effectiveness by using iPads as learning tools.
major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum	The school is keen on developing the school-based curriculum according to the centralized curriculum in order to facilitate students' learning by achieving the 7 renewed emphases such as strengthening values education (including life education, national education and national security education); making good use of learning time and creating space to promote a balanced physical and mental development; enriching life-wide learning experiences and promoting whole-person development; better catering for learner diversity; reinforcing, STEAM education, and nurturing students’ media and information literacy; strengthening cross-curricular learning and reading across the curriculum for developing lifelong learning capabilities; and enhancing assessment literacy for promoting learning and teaching effectiveness.
dev_of_generic_skills	Enhance generic skills especially cooperative, communicative, creative, critical thinking and problem-solving skills being taught through different activities.
cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours	1. Promote positive values and attitudes through both formal and informal curricula. The former one includes those curricula of Religious Studies and General Studies. The later one includes activities held by Moral and Civic Education group and moral messages through weekly assemblies. 2. Integrate moral education, especially core values of Catholic education, into different key learning areas.
student_support_url	http://mengtakps.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms/public/index.php3?refid=880&mode=published&nocache
whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity	Other than the Pre-primary One and Pre-secondary One bridging courses, the school-based support is carried out in a whole-school approach.
whole_school_approach_integrated_education	Establishment of student support team enables the implementation of different policies catering for students' learning diversity. The school helps students with teaching adaptation and assessment accommodation and makes use of different resources to provide students with learning groups or training teams according to their learning needs.
support_for_non_chinese_students	Our school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: appointing additional teacher(s)/teaching assistant(s) to support NCS students' learning of Chinese; arranging intensive Chinese learning and teaching mode(s), e.g. pull-out learning if necessary, split-class/group learning, etc; and organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school.
curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation	School-based teaching packages for English grammars, Pinyin and Maths curriculum are adopted to cater for students' learning needs. Gifted learning elements are infused into curriculum. Gifted groups and small classes are for more-able and less-able students respectively. After-school classes are for less-able students.
home-school_co-operation_url	http://mengtakps.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms/public/index.php3?refid=611&mode=published&nocache
home-school_co-operation	Parent-Teacher Association aims at facilitating the collaboration and co-operation between the school and parents. "Meng Tak Power", a parent-volunteer team, helps with school's daily routine and activities for students and their parents.
school_ethos	1. Love and caring learning environment; Harmonic relationship between students and teachers; Students performing well academically and behaviorally 2. Appropriate students' bridging programmes and parents' meetings to facilitate those potential Primary-One and Secondary-One students to cope with their new learning environment. 3. Various types of activities organized to fit with students' all-round education.
future_dev_url	https://www.mengtak.edu.hk/
school_dev_plan	1. Optimize value education, cultivate students' positive values and demonstrate the typical traits of Meng Tak students. 2. Enhance students' learning abilities and integrated literacy to provide room for their all-round development.
teacher_pro_training_and_dev	1. Our school adopts specialized teaching in Religious Education, Chinese, English and Mathematics. 2. All language teachers comply with school-based language policy to enhance pupils' language abilities. 3. All teachers keep equipping themselves to enhance quality teaching and cope with the new trends in education such as the development of value education, STEAM education and arts education.
school_character_others	Nurturing students according to the virtues derived from the school's acronym: Modest, Trustworthy, Conscientious and Sympathetic (MTCS).