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S.K.H. Holy Carpenter Primary School

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school_nameS.K.H. Holy Carpenter Primary School
districtKowloon City
school_address14 Kwei Chow Street, Kowloon
school_type_1Aided
school_type_2Whole Day
medium_of_instructionChinese
school_tel23332313
school_fax23647757
school_emailhcps1974@gmail.com
school_websitehttp://www.hcps.edu.hk
school_mottoNot to be served but to serve
school_missionOur school aims at offering a balanced education based on Christian principles. Our school motto is "Not to be served but to serve". A dynamic learning environment is provided to equip our students with essential moral qualities and a positive attitude for lifelong learning.
sponsoring_bodyAnglican (Hong Kong) Primary Schools Council Limited
student_genderCo-ed
commencement_of_operation_year1974
religionProtestantism / Christianity
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poa_school_net34
imcEstablished
training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members82%
name_supervisor_chairman_of_mcCheung Shu Suen
title_supervisor_chairman_of_mcRev.
name_of_school_headNg Mei Ying Rebecca
title_of_school_headMs.
school_size1791
nanny_vanYes
parent_teacher_associationYes
asc_pta_fee"$20"
asc_charges_for_non_standard_items"$310"
fac_no_of_classroom18
fac_no_of_school_hall1
fac_no_of_playground1
fac_no_of_library1
fac_special_rooms5 special function rooms (Computer Room, Student Activity Centre, Music Room, G.S. Room, Visual Arts Room).
fac_othersSchool Canteen, Basketball Court, Counselling Room.
fac_support_for_specialeduRamp and Accessible lift.
previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts32
previous_year_tsi_total_no_of_teachers39
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training95
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_bacherlor61
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above36
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training56
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_419
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_933
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above48
previous_year_no_of_class_p12
previous_year_no_of_class_p22
previous_year_no_of_class_p32
previous_year_no_of_class_p43
previous_year_no_of_class_p53
previous_year_no_of_class_p63
previous_year_no_of_class_total15
current_year_no_of_class_p12
current_year_no_of_class_p22
current_year_no_of_class_p32
current_year_no_of_class_p42
current_year_no_of_class_p53
current_year_no_of_class_p63
current_year_no_of_class_total14
cs_mode_of_teachingSmall class teaching is implemented. There are elite classes in P.4-6.
cs_remarksA Gifted Education Programme and small supporting groups are provided to maximize students' potential. After-school homework tutorial classes are provided for P.1-P.2 students.
no_of_test_per_year_P10
no_of_exam_per_year_P12
replace_test_exam_P1Yes
no_of_test_per_year_P2-P61
no_of_exam_P2-P62
formulate_appropriate_school_based_assessment_assignment_policy_inform_parents_collect_views_from_teachers_students_parents_regularlyYes
upload_school_assessment_policy_to_school_webYes
upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_webYes
diversified_assessmentSummative and formative assessments, classroom observation, behavioral records, STEAM project learning, peer assessments and learning attitude assessments.
avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidaysYes
arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoonYes
streaming_arrangementA Streaming policy is adopted in P.4, 5 and 6 with a monitoring system for students' learning progress.
no_of_school_days_per_week5
no_of_periods_per_day9
duration_of_each_period35
school_starts_at8:00
school_starts_at_AMPMAM
school_ends_at3:30
school_ends_at_AMPMPM
lunch_start_time12:15
lunch_end_time1:15
lunch_arrangementProvided by designated supplier and arranged by parents.
healthy_school_lifeRegular activities include Straighten Up Exercise, Vibrant Playground activities, participation in the EACT Jockey Club Active School Programme, the Sport ACT Rewarding Scheme, and Other Learning Experiences and Interest Group sessions. Mental Health Days and emotional workshops are to promote health messages.
school_life_remarksMonday to Thursday: Primary 1-2 After-school Homework Tutorial Class
Monday to Friday: Whole-school NCS Homework Tutorial Class
Monday to Saturday: Primary 1-6 After-School Learning Support Programmes / English Tutorial Class/Extra-Curricular Activities. Support Services for Newly-arrived Children, School-based After-School Support Programs (homework, tutorial, sports, and various activities)
life_wide_learningCambridge YLE Course, English Drama, Visual Arts Ambassador, Chinese Painting, Basketball, Athletic Training, Taekwondo, Sea Scouts, Girl Guides, Chinese Dance, Chinese Drum, Fencing, Recorder, Mini Tennis, Newly Emerged Sports, Fellowship, MC training, Choir, Choral Speaking, Robot Models, Mbot, Scratch, Mathematics Olympiad, Study Tour and Life Education Camp.
school_organisationAnglican (Hong Kong) Primary School Council Limited, Sheng Kung Hui Holy Carpenter Church
imc_smc_mcThe Incorporated Management Committee of S.K.H. Holy Carpenter Primary School.
school_green_policyEnvironment Related Outings at Hoi Ha Wan and Mai Po. Student representatives join "Seahorse Rangers" (Hong Kong Ocean Park) to nurture students' passion for conservation from a young age, emphasizing experiential learning beyond classroom.
school_major_concerns1.We emphasise moral and value education, develop students' positive values. Inspire them to become a responsible and self-disciplined citizen.2.We develop an atmosphere of reading, arouse student's interests in reading and enhance their reading ability.
learning_and_teaching_strategies1. Continuously optimize learning and teaching, encouraging students explore their own learning strategies to enhance learning effectiveness. 2. Create a positive and encouraging learning atmosphere. Emphasize positive feedback and recognition to build self-confidence. Provide them with opportunities to discover and understand their talents. 3. Promote STEAM education and curriculum integration to enhance students' creativity and problem-solving skills. 4. Utilize life-wide learning, including study tours, outdoor learning activities and services, allowing students to experience and consolidate knowledge. 5. Make good use of diversified assessments, helping students set achievable goals to motivate them to learn. 6. Encourage students to take part in physical and art activities.
major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum1. Integrate National Education, National Security Education into curriculum and celebrate Chinese Culture Day. Students can appreciate Chinese traditional arts, understand Chinese culture, and cultivate patriotism. 2. A theme related to positive values is set every term. Students can demonstrate positive values and attitudes via Moral Education lessons and morning assemblies. 3. Promote reading. Help students cultivate interests in reading by holding Reading Day and reinforcing cross-curriculum reading. 4. Cultivate students' information literacy in GS and ICT, and promote the use of information technology in a rational and responsible way. 5. Promote other learning experience via making good use of learning time. Outdoor learning and physical and art activities are arranged during "Other Learning Experience" period on Wednesdays.
dev_of_generic_skillsWe enhance students' creativity, generic skills and problem solving skills through project learning, reading, curriculum integration, and IT programmes.
cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours1. Our School nurtures students' positive values and caring about others through weekly assemblies, moral education talk and lectures. 2. We engage students to express their care to teachers, family and classmates through a variety of activities. 3. We render moral education through both formal and informal learning activities.
student_support_url全校參與照顧學生個別的學習需要
whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity1. Subsidized ECA and learning resource to promote learning equality. 2. Provide remedial classes, training classes, Pre S1 classes and Individualized Education Plan, including the scope of learning, emotion, communication and adaptation aspects. 3. Provide group/ individual learning programmes. 4. Support the teaching and learning of English and Maths remedial tutorial classes; provide elite subject and STEAM courses. Provide after-school homework tutorial classes. 5. Provide 'Social Skill Training Group', / 'Emotional Management and Social Skill Training', 'Executive Function Training', 'Motor Skill Training' and 'Parent-child reading' to address students' individual needs. 6. School-based Educational Psychology services, School-based Speech Therapy services and Counselling services.
whole_school_approach_integrated_educationThe Student Support Team consists of the following members: principal, vice principal, Special educational needs coordinator and Special educational needs support teachers, school social worker; and if necessary, parents, and school-based educational psychologist and school-based speech therapist will attend relevant meetings. Our school also makes good use of both internal and external community resources to organize professional teaching development, to implement diversified training sessions to cater for individual differences. Apart from this, our school arranges school-based educational psychology service as well as school-based speech therapy service to conduct timely professional assessment, therapy and support services for students so as to assist students with special needs to better integrate into ordinary schools.
support_for_non_chinese_studentsOur school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: providing after-school support programmes in learning 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; organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school; and hiring additional manpower and/or translation/interpretation services to facilitate the communication with parents of NCS students. We provide additional support for NCS students' Chinese learning: arranging intensive Chinese learning and teaching modes, e.g. pull-out learning, after-school Chinese learning programmes; hiring additional teaching staff to support their Chinese learning; interpretation services to enhance communication with parents; organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment.
curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation1. Curriculum accommodation: Teachers work together through teacher collaboration and co-planning meetings to tailor and adapt the school curriculum to cater for different needs. 2. The specialists such as the speech therapist and the education psychologist collaborate with teachers to improve the learning outcomes through co-teaching. 3. Differentiated teaching: Teachers provide diversified teaching and learning strategies and assistive equipment such as multiple intelligences and multisensory teaching approach as teaching basis.
4. Assignment accommodations: Reduce homework which mainly focuses of copying and provide graded worksheets for student. 5. Dictation accommodations: The content of dictation are adapted and the score are based on adding points. 6. Assessment accommodations on learning attitudes: Appropriate special test and examination arrangement are provided for students with SEN.
home-school_co-operation_urlThe School formulates clear Home-School Co-oprtation Policy
home-school_co-operation1. PTA joins student affairs and school policy decisions.
2. PTA instant messaging group reinforces communication.
3. Parent Volunteers or Flag Selling Campaign.
4. School-based Talks, workshops concerning family relationship as well as parenting and groups for parents.
5. Workshops for parents on "Life and Values Education".
school_ethos1. Our school equips our students with moral integrity and offers them opportunities for lifelong learning. Cultivate students' self-discipline, self-confidence, self-reflection and self-directed learning ability.
2. We aim at offering a balanced education based on Christian principles, which blend naturally with ethical, intellectual, physical and social skills, as well as the aesthetic and spiritual aspects of life.
3. We also implement National Education and National Security Education to enhance students' patriotism.
school_dev_plan1. Promote a reading culture, enhancing reading ability through cross-curriculum reading. 2. Develop high-order thinking skills. 3. Use different teaching and cooperative learning strategies to cater for learning diversity. Utilize life-wide learning, including study tours and outdoor learning activities, allowing students to experience and consolidate knowledge from activities. 4. Apply IT to learning both inside and outside the classroom to foster interactions between teacher and students. 5. Promote STEAM education, life education and career planning to enhance students' creativity and problem solving skills.
teacher_pro_training_and_devIn order to sustain efficient middle-level management, teachers are encouraged to join leadership workshops organized by the Education Bureau to know more about the latest curriculum reform; arrange training related to career planning and moral education to strengthen professional leadership; encourage teachers to participate in online or face-to-face courses related to life education, national security education and new developments on General Studies.
school_character_others1. Strengthen national education, arrange study tours in Mainland. Let students know more about our motherland and nurture patriotism. 2. Enrich students' life-wide learning experience. 3. Arrange adventure-based training, boosting self-confidence. 4. Provide bridging courses and strengthen ties with kindergartens and secondary schools.

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