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Po Leung Kuk Castar Primary School

POA School Net：66

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school_name	Po Leung Kuk Castar Primary School
district	Kwai Tsing
school_address	Tsing Luk Street, Tsing Yi, N.T.
school_type_1	Aided
school_type_2	Whole Day
medium_of_instruction	Chinese & English
school_tel	24363923
school_fax	24364113
school_email	info@plkcastar.edu.hk
school_website	http://www.plkcastar.edu.hk
school_motto	Love, Respect, Diligence, Integrity
school_mission	Our mission is to educate students in areas of moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic development. We encourage students to pursue knowledge and skills and nurture in them personal integrity, a positive attitude towards life and a world vision. We hope that students in a positive learning environment are able to gain self respect, develop social awareness, a sense of responsibility for their country and contribute to society.
sponsoring_body	Po Leung Kuk
student_gender	Co-ed
commencement_of_operation_year	2002
religion	Not Applicable

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poa_school_net	66
imc	Established
name_supervisor_chairman_of_mc	Chan Sye Wai
title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc	Mr.
name_of_school_head	Yip Lai Fong
title_of_school_head	Ms.
school_size	4500
nanny_van	Yes
parent_teacher_association	Yes
school_alumni_association	Yes
asc_pta_fee	"$30"
asc_charges_for_non_standard_items	"$300"
fac_no_of_classroom	24
fac_no_of_school_hall	1
fac_no_of_playground	3
fac_no_of_library	1
fac_special_rooms	English Room, Computer Room, Star Land, Multi-media Production Room, Visual Art Room, Music Rooms, Discovery Zone, Chinese Language Room, etc.
fac_others	Dynamic Funland, Green School facilities, renewable energy facilities, Conference Room, PTA Room, etc.
fac_support_for_specialedu	Accessible lift, Accessible toilet and Tactile guide path plan.
previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts	48
previous_year_tsi_total_no_of_teachers	53
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	37
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training	81
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4	16
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9	7
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above	77
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	4
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	24
cs_mode_of_teaching	Provide the Gifted Education and school-based LifeWise curriculum. Implement cooperative learning strategies to enhance pupils' communication and collaboration skills. Pull-out remedial teaching program class and after-schooling tutorials for students with special educational needs.
cs_remarks	Support poor and virtuous students by arranging them further lessons after school and other supporting plans with government subsidies. Two NETs are employed to carry out Phonics and Reading Curriculum.
no_of_test_per_year_P1	0
no_of_exam_per_year_P1	1
replace_test_exam_P1	Yes
no_of_test_per_year_P2-P6	0
no_of_exam_P2-P6	3
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	Use thematic projects, data collection to assess students through quizzes and exams. Assessment of generic skills through project learning. Assessment of students' behaviours has been introduced.
avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays	Yes
arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon	Yes
streaming_arrangement	Mixed ability classes from P.1 to P.3. Streaming of two bigger size classes and two smaller size classes according to learning ability from P.4 to P.6.
no_of_school_days_per_week	5
no_of_periods_per_day	8
duration_of_each_period	35
school_starts_at	8:00
school_starts_at_AMPM	AM
school_ends_at	3:00
school_ends_at_AMPM	PM
lunch_start_time	1:00
lunch_end_time	2:00
lunch_arrangement	Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents.
healthy_school_life	Promote a healthy school policy, implement On-Site Meal Portioning, Healthy-Eating-at-School Campaign and Fruit Day, etc. Provide Skipping area and Running Tracks during recess time, Physical Fitness Program and talks on hygiene for students to promote healthy lives at school.
school_life_remarks	Our goal is to help students develop their multiple intelligences, emphasize the development of communication skills, creative thinking and self-learning skills. We arrange students at various levels to take part in activities in the Library, Computer Room, Self-Access centres and other venues. Study tours outside Hong Kong are organized to broaden the sight of our students.
life_wide_learning	Wind Orchestra, String Orchestra, Choir, Folk Song, Poetry Speaking, Storytelling, Debate, Calligraphy, Mathematics Olympiad, Multi-media Production, Lego Robot, Science Project-based Learning, Dancing, Drama, Visual Arts, Athletics, Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis, Swimming, Skipping, Lion Dance, Scout, Community Youth Club, Junior Police Call, Voluntary Service, etc.
school_management_url	http://www.plkcastar.edu.hk/sub_files/admin/teachers/content_teachers.htm
school_organisation	Under the Incorporated Management Committee, there is the school development committee, policies consultation and improvement committee, different administrative and academic divisions, which have its own rights and duties to implement school development plan.
imc_smc_mc	The Incorporated Management Committee was established in June, 2007. Members consists of the supervisor, sponsoring body managers, principal manager, parent managers, teacher managers and independent manager.
school_green_policy	Put an emphasis on Environmental Education, we organize different activities such as Greening School, Recycling of Resources, Wise Use of Electricity, Student Environmental Ambassadors and Food Wise Project, etc. Implement renewable energy facilities, Ecological Fish Pond, Castar Garden, Butterfly Gallery and Geology Study Corner.
school_major_concerns_url	http://www.plkcastar.edu.hk/sub_files/admin/admin.htm
school_major_concerns	1. Enhance students' self-directed learning ability and promote learning and teaching effectiveness. 2. Optimize STREAM education and help students improve STREAM thinking and skills. 3. Intensify school positive culture and enhance value education.
learning_and_teaching_plan_url	http://www.plkcastar.edu.hk/sub_files/teaching/teaching.htm
learning_and_teaching_strategies	1. Enhance students' self-directed learning skill training. 2. Improve classroom learning through the implementation of cooperative learning. Strengthen students' communication skills and interaction through cooperative learning so as to improve their learning. 3. Integrate all-directions learning and cross-curriculum learning to cultivate the generic skills and self-directed learning skills. 4. Promote project-learning activities to encourage the students' learning interests through different activities. 5. Carry out creative thinking curriculum, enhance creative teaching in various subjects, launch problem solving activities, etc. 6. Provide school-based LifeWise curriculum, implement environmental, moral and life education, strengthen the cultivation of students' multiple intelligences.
major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum	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 STREAM 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	Carry out various activities of communication, public speech, group discussion and discovery learning in different subjects in order to enhance the development of the generic skills, especially for critical thinking and creativity, etc.
cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours	Strengthening values education (including life education, national education, and national security education), we aim to develop students' positive values and characters in order to foster students' whole person development.
student_support_url	http://www.plkcastar.edu.hk/sub_files/teaching/remedial/content.htm
whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity	1. A school guidance officer to provide counseling and training. 2. Provide school-based speech therapy guidance and the school-based educational psychologist services. 3. Establish school-based curriculum for the gifted and talented students to develop their potential.
whole_school_approach_integrated_education	1. Provide early identification and intervention programme for P.1 students with learning difficulties. 2. Establish a student support team for students. For example, to meet our students with special needs, we assist our students through adapted diverse learning group, after school tutorials, etc.
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; and organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school.
curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation	A tailor-made curriculum and examination adaptation are provided to address different learning needs of students. Develop the Gifted Education Network Scheme for outstanding students or students with potential.
home-school_co-operation_url	http://www.plkcastar.edu.hk/sub_files/parents/parents.htm
home-school_co-operation	We establish a link between the school and parents through the "CASTAR Letter", School functions such as PTA meetings and parents' days have been held and supported by the team of parent volunteers. Parent Teacher Association organizes different types of activities every year. For example, parent-child outings, booth games, seminars, parent-child competitions and activities etc. Parent Reading Ambassadors, organize Reading Club have been established for students.
school_ethos	In all aspects of school life, we aim to develop students' positive values and characters. Students are self-disciplined, well behaved, polite and harmonious among themselves.
future_dev_url	http://www.plkcastar.edu.hk/sub_files/admin/sch_plans/content.htm
school_dev_plan	Implement Positive Education to foster students' whole person development.
teacher_pro_training_and_dev	Organize appropriate school-based training items and recording system in order to meet the school development and the professional needs for the majority of teachers. School-based training items include staff development days, school-based workshops as well as co-planning meetings, peer observation, action research, sharing sessions and lesson demonstrations in various subjects in order to enhance the professional communication and development.
school_character_others	1. Po Leung Kuk Excellence School Award, Bronze Award of Arts Education, Arts Development Awards, Silver Award of Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence, Gold Award of Hong Kong Green School. Excellent Moral Education Award, Outstanding life education lesson plan design award, etc. 2. We also organize CASTAR concert, Variety Show, Adventure-based Training Camp for P.5 students and Graduation Camp for P.6 students every year.