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Hon Wah College (Primary Section)

Hon Wah College (Primary Section)
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🪶 #Light-Pressure Learning 🔍 #Inquiry-Based Learning ⚽ #Diverse Activities 🌟 #Positive Education 💛 #Emotional Wellbeing

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✨ Happy Index

Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)

45
Average

Primary：11 indicators apply, 5 matched

🪶 Light-Pressure Learning ✓ 🧸 Play-Based Learning 🛠️ Hands-On Learning 🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning ✓ 🌳 Outdoor & Nature ⚽ Diverse Activities ✓ 🌈 Alternative Curriculum 🌟 Positive Education ✓ 💛 Emotional Wellbeing ✓ 🏟️ Rich Facilities 👩‍🏫 High Teacher Ratio
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Hon Wah College (Primary Section)
Eastern ・ Primary ・ Est. 1945
📍 Address
3 Harmony Road, Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong
📞 Phone
28171746
📠 Fax
28176453
✉️ Email
info@honwah.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Not Applicable
👩‍🏫 Principal
Kwan Wing Bun
📅 Founded
1945
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese(incl.: Putonghua) and English

🎯 Mission

To provide quality education and to enhance students' all-round development. Our students will possess a global perspective with deep understanding and love of Chinese culture and our country, and a comprehensive knowledge of arts and science.

📚 Approach & Strategies

We promote Bi-literacy and Tri-lingualism at school. We teach Chinese in Putonghua, and English, Science and VA in English. To create a language-rich environment, we have 3 English-speaking Days and 2 Putonghua-speaking Days every week. We start the school day with reading and morning exercise. School-based Whole-class Gifted Education is applied on every subject and we use "15 Higher Order Thinking Skills", "6 Sets of Creative Thinking", and "5-level Affective Reflection" to enhance students' higher-order thinking skills. We cater for students' learning diversities through differentiation and Brain-based strategies. We use "5E Inquiry-Based Instructional Model" to develop students' abilities to inquire and solve problems. Thematic teaching and cross-curricular project learning activities…

💛 SEN Support

Department of Discipline and Counselling and Department of Student Support with members including Head of Discipline and Counselling, Head of Special Educational Needs Coordinator (Student Support), teachers, two school social workers, two school-based educational psychologists, one clinical psychologist and one school-based speech therapist are established. Enhancement groups for attention, social skills, reading and writing skills, behavioral management, etc. will be offered to students with special educational needs.

🎨 Whole-person Learning

Cub Scouts, Flag Guards, Choir, A Cappella Choir, Chinese musical instruments, Western musical instruments, Handchime, Percussion, Visual Arts Class, Taekwondo, Track and Field, Football, Volleyball, Gymnastics, Table Tennis, Basketball, Badminton, Swimming, Rope Skipping, Chinese Dance, Latin Dance, Lego Programming, CodeMonkey Programming, Campus TV, etc.

📋 School Data

All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.

poa_school_net /
school_type_1 DSS
school_type_2 Whole Day
imc Not Applicable
training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members Not Applicable
title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc Dr.
title_of_school_head Mr.
sponsoring_body Hon Wah<br>Educational Organization
school_motto Educating students to become young leaders and make contributions to Hong Kong, China and the world.
school_size 5710
through_train_sec_school Hon Wah College
feeder_sec_school -
nominated_sec_school -
school_bus Yes
nanny_van -
parent_teacher_association Yes
school_alumni_association Yes
asc_school_fee $17640 By 10 instalments
asc_tong_fai -
asc_pta_fee $60
asc_charges_for_non_standard_items -
asc_others -
fac_no_of_classroom 18
fac_no_of_school_hall 1
fac_no_of_playground 3
fac_no_of_library 1
fac_special_rooms STEAM Station, Toy Library, Visual Arts Room, Music Room, Campus TV Studio, Fun Learning Room and Dance Room.
fac_others Lecture theatre, rock-climbing walls, roof garden
fac_support_for_specialedu Accessible lift and Tactile guide path plan.
previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts -
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training 89
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above 37
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training 58
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 34
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 26
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above 40
previous_year_no_of_class_p1 3
previous_year_no_of_class_p2 3
previous_year_no_of_class_p3 3
previous_year_no_of_class_p4 3
previous_year_no_of_class_p5 3
previous_year_no_of_class_p6 3
previous_year_no_of_class_total 18
current_year_no_of_class_p1 3
current_year_no_of_class_p2 3
current_year_no_of_class_p3 3
current_year_no_of_class_p4 3
current_year_no_of_class_p5 3
current_year_no_of_class_p6 3
current_year_no_of_class_total 18
cs_mode_of_teaching School-based Whole-class Gifted Education is applied. Brain-based strategies, "15 Higher Order Thinking Skills", "Differentiation in Teaching & Learning", "6 Sets of Creative Thinking", "5-level Affective Reflection", "5E Inquiry-Based Instructional Model, "4Fs Active Reviewing Cycle", cooperative learning, etc. are used to foster students' higher-order thinking skills.
cs_remarks Group teaching is implemented in P.5 Mathematics & P.6 English in 2024-2025. Science & Visual Art will adopt English as the medium of instruction.
no_of_test_per_year_P1 0
no_of_exam_per_year_P1 0
replace_test_exam_P1 Yes
no_of_test_per_year_P2-P6 0
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 For P.1, there are no tests or exams. Dictations, formative assessments and summative assessments are carried out in the second term. For P.2 to P.4, there are two exams in one academic year. Every P.1-P.4 student has a portfolio to collect records of his/her own developmental progress. For P.5 and P.6, there are three exams in one academic year.
avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays Yes
arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon Yes
streaming_arrangement No elite class. Different learning groups will be formed according to students' abilities, learning styles or interests.
no_of_school_days_per_week 5
no_of_periods_per_day 9
duration_of_each_period 35
school_starts_at 8:00
school_starts_at_AMPM AM
school_ends_at 3:30
school_ends_at_AMPM PM
lunch_start_time 12:25
lunch_end_time 1:30
lunch_arrangement Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents.
school_life_remarks Morning classes are mainly for language or subject learning, while afternoons are for Personal Growth Education, Assemblies, Integrated Class, PE, STEM, VA, Music, etc. "Life-long Sport and Art Education" is held on Fridays. "Happy Wednesday" is set to arrange less homework for students on Wednesdays to ease the stress from homework. Field trips and study tours are organized to extend students' learning experiences.
school_organisation The sponsoring body of Hon Wah College is the Hon Wah Educational Organization.
imc_smc_mc School Management Committee comprises educators, scholars, professionals and well-known businessmen, who supervise the development of school business.
school_green_policy We put emphasis on environmental education; providing environmentally-friendly activities to increase students' awareness of environmental conservation and energy saving.
school_major_concerns 1. To deepen the positive culture at school and further enhance students' strengths so as to raise their sense of achievement and satisfaction.<br>2. To promote cross-curricular reading and to raise students' learning efficiency.<br>3. To develop STEAM education and strengthen students’ creativity and inquiry skills.<br>4. To assemble for the 80th School Anniversary and be patriotic and love the school.
major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum We make use of flexible lesson time for cross-curricular learning and reading as well as life-wide learning. We introduce STEAM education into the curriculum to cater for learning diversity and Values Education to connect with the whole-school moral development.
dev_of_generic_skills Through teaching & learning across subjects, students' creative thinking, independent learning skills and other generic skills will be developed for lifelong learning.
cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours Actively promote "Positive Education" with great emphasis on values education for students. Class Building Time, Personal Growth Education, service-learning and moral education activities, etc. have been scheduled, enabling students to learn to be caring and grateful. This can also help students cultivate the sense of happiness and build a positive attitude on life and values. Our school has been creating a positive education atmosphere in an orderly manner in terms of environment, activities, curricula, teaching and home-school cooperation, etc.
whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity To cater for students with diversified needs, tutorial classes and small group teaching are applied. A caring culture is cultivated and it facilitates collaborative learning. Whole school approach is adopted to cater for students with diversified learning abilities. Enrichment programmes are organized to nurture gifted students; tutorial classes are organized to help students with lower ability.
support_for_non_chinese_students Our 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; organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school; and our school uses Putonghua to teach Chinese in all classes / groups at all levels with extra support as appropriate, e.g. pull-out/small-group classes, learning and teaching resources with Pinyin, etc..
curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation We have school-based support measures and courses, tiered assignments and appropriate enrichment programmes offering to students according to their multiple intelligences.
home-school_co-operation_url -
home-school_co-operation We put great emphasis on home-school cooperation, forming "Hon Wah Parent Volunteers Team", organizing parent volunteers training workshops, Vice Principal's Channel Activity, parents' gatherings, parents' talks, parents' tea gatherings, Parents' Days, etc. regularly.

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