Kowloon Tong Bishop Walsh Catholic School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Primary：11 indicators apply, 7 matched
🎯 Mission
Based on the Catholic spirit, we nurture our students by love and devotion, providing an excellent learning environment; bringing up a proper sense of civic awareness.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. An emphasis on Bi-literacy and Tri-lingualism and active development of the Space Town Programme, Drama in Education, gifted education, learning from reading etc. to develop students' multi-intelligences and improve students' sense of ownership in learning. 2. Flexible resources deployment to cater for learner diversity and to enhance students' learning effectiveness, such as Cooperative Learning and E-learning. 3. Enrichment of students' learning experience through all-round learning activities such as STEAM experience day, outdoor learning, overseas exchange programme, positive education and value education. 4. Through Self-directed Learning Steps to achieve the goal. 5. Through 'Self-directed Learning Scheme' to enrich students' learning journey and practise smart living.
💛 SEN Support
Our school has a school-based educational psychologist, special educational needs coordinator, special educational needs support teachers and school social workers to support the students with different learning needs together. We provide remedial classes to support students with learning difficulties. We also employ a school-based speech therapist to give support to students with language impairment. We provide teaching, homework and assessment adaptation to cater for learners' diversity.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Fencing, Athletics, Swimming, Gymnastics, Fancy Rope Skipping, Orchestra, Percussion, Recorder ensemble, Choir, Drama, English Musical, Taekwondo, Football, Basketball, Table-tennis, Badminton, Dance, Religious Dance, Pioneers of Christ, Painting with Water-Colours, Painting with Oil Pastels, Western Painting, Chinese Painting, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, IT Ambassador, Walsh Media Network, Leadership Training, Coding, Chinese Debate, Public Speaking training for competition and Mathematics Olympiad.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 41 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | 77% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Rev. |
| title_of_school_head | Mr. |
| sponsoring_body | Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong |
| school_motto | To become Diligent, Prudent,<br>Humble and Responsible persons. |
| school_size | 4000 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | - |
| nominated_sec_school | - |
| school_bus | Yes |
| nanny_van | Yes |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| asc_school_fee | - |
| asc_tong_fai | - |
| asc_pta_fee | $25 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $300 |
| asc_others | - |
| 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 Assisted Learning Room, Walsh Studio, Language Room, Visual Arts Room, Music Room, General Studies Room, Small Group Teaching Room, Student Activity Centre, Multi-purpose Room, Guidance Activities Room, Conference Room, Prayer Room, Parents Resource Centre. |
| fac_others | Hanging Garden, Flag-raising Garden, Purity Garden, Solar PV Installation, Digital Water Dispenser, Smart Whiteboard (in all classrooms) |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Ramp, Accessible lift and Tactile guide path plan. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 46 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 34 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 58 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 23 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 15 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 62 |
| 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 | The whole school implements small class activity teaching, pays attention to teacher-student and student-student interaction and strives to improve students' self-learning ability. Using New Funding Mode to accommodate the needs of diverse students. Assistance groups will be available after class. Various projects will be provided for the talented students and for the students with special need. |
| cs_remarks | - |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 2 |
| 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 | 1. In addition to examinations, regular formative assessments are conducted to evaluate students' learning progress.<br>2. In daily teaching, various assessment methods, including questioning, self-assessment, peer assessment, and performance observation, are used to gather insights into students' knowledge, attitudes, values, and generic skills, helping them reach their full potential. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | All classes consist of students with different abilities. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 10 |
| duration_of_each_period | 35 |
| school_starts_at | 8:00 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:25 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 1:00 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:55 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | Morning assembly, remedial classes, reading lessons, life education lessons and extra-curricular activities. |
| school_management_url | http://www.ktbwcs.edu.hk/content.php?wid=152 |
| school_organisation | The Incorporated Management Committee, School Executive Committee, School Development Board and Administration Groups. |
| imc_smc_mc | Including Sponsoring Body Managers, School Principal, Teacher Manager, Independent Manager, Parent Manager and Alumni Manager. |
| school_green_policy | Encouraging students to apply environmental protection in daily life through the Life Green Policy by different activities. Replace energy-saving equipment, including installation of solar panels, smart drinking fountains, LED lights and solar insulation film, etc. to create a more comprehensive energy-saving and carbon-reducing environment for school. |
| school_major_concerns | Inherit Chinese virtues. Deepen value education.<br>Showcase optimistic and innovative learning. Practise smart living. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | https://www.ktbwcs.edu.hk/content.php?wid=9&id=296 |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | 1. Make good use of learning time and create space to provide students with all-round learning and enrich their learning experience.<br>2. Strengthen value education and encourage students to develop their potentials to cultivate students to be diligent, prudent, humble, responsible, love the Lord and others, and enhance the development and growth of the students spiritually, morally, academically, physically, socially and aesthetically. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Our lessons cover the development of students' creativity, communication skills, problem-solving skills, diverse thinking mindset and study skills. Provide students with an environment to make use of generic skills. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | Our school combines school motto, the five core values of Catholic education and the twelve priority values and attitudes of EDB to promote positive education to the stakeholders in our school. Positive education is not only promoted in the aspect of discipline and counselling and life education curriculum, but also in the aspect of various academic curriculums and extra curriculums in order to cultivate students' positive values in all aspects. |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | We adopt streaming teaching for learning diversity. For weaker students, we offer intensive remedial teaching programme to help them. We also have after-school tutorials, school-based educational psychologist and school-based speech therapist for under-privileged students. Also, multi-intelligence programmes are provided for the gifted after school. |
| 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; 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 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 | School-based designed worksheet, Curriculum Tailoring and Enrichment Courses to cater for learning diversity. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | http://www.ktbwcs.edu.hk/pta/index.htm |
| home-school_co-operation | Host parent and teacher symposia every semester. Report the condition of the students' status seasonally. Update parents with the latest school information, e.g. Monthly Communication News. Establish parent volunteers group to assist school activities. |
| school_ethos | We foster an honest and modest culture. Our students are well-disciplined and keen on learning, Our teachers and students maintain a harmonious relationship.<br>We are committed to teaching our students to live out the virtue of love, to manifest the virtue of justice, to respect life, to pursue truth, to love their families and to think positive. |
| future_dev_url | http://www.ktbwcs.edu.hk |