🎒 Primary ・ Kowloon City
Farm Road Government Primary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
45
Average
Primary：11 indicators apply, 5 matched
🎒
Farm Road Government Primary School
Kowloon City ・
Primary ・ Est. 1956
📍 Address
8 Farm Road, Tokwawan, Kowloon
📞 Phone
27110682
📠 Fax
27144224
✉️ Email
frgpsam@edb.gov.hk
⛪ Religion
Not Applicable
👩🏫 Principal
Mak Yee Ling
📅 Founded
1956
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese
🎯 Mission
With reference to our school motto 'improve one's virtue and refine one's achievements', we provide whole-person education to our students. Through diverse learning activities and moral education training, students are nurtured to be humble, cooperative, resilient, and aspiring teenagers.
📚 Approach & Strategies
Learning & Teaching Strategies: Our school adopts a three-tier framework for comprehensive education, aiming to foster excellence, talent development, and advanced training. Through interdisciplinary learning, project learning, experiential learning, programming, and creative learning, we promote students' problem-solving and higher-order thinking skills, while enhancing their self-directed learning. Development of Major Renewed Emphases of the Primary Education Curriculum: To facilitate whole-person development by implementing values education comprehensively and promoting a healthy lifestyle through diversified learning activities and experiences, self-directed learning through STREAM learning modules and interdisciplinary learning.
💛 SEN Support
Whole School Approach is adopted in Integrated Education. Learning Support Grant, School-based Speech Therapy Service etc. are cater for students with special educational needs. Programmes and strategies such as differentiated teaching, special examination arrangements, learning support groups, social skills training groups, School-based Speech Therapy Service and individual education plans are employed.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Softball Team, Basketball Team, Track and Field, Martial Arts,Flag Dance and Lion Dance Team, Rope Skipping Team, Chinese Dance Team, Rhythmic Gymnastics Team, Pop Dance, Choir, School Orchestra, Percussion Band, Musical instrument training, English Drama, Pottery, Chinese Ink Painting Class, Enhanced Drawing Class, Debate Team, Micro:bit, Olympic Mathematics Class, Flag Raising Team, Community Youth Club, Girl Guides, Boy Scouts.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 34 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Gov't |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Not Applicable |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | 75% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Ms. |
| title_of_school_head | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | Government |
| school_motto | Improve one’s virtue and refine one’s achievements |
| school_size | 2500 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | - |
| nominated_sec_school | Queen Elizabeth School, Homantin Government Secondary School, <br>Jockey Club Government Secondary School |
| school_bus | - |
| nanny_van | - |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| asc_school_fee | - |
| asc_tong_fai | - |
| asc_pta_fee | $50 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | School-based management fee: $300 |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 24 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 1 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | Farmerland, STREAM Room, Campus TV Studio, Students’ Activity Room, Multi-purpose Room, Computer Room, Resource Room, Visual Art Room, Music Room, Fun Room. |
| fac_others | - |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Ramp and Accessible lift. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 44 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 31 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 72 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 4 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 20 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 76 |
| 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 | Small-class teaching, Primary Literacy Programme-Reading & Writing (PLPRW ), Chinese and English Remedial Teaching Programmes are adopted to cater for learner diversity. |
| cs_remarks | Diversified teaching strategies are adopted: project learning, cross-disciplinary learning, science experiments, teaching with picture books, poetry, mathematization, mistake-friendly learning and cooperative learning etc. Gifted education is promoted in everyday teaching. |
| 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 | 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 | For Primary 1, we utilise a variety of learning methods and formative assessments. For P.2 to P.6, we conduct three summative evaluations annually. We assess students' performance and learning effectiveness in each subject through self-evaluations, peer evaluations, feedback from parents, insights from in-class teachers, performance assessments, and both written and practical evaluations. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | P.1-P.3 mixed abilities; P.4-P.6 streamed according to academic performance. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 8 |
| duration_of_each_period | 40 |
| school_starts_at | 8:00 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:15 |
| 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. |
| school_life_remarks | Positive school culture:<br>To foster students’ sense of righteousness through Life Education activities including service learning, visits, talks, project learning, the Cultural and Art Volunteer Team, and Politeness Ambassadors. Proper values and attitudes are cultivated by activities such as Life Planning Education, School Houses and 'Small Hands in Big Hands' activities etc. |
| school_management_url | http://www.frgps.edu.hk/ |
| school_organisation | Our school, the School is managed by the School Management Committee in which the Principal, three Vice Principals and eleven Primary School Masters / Mistresses are responsible for the daily management of the School. |
| imc_smc_mc | Our School is under the supervision of the School Management Committee, governed by the Education Bureau. |
| school_green_policy | The School Environmental Team is responsible for all school green policies and activities. The team is dedicated to promoting environment education, implementing ecological technology curriculum and organizing various environmental teams including 'Nurturing Group', 'Planting Group' and Environmental Conservation Leaders. Our School has won 'Hong Kong Green School Award' several times. |
| school_major_concerns_url | http://www.frgps.edu.hk/ |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Cultivate 3C [Commitment, Collaboration, Creative Thinking] talents.<br>2. Enhance Self-Learning Abilities. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://www.frgps.edu.hk/ |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | To facilitate whole-person development by implementing values education comprehensively and promoting a healthy lifestyle through diversified learning activities and experiences, self-directed learning through STREAM learning modules and interdisciplinary learning. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | We value the development of students' generic skills and high order thinking skills such as creativity, critical thinking, co-operation and collaboration skills. We also apply gifted education in all classes, with an emphasis on developing students into autonomous learners. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | We strive to foster students' proper values and attitudes through National Education and National Security Education, Life Planning Education, Information Literacy Education, Peer Support Programme, Teacher-Student Mentoring Programme, and the Cultural and Art Volunteer Team. |
| student_support_url | http://www.frgps.edu.hk/ |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | The school uses a three-tier support framework to cater for learner diversity. In daily teaching, diversified teaching strategies and hierarchical worksheets are adopted. Talented students are encouraged to take part in enrichment classes, school teams and external gifted education courses to broaden their horizons. Remedial classes and individual education plans are offered to students with special educational needs. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | Co-planning meetings are held regularly to facilitate curriculum tailoring for learning needs. P.1 and P.6 bridging courses are run to provide better adaptation. Our School participates actively in the School-Based Support Services to enhance learning and teaching effectiveness. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | http://www.frgps.edu.hk/ |
| home-school_co-operation | Various activities such as educational seminars, interest classes, PTA picnics and Parent Volunteers are provided to nurture a cooperative home-school environment. Parents' Day, parent-teacher gatherings and 'Sunshine Calls' are organized to strengthen communication between parents and teachers. |
| school_ethos | Our ethos is simplicity and modesty. We focus on the moral and whole-person development of students. In addition to the 'Small Hands in Big Hands' programme, the ‘Caring School Scheme’ aims to foster students' empathy and gratitude towards others. We also regularly organize national security education activities. These activities aim to cultivate students' national consciousness and global perspectives by increasing their understanding of the current development of our country and its impact on the world. We aim to nurture students' sense of national identity and facilitate their learning through practical experiences. |
| future_dev_url | http://www.frgps.edu.hk/ |
| school_dev_plan | Our school provides Gifted and Talented Education programmes, School-based Curriculum Development, Moral & National Education, School-based Remedial and Counselling programmes, Talent Pool, Information Technology in Education, Extensive Reading Scheme, Educational Visits to China and other countries, diversified teaching approaches and Small Class Teaching etc., to enable students to learn and grow in a quality learning environment. |