Bishop Paschang Catholic School
📰 School Stories
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Primary：11 indicators apply, 5 matched
🎯 Mission
Our school is dedicated to upholding the teachings of the Gospel of Christ and serving the less fortunate, all while instilling the values of "Kindness, Justice, Diligence, and Thriftiness" in our students. We prioritize the holistic development of our students, nurturing their spirituality, ethics, intellect, physical fitness, social skills, and appreciation for aesthetics. Our goal is to foster the cultivation of proper values. In addition, we strongly encourage our students to engage in extracurricular activities, which allow them to explore and achieve their individual potentials.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. Cooperative Learning 2. Develop high-ordered thinking skills 3. Distinguish the gifted children and provide suitable courses for them 4. Promote self-directed learning 5. Life-wide learning
💛 SEN Support
1. A Student Support Team is established to plan, implement and review student support services. 2. The student guidance teacher, school-based educational psychologist and speech therapist provide extra support to cater for students' diverse needs. 3. Special Examination arrangement, Assessment accommodation and Homework accommodation are provided for students with special educational needs. 4. Funding from EDB is flexibly deployed to cater for individual differences and SEN by purchasing professional services.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Various types of outings, overseas exchange groups, extra-curricular activities: Computer, Maths, Drama, Chinese and English Choral Speaking, Badminton, Football, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball, Choirs, Symphonic band, Percussion, Art, Calligraphy, Chess, Dancing, STEAM, English Ambassadors, Cub Scout, Brownies and Pioneers of Christ, etc.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 46 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | - |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Mr. |
| title_of_school_head | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong |
| school_motto | Kindness, Justice, Diligence and Thriftiness. |
| school_size | 6600 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | - |
| nominated_sec_school | - |
| school_bus | Yes |
| 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 | $350 (special purposes charges) |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 30 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 3 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | Computer Room, Music Room, Visual Arts Room, STEM Lab, Chapel, English Reading Room, Dancing Room, Multi-purpose area, Meeting Room and Speech Therapy Room. |
| fac_others | Shrine of Holy Mary, Activity area, The School Garden, BPCS History Wall, Bible Story Murals. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Accessible lift, Accessible toilet, Tactile guide path and Visual fire alarm system. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 56 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 40 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 64 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 7 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 21 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 72 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 30 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 30 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | 1. Putonghua is used as the medium of instruction in Chinese lessons from P.2 to P.3.<br>2. Small class teaching mode is employed from P.1 to P.6.<br>3. A three-tier operation mode is adopted in implementing gifted education. |
| cs_remarks | In order to have good care of our students, we have 'double class teachers' in P.1. |
| 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 | 1 |
| 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 | In addition to the dictations, tests and exams which are held at regular intervals, assessments including project learning, small group reports, oral presentations, teachers' observations, and daily tasks are used to assess students' learning. |
| 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.6. |
| 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 | 3:15 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 12:50 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:45 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | Extra-curricular activities are held on Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings. |
| school_organisation | The Incorporated Management Committee is chaired by the Supervisor. It manages and monitors the general operation of the school. Principal, Vice-principal and executive committees are responsible for the organization of school development and daily administration work. |
| imc_smc_mc | The School's Incorporated Management Committee was established on 1st March, 2006. |
| school_green_policy | Develop a sense of environmental protection and educate students to love and care for their environment through personal growth education. |
| school_major_concerns | 1. To enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning through implementing e-learning strategies.<br>2. To promote positive education by developing a school-based Values Education curriculum. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://bpcs.edu.hk |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | 1. Foster the value education.<br>2. Develop national security education so as to reinforce students' national identity.<br>3. Develop online learning resource to promote self-directed learning.<br>4. Reinforce STEAM education, STEAM DAY and STEAM WEEK are held. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | To foster the development of our students' generic skills through project learning, cross-curriculum activities, multi-intelligence activities and gifted education curriculum. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | 1. Uphold five core values in Catholic Education.<br>2. Embrace Positive Education into the formal curriculum by incorporating a variety of activities.<br>3. Develop existing classroom management techniques to further promote strong teacher - student relationships and enhance students' sense of belonging.<br>4. Refine our service-learning scheme by extending the range of external school services. Encourage students' to be more caring, acceptant and helpful. |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | 1. Use of screening tools for early identification of students' learning difficulties and needs, in order to provide early support for students.<br>2. Arrange collaborative learning and peer tutoring.<br>3. Academic low achievers are provided with after school remedial lessons.<br>4. Adopting double class teachers in Primary 1 and students of the junior classes are supported by those from the senior classes through peer tutoring. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | 1. The curriculum is tailored to meet the individual needs of the students.<br>2. Pull-out programmes in specific areas (Chinese, English, Maths) are conducted to allow systematic training for students with outstanding performance in specific domains.<br>3. Pull-out programmes are conducted to allow systematic training for a homogeneous group of students. (e.g. creativity training, leadership training, etc.)<br>4. High-achievers will be selected for pull-out programmes and competitions.<br>5. Remedial classes are provided for selected needy students. |