St. Matthew's Lutheran School (Sau Mau Ping)
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Primary：11 indicators apply, 2 matched
🎯 Mission
Our school is a Christian school that provides all-round education for students. Students grow up in a caring and pleasant environment. Based on the Biblical faith, they learn to be well disciplined, ready to serve and make contributions to the society when they grow up.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. To develop students' self-directed learning abilities through curriculum design in different subjects. 2. To introduce STREAM elements in the curriculum, teach basic programming concept to train students' self-learning ability. 3. To make good use of e-learning tools or platforms to strengthen students' learning motivation. 4. To develop students' high order thinking skills through different teaching strategies and various levels of questioning techniques. 5. To use different strategies to optimize classroom teaching to cater for learner diversity. 6. To promote national education to deepen students' understanding of their motherland and Chinese culture. 7. To promote 'Reading to Learn' and build up a life-long reading habit in students. 8. To arouse students' interests and widen thei…
💛 SEN Support
Based on five underlying principles, namely Early Identification, Early Intervention, Whole School Approach, Home-school Co-operation and Cross-sector Collaboration, our school has adopted a Three-Tier Support Model to implement integrated education. To accommodate the learning needs of students, different ways of support are provided for students with different learning styles, including remedial class, remedial groups, tiered assignments, homework tailoring and assessment accommodation, training on emotional management, Enhanced School-based Speech Therapy Service, Chinese Reading and Writing Groups, Chinese and English Remedial Groups and individual education plan.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Our school provides a great variety of extra-curricular activities for students, including music, art, sports, academic, STEAM and interest groups of all aspects. There are in total eight uniform groups, including the Flag Raising Team, St. Matthew's Pioneers, Boy Scouts, Brownies, Boys' Brigade, Red Cross, CYC and JPC.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 48 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | - |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Rev. |
| title_of_school_head | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | The Lutheran Church<br>Hong Kong Synod Ltd |
| school_motto | Please refer to the Chinese version. |
| school_size | 5000 |
| 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 | - |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $300 (Special purpose charges) |
| 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 Room, Music Room, Dancing Room, Language Room, Art Room, Religious Room, STREAM Room, Yung Siu Sun Library. |
| fac_others | Campus TV Station, Book Castle, IT Interactive Zone, Art Gallery, World of Religion and Art, Fitness Kingdom, Chinese Cultural Area. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Accessible lift and Accessible toilet. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 48 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 22 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 98 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 14 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 16 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 70 |
| 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 | Our school adopts diversified teaching strategies to cater for students' different learning needs and develops students' self-learning abilities. |
| cs_remarks | - |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 1 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 1 |
| replace_test_exam_P1 | Yes |
| no_of_test_per_year_P2-P6 | 2 |
| 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 | Using diversified assessment modes, emphasizing on formative assessment in order to understand students' learning progress. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Streaming is based on students' conduct and academic performances. |
| 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 | 3:20 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 12:30 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:25 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | Recess after lunch time (1:05p.m.-1:25p.m.) |
| school_management_url | http://www.smssmp.edu.hk/ |
| school_organisation | Under the IMC management, our school has formed a number of administrative as well as subject teams for effective school management. |
| imc_smc_mc | Our school has set up St. Matthew's Lutheran School (S.M.P.) Incorporated Management Committee since 2005. Managers come from different professionals, including pastor, doctor, district councillor, social worker, consultant etc. |
| school_green_policy | We establish "Classroom Environment Rules" and set up "School Campus Green Corner". Besides, we carry out "Little Environmental Pioneer" Campaign. |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Deepen self-directed learning and inspire students' multiple intelligence.<br>2. Strengthen national education and continue to develop positive attitude as the school culture. |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | Strengthen STREAM Education - Design cross-curriculum learning activities or activities with STREAM elements to increase students' opportunities to participate in science and technology activities and enhance their interest and ability in learning STREAM. For example, computer science cooperates with various subjects to promote programming education; General Studies project infiltrates STREAM elements, Maths Day, STREAM DAY (scientific inquiry), Microbit math games, English subject Scratch Jr X animation story production, school-based AI courses, etc. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | To develop students' generic skills through class activities, project learning, all-round and cross-curricular learning programmes. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | 1. The school cultivates in students' positive values and attitudes through religious lessons, assembles, national security education activities, life education lectures, growth development lessons, as well as positive psychological activities and reward programmes.<br>2. Arrange learning activities which aim at strengthening the promotion of Chinese cultural knowledge and positive values in a multi-approach model, so as to deepen students' understanding of the country and national identity. |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | A variety of learning experiences are provided to foster the potential of gifted students and develop their multiple intelligences.<br>To support students with different learning needs through 'Whole School Approach', our school is committed to building an inclusive culture around the campus. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | To cater for learner diversity through various learning and teaching strategies, curriculum tailoring and assessment adaptation. |