🎒 Primary ・ Kwai Tsing
Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School (SPSD by HKBA)
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
18
Low
Primary：11 indicators apply, 2 matched
🎒
Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School (SPSD by HKBA)
Kwai Tsing ・
Primary ・ Est. 1971
📍 Address
33 Tai Ha Street, Tsuen Wan, N.T.
📞 Phone
24220125
📠 Fax
24841417
✉️ Email
info@blbyms.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Buddhism
👩🏫 Principal
Hui Ting Kwok
📅 Founded
1971
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese
🎯 Mission
Put emphasis on cultivating students' decent personality and positive attitude towards life. To ensure a balanced development of moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic aspects of our students so that they will become responsible citizens.
📚 Approach & Strategies
Our school's curriculum is based on the comprehensive education goals set by the Education Bureau. It aims to provide students with a deeper learning experience and is committed to cultivating students' diverse abilities as core values. The goal of comprehensive education emphasizes the overall development of students. It not only focuses on the teaching of subject knowledge, but also cares about the development of students' character, values and other aspects. It also integrates cross-field learning so that they can span different fields. In addition, we emphasize students' sense of social responsibility and international perspective, guide students to think about global issues through curriculum design, and cultivate them to become citizens with social conscience. We believe that throu…
💛 SEN Support
Teaching adaptation and assessment accommodation, Children's Program Movement Therapy Group, Harmony Pastel Art Group, Animal Therapy, Counseling Group, Remedial learning groups, Training on social skills, Enhanced school-based Speech therapy services, Individual education plan, Mechanism in soliciting parents' views and discussion on student progress.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
"Child Talent Classes" students have no less than 150 minutes of activity time every week. Diversified activities include: Esports, aviation group, Chinese and Western music, Chinese, Western and Korean dances, lion dances, chorus, Japanese and Thai class etc. During the middle of the semester and before the end of the semester, the school holds performances to allow students to showcase their personal talents, show off their strengths, and build self-confidence.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 65 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | 80% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Ven. |
| title_of_school_head | Mr. |
| sponsoring_body | The Hong Kong Buddhist Association |
| school_motto | To illumine wisdom and manifest compassion |
| school_size | 2111 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | - |
| nominated_sec_school | - |
| school_bus | - |
| 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 | $220 specific purpose fee |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 25 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 1 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | 9rooms (Adventure Discovery Palace (Climbing Rope), STEM room, Visual Arts Room, Meditation/Music Room, Activity Room, English Room, Computer Room, Diversity Development Center & Meeting Room) |
| fac_others | Play Therapy Room, Climbing Wall, Book Wall, Library, STEM Corridor, Multi Touch Music Wall, Starlab. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 35 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 76 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 34 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 42 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 11 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 47 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 4 |
| 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 | 17 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 16 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | Small class teaching is promoted. Senior students are divided into 3 groups by their ability in Chinese, English and Maths's classes. Those students will be taught by withdrawal mode in order to take care of students with special learning needs. |
| cs_remarks | There are two class teachers in primary one and two in order to reinforce the caring of our students. Three foreign English teachers are hired to improve students' English ability. |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 1 |
| 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 | All the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are assessed in both Chinese and English Language. There are students' self-assessment, peer assessment and parents' assessment. E-learning. Project learning. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Primary one and two students are allocated to mixed-abilities classes according to annual academic results.<br>Elite Class is set from primary three to six classes. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 7 |
| duration_of_each_period | 50 |
| school_starts_at | 8:10 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:20 |
| 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 | We provide a tutorial class for homework in the 6th lesson. There are different activities arranged in the 7th lesson every day, such as child talent classes(arts or sports), JUST FEEL course, intensive class, Buddhist moral education and value education class, growth class and extracurricular activity class. |
| school_management_url | http://www.blbyms.edu.hk/%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1%E7%B5%84%E7%B9%94%E8%88%87%E6%9E%B6%E6%A7%8B |
| school_organisation | The Incorporated Management Committee supervises all school departments and teams. |
| imc_smc_mc | The incorporated management committee of our school was found in 2008. There are 15 members in the committee, including sponsoring body managers, independent managers, elected parent managers, alumni manager, teacher manager and the principal. |
| school_green_policy | Eco ambassador campaign, energy reduction, use of paper reduction and school uniform recycling. |
| school_major_concerns_url | http://www.blbyms.edu.hk/%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1%E8%A8%88%E5%8A%83%E5%8F%8A%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Create a diverse learning atmosphere and develop students' talents.<br>2. Broaden values education and cultivate students' good character. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://www.blbyms.edu.hk/%E8%AA%B2%E7%A8%8B%E7%89%B9%E8%89%B2 |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | Strengthen value education (including life education, national and national security education), make good use of school hours to create space, enrich all-round learning experience, promote whole-person development, strengthen care for student diversity, strengthen STEAM education, and develop students Media and information literacy, strengthen reading across curriculum and promote learning and teaching effectiveness. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Develop students' skills through regular school-based courses (Chinese, English, Mathematics and General Studies) project studies, theme-based learning etc. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | 1. Adventure classes are set up to enhance students' self-confidence, cooperation, proactive perseverance and problem-solving ability to meet future needs.<br>2. Develop Life Education Course to cultivate students' gratitude to life.<br>3. Set up various service teams to allow students to serve others. |
| student_support_url | http://blbyms.edu.hk/%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1%E6%94%AF%E6%8F%B4%E6%91%98%E8%A6%81school-support-summary |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | 1. The popularization of gifted education<br>2. P.1 Martial Art Group and street dance class.<br>3. P.1 Boost Class<br>4. P.1 Short-term Adaptation Course<br>5. Olympiad Mathematics Class <br>6. Cambridge English Class<br>7. Visual Arts Elite Class <br>8. Peer counseling<br>9. Little Tutor Program<br>10. Remedial courses (Extensive classes & intensive classes) |
| 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 hiring additional manpower and/or translation/interpretation services to facilitate the communication with parents of NCS students. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | 1. In order to help Primary One students adapt to the learning at primary school, we use 'Our School' as a theme to integrate all disciplines.<br>2. Courses are enriched and tailored according to the learning needs of students. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | http://www.blbyms.edu.hk/%E6%88%91%E5%80%91%E7%9A%84%E5%9C%98%E9%9A%8A |
| home-school_co-operation | The PTA organises various activities with Student Guidance team each year, such as parents' talks, parents' workshops and parent volunteers. |
| school_ethos | To establish a caring culture among students through morning assemblies, lunch broadcasting and various activities. |
| future_dev_url | https://www.blbyms.edu.hk/%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1%E8%A8%88%E5%8A%83%E5%8F%8A%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A |
| school_dev_plan | 1. Make good use of class time and optimize the timetable. All subjects are studied in the morning, and diversified co-curricular activities or all-round education are conducted in the afternoon.<br>2. To develop students' bi-literacy and four languages.<br>3. Deepen the promotion of STEAM education, equip students to meet the challenges required in 21st century society.<br>4. Build an "empathy" campus and emphasize positive communication. |
| teacher_pro_training_and_dev | Teachers' Development Day and different committees (e.g. Curriculum Development Committee, Training Assistant Teachers Committee, Mind Education Promotion Committee, etc.) are organised by The Hong Kong Buddhist Association. Teachers are trained according to the school development and students' need. |