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Kowloon City Baptist Church Hay Nien Primary School

Kowloon City Baptist Church Hay Nien Primary School
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18
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Kowloon City Baptist Church Hay Nien Primary School
Sha Tin ・ Primary ・ Est. 1988
📍 Address
Chevalier Garden, Ma On Shan, Shatin, N…
📞 Phone
26411213
📠 Fax
26400688
✉️ Email
info@haynien.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Protestantism / Christianity
👩‍🏫 Principal
Choi Yuen Ling Phyllis
📅 Founded
1988
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese(incl.: Putonghua) and English

🎯 Mission

The School aims to provide an ideal environment for students to learn. Students have balanced input in moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic and spiritual education. Students are eager to learn in the harmonious atmosphere.

📚 Approach & Strategies

1. Provide high-quality holistic education through core subjects, supplemented by information technology, and teamwork of teachers. Plan interdisciplinary courses on different themes. 2. Take advantage of small classes to promote cooperative learning. 3. Provide students with training activities for the development of multiple intelligences after school. 4. Increase students’ diversified learning opportunities through collaborative teaching and outdoor learning.

💛 SEN Support

Our school has established a Student Support Team which consists of the Principal, Vice Principal, the Guidance teacher, Special Educational Needs Coordinator and senior teachers, to provide support programmes and assistive facilities in assessment to cater for students' abilities and needs. This enables students to achieve their expected learning objectives. By making use of the Learning Support Grant, we also employ specialists to provide assistance to students. We offer remedial learning groups, social skill, behavioural and emotional training, reading and writing learning groups, attention building, school-based speech therapy services and individual education plans. Our team also reviews the accommodation measures with teachers, parents and specialists from time to time.

🎨 Whole-person Learning

Students have ample opportunities to develop their interests and talents in sports, music, dance, drama and STEM, such as String Orchestra, Percussion Training Course, Choirs, Basketball Team, Athletics Team, Swimming Team, K-pop Dance, Chinese Dance, Chinese Chess, Mandarin Drama, Cantonese Drama, English Drama, Taekwondo, Fencing, Baseball, Gifted Mathematics Class, Science Interest Programme, Flag Guards, Light clay, Acrylic painting, Visual Arts training Course.

📋 School Data

All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.

poa_school_net 89
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 Kowloon City Baptist Church
school_motto Respect, honesty, parental obligation and diligence.
school_size 6000
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 -
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 STEM room, Computer room, Library, Music room, Art room, TV campus production centre, Multi-purpose activity room, Counselling room.
fac_others Sculpture walk, green path, reading corridor, solar energy generation system.
fac_support_for_specialedu Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet.
previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts 45
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training 100
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above 42
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training 45
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 17
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 28
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above 55
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 is implemented in P.1 to P.6. An intensive remedial teaching program is offered to students of lower ability with special needs.
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 No
upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_web No
diversified_assessment Diversified assessments for learning in different subjects help our students attain the objectives of learning and their progression towards achieving these objectives. Teachers can understand their students' strengths and weaknesses in learning; and guide them to improve and self-regulate their work so as to move to the next stage of learning, eventually becoming self-directed learners.
avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays Yes
arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon Yes
streaming_arrangement Streaming according to academic performance from Primary 4 to Primary 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 3:00
school_ends_at_AMPM PM
lunch_start_time 12:25
lunch_end_time 1:15
lunch_arrangement Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents.
school_life_remarks Students are provided with more than sixty kinds of diversified activities after school hours. There are also more than ten kinds of activities on Saturday. These activities provide the children the opportunity for a more comprehensive education.
school_management_url http://www.haynien.edu.hk/school_dev.php
school_organisation Our school is managed by Social Welfare Department (School Section) of Kowloon City Baptist Church. Supervision and policy decisions are executed by the Incorporated Management Committee.
imc_smc_mc An Incorporated Management Committee was established in 2009.
school_green_policy Renewable energy device, collection of recyclable materials to raise students' sense of environmental conservation.
school_major_concerns_url http://www.haynien.edu.hk/TC/school_speical.php
school_major_concerns Develop students' language, self-learning abilities, positive thinking and individual potential.
learning_and_teaching_plan_url http://www.haynien.edu.hk/school_dev.php
major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum 1. Students can grasp the learning objectives of the lesson, engage in learning activities, and love learning (Will).<br>2. Students can be responsible for their own learning and prepare lessons diligently before class.<br>3. Students can make good use of appropriate learning tools and learning skills (Skills), such as electronic-learning, higher-order thinking skills, and actively participate in classroom activities.<br>4. Students can evaluate their own learning outcomes, thereby monitoring their own learning progress and self-reflection.<br>5. Students can conduct extended learning on topics they are interested in.<br>6. Students can build positive thinking from the learning process and strengthen their will to learn.
dev_of_generic_skills Students can develop their generic skills through core curriculum, project learning, joint curricular activities and co-operative learning.
cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours Through School Based Students Guidance Programme and Life-wide learning Activities, we provide different activities for students and their parents to acquire positive experiences. In this way we can help students to develop a positive mindset, to cultivate an attitude of gratitude and to learn how to care about people. We hope our children can be good role models for others.
student_support_url http://www.haynien.edu.hk/teach_support.php
whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity 1. Specialized counseling groups are set up for students with learning difficulties, and teachers also provide individual counseling for students with special learning needs.<br>2. Take into account students’ learning differences in class, divide them into heterogeneous groups, use the strong to lead the weak, increase student interaction and jointly improve each other’s abilities.<br>3. Provide diversified gifted courses for gifted students.
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; 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 To better cater the learning needs for our students, we offer a comprehensive school-based curriculum for Maths at P.1 level, IT from P.1 to P.6, and the Primary Literacy Programme (Reading and Writing) in English from P.1 to P.3. School-based Reading Skills and Writing Skills Workshops are also designed for P.4 to P.6 students, aiming to develop these skills spirally and systematically. We use Putonghua to teach Chinese Language from P.1 to P.6. Students are given the opportunity to complete the more challenging aspects of their homework with teacher support in the 9th lesson every day.
home-school_co-operation_url http://www.haynien.edu.hk/training_team.php
home-school_co-operation 1. Students excel in academics and character in an environment filled with Christian love. The cultivation of arts and sports has also been effective.<br>2. The Discipline and Counselling Group and the Civic Education Group work together to train students to be self-disciplined and abide by the rules, as well as to help and love each other. The head teacher is the core of a class. They accompany students in their growth. Their responsibilities are not only to impart knowledge and solve confusions; they are also the ones for students to share their inner joys and sorrows.
school_ethos Discipline and counselling tutors work alongside with teachers in civic education to motivate students to behave well and cooperate with each other.
future_dev_url http://www.haynien.edu.hk/school_dev.php
school_dev_plan 1. Improve students’ self-learning ability and broaden their horizons and knowledge.<br>2. Build the school into a "caring campus" so that students can learn in a harmonious, mutually supportive and pleasant environment.<br>3. Develop students’ potential, increase their self-confidence and interest in life.<br>4. Promote school-based teacher training on lesson planning, observation and evaluation.<br>5. Promote positive education.
teacher_pro_training_and_dev 1. Teachers participate in frequent professional school development workshops.<br>2. Teachers are encouraged to develop cross-border academic and cultural exchange activities.<br>3. Teachers acquire new skills and improve an existing lesson plans through frequent interaction with partner schools, including lesson observations and experience sharing workshops.<br>4. Teachers conduct regular peer observation classes, co-planning meetings and collaborative teaching to foster a culture of sharing and professional growth.

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