🎒 Primary ・ Sha Tin
Ma On Shan St. Joseph's Primary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
27
Average
Primary：11 indicators apply, 3 matched
🎒
Ma On Shan St. Joseph's Primary School
Sha Tin ・
Primary ・ Est. 1987
📍 Address
Heng On Estate, Ma On Shan, Shatin, N.T.
📞 Phone
26429186
📠 Fax
26433929
✉️ Email
info@mossjps.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Catholicism
👩🏫 Principal
Yeung Chui Shan
📅 Founded
1987
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese(incl.: Putonghua) and English
🎯 Mission
We uphold the core values of Catholic education, committing to and nurturing the values of truth, righteousness, love, life, and family, and putting them into practice with the spirit of Minority and Fraternity.
📚 Approach & Strategies
Through diversified reading activities, students can develop positive reading attitudes and habits. The school has collaboration with the EDB and other institutions to develop school-based curriculum in order to nurture students' self-directed learning habits and develop generic skills. Extra activities are arranged before lessons and after lunch time, such as reading programmes, morning exercise, singing Putonghua songs, English assembly and civic education programmes.
💛 SEN Support
Student Support Team has been formed in the school. Teachers are also encouraged to receive inclusive education training. Moreover, 'Secret angels' scheme and different peer-support schemes are also launched in order to promote inclusive school culture. Moreover, the school has be recognised as 2024/25 Racially Friendly Campus Champions under the "Racially Friendly Campus Recognition Scheme" which held by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC).
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Boy Scouts, Young Pioneers of Christ, Red Cross Little Buddies, Community Youth Club, Drama Team, Little Reporters, Reading Club, Math Olympiad, Spike Coding, VR Production, LEGO, Choir, Recorder Band, Hand Bell Team, Violin Class, Chinese musical instrument class, Visual Arts Group, Dance Team, Gymnastics, Rope Skipping, Athletics, Volleyball, Basketball, Fencing, Bouldering, Gardening and more Saturday activities
📋 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 | 100% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Mr. |
| title_of_school_head | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | The Minister in HK of the Order of Friars Minor |
| school_motto | Deus Meus et Omnia (My God and All) |
| school_size | 3500 |
| 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 | $40 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $300 |
| 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 | Eight Rooms (STEM room, Visual Arts Room, Music Room, Computer Room, English Room, Campus TV Station, School Library, Sensory Integration Room). |
| fac_others | All classrooms are equipped with interactive blackboards. <br>There are counselling room, gym room, student activity centre and Prayer Room. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 36 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 37 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 66 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 50 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 11 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 39 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 18 |
| 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 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 16 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | Small class teaching approach is adopted with e-Learning strategies in order to cater for learning diversity. Enhancement classes, tutorial classes, remedial classes and new immigrant classes are also provided. |
| cs_remarks | From P.2-P.6, each level has at least one Mathematics class which is conducted in English.<br>There are modules in General Studies conducted in English throughout P.1-P.6. |
| 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 | Yes |
| upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_web | Yes |
| diversified_assessment | Modes of assessments include regular school day performance through listening, speaking, reading, observing learning attitude and performing creative task process. Diversified modes of assessment are also used such as project learning, e-assessment and performance assessment. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | From Primary Two to Primary Six, remedial lessons and small group teaching are arranged. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 7 |
| duration_of_each_period | 45 |
| school_starts_at | 8:15 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:30 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 12:50 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:50 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | STEAM learning activities, PLP-Reading and Writing lessons, personal development lessons and school-based civic education programme are launched. The school will start implementing Primary Humanities and Primary Science from P1 and P4 in the 2025/26 school year. |
| school_organisation | The IMC of Ma On Shan St. Joseph's Primary School |
| imc_smc_mc | Members of IMC, manager, principal, teachers representative, parents representative and professional. |
| school_green_policy | The school has developed policies about protecting the environment to raise students' awareness of environmental protection. |
| school_major_concerns | Cater for students’ learning diversity through diversified learning strategies; <br>Create a positive campus atmosphere and promote the positive development of students' physical, mental and spiritual health. |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | 1. To launch interdisciplinary activities in the afternoon twice a week, offering diverse learning experiences such as STEAM, sports and arts, as well as civic education activities to enable students to apply their knowledge in activities;<br>2. To strengthen Learning and Reading across Curriculum to nurture students' reading interests; <br>3. To develop school-based curriculum projects with external institutions to foster value education, national education and life education; <br>4. To launch school-based STEAM modules to cultivate problem-solving skills and information literacy; <br>5. To conduct multiple intelligence programmes to develop students' potentials |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Through in-class learning tasks and various extra-curricular activities, students increase their knowledge and develop generic skills. As a result, students are able to apply the generic skills in different learning situations. Nine types of generic skills include collaboration skills, communication skills, creativity, critical thinking skills, information technology skills, numeracy skills, problem-solving skills, self-management skills and study skills. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | Students build values and good characters through various learning activities in all subjects. They also experience the Franciscan spirit of 'minority and fraternity'.<br>The school implements life planning education in personal development lessons and the school-based civic education programme. Students develop moral values and positive attitudes. |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | By making use of Learning Support Grant, the school adopts the 3-Tier Intervention Model and continues to provide different kinds of small-group training, including Whole School Approach to Providing Tiered Support for Students with ASD and READ & WRITE A Jockey Club Learning Support Network, according to students' needs with the support from the EDB and the NGOs. The school also provides intensive learning support and special examination arrangements for students in need. |
| 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; developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting learning and teaching materials; 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 | Enhancement classes, tutorial lessons and P.1 bridging courses are held. School-based curricular activities are organised based on the learning needs of students. |