🎒 Primary ・ Sha Tin
Sha Tin Wai Dr. Catherine F. Woo Memorial School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
27
Average
Primary：11 indicators apply, 3 matched
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Sha Tin Wai Dr. Catherine F. Woo Memorial School
Sha Tin ・
Primary ・ Est. 2010
📍 Address
2 Jat Min Chuen Street, Shatin, New Ter…
📞 Phone
26468926
📠 Fax
26869969
✉️ Email
info@stwdcfwms.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Not Applicable
👩🏫 Principal
Leung Man Wai
📅 Founded
2010
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese
🎯 Mission
Sha Tin Wai Dr. Catherine F. Woo Memorial School is committed to providing quality holistic education and emphasizes on the development of the virtues and positive values of children. We offer students balanced learning opportunities in the five aspects of development, i.e. moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic. Additionally, we nurture them to have positive attitude towards their lives and develop their talents to allow them become independent and responsible lifelong learners.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. Foster students' development of virtues. Build up their positive attitude and values towards lives. 2. Through Cross-Curriculum teaching and planning and project learning, learning time can be extended in order to deepen both students' self-directed learning strategies and innovation skills. 3. Develop students' multi-intelligence and generic skills by participating in life-wide learning activities. 4. Designing tiered assignments and applying-learning strategies to cater the needs of learning differences.
💛 SEN Support
Student Support Team deploys resources such as the Learning Support Grant and the Enhanced School-based Speech Therapy Service to support students with SEN.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
A wide diversity of activities are offered, up to 90 events are held including the following: Percussion Band and Orchestra, STEAM Elite Class, Coding & Robot Making Class, Science Club, Mathematics Olympiad, English Drama Team, Cambridge English Qualification Team, Speech Training, MC Team, Baseball Team, Taekwondo, Chinese Kung Fu, Track & Field Team, Swimming Team, Football Team, Basketball team, Chinese Dance, Choir, Visual Art Elite Classes, Chinese Art, Visual Art Club, Go Chess Club, Cub Scouts, Brownies, etc.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 91 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | - |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Dr. |
| title_of_school_head | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | The Encouragement of Character Training for the Youths of Hong Kong, Ltd. |
| school_motto | Offering fairness and honesty. Spreading love and showing kindliness. |
| school_size | 3300 |
| 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 | $450 |
| 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 | SaWoo I Lab, Coding Corner, Makers' Maze, Computer Room, Visual Arts Room, <br>English Room, Multi-purpose Activity Room. |
| fac_others | Reading Corner, Art Garden, Climbing Wall, Chi Culture Zone, Learning Hub, Art Gallery, Chess Area, Nature Trail, Basketball Crt, Badminton Crt, etc. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 47 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 33 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 15 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 14 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 45 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 41 |
| 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 | Putonghua is used as the medium of instruction during Chinese lessons for half of the year group from P.2-P.6. School-based Science and Technology and Computational Thinking Curriculum from P.1-P.6. BYOD policy is applied to all classes from P.3-P.6 comprehensively. |
| cs_remarks | Remedial classes are implemented for P.3-P.6. Under the New Funding Mode (NFM), we provide additional resources to enable teachers to cater for learner diversity and students' learning needs. |
| 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 | Formative assessment, diversified assessment, self and peer evaluations are all implemented to assess students' performance and to monitor their learning process. In P.1 summative assessment is replaced by diversified formative assessment during the 1st term. Students' learning performance and progress is shown in their learning portfolio. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Primary 1 students are placed to different classes with a balanced gender ratio. Primary 2 to 6 students are placed into different classes based on their language abilities. We aim to cater for learner diversity and strengthen their foundation. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 8 |
| duration_of_each_period | 35 |
| school_starts_at | 8:00 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 2:40 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 12:25 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:25 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | Cross-curricular activities and curriculum are designed to enhance students' physical fitness skills including,<br>1. Sufficient lesson time for Physical Education<br>2. Different sports award schemes<br>3. Multi-intelligence classes<br>4. Various school sports team and training classes<br>5. School-based featured sports training such as baseball, dodgeball |
| school_management_url | https://www.stwdcfwms.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=186#content |
| school_organisation | Our school is run by four areas, namely "Management and Organisation", "Learning and Teaching", "Student Support and School Ethos" and "Student Performance". The committees regularly co-organise, evaluate and improve the school development plan with all teachers. |
| imc_smc_mc | Our IMC was established in 2011. |
| school_green_policy | Our school has implemented our sustainable development policy. We nurture students to enhance their awareness on environmental protection and to treasure the Earth's resources by setting up school-based environmental policies. We have set up a nature trail, solar panels and the provision of recycling bins on all floors. By integrating eco-friendly elements into the curriculum and conducting different activities, students' environmental awareness can be enhanced and sustained. |
| school_major_concerns_url | https://www.stwdcfwms.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=77 |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Deepen self-directed learning efficacy. Focus on enhancing students' confidence in learning and self-management skills<br>2. Inspiring students' creativity and enhancing integrating skills among different KLAs.<br>3. Promoting Chinese culture and ensure our students are able to have a strong sense of belonging and national identity towards our country. We aim at nurturing a new generation of students that are proud of their own country. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | https://www.stwdcfwms.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=66#content#content |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | 1. Provide quality holistic education.<br>2. Develop school-based national education, connect values education, cultivate traditional virtues, and inherit Chinese culture.<br>3. Through doing problem-solving exercises to train up students’ analytical and critical thinking skills and enhance their self-confidence.<br>4. Optimize the school's assessment and course policies, adopt diversified assessment methods, help students learn effectively, and cater learning diversity.<br>5. Create a good reading culture, enhance reading ability, and cultivate students' reading literacy.<br>6. Continue to optimize STEAM education, cultivate students' innovative spirit, and enhance their scientific and information literacy. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Our school actively strengthens STEAM education to enhance students’ innovative thinking and problem-solving abilities, and strengthens media and AI literacy education to help them discern information and make good use of technology to contribute to society in the AI digital age. Our school also promotes cross-curricular reading and strengthens students' generic abilities through diversified cross-disciplinary special studies. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | By emphasising on the development of virtues, integrating guidance, discipline and moral education and applying a whole school approach, the moral values of "bravery", <br>"respect", "pledge", "integrity", "caring", "persistence" and "perseverance" are cultivated. Students are nurtured as "Positive SAWOO students" by promoting a positive and caring school culture and value education. |
| student_support_url | https://www.stwdcfwms.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=95#content |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | By adopting various teaching strategies and differentiated instruction, the school aims at catering to students' learning needs. Additional academic support and small group teaching are also provided for students with special learning needs. Appropriate counseling is provided to them to improve their learning skills, social skills, and concentration and emotional regulation abilities. Interest classes and training groups are also offered to foster students' multiple intelligence. The school adopts a school-based gifted education program to enhance students' potential. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | Students with special learning needs are taught by supporting teachers with an adapted curriculum. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | https://www.stwdcfwms.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=60#content |
| home-school_co-operation | Parents fully support school programmes and provide assistance both at home and school. The PTA holds different learning activities and programmes for parenting education and recruits parent volunteers in order to build mutual trust. |
| school_ethos | Moral Education is our first priority. We provide students with an inviting and caring environment that cultivate their virtues and values. We also provide a balanced school education that inspires students to study diligently and nourishes them to be caring and respectful citizens who are ready to serve their country and community. Award schemes are in place to encourage students to build up positive attitudes and apply them in their daily lives. |
| future_dev_url | https://www.stwdcfwms.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=77 |
| school_dev_plan | 1. Emphasizing on the development of virtues and positive values of students is important in the field of learning. We will continue to diversify the development of interdisciplinary collaborative activities, STEAM education, and cross-curricular reading, and systematically plan a broad and balanced curriculum.<br>2.Life-wide learning activities covers different learning experiences, promotes balanced physical and mental development through visits and inspections and is linked to classroom learning, service learning and overseas exchanges.<br>3. The school attaches great importance to national education. Through experiential activities of Chinese culture and learning content covering national history, national conditions and national security education, together with the campus environment display. We can strengthen students' national concepts and national pride.<br>4. The school is committed to developing innovative courses, promoting AI education, integrating artificial intelligence into educational applications, optimizing teaching design, promoting students' in-depth and independent learning, and cultivating future talents. |