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Castle Peak Catholic Primary School

Castle Peak Catholic Primary School
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36
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Primary:11 indicators apply, 4 matched

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Castle Peak Catholic Primary School
Tuen Mun ・ Primary ・ Est. 1972
📍 Address
2 Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, Tuen Mun…
📞 Phone
24574634
📠 Fax
24586055
✉️ Email
cpcps@cpcps.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Catholicism
👩‍🏫 Principal
Wong Yuk Han
📅 Founded
1972
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese

🎯 Mission

Practise Christian Virtues, Prepare Next Generation for the Future & Create a Perfect Harmonious World.

📚 Approach & Strategies

Adopt student-oriented lesson designs, such as asking different levels of questions and organising varied classroom activities, to cater for learner diversity, arouse students' learning interest, and develop students' higher-order thinking skills. Implement e-learning and STEAM Education to promote students' self-directed learning and scientific inquiry skills. Utilise the assessment data to adjust our teaching strategies, and provide prompt feedbacks for students.

💛 SEN Support

Set up "Student Support Team" to support students with special educational needs. Use Learning Support Grant to organize diversified after-school learning classes to assist students with learning needs. And provide Enhanced School-based Speech Therapy Service to help students in need.

🎨 Whole-person Learning

Our school offers a variety of extracurricular activities, such as English drama, Rural School English Project, Intermediate Drone course, robotics courses, soccer, Putonghua drama, violin, fencing, basketball, integrated visual arts courses, STEAM elites, and children's Cantonese opera, among others. Additionally, we have comprehensive learning weeks held twice a year to help students connect knowledge across different learning areas and enhance their interest in learning.

📋 School Data

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

poa_school_net 71
school_type_1 Aided
school_type_2 Whole Day
imc Established
training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members 79%
title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc Ms.
title_of_school_head Ms.
sponsoring_body Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
school_motto Glory to God, Love the Others <br>as Oneself
school_size 2200
through_train_sec_school -
feeder_sec_school -
nominated_sec_school Tuen Mun Catholic Secondary School
school_bus -
nanny_van Yes
parent_teacher_association Yes
school_alumni_association Yes
asc_school_fee -
asc_tong_fai -
asc_pta_fee $40
asc_charges_for_non_standard_items School Facilities ($310)
asc_others -
fac_no_of_classroom 26
fac_no_of_school_hall 0
fac_no_of_playground 2
fac_no_of_library 1
fac_special_rooms Prayer Room, 2 Counselling Rooms, Library, STEAM Room, Electronic boards and Air conditioned Covered Playground.
fac_others Close to the church. Every classroom has one hospital-grade movable air purifier. Interactive Touch Panel.
fac_support_for_specialedu Ramp, Accessible lift and Accessible toilet.
previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts 43
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training 100
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above 25
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training 60
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 27
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 25
previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above 48
previous_year_no_of_class_p1 3
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 23
current_year_no_of_class_p1 4
current_year_no_of_class_p2 3
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 23
cs_mode_of_teaching Provide after-school remedial classes for students according to their learning needs. The Dynamic Teaching Model is adopted in the classrooms of primary one to three students. Implement the "Double Class Teacher" policy in primary one classrooms to reinforce the self-care ability, discipline and moral conduct of primary one students.<br>
cs_remarks Implement Small Classes for all classes.
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 Diversified modes of assessment in which both Formative and Summative Assessments are used to elicit evidence of student learning so that teachers can give prompt and accurate feedback to enhance learning and teaching. Apart from traditional written assessments, our school also implements e-assessments, performance assessments, and project-based learning as “Assessment for Learning”.
avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays Yes
arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon Yes
streaming_arrangement Class placement of students from P.4 to P.6 are dependent upon students' academic results.
no_of_school_days_per_week 5
no_of_periods_per_day 10
duration_of_each_period 30
school_starts_at 8:00
school_starts_at_AMPM AM
school_ends_at 2:50
school_ends_at_AMPM PM
lunch_start_time 12:15
lunch_end_time 1:05
lunch_arrangement Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents.
school_life_remarks Offer opportunities for students, such as "Know-the-King", Putonghua and English morning assembly hosted by student representatives. Implement 'CPCPS Specialized Curriculum' in regular timetable, such as Japanese, Korean, Chinese dance and Fitness training lessons to develop their multiple intelligences. Our school also offers STEAM programming and drone-pilot training classes, and participates in STEAM competitions.
school_management_url http://cpcps.edu.hk/internal_castle/imc.php
school_organisation The Incorporated Management Committee > Supervisor > Principal > Deputy Principal.
imc_smc_mc The Incorporated Management Committee is comprised of supervisor, senior principals from secondary and primary schools, the principal, clergy, lay members, teachers, parents and alumni.
school_green_policy Through utilizing the resources from Life-wide Learning and participating in events held by government organizations, the Spiritual and Moral Education Team encourages the promotion of environmental protection and cultivation of students' leadership skills. The primary objective of the 'Environmental Ambassadors' is to assist in the promotion of sustainable living: raising the awareness of caring for the campus environment and fostering the responsibilities as global citizens to share an environmentally-friendly attitude towards our nature.
school_major_concerns_url http://cpcps.edu.hk/internal_castle/organisation.php
school_major_concerns 1. Deepen the qualities of students, cultivate correct values, and help them become well-behaved and courteous citizens. (Care, proactivity, confidence, patience, loyalty)<br>2. Enhance students' critical thinking skills to promote lifelong learning and holistic development.
learning_and_teaching_plan_url http://cpcps.edu.hk/internal_castle/religion.php#section1
major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum 1. We offer a diversified curriculum with distinctive features, provide students with rich and varied learning experiences. Our goal is to enable students to develop their personal interests and establish healthy lifestyles. Through diverse teaching strategies and learning activities, we cater to students' diverse learning styles, so that every student can experience the joy of school life and find meaning of learning. <br>2. Based on the core values of Catholicism and the qualities of students, integrate twelve key values and attitudes to strengthen values education and promote the balanced development of students' physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
dev_of_generic_skills Develop various life-wide learning activities with a focus on Collaboration skills, communication skills, creativity, critical thinking skills, ability to use information technology, computational skills, problem-solving abilities, self-management skills, and research abilities.
cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours Through organizing school-based activities, such as "The School Mum and Dad Programme", "The Spiritual and Moral Education Programme", "The Morality Building Lesson", "The Bonding Lesson For Teachers and Students", "The Positive Kids' Reward Scheme", "The Morality Support Lesson", "The Experiential Learning Activity", "The Mindfulness Lesson" and "The Career Planning Activity", the school thrives to promote and build up students' positive values and attitudes.
student_support_url http://cpcps.edu.hk/internal_castle/support2.php
whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity Adopt a proactive whole-school approach to offer enrichment programmes and advanced curriculum for gifted individuals to enlighten their potential. Implement an adaptation course for primary one students in order to help them to adapt to the new school life quickly. We also promote the 'Big Brother, Big Sister Learning Program' to assist students with learning needs in literacy. Two registered Social Workers, one School-based Education Psychologist and one School-Based Speech Therapist assist students with learning needs.
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; and organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school. Arrange NCS students to take part in a Chinese culture talent show to enhance their ability of learning Chinese.
curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation The school provides homework accommodations, dictation adjustments, and examination adaptations for students with special learning needs. Additionally, after school, we organize small group learning sessions to address individual differences.
home-school_co-operation_url http://cpcps.edu.hk/internal_castle/pta_act.php及http://cpcps.edu.hk/internal_castle/support.php
home-school_co-operation The Parents and Teachers' Association provides a team of parent volunteers to facilitate arrangements for school activities and special school events, etc. PTA representatives in the School Management Committee engage in school policymaking and enable the school policies to be more transparent. In addition, we offer open classrooms at different periods of the year and invite parents for lesson observations.
school_ethos Implement religious activities, different rewarding schemes, personal career planning and thematic learning activities. Provide love, respect and a religious atmosphere to practise various moral education and counselling activities. Ensure good student and citizen education.
future_dev_url http://cpcps.edu.hk/internal_castle/organisation.php
school_dev_plan Participate Catholic School Religious Education Support Peer Mentoring Programme and grant support through workshops and peer lesson preparation to enhance the learning and teaching of Religion Studies. Incorporate the Five Core Values of Catholic education into different fields of school. Join the 'Cool Think Programme' to develop students' computational skills, creativity and problem-solving skills.
teacher_pro_training_and_dev Participate in the School-based Support Service by Education Bureau, in order to enhance student learning by interweaving continuous teacher professional development. Participate in "Programme in Planning Life Education in Primary Schools", through workshops, visits to pioneer local schools, study tours, sharing sessions and school support, to establish a professional learning community in school.

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