Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove)
📰 School Stories
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English in Action Learning for Life January 2026
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Organic combination, natural connection, comprehensive knowledge application, practical whole-person education September 2024
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Promote life education, discover character strengths, establish positive values, and give back to society in the future May 2024
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Cross-curricular learning week builds common competencies and equips students for the future September 2023
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Promote school-based innovative courses to cultivate students into the future world April 2023
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Primary:11 indicators apply, 2 matched
🎯 Mission
We provide our students an excellent and supportive learning environment to help them acquire holistic and balanced development with respect to the areas of ethics, intellect, physique, social skills, aesthetic, affective and spiritual growth, to encourage our students to take the initiative to explore the world with an international perspective and inspire their potential.
📚 Approach & Strategies
We emphasize that living and learning are always correlated. To encourage innovation and investigative learning, the existing core curriculum is expanded with school-based curriculum. These are believed to help nurture students with humanistic and social awareness, scientific literacy, information literacy, and the ability to integrate and utilize knowledge in life.
💛 SEN Support
Our school adopt the "Whole School Approach" model to support students with special educational needs, establish student support team and take care of individual student differences through the "3-tier Intervention Model":1.Tier-1, optimize classroom teaching;2.Tier-2, provide remedial teaching and group services such as enhanced school-based speech therapy service, social groups, study skills groups, etc.; 3.Tier-3, provide individual education plans. In addition, through various channels such as parent workshops and parent talks, parents are assisted in understanding the needs and difficulties of their children.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Student Council, Visual Art Ambassadors, Student Leaders, Robot Engineering, Reader's Theatre, English Ambassadors, Mathematics Olympiad, Cub Scouts, CYC, Orchestra, Chinese Orchestra, Choir, Sports Teams, Ball Games, Swimming Team, Dance Club, Drama Club, Chinese Opera, Uniform teams, Little School Reporters, etc.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 84 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Mr. |
| sponsoring_body | Tai Po Old Market Public School Ltd |
| school_motto | Humility, Discreetness, Integrity, Sagaciousness |
| school_size | 6400 |
| 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 | $50 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $450(specific purpose charge) $200 (Swimming Lesson Fees) |
| asc_others | $31 (replacement of student card) |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 30 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 2 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | STEAM Lab, Lab for innovation science, Environmental Protection Resources Center, English Funland, Music Room, Visual Art Room, Computer Lab, Campus TV etc. |
| fac_others | Indoor Swimming Pool, Chinese Cultural Pathway, Fish Pond, "Go" Corner, Aquaponics, Spurred Tortoise Garden, Weather Station, Herb Garden, Farmland. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Accessible lift, Accessible toilet and Tactile guide path plan. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 58 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 51 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 53 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 15 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 15 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 70 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 30 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 30 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | In P.1 - P.3, every class is of heterogeneous ability, whereas in P.4 - P.6 individual students' learning abilities and needs are considered. |
| 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 different subjects such as formative assessment, summative assessment, project work, self-evaluation, peer assessment, and learning through experiences. Students have learning log and student portfolio so that they can reflect on their own learning process. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | No |
| streaming_arrangement | According to students' learning needs. |
| 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 | 3:05 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 11:50 |
| lunch_end_time | 12:50 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | Healthy lunch with nutrition ratio 3:2:1", "more fruit and vegetables", and "less oil, salt and sugar", we advocate healthy eating habits to improve students' health. |
| school_organisation | Under the leadership of the principal, the teachers and executive teams carry out the school policy established by the Incorporated Management Committee (IMC). |
| imc_smc_mc | Our IMC was set up in 2005, the members of which include the school managing directors, teachers, alumni, parents and professionals. |
| school_green_policy | We provide school-based curriculum and various activities to nurture our students' attitude and habit on environmental protection. |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Students are encouraged to think about the value of learning, to enhance their ability to learn independently, to integrate and apply information technology for personalised learning and to deepen their development as effective independent learners. <br>2. We nurture students to develop positive relationships, to explore their talents and strengths, to think in a growth mindset, to be open to the future and to become confident and optimistic, strive for their flourishing lives. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | https://www.tpompspc.edu.hk/%E6%A0%A1%E6%9C%AC%E7%89%B9%E8%89%B2%E8%AA%B2%E7%A8%8B/ |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | 1. To use Chinese culture as the backbone and design a variety of learning activities, strengthening values education (including life education, national education and national security education). <br>2. Reinforcing STEAM education, integrate with AI elements to develop students' advanced IT skills and strengthen their media and information literacy. <br>3. Continuously optimise cross-curricular reading, develop lifelong learning skills and nurture students to become effective independent learners. <br>4. Enriching life-wide learning experiences and promoting whole-person development. <br>5. Making good use of learning time and creating space to promote a balanced physical and mental development. <br>6. Better catering for learner diversity, support plans are developed according to students' learning needs. <br>7. Make good use of assessment data to optimise teaching design, enhance assessment literacy and promote learning and teaching effectiveness. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | 1. To implement the "multi-cultural characteristics of the value of art education programs" with the well-designed activities which enrich students' learning experience. Thus construct a better spiritual world for students and allow students to apply generic skills in daily life. <br>2. Create different learning situations through cross-curricular study, promote students' analyzing, problem solving and critical thinking skills, which helps to nurture students' generic skills. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | Our school promotes values education by using Chinese culture as the backbone of our school's curriculum, and by integrating different cross-curricular areas of values education into different subjects and life-wide learning to help students develop positive values and attitudes. The school adopts an "Informed Behavioural and Affective Teaching and Learning Integration Model" to enhance the practical aspects of value development in the school-based curriculum and in various activities, with emphasis on extended practice. Students move from the cognitive level to the behavioural level and then internalise good character. |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | Focus on developing gifted education. We provide over forty gifted programmes such as School Leaders, Mathematics Olympiad, English Ambassadors, STEAM CLUB, Little Editor and Lego Robot are provided for gifted students to explore their thinking and creativity abilities and social skills. Remedial classes are offered for students in need. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | To cater for the diversity of our students, we have implemented a number of unique school-based programmes, cross-curricular learning and curriculum integration, making use of blended learning mode and appropriate e-learning strategies to design suitable learning programmes for students. For example, we offer whole-class gifted learning programmes and pull-out programmes for students with special abilities; we also offer gifted classes and remedial teaching groups to help students learn and develop their potential according to their learning needs. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | https://www.tpompspc.edu.hk/%e5%ae%b6%e9%95%b7%e6%95%99%e5%b8%ab%e6%9c%83/ |