🎒 Primary ・ Tai Po
Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
27
Average
Primary：11 indicators apply, 3 matched
🎒
Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School
Tai Po ・
Primary ・ Est. 1962
📍 Address
Fu Heng Estate Phase I, Tai Po, N.T.
📞 Phone
26606161
📠 Fax
26667048
✉️ Email
office@shmcps.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Catholicism
👩🏫 Principal
Lau Man Yee
📅 Founded
1962
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese
🎯 Mission
Teaching with love Embracing children
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. We make use of assemblies and joint class lessons to carry out moral and civic education. In addition to the core subjects, there are morning reading times, morning exercise, life education, monthly meetings for students and cross-curricular activities to enhance students' multi-intelligences of students. 2. Through prayers, morning assemblies, students' monthly meetings, students' journals, house committee member elections and training, national flag hoisting ceremonies and daily lessons, we nurture students' twelve priority values and attitudes. 3. We implement "Reading Across the Curriculum" to continuously cultivate students' interests and reading habits, combine reading and task-based learning, enhance students' learning abilities, and achieve life-long learning and whole-person…
💛 SEN Support
Student Support Team is set up to promote whole school approach to integrated education and foster the inclusive culture among students. Resources are deployed to provide appropriate and diversified support to these students.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
There are more than forty extra-curricular activities providing our students with an all-round education and the development of multi-intelligence. e.g. Little Pioneer of Christ, Grasshopper Scouts, Cub Scout, Brownies, Choir, Handbells, Handchimes, e-Orch, Dancing, Drama, Tae Kwon Do, Tennis, Basketball, Dodge Ball, Athletics, Rope Skipping, STEM, etc. In addition, there are more than ten tip-top talent groups for outstanding students.
📋 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 | 40% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Rev. |
| title_of_school_head | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | The Catholic Diocese of <br>Hong Kong |
| school_motto | Love |
| school_size | 5000 |
| 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 | $20/yr or $100/6yrs |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $350 |
| 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 | Computer Room (CoolThink Studio), STEMport, Language Room, Visual Art Room, 2 Music Room, Teaching Resource Room. |
| fac_others | Chapel, Pastoral Room, Parent-Teacher Association Room, Sports Room, Conference Room and Gardens. |
| 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 | 44 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 78 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 26 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 20 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 54 |
| 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 (P.1 - P.6) is used to cater for learning diversity. |
| 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 | No |
| upload_school_assessment_policy_to_school_web | No |
| upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_web | No |
| diversified_assessment | Apart from regular examinations, we have different methods of assessment such as note-taking, observation, online assessment, project learning and task-based learning. Through students' self and peer assessments and teachers and parents' assessments so as to enhance students' self-reflection ability and their desire for improvement. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Elite and normal classes (P.4 - P.6). |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 9 |
| duration_of_each_period | 35 |
| school_starts_at | 7:55 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:05 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 1:05 |
| lunch_end_time | 2:05 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | All students do morning exercises together. Students can play different sports activities during recess. A wide variety of sports challenges and sports competitions are held regularly to cultivate students' exercise habits, reaching MVPA60(doing exercise for 60 min every day). Physical fitness training and tests are conducted and Body Mass Index (BMI) is calculated to monitor students' fitness. |
| school_management_url | https://www.shmcps.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=14 |
| school_organisation | Our school is sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. The Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) is composed of multi-professionals, responsible for the monitoring and management of school affairs. Our administrative structures are comprised of four groups: Management and Organisation, Learning and Teaching, Value Education and Student Support and Diverse Activities, which develop and nurture students in different facets of life. |
| imc_smc_mc | For the purposes of maintaining quality school management and promoting school performance, the school managers of IMC work collectively as a team. The core values of Catholic education: Truth, Justice, Love, Life and Family are implemented to accomplish the school mission: Love. |
| school_green_policy | Develop "School-based Environmental Policy", attaching importance to education for sustainable development. Participate in "Jockey Club Energy Saver in Schools Project" to further promote energy-saving initiatives. Focus on whole-school participation, "Green Campus Campaign", "4R Principles", "Resource Recovery", "Energy Conservation" and curriculum integration. Encourage students to practice environmental protection in their daily lives, with the support of Environmental Ambassadors, Green Prefects, Sacred Heart Gardeners and Sacred Heart Environmental Leaders to help promote environmental messages. |
| school_major_concerns_url | https://www.shmcps.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=10 |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Establish a healthy lifestyle, develop pupils’ interests and potentials, get along with the communities.<br>2. Equip students with the knowledge and vision of the eight learning areas, get prepared for personal growth and development.<br>3. Know right from wrong, fulfill the responsibility towards the family, society and country, show the correct values. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | https://www.shmcps.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=31 |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | Incorporating the new curriculum to promote values education. We take cultivation of positive values as the direction. We make use of everyday life events to strengthen the coordination of learning activities among various cross-curricular domains in values education, including moral education, national education, life education, media and information literacy education, education for sustainable development, etc. so as to cultivate students' positive values and attitudes. We also provide students with all-round learning experience conducive to their whole-person development. To improve the school timetable, make good use of "Learning Time", and create space to promote a balanced physical and mental development of students. By optimizing the curriculum, assessment, homework and Life-wide Learning, students can enjoy a broader learning space. Strengthening STEAM education and optimizing reading across the curriculum develop students' lifelong learning capabilities and diverse talents. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | For generic skills, the school has formulated differentiated learning objectives and learning stages to cater for learner diversity. A variety of learning and teaching strategies and holistic activities are used to develop students' generic skills, as well as enhancing students' creativity, critical and communication skills through project-based learning. The implementation of "Reading Across the Curriculum" to develop students’ problem-solving skills and study skills. Through different online learning platforms and ICT training, students can develop self-directed learning and information technology skills. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | Our school carries out a Catholic-style value education program by implementing school-based curriculum, enforcing teachers’ professional development and cultivating school atmosphere. The program highlights the Five Core Values in Catholic Education and the school motto "Love," aiming to cultivate students' proper values, encouraging them to face challenges positively, practice the love of Christ, discern right from wrong, and appropriately fulfill their responsibilities in their families, society, and country. |
| student_support_url | https://www.shmcps.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=137 |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | Our school supports diverse students' learning and growth needs through a variety of reward programs, peer tutoring programs, gifted and enrichment courses, positive education and the Understanding Adolescent Project (UAP). |
| 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 our school uses Putonghua to teach Chinese in all classes / groups at certain 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 cater for learner diversity and students' varying needs, a variety of activities and courses develop students' potential. These include enhancement classes and activities to develop cognitive training skills, employing various physical and artistic skills. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | https://www.shmcps.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=71 |
| home-school_co-operation | Parent-Teacher Association" is established to support the school with the power of parents and promote the relationship between the school and the family. "Sacred Heart Parent Volunteer Team" is organized to assist school activities such as library, lunch time and various types of activities. Through volunteer work, parents understand the operation of the school, connect with teachers as a parenting partner, and provide suggestions for school improvement. |
| school_ethos | We are dedicated to making the school a loving and caring community. Different programmes and plans such as Positive Education, National Security Education, "Understanding Adolescent Project", Value Education, Peer Counsellor Scheme and "I CAN DO IT" Award Scheme are organised to develop students' ability to be resilient, to respect and to care for each other and to nurture positive values. The Student Support Programme aims at catering for students' diverse learning needs and nurturing an inclusive culture. |
| future_dev_url | https://www.shmcps.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=78 |
| school_dev_plan | 1. Promote positive value education: students learn from the aspects of "knowledge, emotion, and action" in order to love themselves and others. <br>2. Create a healthy and happy campus: students develop good healthy living habits. <br>3. Cultivate students to become lifelong learners: students are willing to learn, good at learning, and keen on exploring the world. |
| teacher_pro_training_and_dev | 1. Promote the professional development of teachers through 'Lesson Study'. <br>2. Continuously provide teachers with learning opportunities and establish a professional teacher learning team to lead students towards lifelong learning, and actively face future challenges. |