🎒 Primary ・ Wan Chai
Po Kok Primary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
9
Low
Primary：11 indicators apply, 1 matched
🎒
Po Kok Primary School
Wan Chai ・
Primary ・ Est. 1931
📍 Address
11-15 Shan Kwong Road, Hong Kong
📞 Phone
25737911
📠 Fax
25724364
✉️ Email
pkps@pokokps.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Buddhism
👩🏫 Principal
Chung Lai Kam Kathy
📅 Founded
1931
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese(incl.: Putonghua) and English
🎯 Mission
Po Kok Primary School adopts the motto of the Buddha's spirit of "benevolence and fraternity" and to nurture pupils' good characters. The school provides a caring, supportive and stimulating environment which nurtures an all round education and development of pupils, developing the full potential of pupils that will enable them to become confident and independent in all aspects of school life. It is our mission to prepare pupils for their responsibilities as good citizens.
📚 Approach & Strategies
The school stresses the use of cooperative learning strategies and Elearning to enhance students' learning abilities and motivation. The school has also designed different school-based curricula to cater for learners' diversities. Students will also take part in inter-disciplinary activities, life-wide activities and STREAM project learning activities to enhance generic skills and higher order thinking skills.
💛 SEN Support
The school has adopted the whole school approach to cater for students with diverse needs. Different kinds of training, like speech therapy, behavioural training, dyslexia training, attentiveness training and multi-intelligence education, are provided for designated students to facilitate the development of students' multiple intelligence. The 3-tier support model is adopted in order to provide appropriate support to each student.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Our school has provided many learning activities for students, like overseas exchange programs and excursions. These help students to achieve the aims of whole-person development. There is a wide range of ECAs in our school every Tuesday and Friday, including Hockey, Dodgeball, Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Indian Dance, Chinese Drama, English Opera, Choir, Chinese Drums, Handchimes, 3D Printing class, Sand Drawing, STREAM and Uniform Groups.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 12 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | 77% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Ms. |
| title_of_school_head | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | Tung Lin Kok Yuen |
| school_motto | Benevolence and fraternity |
| school_size | 3600 |
| 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 | $60 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | - |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 19 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 1 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | Multi-Media Learning Centre, Campus TV, Multi-sensory Interactive Learning Centre, Music Room, Gym, Student Activity Centre, English Activity Room and Rock Climbing Wall. |
| fac_others | - |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | - |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 33 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 89 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 41 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 78 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 34 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 33 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 33 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 16 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 16 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | Small Class Teaching approach is adopted across P1 to P6. There is a self-study lesson every day to help students finish their homework at school. |
| cs_remarks | Tailor made school-based curricula to cater for the needs of non-Chinese Speaking students. |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 1 |
| replace_test_exam_P1 | Yes |
| no_of_test_per_year_P2-P6 | 2 |
| 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 | By observing the students' performance and participation in class. Project learning includes self evaluation, parents' comment and peer evaluation. Besides, students have their e-learning profile recording their 6-year learning progress.<br>*P.1 and P.2 students are assessed by various formative assessments instead of tests. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Students are streamed according to their Chinese ability. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 8 |
| duration_of_each_period | 40 |
| school_starts_at | 8:10 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:00 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 12:05 |
| lunch_end_time | 12:55 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier, arranged by parents and students can bring their own lunch from home. |
| school_life_remarks | Apart from morning exercises and recess activities, students are encouraged to join different sports programs organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. We also have morning reading sessions and Moral Education lessons to promote good morals and behaviours. School Library is opened before lessons, during recess and lunch time. |
| school_management_url | http://www.pokokps.edu.hk/frame.html |
| school_organisation | Incorporated Management Committee is set up to involve different parties in school management. School is operating under the management of the school board. School development strategies are designed under the leadership of the principal, vice principals and administrative groups. Different administrative groups are functioned under the co-ordination of the senior teachers to enforce the development of the school. |
| imc_smc_mc | Our IMC includes 7 members from our sponsoring body, our principal, 2 parent representatives, 2 teachers representatives and 1 independent member. |
| school_green_policy | Use energy-efficient air conditioners and lights, and actively promote school uniform and paper recycling programs on campus. |
| school_major_concerns_url | http://www.pokokps.edu.hk/report/schoolplan20212024.pdf |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Engage Students Through Wonder, Nurture Active Learners <br>2. Implement Positive Education, Cultivate Students' Positive Values and Mindsets, and Enhance Their Sense of Well-being |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://www.pokokps.edu.hk/frame.html |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | The school continuously reviews the moral education curriculum to promote values education. Life events are used as the context for discussion. Learning activities on moral values, national education, media and information literacy are organised to nurture positive values. Besides, our school emphasizes on promoting whole-person development through implementing STREAM education. STREAM activities are designed to enable students to explore various learning topics. Students are expected to develop interdisciplinary thinking and suggest ways to solve daily-life problems. Coding education is incorporated into the curriculum. Scratch, Micro:bit and Cospaces learning activities are designed to nurture students’ creativity. In addition, integrated lessons are arranged to strengthen cross-curricular learning and reading across the curriculum. Life-wide learning activities are also held to allow students to conduct project learning to enrich their learning experience. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Our school focuses on the development of generic skills, creative thinking and independent learning skills. Through reading workshops, IT teaching, project learning, we provide chances for the students to develop their talents. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | Aside from helping students to develop different values through our school-based Moral Education curriculum and the cooperation among subjects, our school has also utilized multiple life-wide learning activities to nurture our students' positive values and attitudes. |
| student_support_url | http://www.pokokps.edu.hk/sip/sip.html |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | Small Class Teaching approach is adopted across P.1-P.6. There is a daily self-study lesson to help students with their homework so that they could finish most of the homework at school. Cooperative learning strategies are used and graded preview worksheets are designed to suit the learning needs of different students. Our school provides adaptation in homework and assessment policies. Individual meetings of Secondary School Places Allocation are provided for P.6 parents while interview workshops and pre-secondary adaptation program are provided to students. |
| 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; hiring additional manpower and/or translation/interpretation services to facilitate the communication with parents of NCS students; 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 | The school-based Chinese curriculum is tailor-made for our NCS students. The Chinese panel has designed an App on iPads for NCS Chinese learning. We are the pioneer to launch e-learning in Chinese to help NCS students. iPen is used to help junior students to read the Chinese textbooks when they are at home. The school-based reading and writing program is adopted in our English curriculum. Mental Quiz booklets are designed to strengthen students' calculation skills in Mathematics. School-based Moral Education curriculum focuses on cultivating positive attitudes of students. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | http://www.pokokps.edu.hk/pta/pta.html |
| home-school_co-operation | Po Kok Primary School places great importance to build up a harmonic relationship between parents and the school. Parents are cordially invited to join our PTA, Parent Support Group, Parent Volunteer Team, etc. A monthly newsletter is distributed to parents to inform them about the latest news at school. Parents are given a parent handbook to get them familiarized with the school's curriculum and requirements. The school has launched the 'Outstanding Po Kok Parents' Award Scheme' to encourage the participation of parents in school activities. |
| school_ethos | Invitational Education approach is adopted in our school. The theme of the Discipline and Counselling team is "Po Kok Family, Racial Harmony!". Through "Sunshine Teacher Program", "Big Brothers and Big Sisters" Scheme, "Everyone has a duty" Scheme, the digitalized "Po Kok Super Star" Scheme, etc, students develop a harmonious relationship with one another. Students of different racial backgrounds learn from one another's cultures and get along well at school. |
| future_dev_url | www.pokokps.edu.hk/report/annualschoolpla |
| school_dev_plan | 1. Engage Students Through Wonder, Nurture Active Learners.<br>2. Implement Positive Education, Cultivate Students' Positive Values and Mindsets, and Enhance Their Sense of Well-being. |
| teacher_pro_training_and_dev | The school emphasizes the use of interactive learning strategies and works to create a culture of professional learning among colleagues. The school has co-organised different projects with EDB to enhance teaching and learning effectiveness. To keep up with the recent educational trends, we have equipped teachers with teaching strategies related to Elearning. Moreover, our teachers are trained professionally to teach NCS students. |