🎒 Primary ・ Wong Tai Sin
Po Yan Oblate Primary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
18
Low
Primary：11 indicators apply, 2 matched
🎒
Po Yan Oblate Primary School
Wong Tai Sin ・
Primary ・ Est. 1965
📍 Address
15 Lok Sin Road, Kowloon
📞 Phone
23823474
📠 Fax
23834403
✉️ Email
poyan@poyan.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Catholicism
👩🏫 Principal
Tsang Chi Kuen
📅 Founded
1965
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese
🎯 Mission
Motivated by the love of God and the spirit of Christ, the mission of our school is to educate with dedication and to love the students entrusted to us. We aim to develop students' intellectual, moral, spiritual, social, aesthetic and physical faculties. Our theme for this year is: Inherit the fraternity of Christ, Live a positive life.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. Learning and Teaching Strategies: The five core values of the Catholic Church and diversified learning strategies are used to cultivate students, their physical, mental and spiritual development and national identity, and to enhance their thinking and social skills. 2. Flexible curriculum: in addition to the ten academic subjects, there are library classes, national, moral and civic education, mind-body-spirit classes, life-wide learning and co-curricular activities in each subject. 3. Emphasis on teacher-student interaction and diversified learning strategies: classes emphasize questioning and feedback, teacher-student and student-student interaction to enhance social skills; cooperative learning and small class teaching strategies to effectively take care of students' learning divers…
💛 SEN Support
Use various support grants to implement the "Whole School Approach" model of inclusive education. All staff and students work together to build a caring and inclusive campus, accepting and tolerant of each other. Schools provide appropriate and effective support services according to the allocation of resources and the special learning needs of students. The school has set up a Student Support Team to provide support for students with special educational needs: such as pull-out programmes, individual tutoring, Individual Education Plans etc.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
A variety of more than 40 extra-curricular activities such as academic, sports, arts, interest and uniform groups are provided. Professional tutors and coaches are responsible for the following activities, e.g. Sailing, Floor Curling, New Sports, Dance, Taekwondo, Chinese Percussion, Ensemble, Choir, 3D Printing and Programming.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | / |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | 100% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Fr. |
| title_of_school_head | Mr. |
| sponsoring_body | The Oblates of Mary Immaculate Hong Kong |
| school_motto | Love God and Love Others |
| school_size | 1665 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | - |
| nominated_sec_school | - |
| school_bus | - |
| 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 | Replacement of student card $30 |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 24 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 2 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | 8 (Room for each subject, Activity Room, Games Room, Speech Therapy Room and Counselling Room, Campus TV. and STEAM ROOM) |
| fac_others | Air-conditioned classrooms with access to Wifi, equipped with computers, visualizers and short distant projectors. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Accessible lift and Accessible toilet. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 20 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 38 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 63 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 31 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 15 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 54 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 0 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 0 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 1 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 1 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 7 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 0 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 0 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 0 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 1 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 1 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 5 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | Small class teaching so as to facilitate interaction between teachers and students and among students themselves. Also, there are remedial lessons for students after school. School adopts co-teaching and pull-out mode to support students' learning. |
| cs_remarks | Mixed ability classes. |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| replace_test_exam_P1 | No |
| 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 | We use different assessment methods, e.g. electronic formative assessment, daily homework and project learning. We also adopt different assessment modes, e.g. peer evaluation and parents' evaluation so as to provide effective feedback for students. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | No |
| streaming_arrangement | Mixed-ability classes. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 9 |
| duration_of_each_period | 35 |
| school_starts_at | 8:00 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:00 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 12:50 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:40 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | Small class teaching is adopted. |
| school_management_url | http://www.poyan.edu.hk |
| school_organisation | Under the supervision of IMC, the school administrative framework is divided into four major domains. Domain 1 is Management and Organisation, Domain 2 is Learning and Teaching, Domain 3 is Student Support and School Ethos and Domain 4 is extracurricular activities and student performance. |
| imc_smc_mc | Members of the IMC consist of different stakeholders namely the school supervisor, headmaster, parents, teachers, alumni and independent members. |
| school_green_policy | Activities such as, clean beach service, old property recycling activity, "Little Green Scientist" growth plan and installation of solar power systems, etc. help promote environmental education. |
| school_major_concerns_url | http://www.poyan.edu.hk |
| school_major_concerns | 1. To inherit Catholic teachings, practice gospel truths and healthy lifestyles, and cultivate students' physical, mental and spiritual development and national identity.<br>2. To use diversified learning strategies to improve students' thinking and social skills. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://www.poyan.edu.hk |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | Comprehensive integrated courses--Super 5V Academy, are held in the afternoon 5 days a week, which include the importance of cultivating national concepts, Chinese culture, values education, STEAM education, media and information literacy, healthy lifestyles, cross-curriculum courses, and emphasise the balanced spiritual, physical and mental development. Two "Body-Mind-Spirit" sessions (about 70 minutes) per week are organized for students to develop their physical, mental and spiritual health through different strategies. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Develop students' various generic abilities through formal and non-formal courses. Apart from computational thinking, logical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills, social and emotional skills such as empathy and teamwork are also included to develop students' proper values and attitude. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | 1. Through the "Five Catholic Core Values, Values Education and PERMA Positive Education", we aim to cultivate students' positive thinking, enhance the happiness of teachers and students, and cultivate a positive outlook on life.<br>2. Improve students' thinking and social skills through diversified learning strategies and different learning opportunities.<br>3. Through the "Po Yan Magic Academy Award Program", we encourage students to be hardworking and develop self-directed learning skills, so as to improve their confidence and enable their all-round development. |
| student_support_url | http://www.poyan.edu.hk |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | Under the 3-tier Intervention Model, our school provides different programmes and support, such as Enhanced School-based Educational Psychology Service, School-based Speech Therapy, IE Service, After-school Learning and Support programmes, and Transition to Secondary school support service are launched to cater for students' learning diversity. Diversified small group teaching, make up the bottom and pull out the top course are implemented to improve student academic performance. In order to cater for the emotional and social well-being of the students, "Understanding the Adolescent Project" and different support groups are provided. |
| 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; organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school; and hiring additional manpower and/or translation/interpretation services to facilitate the communication with parents of NCS students. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | Learning and Support Programmes" are arranged according to students' learning needs. Teachers prepare lessons together, tailor the curriculum and design custom-made learning activities for the students. In addition, homework and assessments are adjusted for students with special learning needs. Remedial tutorials and gifted programmes are provided to cater for students' learning diversity. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | http://www.poyan.edu.hk |
| home-school_co-operation | The P.T.A organises many different activities such as Parents' workshops, Parents storytelling, Lunar New Year Gathering, Parent-child picnic, Mainland parent-child sports visit, Yoga Class shared and conducted by parents. The P.T.A. also organises voluntary parents' team to support school activities. |
| school_ethos | Our students are self-disciplined and obedient. Good rapport exists between teachers and students. As described by the ESR team of EDB, "Our school feels like a family. |
| future_dev_url | http://www.poyan.edu.hk |
| school_dev_plan | A) Long-term development goals: 1. Guide students to understand the truth of the Gospel, experience the spirit of Christ, and actively promote the education of love by adhering to the teachings of Catholicism. 2. Provide opportunities for students to achieve a balanced development in all aspects which are moral, intellectual, spiritual, physical, social and aesthetic. 3. Cultivate students to establish positive values, to have a correct attitude towards life, to have a sense of responsibility to the society and the spirit of serving the community.<br>B) Short-term development goals: 1. Adhering to Catholic teachings, guide students to understand the truth of the gospel, and cultivate students to establish positive values through different learning experiences. 2. Use learning strategies that cater for the diversity of students to enhance students' confidence in learning. |
| teacher_pro_training_and_dev | Arrange different professional development such as seminars, workshops and experiential learning activities. The content is closely related to the world and local education trends and the yearly school concerns. Teachers promote lifelong learning. |