Kwong Ming School
📰 School Stories
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Primary：11 indicators apply, 2 matched
🎯 Mission
We pledge to prepare pupils to contribute to an increasingly international and interdependent world. Recognising a diversity of values and traditions, we strive to establish an atmosphere conducive to building interpersonal relationships and global awareness. We are committed to working closely with pupils and their families to attain academic excellence and inspire the growth of well-rounded individuals.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. The school attaches great importance to the promotion of reading through enhancing pre-lesson and extended reading for cultivating students’ self-directed learning capabilities. 2. Using diversified learning and teaching strategies to enhance students' motivation and strengthen higher-order thinking skills. 3. Helping students explore knowledge and learn from experiences so as to promote their all-round development. 4. Providing students with all-round learning experience in all aspects through different subject-based activities that allow students to apply what they have learned to enhance their sense of achievement and develop positive learning attitudes so that students will be able to adapt to the ever-changing world.
💛 SEN Support
Core members of student support team make good use of the grants and resources to implement the following schemes: curriculum and teaching adaptation, remedial learning groups, training on social skills, Enhanced School-based Speech Therapy Service and School-based Educational Psychology Service, Individual Education Plans, etc.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Various activities and interest groups are conducted after school, such as Sports Day, Swimming Gala, Christmas Party, STEAM Day, Life-wide Learning Day, Educational Camp, and School Picnic, to enhance the enjoyment of school life. Our school also offers a variety of extra-curricular activities for students: English Drama Team, English Puppetry Team, Cubs and Brownie, CYC, JPC, field and track athletic team, ball games teams, swimming team, ukulele, handbell, African drum, choir, dancing, Bouldering, Cambridge English, phonics, conversation, Mathematical Olympiad, Chinese ink painting, calligraphy, gardening, computer graphics, Lego Mindstorms, IT-coordinator and Campus TV.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 73 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Mr. |
| title_of_school_head | Mr. |
| sponsoring_body | Kwong Ming School Limited |
| school_motto | Virtue, Diligence, Erudition, Aesthetics, Innovation |
| school_size | 5000 |
| 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 | $30 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | Fee for non-standard items $450 |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 25 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 3 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | STEM Room, KMS Broadcast Room, The Black Box, Multi Function Room, Computer Room, Library, Atelier, Fitness Room, Chinese Literature Room, English Room, Mathematics Club, Music Room, PTA Parents Resource Centre, Conference Room, Play Therapy Room. |
| fac_others | Butterfly Garden, Performance area, Athletic track, Flowerbed.<br>All rooms and cover playground are air-conditioned. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Accessible lift. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 47 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 98 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 42 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 53 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 13 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 14 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 73 |
| 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 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 4 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 25 |
| 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 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 4 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 25 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | 1. Implementing Small Class Teaching in P.1 to P.6. 2. P.2-P.4 Small Group Teaching (SEN). 3. P.5-P.6 Remedial Teaching. 4. Remedial teaching, school-based after-school learning and support programme to cater for learner diversity. |
| cs_remarks | - |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 tests and 2 exams are held in each year. Formative assessments for different subjects and cultural activities are also employed to promote holistic development of pupils. Different modes of formative and summative assessments (such as tasks, projects, learning, presentations, scientific skills and attitude) are used to assess students' learning performance. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Mixed ability classes from P.1 to P.4.<br>P.5-P.6 pupils are divided into different classes based on their learning abilities.<br> |
| 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 | 1:00 |
| lunch_end_time | 2:00 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | 'Talent Show Stage' takes place before school begins. School assembly, co-curricular activities or multiple intelligences activities are carried out alternately every Thursday afternoon. |
| school_organisation | Kwong Ming School is managed by Incorporated Management Committee (IMC). School Development and administrative works are implemented by principal and different administrative groups.<br>School-based management is implemented and all stakeholders share common visions and goals. School development committee oversees the development of curriculum and all subject sections to ensure an ongoing development and improvement. |
| imc_smc_mc | The Incorporated Management Committee of Kwong Ming School was established on 30th August, 2008. |
| school_green_policy | 1. Implement environmental education to enhance students’ understanding of the importance of environmental protection: develop a group of Green Prefects and Little Green Gardeners, and organize environmental talks and workshops.<br>2. Recycle crayons, old books, and school uniforms.<br>3. Launch a set of guidelines for energy saving and decarbonisation, water conservation and waste reduction.<br>4. Install automatic sensor water taps and solar panels.<br>5. Community Promotion: potted plant giveaway, community food waste recycling programme. |
| school_major_concerns_url | https://www.kms.edu.hk/page/school_annual_plan/school_annual_plan2425.pdf |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Enhance students' reading skills and create a reading atmosphere on campus.<br>2. Boost students' confidence through diverse learning experiences. |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | 1. Strengthening values education through various award schemes.<br>2. Enriching students’ life-wide learning experiences and develop positive values and attitudes that are conducive to whole-person development through various school teams, learning activities in different subjects and cross-curricular activities. <br>3. Strengthening cross-curricular learning and reading across the curriculum and also reinforcing STEAM education.<br>4. Making good use of learning time and creating space to promote balanced physical and mental development by introducing afternoon school-based lessons. The afternoon school-based lessons include reading sessions, multiple intelligence classes, them-based activities in different subjects so as to promote whole-person development of students. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | To develop students’ generic skills, we offer STEAM learning activities, diversified life-wide learning activities, cross-curricular learning, thematic projects, co-curricular activities, educational visits, and various competitions to students. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | 1. Strengthening positive education to help students understand and apply their character strengths through picture books and service activities, students are nurtured to be self-confident. Strengthen students' positive thinking so that they can manage themselves and overcome challenges and difficulties with perseverance and staying positive. <br>2. Nurturing students' talents and self-confidence through various award schemes.<br>3. Strengthen students' resilience by organizing adventure-based training camps for students.<br>4. Study tours are arranged for students to broaden their learning exposures and enable students to learn to respect the cultures of their own and others. |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | Comprehensive Student Guidance Service.<br>Remedial classes and small subject groups.<br>Small group teaching. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | Collaborative lesson planning and tailoring.<br>Focus on common learning difficulties.<br>Diverse teaching strategies. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | http://www.kms.edu.hk/index.php?group=pta |