Yuen Long Merchants Association Primary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Primary：11 indicators apply, 4 matched
🎯 Mission
We provide our students with a supportive and friendly learning environment to encourage them to learn to become a responsible citizen. Through participation, engagement, learning, and experiencing life in activities, students increase their confidence, understand the community and put our school motto, 'Honesty, Modesty, Courtesy, Trust', into practice.
📚 Approach & Strategies
Student-centred learning is adopted. Students are encouraged to read, which promotes student autonomy in learning. Through self-directed learning, initiatives such as pre-lesson preparation, collaborative learning and post-class reflection are implemented. Each subject area employs various self-directed learning (thinking strategies) frameworks to help students establish clear learning goals, enhance problem-solving skills, and systematically grasp new knowledge. Values education learning activities are integrated across different subjects, providing students with a comprehensive learning experience, strengthening connections among peers, and promoting holistic development. To broaden students' learning opportunities and equip them with the skills and competencies needed for the 21st cent…
💛 SEN Support
To support students with special educational needs, our school’s student support team provides diverse resources including on-site educational psychologists and speech therapists support, student support groups, homework tutoring groups, social skills training groups. Adjustments for exams and dictations are also available.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Provides various extracurricular activities, including Choir, Handbell Team, Sign Language Song Team, Dancing Team, Chinese Calligraphy, Olympiad Math Training, English Drama, Speech Festival Training, Athletic Team, Swimming Team, various ball sports training and STEM school teams, etc., which help broaden students' experiences and exchanges in different learning fields. Additionally, we enrich students' learning experiences through different exchange programmes, English Day, Chinese Cultural Week, STREAM Day and more.
📋 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 | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | Yuen Long Merchants Association |
| school_motto | Honesty, Modesty, Courtesy, Trust |
| school_size | 4000 |
| 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 | $20 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | Moral education, technology education and e-learning curriculum development project |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 24 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 3 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | Computer room, General Studies room, Music room, Visual Arts room, English Activity room, Chinese Calligraphy room, Art Therapy room, Student Activity room |
| fac_others | Multi-purpose room, Art Gallery, School hall, Library, Space Science Learning room, STREAM room, MAPS Garden |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Ramp, Accessible lift, Accessible toilet and Tactile guide path plan. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 46 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 93 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 27 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 61 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 20 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 16 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 64 |
| 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 | Self-directed learning, Activity-based learning, e-learning (P.4-P.6)<br>P.3-P.6 classes are streamed according to students' learning performance (Elite teaching and Remedial Teaching) |
| 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 | Yes |
| upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_web | Yes |
| diversified_assessment | Adopt a diversified assessment approach, such as teacher observations, student self-assessments, peer evaluations, parental assessments, formative assessments, examinations, and projects. In addition, students' speaking abilities in Chinese, English, and Putonghua are assessed during regular coursework and examinations, providing feedback for teachers, students and parents. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Students' academic results, gender ratio and conduct are taken into consideration. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 10 |
| duration_of_each_period | 30 |
| school_starts_at | 8:10 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | Please see remarks |
| lunch_start_time | 1:05 |
| lunch_end_time | 2:05 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | School ends at 3:00p.m. (P.1-P.2) / 3:10p.m. (P.3-P.6) |
| school_management_url | https://www.ylmaps.edu.hk/%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E6%9E%B6%E6%A7%8B |
| school_organisation | Teaching and Learning: Curriculum Development, Teaching Affairs, IT Education<br>School Administration & Organisation: School Affairs, Student Affairs, Administrative Affairs, General Affairs<br>School Ethos and Student Support: Learning Support, Student Guidance and Discipline, Value Education<br>Student Performance: Extra-curricular Activities, Sports Activities, Arts Education |
| imc_smc_mc | The Incorporated Management Committee consists of the school supervisor and committee members listed in the Chinese version of the School Profile. |
| school_green_policy | Establish the Campus Little Gardener Program and the MAPS Garden, planting green plants around the school and encouraging students to care for them.<br>Hold Environmental Education Day to promote and educate students on protecting their surrounding environment.<br>Regularly organise eco-friendly activities, such as uniform/old clothing recycling and waste recycling/reuse activities. |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Deepen self-directed learning to stimulate students' creative thinking<br>2. Enrich students' comprehensive learning experiences to broaden their horizons and unleash their full potential<br>3. Promote positive education to cultivate students' future civic literacy |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | Strengthening values education (including life education and national and security education); utilising school hours effectively to create space for balanced physical and mental development; enriching comprehensive learning experiences to promote holistic development; enhancing care for student diversity; reinforcing STEAM education and cultivating students' media and information literacy; strengthening cross-curricular learning and reading to develop lifelong learning abilities; enhancing assessment literacy to promote the effectiveness of teaching and learning. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | To cultivate student's generic skills, an array of activities is arranged. Examples include project-based learning, STREAM Day, Chinese Cultural Week, Putonghua Week, English Fair, etc. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | Through class meetings and life education lessons, students are cultivated to understand themselves and develop a positive outlook on life.<br>Talks and drama performances are arranged during morning assemblies and weekly meetings to promote moral education and life education messages.<br>Through learning experiences such as charity activities and care initiatives, students practice positive values and attitudes in real-life situations.<br>Flag-raising ceremonies and 'Talks under the National Flag' share knowledge and information about recent developments in our country, Chinese culture, Chinese history, and the meaning and significance of the national anthem, flag and emblem. |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | Learner diversity is catered through elite teaching and remedial teaching.<br>P.3-P.6: Classes are streamed according to students' learning abilities to optimize classroom instruction.<br>P.1-P.2: Homework tutoring and after-school learning support groups are offered to assist students with learning difficulties. |
| 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; 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.. Chinese teaching materials designed by the Education Bureau are employed to support non-Chinese speaking students in enhancing their Chinese language skills. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | Teachers adjust the curriculum based on students' abilities.<br>During the teaching and learning process, appropriate teaching strategies are flexibly employed to cater to students with different characteristics.<br>Additionally, policies for adjusting homework, dictations and assessments are implemented for students with learning needs. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | https://www.ylmaps.edu.hk/%E5%AE%B6%E9%95%B7%E6%95%99%E5%B8%AB%E6%9C%83 |