🎒 Primary ・ Yau Tsim Mong
Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road)
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
36
Average
Primary：11 indicators apply, 4 matched
🎒
Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road)
Yau Tsim Mong ・
Primary ・ Est. 1968
📍 Address
10 Hoi Wang Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
📞 Phone
26250766
📠 Fax
26250262
✉️ Email
info@ycps.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Catholicism
👩🏫 Principal
Chan Shuk Yee Polly
📅 Founded
1968
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese(incl.: Putonghua) and English
🎯 Mission
Our school is committed to preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, and promoting holistic education based on the five core values of Catholicism. We encourage our students with the school motto of “learning good virtues with great effort and engaging in the community with kindness”, so as to enable them to achieve a balanced development in the six aspects of education, that is, spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic, as well as leading a life of truth, goodness and beauty.
📚 Approach & Strategies
Promote gifted education, self-directed learning, e-learning, life-wide learning, assessment for learning, etc. Extended learning activities that include morning reading, project learning, service learning and provision of language environments, etc.
💛 SEN Support
Implement whole-school participation mode integrated education with cross-professional collaboration. The Student Support Team is established to help arrange appropriate teaching and assessment adjustments for students, counseling groups, social training groups, school-based speech therapy services, individual learning plans, and homework adaptation policies for students in need.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
orchestra, percussion band, choirs, Ukulele, Chinese and English debate, English and Putonghua musicals, Spanish, verse speaking, ceramics, ink painting, Chinese chess, Young Pioneers of Christ, scouts, swimming, gymnastics, basketball, badminton, table tennis, rope skipping, dancing, fencing, programming, Micro:bit, Tublock, etc.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 31 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | - |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Father |
| title_of_school_head | Ms. |
| sponsoring_body | Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong |
| school_motto | Learning good virtues with great effort and engaging in the community with kindness |
| school_size | 9900 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | - |
| nominated_sec_school | - |
| school_bus | Yes |
| nanny_van | Yes |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| asc_school_fee | - |
| asc_tong_fai | - |
| asc_pta_fee | $40 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $310 |
| asc_others | Activities and outings fees, exercise books fees and student handbooks fees, etc. |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 30 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 3 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | InnoSTREAMers Classroom, Visual Arts Room, Music Room, General Studies Room, Religious Studies Room, CoolThink Classroom, Activities Room, School Campus TV Station, English Corner, Space Library. |
| fac_others | P.1 & P.2 Discussion Area, e-Reading Ship, Reading Cafe, Virgin Mary Hill, Fish Pond, Garden Beds, Octagonal Pavilion. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | Accessible lift and Accessible toilet. |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 58 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 91 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 35 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 28 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 19 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 19 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 62 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 5 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 30 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 5 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 30 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | With the New Funding Mode, we assist students of special learning needs. In P.1-P.6, streaming is based on average ability of students. |
| 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 | No |
| upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_web | No |
| diversified_assessment | We make use of examinations as summative assessments. Formative assessments are carried out in various modes, like end-of-unit written assessments, observation, student self-assessment, peer assessment, project learning, daily life skill assessment and physical fitness assessment, etc. <br>There are three exams throughout the year, and the second exam (J.1-5) is only for the main subject. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | Streaming is based on students' average ability. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 8 |
| duration_of_each_period | 35 |
| school_starts_at | 7:55 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 2:45 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 1:00 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:55 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier, arranged by parents and packed lunches. |
| school_life_remarks | After lunch, students can go to playground, Religious Studies Room, Library, Computer Room or other locations to participate in activities. School Campus TV Station broadcasts video clips about moral education, student performances and school information. |
| school_management_url | https://www.ycps.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=53 |
| school_organisation | The Incorporated Management Committee is established. In addition, under the leadership of the principal, school policies are designed and carried out by 3 divisions, including the Management and Organization Division, Learning and Teaching Division, School Ethos and Student Support Division. The divisions bear responsibility collectively and undertake school mission. |
| imc_smc_mc | The Incorporated Management Committee members include the sponsoring body manager, teacher manager, alumni manager, parent manager and independent manager. |
| school_green_policy | We participate in Action Blue Sky, participate in the Greening School Subsidy Scheme and Clean Campus Scheme. We teach our students to grow plants and nurture butterflies with the Gardening Group and Ecology Group. Through life-wide learning, we nurture in our students an attitude to protect the environment. In addition, through waste recovery and source separation, students adapt a low-carbon life style and cherish resources. |
| school_major_concerns_url | http://www.ycps.edu.hk/ |
| school_major_concerns | Our school is guided by the vision and mission of promoting the five core values of Catholic education. In line with this, we actively foster the school-based STR²EA²M approach and actuate positive value education to cultivate a healthy and harmonious learning environment for our students. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://www.ycps.edu.hk/ |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | Values Education: We integrate 5 core values in Catholic Education with the 12 priority values and attitudes, national education, national security education and positive education. With the ongoing renewal of our school-based values education framework, we intend to implement values education. STEAM Education: Through curriculum consolidation, we incorporate religious education, RAC, values education and STREAM, further enhancing our school-based STR2EA2M education, in the purpose of fostering students' exploration skills in technology, media and information literacy. Make good use of learning time: 1) Through adjusting the lesson time, we aim to create space, organise cross-curriculum learning activities in the afternoon. Students can also choose their own life-wide learning activities. We also have tutorial sessions, so students can complete their assignment with teachers' supervision. 2) We optimize teaching strategies and design diverse learning tasks to better stimulate students' learning. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Through classes and extra-curricular learning activities of various learning areas and subjects, such as project learning, science and technology activities, life-wide learning, debate and discussion, etc. The 9 generic skills are cultivated in students. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | Integration of positive education, school-based moral and national education and life education, sex education, character education and health education. Through classroom activities and real-life incidents, we cultivate students' positive values and attitudes. |
| student_support_url | https://www.ycps.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=127 |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | Kindergarten-Primary 1 bridging courses, Primary 6-Secondary 1 bridging courses, TOP Programme, Sunshine Programme, homework tutorial classes, Community-based projects, Individual Remedial Teaching Plans, individual education plans, school-based speech therapy services, JC A-Connect: Jockey Club Autism Support Network and Understanding Perspective Group. |
| 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 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.. After-school pull-out Chinese learning groups for non-Chinese speaking students. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | Curriculum adaptation is implemented based on the needs of students. Integration of curricula in Life-Wide Learning Weeks. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | https://www2.ycps.edu.hk/parent_new/pta-new.html |
| home-school_co-operation | The Parents and Teachers' Association was established in 1995. There is a big team of parent volunteers that assist in the implementation of various activities at school. There are parent representatives in the Incorporated Management Committee. They participate in school policy making. |
| school_ethos | 1. According to the school motto, cultivate correct values, self-discipline and self-love in students.<br>2. Promote positive campus culture and put the 5 core values of Catholicism in practice so that students become good citizens that love God and love others. |
| future_dev_url | https://www.ycps.edu.hk/tc/content.php?wid=97 |
| school_dev_plan | 1. Deepen student understanding of the five core values of Catholic education.<br>2. Implement effective teaching and learning strategies that cater to the diverse learning needs of students. |
| teacher_pro_training_and_dev | T-Standards for teachers, professional development days for teachers, training activities including lesson co-planning, peer lesson observation, lesson research, workshops, open classrooms, sharing and exchange. |