HOMANTIN BAPTIST CHURCH KINDERGARTEN
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten：11 indicators apply, 3 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"Our church established the kindergarten to spread the gospel, to cultivate children to grow in faith, to assist parents to cultivate their children with faith and to teach them according to biblical teachings. In the spirit of Christ, the kindergarten puts equal emphasis on ethical, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic and spiritual education, so as to nurture children to attain balanced development in the domains of spirit, intellect, ethics and physique, to cultivate good habits, to inspire their learning interest and to lay the foundation for pre-primary education."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"The school adopts a ''child-centered'' curriculum core, utilizing thematic teaching methods and picture book design activities, along with a ''learning through play'' strategy. This approach allows young children to learn through hands-on experiences. Through a High Scope teaching method, children undergo a learning process that includes ''planning,'' ''implement'' and ''experience sharing.'' Additionally, the school implements weekly activities such as ''Fun Play Friday,'' ''Joyful Reading Activities,'' and various potential-inspiring activities. These initiatives aim to enhance children's curiosity and creative thinking, support balanced development across different areas, and cultivate their unique spirit of exploration. This environment encourages children to discover and develop th…
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| joining_kg_edu_scheme | Joining |
|---|---|
| received_grant_for_support_to_ncs_students | ✓ |
| application_form_type | refer to the school website |
| application_period_type | throughout the year |
| title_of_school_supervisor | MR |
| title_of_school_principal | MS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms | 6 |
| outdoor_playground | No |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Activity Room |
| working_hd_30000_or_below | 100% |
| working_hd_30001_to_40000 | 0% |
| working_hd_40000_above | 0% |
| working_wd_30000_or_below | 67% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 0% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 33% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 29% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 0% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 71% |
| summer_uniform | 145-150 |
| winter_uniform | 165-395 |
| school_bag | No such item |
| tea_and_snacks | 450 |
| textbooks | 1,596 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 190 |
| stationery | 332 |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 47% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 31% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 12% |
| teaching_resources | 1% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | 1% |
| other_expenses | 8% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | The school implements whole-person education through the purpose of Christian education. Based on the content of the Education Bureau's Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide (2017), the core values of the “child centeredness'' curriculum are aims to increase the learning motivation and abilities of young children. We will follow the “Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide” (2017) to plan curriculum. Children of nursery classes will not be asked to write, and there will not be mechanical copying exercises and drills on calculation. |
| assessment_of_children_learning_experiences | To establish a ''Children's Learning Portfolio'' for students to record their progress in learning through continuous observation and assessment, and to enhance their learning effectiveness and reflective ability. |
| support_to_students | 1. New student adaptation period; 2. Kindergarten-primary school bridging activities; 3. Appropriate referral services for students with special needs and individual differences. |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | 1. Parent day; 2. Primary school admission seminars; 3.Parent seminars and workshops ; 4. Picnic; 5.Festival Celebrations ; 6. Parent-child reading scheme; 7. Open day / school carnival ; 8. Visit Primary School activities; 9. Parent volunteers;10. Parent fellowship. |
| support_to_non-chinese_speaking_ncs_students | Received Grant for Support to NCS Students; appoint additional teaching staff / teaching assistants to support NCS students learning Chinese; arrange interpretation/translation services; engage NCS parent volunteers to enhance communication between school and parents; create an enriched language environment for mastery of the Chinese language; create an inclusive learning environment to facilitate students' integration. |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 90 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | No |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 4 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 3 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 7 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_qualified_kg_teachers | 0 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_other_teacher_trainings | 0 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_qualified_assistant_kg_teachers | 0 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_others | 0 |
| fees_certificate | http://applications.edb.gov.hk/schoolsearch/schoolfee/536024.pdf |
| quality_review_result_and_report_chi | Meeting the standards <a href="https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HMTBaptistCh.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HMTBaptistCh.pdf</a> |
| quality_review_result_and_report_eng | Meeting the standards <a href="https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HMTBaptistCh.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HMTBaptistCh.pdf</a> |
| child_care_service_for_aged_under_2 | - |
| child_care_service_for_aged_2_to_3 | - |
| no_for_enrolment_aged_2_to_3 | 0 |