HOMANTIN YANG MEMORIAL METHODIST PRE-SCHOOL
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten:11 indicators apply, 4 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"In the spirit of Christ's love, we strive to provide quality pre-primary educational services. We nurture children to attain balanced, all-round development in the domains of spiritual education, ethics, intellect, physique, social skills and aesthetics."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"The school adopts the Project Approach and use child-centred teaching. We pick things that are of interest and of value to children for project work, which ensures in-depth learning. The teacher is available during the process for guidance and to make sure that the children have sufficient opportunity to observe, explore and take the initiative to learn. In the activities, there are opportunities for children to discuss and share experiences and feelings with others."
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services. All teachers have received special education training and have rich experience in teaching special children.
📋 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 | REV |
| title_of_school_principal | MS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms_remarks | No information |
| outdoor_playground | No |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | No |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Training Room, Computer Corner, Parent Resource Library |
| working_hd_30000_or_below | - |
| working_hd_30001_to_40000 | - |
| working_hd_40000_above | - |
| working_hd_remarks | No teaching staff |
| working_wd_30000_or_below | 45% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 33% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 22% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 23% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 33% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 44% |
| summer_uniform | 220 |
| winter_uniform | 403 |
| school_bag | 0 |
| tea_and_snacks | No such item |
| textbooks | 1,450-1,900 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | No such item |
| stationery | No such item |
| bedding_items | 112 |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 68% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 16% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 8% |
| teaching_resources | <1% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | <1% |
| other_expenses | 8% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | Our curriculum encompasses a diverse range of activities, which allow children to learn in a relaxing and pleasurable environment. Our school attaches great importance to children’s language development. We strive to develop their potential, to foster their initiative to learn and to achieve our objective of whole person education. 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 | We adopt formative assessment and observation to understand a child's progress and to make appropriate adjustments. There is a summative assessment every term. We also report the relevant records and assessments to parents, and arrange for parents to observe classes so that parents understand their children's learning performances and development progress. |
| support_to_students | The school frequently organizes special events to develop children's diversified potential, good character and community awareness. The school also encourages children to participate in various open activitieis to widen their horizons. Besides, the school organizes primary school visits and co-organizes with primary schools the primary student life experience day for the children to have the concept of what a primary school class is like. |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | The school's church has multiple service units, senior social workers and educational psychologists to provide parenting and psychological counseling services; We partner with professional groups to organize activities to enhance home-school collaboration. |
| 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; create an enriched language environment for mastery of the Chinese language; create an inclusive learning environment to facilitate students' integration; facilitate professional development for teachers to develop effective strategies to help NCS students learn Chinese. |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 94 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | Yes |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 7 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 1 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 8 |
| 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/565016.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/HMT_Yang_Methodist.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HMT_Yang_Methodist.pdf</a> |
| quality_review_result_and_report_eng | Not applicable |
| child_care_service_for_aged_under_2 | No |
| child_care_service_for_aged_2_to_3 | Yes |
| no_for_enrolment_aged_2_to_3 | 10 |