🧸 Kindergarten ・ Central and Western
HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN THOMAS TAM NURSERY SCHOOL
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
18
Low
Kindergarten：11 indicators apply, 2 matched
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HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN THOMAS TAM NURSERY SCHOOL
Central and Western ・
Kindergarten ・ Est. 1963
📍 Address
"KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL PARK, HOSPITAL …
📞 Phone
2549 5107
📠 Fax
2549 1507
👩🏫 Principal
CHAK YUET TING
🧑💼 Supervisor
WONG PUI LAI MARY
📅 Founded
1963
🏷️ School Type
Non-profit-making
📐 Curriculum
Local
👫 Gender
Co-educational
🔢 School Code
565253
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
👨🏫 Total Teachers
8
🕐 AM Student–Teacher Ratio
1 : 7.6
🕐 PM Student–Teacher Ratio
1 : 7.6
🎯 Mission
"The school is operated under the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, our mission is to provide children with happy, caring, safe and diverse learning environment, to establish solid foundation for children's lifelong learning, and to inspire their holistic development. In addition, the school forming collaborative partnerships with parents to create a high-quality growth environment for young children."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"The courses are designed to penetrate the language, music, gymnastics and art elements into each learning activity for providing comprehensive and interesting learning experience to children. The school makes good use of community resources to increase children’s learning experience。"
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services. On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Integrated Progamme in Kindergarten-cum-child Care.
📋 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 | MS |
| title_of_school_principal | MRS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms_remarks | No information |
| outdoor_playground | Yes |
| indoor_playground | No |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | No |
| 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 | 12% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 50% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 38% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 37% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 25% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 38% |
| summer_uniform | 88 |
| winter_uniform | 110-198 |
| school_bag | 85 |
| tea_and_snacks | No such item |
| textbooks | 43-315 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 0 |
| stationery | 0 |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 57% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 20% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | <1% |
| teaching_resources | 2% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | <1% |
| other_expenses | 21% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | The courses can match the development characteristics and demands of children, cover various learning categories and enrich their learning experience. 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 | By continuous observation, the school applies different observations and appraisal to record children’s performance at each aspect for establishing “Children Learning Process File”. |
| support_to_students | The cooperation with community for example the new students’ adaptation, primary school life adaptation and social services referral, is to offer help for parents. We attach much importance to the attention and care services and have educational psychologists and professional social workers prepared for school supports. |
| parent_teacher_association | No |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | In order to promote the coordination between parents, the school holds parents day, parental education lectures, classroom observation, parents volunteer, school picnic and open day regularly. |
| 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; 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; 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 | 73 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | Yes |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 6 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 2 |
| 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/565253.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/HKSPC_ThomasTam.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HKSPC_ThomasTam.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/HKSPC_ThomasTam.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HKSPC_ThomasTam.pdf</a> |
| child_care_service_for_aged_under_2 | No |
| child_care_service_for_aged_2_to_3 | Yes |
| no_for_enrolment_aged_2_to_3 | 21 |