ST. BARNABAS' CHURCH KINDERGARTEN
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten:11 indicators apply, 6 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"Uphold the Spirit of Christ, as the beginning of the initiation of education, and the use of enlightening activities of teaching to provide children with excellent education."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"For the sake of achieving balanced physical and psychological development in children, our school applies collaborative learning and group games instruction approach, in conjunction with a flexible, careful indoor and outdoor environment that offers a venue for self-exploration or group game activities."
💛 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 | MS |
| title_of_school_principal | Ms |
| no_of_registered_classrooms | 12 |
| outdoor_playground | Yes |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Sensory Playroom, Games Room, Language Room, Indoor Playroom, Activity Room, Library, Counseling Room |
| working_hd_30000_or_below | 100% |
| working_hd_30001_to_40000 | 0% |
| working_hd_40000_above | 0% |
| working_wd_30000_or_below | 90% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 5% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 5% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 26% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 4% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 70% |
| summer_uniform | 100-160 |
| winter_uniform | 110-300 |
| school_bag | 100 |
| tea_and_snacks | 500 |
| textbooks | 800-1,000 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 200-500 |
| stationery | 200-500 |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 62% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 17% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 1% |
| teaching_resources | 1% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | 1% |
| other_expenses | 18% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | Based on the five developmental objectives and six learning areas recommended by the Education Bureau, we design games, explorations and visits to enrich life experiences with religious elements. In order to inspire children's creative thinking and self-learning spirit, and to cultivate children's good moral character. 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 | Teachers analyse children's performance through observation and recording, with the use of the use of continuous assessments to evaluate children’s physical, cognitive, affective and sociability and aesthetic development. |
| support_to_students | cater to children with different needs through support services and activities that are carefully planned to enable them to develop self-understanding, develop positive values and confidence, enrich their life experience, and unleash their pote |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | Parents Day for new Students, Parents’ Day, Parents Volunteers Scheme, Parent-child Reading scheme, Parent-Child Planting Scheme, Parent-Child School Picnic, Family Fun Day, Home Visits, Parents' Group and lesson for Parenting Education |
| 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; collaborate with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to create an inclusive learning environment; facilitate professional development for teachers to develop effective strategies to help NCS students learn Chinese; participate in school-based professional support programmes organised by EDB; After-school Chinese tutoring classes are available |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 357 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | No |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 9 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 7 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 16 |
| 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/319562.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/StBarnaba'sCh.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/StBarnaba'sCh.pdf</a> |
| quality_review_result_and_report_eng | Not applicable |
| child_care_service_for_aged_under_2 | - |
| child_care_service_for_aged_2_to_3 | - |
| no_for_enrolment_aged_2_to_3 | 0 |