CARITAS NURSERY SCHOOL - YAU TONG
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten：11 indicators apply, 5 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"Motto: 'Be Faithful, Diligent and Stay Simple; Love God and One Another'. We aim to foster the balanced and holistic development of young children in social, intellectual, physical, moral, spiritual and aesthetic aspects, as well as to nurture our children full of Loving, initiative Learning and with Leading potential."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"''Play'' is the main teaching strategy to help children increasing communication opportunities, promoting cognitive development and building interpersonal relationships.Integrated Theme-based Curriculum and Project Learning Approach are adopted. Children are encouraged to “explore, express, experience”, the problem solving skills and creative thinking are also fostered. Moreover, to develop bi-literate and tri-lingual abilities of children, Whole Language Learning Approach and Shared Reading Approach is adopted. Children are encouraged to create children rhymes and to re-write stories which have laid down their good foundation of language. Shared Reading Approach, Phonemic Awareness and extended activities of English are also adopted which has strengthened the children’s English ability…
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services. Integrated Programme in Kindergarten-cum-Child Care Centre (IP)
📋 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 | refer to the school website |
| title_of_school_supervisor | MADAM |
| title_of_school_principal | MISS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms_remarks | No information |
| outdoor_playground | No |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Resource Corner, Multi-function counselling room, Computer Corner |
| 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 | 34% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 33% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 33% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 8% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 17% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 75% |
| summer_uniform | 55 |
| winter_uniform | 65-250 |
| school_bag | 69 |
| tea_and_snacks | 0 |
| textbooks | 262-614 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | No such item |
| stationery | No such item |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 68% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 16% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 5% |
| teaching_resources | 5% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | <1% |
| other_expenses | 6% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | Curriculum will be planned in regard to the interest, physical and psychological development of children. The principle of 'child-oriented' is adopted and various learning domains, including Language, Self and Society, Early Mathematics and Science, Physical Fitness and Health, Art are integrated. Religious and moral educations are emphasized. Children is learning the Spirit of God, thanksgiving and spreading love with love thought the Christian stories, sharing the life experience, sing hymns and pray to god. 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 | Continuous assessment throughout the school year is adopted. In reference to the age appropriateness of children, the learning progress of each child will be kept in the 'Children Physical and Psychological Development and Learning Record' and 'Individual Learning Portfolio'. Regular individual meetings with parents to discuss the growth and learning plan of children will be conducted annually. |
| support_to_students | Adaption programs for newly admitted children, preparation to primary school life are organized to facilitate children's adaption to changing environment. Professional teachers provide Individual Learning Curriculum and behavioral guidance for children with emotional and special learning needs in order to support the children and families.In addition, various activities, workshops, play therapy and individual guidance are organized by the social worker of 'Stationing School Social Service Project’ in order to support the children and families in need. |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | Parent-teacher Association (PTA) has been established. The members of PTA and parent volunteers are welcome to participate in planning and leading children activities at school. There are various ways to enhance parents’ better understanding on children’s learning progress, including parent meetings, parent education seminars, shared reading scheme, publication of school activity newsletter and children learning reports. |
| support_to_non-chinese_speaking_ncs_students | No information |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 101 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | Yes |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 9 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 1 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 10 |
| 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/566004.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/Caritas_YauTong.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/Caritas_YauTong.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/Caritas_YauTong.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/Caritas_YauTong.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 | 18 |