THE SALVATION ARMY MING TAK NURSERY SCHOOL
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten：11 indicators apply, 6 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
Objectives: To provide quality holistic education and child care services so as to lay good foundation for children; to provide opportunities for creative expression so children release their potentials; to emphasize home-school collaboration. Partnership is formed with families for attainment of good teaching and learning outcomes; to promote child education strategies and methods.
📚 Approach & Strategies
"1. Project Approach – To stimulate children to explore voluntarily and build up knowledge through the process of observation, discussion and exploration; 2. Montessori Education – Enhance sensory acuity in young children, establish self-care skills and a sense of order, cultivate independence and self-management abilities, and develop logical thinking and concentration; 3. Fun with English – Focus on stimulating interest in learning English, cultivate listening and speaking skills, and help children master phonics techniques for English words; 4. Life education – To manifest the love of Jesus Christ, foster good character and values. At the same time, children are taught according to abilities, special needs and development of children are also catered for. 5. Inheriting Chinese Cu…
💛 SEN Support
"Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services. 《Integrated Programme》and 《On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services (OPRS) 》SWD regularly arranges therapists, and clinical psychologists to visit schools to provide counselling for children with mild intellectual disabilities. They will also provide professional advice to parents and teachers when necessary. Our school support to provide integrated education for children with mild intellectual disabilities, and encourage children in nursery schools to accept each other."
📋 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 | application form available for download |
| application_period_type | throughout the year |
| title_of_school_supervisor | MS |
| title_of_school_principal | MS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms_remarks | No information |
| outdoor_playground | Yes |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Fitness room, Multi-function room |
| 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 | 40% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 13% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 47% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 40% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 7% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 53% |
| summer_uniform | 110-293 |
| winter_uniform | 150-450 |
| school_bag | 82 |
| tea_and_snacks | No such item |
| textbooks | No such item |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 138-980 |
| stationery | No such item |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 64% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 19% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 4% |
| teaching_resources | 8% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | <1% |
| other_expenses | 5% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | An integrated child-centred curriculum designed to foster self-directed learning as well as good attitude and 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 | Continuous assessments; a profile on a child’s learning is kept. |
| support_to_students | The School has student support teacher and school social worker to provide counselling for children and families in need. |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | A parent-teacher association is set up to allow the parents to participate school activities and do voluntary work, so as to promote home-school cooperation. Moreover, the Salvation Army Joint Parent Association is organized to strengthen contacts between parents and teachers of various schools, assist joint school activities, provide parent education and jointly discuss pre-school education in order to deepen home-school cooperation. |
| support_to_non-chinese_speaking_ncs_students | No information |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 105 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | Yes |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 14 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 2 |
| 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/563072.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/SA_MingTak.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/SA_MingTak.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 | 21 |