HOP YAT CHURCH SHIN KA CHUEN MEMORIAL KINDERGARTEN
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten：11 indicators apply, 8 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"In the Christian spirit, we build a safe, healthy and child-centered learning environment that is full of love. Through parent-school partnership, we strive to achieve balanced development of our children in moral, intellectual, physical, social and spiritual aspects. We create a happy learning environment for our children and help inspire their thinking and build their self-confidence, self-help and sense of responsibility."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"The teaching approach is based on ‘play-based-learning’ which aligns with integrated thematic activities, group discussions and project learning. These all enable children to learn from daily life experiences, sensory reception and visits. Our foundation is built on biblical moral education. Therefore, children’s moral values are shaped through real-life experiences such as morning and afternoon assemblies and infused curriculum. The teaching method ‘Orff Music’ is also adopted. Children’s sensory experiences are enhanced through music, painting, dancing and drama. Their body parts coordination and creativity in art are also developed through the weekly dancing lessons. The annual dancing performance and other celebrating performances also enhance their confidence, co-operation skills a…
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services. OPRS to provide individual counseling and referral services for children in need. To render support to the parents on fostering positive attitude and providing effective skills in raising their children with special needs.
📋 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_date_from | 2025-09-15 |
| application_date_to | 2025-09-30 |
| application_form_type | refer to the school website |
| application_period_type | specific application period |
| title_of_school_supervisor | MR |
| title_of_school_principal | MS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms | 10 |
| outdoor_playground | Yes |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Multi-function Room, Library Corner, Sky Garden |
| working_hd_30000_or_below | 100% |
| working_hd_30001_to_40000 | 0% |
| working_hd_40000_above | 0% |
| working_wd_30000_or_below | 70% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 13% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 17% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 16% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 17% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 67% |
| summer_uniform | 161-475 |
| winter_uniform | 184-867 |
| school_bag | 99 |
| tea_and_snacks | 0 |
| textbooks | 583-646 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 68-97 |
| stationery | 0 |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 56% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 25% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 1% |
| teaching_resources | 2% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | 1% |
| other_expenses | 15% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | The curriculum is based on child growth development and life experiences of children. The guiding principles are set through scaffolding and spiral approach. Through thematic activities, project learning and teaching with picture books, children’s initiatives to explore and critical thinking are provoked. Our school is also devoted to promoting religious and moral education with a view to providing children with happy elementary learning experiences. 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 | Day-to-day observations, assessment and analysis of children’s works are conducted, coupled with children’s rating scales which show the continuous assessment of children’s performances and progress in the learning process. In order to enable parents to better understand their children and promote children’s all-round development, student portfolios are distributed to parents in each term in which teachers’ observations and advice are included. |
| support_to_students | School Orientation Program, New Students Adaption Period during which students are accompanied by parents in class by stages. P.1 School Selection & Adaption Seminars, Primary School Visits and Mock P.1 Weeks. Provide individual counseling and referral services for children in need. The school partners with churches and the school social workers to visit homes of families in need and provide tuition grants. |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | Parental Education: Seminars, Workshops and Parents Team. Parent-School Activities: Parents Day, Class Visits, Sports Day, Parent-child School Picnics, Reading & Character Education. Contact / Communication: Announcements, Notes & Manuals, and Interviews & Phone Calls as a way of communication. |
| support_to_non-chinese_speaking_ncs_students | Create an inclusive learning environment to facilitate students' integration; Individual support will be provided to families and children in need. |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 387 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | Yes |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 18 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 3 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 21 |
| 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/524441.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/HYC_ShinKaChuen.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HYC_ShinKaChuen.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/HYC_ShinKaChuen.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HYC_ShinKaChuen.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 | 70 |
| cc_service_fee_level_annum_hd | 31053 |