TAI PO MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION KINDERGARTEN
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten:11 indicators apply, 4 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"We focus on assisting children in their whole-personality development in moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic areas, and teach them to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes in a child-centered way and by a game-based strategy. And in close connection with parents, we integrate home education with school education. The school will also work to meet the needs of the parents, and make it our duty to continuously improve the quality of our education services."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"We adopt diversified teaching models (e.g. teaching and learning through games and play, exploration activities, picture books, etc.)."
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services. Joining the Heep Hong Society in Tier 1 Support Services in Kindergartens/Kindergarten-cum-child Care Centres.
📋 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 | MR |
| title_of_school_principal | MS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms | 6 |
| outdoor_playground | No |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Activity 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 | 77% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 15% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 8% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 39% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 23% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 38% |
| summer_uniform | 276-286 |
| winter_uniform | 365-379 |
| school_bag | 80 |
| tea_and_snacks | 1,000 |
| textbooks | 688-767 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 306-408 |
| stationery | 198-240 |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 56% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 28% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 9% |
| teaching_resources | <1% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | 1% |
| other_expenses | 6% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | Our curriculum is based on the Education Bureau’s Curriculum Guidelines and the principles of ''Child Development'' and ''Children's Learning Needs''. 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 of children are conducted in order to improve their learning achievements. |
| support_to_students | Our teachers pay close attention to children's growth and development, giving timely and proper support. |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | In order to help children to achieve both significant academic performances and happy school lives, our school organizes enjoyable educational workshops for parents and various community activities. |
| 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; create an inclusive learning environment to facilitate students' integration; facilitate professional development for teachers to develop effective strategies to help NCS students learn Chinese; school create an inclusive learning environment to facilitate students' integration; facilitate professional development for teachers to develop effetcive strategies to help NCS students learn Chinese. |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 137 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | No |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 11 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 2 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 13 |
| 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/158828.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/TaiPoMerchAsso.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/TaiPoMerchAsso.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/TaiPoMerchAsso.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/TaiPoMerchAsso.pdf</a> |
| child_care_service_for_aged_under_2 | - |
| child_care_service_for_aged_2_to_3 | - |
| no_for_enrolment_aged_2_to_3 | 0 |
| cc_service_fee_level_annum_hd | - |