STAR OF THE SEA CATHOLIC KINDERGARTEN
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten:11 indicators apply, 3 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"Upholding the Catholicism’s spirit of love and serving as the foundations of our school education, learn the virtues of love, humility, gentleness and patience from Our Lady, Star of the Sea. We are committed to providing children with a diverse and quality education that can foster their initiative and positive attitude when facing difficulties, and to grow up joyfully in faithfulness, trust, filial piety and love."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"Pursuing the teaching methods such as theme-based learning, small group learning, corner activities and project approach to make children acquire knowledge, manner and skill by themselves and then release their potential abilities. Meanwhile the cultivation of religious and moral education can let children know Jesus and treat people with love and services and grow up in the environment of loving and being loved."
💛 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 | 8 |
| outdoor_playground | Yes |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Fun Fun Room & Library, Arts & Crafts Room, Family 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 | 42% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 29% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 29% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 14% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 29% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 57% |
| summer_uniform | 349 |
| winter_uniform | 743 |
| school_bag | 110 |
| tea_and_snacks | 1,300 |
| textbooks | 749-965 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 20-24 |
| stationery | 69-87 |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 53% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 17% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 2% |
| teaching_resources | <1% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | 0% |
| other_expenses | 28% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | The core of curriculum framework is children-centered and on the children’s four development goals basis. Considering the school’s learning goals, it formulates the courses by which children can learn knowledge pleasantly, safely and effectively and finally have balanced development. 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 | To draw up specific assessment details together with proper tools such as activity records, anecdotal records, conversations with children and photo records, constantly and systematically observe, analyze and evaluate the children’s learning and development. |
| support_to_students | The school understands the parents and children’s needs through effective communication, responses to the community and particular family background and takes good advantage of community resources and school base to provide applicable community information and support. Parents can have a general idea about the current status of education and social welfare policy through lectures. The school encourages the cooperation with the families. The school has a school-based social work service to provide support for children and their families. |
| parent_teacher_association | No |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | The school often holds parents’ lectures, workshops, classroom observation, parent-child activities, reading plans, parent groups, etc., also invites parents to be volunteers, so that they can better know their children's learning and growth. |
| support_to_non-chinese_speaking_ncs_students | Received Grant for Support to NCS Students; create an enriched language environment for mastery of the Chinese language; create an inclusive learning environment to facilitate students' integration; facilitate professional development for teachers to develop effective strategies to help NCS students learn Chinese. |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 76 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | No |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 4 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 3 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 7 |
| 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/324094.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/StarOfSeaCatholic.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/StarOfSeaCatholic.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/StarOfSeaCatholic.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/StarOfSeaCatholic.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 | - |