TWGHS KATHERINE MA KINDERGARTEN
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten：11 indicators apply, 5 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"In accordance with the educational mission of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, we provide the community with diverse educational services. We promote holistic education through an engaging learning environment, so that children attain balanced linguistic, cognitive, physical, emotional and social development. We encourage children to develop positive values and problem-solving skills through ‘Diligence, Frugality, Loyalty and Faithfulness’."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"Our curriculum uses picture books and a life theme-based approach to empower children to participate in their own learning. We offer bilingual classes to enhance language development. There are also specific areas such as a multi-purpose playroom, music room, rock-climbing wall, performance area, painting wall, creative art gallery, reading corner and Amazing Blocks wall to enrich the learning environment. Children can explore and widen their learning experience in these spaces. We promote self-learning and encourage children to ‘observe, explore, experience, associate, operate and use’ through various teaching strategies and activities."
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services. We offer individual counselling for students and parents. Pre-school rehabilitation services 'Sunshine Kids' is also provided.
📋 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 | 7 |
| outdoor_playground | No |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Multi-Purpose Playroom, Music Room, Rock-Climbing Wall, Performance Area, Painting Wall, Reading Corner, Amazing Blocks Wall, KMK Garden |
| working_hd_30000_or_below | 100% |
| working_hd_30001_to_40000 | 0% |
| working_hd_40000_above | 0% |
| working_wd_30000_or_below | 0% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 79% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 21% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 18% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 29% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 53% |
| summer_uniform | 225-292 |
| winter_uniform | 430-548 |
| school_bag | 83 |
| tea_and_snacks | 640 |
| textbooks | No such item |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 244-332 |
| stationery | No such item |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 57% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 26% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 8% |
| teaching_resources | 4% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | <1% |
| other_expenses | 5% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | We cover six learning areas in accordance with the Education Bureau’s ‘Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide’ (2017). We foster comprehensive and balanced child development through free play, picture book teaching and arts integration. Our objective is to develop skills and talents needed internationally and locally, focusing on Attitude, Active-learning, Artistic Sensibility, Advocacy and Adaptability. We emphasise biliteracy and trilingualism by providing English and Putonghua curricula, and we offer environmental education to encourage children to protect and cherish nature. 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 | We assess children’s learning performance through continuous observation. We distribute Learning Assessment Reports and Learning Portfolios regularly, helping parents understand their children’s overall development and progress. |
| support_to_students | We have new student adaptation activities, kindergarten-primary school bridging activities, in-school social work service, individual counselling for students, collaboration with community organisations, etc. Our Board of Directors allocates funds annually for interest classes, art scholarships and scholarships for outstanding students. |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | There is a ''Parent-Teacher Association'' , our school organises activities including parent education courses, parent-child outings, class observations, campus open house days, school newsletters and parent questionnaires, etc. to share parent education information and enhance home-school cooperation. |
| 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 enriched language environment for mastery of the Chinese language; create an inclusive learning environment to facilitate students' integration. |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 335 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | No |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 15 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 1 |
| 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 | https://applications.edb.gov.hk/schoolsearch/schoolfee/611093.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/TWGH_KatherineMa.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/TWGH_KatherineMa.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/TWGH_KatherineMa.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/TWGH_KatherineMa.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 |