ST. JAMES LUTHERAN KINDERGARTEN
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten:11 indicators apply, 7 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"To cultivate their all-around development on spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, social, and aesthetic aspects and reinforce the learning basis to be ready for the Primary One classes."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"The school's educational characteristics ''International Culture School'',students communication with people from around the world, know the gospel and learning English. Corner exploration activity : Through the ''plan, practice, view'', to enhance children's ability to self-motivated study and more freedom to explore opportunities.Have a ''Happy Day'' every week, through different modes of activity or materials for play to enhance children's communication, social and problem solving skills."
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services. To arrange parent-child experience day before entering the school and carry out the progressive class hours at the beginning of semesters for gradually adapting To the kindergarten life.
📋 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 | REV |
| title_of_school_principal | MS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms | 6 |
| outdoor_playground | Yes |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Library, Activity Room, Visual Arts Room, Montessori 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 | 75% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 0% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 25% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 75% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 0% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 25% |
| summer_uniform | 275-311 |
| winter_uniform | 438-486 |
| school_bag | 140 |
| tea_and_snacks | 1,760 |
| textbooks | 1,400-1,500 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 400-600 |
| stationery | 670 |
| bedding_items | 1,160 |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 50% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 13% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 22% |
| teaching_resources | <1% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | 0% |
| other_expenses | 15% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | To establish specific courses management framework and monitoring mechanism; - To provide diversified learning experience according to children’s physical and mental development, interest and needs; - To focus on the nurture of students’ good character, prepare interesting activities for each subject and lead them to learn the right politeness and attitude and aspire to be a qualified citizen glorifying God and serving human beings from childhood. Education Philosopy: St.➡️Self-learning James➡️Joyful learning by doing Lutheran ➡️ Love God and neighbour Kindergarten ➡️Keen on exploring 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 apply the constant assessment method to check children’s learning progress; We will regularly send reports to their parents and assist the parents to know their children’s performance and improve their children’s learning ability. |
| support_to_students | To discuss the parenting with parents before entering the school; To keep close contact with communities and different organizations, support teaching activities and enrich learning experience; To provide an appropriate curriculum and learning pace for students who need. |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | To welcome parents to help carry out activities for enhancing the contact between the school and parents and promoting the interactions among parents. |
| 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; arrange interpretation/translation services; engage NCS parent volunteers to enhance communication between school and parents; create an enriched language environment for mastery of the Chinese language; create an inclusive learning environment to facilitate students' integration; collaborate with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to create an inclusive learning environment; facilitate professional development for teachers to develop effective strategies to help NCS students learn Chinese; participate in school-based professional support programmes organised by EDB. |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 53 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | No |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 2 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 2 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 4 |
| 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/536040.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/StJames_Lutheran.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/StJames_Lutheran.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/StJames_Lutheran.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/StJames_Lutheran.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 | - |