GRACEFIELD EAST KOWLOON CHRISTIAN KINDERGARTEN
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten：11 indicators apply, 5 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"Our board members and teachers are Christians who are loving, and with vision to help our children build upon faith in God, having the same belief that by charging at a lower school fee, providing a high teacher-to-students ratio; and good quality of food, and a safe, hygiene environment to spread God’s love to our children and their families."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"Sensory teaching Our school advocates a natural and harmonious atmosphere for students to learn under a joyful environment. Through manipulating different learning aids (including Montessori), to concertize abstract concepts through play. Reading aloud Children develop key understanding through the reading process and the relationship between printed word and meaning. It is the foundation of children’s literacy development, which also gives children the idea that the print tells a story or the message which is conveyed. Good characters building Teachers will aim a good character, which is from the fruit of Spirit in Bible, to teach children in each theme. Children practice and learn the good character at school or home through different activities. To enhance their good behavior…
💛 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 | 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 | Fitness room, Library |
| working_hd_30000_or_below | 100% |
| working_hd_30001_to_40000 | 0% |
| working_hd_40000_above | 0% |
| working_wd_30000_or_below | 80% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 0% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 20% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 0% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 0% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 100% |
| summer_uniform | 100 |
| winter_uniform | No such item |
| school_bag | 100 |
| tea_and_snacks | 2,200 |
| textbooks | 1,300 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 1,110 |
| stationery | 1,150 |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 42% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 13% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 16% |
| teaching_resources | 2% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | 0% |
| other_expenses | 27% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Being Audited |
| curriculum_planning | Our school follows the curriculum of ‘A Biblical Foundation for Early Childhood Education’ developed by the Hawaii University of Nationalities, and the ‘Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide’ (2017) to design and plan our curriculum. Using the following four teaching approaches to stimulate children's fine motor skills, early literacy and mathematics, self-care ability and self-management skills, to cultivate their confidence and motivation in learning. As well as, to induce the creativity and problem-solving skills of children; to develop their comprehension skills, positive value and the whole person 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 | We have on-going observation on the academic performances of children and given out a learning assessment report bimonthly. There is also an overall assessment portfolio every half a year in each academic year and will be given out in the Parents’ Day. |
| support_to_students | The school organizes introduction day and adaption week for new students; various activities will also be held for different levels of children. Moreover, the school cooperate with different community organizations; and use prayer to help children grow, gain their awareness to care about the society and adapted different aspects of learning. We provides learning supports to non-Chinese speaking children to help them integrate to school and community. Besides, we keep contact with families by communicating with parents, organizing Parents’ seminars, Parent-child activities and Parents’ Day. |
| parent_teacher_association | No |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | Parents' day, participation in community activities,Parent-child activity, manuals (parent and school circulars), telephone, email and home visits. |
| 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. |
| nursery_classes_not_writing | ✓ |
| total_no_of_permitted_accommodationof_classrooms_in_use | 70 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | Yes |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 3 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 3 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 6 |
| 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/538132.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/Gracefield_EKnChr.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/Gracefield_EKnChr.pdf</a> |
| quality_review_result_and_report_eng | Not applicable |
| child_care_service_for_aged_under_2 | No |
| child_care_service_for_aged_2_to_3 | Yes |