HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PORTLAND STREET NURSERY SCHOOL
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten:11 indicators apply, 3 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"Our mission is to provide children with happy, caring, safe and diverse learning environment; to establish solid foundation for children's life-long learning; to inspire children's potential and holistic development. Moreover, we provide support and partnership with parents to develop children's good habits & self learning."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"Design integrated curriculum, incorporate the elements of language and music into all the learning activities, provide comprehensive and interesting learning experience for children. Capitalize on community resources, and participate in community activities broaden children’s learning experience. For example, we organize children to visit “Road Safety Town”, primary schools, etc."
💛 SEN Support
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services. Integrated Programme in Kindergarten-cum-Child care Centre
📋 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 | refer to the school website |
| title_of_school_supervisor | MS |
| title_of_school_principal | MS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms_remarks | No information |
| outdoor_playground | Yes |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | No |
| 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 | 47% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 40% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 13% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 34% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 13% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 53% |
| summer_uniform | 88 |
| winter_uniform | 110-198 |
| school_bag | 85 |
| tea_and_snacks | No such item |
| textbooks | 58-443 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 0 |
| stationery | 0 |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 58% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 19% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 3% |
| teaching_resources | 3% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | <1% |
| other_expenses | 17% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | Curriculum layout corresponds with the children’s developmental characteristics and needs. It covers various studies, and it enhances and enriches children’s learning experience according to their ability. 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 | Evaluate children’s learning experience to form continuous observation, and record children’s development in every aspect with different assessment tools, in order to establish Children Learning Portfolio, and to share regularly with parents. |
| support_to_students | We provide adaptation programme for new admission, preparation programme for primary one admission & referral to relevant social services in cooperation with other community institutions. Our ‘Educational Psychology and Developmental Support Services” formed by Education psychologist and social workers offer professional consultation, assessment, early identification, counseling and individual/group trainings services. |
| parent_teacher_association | No |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | To promote home-school cooperation and parental education, our school holds regular Parents’ Class Visits, Meetings, Volunteer activities and Parent-Child School Picnic, Open Day, etc. We provide opportunities to let children actively involve in the community. We collaborate with community and arrange for children to participate in external performances and 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; create an enriched language environment for mastery of the Chinese language; 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 | 164 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | Yes |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 12 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 4 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 13 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_qualified_kg_teachers | 3 |
| 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/565300.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/HKSPC_PortlandSt.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HKSPC_PortlandSt.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/HKSPC_PortlandSt.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/HKSPC_PortlandSt.pdf</a> |
| child_care_service_for_aged_under_2 | No |
| child_care_service_for_aged_2_to_3 | Yes |
| no_for_enrolment_aged_2_to_3 | 11 |