ST. JEROME'S CATHOLIC KINDERGARTEN
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Kindergarten:11 indicators apply, 7 matched
🎓 Teacher Qualifications
🎯 Mission
"With our Christian faith as the foundation of the entire education process, we will imitate our patron St. Jerome’s passion for the Holy Word and his spirit in spreading the Gospel. We will nurture our children’s love for the Lord and people, their enthusiasm towards life, their efforts in innovation and establishing a positive sense of value. Through a diversified education, we will ensure our children develop in a balanced manner spiritually, morally, intellectually, physically, socially and aesthetically."
📚 Approach & Strategies
"Thematic teaching,Experiential Learning,Project Approach, Dramatic Approach, corner activity, site visits, group activities and mixed-age activities are all that can help children learn voluntarily through personal experience and repeated explorations."
💛 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 | refer to the school website |
| title_of_school_supervisor | MS |
| title_of_school_principal | MS |
| no_of_registered_classrooms | 7 |
| outdoor_playground | Yes |
| indoor_playground | Yes |
| music_room | Yes |
| other_special_rooms_or_areas | Computer room, Activity 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 | 77% |
| working_wd_30001_to_40000 | 8% |
| working_wd_40000_above | 15% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_below_4_yrs | 16% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_from_4_to_7_yrs | 15% |
| working_exp_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_above_7_yrs | 69% |
| summer_uniform | 349-360 |
| winter_uniform | 743-800 |
| school_bag | 83 |
| tea_and_snacks | 1,200-2,400 |
| textbooks | 656-725 |
| exercise_books_or_workbooks | 271-290 |
| stationery | 123-167 |
| bedding_items | No such item |
| salary_of_principal_and_teaching_staff | 66% |
| non-teaching_staff_salary | 17% |
| rent_management_fees_rates_and_government_rent | 1% |
| teaching_resources | <1% |
| staff_training_and_professional_development | 1% |
| other_expenses | 15% |
| expenditure_information_based_on_audited_account | Yes |
| curriculum_planning | The curriculum is designed with reference to the Guide to Pre-primary Curriculum issued by the Education Bureau. It is child-centred curriculum which caters for student differences and teaches according to students’ ability. It emphasizes on learning through games and helps a child foster active learning attitude, develop self-care and problem-solving ability, develop social skills and foster team spirit. 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 | A child’s learning outcome and course of development are recorded and concluded based on ongoing assessment and observation. |
| support_to_students | New student adaptation activities; primary one bridge programme;school social worker services. Assistance is offered to refer students with special learning needs to related organizations. Alternatively, educational psychologists of the related organizations are sent to the campus to offer support or handle the case. |
| parent_teacher_association | No |
| other_activities_or_communication_with_parents | Parents day; parents meetings; school picnic and activities; seminars for parents; parents volunteering; story-telling activities and class observation |
| 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 | 156 |
| teacher_to_pupil_ratio_remarks | No |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_degree | 8 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_non_degree | 4 |
| no_of_principal_and_teaching_staff_with_c_ece_or_above | 12 |
| 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/543012.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/StJeromesCatholic.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/tc/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/quality-assurance-framework/qr/qr-report/StJeromesCatholic.pdf</a> |
| quality_review_result_and_report_eng | Not applicable |
| 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 | - |