🎒 Primary ・ Central & Western
S.K.H. St. Matthew's Primary School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
18
Low
Primary：11 indicators apply, 2 matched
🎒
S.K.H. St. Matthew's Primary School
Central & Western ・
Primary ・ Est. 1876
📍 Address
12-20, New Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
📞 Phone
25483368
📠 Fax
29754641
✉️ Email
info@stmatthew.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Protestantism / Christianity
👩🏫 Principal
Cheung Man Chung
📅 Founded
1876
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese
🎯 Mission
We aim to provide quality teaching and diverse activities to develop students' spirits, moralities, intelligences, health, team spirits, and senses of art. We strive to nurture students with well-rounded character traits, promote holistic education, and inspire them to reach their full potential, with aspiration that they will make meaningful contributions to society in the future.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. Conduct cross-disciplinary thematic learning and STEAM-themed activities to develop generic skills. 2. Address diverse learning needs by grouping students based on their abilities and providing differentiated learning materials and teaching strategies. 3. Develop a variety of extracurricular and subject-related activities.
💛 SEN Support
1. Individual and group support training. 2. "Early Identification and Intervention Programme for Primary One Students with Learning Difficulties," which includes arranging enhancement classes for English, Chinese, and Mathematics for students in Primary One and Primary Two. 3. Enhanced School-based Speech Therapy Service and School-based Educational Psychology Service. 4. Play Therapy service, Boardgame Social Training Group, Big Brothers and Big Sister Reading & Writing Scheme. 5. Individual Education Plan. 6. Attention training group and literacy training group. 7. Project on 'Whole School Approach to Providing Tiered Support for Students with Austism Spectrum Disorders' (AIM project).
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Over 30 Multiple Intelligences Activities (MIA), including. Athletics Team, Volleyball Team, Roller Skating Class, Rope Skipping Group, Football Team, Dancing Group, English Drama Team, Cub Scouts, Brownies, The Boy's Brigade, School Campus TV, Darts Class, Hand-chimes etc.
📋 School Data
All raw fields from the Education Bureau school profile not shown above.
| poa_school_net | 11 |
|---|---|
| school_type_1 | Aided |
| school_type_2 | Whole Day |
| imc | Established |
| training_compliance_rate_supervisor_managers_smc_chairperson_members | 53% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Rev. |
| title_of_school_head | Mr. |
| sponsoring_body | Anglican (Hong Kong) Primary Schools Council Limited |
| school_motto | Not to be served but to serve |
| school_size | 375 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | - |
| nominated_sec_school | - |
| school_bus | - |
| nanny_van | - |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| asc_school_fee | - |
| asc_tong_fai | - |
| asc_pta_fee | $30 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | - |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 13 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 1 |
| fac_no_of_library | 0 |
| fac_special_rooms | STEAM Laboratory, English Room, Library Corner, Science Laboratory, Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) Application System. |
| fac_others | Facilities to support students with special educational needs: Play Therapy Room<br> |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 21 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 38 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 74 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 30 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 13 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 57 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 1 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 1 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 1 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 2 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 9 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 1 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 1 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 1 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 9 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | 1. Conduct small class teaching. 2. Organize enhancement and remedial courses for the diverse and special learning needs of students with varied abilities. 3. P.1-P.6: join the NET scheme. 4. Stream P.1-6 (Chi. Lang.) pupils according to their learning abilities. 5. Stream P.5-6 (Eng. Lang.) pupils according to their learning abilities. 6. Class placement of P.4-P.6 is based on average abilities. |
| cs_remarks | - |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 2 |
| replace_test_exam_P1 | Yes |
| no_of_test_per_year_P2-P6 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_P2-P6 | 3 |
| formulate_appropriate_school_based_assessment_assignment_policy_inform_parents_collect_views_from_teachers_students_parents_regularly | Yes |
| upload_school_assessment_policy_to_school_web | No |
| upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_web | No |
| diversified_assessment | 1. Formative assessment: assessment of learning unit, speaking and listening assessment, life skills tests, peer assessment, self-assessment and teachers' assessment. 2. Summative assessment 3. Catering for learning diversity: homework accommodation and dictation adaptation. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | 1. Class placement of P4-6 is based on average abilities.<br>2. Stream pupils according to their Chinese learning abilities. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 10 |
| duration_of_each_period | 30 |
| school_starts_at | 8:15 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:30 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 1:00 |
| lunch_end_time | 2:00 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | To diversify students' learning experiences, the school offers various activities, such as: each student participating in two different Multiple Intelligence activities on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, after-school extracurricular activities from Monday to Friday, overseas exchanges (to South Korea and Australia), the Mainland Exchange Programme for Upper Primary Students, Sister School Scheme. |
| school_management_url | http://www.stmatthew.edu.hk |
| school_organisation | Four committees including School Management and Organisation Committee, Learning and Teaching Committee, School Ethos and Student Support Committee, Student Performance Committee and 17 functional teams. |
| imc_smc_mc | Incorporated Management Committee consists of 15 members, including Supervisor, Sponsoring Body Manager, Principal (ex-officio manager), Teacher Manager, Parent Manager, Independent Manager, Alternate Sponsoring Body. |
| school_green_policy | Class Eco-Ambassador Programme. |
| school_major_concerns_url | http://www.stmatthew.edu.hk |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Continuously develop suitable teaching and learning strategies, organize cross-disciplinary and cross-domain school-based curricula to enhance learning motivation and interest, and cultivate students with the ability to flexibly apply various learning strategies and metacognitive skills.<br>2. Continuously nurture students' national identity, establish positive thinking, integrity in words and actions, willingness to serve, and a sense of responsibility towards the country and society through values education. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://www.stmatthew.edu.hk |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | 1. Computer Programming Curriculum: <br> - Lower primary: Implement unplugged programming education through German-style board games.<br> - Upper primary: Promote computational thinking education (JC@COOLTHINK) and introduce AI-related courses.<br>2. Physical Education: Integrate emerging sports such as lightsaber dueling, Mölkky (Finnish skittles), electronic curling, soft hockey, and spikeball into the curriculum.<br>3. All classrooms are equipped with smart boards.<br>4. Use immersive VR systems to provide hands-on experiences aligned with general studies curriculum. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Foster communication skills, critical thinking, creativity, self-management, and other generic abilities through collaborative learning, project-based research, group collaboration, multi-intelligence classes, and arts activities. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | 1. Establish a Flag Raising Team, weekly national flag raising ceremony and speeches under the national flag to cultivate students' national identity.<br>2. Organize seminars, weekly assemblies, and Personal Growth Education (PGE) lessons to foster students' positive value and attitudes. |
| student_support_url | http://www.stmatthew.edu.hk |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | 1. Provide exchange programmes, training programmes and competitions to students with specific talents or outstanding academic results.<br>2. Arrange group teaching for P1,P3-6 students according to their Chinese learning abilities.<br>3. Organise after-school homework tutorial classes.<br>4. Organise Adaptation Class for Newly-Arrived Children. |
| support_for_non_chinese_students | Our school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: providing after-school support programmes in learning Chinese; appointing additional teacher(s)/teaching assistant(s) to support NCS students' learning of Chinese; arranging intensive Chinese learning and teaching mode(s), e.g. pull-out learning if necessary, split-class/group learning, etc; developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting learning and teaching materials; and organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school. Provide homework accommodation. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | Accommodation in homework and special arrangement in summative assessment are adopted to cater for the educational needs and learning diversity of students. |
| home-school_co-operation | PTA organizes a lot of activities (e.g. Family Outing, Christmas Party, talks, parent workshops etc.) to strengthen the relationship between parents and home-school. |
| school_ethos | 1. Enhance students' self-confidence and develop positive value.<br>2. Promote students' spirit of loving oneself and one another. |
| future_dev_url | http://www.stmatthew.edu.hk |