🎒 Primary ・ Central & Western
St. Charles School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
45
Average
Primary：11 indicators apply, 5 matched
🎒
St. Charles School
Central & Western ・
Primary ・ Est. 1954
📍 Address
25 Pokfield Road, Kennedy Town, Hong Ko…
📞 Phone
28173325
📠 Fax
28177813
✉️ Email
stcharles@mail.stcharles.edu.hk
⛪ Religion
Catholicism
👩🏫 Principal
Li Wing Kai
📅 Founded
1954
👫 Gender
Co-ed
🗣️ Language
Chinese & English
🎯 Mission
To nurture the spirit of love both in God and in our fellow human beings. To master self-learning skills for life-long learning.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. Implement e-learning in all subjects and use e-learning platforms to enhance students' self-learning ability by making good use of learning time. 2. Implement specialized teaching, P.1 bridging course, NET scheme, launch school-based phonics programme and 'Reading across the Curriculum' programme. 3. Optimal use of assessment data and information to adjust teaching strategies for improving student learning. 4. Use 'Assessment Quality-assurance Platform' and 'Assessment Program for Affective and Social Outcomes' to assess learning and teaching performance. 5. Join Religious Education Support Peer Program offered by Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. 6. Organize project learning, cross-curricular integrated curriculum, life-wide learning activities and study tours to enriching life-wide lear…
💛 SEN Support
1. Use the Learning Support Grant to implement a school-based support plan based on a whole school approach to support students with special educational needs. 2. The Student Support Team is responsible for early identification work, conducting meetings with parents and school-based educational psychologists, developing student support plans, and arranging the necessary services and resources for the three-tiered intervention system. 3. One school Two Social Workers Policy. 4. Hiring support teachers and outsourcing services such as occupational therapy services to provide appropriate assistance. 5. School-based education psychologist, school-based speech therapist and school social workers provide more support to students with special educational needs. 6. Project on 'Whole School Approa…
🎨 Whole-person Learning
More than 30 items, covering academic, sports/ arts and services, including Mathematical Olympiad, Mathematics in English, sport stacking, Hip Hop dance, choir, STEM activities, lion dance, Wing Chun etc. Our girls' football team was featured in Sing Tao magazine while 20 students were selected as the representatives of Hong Kong Skipping Team. A variety show is organized to showcase students' learning achievements annually.
📋 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 | 100% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Ms. |
| title_of_school_head | Mr. |
| sponsoring_body | The Catholic Diocese of <br>Hong Kong |
| school_motto | Cultivating virtue and intellectual excellence |
| school_size | 4600 |
| through_train_sec_school | - |
| feeder_sec_school | - |
| nominated_sec_school | - |
| school_bus | Yes |
| nanny_van | - |
| parent_teacher_association | Yes |
| school_alumni_association | Yes |
| asc_school_fee | - |
| asc_tong_fai | - |
| asc_pta_fee | $60 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $300 (To improve the facilities and environment of students' learning) |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 14 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 1 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | STREAM Room, CoolThink@JC Studio, Multi-purpose Learning Room, English Room, Prayer Room. |
| fac_others | Church, Conference Room, Wireless Campus, Interactive touchscreen displays, Smart Card System, Innovation and Technology Zone, Air purifying machines. |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | - |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 19 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 78 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 40 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 56 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 8 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 2 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 1 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 0 |
| 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 | 8 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | 1. Allocation of two class teachers.<br>2. Implementation of Small Class Teaching.<br>3. Implementation of Specialised Teaching. |
| cs_remarks | Chinese, English, Mathematics, Humanities and Science lessons in P.1-P.2 will be conducted in small-group lessons. |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| 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 | Yes |
| upload_school_assignment_policy_to_school_web | Yes |
| diversified_assessment | 1. Group discussion, Oral presentations, Individual Sharing, eLearning, Cross-curricular Project Learning, STEM Learning etc. <br>2. Formative assessments, Students' self-evaluation, Peer assessments, Teachers' feedback and Parents' evaluation to foster learning.<br>3. With formative assessments replacing examinations for P.1. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | 1. P.1-P.2 Chinese Medium of Instruction and English Medium of Instruction grouping <br>2. P.3 Mixed ability grouping ; 3. P.4-P.6 Competence-based grouping |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 9 |
| duration_of_each_period | 35 |
| school_starts_at | 8:00 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:25 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 12:20 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:20 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier, arranged by parents and All parents could enjoy lunch with their children on specified days at school. |
| school_life_remarks | Joyful Morning Reading held every morning to encourage students bring their own books and read before class, tutorial sessions and extended learning sessions for homework assistance; Activity Classes and Integrated Classes every week to provide diversified learning, personal growth education and read aloud activities; arrangement of homework classes; extra-curricular activities and school team training after-school. |
| school_management_url | http://www.stcharles.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms/public/index.php3?refid=3268&mode=published&lang=zh |
| school_organisation | Central School Management Committee → Incorporated Management Committee → Administration Team: Management and organization, Learning and Teaching, Student Support and School Ethos, Student Performance. |
| imc_smc_mc | Members of Incorporated Management of Committee include School Supervisor, School Principal, School Managers designated by SSB, as well as representatives from teachers, parents and alumni and independent manager. |
| school_green_policy | Recycling activities: Uniform and Storybooks Collection, Bring your own Utensils Scheme, Earth Hour Campaign etc. |
| school_major_concerns_url | http://www.stcharles.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms/public/mainpage/main.php3 |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Positive mindset and sound values.<br>2. Pupils' learning skills and attitudes in a diverse learning environment. |
| learning_and_teaching_plan_url | http://www.stcharles.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms//public/index.php3?refid=3271&mode=published&lang=z |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | 1. Taking General Studies as the lead, sustain the cultivation and provision of learning activities focusing on national identity, national security, media and information literacy, values and life education.<br>2. Implement formative assessment to improve learning and teaching as well as assessment policy.<br>3. Utilize the school e-learning platforms to learn, read and do flipped classroom learning so to strengthen and develop life-long learning ability.<br>4. Organize Chinese Cultural Day, Talent Show and Life-wide Learning Weeks to facilitate whole person development.<br>5. Cater for students' learning diversity through diversified teaching strategies.<br>6. Develop Cross-curriculum STEM and reading activities through Reading & Creativity Stimulation Programme (STREAM).<br>7. Implement Joyful Morning Reading session every day to cultivate reading interest. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Develop students' generic skills through cooperative learning, project learning, coding activities and integrated curriculum learning activities. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | Fulfill the needs of five core values in Catholic education, students' growth and social changes, life experiences to provide authentic learning context to establish students' positive values and attitudes.<br>1. Spiritual, Moral and Civic Education Curriculum; <br>2. Assembly Sharing, thematic seminars and dramas;<br>3. Diversified activities for parents and parent-child volunteer activities. |
| student_support_url | http://www.stcharles.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms/public/index.php3?refid=706&mode=published&lang=zh |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | 1. Provide comprehensive and effective small-class teaching, as well as homework tutoring sessions and group instruction to cater to students' diverse learning needs.<br>2. Arrange two class teachers to enhance the care and supervision of students' learning and character development. <br>3. Implement SCS 'Make a Breakthrough' Reward Scheme. |
| 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; organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school; and hiring additional manpower and/or translation/interpretation services to facilitate the communication with parents of NCS students. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | 1. Graded worksheets and diversified self-directed learning tools for pre-lesson and post-lesson learning to cater for students' individual differences.<br>2. Special assessment arrangement, homework arrangement and dictation arrangement for students with special educational needs. |
| home-school_co-operation_url | http://www.stcharles.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms/public/index.php3?refid=3315&mode=published&lang=zh |
| home-school_co-operation | PTA organizes a team of parent volunteers to assist in school activities as well as different kinds of parent-child activities, like Parent-child Sports Day and seminars etc. Every year, our School publishes School newsletters and PTA newsletters. The provision of a home-school hotline (From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.), fostering the home-school communication, thus building a caring campus. |
| school_ethos | Our school provides a simple school ethos with close co-operation between discipline and guidance, harmonious school atmosphere and teacher-student relationship. Teachers uphold 'No Child Left Behind' spirit while students serve their schoolmates as their responsibility. Our school pays attention to students' mental health and has been awarded 'Caring School Award' many times. |
| future_dev_url | http://www.stcharles.edu.hk/it-school/php/webcms/public/index.php3?refid=3341&mode=published&lang=zh |
| school_dev_plan | Face challenges with a positive attitude, and gain knowledge with a new mindset. |
| teacher_pro_training_and_dev | 1. Enhance the teaching and learning effectiveness through improving the lesson design and arrangement.<br>2. Make appropriate adjustment for the curriculum, assignment and assessment, thus optimising students' learning time.<br>3. Help to develop teachers’ professionalism.<br>4. Join the Sister School Scheme and exchange with the Mainland Sister School. |