St. Anthony's School
✨ Happy Index
Composite score across the happiness indicators applicable to this school (0-100%)
Primary：11 indicators apply, 5 matched
🎯 Mission
Our mission is to help our students love and respect God, and all people so that ethical, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic and spiritual development is encouraged. We adopt the 'Preventive Pedagogy' introduced by Salesians of Don Bosco. We instill the core values: religion, intellect and love, so as to create a joyful, trusting and inclusive learning environment.
📚 Approach & Strategies
1. Timetable is in cycles to increase the number of core subjects. 2. Adopt cooperative learning to encourage student interactions. 3. Life-wide Learning Week enables students to experience learning differently outside the classroom setting. 4. Gifted Education: P.1-P.6 5. Emphasise biliteracy and trilingualism. 6. Use a "synthetic approach" in phonics; utilizes segmenting and blending techniques to facilitate reading. 7. Adopt a school-based writing programme in Chinese Language curriculum. 8. Foster development of a school-based Mathematics curriculum through implementing multifarious activities, nurturing inquiry, expression and problem-solving skills. 9. Cultivate students' generic skills, deepen values education and focus on STEAM education in General Studies. 10. Use information t…
💛 SEN Support
Through the Student Support Team, a Whole School Approach to Integrated Education is promoted to support students with special educational needs through distributing various resources, aiming to provide suitable and various support services in order to enhance students' learning effectiveness and to guide them to fully integrate in school life.
🎨 Whole-person Learning
Our school designs various learning activities to enrich students' life experiences, such as visits to major museums, film appreciation, and study tours. Current extracurricular activities include: rope skipping, roller skating, fencing, swimming, table tennis, football, basketball, squash, track and field, violin, harmonica, African drums, choir, programming, face painting, magic, Olympiad mathematics, Go, dance, Boy Scouts, and Young Pioneers of Christ.
📋 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 | 87% |
| title_supervisor_chairman_of_mc | Father |
| title_of_school_head | Mr. |
| sponsoring_body | Society of St. Francis De Sales |
| school_motto | Sincerity, faith, compassion and love |
| school_size | 4500 |
| 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 | $40 |
| asc_charges_for_non_standard_items | $300 |
| asc_others | - |
| fac_no_of_classroom | 18 |
| fac_no_of_school_hall | 1 |
| fac_no_of_playground | 2 |
| fac_no_of_library | 1 |
| fac_special_rooms | 8 rooms (2 staff rooms, INNOSPACE, music room, counselling room, speech therapy room, MAKER SPACE, meeting room) |
| fac_others | - |
| fac_support_for_specialedu | - |
| previous_year_tsi_no_of_approved_teaching_posts | 38 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_received_teacher_training | 100 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_master_doctorate_or_above | 47 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_special_edu_training | 65 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_0_4 | 22 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_5_9 | 24 |
| previous_year_tsi_percent_of_exp_10_or_above | 54 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p1 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p2 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p3 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p4 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p5 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_p6 | 3 |
| previous_year_no_of_class_total | 18 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p1 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p2 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p3 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p4 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p5 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_p6 | 3 |
| current_year_no_of_class_total | 18 |
| cs_mode_of_teaching | Our school adopts 'collaborative learning' from Primary 1 to 6 to strengthen students' thinking skills. Students working collaboratively in groups experience an enhanced teaching and learning process. The native English teacher uses an activity-based approach to develop students' speaking skills in English lessons, and during recess. |
| cs_remarks | - |
| no_of_test_per_year_P1 | 0 |
| no_of_exam_per_year_P1 | 3 |
| 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. There are three formal written exams for the whole academic year.<br>2. Different kinds of formative assessment and project learning are used to assess students' subject knowledge, attitudes and skills.<br>3. Through life-wide learning, students' performance in applying their subject knowledge is evaluated. |
| avoid_test_exam_after_long_holidays | Yes |
| arrange_timetable_flexibly_tutorial_session_in_afternoon | Yes |
| streaming_arrangement | 1. Students are streamed according to their academic results, to serve the purpose of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude.<br>2. Teachers adapt the learning content so as to cater for individual learning differences. |
| no_of_school_days_per_week | 5 |
| no_of_periods_per_day | 9 |
| duration_of_each_period | 35 |
| school_starts_at | 7:45 |
| school_starts_at_AMPM | AM |
| school_ends_at | 3:00 |
| school_ends_at_AMPM | PM |
| lunch_start_time | 12:45 |
| lunch_end_time | 1:45 |
| lunch_arrangement | Provided by designated supplier and arranged by parents. |
| school_life_remarks | There are three reading sessions which help promote good reading habits; extra-curricular activities e.g. Life-wide Learning Week, Putonghua Day, English Week and so on are held to raise students' learning interests. Religious Education is emphasized to nourish their moral values. In recent years, the school has organized study tours to Hu Zhou, South Korea & Singapore to enrich students' life experience. |
| school_management_url | http://www.stanthonys.edu.hk |
| school_organisation | The school is superintended by the Incorporated Management Committee (IMC), which comprises Fathers of Salesians of Don Bosco, parents, alumni, teachers and other representatives. All members maintain a keen interest in and are supportive of school development as well as believe in the leadership of the principal. The IMC examines and approves the Annual School Plan and School Report. The facilitation of student learning and spiritual growth is fostered by the reflection of different opinions expressed by the stakeholders. |
| imc_smc_mc | Our IMC was established on 19 March 2014. |
| school_green_policy | Our school echoes the call for environmental friendliness by engaging in various activities, such as Good Climate Monthly (unofficial translation) organized by Earth Rescue Team, Earth Hour and strive the best in greening the learning environment. |
| school_major_concerns | 1. Enrich students' diverse learning experiences and broaden their horizons.<br>2. Practice the 'Life' core value in Catholic Education, and live a healthy and positive life in terms of physical, mental, and spiritual health. |
| major_renewed_emphases_pri_edu_curriculum | 1. Strengthening values education (including life education, national education and national security education).<br>2. Making good use of learning time and creating space to promote a balanced physical and mental development.<br>3. Better catering for learner diversity.<br>4. Reinforcing STEAM education, and nurturing students' media and information literacy.<br>5. Strengthening cross-curricular learning and reading across the Curriculum for developing lifelong learning capabilities.<br>6. Enhancing assessment literacy for promoting learning and teaching effectiveness.<br>7. Science and Humanities subjects are offered in Primary One and Primary Four to cultivate students' overall competencies, promote their ability in different fields. |
| dev_of_generic_skills | Through project learning and cross-curricular STEAM activities, students develop collaboration skills, problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills and creativity which promote autonomy in learning among students. |
| cultivation_of_proper_values_attitudes_and_behaviours | 1. Use the Salesian Preventive System to nurture students to love God and all those around them, and to help students develop positive values and attitudes towards life.<br>2. Through school-based Positive Education activities and events, regular religious and moral education seminars, the school inspires, guides and nurtures students' moral character. |
| whole_school_approach_cater_for_learner_diversity | 1. Provide gifted education classes after school for more-abled students; and after school remedial classes for academically weaker students. <br>2. Plan, implement and evaluate individualized plans for students with the effort from school-based Educational Psychologist, Speech Therapist and Student Guidance Officer, coordinated by the Student Support Team. |
| support_for_non_chinese_students | Our school provides additional support for NCS students to facilitate their learning of Chinese: appointing additional teacher(s)/teaching assistant(s) to support NCS students' learning of Chinese; and organising activities to create an inclusive learning environment in the school. |
| curriculum_tailoring_and_adaptation | The Chinese, English and Mathematics Subjects adopt school-based curricula to enhance student learning abilities. |
| home-school_co-operation | The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) runs a variety of events every year. Specialists are invited to host family education lectures, workshops and seminars which cover a vast array of topics. Furthermore, the PTA also organises family trips and publishes the PTA Newsletter. The PTA cherishes the opportunities for home-school collaboration and it is its wish to facilitate students' development holistically. |