Alliance Primary School - Whampoa
School Type
District: Kowloon City
Primary One School Net: 35
School Type: Subsidized
Student's gender: male and female
Language of instruction: Chinese
School religion: Christianity
One Dragon Secondary School:-
Directly affiliated secondary schools: -
Contact Secondary Schools:-
School History
Year of Establishment: 1997
School Sponsor: Kowloon Tong Christian Church, Hong Kong
Chinese Missionary Alliance
Objective: The school adheres to the mission of the Chinese Christian and Missionary Alliance in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong: "To develop whole-person education in the spirit of Christ, and to nurture students to live full lives through the proclamation of the Gospel".
School Motto: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is intelligence. (Proverbs 9:10)
Management structure: The school has an Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) to lead and monitor the operation of the school. Under the IMC, there are a principal, deputy principals, assistant principals and an administrative core officer to plan for the school's development and day-to-day work.
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Mr. KAM Wai-keung
Existing Principal: LI Tak-hang
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 64
Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 31%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 51%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 11%
Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 6%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 83%
Class Establishment:
Number of Primary One classes in this school year: 5
Number of Primary Two classes in this school year: 5
Number of Primary Three classes in this school year: 5
Number of Primary 4 classes in this school year: 5
Number of Primary 5 classes in this school year: 5
Number of Primary Six classes in this school year: 5
Total number of classes in the 2023-2024 school year: 30
Classroom teaching model:
Grades 1-3 are divided into mixed ability classes; Grades 4-6 are divided into integrated ability classes to cater for student diversity. In Grade 4, the school provides "One Person One Tablet" for the whole grade; in Grades 5 and 6, the school implements "BYOD-O" for all grades and one "BYOD" class for each of the two grades.
Placement in classes:
Grades 1-3 are divided into classes based on mixed ability and gender equity, while grades 4-6 are divided into classes based on overall ability. In order to allow teachers to observe and assess the performance of the whole class, each class has a head teacher and a deputy head teacher to help cater for the needs of student growth.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of Annual General Tests: 0
No. of examinations for the whole year: 3
How is Whampoa Mission Primary School?
School Wind:
Based on biblical truths, fostering proper values, enhancing their resilience, strengthening the caring culture, APSW spirit and promoting good teacher-student relationships within the school, the school has been repeatedly awarded the "Caring School" honor since FY2012; and the "Healthy School" Gold Award honor in 2018.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
1. emphasize biliteracy and trilingualism, and actively implement gifted education, classroom e-interactive learning programs, drama education, service learning, and inquiry-based learning, etc., so as to enable students to give full play to their different talents.
2. to select gifted students through different channels and provide appropriate pull-out or individualized programs.
3. to develop students' STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Visual Arts, and Mathematics) integrated learning and application skills.
4. To broaden students' horizons through thematic activities such as Chinese Culture Day, English Day and Putonghua Day; to organize exchanges outside Hong Kong; and to encourage participation in various extra-curricular activities.
Life-wide Learning:
We offer a variety of extracurricular activities such as Percussion Ensemble, Orchestra, Hand Bell Team, Choir, Swimming Team, Basketball Team, Badminton Team, Volleyball Team, Chinese Dance Team, Modern Dance Team, Fancy Rope Skipping, Visual Arts Team, STREAM Engineers, MEV Engineers, Robotics Team, Hydroponic Vegetables, Olympics Math, Speech Team, Cub Scouts, and Brownie Scouts, and so on.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
Homework Help Classes, Supplementary Classes, Smart Star Classes and Leadership Training Programs are available to provide appropriate learning and extra-curricular activities for needy students to enhance their learning ability and make them win awards.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The school provides additional support to its admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: providing after-school Chinese learning support; organizing inclusive campus activities; and hiring additional staff and/or procuring additional translation/interpretation services to facilitate communication with parents.
Home school cooperation:
The school has a Parent-Teacher Association and a Parent-Manager Committee. Parent members are actively involved in assisting the school in organizing activities and managing the school. Parents' views are regularly collected through the Parent Academy, Parents' Weekend, Home-School Exchange Day and questionnaire surveys, etc., which serve as references for policy improvement.
Environmental Policy:
The school has set up an environmental protection team to coordinate the school's environmental protection policy, with student environmental protection ambassadors to help promote the environmental protection policy, as well as waste separation, encouragement of recycling, energy saving, and good use of paper.
School facilities:
Number of classrooms: 30
Number of halls: 1
Number of playgrounds: 3
Number of Libraries: 2
Special Rooms: Digital Visual Arts Room, Music Room, General Studies Room, Central and English Libraries, Aviation Discovery Center, English Reading Room, Creative Studies Room, Counseling Room, Positive Spirit Room
School Bus: Yes
Nanny van: Yes
School contact information:
Tel: 23367742
Fax: 21428096
Email: [email protected]
Web site:https://www.apsw.edu.hk
Address: 21 Tak Fung Street, Whampoa Garden, Hung Hom, Kowloon
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Webpage update: January 4, 2024
