Saint Edward's Catholic Primary School
School Type
District: Kwun Tong
Primary One School Net: 48
School Type: Subsidized
Student's gender: male and female
Language of instruction: Chinese
School religion: Catholic
One Dragon Secondary School:-
Directly affiliated secondary schools: -
Contact Secondary Schools:-
School History
Year of Establishment: 1996
Sponsor: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
Our mission: We are committed to building our school into an enjoyable and successful learning environment for our students, so that they can have a balanced development in morality, intellectuality, physicality, social skills, aesthetics and spirituality. We accept the individual differences of our students and are willing to develop their potentials by teaching them according to their aptitude.
School motto: Respect the Lord, love others, learn from the world, and be virtuous.
Management Framework: The four domains of the Hong Kong School Performance Indicators (HKSPI) are used as the basis of the administrative framework to promote sustainable school development at the school administration team, subject level and classroom and teacher levels respectively. The school continues to implement the Planning-Implementation-Evaluation (P-I-E) cycle of self-evaluation in each and every task, which is rooted in the daily work of each and every staff member.
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of the School Management Committee: LEE YUK HUNG
Current Principal: Yung Wai Hung
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 62
Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education : 73%
Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
Percentage of Teachers with Masters/Doctoral Degrees: 39%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 40%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 37%
Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 24%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 39%
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:
The school utilizes multiple instructional strategies to accommodate the diverse learning styles of our students. Student-centered learning is practiced in small groups to accomplish common goals. We encourage students to take the initiative in learning and use inquiry methods to construct knowledge through learning by doing.
Placement in classes:
P.1-P.2 Classes are not organized according to students' academic performance and each class is at a similar level.
P.3-P.6 students are placed in classes based on their academic performance. (To be phased in beginning with P.3 in 2024-2025.)
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of Annual General Tests: 0
No. of examinations for the whole year: 3
Is St. Edward's Catholic Primary School good?
School Wind:
1. The school has a simple school culture and emphasizes character education. It adopts the concept of "discipline and guidance in one go" and actively promotes a "caring culture" through classroom management strategies to cultivate students' sound personalities. For Primary 1 students, the school has implemented a number of "bridging activities" to help students adapt to the new environment more quickly.
2. The school organizes regular Principal's Tea Gatherings, Parents' Days, seminars and parent-child activities to give full play to the spirit of home-school co-operation.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school is a resource school of Thematic Networks, the Centre of Excellence in IT in Education and the CoolThink@JC project, which assists the Friendship Schools to build "challenging, interesting, multi-source, multi-disciplinary, hands-on and unexpected" game-based learning through networking, individualization and learning groups, integrating elements such as Chinese culture, movies, picture books, desktop games, electronic games, STEAM and VR Virtual Reality into the lessons. In the classroom, we incorporate Chinese culture, movies, picture books, table games, electronic games, STEAM and VR virtual reality into the lessons, allowing students to embrace learning and return to real life!
Life-wide Learning:
The school emphasizes the development of multiple intelligences: English, Speech, STEM, Drama, Olympiad, Dance and Visual Arts; Physical Education includes Athletics, Table Tennis, Soccer, Basketball and Swimming; and Music includes Handbell, Violin, Electone, Pop Drums, Chinese Drums, etc. The school also has a number of Uniformed Cadets such as the Boys and Girls Scouts, the Pioneers of Christ, the Hong Kong Tea Ceremony and the Flag Team. Uniformed teams include Boys and Girls Scouts, Little Pioneers of Christ, Hong Kong Tea Ceremony and Flag-raising Team.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
The school has a top-up and remedial program to provide appropriate learning opportunities for students with different abilities and to fully develop their individual potentials. The school also has a tiered curriculum and test accommodations.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
Home school cooperation:
Various activities are held on a regular basis and a caring volunteer group is formed through the Parent-Teacher Association to strengthen the home-school cooperative relationship and enhance the sense of belonging of parents and students to the school.
Environmental Policy:
The school has received funding from the Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) for the installation of green facilities. In response to the "Green Campus 2.0 - Intelligent Energy Saving" project, the school provides facilities for students to learn about environmental protection through the incorporation of energy-saving systems and innovative technologies in the campus. Participated in the "Jockey Club Green Schools Scheme", through which improvement works were carried out to reduce carbon emissions in the school environment and to educate students on the importance of carbon reduction.
School facilities:
Number of classrooms: 30
Number of halls: 1
Number of playgrounds: 3
Number of Libraries: 1
Special Rooms: Visual Arts Room, Music Room, General Knowledge Room, Computer Room, Game Room, Campus TV, Table Tennis Room, VR Room, Light and Sound, STEM LAB
School Bus: Yes
Nanny Car: No
School contact information:
Tel: 27179585
Fax: 23465472
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.stedward.edu.hk
Address: 8 Hing Tin Street, Lam Tin, Kwun Tong, Kln.
Related information:
St. Edward's Catholic Primary School Photos
St. Edward's Catholic Primary School Video
St. Edward's Catholic Primary School Wikipedia
Webpage update: January 4, 2024
