Yan Tak Catholic Primary School
School Type
District: Tuen Mun
Primary One School Net: 70
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 School: Tuen Mun Catholic Secondary School
School History
Year of Establishment: 1983
Sponsor: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
Objective: To uphold the Church's mission of spreading the Gospel, to enable students to know the truth of loving the Lord and loving others, and to be able to put into practice the spirit of Christ, and to be committed to serving others and contributing to the society.
School Motto: Benevolence, Wisdom, Virtue
Management structure: The school has a Parent-Teacher Association and an Alumni Association to develop and monitor the development of school affairs. There is also an Administration Unit responsible for the development and implementation of school affairs.
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Shing Kai Ming
Existing Principal: Lo Suk Ching
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 52
Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 17%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 40%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 48%
Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 33%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 19%
Class Establishment:
Number of Primary One classes in this school year: 4
Number of Primary Two classes in this school year: 4
Number of Primary Three classes in this school year: 4
Number of Primary 4 classes in this school year: 4
Number of Primary 5 classes in this school year: 4
Number of Primary Six classes in this school year: 4
Total number of classes in the 2023-2024 school year: 24
Classroom teaching model:
1. small class teaching, small group teaching and peer group teaching. 2. double class teachers for Primary 1 to Primary 6 to cater for the learning adjustment of Primary and Secondary students. 3. brain science and diversified teaching strategies to cater for learning diversity. 4. life education, Wisdom Curriculum and Multiple Intelligences (MI) activities in the afternoon to foster whole-person development.
Placement in classes:
Classes are divided evenly according to grades.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of Annual General Tests: 0
No. of examinations for the whole year: 3
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School Wind:
1. To implement life education classes: through theme-based activities, seminars and experiential learning, to develop students' sense of responsibility, positive attitude towards life and positive self-image.
2. To build a caring and inclusive campus culture: to implement activities such as the Multi-Duty Scheme, Big Hands Small Hands Scheme, Our Class, and You Deserve to be Praised.
3. Implementation of the Rendezvous Good Boy Award Scheme: To give regular recognition to students, affirm their self-worth, provide opportunities for mutual appreciation of each other's achievements, build up positive attitudes and foster a sense of responsibility among students.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
1. using "Brain Science-based Teaching Strategies", Picture Book Teaching and Independent Learning Strategies to stimulate students' learning motivation and independent learning.
2. to implement a life education curriculum based on Catholic core values, to cultivate students' good moral character and to care for their healthy growth in body, mind and spirit.
3. to reshape the curriculum, pedagogy and assessment model of General Studies at primary and secondary levels, with a view to nurturing students' positive values and attitudes, generic skills and knowledge in a holistic manner through "child-centered" experiential learning.
4. emphasize language-context teaching and provide a comprehensive school-based curriculum to enable students to continuously improve their language proficiency through interesting and meaningful learning.
5. To promote STEM teaching and encourage students to make good use of information technology to conduct investigations, cultivate creativity, and enhance independent learning, problem solving, collaboration and computational thinking skills.
Life-wide Learning:
1. Multiple Intelligences (MI) lessons: Elementary schools cover different subjects in the regular curriculum, while upper primary schools have different uniformed teams and specific groups to enrich students' learning experience.
2. Extra-curricular activities: covering the areas of academic, physical education, music, visual arts and performing arts to achieve "whole-person development".
3. Life-wide Learning Activities (LWAs): special learning tasks outside the classroom.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
To enhance the care of students' learning diversity through school-based curriculum adaptation, tiered coursework, homework and examination adaptation. Arrange school-based remedial and gifted programs to enhance students' learning effectiveness.
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 language learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; organizing inclusive school activities; and providing additional support (e.g. pull-out/small group learning, pinyin teaching materials, etc.) as necessary in the context of the implementation of Putonghua education across the board for some of the grades in the school (i.e., for all classes/groups). (e.g. pull-out/group learning, pinyin teaching materials, etc.).
Home school cooperation:
The Parent-Teacher Association organizes parent education workshops, interest classes and other activities such as parent-child trips, uniform transfers, and no-additive lip balm workshops, as well as parent volunteer programs such as assisting with the School Sports Day, Reading Day, Chinese Culture Day, General Knowledge LBD Activity Day, and the Charity New Year's Flower Bazaar.
Environmental Policy:
The Moral and Civic Education Section coordinates the organization of and participation in environmental protection activities inside and outside the school.
School facilities:
Number of classrooms: 25
Number of halls: 1
Number of playgrounds: 2
Number of Libraries: 1
Special Rooms: STEM Classroom, Computer Room, Music Room, Central Library, Counseling Room, English Room, Visual Arts Room, Campus TV, Chapel.
School Bus: Yes
Nanny Car: No
School contact information:
Tel: 24636171
Fax: 24663660
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.yantak.edu.hk/
Address: Estate Primary School No. 2, Butterfly Estate Phase 2, Tuen Mun, N.T.
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Webpage update: January 4, 2024
