Mary of Providence Primary School
School Type
District: Tsuen Wan
Primary One School Net: 62
School Type: Subsidized
Student's gender: male and female
Language of instruction: Chinese
School religion: Catholic
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Directly affiliated secondary schools: -
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School History
Year of foundation: 1960
Sponsor: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
Objective: To uphold the goals of the Catholic Church and to nurture students with love and sincerity so that they can grow up in a warm and pleasant environment. We provide quality teaching, cultivate students' independent thinking, enhance their civic awareness, and enable them to have a balanced development in the areas of spirituality, morality, intellectuality, physicality, social skills and aesthetics.
School Motto: Diligence, Loyalty and Sincerity
Management structure: The school is managed by the Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) with the participation of staff, parents and alumni managers to promote the development of the school. Under the Principal, there is a Vice-Principal and various administrative teams to plan and implement school affairs.
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Wong King Sing
Existing Principal: Lee Hei Sum
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 28
Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 43%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 54%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 25%
Teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience Percentage: 21%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 54%
Class Establishment:
Number of Primary One classes in this school year: 2
Number of Primary Two classes in this school year: 2
Number of Primary Three classes in this school year: 2
No. of Primary 4 classes in this school year: 2
No. of Primary 5 classes in this school year: 2
Number of Primary Six classes in this school year: 2
Total number of classes in the 2023-2024 school year: 12
Classroom teaching model:
Focus on interactive classroom activities and small group activities, with NETs working in collaboration with English teachers. Chinese is taught in Putonghua. After-school Chinese-English Mathematics Tutorial Class and Chinese-English Mathematics and Science Gifted and Talented Class; Learning Support Grant to provide programs for children with special educational needs.
Placement in classes:
No elite classes. Distributed equally according to student achievement and gender.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of General Practice Tests in a year: 2
No. of examinations of the whole subject in a year: 2
How is Tin Yau Primary School?
School Wind:
The school emphasizes the importance of cultivating students' discipline and maintaining a good school ethos. Students are well-mannered and caring. The school actively provides a counseling program that meets the needs of students as they grow and reinforces proper attitudes and behaviors.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
1. Emphasis is placed on the development of Chinese, English and Mathematics learning skills, as well as the development of various generic skills to achieve independent learning.
2. to design collaborative group activities in the classroom and to make use of e-learning to encourage students to interact and get along with each other harmoniously.
3. Implementation of whole-school English and Putonghua contextualized teaching: P.1-P.6 use Putonghua to teach Chinese, P.1-P.4 work with the Native-speaking English Teacher (NET) Program to collaborate with local English teachers to design school-based English reading and writing curriculum.
4. Through the cross-curricular learning theme "Wonderful Creation - Colors of Life", the school-based STREAM curriculum is designed by combining biblical teaching and STEM elements, so that students can learn to grow host plants and raise butterflies, and thus realize the wonders and the true meaning of life, and learn to cherish and love life.
5. to enrich students' learning experience through life-wide learning activities.
Life-wide Learning:
Training and Interest Classes: Instrumental Classes, Choir, Chess Classes, Painting Classes, English Drama, Cambridge English Classes, Rope Skipping Classes, Taekwondo Classes, Tennis Classes, Soccer Classes and Table Tennis Classes. Saturday activities: Religious activities and various interest classes. Friday afternoon extracurricular activities.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
Teachers design the teaching contents and develop different kinds of assignments according to students' abilities. The school also implements assessment adaptation and homework adaptation.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The school provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: 1) Employing additional teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning, including: supporting students' learning of Chinese and Putonghua in the classroom; organizing after-school homework tutorials and Chinese language classes for students; and assisting in the promotion of cultural integration activities; and 2) Purchasing teaching resources to promote Chinese language learning among NCS students.
Home school cooperation:
The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) serves as a bridge between parents and the school and works closely with the school to organize various activities such as parent-child trips, charity sales of old school uniforms, charity sales of used books, parent-child interest classes, storytelling parents, etc. The PTA has a parent manager who provides advice to the school on school development. The Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) has a parent manager to provide advice on school development.
Environmental Policy:
Students are encouraged to bring their own water bottles, cutlery and their own handkerchiefs.
To set up environmental protection ambassadors to raise the awareness of energy conservation and waste recycling within the class.
School facilities:
Number of Classrooms: 12
Number of halls: 1
Number of playgrounds: 1
Number of Libraries: 1
Special Rooms: 9 (Multi-purpose Room, Language Room, Music Room, Interview Room, Counseling Room, Activity Room, STREAM Workshop, Prayer Room, and English Corner).
School Bus: None
Nanny Car: No
School contact information:
Tel: 24922929
Fax: 24906498
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.mpschool.edu.hk
Address: 68 Ho Pui Street, Tsuen Wan, N.T.
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Webpage update: January 4, 2024
