Central and Western District Saint Anthony's School
School Type
Region: Central & Western
Primary One School Net: 11
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 establishment: 1963
School Sponsor: Salesian Missions of the Borough of Scotland
Mission: In the spirit of Jesus Christ, the school provides students with a quality whole-person education that enables them to develop spiritually, morally, intellectually, physically, socially, and aesthetically in a balanced manner. The school also strives to create a caring campus where students can realize their potentials, make full use of their strengths, and contribute to the community.
School Motto: Faithfulness and Fraternity
Management Structure: Incorporated Management Committee
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: So Chi Chiu
Current Principal: Kwok Tat Wah
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 40
Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 41%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 48%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 13%
Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 10%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 77%
Class Establishment:
Number of Primary One classes in this school year: 3
Number of Primary Two classes in this school year: 3
Number of Primary Three classes in this school year: 3
Number of Primary 4 classes in this school year: 3
Number of Primary 5 classes in this school year: 3
Number of Primary Six classes in this school year: 3
Total number of classes in the 2023-2024 school year: 18
Classroom teaching model:
A wide range of specialized training, enhancement, upgrading and foundation courses are offered before and after school to cater for the needs of students with different abilities. English is taught by foreign teachers.
Placement in classes:
Each grade level is divided into three classes on average. Grade 5 and 6 English is taught in small groups based on English proficiency.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of Annual General Tests: 0
No. of examinations for the whole year: 3
Is St. Anthony's School in Central and Western District good?
School Wind:
Through the school-based positive education approach, teachers guide students to develop positive thinking and create a pleasant and meaningful school life.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school actively promotes STEAM education to cultivate students' interest in learning, enhance their creativity and problem-solving skills, and develop their innovative thinking. The school will update and enrich the relevant curriculum, introduce appropriate learning and teaching resources to enrich students' learning activities, promote blended learning, and enhance students' learning effectiveness through face-to-face and online teaching methods.
Instruct students in note-taking and pre-study techniques to promote independent learning. The use of group activities and "cooperative learning" teaching strategies to cater for students' individual differences; the organization of double teaching sessions and the arrangement of diversified learning activities; tutorials and classroom teachers' lessons to cater for students' academic and moral needs; life-wide learning and the integration of the Adult and Religious Education curricula; the development of gifted and talented programmes in different subjects and the improvement of the "Talent Pool", so as to enable teachers to recommend top-notch students to participate in competitions and courses in a focused manner, and to enable students to develop their strengths in different areas. This will enable students to develop their strengths in different areas.
Life-wide Learning:
Religion: Little Pioneers of Christ, Tsz Ching. Academics: Olympiad, Cambridge English, General Studies. Physical Education: Badminton, Basketball, Soccer, Track & Field, Volleyball, Chinese Dance, Jazz Dance, Taekwondo, Rugby. Music: recorder, hand bells, choir, African drums.
Uniformed groups: Cub Scouts, Little Girl Scouts, Traffic Safety Teams. Others: Chinese Painting, Lion Dance, Rope Skipping, Juggling, etc.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
A team comprising teachers, educational psychologists and school-based speech therapists has been formed to study ways of catering for students with individual learning differences, and to make cuts and adjustments in the curriculum and group activities in lessons and classrooms, as well as to conduct assessments, so as to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and improve students' motivation and self-confidence in learning. For highly capable students or students with strong performance in individual learning areas, the school has set up pull-out and enrichment programs, as well as guaranteed classes to lay a good foundation for students.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The school provides additional support to the admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: providing after-school Chinese learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese learning; arranging intensive Chinese teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning, group/cluster learning, etc. on a need basis); organizing inclusive school activities; and providing additional support (e.g. pull-out learning, pinyin teaching materials, etc.) to NCS students as and when necessary in the context of the implementation of Putonghua teaching across the board for some of the grades in the school (i.e., for all classes/groups). Additional support (e.g. pull-out/group learning, phonics teaching materials, etc.) will be provided.
Home school cooperation:
The school has a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) which meets regularly to enhance home-school cooperation and communication.
Environmental Policy:
Greening of campus; waste separation and recycling.
School facilities:
Number of Classrooms: 18
Number of halls: 1
Number of playgrounds: 1
Number of Libraries: 1
Special Rooms: 6 (STEM Lab., Visual Arts Room, Music Room, Activity Room, Religion Room, and English Room).
School Bus: Yes
Nanny van: Yes
School contact information:
Tel: 25460369
Fax: 25460302
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.cwsa.edu.hk
Address: 2 Hospital Road, Hong Kong
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Webpage update: January 4, 2024
