Immaculate Heart of Mary School
School Type
District: Shatin
Primary One School Net: 88
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: Immaculate Heart of Mary College
School History
Year of foundation: 1964
Sponsor: Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Suffering, Incorporated Trustees of the Hong Kong Region
Objectives: The school was founded by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Suffering to emulate Our Lady's spirit of faith, love of Christ and love of people, to shape a campus full of encouragement and care, to provide students with a stimulating learning environment, to cultivate students in six areas: moral, intellectual, physical, social, aesthetic, and spiritual, so that they can realize their potentials in an enjoyable learning environment, to become good citizens, to be responsible, and to build up the society. To accept the challenges and build up the society.
School motto: Filial piety, fraternal duty, diligence and thriftiness
Management structure: The Principal leads the School Development Unit and different functional constituencies to promote school development.
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Ms. Miaosheung Chung
Current Principal: Lam Mei Wan
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 49
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: 80%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 16%
Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 14%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 70%
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:
In grades 1 and 2, support teachers are assigned to the classrooms to help guide the students; in grades 3 to 6, the general English classes are divided into small groups.
Placement in classes:
Grades 1 and 2 are divided equally; Grades 3-6 have two elite classes and the rest of the students are mixed into two regular classes to cater for learning differences.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of General Tests in a year: 4
No. of examinations of the whole subject in a year: 2
How is Immaculate Heart of Mary School?
School Wind:
In line with the Catholic philosophy, we emphasize the cultivation of good character and positive values in our students, create a caring and inspiring learning environment, and enhance the sense of belonging of students and parents to the school through harmonious teacher-student relationships.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
To develop a competency-based curriculum to help students learn independently; to promote the development of students' intellectual, physical and aesthetic potentials; to encourage students to participate in social services and experience life; to plan the training of thinking and self-learning strategies to enable students to master learning strategies and enhance their higher-order thinking skills; to cultivate students' generic skills through life-wide learning activities and to achieve lifelong learning.
Life-wide Learning:
The school emphasizes the holistic and balanced development of students and organizes various inter-class competitions, social services, experiential learning and cross-boundary learning activities every year to enrich students' learning experience. In addition, according to the needs of students' physical and mental development, the school has set up different kinds of multi-activity groups, Saturday interest classes and school teams in religion, academics, sports and arts, science and technology, services and interests, etc., so as to promote the development of students' all-round potentials.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
Subject group school-based enrichment courses, bridging courses between primary and secondary schools, strategies for excellence, remedial strategies (remedial classes, group support), English small group teaching and examination adaptation strategies.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
Home school cooperation:
Communicating with parents through circulars, school newsletters, Parent-Teacher Associations, and the school website, we have organized a large team of parent volunteers to support school development.
Environmental Policy:
We have environmental protection ambassadors, participate in the waste separation and recycling program, green the campus, and encourage students to support environmental protection.
School facilities:
Number of Classrooms: 24
Number of halls: 1
Number of playgrounds: 3
Number of Libraries: 1
Special Rooms: Visual Arts Room, Music Room, Activity Room, Computer Room, General Studies Room, Conference Room, Multi-Purpose Room, Small Group Learning Room, Language Room.
School Bus: Yes
Nanny Car: No
School contact information:
Tel: 26912171
Fax: 26021110
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.ihms.edu.hk
Address: 1 Mei Tin Road, Tai Wai, Sha Tin, N.T.
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Webpage update: January 4, 2024
