Maryknoll Convent School (Primary Section)
School Type
District: Kowloon City
Primary One School Net: 41
School Type: Subsidized
Student's gender: Female
Language of instruction: English
School religion: Catholic
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Secondary School : Maryknoll Convent School (Secondary Section)
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School History
Year of foundation: 1925
Sponsoring Body: Maryknoll Convent School
Fund Ltd.
Our mission: To provide students with a quality education; to develop essential skills; to provide a variety of experiences for the healthy development of the mind, intellect, body, spirit, art, and socialization; to encourage a passion for learning; and to instill a sense of motivation. We work with teachers, parents and the community to create and maintain a safe, healthy and happy environment.
School Motto: Ming De Weixin
Management structure: School-based management under the supervision and guidance of the IMC.
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Ho Man Wai
Current Principal: Yuen Suk Wah
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 56
Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 47%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 32%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 9%
Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 26%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 65%
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 diversified teaching modes to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching. Students deepen their learning through inquiry-based learning, cooperative learning mode and project-based learning.
Placement in classes:
Classes are divided equally between P1 and P6.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of General Practice Tests in a year: 3
No. of examinations for the whole year: 3
How is Maryknoll Convent School (Primary Section)?
School Wind:
1. Teachers and students have a harmonious relationship in the school. During the year, many activities are organized, such as moral education talks, health education talks, clean-up campaign, Chinese and English calligraphy competitions, drawing competitions, Chinese Week, Land Games, swimming competitions, English Week, Putonghua Week, and a number of religious activities, as well as a discipline team and "teachers' helpers", in which the students are enthusiastically involved and committed. The students were all very enthusiastic in participating in the activities. All of them were very creative, articulate, imaginative, willing to help others, and remained enthusiastic about their religion.
2. The PTA is very supportive of the various activities organized by the school and helps to host the extra-curricular activities of P.1 and takes care of the P.1 and P.2 students during the lunch time, and is also responsible for the P.1 Parents' Orientation Ceremony.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
We implement a holistic approach to inquiry-based learning and project-based learning, emphasizing the learning process and students' self-construction of knowledge. We emphasize multi-level questioning skills, classroom interactions, and the use of assessment to facilitate learning, in order to cultivate students' higher-order thinking.
Life-wide Learning:
Under the five categories of Academic, Physical Education, Arts, Interests and Services, students are provided with language, math, reading, school newspaper, science and technology, debates, track and field, gymnastics, ball games, lion dance, Chinese dance, calligraphy, painting, drawing, drama, choir, string orchestra, Chinese orchestra, electronic music, Little Girl Scouts, and Little Pioneers of Christ.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
In line with the trend of educational development and in keeping with the school's mission, the school will make appropriate curriculum adjustments to cater for the different abilities of 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 language learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive Chinese language teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning on a need basis, small group/group learning, etc.); developing school-based Chinese Language curriculum and/or adapting teaching materials; and organizing inclusive campus activities.
Home school cooperation:
To complement the school development, the PTA organizes various activities such as parent education seminars, parent-child activities, volunteer programs, visits, trips, etc. The PTA also publishes an annual newsletter to promote communication between the school and the parents. A newsletter is published annually to facilitate communication between home and school.
Environmental Policy:
By adopting a whole-school approach to environmental education, teachers and students of the school have joined hands to build a sustainable and environmentally friendly campus through the school's proposed measures and diversified activities.
School facilities:
Number of classrooms: 30
Number of halls: 2
Number of playgrounds: 5
Number of Libraries: 1
Special rooms: science room, music room, STEM space, Makerspace, art room, computer room, prayer room, student activity center, medical room.
School Bus: Yes
Nanny Car: No
School contact information:
Phone: 23360611
Fax: 23363154
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.mcsps.edu.hk
Address: 130 Waterloo Road, Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Webpage update: January 4, 2024
