S.K.H. Kam Tin Saint Joseph's Primary School
School Type
District: Yuen Long
Primary One School Net: 74
School Type: Subsidized
Student's gender: male and female
Language of instruction: Chinese
School religion: Christianity
One Dragon Secondary School:-
Directly affiliated secondary schools: -
Contact Secondary Schools:-
School History
Year of establishment: 1954
Sponsor: Sheng Kung Tsung Tsung (Hong Kong) Primary School
Supervisory Committee Limited
Objectives: To uphold the mission of the Episcopal Church to spread the Gospel and to enable students to know Christ; to educate students to love life, to be enterprising, to study hard, to develop their potentials, and to contribute to the society; to cultivate students' love and willingness to serve others based on the school motto: "Not to serve others, but to serve others".
School's lesson: It is not to serve others, but to serve others.
Management structure: The Principal leads the Vice-Principal in managing six administrative teams, including three major areas: Management and Organization, Learning and Teaching, and School Ethos and Student Support, and different teams are set up to assist the Principal in the management of the school.
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Ho Ka Hang
Current Principal: CHUNG King-cheung
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 29
Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 22%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 57%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 7%
Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 37%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 56%
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:
Small class teaching in Chinese, English and Mathematics for individual classes; pull-out teaching in Chinese, English and Mathematics for other levels to support students with learning needs and enhance learning effectiveness.
Placement in classes:
Some grades are taught in small groups using Chinese, English, and Mathematics competencies.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of Annual General Tests: 0
No. of examinations for the whole year: 3
Is the S.K.H. St. Joseph's Primary School good?
School Wind:
The school has a simple and excellent school ethos, and has a whole-person development team that coordinates training, counseling, life education, health education, career planning, moral education, civic education, and other activities, and implements a full range of counseling services to create a caring culture on campus.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
Reading and writing are taught in English. Chinese Language is designed as a longitudinal school-based reading and writing program. Mathematics uses the "learning process" to organize the teaching of modules at all levels, and develops STEM teaching at all levels with the end in mind. General Studies has integrated a six-level longitudinal information literacy and thinking strategies curriculum to enhance students' higher-order thinking skills through e-learning. Cross-curricular STEM education is promoted to enhance inquiry and problem-solving skills. The Afternoon Class aims to develop diversified learning and to integrate the curriculum, project learning, character education and talent performance.
Life-wide Learning:
The school offers Multiple Intelligences (MI) classes on Fridays and more than 40 extracurricular activities.
Includes STEM-LEGO, VEX-IQ robotics, Olympiad, language pull-outs, mini-squash, table tennis, volleyball, and fencing training,
Athletic Training, Basketball, Taekwondo, Rope Skipping, Dragon and Lion Dance, Scouting, Marching Band, Chinese Painting, Choir, Hand Bell Training, Chinese Dance, Cambridge English
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
1. implement homework and assessment and adaptation at all levels.
2. adjust the learning objectives for students.
3. tiered coursework and teaching.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
The School provides additional support to admitted NCS students to help them learn Chinese: providing after-school Chinese learning support; employing additional teachers/teaching assistants to support NCS students' Chinese language learning; arranging intensive Chinese teaching modes (e.g. pull-out learning on a need basis, group/small group learning, etc.); and organizing inclusive campus activities.
Home school cooperation:
We introduce the latest trends of the school through parent seminars, parent days, home-school newsletters, and school publications. Provide parents with close contact with the school through parent-child activities, subject group activity days, parent academies and classroom observation. Through the counseling website, parent workshops and seminars, we help parents to understand the characteristics of their children's development, their parenting skills, and their relationship with their children. Parent-Teacher Associations and Parent Volunteer Groups assist the school in all aspects of its development and work together to nurture the growth of children.
Environmental Policy:
All rooms are kept at 26 degrees Celsius, with energy-saving flushing systems, solar panels and eco-pond recycling systems to teach students to save energy and reduce emissions.
School facilities:
Number of Classrooms: 14
Number of halls: 1
Number of playgrounds: 3
Number of Libraries: 1
Special Rooms: Multi-media classroom, counseling room, science and creativity room, music room, visual arts room, English room, conference room, PTA office, auditorium, etc.
School Bus: None
Nanny van: Yes
School contact information:
Tel: 24764962
Fax: 24794699
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.skhsjs.edu.hk
Address: 12 Po Tei Road, Kam Tin, Yuen Long, N.T.
Related information:
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Webpage update: January 4, 2024
