Salvation Army Ann Wyllie Memorial School
School Type
District: Hong Kong East
Primary One School Net: 16
School Type: Subsidized
Student's gender: male and female
Language of instruction: Chinese
School religion: Christianity
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Directly affiliated secondary schools: -
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School History
Year of Establishment: 1987
School Sponsoring Body: The Salvation Army
Objective: To enable students to grow in knowledge and personal growth through the sharing of Christ's love and truth; to provide diversified and quality education to develop students' potential; and to make students good citizens through the cultivation of morality, intellectuality, physicality, social skills, aesthetics and spirituality. The school is committed to providing a perfect learning environment for students to enjoy learning.
School motto: Sincerity, Faith, Love and Diligence
Management structure: The school is managed and monitored by the Incorporated Management Committee (IMC). Under the leadership of the Principal, the school has a Teaching Section, a Curriculum Development Section, a Learning and Teaching Section, a Student Growth Support Section, a Learning Support Section, a Student Activities Section, a Student Affairs Section, a General Affairs Section, an Information Technology Section, a Crisis Team and a School Evangelism Section. All subject and functional teams work in tandem to manage and develop the school. (For details, please visit the school's website.)
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Ho Sai Hau
Existing Principal: Ma Kai Nang
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 44
Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 20%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 50%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 23%
Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 20%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 57%
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: 3
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: 19
Classroom teaching model:
Small class teaching and activity-based teaching are practiced in Primary One to Primary Six.
Placement in classes:
Grades 4-6 are divided into classes according to students' academic performance ability.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of Annual General Tests: 0
No. of examinations for the whole year: 3
Is Mrs. Wylie Memorial School of The Salvation Army good or not?
School Wind:
1. the school has a simple school ethos, good student behavior, and harmonious teacher-student relationships.
2. The school attaches great importance to the changes in the schooling stage, and will provide appropriate early childhood transition and further education counseling for students entering Primary 1 and Secondary 1. In addition to parent-teacher conferences, the school also provides "Primary 1 Adaptation Courses", "After-school Small Groups" and theme-based activities, etc., to assist students in adapting to school life.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
1. to implement independent learning, students will use "pre-teaching, learning tasks, after-school extension, attainment test and reflection" as the learning mode.
2. to emphasize biliteracy and trilingualism, to develop school-based curricula, to encourage learning through reading, and to develop "reading to write" writing courses.
3. Emphasis is placed on inquiry-based learning, with problem-solving teaching in Mathematics and inquiry-based learning in General Studies, through which students can develop different thinking skills and master abstract concepts and knowledge.
4. to enhance learning experiences through life-wide learning modes, e.g. thematic learning weeks, field trips, out-of-country learning exchanges, etc.
Life-wide Learning:
A wide range of activities or interest classes are organized and taught by professional instructors or teachers of the school to enable students to have diversified development. Activities include ball games, athletics, swimming, dancing, western musical instruments, African drums, ink painting, sketching, 3D painting, Chinese and English dramas, singing, Chinese Debate Team, English Ambassadors, Math Olympians, and science students. There are also Cub Scouts, Community Cadet Corps and Junior Police Call uniformed teams.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
To cater for students' abilities and needs, small group teaching is provided in some classes to enhance learning effectiveness and to cater for students' learning diversity. Adaptation of homework and examination will be provided upon assessment of special needs.
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 language learning; organizing inclusive school activities; and providing additional support (e.g. pull-outs/group learning, Pinyin teaching materials, etc.) as necessary in the implementation of Putonghua education across the board for some of the grades in the school (i.e., for all classes/groups). Learning Chinese through the HanyuLearning.com platform.
Home school cooperation:
Parents of the school actively participated in school activities and formed parent volunteer teams to assist the school in implementing different activities, thus giving full play to the spirit of home-school co-operation. In line with the school's theme of caring and environmental protection, the PTA organizes used school uniform recycling and transfer services every year to help needy families. The school also organizes parent workshops to guide parents on how to work together to cultivate positive values and attitudes in students, and at the same time, to strengthen parents' knowledge and skills in parenting.
Environmental Policy:
1. the school utilizes e-circulars, e-messages, and parent apps to contact parents.
2. Diversified environmental activities such as recycling of waste paper and used clothes, visits to environmental facilities, etc. to cultivate the awareness of environmental protection and energy saving.
3. Through planting flowers and plants on campus, teachers and students can practise green living.
School facilities:
Number of Classrooms: 24
Number of halls: 1
Number of playgrounds: 3
Number of Libraries: 1
Special rooms: library, computer room, visual arts room, music room, dance room, activity room, counseling room, language learning room, STEM multi-purpose room, and teaching resource room.
School Bus: Yes
Nanny Car: No
School contact information:
Tel: 25582111
Fax: 28984377
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.annwyllie.edu.hk
Address: Podium, Heng Fa Chuen, 100 Shing Tai Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Related information:
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The Salvation Army Mrs. Wiley Memorial School Wikipedia
Webpage update: January 4, 2024
