Tai Kok Tsui Catholic Primary School
School Type
District: Yau Tsim Mong
Primary One School Net: 32
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: 1972
Sponsor: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
Objective: To uphold the school motto, "Love, Care, Knowledge, and Cultivation", to provide quality education, to cultivate students with the values of Catholic education, to live out the spirit of Christ, and to enable students to have a balanced development of spirituality, morality, intellectuality, physicality, social skills, and aesthetics, so as to achieve a whole-person education.
School motto: Love, Care, Knowledge and Cultivation.
Management Structure: The school is affiliated to the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese and has an Incorporated Management Committee (IMC), with the Principal, Vice-Principal, School Improvement Team (SIT), Administration Team, Functional Teams, Task Forces, and Subject Panels working together to plan and carry out the work of the school.
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of the School Management Committee: Mr. LAU Pak-ling
Existing Principal: Chow Tak Fai
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 Masters/Doctoral Degrees: 39%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 64%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 14%
Percentage of teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience: 18%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 68%
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 offers after-school tutoring in Chinese, English and Mathematics for grades two to six. Moral education classes are offered in grades 1-6, and the "Learning Support Team" provides daily support to students in need.
Placement in classes:
For grades 2-4, there is a Putonghua intermediate class and a non-Putonghua class for each grade.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of Annual General Tests: 0
No. of examinations for the whole year: 3
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School Wind:
The school has a simple school ethos, emphasizes the unity of spirituality and discipline, and places emphasis on civic and moral education. Professional counselors and pastoral assistants are stationed at the school to cultivate proper values in students. The school arranges orientation days and parent-teacher conferences for new Primary One students, and publishes a monthly newsletter to enhance communication between the school and parents.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
The school adopts a small class teaching mode and adopts diversified teaching strategies to teach students to learn independently, utilize different thinking strategies and tools, and emphasize on student participation. The school also actively promotes e-learning and STEAM curriculum, and increases students' learning experience through different learning activities, and provides training on thinking strategies to inspire students to think at a higher level.
Life-wide Learning:
The school has 40 extra-curricular activities: Chinese Poetry Reading, Cambridge English, English Poetry Reading, Olympiad Mathematics, Putonghua Proficiency Test, Chinese Orchestra, Choir, Percussion, Chinese Dance, Social Dance, Drama Classes, Judo, Rope Skipping, Ball Games, Swimming, Athletics and Uniformed Teams.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
Teachers tailor the curriculum through collaborative lesson planning, and cater for student diversity through universal and exceptional gifted and talented programs, tiered assignments, subject tutoring, and after-school tutorials.
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-out/group learning, Pinyin teaching materials, etc.) as necessary in the implementation of Putonghua teaching across the board for some of the grades in the school (i.e., for all classes/groups).
Home school cooperation:
The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of the school organizes a wide range of parent-child recreational activities and parent education activities, and collaborates with the school in organizing various large-scale activities to strengthen the communication and cooperation between parents and the school.
Environmental Policy:
The school has set up a team of Green Ambassadors to publicize and promote environmental protection activities, and collaborates with organizations to organize green activities.
School facilities:
Number of classrooms: 30
Number of halls: 2
Number of playgrounds: 2
Number of Libraries: 1
Special Rooms: Sanctuary, Computer Room, STEAM LAB, 2 Music Rooms, Visual Arts Room, Parenting Room, English Room, Activity Room, Evangelism Room, Campus TV.
School Bus: Yes
Nanny Car: No
School contact information:
Tel: 23952521
Fax: 23911906
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.tktcps.edu.hk
Address: 148 Tai Kok Tsui Road, Tai Kok Tsui, Kln.
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Webpage update: January 4, 2024
