Wai Chow Public School (Sheung Shui)
School Type
Area：North
Primary One School Net: 80
School Type: Subsidized
Student's gender: male and female
Language of instruction: Chinese
School Religion: N/A
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Directly affiliated secondary schools: -
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School History
Year of establishment: 1959
Sponsor: Sheung Shui Huizhou Clansmen Association Ltd.
Objectives: To serve the community, to teach without discrimination, to provide a whole-person education in the areas of ethics, intellect, physique, social skills, and aesthetics, to carry forward the school motto of sincerity, forgiveness, and love, to cultivate students with a correct outlook on life and values, to develop students' personal potential, to lay a good foundation for primary education, and to lay a solid foundation for lifelong learning.
School motto: Sincerity, Forgiveness, Love.
Management structure: The Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) sets the educational objectives of the school, and the Principal leads the administrative teams in planning and coordinating school affairs.
Existing Supervisor/Chairman of SMC: Tang Yuen Ming
Existing Principal: Cheng Fung
School fees:
No Tuition Fee Payment
Teacher Information
Total number of teachers: 62
Percentage of Teachers holding Diploma in Education: 100%
Percentage of Teachers Holding Bachelor's Degrees: 100%
Percentage of Teachers with Master's/Doctoral Degrees: 37%
Percentage of Teachers with Special Education Training: 44%
Percentage of teachers with 0 to 4 years of experience: 26%
Teachers with 5 to 9 years of experience Percentage: 16%
Percentage of teachers with 10 or more years of experience: 58%
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:
A school-based self-directed learning model is implemented (Setting Targets->Pre-Learning->Learning->Reflecting), with the following essential elements in the classroom: inquiry, different levels of questioning, IT interactive learning, catering for learning diversity, developing higher-order thinking, etc. The school is also involved in various collaborative teaching programs for each subject group. In addition, each subject group also participates in different collaborative teaching programs.
Placement in classes:
In grades 1-4, students are divided equally according to their abilities; in grades 5 and 6, students are divided according to their abilities and needs in order to cater for the diversity of student learning.
Number of tests and examinations:
No. of Annual General Tests: 0
No. of examinations for the whole year: 3
Is Sheung Shui Wai State Public School good or bad?
School Wind:
The school culture is simple and honest, and the relationship between teachers and students is good. Based on the school motto "Sincerity, Forgiveness and Love" and with the long-term goal of "Positive and Caring Campus, Healthy and Happy Life", the school adopts a whole-school approach to training and counseling, emphasizing the cultivation of caring and students' moral character. We implement the "Positive ABC Program", classroom management lessons, moral and public education lessons, and student growth support activities, such as Big Brothers and Sisters, School Parents, Good Deeds, Growing Skies Program, and Volunteer Service, etc., to cultivate students' positive values and enable them to have a healthy and happy life.
Learning and Teaching Strategies :
1. To implement school-based curricula for Chinese, English, Mathematics, General Studies, Electricity, Phonics, Physical Education, Visual Arts and Moral and Public Affairs in line with the seven learning objectives and the trend of educational development.
2. To provide students with a comprehensive and balanced curriculum, broaden the scope of various Key Learning Areas (KLAs), implement cross-curricular thematic teaching, and develop the nine generic skills of students.
3. Promoting STEM education.
4. implementation of e-learning.
5. BYOD is implemented in grades 3-6.
Life-wide Learning:
Uniformed Team, Flag Raising Team, Percussion, Orchestra, Choir, Hand Bell Players, Tuk Tuk; Swimming, Rope Skipping, Track and Field, and various balls such as softball, etc.; Speech, Robotics, Math Olympics, Debate Team, Drama, Master of Ceremonies, etc.; Outdoor Learning Day, Parent-Child Rodeo Day, and Out-of-State Exchanges, etc.
Course Tailoring and Adaptation Measures:
We emphasize the importance of catering for students' learning diversity, and have set up a talent pool to provide gifted and talented students with gifted and talented programmes, so as to promote their learning strengths and develop their potential to the full. In addition, we have set up tiered worksheets for students with special needs to adapt their coursework and examinations, and have implemented collaborative teaching to enhance learning effectiveness.
Educational support for non-Chinese speaking students:
Home school cooperation:
The PTA serves as a bridge between the school and parents and maintains good communication with the school. The school actively promotes parent education to enhance parents' positive parenting skills. Parent seminars, small groups and parent-child activities are organized to enable parents to acquire more parenting skills and enhance parent-child relationship. In addition, class-based parent networks, parent days and parent seminars at all levels are organized to enable parents to better understand the development of the school and to strengthen home-school communication.
Environmental Policy:
Green Campus, Smart Campus, Environmental Recycling, Energy Saving and Waste Reduction, Solar Power Generation, Participation in the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Scheme and Green Building EIA.
School facilities:
Number of classrooms: 30
Number of halls: 1
Number of playgrounds: 3
Number of Libraries: 1
Special Rooms: Computer Room, STEM Centre, Student Activity Centre, Music Room, Visual Arts Room, Counseling Room, Teaching Resource Room, English Room, School History Room
School Bus: None
Nanny van: Yes
School contact information:
Tel: 26731183
Fax: 26685875
Email: [email protected]
Web site:http://www.waichow.edu.hk
Address: 51 Tin Ping Road, Sheung Shui, N.T.
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Webpage update: January 4, 2024
