| School Management |
| School Management Organisation |
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| The Sponsoring Body of our school appoints professionals as members of our School Management Committee. |
| Incorporated Management Committee / School Management Committee/ Management Committee |
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| The Sponsoring Body appoints professionals, parents and alumni representatives to be School Board Managers for decision-making and managing important affairs. |
| School Green Policy |
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| The School organizes various activities to promote conservation of resources and reduction of carbon emissions. Students bring their own cutleries, snack boxes and water bottles. Paper conserving & recycling, uniform recycling, electricity conservation and minimal elevator usage are strongly encouraged. |
| School's Major Concerns |
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| We instill the beliefs in Learn to Love and Love to Learn to our students while disciplining them to be respectful and responsible by implementing Christian Education, Positive Education, STEAM education and Differentiated school-based curriculum and instructions. While emphasizing a happy learning process, we also pay attention to the quality of learning and performance. |
| Learning and Teaching Plan |
| Learning & Teaching Strategies |
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| Our curriculum aims to promote the learning interest of students and the skill sets required for autonomous and inquiry learning. The key modes of learning includes investigations, cooperative learning, experiments, field trips etc. which are supported steadfastly by our IT infrastructure. Knowledge is constructed through comparing, analyzing, integrating and creating. The language curricula are tailored to cater for learner diversity and for individual needs, and with the deployment of teaching assistants and co-teachers for pull-outs and differentiation, learning and teaching can be effectively enhanced. In addition, the extended learning activities and modular curriculum, which includes items listed in the 'Life-wide Learning Activities', complements the existing KLA to promote a more holistic childhood development. The Responsive Classroom® Approach and the Essential Bible curriculum are adopted to promote social and learning skills and as part of our moral and religious education. |
| Development of Major Renewed Emphases of the Primary Education Curriculum |
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| In response to the anticipated learning differences among students after the epidemic, the school has made great efforts to strengthen strategies for adaptive teaching and adjustments in the school-based curriculum. In terms of curriculum design, the school has made arrangements in terms of content, processes, product and environment, which are in line with the students' abilities, interests, and learning needs. The school also provides diverse learning opportunities and avenues for showcasing learning achievements. Furthermore, through relevant teacher training and focused observations by subject coordinators and the principal, every effort is made to enhance the learning effectiveness of each student. |
| Development of Generic Skills |
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| The school-based curriculum and the school environment is organized in ways to elevate students' abilities in self-management, social networking, exploration, communication, problem-solving and creativity and to inspire students' minds at the same time. |
| Cultivation of Proper Values, Attitudes and Behaviours |
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| We foster our students
To endure adversity in Faith: Daring, responsible, persistent in living virtuous, positive values and attitudes in daily life.
To encounter frustration in Hope: Optimistic, unfettered, creative in solving problems and envisioning possibilities for the future.
To embrace the world with Love: Love the Earth, treasure natural resources and conserve the environment, love people and cherish life, respect and treat others in kindness regardless of race, wealth and age. |
| Student Support |
| Whole School Approach to Catering for Learner Diversity |
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| The school adopts a school-based curriculum to provide academic choices for students in order to encourage their participation. Teaching Assistants and parents are recruited to develop students' effectiveness in learning. Besides, Social Workers at school are available to provide necessary support and assistance to those students in-need. |
| Whole School Approach to Integrated Education |
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| N.A. |
| Curriculum Tailoring and Adaptation |
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| The school-based curriculum and the learning activities thereof are designed to meet the interests, ability and learning styles of our students. They are not only targeted on knowledge, skills, attitudes development, but are also up-to-date. Students are provided with open-ended types of assignments aiming to stretch their abilities, encourage critical thinking and utilize learnt knowledge. The pull out group learning, special examination arrangement for special need students are measures to raise teaching and learning effectiveness. |
| Home-school Co-operation and School Ethos |
| Home-School Co-operation |
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| Kau Yan School organizes school-parent activities to foster close communication between the school and the parents. To keep our parents up-to-date, we organize Parent/ Teacher Conferences, Home-school Morning prayer meeting, we post updates on the school website, social media and issue letters from the principal. Besides, parents are also encouraged to participate in school activities, or even to assist struggling students to learn.
In order to provide better parent education, the school and Kau Yan Church jointly organized weekly classes for the parents so that they can share ideas on parenting and to encourage them to be more engaged in their child's learning process and school development. |
| School Ethos |
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| Our school seeks to create a student-oriented and encouraging environment for students. We aim to nurture our students to love others and themselves with a pure heart. Through various training and reflection programs, our students learn to be a responsible, caring and committed persons. Upper grade students are matched to lower grade to establish cross-grade relationship and a sense of belonging. The school plays an active role in promoting harmony between school and parents through different means of collaboration. Our students and their family can fit well into our school culture subsequent to their participation in our school events. |
| Future Development |
| School Development Plan |
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| We place passion and compassion at the heart of our school development plan. Our goal is to inspire students to love learning and life, while nurturing empathy, respect for diversity, and the ability to lead with understanding. We emphasize whole-person development by integrating positive education, life education, and technology, helping students strengthen their inquiry and collaboration skills to build knowledge together. We also foster a caring and inclusive school culture, supporting students’ growth in body, mind, and spirit, so they are well-prepared to embrace future challenges. |
| Teacher Professional Training & Development |
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| The school places high priority on professional development, therefore, workshops are regularly held to cater teachers' teaching needs. Topics include Cooperative Learning, Autonomous Learning, Inquiry Learning and Catering for individual differences, Gifted Education, Positive Education, etc. To enhance teaching and learning effectiveness, teachers' co-planning sessions, lesson observations by heads of subject department and by the school principal are organized. Teacher exchanges, local and overseas, are arranged to further enhance their professionalism. |
| Others |
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| The school has opted out from taking the TSA (Territory-wide System Assessment). For P.1 and P.2, an assorted formative assessments are used to replace examinations. For P.3, there is one examination throughout the year, whereas P.4 and beyond, there are two examinations. |