CARITAS ST. FRANCIS KINDERGARTEN
明愛聖方濟各幼稚園
🏛️ Education Group
Caritas kindergartens are founded by Caritas Hong Kong, serving the community with Catholic spirit and quality pre-school education.
📖 Vision & Mission
School Motto 'Be Faithful, Diligent and Stay Simple; Love God and One Another'. We aim to foster the balanced and holistic development of young children in social, intellectual, physical, moral, spiritual and aesthetic aspects, as well as to nurture our children full of Loving, initiative Learning and with Leading potential.
👩💼 School Leadership
🏫 Facilities
📊 School Statistics
| Founded | 1968 |
| Classrooms | 6 |
| Capacity | 151 |
| Staff | 9 |
| Teacher:Student Ratio (AM) | 01:10.9 |
| Teacher:Student Ratio (PM) | 01:10.7 |
💰 Fee Information
| Course | Tuition/Term | Tong Fai/Term | Terms | Annual Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery AM | Free | - | 11/- | Free |
| Nursery PM | Free | - | 11/- | Free |
| Nursery WD | $975 | - | 11/- | $10,725 |
| K1 AM | Free | - | 11/- | Free |
| K1 PM | Free | - | 11/- | Free |
| K1 WD | $975 | - | 11/- | $10,725 |
| K2 AM | Free | - | 11/- | Free |
| K2 PM | Free | - | 11/- | Free |
| K2 WD | $975 | - | 11/- | $10,725 |
| Meal Charge (Whole-day) | $422 | - | 11/- | $4,642 |
| Other Fees | Amount (HKD) |
|---|---|
| Application Fee | $40 |
| Registration Fee | $970 |
✓ This school participates in the Kindergarten Education Scheme. Eligible students may receive government subsidies.
📚 Curriculum
Curriculum is planned in regard to the interest, physical and psychological development of children. The principle of ‘child-oriented’ is adopted and various learning domains, including Language, Self and Society, Early Mathematics and Science, Physical Fitness and Health, Art are integrated. Religious and moral education, language education and the development of creative thinking are emphasized. We will follow the “Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide” (2017) to plan curriculum. Children of nursery classes will not be asked to write, and there will not be mechanical copying exercises and drills on calculation.
🎯 Teaching Approach
Individual, group and interactive team activities are organized. Integrated Curriculum and Whole Language Learning Approach are adopted. Children are encouraged to re-write stories and to create children rhymes which has laid down their good foundation of language. Shared Reading Approach and Phonemic Awareness are also adopted which has strengthened the children’s English ability, including listening, speaking, reading and writing. In addition, the implementation of Project Learning Approach and Situational Learning has nurtured the spontaneous learning and problem solving skills of children. Their creative thinking are also fostered. Moreover, to make good use of Montessori teaching materials in order to cultivate children’s self-care and self-discipline abilities, and to enrich their learning in sensory-motor and mathematical concept.
🤝 Student Support
Moral education is emphasized. ‘Children Month’ and ‘Love and Care Campaign’ are launched annually in order to develop children's qualities of forgiving, respecting, loving, helping and accepting each other. To facilitate children’s adaption to changing environment, mixed age activities, adaption programmes and preparation to primary school life are organized. A cross service and multi-professional on-site support service are available to provide individual learning curriculum and behavioral guidance for children with learning and emotional needs.
👨👩👧 Parent Activities
Parents Days are organized and parents are invited to school for class observation,and individual parent interview. Various programmes for parents to promote the reading scheme.Parent-teacher cum Alumni Association was established and different activities to build up multi-channel of home-school communication are organized.
💝 Special Support
Create an enriched language environment for mastery of the Chinese language.
Joining the On-site Pre-school Rehabilitation Services.