St. Catherine's International Kindergarten & Nursery - Hung Hom Campus

St. Catherine’s International Kindergarten was founded in 1970 by Mrs. Christina Lau Chan, who holds a firm belief in the significance of children’s early language development on their life-long learning, and St. Catherine’s was one of the first kindergartens in Hong Kong to employ native English speakers to teach English.

At St. Catherine’s we aim to nurture in each and every child a thirst for knowledge, laying the foundations for their successful Primary education and life-long learning.

St. Catherine’s develops its school-based, integrated curriculum to warrant unique and child-centered learning experience for children. Our curriculum is thoughtfully designed and carefully delivered by a dedicated team of native English and Chinese teachers. They are committed to build children’s bilingual competencies in both Chinese and English and take care each child’s all-round development.

In addition to cognitive and language skills, we believe that social, emotional and physical growth are also essential to a child’s overall development. We place great importance on developing children’s independence and confidence through nurturing their moral values, entitling them the autonomy for decision making, and providing them ample opportunities to express themselves through verbal and creative means.

An integral element of our philosophy is our belief in the importance of maintaining collaborative partnership with parents. We support all the channels that could establish open and ongoing communication between parents and teachers.

Over the past fifty years St. Catherine’s has earned its reputation and high standing in the community by providing quality early education in line with our motto: “A Tradition of Excellence”.

Our unparalleled curriculum merges a strong academic foundation favoured by the Eastern culture with professional early childhood educational practices advocated in the West. Children in St. Catherine’s are thus developed holistically. Not only are St. Catherine’s students strong academically, they are distinguished by their love of learning and their critical and creative thinking skills.

All of our Chinese teachers are registered teachers holding the professional early childhood teacher education qualifications stipulated by the Hong Kong Education Bureau. Our native English teachers come from a variety of backgrounds bringing a wealth of experience and internationally recognised qualifications to our team. Our Putonghua teachers are all qualified kindergarten teachers and they hold the National Accreditation in teaching Putonghua.

St. Catherine’s is committed to the ongoing professional development of its teaching team. We run school-based professional development programs for our teachers on a regular basis. Teachers are also encouraged to attend educational seminars to upgrade and advance their pedagogical competence to meet the ever-changing needs of children today.