St Teresa's Kindergarten

Core Values of Catholic Education Catholic schools guide their students in developing a moral outlook on life in accordance with the teachings of the Gospel of Christ and the essence of the traditional Chinese culture. They nurture their students to be wholesome in body, mind and soul, to have good taste and to dare to innovate, to love others as themselves, and to be good citizens for life, capable of discerning right and wrong and showing moral courage. Catholic schools place great emphasis on nurturing students in such a way that they will:

• Pursue and embrace TRUTH with fervor;
• Uphold JUSTICE before God and in their community, to advance the common good
• Model themselves on Christ, LOVE others as themselves and care for the needy and the vulnerable;
• Affirm the supreme value of LIFE, living out its full meaning;
• Honour their parents, love and respect their spouse and foster filial harmony in the FAMILY.

All teachers are Certified Kindergarten Teachers / have acquired Master of Education/ Bachelors in Early Childhood Education; Most teaching staff acquired valid licensed first aid training; Language Teachers are taught by university graduates with professional education background.

The school has an area of 2,200 square meters (i.e. approximately 23,600 square feet). There are seven classrooms, an art room, a music room, a multi-purpose activity room, resource room, outdoor and indoor playgrounds, a covered playground, a sick room, a kitchen and an organic planting garden, and all classrooms are equipped with multi-media teaching equipment to enrich children’s learning and exploration.

St Teresa’s Kindergarten uses “developmentally appropriate” teaching practices to suit both the needs and levels of the children. Our curriculum was designed and developed to cater for each child’s whole person developmental needs. We make use of “Thematic approach” to engage children in learning about daily experiences in a theme based teaching style. Our teachers make learning relevant, interesting and fun. Children learn through individual, small group teaching and whole class activities. They are encouraged to Wonder, Think, Feel and Imagine. We hope to engage children in loving to learn, to be positive, to be happy and to love and care for others.

We guide our children in developing moral outlook on life in accordance with the teachings of the Core Values of Catholic education: Pursue of Truth, Uphold Justice, Value Love, Life and Treasure Family. We educate our children with these core values in lessons, daily interactions and activities. We hope to envelope a Christ-like culture, a prayerful, thanks giving, enthusiastic and optimistic life style into our children’s daily practices.