Curriculum

curriculum characterstics

mission

The Kuk attaches great importance to child-centered education to accommodate the individual differences among its students. Children can learn at their own pace by selecting the learning activities according to their abilities and interests, which are conducted under teachers' guidance and self-directed learning alternatively or simultaneously. The teaching design is based on the entire school as a whole and is no longer limited to a single classroom; the learning-rich environment encourages children to explore and learn independently, so as to achieve comprehensive and balanced development.

learning module

The Kuk child care service adopts an integrated teaching method along with the thematic approach in pre-school education, with content covers six major Learning Areas, including language, early childhood mathematics, nature and living, arts and creativity, self and society, and physical fitness and health. Versatile extra-curricular activities are arranged for students to enrich real-life learning experience and widen their horizons.

features of teaching aids

With toys and games elements, children can practice different learning aspects such as language, mathematical concepts, science and technology, and logical thinking through the use of the teaching aids. From "learning by doing" and "learning through play", to consolidate their studies.

mixed age classes

Peer interactions construct more opportunities for younger children to mimic the older students on problem solving and improves their learning efficiency. The scaffolding effect stimulates children's language development, and facilitate their social skills with mutual respect when getting along with others.

The school adopts "Space Approach" in teaching to cultivate children’s self-directed and self-motivated learning attitudes.

The classrooms are divided into 4 learning zones, including:

Expressive Communication Zone
Exploration Zone
Visual Arts Zone
Music & Physical Movement Zone

expressive communication

Apply real-life context and meaningful learning activities to enhance children’s interests in language learning and their presentation and communication abilities.

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exploration

Arouse children’s interests in nature, mathematics and science, cultivate their eagerness to explore, establish logical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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visual art

Instruct children to utilize materials with different tactile sensations and textures during art activities, empower them to unleash their creativity, express personal feelings and develop their aesthetic sensibility.

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physical

Carry out various physical activities, skills training and group games to train up the gross-motor coordination.

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Cross-disciplinary learning will be carried out according to the monthly learning theme amongst each zone.

Year 2025/2026

Through a variety of parent volunteer activities and reward programs, we encourage parents to participate and share their children's learning experiences, strengthen parent-child interaction, promote children's emotional development, deepen home-school ties, create a warm and loving learning community, and further enhance the effectiveness of home-school collaboration.

For Teachers：

The school will arrange teachers master the ability to provide parents with effective family education guidance, behavior management strategies and positive parenting advice by different training.

For Children：

Through a variety of parent-child experience activities, parents and schools work together to create a warm and loving learning atmosphere for children and help them grow happily.

For Parents：

Design and implement a variety of parent volunteer activities and parent courses to help parents understand the importance of parent-child interaction to children's growth and increase parents' willingness to participate in school activities.

Year 2024/2025

Through diversified recreational and experiential activities, teachers, children and parents can deepen their understanding of Hong Kong’s traditional rituals and its connection with the Chinese culture from different perspectives, thus enhancing their sense of national identity.

For Teachers：

The school will arrange teachers to participate in different experiential activities, aiming to enhance their understanding of Hong Kong’s traditional culture and assist them in designing more life-oriented teaching activities with Hong Kong’s distinctive characteristics to optimize the current Chinese culture curriculum.

For Children：

Through these diversified experiential activities, children and parents can further understand Hong Kong’s traditions from every aspect of life, including clothing, food, housing and transport, to broaden children’s learning experiences.

For Parents：

With interesting parent-child recreational activities, it is aimed to enhance the interest of children and parents in Hong Kong’s traditional culture, so as to allow parents can understand the importance of national identity for children development and moral education. Parents can work with the school to foster children’s attitude to care about Hong Kong.

Year 2023/2024

With diversified experiential activities, children, parents and teachers are encouraged to appreciate traditional Chinese culture as well as recognise the national identity. It is aimed to cultivate positive values such as gratitude, positivity and optimism in children at a young age.

For Teachers：

Provide appropriate support to teachers, so that they can effectively cultivate positive values among children through diversified experiential activities.

For Children：

Given with different positive activities, it is aimed to nurture positive values and empathy in children at a young age.

For Parents：

Parent-child Chinese folk art experience activities allow parents and children to appreciate traditional Chinese culture, thereby further understanding their own national identity.

School year: 2024/2025

Theme: Loving China

Grades: N to K3

Objectives

To help children learn about our country and Chinese culture, and to nurture a sense of belonging towards our country.To cultivate asense of belonging towards country and a sense of national identity among children.
To teach children to become good citizens who abide by the law, take good care of public property, respect and care for others.

Introduction

Learn Chinese culture and traditional festivals, such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese New Year and Dragon Boat Festival through stories, rhymes and songs so that traditional customs can be inherited.
Through art activities such as Chinese ink painting, Chinese engraving, Chinese traditional paper cutting and food customs, so that children can have a basic understanding of the Chinese culture and their national identity.

Highlights:

Mid-Autumn Festival Party:Through the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration experience activities , children learn about the customs and foods of traditional Chinese festivals, and experience the joyful atmosphere by these traditional Chinese festivals

K2 visiting Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre : Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre Eco-Learn Institut : Through experiential activities , children learn about rice as Chinese traditional staple food

K3 visiting Ping Shan Heritage Trail : Through visiting activities , children learn about the architectural patterns and characteristics of traditional Chinese walled villages

K3 Tai O Tour : Through visiting activities , children learn about the history of Tai O houses on stilts and their unique architectural structure

K3 visiting Traditional Chinese Restaurants : Through experiential activities , children learn about Chinese food culture

K1 visiting Tamar Park and Hong Kong Observation Wheel : Through experiential activities , parents and children to ride the Ferris wheel to enjoy the views of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour and to learn about Hong Kong

Chinese Culture Parent-Child Activity Day :Through experiential activities , children learn about the traditional customs of the Lunar New Year

K3 visiting Yuen Long Lunar New Year Market : Through visiting activities , children learn about the traditional customs of the Lunar New Year

Shadow Play : Through watching shadow puppetry , children learn about Chinese folk quintessence

K3 visiting Ocean Park : Through visiting activities , children learn about panda is a first-class protected animal in China

K2 visiting Hong Kong Children’s Discovery Museum : Through visiting activities , children learn about various Chinese cultural items such as traditional Chinese medicine, ancient clothing

K3 visiting Po Leung Kuk Museum and The Hong Kong Flower Show : Through visiting activities , children learn about the history of Po Leung Kuk and use different senses to feel the theme flowers

K3 visiting Sik Sik Yuen Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre Eco-Learning Institute—Little Chinese Medicine Practitioners program :

Through experiential activities , children learn about the knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine

K3 visiting The Fire and Ambulance Services Education Centre cum Museum : Through visiting activities , children learn about the equipment and work of firefighters and paramedics, and the history of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department

K3 Joint School Children's Art Exhibition :Through art exhibitions , children learn about different Chinese art activities

Dragon Boat Festival Activities :Through the Dragon Boat Festival celebration experience activities , children learn about the traditional customs and food with the Dragon Boat Festival

Graduation Ceremony : Through children’s performances , let parents appreciate children’s learning achievements

School year: 2023/2024

Theme: Loving China

Grades: N to K3

Objectives

To help children learn about our country and Chinese culture, and to nurture a sense of belonging towards our country.To cultivate asense of belonging towards country and a sense of national identity among children.
To teach children to become good citizens who abide by the law, take good care of public property, respect and care for others.

Introduction

Learn Chinese culture and traditional festivals, such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese New Year and Dragon Boat Festival through stories, rhymes and songs so that traditional customs can be inherited.
Through art activities such as Chinese ink painting, Chinese engraving, Chinese traditional paper cutting and food customs, so that children can have a basic understanding of the Chinese culture and their national identity.

Highlights

Parent - child Tour : Through parent-child games , children learn about Chinese culture and inherit traditional virtues through games with parents

Sky Bird Puppet Group - String puppet show : Through watching puppet shows and workshops , children enjoy more traditional drama activities

K3 visiting Sam Tung Uk Museum : Through visiting activities , Enhance children understanding of the history and culture of Sam Tung House

K3 visiting Hong Kong Heritage Museum : Through visiting activities , children learn about Chinese culture such as Cantonese opera, Chinese calligraphy, and kung fu by visit Permanent Exhibitions

Po Leung Kuk 145th Anniversary Celebration : Through experience activities and performance , children learn about Chinses dragon dance culture

K3 visiting Tuen Mun Lunar New Year Market : Through visiting activities , children learn about the traditional customs of the Lunar New Year

Po Leung Kuk 145th Parent - child Day Camp : Through games and gatherings , parents and children feel the festive atmosphere of Chinese New Year

Parent - child mini flower card Workshop : Through experiential activities , parents and children to learn about the culture of Chinese Flower Cards through hands-made Arts

K3 visiting Legislative Council : Through visiting activities , to build up childrens’ knowledge of the Legislature and to nurture them with good civic awareness

Dragon Boat Festival Celebration : Through the Dragon Boat Festival celebration experience activities , children learn about the traditional customs and food with the Dragon Boat Festival

Graduation Ceremony : Through children’s performances , let parents appreciate children’s learning achievements

School year: 2022/2023

Theme: Loving China

Grades: N to K3

Objectives

To help children learn about our country and Chinese culture, and to nurture a sense of belonging towards our country.To cultivate asense of belonging towards country and a sense of national identity among children.
To teach children to become good citizens who abide by the law, take good care of public property, respect and care for others.

Introduction

Learn Chinese culture and traditional festivals, such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese New Year and Dragon Boat Festival through stories, rhymes and songs so that traditional customs can be inherited.
Through art activities such as Chinese ink painting, Chinese engraving, Chinese traditional paper cutting and food customs, so that children can have a basic understanding of the Chinese culture and their national identity.

Highlights

K3 visiting Legislative Council : Through visiting activities , to build up childrens’ knowledge of the Legislature and to nurture

K3 visiting Hong Kong Palace Museum : Through visiting activities , children to know the exhibition displayed in the Palace Museum

Dragon Boat Festival Celebration: Through the Dragon Boat Festival celebration experience activities , children learn about the traditional customs and food with the Dragon Boat Festival

K3 visiting Sam Tung Uk Museum : Through visiting activities , to enhance children understanding of the history and culture of Sam Tung House

K3 and K2 visiting Tai Hang Fire Dragon Heritage Centre : Through visiting activities , children learn about the origin of the Tai Hang Fire Dragon

K3 visiting Yuen Long Lunar New Year Market : Through visiting activities , children learn about the traditional customs with the Lunar New Year

School year: 2024/2025

Theme: Outdoor Experience Activities

Grades:K1 to K3

Objectives:

Encourage children to explore beyond the classroom, engaging with community resources and facilities to enhance sensory and experiential learning
Foster holistic child development through a range of comprehensive learning activities

Overview:

Include experiential learning activities that tie into children's daily experiences, such as visits to interactive theater, creative workshops, snack making, and more. These activities promote diverse learning experiences, fostering exploration and creativity
Aim to enrich each child's personal learning journey, enhancing interest and motivation in learning

Highlights:

Visiting Hong Kong Children’s Discovery Museum

Visiting Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden

Visiting FoodAngel

Visiting Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Hong Kong)

Visiting Firefly Eco-education Centre

Visiting Hong Kong Wetland Park

Parent-child Sport Day

Visiting Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Centre

2024/25 School year Kindergarten Activity Grant Deployment Plan

2024/25 School year Kindergarten Activity Grant Deployment Report

School year: 2023/2024

Theme: Outdoor Experience Activities

Grades:K1 to K3

Objectives:

Encourage children to explore beyond the classroom, engaging with community resources and facilities to enhance sensory and experiential learning
Foster holistic child development through a range of comprehensive learning activities

Overview:

Include experiential learning activities that tie into children's daily experiences, such as visits to interactive theater, creative workshops, snack making, and more. These activities promote diverse learning experiences, fostering exploration and creativity
Aim to enrich each child's personal learning journey, enhancing interest and motivation in learning

Highlights:

Hong Kong Wetland Park