Yan Chai Hospital Tung Pak Ying Kindergarten

Background

Yan Chai Hospital has served the people of Hong Kong for over forty years. Under the unfailing leaderships of our Board of Directors, Yan Chai has thrived from a single hospital providing medical services to a well-established charitable organization offering wide range of services. Today, we continue to carry out our mission “Serving the Community in the Spirt of Benevolence” and have expanded our services to include medical, education and social welfare services, with service units all over the territory.

School Overview

Our Centre, established in Kwai Tsing District in 1977 , is Yan Chai’s first child-care centre. It was named “Tung Pak Ying Child Care Centre” to recognize the generous sponsorship of Mr Tung Pak Ying, the former permanent advisor of our Board of Directors. In 1998, the Centre was relocated to Shek Lei (1) Estate under the urban redevelopment scheme and continued to serve the community and nearby districts with quality childcare services. In September 2005, it was renamed “Yan Chai Hospital Tung Pak Ying Kindergarten/Child Care Centre” under the governance the Education Bureau. The school currently offers full-day education and caring services for 140 children of age 2-6. Besides regular services, we also offer Integrated Programmes, Occasional Child Care Service as well as Extended Hours Service.

Our Vision
Our School upholds Yan Chai's vision “Serving the Community in the Spirit of Benevolence” and children-centred education principle. We also strive to meet the needs of both students and parents. Our curriculum is designed according to children's varying developmental needs. While providing various age-appropriate learning environment, our professional and caring teachers will use diverse activities to help children develop self-care skills, nurture the inquisitive minds, and to achieve a balanced development.

Our Mission

Nurturing "Physical Development", "Cognitive and Language Development", "Affective and Social Development" and "Aesthetic Development" of children from the age of two to six years old.
Adopting diversified pedagogies to enhance happy and motivational learning, to establish good life habits so as to achieve an all-round development.
Collaborating with parents to develop effective parenting skills and strengthen parent-child relations.

Objectives

To create an age-appropriate, stimulating and rich learning environment.

To provide a balanced curriculum to foster holistic development.

To establish a positive learning attitude.

To nurture empathic minds with good social skills.

To inspire creativity.

To unleash potentials.

To let learn and grow in a happy atmosphere.

Our teachers

Academic Qualification

Master’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Qualified

KG Teachers

Qualified

Special Child Care Worker

Number

1

12

5

10

Target Group

Children aged 2 to 6.

School Fee

School fee and meal fee, to be paid in 12 installments, will be adjusted annually with the approval of the Education Bureau.

2024/25 School Year
Class	School Fee	Meal Fee
N	$3022.00	$411.00
K1-K3	$1065.00	$292.00

Children from low income families receiving full-day child care service can apply for Kindergarten and Child Care Centre Fee Remission Scheme (KCFRS) to cover part or whole of service fee from the Student Finance Office of the Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency (WFSFAA).

Major Paid Items:

	Paid Items	2023/24 school year	2023/24 school year
1	Summer Uniform (A set: Uniform, Sportswear & Cardigan)	Boys：$ 324.00 Girls：$ 332.00	Boys：$ 324.00 Girls：$ 332.00
2	Winter Uniform (A set: Sportswear & Jacket)	$ 389.00	$ 389.00
3	School Bag	$ 100.00	$ 100.00
4	Shoe Nag	$ 35.00	$ 35.00
5	Class Textbooks	N：$ 390.60 K1：$ 1002.00 K2：$ 1076.40 K3：$ 1225.80	N：$ 409.20 K1：$ 660.00 K2：$ 724.80 K3：$ 871.20
註：	The above information is for the year 2023/24 and 2024/25 only. Acquisition of any school items or services is entirely voluntary and parents can select individual items or services required according to their own needs.

Service Hours

TIME

DAY

Open hours

Extension Service

Monday to Friday

8:00am – 6:00pm

7:00am-8:00am

&

6:00pm-7:00pm

Saturday

8:00am – 1:00pm

1:00pm-2:00pm

*We are closed on Sundays and School Holidays, including Christmas, Chinese New Year and summer holidays

Additional Services

Occasional Child Care Service (OCCS)
Provide occasional child care assistance on full-day, half-day or two-hour sessional basis for parents or carers with sudden engagements or various commitments
Service Target：	Children aged 0/2 to under 6
Service Hours：	Monday to Friday:	8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
	Saturday:	8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Fee Charging：	As approved by the Social Welfare Department Fee reduction / waiving for low income families with social needs
	Each Section 2hours：$16	Meal ：$6.5
Application Procedure：	Direct application to our school

Extended Hours Service (EHS)
Provide longer hours of child care assistance to meet the social needs of families and working parents
Service Target：
Children aged 0/2 to under 6
Service Hours：	Monday to Friday:	6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
	Saturday:	1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Fee Charging：	As approved by the Social Welfare Department Fee reduction / waiving for low income families with social needs
	Each Section half hour：$7	Meal ：$6.5
Application Procedure：	Direct application to our school

Community collaboration

We have a proven history of making use of or collaborating with community resources, such as the natural environment, community facilities, school and community organizations, volunteer groups to enrich our children’s learning. In addition, the school will take initiative and invite people from all walks of life to participate or collaborate in events, such as community education, festive celebrations, elderly caring activities, so as to broaden the children’s exposure and socializing experiences. In the process, children can better understand themselves and interact with family and society.

School social worker

Since 2009, the school has set up a school social worker service program to promote teacher-parent communication and parent education through games, lectures, and workshops. We aim at enhancing parenting skills and healthy growth of children. The social workers will also provide case counselling and parent support for families in need.

It takes a village to raise a child, in which the families and schools should work closely. The following are means of communication with parents:

Daily chats and communications
Telephone contacts
Student Handbook (for parents and teachers)
Parents Newsletter
Children's Learning and Family Performance Assessment
Parents meetings will be held for each grade
Parents' Day is held every six months

Parent volunteers

The school has set up parent volunteers programme. Parents are invited to join various activities at school, such as Mum and Dad Storytelling, visit Home for the Aged, Flag Day and art activities e.t.c.
Parents’ participation will improve children’s learning effectiveness, establish a communication channel and promote Family-school cooperation.

Education Seminar

We organize educational seminars every year to create opportunities for our teachers to learn from the educational experts and also exchange ideas and experiences. This enhances the professionalism of our principal and teachers and promotes the quality of our education services.

Foreign exchange

To further enhance the professional development of the kindergarten/ child care centers, with the assistance of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government and the Special Administrative Region of the Central People's Government, we organize exchange activities for our principals and teachers to meet with mainland/ overseas preschool education operators to better understand their pedagogies for students with different cultural and family backgrounds. These exchanges broaden our teachers’ horizons and improve their teaching skills.

School - based training

In line with the school-based training objectives, the entire school participated the "All-round Art Education for Young Children" course organized by the Hong Kong Children's Fine Arts and Education Association. As follow up, we incorporate the aesthetic elements into our curriculum so as to enhance the arts sense and appreciation of our students.