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Caritas Child Care Service focuses on providing child care and pre-school education to children aged 2 to 6 from low income families and working parents regardless of their social background. It has extended its service to Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories with 9 nursery schools.  Our Service has expanded to multiple-services by providing Integrated Programme Service for Mildly Disabled Children, Occasional Child Care Service and Extended Hours Child Care Service with a capacity of 945 children.
Caritas Child Care Service emphasizes parental participation and encourages parents to adopt a more enlightened and caring approach to their children's development. Various interactive programmes are organised to advocate the education concept appropriate for child development and to strengthen the parent-child relationship. |
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To foster the balanced and full development of young children in social, intellectual, physical, moral, spiritual and aesthetic aspects with God's love. |
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To provide pre-school education and child care service to children aged 2-6 coming from low-income, single-parent and working parents families. |
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To advocate the concept of learning through play and initiate child-centered learning in order to develop young children's initiatives in learning, good living habits, self-confidence, abilities in self-discipline, self-care, problem-solving and adjustment to changing environment. |
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To foster parent-child relationship and to enhance parent-school collaboration. |
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Established the first day nursery to provide welfare service of child care in 1962 |
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Advocated the child-oriented teaching modes of Small Group Learning and Activity Approach in 1970 |
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Established a Pre-school Education Material Reference Centre in 1971 |
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Commenced Integrated Programme Service for Mildly Disabled Children in 1978 |
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Implemented the adaptation programme for newly-enrolled children, children promoted to higher classes and primary school in 1980 |
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Developed Occasional Child Care Service in 1989 |
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Opened Parent-Child Resource Centre and implemented advanced teaching approaches in 1990 |
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"Story in Journey" and "The Mysterious Computer through The Eyes of Children" projects were approved by the Quality Education Fund in 1999 |
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Advocated creative thinking and project learning of young children in 2000 |
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Developed Extended Hours Child Care Service in 2000 |
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"Supporting Children's Learning and Integrating New Families through their Participation in School Improvement" project was approved by the Quality Education Fund in 2001 |
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Completed Service self-assessment mechanism in accordance with the Service Quality Standards of Social Welfare Department in 2002 |
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Published 4 children rhyme books that describing 12 animals in Chinese Zodiac in 2003. |
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Continued to use authentic assessment and "Children Learning Portfolio" to record and evaluate children's learning progress in 2004 |
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A project named "Appreciation of Chinese Culture and Children Literature through Children's Rhymes" was approved by the Quality Education Fund in 2005 |
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All day nurseries renamed as nursery schools after harmonization of pre-primary services effective 1 September 2005 |
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Provide 'CATERP' (Children Advanced Talent and Education Related Programme) in 2006 |
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All Caritas Nursery Schools joined the Pre-school Education Voucher Scheme in 2007 |
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Caritas Nursery School – Ta Kwu Ling had won four Outstanding Awards – ‘Environmental Management’, ‘Environmental Education’, ‘Parents’ Participation in Environmental Activities’ and ‘Environmental Infrastructure’ of the 6th & 7th Hong Kong Green School Award (Pre-school Category) in 2008 and 2009 respectively |
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7 Caritas Nursery Schools underwent the Quality Review conducted by the Education Bureau in 2008 and 2009 and will be eligible for redeeming voucher continuously after 2012-13 |
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