Through a rigorous international education, we empower our students to become self-directed communicators, collaborators and contributors.
Student inquiry at HKA is purposeful and authentic. Through our Primary Years programme, students are encouraged to seek out problems and explore viable solutions through every unit of inquiry. By asking questions of personal and shared significance, HKA students build an individual and collective understanding of themselves, one another and their community. Inquiry is built upon meaningful contexts, allowing students to make connections between their learning and local and global opportunities and challenges.
In every classroom, teachers construct positive, caring and engaging cultures anchored by mutual respect. Students develop their identities as members of a learning community, believing that they have the capacity to drive the change they want to see in themselves and their environment.
THE Building blocks of learning
At HKA, the curriculum is designed to encourage students to make connections and apply skills across a variety of contexts. At every grade level, students are invited to develop their conceptual understanding through the exploration of developmentally-appropriate issues and ideas. Our teachers use external standards and benchmarks alongside International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) planning frameworks to create grade level expectations and develop units of instruction. Students also gain meaningful and significant entry points into understanding the world around them through guided access to digital media that represent a wide range of perspectives.
Primary Years students engage in rich and complex thinking during dedicated mathematics and literacy lessons, with the progression of learning clearly articulated across each grade level. As they weave their knowledge and understanding in these areas into their explorations within each IB PYP unit of inquiry, students have an opportunity to actively strengthen and apply their thinking as mathematicians and communicators.
Our specialist programmes are designed to further enhance this integrated approach. In visual arts, music, literacy information technology (library), technology, physical education and Mandarin, Primary Years students are able to develop complementary skill sets that equip them for their learning journeys to come.
OUT OF the classroom and into the world
A key feature of our programme is the emphasis we place on students taking their learning beyond the classroom. HKA students begin to grow their identities as global citizens from a young age and they become empowered to act with the recognition that they can make a difference in the lives of those around them. Through exhibitions, performances and assemblies, students learn how important each individual’s contribution is towards a collective goal. They are able to apply a wide range of skills and dispositions to their interactions with local organisations, through which they begin to see their potential for influencing their wider communities in positive ways.
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THE PYP EXHIBITION AT HKA
For our Grade 5 student leaders, the IB PYP Exhibition is the culmination of their learning and growth as Primary School students at HKA. The IB PYP exhibition provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate independence and responsibility for their own learning, to synthesise and apply their learning from previous years and to take authentic and personal action. Students explore global issues through the lenses of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and are supported by teachers, mentors, parents and other HKA community members to inquire, analyse and act in personally relevant ways.
TRANSITIONING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL
As an authorised IB continuum World School, our programme is designed to support students as they complete the IB PYP and prepare to embark upon the IB Middle Years Programme (IB MYP). Please visit our Grades 6-10 page to learn more about the IB MYP at HKA.
Day 2: Half the class come in for 1 hour 30 minutes 8am – 9:30am with the other half from 10am – 11:30am. There will be an 8:00am and 11:30am bus available.
Day 3: Half the class come in for 1 hour 30 minutes 8am – 9:30am, with the other half from 10:30am – 12noon. There will be an 8:00am and 12:00pm bus available.
Day 4: All students in, 8am – 10:30am. Arrival and Dismissal bus available.
Day 5: All students in, 8:00 – 10:30am. Arrival and Dismissal bus available.
For children applying to Grade 2 and up, current grade level will also be a factor in grade placement decisions in addition to age.
Kindergarten
Day 1: First Day of School 8am – 12noon. Students will have scheduled group sessions of 30 minutes with the teachers and parents (3 students in a group). No bus available.
Day 2: Half the class in school morning and other half in an afternoon session without parents. 8am and 3pm bus available.
Day 3: All students attend half-day 8am – 12noon (including eating snack in the classroom). Arrival and Dismissal bus available.
Day 4: All students attend half-day 8am – 12noon (including lunch at school). Arrival and Dismissal bus available.
Day 5: All students attend half-day 8am – 12noon (including lunch at school). Arrival and Dismissal bus available.
Grade Level Equivalencies
For children applying to Grade 2 and up, current grade level will also be a factor in grade placement decisions in addition to age.
For other country grade level comparison inquiries please see here or contact our admissions team.
SCHOLARSHIP
ANNUAL FUND
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CAPITAL PROJECTS
LEARNER SUPPORT
CLUBS
Our Secondary School students have many opportunities to pursue their interests during lunchtime and after school clubs. Faculty and staff offer a variety of activities such as Math Competitions, Young Investors Club, and Student Media Team. Students can also join student-led groups and leadership teams that are supervised by faculty. These include Action for Refugees, Project Plastic, Sai Kung Stray Friends, ImpactHK, Dragonfly Council, Student Council and GCD Student Leadership Team.
ANNUAL FUND
The Annual Fund is a general fund that supports HKA’s operational budget. Unrestricted gifts to the Annual Fund help us realise additional innovative school projects not fully covered by tuition and the operational budget. Giving to the Annual Fund is a powerful way to support creative ideas and initiatives that bring HKA’s mission to life.
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LEARNER SUPPORT
HKA’s Learner Support programme caters to a wide range of students with diverse learning styles and needs. Inclusive education is at the heart of our mission, and HKA’s leadership in this area is known throughout the international school community.
15% of the student body is supported by this programme.
The Learner Support programme operates on an 80% recovery model. HKA is committed to subventing the remaining 20%.
HKA’s Learner Support programme is designed to ensure that all students can thrive in our rigorous learning environment. Inclusive education is at the heart of our mission, and HKA’s leadership in this area is known throughout the international school community. The Learner Support programme operates on an 80% recovery model. HKA is committed to subventing the remaining 20%.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion includes socio-economic inclusion. Families may apply for a range of means-tested scholarships. HKA also offers financial assistance to families experiencing short-term challenges.
HKA offers scholarships at the 30, 60 and 90 percent levels.
The school will offer as much scholarship support as funding allows.
CAPITAL PROJECTS
HKA seeks to stay ahead of the curve by investing in capital projects that enhance our capitivative learning environment. We strive to implement a new learning initiative capital project, community artefact, or renovated building infrastructure on an annual basis. These multi-phased, costly projects are not included in the annual operating budget. They are critical to the long-term viability and sustainability of the school.
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HKA is committed to diversity and inclusion, including socio-economic inclusion. Families may apply for a range of means-tested scholarships. HKA also offers financial assistance to families experiencing short-term challenges.
HKA offers scholarships at the 30, 60 and 90% levels.
The school offers as much scholarship support as funding allows.
How to Get Here
The following information will assist you in arriving at our campus. If you have any issues while travelling, feel free to call our Main Office on 2655 1111 for more advice.
“Sai Kung Rocket”: Mong Kok <-> Sai Kung ‘red-top’ from Dundas Street
MTR & Taxi
The nearest MTR stations are Wu Kai Sha, Choi Hung or Hang Hau and all are approximately 20/25min away by taxi. Click here for an image to show the taxi driver with the school address in English & Chinese (香港新界西貢惠民路33號).
Private Car
There is no parking on campus but there are 2 public car parks, one opposite and one behind the campus.
