St. Joseph's Primary School

St. Joseph's Primary School (Chinese: 聖若瑟小學) (Acronym: SJPS) is a Band 1 Boys Catholic Primary school located in the Wan Chai District (Morrison Hill), Hong Kong. The school offers education from Primary One to Primary Six. There are 5 classes for each grade, with around 30-35 pupils in each class. Sponsored and operated by The De La Salle Brothers, the school is founded in 1968. It is the primary division of St. Joseph's College, a secondary school in Central (Mid-Levels), Hong Kong.

Mission

The motto of the school is 'LABORE ET VIRTUTE', a Latin phrase that is translated as 'with hard work and courage'.

St. Joseph's Primary School 聖若瑟小學
Address
Wood Road 48 Wan Chai District Hong Kong China
Information
Funding type	Government and Association Funded
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Patron saint(s)	Saint Joseph
Established	c1969
Sister school	St. Joseph's College
Principal	Ms Cecilia Ho
Primary years taught	Primary 1-6
Gender	Male
Age range	6-12 yrs
Average class size	30-35 classes
Language	English
Classrooms	30 classes
Color(s)	Green and White
Slogan	Once a Josephian, Always a Josephian
Song	St. Joseph's Primary School School Rally
Website	sjps.edu.hk

Subjects

As an English school, subjects including General English (also known as GE), English Literature, Mathematics, Science and General Studies are taught in the English Language. On the other hand, subjects such as Chinese and Putonghua (Mandarin) are taught in Chinese Language.

Uniform

Summer

The school uniform colouring consists of green, white and grey. Students wear summer uniforms during the Summer Timetable arrangement, consisting of a short-sleeved white shirt with the SJPS badge and dark grey shorts. For accessories, they are required to wear white socks with the SJPS embedment and black shoes (student brogues).

The PE uniform colouring also consists of green and white. Students wear white sports shirts and a white sports shorts, both with the SJPS logo. They are required to wear white socks with the SJPS embedment and white sport sneakers. Students are only required to wear PE uniforms on days with PE classes.

Winter

Same with the summer school uniform, the school winter uniform colouring consists of green, white and grey. Students wear winter uniforms during the Winter Timetable arrangement, consisting of a long-sleeved white shirt with the SJPS badge and dark grey shorts. For accessories, they are required to wear knee-high dark grey socks with black shoes (student brogues).

The PE uniform colouring also consists of green and white. Students wear long sports shirts and long sports pants, both with the SJPS logo. Students can mix both short-sleeved / short-legged PE clothings and long-sleeved / long legged PE clothings during the Winter Timetable arrangements. Students are only required to wear PE uniforms on days with PE classes.

Bow-Ties and Tie

The school bow-tie and tie has been regarded an iconic symbol of SJPS.

Primary 1 and Primary 2 students dark wear green bow-ties for their uniform, while Primary 4 to Primary 6 students wear striped neck ties for their uniform. Prefects are given special prefect neck ties, in which previously were given green straps instead.

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