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The school offers arts as part of the co-curricular program. Students explore expressive and visual arts, developing creativity and self-expression through various mediums. The broader co-curricular program includes sports, music, and community service.
Sports form a core part of social life at KJS. The sports programme offers football, basketball, netball, swimming, and other activities to foster teamwork and physical development. Residential Camps provide opportunities for personal growth and teamwork outside the classroom.
Community service is included as part of the school's well-rounded education.
Student Council provides leadership development opportunities.
The school emphasizes wellbeing as part of its mission and supports social-emotional wellbeing for students.
Kowloon Junior School (KJS) is an ESF primary school in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, serving approximately 900 students from Year 1 to Year 6. KJS delivers the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), with English as the medium of instruction and a structured Chinese (Mandarin) programme that increases in frequency through the year groups, becoming daily from Years 3–6. Specialist provision includes Music (choir, orchestra and instrumental ensembles), Drama, and a broad Physical Education and sports offer that spans basketball, football, netball, athletics, cross-country, cricket and more. Student leadership is a distinctive feature: pupils in Years 4–6 take on roles that include opening assemblies, supporting wellbeing initiatives and facilitating student-led clubs. Families can access a published private school bus network serving many neighbourhoods across Hong Kong. School hours run from 8:30 to 14:45, Monday to Friday.