1968 - Establishment of the first kindergarten

Caritas opened its first kindergarten at Caine Road, named "Caritas St. Francis Kindergarten” . In the same year, Caritas established “St. Godfrey Day Nursery” in Aberdeen (later renamed “Caritas Fong Shu Chuen Day Nursery and Caritas St. Godfrey Kindergarten”) and “Caritas Tak Sing Kindergarten" (later renamed “Caritas Kwai Chung Kindergarten”).

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Since the 1960s, both kindergartens and nursery schools under Caritas had adopted group learning and activity-based teaching methods. Teachers instructed in small groups based on children's learning abilities and utilised the classroom environment by setting up various play corners such as nature corner, reading corner, toy corner, etc., to enhance children's capacity of active learning and exploration.

.Group photos of students of St. Godfrey Day Nursery.