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Newsletter (Action Edition) - 05/22/17 Kowloon Junior School's latest newsletter is available to read now. ACTION EDITION! 1Mandarin Consultations 2Book Week 3Team Photos 4Lost and Found Items 5STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 6COMMUNITY EVENT 7DATES FOR YOUR DAIRY 8ACTION EDITION! This Thursday I hope we will all enjoy the Action Day initiated by our Y6 students as part of their Exhibition. Students are asked to being $20 should they wish to ‘dress down' for the day – the money collected will be shared between the NGOs who the children are working with. In addition there is an opportunity for families to make donations or for children to bring extra money to swap books, purchase items or play games.  We are group 36, 44 and 46 and we would like to start a KJS EARTH HOUR. On Thursday 25th May 2017, we are asking everyone at K.J.S to participate in an EARTH HOUR event. We are encouraging the community to save energy by turning off all or most of the lights, fans and ACs for an hour from 12:00 - 13:00. We have seen lots of classes which have their curtains closed and their lights turned on in the day time! We have measured the amount of electricity the school uses at this time on a Thursday and found out that 250 kgs of CO₂ is released in the air! This is a lot in only one hour. Not only that but we spend around $HK560 in only one hour! Please consider this as we waste a lot of money on lights and ACs. Please remind your children about the KJS Earth Hour this Thursday. Thank you for your support in reducing CO₂! Sincerely, Group 36, 44, 46  Hello! We are group 9 and our global goal is Gender Equality. On KJS Action Day, we will host a book swap for Years 3,4,5 and 6. To swap a book it will cost $5 and we will donate the given books and money to a non-profit charity called Room to Read. Donation boxes will be outside the ground floor office from the 22nd to the 24th of May. Books must be in english and in good condition. Many thanks, Ava, Rika, Naomi and Milei Hello! We are Group 12 and we are raising awareness about GENDER INEQUALITY. For our issue we are selling Paper Quilling cards to raise funds. If you wish to support our action we ask that your child brings $10 on 25th May. We are going to give this money to a charity called ROOM TO READ who support girls' education in Asia. Reva, Rumaisa & Shanze  Hi there! We are Team Healthy. We are starting a food drive between 22th May and 25th May as we are taking action to help and give refugees a helping hand. We are donating all foods collected to Christian Action. Christian Action is a NGO who help refugees. We accept the food listed below: Tuna fish, olive oil, ketchup, jams, tomato pastes, evaporated milk and salad dressings. The boxes are outside the school office on the ground floor. We hope you can contribute to a good cause. Best regards, Kapil , Emma and Ryan  We are Group 10 and our issue is Gender Inequality. We have a game that the students can play on the 25th of May. To play the game the students will need need to pay $5. All the money raised will go to ActionAid, an NGO who provide better sanitation for girls. The game is called toilet bombs the objective of the game is to throw the ball at the target,there will be a competition with classes we hope to see your children there! Kind regards, Chloe, Cynthia and Katelyn  We are group 21 , our names are Clarence and Shashvat. Our Global goal is Clean Water and Sanitation. We are planning on holding a bake sale to raise money, which will be donated to WaterAid. WaterAid is a great foundation which goes to affected countries like Laos, Bangladesh and India to build toilets and hand pumps near villages in need. This can help save countless lives. What we are going to make for our bake sale is mug cakes and lemonade which will be $10 and $5 respectively. We hope you can help us make a difference and help us alleviate the problem. Please take action, be inspired and please help the world around us and the people around us. Thank You.  Hello, we are Group 13 (Brian, Alex and Sallie) Group 14 (Rithy, Allen and Joshua) Group 16 (Hayley and Diya) and we would like to help refugees in Hong -Kong as a part of our Y6 Exhibition. In Hong Kong, there are more than 9900 refugees (2016) living in poor conditions. How can we help them? Well, you can turn a refugee's life around by donating items like:
There will be a cardboard box downstairs by the school office to collect these items from 23/5 to 26/5 and all of your donations will be sent to an organisation called Crossroads Foundation which specializes in improving refugee's lives. Thank you for your consideration I am part of Group 29 and I am taking action by helping the KJS Sky Garden grow! Please donate the following items:
There will be a drop box outside the ground floor office from Tuesday 23rd-Wednesday 31st May for your donations. Cash donations will be collected by me on Thursday 25th May during Action Day. Thank you for your help! Virom Charter for the Fair Treatment of Domestic Helpers We are Group 1 of the Year 6 PYP Exhibition and we are the Rights' Fighters. Our names are: Ariana Ziya, Khushi and Ellie. The Global Goal we are focusing on is Reduced Inequalities, and our main focus is the unfair treatment of Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong. For our action, we have written a charter for families to follow to ensure that their helpers are treated well, fairly and according to Hong Kong law. We are appealing to members of the KJS community to work with us by printing and signing this charter, and making the pledge to follow these agreements: Students/Children:
Employer:
Family
See attached Mandarin ConsultationsMandarin Consultations for meeting with Ms Yu (Y2 & Y6 Students) and Ms Siu (Y1 & Y5 Students) Ms Yu are invited to meet the parents of her Y2 and Y6 students on Wednesday 31 May. The parents of Ms Siu's Y1 and Y5 students missed the opportunity to meet Ms Siu in the first semester as she was on her maternity leave. These meetings are also scheduled from Wednesday 31 May. Registration will open at 9:00am on 24 MAY 2017. Book Week 5th - 9th June KJS is looking forward to celebrating Book Week from June 5th to June 9th! Highlights include:
Other events include Guest Readers, Battle of the Books Students versus Teachers, and lots of fun activities in the library all week long! More details to come soon Team PhotosTeam photos including House Captains, sports and music teams have been taken by the school photographers. The photos are available for order. Photo samples are shown on the notice boards outside the School Office. Order forms should be submitted to the School Office by Friday 2 June. Techni Photo is an independent company and Kowloon Junior School shall take no responsibility for any services provided by Techni Photo or any other organizations that are not affiliated to Kowloon Junior School or English Schools Foundation. Lost and Found ItemsThere are a lot of missing items placed in our “Lost and Found Area” in the lift lobby on ground floor. Please ensure your child's clothes are marked with their full name. There are some valuable items found which are now kept by the School Office. The items include necklaces, earrings, purses, iPhones, iPods, octopus cards and so on. Please check with the office staff if you or your child have lost this item in school STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTLast week Avery attended the High Honors Award Ceremony which was held by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Avery received High Honors for being among the highest scoring participants in the 2016-2017 CTY Talent Search. She also qualified for CTY's advanced learning programs.  Oscar also attended the event and received a High Honor Award. Oscar took the School & College Ability Test last summer and received top scores!  COMMUNITY EVENTPlease find below information about i-Ved International Limited who are hosting an Open Yoga Championship for children, yoga art competitions, a yoga photo contest and a lucky draw at their Annual Yoga Event. I-Ved International Ltd is an independent company and Kowloon Junior School shall take no responsibility for any services provided by I-Ved International Ltd or any other organizations that are not affiliated to Kowloon Junior School or the English Schools Foundation.    Dates for your Dairy25 May: Y6 Action/Dress Down Day 26 May: 3M Trip to Heritage Museum 29 May: 3A & 3G Trip to Heritage Museum 31 May: 3C & 3J Trip to Heritage Museum 1 June: Y6 PYP Exhibition Showcase 5 June: Y1 Beach Clean Day at Discovery Bay 6 June: Y6 Immunisations 28 June: Y6 Leavers' Celebration 30 June: Last School Day (ends at 12:00pm) 15 August: First day of Term 1 2-6 October: Half Term Break 15 December: Last day of Term 1 (ends at 12:00pm) 8 January: First day of Term 2 |
