Newsletter- 12/9/16

MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL ¹

Creative Challenge - September ²

Diwali Auditions ³

Communication ⁴

Toys in school ⁵

Mosquitoes ⁶

School Fair ⁷

Library News ⁸

New Year 1 enrolment (Children born in 2012) ⁹

Invitation to Island School for Y6 parents ¹⁰

Junior Chess Invitational Competition ¹¹

Student achievement ¹²

Upcoming parent workshops ¹³

IMPORTANT DATES ¹⁴

Message from Head of School

The Lantern Festival on Friday was a wonderful way to end a rainy week.  Thank you to everyone who came – there was a great turn out and we were amazed by your lantern making creativity. Photographs will go on the website soon and are already available on our Facebook page.  It is always a pleasure to see families toegther having fun at school – the children certainly had a super time being in school after hours – their smiles the only thing brighter than their lanterns!

At the PTA AGM we were updated on last year's events and subsequent money raised by the team. I would like to take this opportunity to thank William Wan and Avisha Shamdasani who stand down from their respective roles of Chair and Vice Chair this year and offer a warm welcome to the new committee:

Chair: William Wong (Lara and Archer, 2T)

Vice Chair: Saloni Melwani (Serena 3C)

Treasurer: Sheila Gridley (Emily 6RB)

The PTA are still looking to fill the role of Hon. Secretary. Please send an email to pta@kjs.edu.hk ^{16 15} if you would like to be considered for this position.

Class teachers are currently trying to find volunteers to be ‘class parents'. The role of the class parent is to liaise between home and school and to support the PTA by attending committee meetings. I will be hosting a coffee morning for the class parents as soon as all the positions have been secured.

The next PTA event is the Family Quiz night on Friday November 4^th. Make your own Team which should consist of 8-10 participants (e.g., teachers, parents, siblings of KJS students) with a minimum of 4 KJS students. The entry fee will be $100 per participant. If you don't want to join a team but would like to watch all the fun and participate as an audience member, the ticket fee will be $70 per person. The tickets for all team and audience participants include a light buffet and the opportunity to enter 10 standalone quizzes. A prize will be won for the first correct answer drawn from each standalone quiz box. All team members will also have the chance to win fantastic prizes.  Last year Quiz night was extremely successful – I imagine tickets will be selling very quickly from the PTA office and places are limited so please buy yours sooner rather than later.

Please enjoy the days off with your children this week. My oldest went off to university this weekend… it's amazing how quickly their childhood is over – enjoy them while you can!

Creative Challenge - September

Last year, for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we asked students to make giant candies to decorate the hall.  This year, for Annie Jr. we would like students' help to turn the hall into 1950s New York! I have cardboard and picture of the signs we need to create ready – if your child is interested they can collect these materials from my office from tomorrow morning.

Diwali Auditions

Communication

Toys in school

Please be reminded that, unless children have been asked to bring something to school for Show and Tell, we do not expect to see toys in school.  This week I have heard that children are bringing in Nanodots.  As these can cause harm if swallowed I ask you kindly to make sure they are kept at home.

Mosquitoes

We continue to be vigilant about mosquito prevention. In line with other ESF schools regular thorough precautions are taken at KJS. Please make sure your child has mosquito protection applied before coming to school.

School Fair

Our school fair will be on March 18^th. We are now starting to collect major donations and high level sponsors for the raffle. We are specifically looking for some fabulous ‘top' prizes in order to make the raffle as exciting and attractive as possible to the community. you are able to help us please contact me or the PTA: pta@kjs.edu.hk ^{16 15}

Library News

New Year 1 enrolment (Children born in 2012

Y1 enrolment commenced on 1st September with a closing date of 30th September. Please refer to the following URL link for full detail (http://www.esf.edu.hk/Yr1_central_application_dates ¹⁷ for key dates). Supporting documents required are by registered mail to the ESF Admissions Office at the following address:

Year 1 Enrolment, English Schools Foundation, 25/F, 1063 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

Once you have completed the on-line application you will receive an e-mail with a reference number. Should you have any query regarding the on-line application please contact the Admissions Hotline no. 3762-2411.

Invitation to Island School for Y6 parents

Island School will be having an Opening Morning on September 27th at 11.00am. There will be an induction session with Mr Chris Binge, Principal of Island School, and a school tour with our Prefects on the day. Please contact Betty Tsu if you would like to attend. betty.tsu@online.island.edu.hk ¹⁸

Junior Chess Invitational Competition

We are pleased to announce that Quarry Bay School PTA LTD will be hosting the 5th Junior Chess Star Invitational Competition 2016, sponsored by Quarry Bay School, on Sunday, 25th September 2016. We invite all students studying in ESF & PIS primary schools, for the academic year 2016-17, to join the event.

Student achievement

Upcoming parent workshop

Important Dates