Newsletter- 01/09/17

Kowloon Junior School’s latest newsletter is available to read now.

 

 

Dear Parents,

It has been wonderful to see so many of you at school over the past week and to gain a sense of the passion and pride you have in the school and the keen interest you have in your children’s education. Many thanks to the 200 of you who completed the online survey about ‘Success For Every Child’ and ‘Communication’.

From the survey there is a considerable amount of data and information we need to unpack, however in regard to overall communication 68% of respondents rated KJS communication ‘valuable and providing useful information’, 26% were neutral (I must remember not to use a 1-5 scale in future, ‘3’ does not tell us much!) and only 4% do not find the communication ‘valuable or providing the needed information’. All other forms of communication (School weekly newsletter, year level newsletter, curriculum statement) were rated in a similar way with the exception of Facebook, which appears to be of less value to families (only 40% positively rated this).

Over the next few weeks we will be looking at the themes coming from the written feedback regarding what ‘Success For Every Child’ means to families, and things we do well and could do better. We will be having the same conversation with staff and children as we work together to make KJS the best it can be.

I do thank those who completed the survey for taking the time to respond, for the positive feedback and the solution focused approach. When home and school work together, we can achieve great things for our children and indeed we can achieve, ‘Success For Every Child’.

For those of you who like to consider the best examples around the world, at the moment Hong Kong and Singapore rate very highly on international comparisons. However two nations who stand out are Finland and South Korea (click here), and they both achieve their results in very different ways. Good food for thought as we work together to make KJS the best possible learning environment for our children.

Neill O’Reilly

Principal

 

 

Transition to Y7 Reminder

This is a reminder for Y6 parents to submit your request for Y7 applications on Gateway from Monday 4 September- Friday 15 September 2017. Please click here to download the “Gateway Y7 Transfer Form – Parent User Guide”.

 

 

Admissions Reminder

Please be reminded sibling applications for Year 1 (born in 2013), Central Applications application period, is from Friday 1 September – Saturday 30 September 2017. Year 1 application key dates can be found at http://www.esf.edu.hk/year1-key-dates.

 

 

Student Achievement

Scott (6M) won champion in the monthly Scholastic Chess Tournament ( Division C ), and he wishes to share this happiness with the KJS community. Congratulations Scott!

  

 

Hayston and Harrod (2G) participated in a Ping Pong Competition organised by Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, and they were awarded the Merit Awards of their age group.  They would like to share this happy moment with the KJS community. Congratulations Hayston and Harrod!

 

 

 

Sofia (4L) participated in the International Gymnastics Artistic and Rythmic Friendly Competition at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. She received two medals for the Under 8 age group. Congratulations Sofia!

 

 

 

 

ESF and Other Notices

 

ESF Sports & ESF Language & Learning

Please click to download the ESF Sports flyer and the ESF Language & Learning flyer.

 

ESF 50th Anniversary Marathon

Please click here for more information and to register for the ESF 50th Anniversary Marathon.

 

Letter to All Parents

Please click here to download a letter to all parents from Mrs Belinda Greer, CEO of ESF.

 

 

 

69th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (2017)

Entry forms for the 69th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (2017) are now available. Parents who wish their children to participate in the Festival must return the completed forms together with the entry fee in cash, to the school office by Wednesday, 13th September.  Late applications cannot be processed.  Please also write your child’s name and class on the top right hand corner of the entry form.  For further details on Rules & Regulations and Syllabus, please visit the official website http://www.hksmsa.org.hk.

Please click here to download the entry form.

 

 

 

Date for your Diary

 

Friday 22^nd September:                   PTA Lantern Festival/AGM for all the family

2^nd – 6^th October:                              School closed – Half term holiday

Thursday 12^th October                     Dress casual day

Thursday 19^th October 9am             Diwali Assembly

24^th – 27^th October                           School photographer in

Friday 27^th October                          Quiz Night for all the family

Friday 3^rd November                        Orchestra Day (possible)

Monday 6^th November                     Teacher training (no school for students)

Tuesday 14^th November                  KJS Musical

Wednesday 15^th November             KJS Musical

20^th – 22^nd November                      Y4 Camp

28^th November – 1^st December       Y5 Camp

4^th – 8^th December                           Y6 Camp

Wednesday 6^th December               Y3 & Y4 Sports Day

Wednesday 13^th December             Y5 & Y6 Sports Day

Friday 15^th December                      Term ends at midday

 

Disclaimer

Kowloon Junior School, English Schools Foundation and its affiliates shall take no responsibility for any activities, events and services that are organised by other organisations or individuals and are mentioned in our newsletters.

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