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Kowloon Junior School - ESF https://www.kjs.edu.hk/newsletter-22-08-18/ Export date: Sat Apr 20 2:21:45 2024 / +0000 GMT |
Newsletter- 22/08/18 Kowloon Junior School's latest newsletter is available to read now. Dates for Your DiaryThursday 30 August Evening Session ‘Wellbeing' Dr Helen Street sign up gateway Friday 31 August Staff Continuous Professional Development Day - No school Monday 3 September Welcome Meetings No school for children, sign up gateway Friday 14 September KJS Lantern Festival & PTA AGM Tuesday 18 September ESF Secondary Music Festival Monday 24 September Staff Continuous Professional Development Day - No school Tuesday 25 September Mid Autumn Festival - No school Monday 1 October National Day - No school 15 to 19 October Mid Term Break - No school Sunday 28 October ESF Hong Kong Run 2018 29 October to 1 November Photo Days Monday 5 November Staff Continuous Professional Development Day - No school Friday 9 November Quiz Night / Bingo Night 15 and 16 November School Musical 19 to 21 November Y4 Camp Friday 23 November ESF Orchestra Day 27 to 30 November Y5 Camp 3 to 7 December Y6 Camp Friday 14 December Last day of term - half day 17 December to 4 January Term Break - No school Monday 7 January First day of Term 2 Dear Parents, We are so delighted to see we already have 94 parents signing up for our evening with Professor Helen Street. Her information evening next Thursday will be really valuable for all parents and there is no guarantee that Dr Street will be back with us in the years ahead, so please sign up! We had our first celebration of learning Assembly last Friday with Year 2-6 undertaking to be especially kind, caring and supportive of our new Year 1 students. We are so delighted to have our Year 1 students joining us and getting into the swing of life at KJS. The assembly was also an opportunity to welcome our new staff and reinforce the focus on wellbeing in the term ahead. We really are set up well for a wonderful year at KJS, however the factor that will determine the success or otherwise of our students is our partnership with families. To help us please make sure you sign up for the welcome meetings so that you can share you aspirations, concerns and knowledge about your child so that together we can achieve KJS Success. When home and school work together the sky is the limit for our children! I am very grateful we have such a supportive community at KJS. James E. Faust comments: ‘A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.' We encourage you to have some conversations as a family about what each family member is grateful for and encourage your child to chat about what they are grateful about at KJS. Finally, please go to your app store and download “ESF” and then select KJS so that you can see our calendar and have newsletters etc directly to your phone. If you have children at other ESF schools they may also be ready to use this helpful app!   Kind regards 亲切的问候, सधन्यवाद Neill O'Reilly Principal Mosquitoes and Dengue FeverAs you will be aware there has been a recent increase in Dengue Fever across Hong Kong. The school is very aware of the situation and with ESF support are taking a range of preventative measures. To support your child's wellbeing please spray repellent on them before they come to school and attach repellent patches to their uniforms if this is your normal practice. We are monitoring the situation on a daily basis and we can advise you that to date we have no significant increase in mosquito numbers or bites on children at school. Our school nurse keeps very accurate and up to date records and will advise leadership if the situation changes. In the meantime we remain vigilant in our preventative measures and will continue to monitor the situation. Thank you for your support. 70th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (2018)Entry forms for the 70th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (2018) are now available here . 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 Tuesday 11 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 1 KJS Sailing Club (Y4 to Y6 students only)This year's sailing club is scheduled to start in mid September. Registration will open on next Monday 27 August 9am. KJS Sports ClubsWe have once again had an overwhelming response to our sports clubs this term. All our sports clubs are now oversubscribed. If you have been placed on the waiting list for any of our clubs you will be notified if and when spaces become available. Junior Baking Class Term 1 Baking Class at KJS starts September 13th, for children ages 5-11. Ms. Lan Hee Hong is a fully qualified teacher and also a cake designer. For more information, please see the attached (Brochure and Enrolment form). For any inquiries, please contact Ms. Hong at flourhk@hotmail.com Watch the Junior Bakers in action: YouTube Video: YouTube.com/watch?v=dOW88jsc8A0 2 PTA Update |
