Newsletter- 26/09/18
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Dates for Your Diary
Monday 1 October National Day – No school
Wednesday 3 October Parent Workshop: Your Child and Technology (5-6:30pm)
Thursday 11 October Dress Casual Day
15 to 19 October Mid Term Break – No school
Thursday 25 October 3 Way Conference (evening)
29 October to 1 November Photo Days
Thursday 1 November 3-Way Conference (after school)
Friday 2 November ESF Orchestra Day
Monday 5 November Staff Continuous Professional Development Day – No school
Wednesday 7 November Y1 Immunization
Friday 9 November Quiz Night / Bingo Night and Diwali Assembly 1:30pm (auditions after mid term break)
15 and 16 November School Musical
19 to 21 November Y4 Camp
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
Friday 11 January Y6 Immunization
Dear Parents,
Coming up next week is our parent workshop, “Your child and technology.” If there is one major event you should prioritise this academic year this is it!
Technology is now central to the lives of children, it is how they live, communicate, form friendships, break up, find out about the world (truth is relative) build their image, learn, play and make meaning.
This should concern you, social media and digital media is changing at an exponential rate, not necessarily for the better. You need to know how to protect your child from this wonderful yet terrifying medium as you would protect your child from anything dangerous that can come into your home.
Leaving technology in the hands of children unchecked, unmonitored and unfiltered is like leaving your children home alone with the doors wide open.
Please, mark this workshop in your calendar and come along to find out about your child and technology. Sign up is here.
Kind regards
亲切的问候,
सधन्यवाद
Neill O’Reilly
Principal
71st Hong Kong Schools Music Festival
Entry forms for the 71st Hong Kong Schools Music Festival (2019) are now available (click here to download). 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 9 October. 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.
PTA Update
Bingo Night
This year we will be having our first ever Bingo Night in November. To make this a fun filled, enjoyable event, we need your help. We are looking for sponsorship and donations in the form of prizes for the Bingo winners. If you would like to contribute something, please let us know. We would be grateful.
We also need volunteers at Bingo Night. If you are interested in helping us, please approach our PTA office and sign up.
Our email address is pta@kjs.edu.hk and the PTA shop operating hours are from Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 11:00am & 2:30pm to 3:30pm, not including school and public holidays.
Our events are a success because of you and your families. Please support us.
More details of this event will be released in October.
Student Success
We are delighted families are regularly sharing their children’s success at home with us at KJS. To help manage the large amount of information the school sends home, we will channel the celebration of success to our Facebook page leaving the newsletter with the key weekly messages and important dates. You can find the school’s Facebook here. Please keep the photos and stories coming of our children shooting the AAROW’s of Success!
ESF and Other Notices
French Mother Tongue Programmes
Please click here to download a letter regarding the French Mother Tongue Programmes.
Quarry Bay School: Parent Workshop
ESF Sports Autumn Camp
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..
