General

Dear Parents,

 

Happy Diwali

Wishing all families a very happy and joyous Diwali this week. The Diwali assembly on Thursday was entirely led by students and made possible by a dedicated group of parent volunteers. The students did a fabulous performance and seemed to enjoy the teacher dance including a handstand by Mr Lynch (1L). Special thanks to Garima from the PTA for supporting our community and ensuring this event was celebrated together. We hope some of you enjoyed the livestream at home or in the office. My Mum (Gee Gee) and Aunt Lexie watched the assembly from Australia and loved it. The assembly can be viewed HERE. Garima has also kindly shared some Diwali art resources for all to enjoy. 

 

PTA community coffee morning

We hope to continue to host coffee mornings in school for parents with the support of the PTA. It was lovely to welcome some parents this week and meet over coffee. The morning was relaxed and informal, please consider joining us next time. Please register for the next session HERE.  I am aware that our community needs to rebuild after a prolonged pandemic. I support the PTA in their efforts to connect parents in person.

 

Start of the school day

Thank you to all parents for ensuring your child/ren arrive at school by 8.15 am. Please be reminded that the school gates close at 8.15 am (on the bell). Students arriving after this time must register their attendance in Reception. All lessons begin promptly at 8.15 am daily. Your continued cooperation is greatly appreciated.

 

Unit of inquiry reports

At various times throughout the academic year, your child’s teacher will issue a unit of inquiry report. This report will provide you with progress feedback about your child’s learning within a specific unit of inquiry. You will receive a specific year level message with a link to the report via the ESF app when your child’s unit of inquiry report is available online. We encourage parents to access these reports when they are released. If you need any assistance with this process please contact one of the Vice Principals - Mrs Sheward (Year 5/6); Mr Dray (Year 3/4); and Ms Lee (Year 1/2).

 

It has been another busy and productive week of learning at Kennedy School. I have been delighted to see everyone bringing in Boxes of Hope. Our community collected a total of 1,130 boxes which is an extraordinary effort. Thank you for encouraging your child to be involved in meaningful action at Kennedy for those less fortunate.

 

As always, my door is open to parents. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can assist you with any aspect of your child’s school life.

 

Have a relaxing weekend.

 

Mina

Diary Dates

10 Nov: Webinar for parents : A Parent's Guide to the IB PYP Programme 2021

12 Nov: PTA Coffee Morning (9 - 10 am)

23 to 26 Nov: Year 6 camp

24, 30 Nov: Year 5 Chinese assembly for parents (More details will follow soon)

1 Dec: Year 5 Parent consultations with Chinese Teachers (via Zoom)

7 Dec: Parent Webinar - 'Plugged in Parents: Keeping children safe, happy, and healthy online.' (Registration details and webinar link will be shared in the next school newsletter)

9, 10 Dec: Year 2 Show for parents (More details will follow soon)

13 Dec: Senior Choir Performance at El Charro at 6 pm (For Senior Choir parents only)

PTA Updates - we have lots!

We have many updates from the PTA. Please read on and click on the many links below!

A) CHRISTMAS CARDS

Congratulations to everyone who entered this year's Christmas Card Competition. We had over 250 entries and they were all amazing! Check them all out in this cool VIDEO.

The 30 winners are:

See all the winning entries HERE

The cards are at the printers now - and they look fantastic - I think they get better every year!

This year there are 30 cards in a pack and we will sell them at $150 per pack.

Please indicate if you would like to order some HERE

B) SENIOR CHOIR CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE

The parents of our senior choir will be invited to see their children perform at El Charro in Cyberport on Monday 13 December at 6 pm. We cannot open this up to more families sadly, but we hope to have a live feed on the TV screens in Delaney's for other members of the community to enjoy.

If you would like to join us at Delaney's please indicate your interest HERE.

SENIOR CHOIR PARENTS - please note the date in your diaries. We will be in touch soon.

 

C) CHARITY CHRISTMAS CRACKERS

We are delighted to help local charity The Zubin Foundation sell their beautiful Christmas Crackers.

The Zubin Cracker was designed by 21 local Hong Kong teenagers from diverse backgrounds and assembled in a Social Enterprise factory providing jobs for Ethnic Minorities here in Hong Kong.

All proceeds go to support the work of The Zubin Foundation, improving the lives of marginalised ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.

Simply order the crackers from the website HERE and the foundation will deliver the crackers to school for distribution.

 

D) CHRISTMAS WRAPPING PAPER

Our Christmas paper, designed by students, is currently on 20% discount.

5 Sheets are now reduced to $40

10 Sheets are now reduced to $80

Email vrummun@kennedy.edu.hk to order!

 

E) KENNEDY SCHOOL TRAMS FROM LION ROCK PRESS

We are awaiting delivery on these and will be in touch with everyone who has already ordered as soon as possible, with payment options.

 

F) FUN-O-WEEN

It was such a pleasure watching the children come to Kennedy on Friday morning. We hope they enjoyed the dress up day! You can view the photos HERE. Now, we have a lot of $5 coins to bank!

 

Box of Hope

BOX OF HOPE

 

A HUGE thank you from all of us at Kennedy School for the amazing Boxes Of Hope which you have carefully assembled and sent in. 

 The top contributors this year are:

1st place: 6N with 110 boxes 

2nd place: 4O with 59 boxes

3rd place: 5B with 56 boxes

Mr Manx put together a quick video on how we managed to get all 1,130 boxes into one photo. 

 Well done everyone! You really have made a difference to families in need in Hong Kong, Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia.

HOUSE RECYCLING CHALLENGE

We have now started the Kennedy House Team Recycling Challenge! 

Watch this VIDEO starring Mr Tremmel, who explains how the challenge works.

Please go through these links for:

1. WHAT you can recycle, 

2. WHERE you can go, 

3. WHAT code to use for your House to collect points and 

4. HOW to check your House’s progress!

Tip: Have this poster with the QR code ready to scan upon arrival at the Recycling centre!

CALLING FOR DONATIONS FOR JUNK MODELLING

The Year 1s will be doing junk modelling as part of our How We Express Ourselves unit so we would like to ask the Kennedy community for donations of CLEAN and DRY  newspaper, cardboard boxes, kitchen roll tubes (not toilet roll) and plastic bottles from Monday to Thursday (8 to 11 November).

There will be a big chest in the playground front of 1L's classroom to collect them in.

Many thanks!