Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Celebration of Learning and 3-Way Conference - Parent Guidance

We are delighted to be welcoming you on Tuesday 5 March to celebrate your child’s learning at Kennedy School. Please note that all after-school activities are cancelled on this day and no buses will run. Families can travel around the school together and visit their sibling's classes. Students can wear casual clothes on Tuesday. Below are some guidelines to help you and your child get the most out of your day.

The intentions of the day:

• For parents to engage with their children in their school life and get a window into learning.

• For students, in collaboration with their teacher, to take ownership of their learning by sharing their strengths and stretches and next steps.

• For teachers to inform parents of progress and achievement.

• To strengthen the partnership between home and school, to work as a team to support learning, growth and well-being.

What to do before or after your classroom visit?

There are many other activities that we encourage you to visit any time before or after your designated appointment.

Ask your child to take you on a tour of the school:

1. Visit the gym and lower playground to get involved in PE activities.

2. Visit our after-school activities promotions on the playground.

3. Visit the hall, where you can learn about and engage in your child’s Chinese language learning.

4. Visit the octagonal to see what’s been going on in our exploration days and try your hand using a Dashbot robot.

5. Visit the Expressive Arts and Visual Arts area to find out about your child’s learning in these areas and participate with your child in some activities.

6. Visit the library, where there will be a book fair where you can purchase fabulous books. They accept cash, credit cards Alipay, WeChat, Payme, FPS and Octopus.

What do I do during the classroom time?

• Each block of time in your child’s class will run for 50 minutes and will involve approximately 4 families at one time in the classroom.

• During this classroom session, there will be a 3-way conference with the teacher, your child and yourself to discuss and reflect upon learning, including your child’s strengths and stretches and progress to date.

• The rest of the time in class will involve engaging in learning conversations with your child, viewing learning samples and interacting with your child in a variety of other interesting tasks.

• Classes will open at 8.10 am and close at 4.00 pm. Please keep this in mind if you have one of the first or last appointments.

Top Tips for Parents:

• Let your child lead the activities as much as possible.

• Stay positive - this is a time for celebration!

• Take time to really engage in conversation with your child; put away distractions such as mobile phones.

• Use open questions to help support the conversation. Here are some sample questions that you may wish to use:

Sample Questions to support your child in talking about their learning.

• Which piece of learning makes you feel proud?

• Tell me what kinds of challenges you faced in completing this piece of work. How did you overcome them?

• What does this piece of learning tell you about your strengths as a student?

• In what areas do you feel you need to grow and develop?

• What new skills did you learn by doing this?

• Which piece of work stretched you the most? Why?

Stakeholder survey

ESF has sent out a stakeholder survey to parents, staff and older students. Please get involved by giving feedback to help us continually improve. Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey.

Kind regards,

Brenda
顧仁達
Principal

Kennedy School Rock Band Performance at West Island School - 2 March 2024

We are pleased to announce that the Kennedy School Rock Band will be performing at the West Island School Bazaar this Saturday 2 March at 12 noon! They were incredible at the Festive Fair - now come and support them their debut performance outside of school. The Kennedy School Rock Band are made up for Year 5 and 6 students - Shwana Thambi, Riyana Panwar, Jenson Leaver, Jacob Herne, Austyn Cheong and Colin Tsang.

TGIF! It’s been an extremely busy week for sporting events at Kennedy School.

HKPSSA Island Cross Country Race at CIS - 24 February

Last Saturday, we took more than 50 students from Year 3 to Year 6 to a cross-country event at Chinese International School (CIS). Our students performed brilliantly and we had many top 5 finishes across the age groups. To check your child's race time, please see the Kennedy School copy of the race times here.

HKPSSA Island Cross Country Race Photo Album

Football Friendly v KCIS - 27 February

On Tuesday, we hosted footballers from Kiangsu & Chekiang International School (KCIS) at HKU Stanley Ho where they played friendly matches against our Year 3/4 Footballers and Year 5/6 Girls. It was fantastic to see our young players show their skills and perform so well.

Football Friendly v KCIS Photo Album

Morning Running Club Friendly Races - 29 February

On Thursday, we welcomed ESF Glenealy School to race with us at the HKU Stanley Ho athletics track. This was a great opportunity for our Year 4 to 6 Running Club students to race against another school in a friendly yet competitive environment. The running club members really enjoyed themselves and agreed that this was a great way to start the day.

Island Racket Sports Festival - 1 March

Today we hosted a Racket Sports Festival at HKU and Kennedy School involving many of our Year 5 / 6 racket sports students. In difficult weather conditions, our students excelled in close competition against 7 other international schools in Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis and Pickleball. This was a fantastic opportunity for our racket sports players to play against other schools and we hope to continue to offer these opportunities to students in the future. Congratulations to our Table Tennis players for placing first and second in the competition and well done to our Badminton pairs in their 3rd place overall finish.

Island Racquet Sports Festival Photo Album

ESF Cross Country Festival - 2 March

Good luck to our cross-country runners tomorrow at King George V School (KGV). More than 60 students from Year 3 to Year 6 will be participating in this race. We will finish the cross country season with another race at Discovery College on Saturday 16 March 2024.

Book Fair 

Please visit the Book Fair at the Library on Tuesday 5 March 2024.

February Birthday Books

Learn more about the Birthday Book Programme here:

Birthday Book Programme

Diving Deeper into the Primary Years Programme

On Monday, 11 March 8:30 - 10:00 am, we will be hosting the workshop Diving Deeper into the Primary Years Programme. This hands-on, in-school workshop will be designed for parents who have already attended an introductory workshop or webinar about PYP and would like to further their understanding.

In this workshop, we will be exploring:

• What does it really mean to be an inquirer?

• How do we intentionally develop the skills and dispositions necessary to become a successful life-long inquirer in a school setting?

• How can parents support children in developing the necessary skills and dispositions to become a successful inquirer?

Please register for the workshop by filling out this short questionnaire.

There are a few questions on the questionnaire about your current thoughts on inquiry. Your answers will help to guide the planning of the workshop. The questionnaire should take no more than a few minutes to complete.

If you have any questions on this, please contact Cath Wan at cwan@kennedy.edu.hk.

Year 2 Rainbow Dress-Up Day - an update

Last Friday, Year 2 had the whole school wearing outfits matching the theme “Rainbow.” We saw a wide range of colourful outfits and raised over $10,390! Well done everyone!

Year 6 - Science Dome

Year 6 used the funds from their Pink Dress-Up Day for a Science Dome activity last Thursday and Friday. Children enjoyed the inflatable mobile planetarium and had fun learning about space and science exploration through this interactive experience.

PTA Office Renovation- Calling for Ideas and help

The PTA is renovating the office into a community space. Please feel free to visit the office to share your ideas or let us know if you have any furniture to donate. We also invite parent volunteers with design experience to help with the renovation and office design.

Please contact pta@kennedykidshk.com if you are interested in helping and schedule a time to drop by.

Hot Lunch Service 

We have seen some duplicate orders this month for hot lunches. You can check your order by going to the order history page to check your orders for the month. Please contact Zebratasty directly if you would like to request a refund for the duplicate orders.

Please note that the registration period for the following calendar month opens from 10th to 24th every month. 

Please visit the link here for more information about Zebratasty.

1. Chinese Weekly Learning Notices Links

   1. Year 1

   2. Year 2

   3. Year 3

   4. Year 4

   5. Year 5

   6. Year 6

2. Yearbook 2023-24 Order - go to Gateway and sign the enotice by 17 May 2024.

3. School Uniform Guide

4. School Uniform Shop

5. Inclement Weather Procedures

6. Kennedy School Calendar 2023-24

7. Kennedy School Draft Calendar 2024- 25 (Draft)