Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Celebration of Learning and 3-Way Conference

What a wonderful day it was! Thanks for taking the time to immerse yourselves in the school life of your child/ren and to work in partnership with teachers to continue to ensure your child flourishes. It was such a positive and productive day that had a calm and wonderful community feel. Thanks again to everyone for your contributions.

Stakeholder survey

So far only 22% of parents have filled in the stakeholder survey and we’re hoping for a lot more. ESF has sent this to you via email and will send some reminders. Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey. It’s really helpful for us to get feedback on our strengths and ways we can continuously improve our school.

Focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Coming Soon - The Global Neurodiversity Awareness Week.

What is neurodiversity? Click on this site for a wealth of information and for free webinars on a whole range of areas.

A quote from the same website states, ‘Approximately 15-20% of the population has a neurological difference. Instead of labelling people with deficits or disorders, when we use the term neurodiversity, we take a balanced view of an individual’s unique strengths and challenges. Many ‘challenges’ neurodivergent people face have more to do with the environment and systems they are placed in, often designed by a majority population’.

Please note the ESF section of the newsletter for more information on ESF workshops held at RCHK (Renaissance College) or ESFC (English Schools Foundation Centre, King's Road, Quarry Bay).

Kind regards,

Brenda
顧仁達
Principal

ESF Cross Country Running at KGV

Last weekend we had over 60 students running at KGV on Saturday morning. This was a great experience for our students to race against other ESF schools in very testing conditions. Our young racers in Year 3 and Year 4 ran a distance of 1.2 km and our Year 5 and Year 6 students ran the course twice to complete the distance of 2.4 km. Thank you to all of the parents for giving up their Saturday morning to cheer on our students in the rain!

Please see photos of the event here

Next week we will finish our cross country events for this term at Discovery College on Saturday 16th March. We have room to enter two more students in the Year 3 boys and Year 3 girls races and one in the Year 4 girls race. Please contact me if you would like to enter your child for this event.

Good luck Tag Rugby players

Today, our Year 5/6 Tag Rugby team will play their first tournament of the year at Happy Valley at the HKPSSA Tag Rugby Jamboree. Our students are well trained by Mr Bogaerde and Valley Rugby coach Kimberley. The event will be great preparation for next Friday when we host the Tag Rugby Championships here at HKU pitch 1.

Go Basketballers this Saturday

Good luck to our Basketball players this Saturday in the Basketball Tournament at French International School. We have two teams representing Kennedy in the Year 5/6 event. This is the first tournament for our basketball players, thank you to Mr Zeng for his help in coaching the team and preparing our players for this event.

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 to help.

2nd hand uniform

It’s time for a spring clean! Donate your second-hand uniforms by dropping them off at the PTA office or reception. We kindly request donations of current-style uniforms in good condition. Thank you for your contribution to sustainability and supporting the school community.

Zebratasty Lunch

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

You can check your order by going to the order history page to ensure there are no duplicated orders on the same day.

Please visit the link here for more information on Zebratasty.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week

The week beginning 11 March is Neurodiversity Celebration Week. To support the school community in embracing neurodiversity, the ESF Student Support Services have put together a brief flyer for parents to highlight the shift in language and culture, and to signpost towards a recording of the Parent Webinar 'Neurodiversity - Including All', held last year.

We hope that you are also aware of the exciting events being held at RCHK (Renaissance College) and the ESFC (English Schools Foundation Centre - Kings Road Quarry Bay):

It’s Board game time! Explore the Wonders of Neurodivergent Minds:

Meet the student team Astralis from RCHK (Renaissance College) who curated a Board Game for their Junior Achievement project, an edutainment product to teach people about Learning Diversity.

• 11 March 2024 (Monday)

• 4.30-6.00pm

• RCHK (Renaissance College)

Workshop with Jonathan Mok: Foster Understanding and Acceptance

Invisible disability: Seeing the unseen - What does neurodiversity mean for everyone? What are the roles for neurotypicals? Learn more from Jonathan Mok, a committed advocate for neurodiversity, having been diagnosed with ADHD and ASD at the age of 37.

• 12 March 2024 (Tuesday)

• 4.30-5.30 (English session) | 5.30-6.30 (Cantonese session)

• ESFC (English Schools Foundation Centre - 25th Floor, 1063 King's Road, Quarry Bay)

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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)