Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Congratulations to our newly elected House Captains!

After a hard-fought election campaign, we are delighted to introduce our House Captains for 2024-25. Congratulations to all and we look forward to your leadership in the year ahead!

Unicorns - George Chu (6S), Lauren O’Donnell (6C)

Dragons - Isabelle Spensley (6C), Sophie Krasser (6S)

Lions - Peter Currie (6C), Ethan Loo (6B)

Phoenix - Oliver Chan (6B), Alice Torringer (6W)

Parent Workshop on Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) is tonight from 6.00-6.45 pm

This is for parents of Years 1-6 students. To join the Zoom meeting, please click on the link:

https://kennedy-edu.zoom.us/j/98555161077?pwd=tn9OG5isaLninbhCLKOMC90OYCu56k.1

Meeting ID: 985 5516 1077

Passcode: 605392

See You In School Next Wednesday

We are excited to welcome you to our Celebration of Learning and 3-Way Conference next Wednesday, 2 October 2024. Based on parent feedback, we have decided to hold these meetings in person this term. We think it will be a positive change to help build early connections and partnerships with families. 

During the conference, you will meet your child's teacher, see their classroom, and discuss their progress. Your child will also join the conversations so they can take ownership of their next steps. We will provide insights into your child's strengths and areas for growth, and explore ways we can work together to support their learning. Our senior leadership team will also be available that day and we look forward to catching up with you then. 

Please refer to previous newsletters for more details.  

Warm regards,
Brenda
顧仁達

Box of Hope

This year, we will be conducting contributions for Box of Hope a bit differently from previous years. Please see message sent to all earlier this week.

Box of Hope Letter

We look forward to receiving donations of items on the following dates:

15-18 October: Bring 6 or more items (Cuddly toys, notepads, etc. See poster below for details)

21-25 October: Bring decorated boxes and written cards

The students will then pack the boxes at school before passing them to the charity to distribute to the under privileged in Hong Kong and Asia.

Calling all Year 3/4 Girls!

We are really pleased to see that most of our ECA sports clubs are full this term. However, we still have some spaces in the Year 3/4 girls football club on Tuesday mornings. The girls football programme is continuing to grow and it is something we are very proud of. The Year 5/6 football club has 19 girls and we would love to develop football and sports skills in our aspiring younger girls. Please get in touch with me at pcrompton@kennedy.edu.hk if you would like to register your daughter for the club.

Extracurricular Activities (ECAs) cancellations

Due to the wet weather this week, we had to cancel the Y3/4 Football on Tuesday morning. This is a reminder for parents to check your messages before leaving home, especially when the weather looks unstable. Students should not be dropped off and left unsupervised at school. As a matter of duty of care and to ensure proper supervision, students should be dropped off at HKU Pitch 2 and handed over to the member of staff responsible for the club. Due to the large number of students involved in a sports club, there is no indoor provision to take care of students before school in the event of a cancellation.

We aim to give everyone as much notice as possible if there is a need to cancel any of our clubs. As mentioned previously, we will let everyone know by 6.15 am on the morning if a before-school club is cancelled.

Kennedy Swimming Programme

Your child’s water safety swim lesson will take place in your child’s final swim session of this term. For next week, this will be the Monday swimming groups.

Water safety is a very important component to our swimming programme where the students are introduced to how it feels to be fully clothed when swimming. The children will also experience basic life saving techniques to help them if they fall into a body of water.

The programme is designed to allow the students to experience how their swimming ability may change when in water with heavier clothes on. They will experience changes in the way they float, how much more tired they become as well as survival techniques to use IF they were to be in water fully clothed, such as falling off a boat, being caught in a flash flood, accidentally falling into a pool, etc.

Students need to bring in the following clothes IN ADDITION to their usual swim kit:

Y2: white t-shirt (for the first lesson of the week only)

Y3 & 4: light coloured baggy shorts and white long sleeved T-shirt

Y5 & 6: light coloured tracksuit/pyjama bottoms and white long sleeved T-shirt.

Only white or light coloured clothing will be permitted in the pool as dark colours react with the chlorine.

STUDENTS WILL BE UNDER STRICT SUPERVISION BY EXPERIENCED AND FULLY ACCREDITED TEACHERS FROM AQUAKIDZ AT ALL TIMES.

Please refer to the swimming timetable to ensure your child is prepared on the correct day.

Next week’s swimming schedule:

Complete Term 1 Swimming Timetable

For more information about Kennedy School's Birthday Book Programme, please click HERE.

Three-Way Conference Support for Mandarin Speakers

PTA Coordinator Cindy Chen will be available to assist families needing Mandarin translation during the three-way conference on 2 October 2024. If you require additional help communicating with the teacher on that day, please contact Cindy at pta@kennedy.edu.hk.

三方会议的普通话翻译服务

PTA Cindy Chen将在三方会议期间为需要普通话翻译的家庭提供帮助。如果您在当天需要额外的帮助与老师沟通，请联系Cindy，邮箱是pta@kennedy.edu.hk

Festive Fair News

Book Donations Please

We have had a lot of good quality books coming in for donations, do please keep this going. It’s a great way for the PTA to raise money for the extras we have at school.

Coffee Morning - 27th September (Rescheduled)

Last call to Join us for a morning coffee tomorrow - Friday 27 September. We will take a few minutes at the end of the meeting to share tips on how to navigate the school’s Gateway system to its full potential. Please RSVP so we can prepare accordingly.

PTA AGM - 15 October

Please sign up here. The nomination form for Parent Representatives for the PTA Committee can be found here. We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Volunteers and Vendors for the EVENT of the YEAR

Click here to register your interest in being a vendor. Feel free to share this link with businesses you know.

We are also looking for volunteers and have many exciting roles to fill in the same form here or email pta@kennedy.edu.hk. You can also join the Whatsapp group HERE or by scanning the QR code below.

New PTA Opening Hours

We are now closed on a Monday, opening Tuesday to Friday 8.15 am to 12.15 pm or by appointment. Contact us on PTA@kennedy.edu.hk for enquiries or to book appointments at other times.

1. Chinese Weekly Learning Links:

Year 1

Year 2 

Year 3 

Year 4 

Year 5 

Year 6 

2. Term 1 Swimming Schedule

3. School Calendar 2024/25

4. Inclement Weather Procedures 

5. Hot Lunch Service

6. Start of school medical reminders letter 

7. School Uniform Guide

8. School Uniform Shop

9. ​eLibrary platform (For Years 4,5,6)

• Login: Your child’s school email address

• Password: KSbooks1