Dear Parents and Caregivers,

I hope everyone is enjoying the gorgeous weather this week. We’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone about our winter uniform. These items can be viewed and purchased at our uniform provider:

School Uniform

School Uniform Guidelines

Will both parents be out of town?

If both parents plan to travel out of Hong Kong, please let the school office and your child's teacher know ahead of your travel dates. Please pass on the name and contact details of the person who is in charge of your child during this time.  It is important that we are able to reach the adults responsible for your child's care in the event of an emergency. Please also check Gateway and update any contact information that is outdated. Please also add alternative contacts where possible to increase our avenues to reach you.  Contacts must be based in HK and be able to respond in an emergency.  Thank you.

Year 3 Chinese Assembly

We hope Year 3 parents enjoyed the Chinese Assembly yesterday. It was a super showcase and the students had a wonderful time on stage showing off their language and learning skills.

Year 3 Chinese Assembly Photo Album

Parent Teacher Conferences

Thank you also to all the parents who have attended and will continue to attend the parent teacher conferences these 2 weeks. We hope these sessions are helpful in strengthening our partnership in student learning and development.

Parent Information Workshop - “The Anxious Generation”

We look forward getting together once more this evening at our Parent Information Workshop webinar on Smartphone and Device Usage at 6.00 pm. We will delve into the key themes of this thought-provoking book and share the findings of our recent local survey, "Smart Devices in the Kennedy Community."

To join the zoom, please click HERE:

Meeting ID: 912 1763 1457

Passcode: 292334

Please also bookmark this link: Parent Information Workshop Series

A recording of the session will be made available next week at the same link.

With so much going on these last 2 weeks of school before the holidays, we urge parents to read the newsletter and check their ESF App regularly to stay on top of new updates.

Have a great weekend.

Warm regards,

Brenda

顧仁達

Seeking Student Artwork for Our Lunar New Year Design Competition

We are searching for student artwork to appear on school displays celebrating the Lunar New Year - Year of the Snake.

WHEN? The deadline for submissions is 3.00 pm, Thursday 12 December 2024.

FORMAT & THEME

1. Size：A3，42cm × 29.7cm

2. Format :The artwork can be portrait or landscape

3. Forms: Entrants can use any paint or method to create original work. They can use oil painting, acrylic painting, sketching, collage, hard pen, printmaking, or any other medium. Digitally processed images and photos however, are not permitted.

4.Submit artwork without a greeting message.

5.Please DO NOT include ‘Kennedy School’, ‘ESF logo’ or ‘2025’ in your design as we will add this later on.

6.Please make sure the submission is an original student artwork and does not contain photos from the internet or design elements (like Canva) that are copyright protected.

To Submit:

1. Fill the registration form and upload your entry through Lunar Chinese New Year Card Submission Form Link

2. Please submit a digital copy of the artwork. This can be scanned or photographed. The original artwork does not have to be brought to school yet.

The digital file should be in JPEG or PNG format, with a resolution of no less than 300 dpi, and a file no larger than 5MB.

Please ensure the digital artwork is clear and cropped properly.

WINNERS

2 designs will be chosen from each Year band. The 12 winning designs will then need to be brought to school to be displayed as part of this year’s Chinese New Year decorations.

Each student can only submit 1 piece of work. Please Submit your entry by: Thursday 12 December 2024.

What a great week for sports it has been!

Year 3 / 4 Football

On Monday, we took a boys and a girls team to Harrow International School to compete in the HKPSSA Year 4 Football tournament. Congratulations to the Kennedy Year 4 Boys Team for their fantastic performance - they were undefeated in four matches against Quarry Bay, ICHK Hong Lok Yuen and Discovery College. Our girls team also performed brilliantly and had some hard fought draws against GSIS and Harrow and a win as a combined All Stars team with DBIS. A hugely successful tournament made for a very happy bus back to Kennedy School that afternoon.

Table Tennis at Bradbury School

Congratulations to our Table Tennis teams who took part in the HKPSSA Table Tennis Tournament at ESF Bradbury School this morning. Our girls and boys competed in a ranked event with players seeded from 1 to seed 4. Five out of our 12 players won their respective events against FIS, Bradbury, DBIS, Quarry Bay School. The tournament was highly competitive and played in good spirit. It was great to see how our students have benefited from the Friday lunchtime training sessions.

Just in! For full tournament results, please click  here.

AFL event at AISHK

Thank you to Mr Kruger and Mr Lynch for training the AFL team this term. This afternoon (Thursday), we took a strong team to play against AISHK. Good luck to our AFL players with more news to follow on this event next week.

Final Football Tournament next week

Good luck to our footballers in the Year 5/6 HKPSSA Championships next Wednesday at the HKFA Training Centre. We are so excited to see how our teams will fair in this event after winning the previous tournament last month. Let’s go Kennedy boys and girls!

Kennedy Sports ECAs

Term 1 Staff Run Sports clubs have now ended.

Thank you to all of the staff who have given up their time and supported our sports clubs this term. We have given our students a wide variety of opportunities and look forward to many more opportunities in Term 2.

If you want your child to be part of our Kennedy School Sports Clubs, please see the information about the wide variety of sports on offer in Term 2 next week. Next term, our HKPSSA tournaments will be played in the sports of Tag Rugby, Basketball, Cross Country Running and Hockey.

Join us for a fun and interactive Hong Kong Sign Language class, open to children from Years 2–6 and their families or caregivers. Taught by a Deaf teacher and hearing assistant, we will cover some great basics of this amazing language.

Learning sign language offers many benefits—it fosters meaningful connections with the Deaf community, broadens your understanding of diverse communication styles, and opens up new ways to express yourself. Sign language is a fantastic tool for developing empathy, creativity, and the ability to think in more inclusive ways.

12 Classes in Term 2: HKD 2500 total (for 1 child + 1 adult)
(9 January to 3 April 2025)

We will need a minimum of 11 pairs of participants to run the club (ie 11 students + 11 adults).

The deadline for completing this form is Monday 9 December 2024.

If you have an questions, please contact Cruz Macalligan at cruz.macalligan@gmail.com.

One Person, One Flower Scheme 2024/25

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department will be delivering plant seedlings to the school next week as part of the One Person One Flower Scheme. These will be sent home with the children in the latter half of the week. Please look out for them and repot them as soon as you can.

Petunia leaflet

Video on how to care for the petunia seedling

For enquiries, contact the LCSD at 2723 6053 or 2723 6041.

Christmas Plant Sale

On Wednesday 4 December, we will be selling Christmas poinsettias in the school playground. Please ask your child to bring $50 if they wish to bring one home! The funds will be used for the school garden.

Santa’s Postbox

Our Christmas postbox will make its appearance outside Reception. From Monday 2 December to Friday 13 December, students can send christmas cards and greetings to friends and teachers throughout the school. Please include the recipient’s name and class on the envelope so that our Year 6 elves can deliver these greetings!

To learn more about the Birthday Book programme, please click HERE.

REMINDER: It’s the Year 2-lead Dress Up Day - FUTURE ME!
Tomorrow, Friday 29 November, is a whole school Dress Up Day in support of Year 2. The theme is Future Me! "What I Want to Be When I Am Older." Please encourage your child to dress up in something from home reflecting their future aspirations. Maybe they would like to be a rock star, a doctor, a zoo keeper, a sports star, etc.

A voluntary donation of $20+ is appreciated to fund a special activity chosen by the Year 2 Team.

Festive Fair Update

DRUM ROLL, PLEASE! The final amount raised from the Kennedy School PTA Festive Fair was a whopping… 
AMAZING! We could not have done this without you, Kennedy Community. The money raised is so appreciated and will be channeled back into the Kennedy School community and give that extra sparkle to experiences, resources and events. In the past we’ve funded sand tables, playground equipment, iPad charging stations, partially funded the adventure playground and much more… So a big thank you for your help and support.

Festive Fair Surprise Prize Winners: Surprise prize winners will be contacted by email.

Office Hours

PTA Opening Hours Next Week. The PTA office will be staffed from Tuesday to Thursday 8.15 am to 12.15 pm or by appointment. Contact us at PTA@kennedy.edu.hk for enquiries or to book appointments at other times.

First Aid Course

Learn to save a life. Mark Your Calendars because we are thrilled to announce a comprehensive First Aid course organized by the PTA, in collaboration with the Red Cross, right here at school! Starting 25 January to 22nebruary

This First Aid course is officially recognized by the Hong Kong Government, offering a valuable certification that can make a real difference.

Click here to apply.

The deadline for sign-ups is Wednesday 11 December 2024.

PTA Merchandise- Order by 1 Dec

Order our limited edition Kennedy School taxi, ferry and mug by Lion Rock Press for the holidays. You can place your order by filling out this form.

PTA Christmas Cards For Sale at the Reception

Children and families can purchase a bundle of 5 Christmas cards for $5 (cash only) at the school reception. These cards are perfect for posting to friends and teachers in the Kennedy School postbox which will be placed at reception from 2 December.

1. Chinese Weekly Learning Links:

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

2. Parent Information Workshop Series (Please bookmark)

3. Kennedy School Annual Report 2023-24

4. Kennedy Today Newspaper - issue 1, issue 2

5. Draft School Calendar 2025/26

6. School Calendar 2024/25

7. Inclement Weather Procedures

8. Hot Lunch Service

9. School Uniform Guide

10. School Uniform Shop

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

• Login: Your child’s school email address

• Password: KSbooks1