Dear Parents and Caregivers,

What a Magical Few Days!

It's been a wonderful time to be in school, seeing our Year 6 students shine in both their exhibition and their graduation. Year 6 parents, thank you for your involvement! Please remember that you will always be a part of the Kennedy School family! Tonight, we party with the Year 6s. On Friday, we end the year on a high with the announcement of the winners of the House Championship!

To quickly recap the highlights of this week:

Last Friday, the Year 4s had an amazing time at their Swim Gala. On that same day, the Year 1s celebrated “Who We Are” Day with a carnival together with volunteer parents.

This week, Year 5 students wowed us with their Mylandia civilisation projects! They passionately described what they've learned and represented their learning in many ways, including models, multimedia sites, booklets, posters, Minecraft, and charts. It was inspiring to see the level of detail, engagement and the way they could articulate their thinking and research. Well done Year 5!

For the first time at Kennedy School, Year 2 students were visited by the exotic creatures brought in for their Animal Experience Day. See more in the PTA section below.

We also hope everyone is enjoying the Yearbook. It’s been lovely seeing students busily signing autographs all week! A big thank you to Julie Leong, who coordinated this and Manx Dotillos for the beautiful photographs that have gone into creating this incredible memory book for our students.

End of Year Reports

End of Year reports went live to parents on Monday, 23 June. To access these, please visit the ESF App.

Arrangements for Friday 27 June - half day - last day of school!

Students can wear their PE kits or dress casually in their house colours on Friday. At 8.30 am, we plan to gather, weather permitting, for a whole school photo and to award the house trophy for the year. Parents are welcome to stay in the playground and join us.

Here are the dismissal times for Friday, 27 June:

Leavers : Staff and PTA Chair

In the newsletter last week, we shared our farewell to our leavers via this link HERE. Farewell and thank you!

A Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Kennedy School Community!

As the school year comes to a close, we want to express our gratitude to everyone who helped make Kennedy School a success. Your support has been invaluable, whether you were a part of the PTA, served on the School Council, volunteered as a class parent, or lent a hand at excursions and school events.

Thank you for dedicating your time to attend our celebrations of learning, performances, carnivals, sports and expressive arts events, and for your countless other contributions. We couldn't have achieved so much without you!

To all those families moving on, we wish you all the very best in your new locations and your new schools.

To the staff, you are incredible, and I thank you for making the students’ experience the best it can be. We look forward to seeing all the students back on Wednesday, 13 August, after some well-deserved rest and relaxation.

Thank you for an amazing year!

Kind regards,
Brenda
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Gateway & ESF App Access for Graduating students and those leaving Kennedy School

For those leaving Kennedy School at the end of June, please remember to download your child's end-of-year reports from the VLE. Please also take action on any balance remaining in your child’s eWallet in the Payment system. This can be done on Gateway. You will lose access to both the Gateway and the ESF App by Friday 10 July 2025.

Student Work on Seesaw

The school will begin working on the new Seesaw classes for the new academic year in the second week of July.

This means that from this time onwards, the current data on Seesaw will no longer be available. If you would like to download your child's work and reports from Seesaw, please follow the instructions provided in the link below and ensure you download the work on or before Thursday 10 July 2025.

How to Save and Download Student Work

Lost Property

Our lost property boxes are overflowing! Please encourage the children to look through the lost property boxes outside reception for anything they might have lost. These boxes will be emptied during the summer holidays.

Hot Lunches

The application for hot lunches for the new school year starting 13 August will be available from 10 July to 4 August 2025. Please read this Welcome Letter from Zebratasty for details.

You can register and order your lunch HERE.

Here is a guide on how to update your child’s class.

Please review the online lunch ordering guide for additional information.

Year 4 Swimming Gala - Congratulations to the Lions!

Last Friday, we hosted the Year 4 Kennedy Swim Gala. It was a fantastic morning of swimming participation, competition and house rivalry. The swimming gala is part of the Kennedy swimming programme run by the Kennedy PE Department in close cooperation with our swimmer coaches from Aquakidz. All the Year 4 students participated in events selected by the swim coaches based on their abilities and we were treated to seeing the Year 6 Swim Squad who also showcased their swimming skills. In what was a very close event the Lions prevailed giving them a clean sweep as champions of Year 4 Swim Gala, Year 6 Swim Gala and Overall Sports Day!

First: Lions - 524

Second: Dragons - 491

Third: Unicorns - 446

Fourth: Phoenix - 356

Please see the photograph folder here

End of Year video

Thank you to everyone who has made this year such a success on the sporting front. I wish you all a lovely summer break and we look forward to another year of adventures in 2025/26.

End of year sports video wrap up

Upcoming Star Swimmers!

We are very excited to congratulate Faidra Hon 3H on her achievements during the ESF Explore Swimming Gala which took place last Saturday.

Faidra Hon (3H) managed to come 1st place for backstroke 25m and 2nd place for freestyle 25m in the races of Girls 7 years old category. Congratulations also goes to Hana Taha (2D) as winner of the U7 25m Backstroke event.

Well done Laurence!

We’re delighted to celebrate Laurence Hyde’s(4K) remarkable running achievement! He has been crowned the overall season champion of the 2025 BuffCo Summer Track Series, showcasing his daily effort and dedication.

Congratulations, Laurence—keep running!

Congratulations Oliver Siu (6S)

Oliver Siu is the first recipient of a new Sports Award at Kennedy School focused on cricket called The Achintya Pandey Award. Achintya was a student at Kennedy School from Year 3 to Year 6 (2009 to 2012). His family wishes to highlight the deep affection he held for the school that nurtured his curiosity, joy, and sense of belonging. Achintya greatly valued the school’s vibrant spirit and unwavering commitment to learning, exploration, fun, and friendship. It was a community that shaped him and remained close to his heart.

The Pandey family congratulates this year’s trophy winner and hopes the award inspires cricket enthusiasts at Kennedy School to embody the values of dedication, sportsmanship, and camaraderie that this award represents.

Yesterday marked my son's graduation, a truly bittersweet moment as both a parent and PTA Chair, as well as a member of the Kennedy community. My heart swelled with joy and excitement for our remarkable children, yet I also felt a tinge of sadness about leaving this fantastic community behind.

As I bid farewell to Kennedy School, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support in rebuilding our community through the challenging years of Covid and beyond. A special thank you goes to our incredible PTA Committee, whose tireless dedication has brought joy to our school. They have become not just colleagues but cherished friends.

We are a team, and on behalf of the PTA, I extend my gratitude to the outstanding Kennedy School Team—teachers, educational assistants, support staff, senior leadership, and site staff. I would especially like to recognize Brenda Cook. We've built so much together, and without her support and guidance, our accomplishments over the past years wouldn't have been possible.

Wishing the new committee and PTA leadership all the best in their future endeavours. Have a wonderful summer!

Natasha Petit-O’Connor

Creatures in the Classroom! Our Year 2 explorers wrapped up their “Sharing the Planet” unit with a ROARING success—an animal encounter right in school! Thanks to Animal Adventures (and the awesome support from our PTA's dress-up day fundraiser), students met some scaly, furry, and fantastically unusual animal guests.

From wide-eyed wonder to brave petting of slimy snakes, it was a day to remember. Learning + cuddly (and not-so-cuddly) visitors = the best lesson ever!

2024/25 Whatsapp Class Group Chats - CLOSE on 27 June at 12 noon

We will be closing the Whatsapp class group chats for this academic year on the last day of school - 27 June. Please save any contacts or information needed before this date. Look out for a QR code for your new class Whatsapp soon.

Interested in volunteering for the 2025/26 school year events? Sign up to our Whatsapp volunteer chat for events in the new school year.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/BzSFFPE9bmHF4oErLWCN6R

(This app will only be used to broadcast events to find volunteers. Not to continue planning events.)

Preloved Uniform Collection is always needed - Drop your preloved uniform to “The Space by the PTA.” or at the drop box in the reception.

The PTA Space will be closed during the summer holidays from June 28th through August 10th. We hope to see everyone in the new term. Have a very safe and relaxing summer.

If you need to reach us, feel free to email PTA@kennedy.edu.hk or call 2579 5699.

1. Bus Service Overview & FAQs

2. Birthday Book ordering

3. Chinese Weekly Learning Links:

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

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

• Login: Your child’s school email address

• Password: KSbooks1

5. Gateway Log-in

6. About the Hot Lunch Service

7. Order Hot Lunches here

8. Inclement Weather Procedures

9. Kennedy School Annual Report 2023-24

10. Kennedy Today Newspaper

11. Parent Information Workshop Series

12. Seesaw Log-in

13. School Calendar 2025/26 (Updated)

14. School Uniform Guide

15. School Uniform Shop

16. Snapshots of Learning Links

Year 1, Year 2( unit 1 unit 2 unit 4 unit 5, unit 6)

Year 3 (unit 1 unit 2 unit 3), Year 4

Year 5, Year 6 (unit 1 unit 2 unit 3)