Message from the Principal
Dear Parents,
Transition week activities have gone on to help prepare children for their next year and they certainly seem to be enjoying them from the reaction I have seen.
Every term, we have pupils progress reviews where members of the Senior Leadership team review the progress of each child with the class or subject teacher, along with the Head of Year or Head of Department and a member of the ASN team. This is to ensure that every child has met their individual targets and, if not, put in support or interventions to help them to do so. This being the last term, we are looking back on the year’s progress and I am amazed at how much progress how many children have made. Thanks to all the teachers, TLAs, ASN and you, as parents, for all the work and support which led to this level of progress.
The Bus team have been busy planning the new routes and making sure journey times are kept as short as possible while accommodating all our families who use the service. After a comprehensive review of the operating costs and our subsidies, and in having not made any increase last year, we have taken the decision to increase the bus fees. I know that this will not be welcome news, but hope for your understanding on the matter. I can reassure you that we are still in line with other international schools and will always try to keep increases to a minimum.
We had a marvellous and very well attended Early Years Curriculum evening at the Sai Kung campus. Thanks to all the staff involved for their work and presentations.
The highlight of the week has to be the Year 2 performance of “The Wizard of Oz”. The costume, the set, the singing and the clear enunciation of the lines were amazing, but it was the sheer joy on their faces as they performed which made it so memorable.
We also hosted a viewing of “She Objects” in conjunction with the Women’s Foundation and with presentations by our students on Gender Equality issues and a panel discussion. This integrates very well with the work in our school on U.N. Global Goals and helps our students represent opinion when they speak on Global Goals at the U.N. Assembly in July.
Enjoy your weekend.
Brian Cooklin.
Principal.
SAVE THE DATE:
8 SEPTEMBER
PTA Welcome Dinner – 7:30pm till late.
SHE SUCCEEDS
On Thursday night, a mixture of secondary students, parents, teachers and Nord Anglia staff were treated to an enlightening evening of gender related debate and discussion in relation to the documentary film She Objects. The event was expertly introduced and chaired by our New York bound Global Goalkeepers: Beatrice Villaflor, Elena Gonzalez and Dina Evdokimova from Year 9.
They were joined by Riya Chandiramani, Development Officer at The Women’s Foundation; Joanna Hotung, CEO Kids Gallery; Sophia Hotung Graduate, Columbia University, New York; Brian Henderson, COO Baker MacKenzie law firm and co-chair Male Allies Hong Kong; Nicky Duggan Redfern , Group HR Director Nord Anglia and Vivian Pan and colleagues from UNICEF Hong Kong.
Many thanks to everyone who attended and contributed towards the event. We will have a more detailed report on the event soon, but you can listen back to the post film discussion on YouTube or on a podcast version on Soundcloud.
GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE PTA WELCOME DINNER
To attend this fantastic event, please register on Eventbrite and encourage all of your friends and colleagues to please book also, so that we can create a special and fantastic NAIS PTA night!
An Early Bird Special is available until June 24th so hurry and get those tickets!
START SPREADING THE NEWS: NAIS HK GOES TO NEW YORK!
Last week, Dina, Beatrice and Elena from Year 9 led an assembly for KS2 about their upcoming trip to New York for the Nord Anglia – UNICEF summit. To represent the views of all our students, the girls have requested that all NAIS Hong Kong students complete a survey to show their thoughts about the goals and the issues they think are most important to them and their communities. The survey can be found here. The results will then be discussed at the NAE-UNICEF forum in New York in July so this is an amazing opportunity for our students to have their opinions listened to and taken seriously at the highest levels.
STRAWS ARE THE CAUSE CAMPAIGN
The Pupil Council's Week Without Waste is coming up, 19th-22nd June 2018.
Leading up to this week, the Pupil Council would like to invite you to participate in our Straws Are The Cause campaign. This is in order to raise awareness about the detrimental impact plastic, single-use straws have on our environment.
As part of our campaign, we are asking the school to create advertising campaign "poster style" projects. This can be uploaded on to the Padlet below. Some examples could include, designing a poster using colours on paper; creating a digital image using any application on the computer; creating a 3D image using recyclable materials. Whichever approach you take, the project must be captured and uploaded as a photo. Please be as creative as you like, but the only requirement is your project has the name of our campaign (Straws Are The Cause) clearly outlined in one way or another.
The competition will be divided into 3 sections: Early Years & Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, and Secondary.
Entries will be judged by The Pupil Council and the winning entries will be published in poster form and displayed as part of our campaign.
Please upload all entries by Wednesday, 13 June 2018.
THE NEW FACE OF THE PTA!
The PTA committee for the upcoming school year (2018-2019) has just been formed. Full of ideas and enthusiasm, the PTA looks forward to a fun-filled yet meaningful year with the NAIS HK family.
The committee members are Amy Pan, Anna Champion (Secretary), Cathy Chan (Vice Chair), Charlotte McClure, Darshana Parekh (Treasurer), David Seto, Emma Mackley, Irene Wong, Lena Harilela, Mandy Henderson, Mei Wong, Michael Wilson, Nica Sin, Patrick Chan, Priscilla Hui, Puja Karnavat, Ranjeewani Wijayadasa, Shahana Hoque-Ali, Vidya Bhardwaj (Chair) and Yvonne Yau.
New ideas and fresh input are welcome! Please email ptanaishk@gmail.com with any feedback.
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LAM TIN UPDATES
UPCOMING EVENTS
11 JUNE
IB Parents Evening for Year 9 and Year 10 parents
12 JUNE
Auction of Promises Charity Event – Balmoral
Year 6 into Year 7 Transition Evening
14 JUNE
Summer Concert – City Hall. Doors open 2pm, concert start time: 2.15pm.
Year 1 into Year 2 Curriculum evening in our Lam Tin campus 6:30 – 7:30pm. (For Year 1 Parents).
15 JUNE
PTA Primary Disco
21 JUNE
Year 1 Curriculum Evening at Lam Tin. (For Reception Parents).
YEAR 6 TO YEAR 7 TRANSITION PARENTS’ INFORMATION SESSION
To ensure parents are well prepared for your child’s transition into Year 7, we will be holding a parents’ information session in the hall on Tuesday, 12 June from 6.30pm until 8:00pm.
SPORTS100 SUMMER CAMPS
CHECK OUT THESE GREAT CAMPS!
Schedule: https://bit.ly/2sf0yGA
GMF SPORTS ACADEMY SUMMER CAMPS
IB PARENTS EVENING - Year 9 and Year 10 parents
Don’t forget to join us on Monday at 5:30pm in the Hub for the next session where we will discuss:
· Review of knowledge on IB philosophy (Quiz)
· Reflection on ‘why IB for my child’?
· Review of some potential questions that consultant may ask.
The 26th June has been retained as a more convenient date for parents to be interviewed. The discussion with the consultant will last about 30/40 minutes. The focus is for the consultant to ask parents questions to inform the IB authorisation process. Thank you to all of you who volunteered to be here on that day at 8:30am.
SUMMER CONCERT - THURSDAY 14TH JUNE, CITY HALL
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW …
Concert Information:
Thank you again for your response to and support with the upcoming Summer Concert to be held at City Hall next Thursday at 2.15pm. Letters clarifying information for participating students will be issued on Monday along with tickets for the event. Please do remember to bring both your tickets and pick-up cards to the event. If your child is being collected by another parent or nominated adult, please do ensure that they have the pick up card to ensure a quick and smooth dismissal at the end of the concert.
Tickets available:
Now that we have allocated tickets, we are delighted that there will be some additional tickets available should you wish to bring additional guests, or attend even if your child is not participating. These will be available at reception from Monday afternoon on a first-come-first-served basis. Equally, if you find that you no longer need the number of tickets requested, please return any unwanted tickets to reception so that they can be redistributed!
We very much look forward to welcoming you all to our final large-scale event of the year!
SCHOOL BUS SERVICES 2018/2019
The updated bus routes for the next academic year have been confirmed and uploaded to our website.
Please note if you are:
(1) Current Bus User – Please send an email to bus@nais.hk by 30th June 2018 to (1) confirm that you wish to continue using the bus service with; (2) Student name(s); (3) Bus Route and (4) Bus Stop.
(2) New Family – Please complete the application form and scan/email to bus@nais.hk
Your Bus Route and Stop will be confirmed by email by mid-July 2018.
A quick reminder that there will be no bus service for Year 1 pupils in the morning of 20 August 2018. However there will be buses in the afternoon (to allow Year 1 students to practice), school will be finished at 12.15pm on 20 August 2018. The full bus service will start on 21 August 2018.
If you have any questions, please email bus@nais.hk .
STARS OF THE WEEK – THEME
Year 1: Daniel Wong, Ho Yeung Huang, Skye Letcher, Audrey Lau, Aston Chan
Year 2: Maggie McClure, Tiffany He, Hailey Wong, Lachlan Leung, Henry Simmonds
Year 3: Jack Yuan, Brandon Wong, Toby Foo, Maxim Harward, Roselyn Siu
Year 4: Jamie Li, Noah Reid, Max Smith, Joshua McQueen, Fred Leventon Oliver
Year 5: Anita Chung, Stephanie Chan, Harriet Kidd, Collin Guan, Finn Kerrigan
Year 6: Maz Hellyer, Charlotte Li, Jensen Sit, Tony Zhang, Maithili Parekh
HIGH COMMENDATIONS – THEME
Year 7: Keith Teh, Christy Ng
Year 8: Jaden Shim
Year 9: Caleb Herron
Year 10: Alex Tam
ASSEMBLY TIME
On Friday morning we were given a special treat, when class 3E managed to bring together their learning on the Romans and share it with us in a humorous and fact filled assembly. The jokes, the timing and the presentation were top quality and they even managed to involve the rest of the Year 3 children in a call-and-response sing-a-long about Roman history. Well done to all who took part!
TAI TAM UPDATES
Message from the Deputy Head of School
Dear Parents,
The Starfish and Turtles put on a super assembly this week full of epic strength, speed and bravery! It is always lovely to see how confident and excited the children get to perform to their school and parents.
Year 1 have been off on a school trip this week to the Hong Kong Maritime Museum ending off in Fun Zone to develop their social skills and friendships across all three campuses. They had a fabulous time going on a treasure hunt around the museum to continue their learning about ‘Pirates’.
Reception have been learning all about money with a planned visit to the shop for a real life experience and Nursery have been sorting materials and continuing their links to traditional tales. In PE, Ms Farry has started teaching dance and I can’t wait for the children to showcase some of these dances and skills they have learnt at the End of Year Celebrations.
It also that time of year that children start talking about who their new teacher and classroom is. We have put into place different transition elements for all children so that they can experience their new space and classrooms so they are prepared and excited about next years learning. EYFS Children will find out their teacher and class next Wednesday at our curriculum event. Children going into Year 1 will find out their teacher on Thursday 21st June during their curriculum event and children going into Year 2 will be informed next Thursday at their curriculum event. After these events we will ensure that children go to their new classrooms and if possible meet their new teacher.
As the weather has turned please do continue to familiarise yourself with our weather policy and ensure your contact details are up to date. You can find the weather policy on Firefly in the Information for Parents section.
Also a friendly reminder that ECA’s will finish this week.
Finally, there are new routes being added next year for our buses please do read below and contact TaiTambus@nais.hk with your options.
Have a lovely weekend and hopefully it will start to clear up.
Kind regards,
Katie Malone.
Deputy Head of School.
NOTICES
13 JUNE
Nursery and Reception Curriculum evening 6:00–7:30pm. For Parents who have children in Nursery and Reception next academic year.
14 JUNE
Year 1 into Year 2 Curriculum evening in our Lam Tin campus 6:30 – 7:30pm. (For Year 1 Parents).
15 JUNE
ECA’s end for the year.
20 JUNE
Nursery End of Year Celebration 9:00–10:00am.
21 JUNE
Year 1 Curriculum Evening at Lam Tin. (For parents who have children in our Year 1 next academic year).
22 JUNE
Reception and Year 1 End of Year Celebration 9:00 – 10:00am.
STARS OF THE WEEK – PE
Congratulations! You should feel very proud of your achievements.
Nursery: Ida Brodie
Lower Kindergarten: Nicholas Kenyon Edwards and Annabella Jackaman
Upper Kindergarten: Gianna Wong
School Bus Services 2018/2019
The updated bus routes for the next academic year have been confirmed and uploaded to our website.
Please note if you are:
(1) Current Bus User – Please send an email to taitambus@nais.hk by 30th June 2018 to (1) confirm that you wish to continue using the bus service with; (2) Student name(s); (3) Bus Route and (4) Bus Stop.
(2) New Family – Please complete the application form and scan/email to taitambus@nais.hk
Your Bus Route and Stop will be confirmed by email by mid-July 2018.
A quick reminder that there will be no bus service for Year 1 pupils in the morning of 20 August 2018. However there will be buses in the afternoon (to allow Year 1 students to practice), school will be finished at 12.15pm on 20 August 2018. The full bus service will start on 21 August 2018.
If you have any questions, please email taitambus@nais.hk
BLOGS
Please continue to check the blogs for weekly information about what your child has been learning in school.
NO NUTS
We are a ‘nut free school’ as we have several children with severe nut allergies. This includes peanuts and tree nuts. Please remember this when packing your child’s snack and lunch. We cannot allow nut/nut products of any kind in the building. For a snack, we suggest a small piece of fruit or bread.
SAI KUNG UPDATES
Message from the Head of School
Dear Parents,
Despite the windy, wet weather, the school has been as busy and exciting as ever. All the children took part in a photo day on Wednesday and it was lovely to see the whole school together. I can’t wait to see the final photos.
Year 1 have been off on a school trip this week to the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, ending off in Fun Zone to develop their social skills and friendships across all three campuses. They had a fabulous time going on a treasure hunt around the museum, to continue their learning about ‘Pirates’.
Reception had a transition event on Thursday, where those moving to Year 1 in Lam Tin spent the morning in the ‘big’ school. We were really lucky with the weather as they managed to miss all the downpour and enjoy outdoor play on both the Panda and main playground. They were also excited to see the swimming pool and bump into some familiar faces over there. Meanwhile our lovely 2018 Sai Kung Year 1s enjoyed time together as a new year group in their new pod. We will be moving our two, Year 1 classes into the current Starfish and Seahorses pod. Our three Reception classes will then occupy the Turtles, Dolphins and Angelfish rooms next year. And of course, while Reception were away, our Nursery children had the chance to come upstairs to their new classrooms and start getting used to the big transition ahead. All very exciting times!
It is also that time of year that children start talking about who their new teacher will be. Our children joining the Nursery or Reception found this out who at our curriculum evening on Wednesday, for those who were unable to attend, you will receive the information and presentation via email. Children going into Year 1 will find out their teacher on Thursday 21st June during their curriculum event and children going into Year 2 will be informed next Thursday at their curriculum event.
After these events we will ensure that children go to their new classrooms and if possible meet their new teacher. We have put into place different transition elements for all children so that they can experience their new space and classrooms, so they are prepared and excited about next year’s learning. All the teams have been working hard to make our transitions as smooth as possible for the children.
As the weather has turned please do continue to familiarise yourself with our weather policy and ensure your contact details are up to date. You can find the weather policy on Firefly in the Information for Parents section.
There are new routes being added next year for our buses so please do read bthe details elow and contact SaiKungbus@nais.hk with your options.
Also a friendly reminder that ECA’s will finish this week.
Have a lovely weekend and hopefully it will start to clear up.
Kind regards,
Naima Charlier.
Head of School.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
14 JUNE
Year 1 into Year 2 Curriculum evening in our Lam Tin campus 6:30 – 7:30pm. (For Year 1 Parents).
21 JUNE
Reception and Year 1 End of Year Celebration: Parents invited - 9:00am.
Year 1 Curriculum Evening at Lam Tin. (For parents who have children in our Year 1 next academic year).
22 JUNE
Nursery End of Year Picnic: Parents invited - 9:00 – 10:00am.
28 JUNE
Class parties – more information to follow.
SCHOOL BUS SERVICES 2018/2019
The updated bus routes for the next academic year have been confirmed and uploaded to our website.
Please note if you are:
(1) Current Bus User – Please send an email to saikungbus@nais.hk by 30th June 2018 to (1) confirm that you wish to continue using the bus service with; (2) Student name(s); (3) Bus Route and (4) Bus Stop.
(2) New Family – Please complete the application form and scan/email to saikungbus@nais.hk
Your Bus Route and Stop will be confirmed by email by mid-July 2018.
A quick reminder that there will be no bus service for Year 1 pupils in the morning of 20 August 2018. However there will be buses in the afternoon (to allow Year 1 students to practice), school will be finished at 12.15pm on 20 August 2018. The full bus service will start on 21 August 2018.
If you have any questions, please email saikungbus@nais.hk
CURRICULUM OVERVIEWS
You can find detailed information about the curriculum for the coming term on our Firefly pages. Please do take a look and ask your teacher if you have any questions.
BLOGS
Please continue to check the blogs for weekly information about what your child has been learning in school. There is also a section of general photos from Sai Kung - you can find this in the “Welcome to Sai Kung” section of Firefly.
