Secondary Campus Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

The secondary campus got off to a flying start to the new academic year. It was fantastic to see our entire new school community come together for the first time in the Auditorium. Arianna and Issac shared their experiences of travelling to the Sustainable Development Goals summit in Houston Texas and shared their aspirations of developing NAISHK student leaders to be ‘Change Makers.’ We look forward to launching our student leadership programs in the Autumn term and encourage all students to get involved! We also celebrated our students IBDP and IGCSE examination results, with Bona, Hugo and Sasha, sharing their personal stories of success and challenges they faced along the way. We are so proud of all students, congratulations to the class of 2024!

Welcome to Y7s and all our new students
A huge welcome to our Year 7 students and all our new starters! We are delighted to have you all join us at Kwun Tong and it has been wonderful to see how much all our students have enjoyed their first week on campus.

Our Year 7 students have shared their thoughts about joining our Secondary school in the following video!

https://youtu.be/GKWHEPreo2c

Five Ways to Help Your Child Settle into School
As always, it is very important that all our students feel as settled into school life as quickly as possible. Here are some top tips on how you can support your child with their transition back to school at home:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2j62v4

PE Updates

Season 1 for ISSFHK begins this week for the Knights.
Tuesday 27th August U14 Girls Volleyball team begin their campaign in Division 3. They will be facing ASHK & KIS.
Wednesday 28th August U16 Girls Volleyball team start their league of fixtures against SIS and AIS.
Thursday 29th August U14 Boys Football team have their first match against ISF.
In the following week, the U14 Boys Volleyball and U16 Girls Netball teams have their first fixtures.

We look forward to sharing these teams’ results across this season.

Drama Announcement: Calling All Thespians!
This year, we are delighted to announce not one but two fantastic productions at NAISHK. Our Y7-Y9 students will embark on a journey to perform William Golding’s classic, ‘The Lord of the Flies’, whilst our Y10-Y13 students will explore Mark Haddon’s famous mystery, ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.’

If your child is interested in performing, auditions will take place as follows:

Music – Virtual Young Musician of the Year 2024

Music ECAs begin 26th August, please see below for details of days and groups. If you miss the deadline for signing up, do not worry, just turn up!

PURE Orchestral Centre are our Instrumental providers, if you are interested in signing your child up to lessons, want to know about costs and further information, please go to the firefly page: https://naishk.fireflycloud.asia/music/pure-instrumental-lessons-autumn-2024

Y11s Off-Site for Lunch
It’s an exciting time for our Y11 students this week as they’re able to leave campus for lunch. Please remind your child to wear their lanyard with student ID card attached should they wish to leave the school site during the lunchtime break. Finally, please also remind your child of the importance of adopting a healthy, balanced diet.

Key Dates/Upcoming Events
Drama Auditions – 27th August – KS4 & KS5 and 29th August - KS3
KS3 CATs Week – 9th – 13th September
University Fair (Y12/Y13) - 13th September
Virtual Young Musician of the Year – 27th September

Have a great week ahead.

Kind regards,

Fiona Thorndike
Head of Secondary