Newsletter Term 3 Issue 1

Learning for Life.
Term 3 Issue 1
Upcoming events
Principal Message
• School Refurbishment
PTA Sports
Fun Day
1 May
Public Holiday
25 May
Public Holiday
6 May
SJS Exhibition
8 May
Y6 Student-led
Conferences
21 & 22 May
School Closed
Easter Eggs Story
On The Lookout For CREATIVE PARENT
VOLUNTEERS & Performers
Purple Cake Day
Mr Hyde’s
Challenge
W2SW
Rainbow Shower
Congratulations to the Sha
Tin Junior School students
who entered my Shaggy
Sheep Poem Competition!
Nepal Relief
Efforts
Others
Morning Tears
Collaboration
School Dental Care Service
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Trust Life Journey
F.O.C.U.S. Summer Programme
Manage Sleep Problem in Your Children
HKU CAISE Summer Programme for Creativity
and Talent Development 2015
• Discount: HP chromebook order form for staff
and parent
• Easy Peasy Services
D
ear Parents,
School Refurbishment
Maintaining a high quality learning environment for our
children is a priority for us and with this in mind, plans are well
underway for another major refurbishment programme at the
school. This summer break we will see the renovation of all classrooms
in Years 1, 2 and 3. Furniture and flooring will be replaced, the
classroom windows will be enlarged and the corridors will be
upgraded. Students have ‘road tested’ some of the furniture
options available and they are excited about the new designs.
We are looking at options to upgrade the play area at the
rear of the Year 1 classrooms. We have been working with a
landscape architect and his concept plans are currently being
shared with the students and the PTA. This work is scheduled to
take place during October 2015 to April 2016.
Principal’s Message
Year 1 Classroom Design Proposal
Corridor Design Proposal
The Years 4, 5 and 6 areas of the school and the specialist
rooms (Performing Arts, ICT, Music and Design Technology
rooms will be upgraded during the summer break of 2016.
Year 2 & 3 Classroom Design Proposal
Principal’s Message
The cost of the project will be shared between the school and
ESF and the PTA will look to fund the playground project. We
will be writing to you separately regarding specific fund raising
activities for the project. These have already started with
the Year 5 team opting to donate some of the proceeds from
Market Day to the project and the PTA ear-marking profits from
the Family Sports Fun Day last Sunday.
Performing Arts Room Design Proposal
Best regards,
Perry Tunesi
Principal’s Message
Following the whole school
assembly, students were invited
to submit entries for a decorated
egg competition. Many interesting
entries were received and the
overall winner was an impressive
entry from Sylvia from 5.4. Congratulations also go to Valerie
from 1.3 whose colourful egg
won the runner-up prize. Special
mentions go to: Hannah F (4.3),
Josephine (4.3), Harsha (5.4), Annie
(1.3), Tabitha (1.4), Jennifer (1.4)
Nicole (6.2), Amber (5.1), Anneke
(5.2), Michelle (5.5) and Janice
(4.2) who all contributed excellent
entries and received a small prize.
Easter Eggs Story
Purple Cake Day
During Book Week, many
students enjoyed dressing
up in purple or as a book
character. It was a purplicious
day, featuring purple socks,
hair, clothes, and even purple
snacks! The Years 1 to 3
parade of book characters and
purple, left our community
bubbling with excitement. The
learning centre showcased a
display of purple books and
students had the opportunity
to learn more about the
Purple Cake Day organisation.
Our community has
raised HKD 7,224! The
donation was then made
online through this link and
will be utilised to support
children worldwide to receive
the education they need to
break the poverty cycle and
create a better future for
themselves, their families
and their communities.
Thanks to everyone for their
collaboration and support
towards this cause.
Purple Cake Day
Nepal Relief Efforts
After the unfortunate news of the
disaster in Nepal over the weekend, our
community practised our commitment
and empathy with respect and
collaboration! The students raised
HKD10,637.60 through the donation
efforts! The coins were displayed in the
shape of the Himalayan Range and by the
end of the day, all the mountain’s peaks
were covered in “ice”! The money was
presented to Mr. Bhotia who purchased
water purification tablets. Mr. Bhotia is
part of our parent community and he
will be representing SJS in Nepal and is
grateful for the contribution. The tablets
will be distributed locally in Nepal and
will support all those in need. A big
thanks to everyone in our community for
coming together in support of this cause.
Nepal Relief Efforts
Morning Tears Collaboration
Year 6 students enjoyed receiving their massive
return gift from learners in Zhengzhou under the
care of The Morning Tears Foundation. After our
Year 6 students had sent them Chinese New Years
greetings, they were curious to find out what their
new friends had sent them. Once the package was
unveiled, students at SJS were pleased to see the
banner that was created for them. The banner has
been on display in the roof for a couple weeks for all
the children to enjoy. Many thanks to our friends at
the Morning Tears Foundation for their continued
collaboration.
Morning Tears Collaboration
Sports Fun Day
We had a great time last Sunday at the first ever PTA Family
Sports Fun Day. Mum’s, Dad’s and children came along to
join in the fun.
The children were able to try out a number of different
sports under the expert guidance of professional coaches. Training and matches were set up for football, basketball,
badminton and table tennis.
Other highlights were the parent - child games and races. The obstacle race was especially competitive!
It was a wonderful fun-filled afternoon were families came
together and the memories will last for a long time.
Acknowledgements to the sports coaches
Sports Fun Days Photos are now available on the VELoCity,
under 2014/15 Whole School Events album.
Dreams Football Star Training
Centre
夢想足球精英訓練中心
Tel : 2402 8466
Hong Kong China Table Tennis
School
中國香港乒乓球學校
Tel : 2636 0363
Website : www.hkctts.com
Dreams Hong Kong Star
Basketball Training Centre
夢想香港星籃球精英訓練中心
Tel : 2402 8466
Website : www.hk-bbstc.org
Top Concept Badminton Club
創峰羽毛球會（香港）
Tel : 2377 1083/ 6979 1678
PTA Sports Fun Day
Mr Hyde’s Challenge
100+ Students
Walked to School on
Wednesday 22 April =
Free Hugs, anyone?
Rainbow Shower
NW
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
PERFORMERS
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CREATIVE PARENT VOLUNTEERS
If you have a skill or craft you would like
to teach a group of children during our
Neighbourhood Watch day on the 5th of
June, we would love to have you participate
in this fantastic celebration with us! We
would like to provide our students with an
opportunity to learn from the parents in our
community during the lunch times of the
Neighbourhood Watch Day. Thank you for your partnership!
Name: _______________________
Idea: ____________________
Targeted towards students in Year: __
Can you sing like Celine Dion
or rap like Kanye West? If you
enjoy acting, performing, playing
an instrument of any kind and
have talents to share and are
willing to perform for us during
Neighbourhood Watch, please
let us know.
Email Ms.Daswani at komal.
[email protected] by May
15th if you are willing to be part
of our Neighbourhood Watch!
Number of students that can be included: __
Resources/Quantity required:
Please inform us of the following details
and send your email to Ms Daswani, komal.
[email protected] by May 15th.
__________________________________
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Congratulations to the Sha Tin Junior
School students who entered my
Shaggy Sheep Poem Competition!
Sarah Brennan’s message:
Hello again! I just wanted to let you know
that the results of my Shaggy Sheep Poem
competition have just been published on the
Clever Competiton page on my blog and the two
Sha Tin Junior students who entered did a great
job!
I was looking for excellent vocabulary, great
ideas, good spelling, and especially, something to
make me smile! In addition I judged the poems
on correct length (no more than 16 lines), correct
subject matter (ram, sheep or goat), originality,
style, whether it all made sense, and that crucial,
hard-to-define X factor :)! The judging took quite
a while, as you can imagine, and the kids have been
very patient. But yesterday the results were posted,
and today I have written to everyone who won a
place or a special mention, and their teacher or
librarian, to let them know the result.
Congratulations to:
Jared of class 4.4
this time, his poem did make the Long List, which
given the high number of entries is an achievement
in itself! Please do let Jared know, as while I am
writing to all the place winners in each category
and their teachers, I can’t report individually to all
the kids on the Short and Longlists (or my fingers
will fall off :))! And do visit my blog to see Hillary’s
winning entry!
Hillary of class 6.3
for their successful entries. Hillary won Third
Place in the Grade 4 to 6 Category with her superb
free verse poem, and while Jared didn’t win a place
Sarah Brennan’s Blog: http://www.sarahbrennanblog.com
Sarah Brennan
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school or something they need help with.
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Public Holiday - Birthday of Buddha
Important Notes & Upcoming Events
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Hong Kong Young Writers Awards
Shortlist !
We have been notified by the
HKYWA 2015 Team, that
two of our students have
been short-listed in this year’s
competition.
Saffron
Class 3.5
Fiction: Group 1
Meagan
Class 4.1
Cover Art: Group 2
Congratulations Meagan and Saffron, we look forward to seeing your creativity
in print.
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Hong Kong School Music Festival ~ Violin
I am delighted to congratulate:
Chelsey of class 2.4 for being awarded merit in the Violin Solo
Grade 2 competition.
Albus of class 3.1 for being awarded 3rd place in the Violin Solo
Grade 1 competition.
Janina of class 1.1 for gaining 1st place in the Violin Solo Grade
1 competition.
Students’ Recognition
Violin
I am delighted to congratulate:
Hugh of class 4.4 for being awarded merit in the
ABRSM Violin Grade III examination.
Students’ Recognition
Piano & Violin
I am delighted to congratulate:
Andrea (violinist) of class 5.3 and Tim (pianist) of class 5.1 for being
awarded 2nd runner up in “Violin Sonata open section” in the 67th Hong
Kong Schools Music Festival.
Students’ Recognition
Drawing Competition
I am delighted to congratulate:
Justin of class 3.3 for winning in the Asia Pacific
drawing competition 2014-2015.
Students’ Recognition
Chess
I am delighted to congratulate:
Vincent of class 5.4 for gaining First Place Individual in the
Beginners Tournament 2015, organized by The Chess Academy.
Students’ Recognition
Swimming
I am delighted to congratulate:
Ashley of class 6.3 for gaining 3rd place in
the mixed 100 metre backstroke at the ESF
Distance Swim Gala held at South Island
School.
Trinity of class 3.5 for gaining a silver
medal for 50 metres freestyle and a gold
medal for 25 metres butterfly in Little
Dolphin Swimming Gala.
Students’ Recognition
Gymnastic
I am delighted to congratulate:
Janice of class 6.4 for achieving merit in the All Hong Kong
Inter-Primary Schools Gymnastic Competition, primary girls
novice group, Vaulting event.
Students’ Recognition
Baseball
I am delighted to congratulate:
Eddie of class 5.5 for gaining the following,
1st runner up in the Hong Kong Little
League 2014-2015 and 1st runner up in
the Samsung 58th Festival of Sport 16th
Challenge Cup. Eddie is also a member of
the Korean Angels baseball team.
Students’ Recognition
Running
I am delighted to congratulate:
Cherry of class 6.5 for winning first place in the 3 kilometres,
Youth Group I Long Run at the Pacers Charity Easter Run 2015.
Students’ Recognition
Basketball
I am delighted to congratulate:
Vincent of class 5.4 and Bosco
of
class 5.1 for participating in a basketball
match “ESF Tigers: Kowloon” against
“ESF Tigers: Hong Kong”. Kowloon won
59 - 24.
Notes
Tigers - Kowloon Tigers - Hong Kong includes BHS, CWBS, KJS, RC and SJS
includes BS, DC, GS, KS, QBS and WIS
I am delighted to congratulate:
Zac of class 1.1, Marcus of class 3.4 and Katie
of class 3.1 for participating in a recent event for 5-7
year olds in the GMF Basketball Super Cup 2015. Their
achievements are:
• Zac - 2nd Runner-up
• Marcus - Champion
• Katie
- 1st Runner-up and Rebounding Leader
Students’ Recognition
I am delighted to congratulate:
Sophie of class 2.2 for gaining second place in the 15th Super Kids Championship. She
also completed all required modules for the Korean Saturday School Kindergarten Class
and has now graduated and is being promoted to Korean primary.
Students’ Recognition
Disclaimer
Please note: The following programmes are not school based.
We believe the advertising organizations are reputable and
information is passed to parents on this basis.
Disclaimer
Trust Life’s Journey
The presentation will take you on a roller
coaster ride of a mother and son’s
journey through the typical and not so
typical landscape called life.
You will learn how this tragedy has
inspired Nicola to see life from a totally
different perspective becoming the
individual she was born to be.
Nicola Clark was born in New Zealand. She has lived over 22 years in Asia.
She initially worked as an accountant until her life was turned upside down by
unforeseen circumstances that she discovered her true vocational passion.
A passion that
began out of a
situation of
sheer agony...
A passion that began out of a situation of sheer
agony, when in 1998 living in Hong Kong, she
learned that her son contracted meningitis, leaving
him with many challenges. It was then that Nicola’s
life took on a whole new role, that of being a
mother to a ‘special needs’ boy. This led her to
a role as a Disability Consultant for families and
individuals with disabilities.
Whilst in Hong Kong, Nicola was heavily involved with ESF. She worked as a Business
Manager at two of the secondary schools. Also served as a Community Member on
the West Island School council as well as on the ESF Board of Governors.
Nicola currently works part-time as an Advisor for Disability Connect.
There, she advises individuals with disabilities and their families about the
disability sector in New Zealand. She is also working on her next book.
Intended Audience: ESF parents of children with SEN
ESF Centre, 25/F, 1063 Kings Road, Quarry Bay
18 May, 5:30-7:00pm
First come, first served, maximum 120 places
www.trustlifesjourney.com
October 23, 2014
www.forcus.org.hk
F.O.C.U.S. INTENSIVE SUMMER READING & LANGUAGE
ARTS PROGRAM 2015
Calling all children who would like to boost their reading skills, become stronger readers
and feel more confident with their reading and writing!
Dear Members and
Friends,
F.O.C.U.S. will be offering
an Intensive Summer
Reading and Language
Arts Program for children aged 6-12. The classes
will be led by experienced master’s degree
reading specialists from the USA. The format is highly individualised instruction that
is tailored to each child’s learning needs and is
complemented by small group interaction with a
teacher-student ratio of 1:3.
WHY THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM?
Effective reading instruction can prevent or
improve reading problems in many youngsters.
Children with Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD)
and AD/HD may need more intensive instruction
and greater opportunities for practice than do
regular achieving reader in order to learn to read
well. Providing this kind of intensive help as early
as possible is essential because reading difficulties
often become more difficult to remediate over
time.
WHAT WILL YOUR CHILD GET OUT OF THE
CLASS?
Assessment and on-going review of child’s reading
profile
Education instruction and remediation which will
address key reading-related abilities:
• Phonemic awareness (awareness of individual
sounds in spoken words)
• Phonics knowledge (knowledge of letter
sounds and word patterns)
• Decoding Skills (using the context, pictures,
and knowledge of letter sounds and syllables
to read unfamiliar words)
• Fluency (reading with appropriate expression,
intonation, rate, and volume)
• comprehension (Activating background
knowledge, understanding text structure,
self-monitoring, making predictions and
connections, and inferring)
A multi-sensory approach to reading and an
individually tailored reading and writing program
will be used to strengthen the child’s literacy skills
and confidence.
For more information, please visit
www.forcus.org.hk
We are happy to share with you that Summer Programme for Creativity and Talent Development 2015 is now open for registration!
Check it out now: http://caise1.wix.com/hku-caise-summer2015
Please refer all applications to Ms. Lam [email protected]
CAISE, Faculty of Education
Room 338, Hui Oi Chow Science Building,
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, H.K.
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happy to feature their efforts in the newsletter if we can.
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