Dear Parents and Caregivers, It has been an exciting week of ‘Book Week’ activities culminating in our “dress up as your favourite character” day today. I’m not sure what our new prospective year one parents felt coming into interview today with the interviewing teachers dressed as pirates, Where’s Wally and cowboys! I kept a straight face and said this is just a normal day. Good luck to our cross country team tomorrow as they run in the ESF Cross Country event at KGV.

John Brewster Principal INSPIRE + ACHIEVE + EXCEL

School Calendar – Dates to remember

TERM TWO CALENDAR - DATES TO REMEMBER

17 January Maths Parent Workshop, 6pm – 7:30pm

18 January Year 3 Bake Sale – 3T, 3S, 3C

18 January Year 1 Theatre Trip – Stickman, 9:00am - 11:00am

19 January Year 5 Theatre Trip – Horrible Histories, 11:00am – 1:15pm

20 January Year 6 Trip – Cheung Chau, 8:45am – 3:20pm

6 February Return Slip and payment to School – Vision Screening

8 February Yr1, Yr2, Yr3 & Yr4 Sports Day

9 February Yr5 & Yr6 Sports Day

13 | 15 February Vision Screening test – Kennedy School

22 February Year 1 DTaP-IPV immunizations

VISION SCREENING 13th&15th FEB 2017

Suzan Salnikow, an Optometrist, will be coming to Kennedy School on 13th & 15th of February to do vision screening for those children

who sign up. If you want your child to have this service, please download this vision screening form and send it to the

medical room with a cheque for HK$220 made payable to ‘Suzan Salnikow’. Please sign up by 6th of February.

Sally Connell and Henriette Teuchler Kennedy School Health Professionals

PIANO LESSONS We have limited vacancies this term for piano lessons. Please contact Ms Heidi directly on 93108081. The Senior Choir are preparing for the 50th Anniversary concert at The Queen Elizabeth Stadium on March 17th. If there are any singers not already in senior choir who would like to join please contact Mrs GG asap.

Jacqueline GG Head of Arts

The fee per child is $220, payable by cheque to Suzan Salnikow

Please return to school by Monday 6th February 2017.

MESSAGE FROM THE NURSE

Unfortunately a child had brought cupcakes that contained nuts in for Bake sale this week - the nuts were not visible and therefore the cupcakes were sold to the children during morning break. As soon as we discovered the problem, we checked with our severe nut allergic children, to make sure none of them had bought that particular cupcake - luckily none of them had. We would like to remind everyone that Kennedy school is a NUT FREE school, as we have a number of students with severe nut allergies across the year-levels. When someone is allergic to tree nuts (ex. cashew nuts or almonds) or peanuts, being exposed to these would cause the affected student to have a severe and possibly life threatening allergic reaction, in need of medication and hospital care. Please be vigilant in making sure that the cakes/cookies/cupcakes you send to school for Bake sale does NOT contain any nuts or nut-products. If you are not baking or buying the cakes yourself, please make sure that the person who is, is aware that under no circumstances can they contain any nuts or nut-products. Thank you for your help in keeping all of our students safe and still able to enjoy Bake sale days. Henriette Teuchler Head Nurse

NO NUTS for Bake Sale

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Dear Parents,

你们好，新年好！

The Year of the Rooster is approaching. The Lunar New Year will begin on Saturday, the 28th of January this

year.

The rooster is the 10th sign in the Chinese zodiac. It is generally aligned with loyalty, a sociable and friendly

nature and with a punctuality that is bound to impress. How are you going to enjoy this big moment? Students

at Kennedy school are ready to welcome and celebrate this important event of the year.

Chinese New Year Assembly, again, will be an unforgettable experience for the KS community. We will have a whole school CNY assembly on Thursday, 26th of January. We would be very grateful if you could dig into your wardrobe to dress your child in Chinese traditional clothes on the day. If you don’t have any Chinese traditional clothes, please let them wear something red to school to guarantee good luck in the year of the Rooster! Chinese New Year phase assemblies will be also run in the hall and parents of the performers will be invited to watch the shows. As part of Chinese New Year Celebration, we are going to organise a CNY games day for ALL students on Tuesday (24th January 2017). Please see below the time slots that scheduled for each year band to play games:

We need some parent volunteers to look after the game booths in each time slot. We will appreciate it if you

Sign Up for being a parent volunteer in the time slot that your child will be playing.

Thank you for your strong support with your children’s study of Chinese and we look forward to having more

fun in the Year of the Rooster.

恭喜发财，鸡年快乐！

Gong Xi Fa Cai, Ji Nian kuai le! Denggao Zeng Head of Chinese dzeng@kennedy.edu.hk

MESSAGE FROM THE

CHINESE DEPARTMENT

Paddyfield Bookclub Catalogue

Dear parents, soon your child will be bringing home a brochure from Paddyfield Books. Please look out for it in their school bag and feel free to place an order if you wish. Paddyfield stock a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books that are suitable for Years 1 to 6. All completed orders must be returned to school along with a cheque for the total amount written out to PADDYFIELD.COM LTD. Please take care to read all the instructions on the order form and write the cheque correctly as any cheques mistakenly written to Kennedy School will be returned. You or your child can give the completed order form directly to the office otherwise the class teacher can collect the form and pass it on. If you wish to place an order, your form must be returned to us no later than Monday 6th February the first day back from the CNY holiday. Please understand that any orders received after this date cannot be processed. We would also like to emphasise that any orders you place will generate Paddyfield Book Club credits for Kennedy School to purchase new library books. Once we receive all the ordered books from Paddyfield, we will deliver them to your child's classroom for your child to take home. If you have any queries in regards to this, please don't hesitate to email us at library@kennedy.edu.hk. We'll send out a further update with the expected delivery date once all the orders have been sent to Paddyfield. Thank you Susan Mifsud and Nina Sehgal

MESSAGE FROM

THE LIBRARY

If your child has a birthday in January, February or March and you would like them to receive a book on their special day, please send $100 in an envelope marked with your child's name and class, how old they will be and who the book will be from. They will be the first to borrow the book and then we'd appreciate it if they would return it to the library after one month. The book will be hand delivered to your child in their classroom on their special day and will have a label inside with a birthday message from the family. Once the book is returned, the label will remain inside for everyone to see. This is a great way to help us add new books to our collection.

Birthday Book

We are now, sadly, at the end of Kennedy School’s Book Week for another year, and what a wonderful celebration of reading and stories it has been.

We have had drama performances, visiting authors, bedtime stories, book swaps, a Book Week assembly, story reading every break and lunch time, the teachers vs students book quiz, bookmark and comic strip making, giant books on the classroom doors, photo and movie making competitions and finally, today, our ‘Dress as a Book Character’ parade.

The children’s faces have been a picture of excitement and enthusiasm throughout the week and I know their level of engagement will help to sustain and encourage their interest in reading in the weeks and months ahead and through the rest of their lives. Please visit the school’s Facebook page to see a selection of photos from the week.

We still have one event left. Renowned local author, Sarah Brennan, is with us next week to present her new book to all classes in the school.

Results of the various competitions will be announced in the coming days.

Thank you for your support.

KENNEDY SCHOOL

BOOK WEEK

Reading in Extreme Circumstances Children have a photo taken of themselves reading in an unusual place – under the bed, on top of the Macau Tower, sitting on playground apparatus, etc. E mail the photo to Mr Moore (include your name and class number) or bring a printed copy to school.

Jeff Moore English Coordinator

4J held the first class assembly of the year in our new hall on Tuesday. The theme of the assembly was related to Book Week. We heard about all the events that were planned for book week - reading in various locations around the school, a book quiz between students and teachers, bedtime stories in pyjamas, a competition reading in exceptional circumstances and a book swap. 4J told us an alternative story of The Three Little Pigs' based on Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes which was brilliant. A very entertaining version it was too. The narrators were fantastic as were the characters in the story! It was clear that the Year 3 and 4 students and parents of 4J thoroughly enjoyed the assembly! A wonderful launch to book week. The acoustics and lighting in the hall worked so well too and our new tiered seating meant everyone could see the 4J children on stage. Well done 4J and Mr Moore and thank you to all those parents who attended. I hope you were all impressed with our hall!

Emma Navin

Vice Principal

KENNEDY SCHOOL Y4 ASSEMBLY

Y4-6 Kennedy School Games Rotations:

Please ensure your child is wearing their P.E. Kit for Games as well as for P.E. lessons. Additionally, for children in Year 4 to 6, please ensure your child has the correct kit for their Unit: Hockey - in accordance with the HKHA regulations all children participating in hockey MUST wear shin pads and a mouth guard. Long socks to hold shin pads are also recommended. All of these items are available from the PTA Office. Rugby - although there is no mandate from the HKRFU we strongly recommend the use of mouth guards when playing rugby. Mouth guards and shin pads are available for purchase from the PTA Office.

Kennedy Sports Upcycling Process

Before you throw out any old trainers or football boots please consider donating them to the Laos Rugby Federation courtesy of the school. Please place any unwanted trainers or boots into the blue bin inside the school office. We will also accept cricket bats, wickets and balls.

Please click HERE and HERE to discover about the long term impact your donations are having to the development of rugby in Laos.

FROM THE

P.E. DEPARTMENT

Year 3 & Year 4 Sports Day: Wed 8 Feb, 9 – 11:30am Year 1 & Year 2 Sports Day: Wed 8th Feb, 12:45pm - 2:40pm Year 5 & Year 6 Sports Day: Thurs 9 Feb 8:45am – 12:20pm More details regarding your Sports Day will be shared soon. Yr4, Yr5 & Yr6 Club: The Breakfast Fitness Club is now open to Y4 children as plenty of space remains. The sessions will run on a Tuesday morning led by a coach from the ESF Sports team. Training commences at 7:30 and will conclude at 8:15. Please ensure your child wears appropriate clothing for physical activity and bring plenty of water. The cost will be $815 for 11 sessions. For further information and to register please go to the Activities section of Gateway and select Term 2 Staff Run Activities.

Sports Day Information

Breakfast Fitness Club

Please encourage your child to celebrate their sporting passions and successes with the rest of the Kennedy Community through this format. The Kennedy School Sports Wall of Fame on our VLE is a forum where children can share their sporting achievements.

Click on "add a new discussion topic" to start a new thread about your event/sport. Then enter details of your event or sporting achievement along with a photo of you in action, if you have one. Please celebrate the successes of other children at Kennedy by reading their threads and writing positive comments for them. Tim Luck Head of PE and Swimming tlu@kennedy.edu.hk

Click on the following links to view advertisements for after school activities provided by external agencies and ESF Educational Services.

DAY ACTIVITY PROVIDER

Various Football, Basketball, Tennis, Gymnastics, Kung Fu, Netball, Science, Writing Class, Japanese Class, Dance, Spanish

ESF Educational Services

Various Science Adventures, Stormy Chefs, Mission

Runway

Active Kids

Monday Drama, Speech & Communication Classes

Starlit Voice

Monday DIY Workshops Brainchild

Monday Chess Lessons

Hoyinping Chess

Monday Fabric Fun

Fabric Art

Various Foundation’s Orator, Filmaker & Novelist

Foundation Academy

Wednesday Bricks 4 Kidz

Elite Bricks

Thursday Art Classes

Banana Art

Friday Creative Writing and Publishing Elephant Community Press

ACTIVITIES BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES

I would appreciate any good quality second hand tennis balls for playground activities please.

Second Hand Tennis Balls

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