We understand that next week will be your final time back at school, and we are so looking forward to seeing you all at the Graduation rehearsal. In preparation for your departure, your official Alumni Number and email migration instructions have now been sent to your inboxes, so please check your emails today. This information will guide you on how to forward your emails from Lionel to your new alumni account, and we will be holding a short presentation in the Hall next Tuesday, 26th May to explain the process and answer any questions.

Join Mr Paul Melsom, our resident horticulturist, in his project to plant native trees in Lantau.

When: Saturday 6Jun afternoon

Where: Lantau (Mui Wo)

read attachment for more info

If interested, contact Mr Croce (gianluca.croce@yahoo.co.uk) 

Please refer to the attachment for details.

NOTE: KGV & ESFC do not take responsibility for the content or quality of external events and courses.

Get ready to support your Year 9 peers next week during break and lunchtime! There are tons of incredible stalls, interactive games, and fundraising activities happening around campus. All proceeds and donations go directly to amazing local NGOs.

Check out the lineup below and make sure to buy your tokens to participate!

Interactive Games & Challenges

• Match the Pet with the Teacher: Think you know your teachers? Pay $5 to play (or $30 for a guaranteed prize) and try to match 10 staff members with their pets. Zero mistakes get the biggest prize!
• Plastic Pollution Q&A (Piazza/GLT): Test your eco-knowledge! Choose your questions, get at least half right, and walk away with free candy.
• The Reading Comprehension Challenge: Read a quick extract and answer questions to win candy. Top tip: Find a team member roaming around with flyers before visiting the stall to double your candy prize!
• Poverty Lifestyle Scavenger Hunt: Pay $30 to enter a raffle and simulate the daily struggle of the underprivileged by hunting for cardboard, paper, and cans around the school.
• Lucky Rainbow Game: Try your luck at a classic Jumping Gym-style rainbow coin-toss game to win prizes!
• Physical Challenge Stall: Test your strength and fitness! Pay an entry fee to take on physical challenges and compete for awesome prizes.
• Heavy Cart Car Park Challenge: Come down to the car park to cheer on students simulating lower-class manual labour by pushing heavy cardboard-laden carts. All sponsorships go straight to Feeding HK.

️ Stalls & Charity Shopping (Piazza / Green Tables)

• Eco-Friendly Pop-Up (May 26th & 27th): Head to the middle row of the green tables in the Piazza to buy bamboo straws and toothbrushes. Every purchase gets you a spin on the Rainbow Wheel for bonus prizes! (Proceeds to Plastic Free Seas)
• Second-Hand Uniform Drive: Give school clothing a second life! Grab pre-loved uniform items for as little as $10.
• Stationery for Education: Buy notebooks, stickers, and stationery items to support Kids4Kids.
• Custom Art & Commissions: Treat yourself to custom artwork, pre-made bookmarks, and unique commissions.
• Upcycled Crafts & Bracelets: Support life below water by purchasing handmade bracelets, stickers, and upcycled plastic items.
• Stray Animal Support Stalls: Help out our furry friends! Buy keychains, fidget toys, bracelets, and dog plushies for Sai Kung Stray Friends and Catherine's Puppies.
• Pipe Cleaner Flowers: Beautiful, handmade pipe cleaner flowers will be on sale to raise funds for local animal shelters.

Creative Workshops & Activities

• The Global Warming Commitment Tree (Piazza/GLT): Grab a green leaf sticky note, write down one small action you can do to combat climate change this week (like bringing a reusable bottle), and help bring a giant cardboard tree to life!
• Bedazzling Bookmarks: Get hands-on and craft your own sparkly, bedazzled bookmark at this interactive workshop supporting Kids4Kids.
• Poverty Awareness Workshop & Raffle: Learn more about poverty alleviation, join local workshops, and buy raffle tickets ranging from $10 to $50 to win prizes.

See you all out there next week! Let’s make a massive difference together!

On behalf of the Body Banter team, I am really excited to share that we are launching our next round of recruitment for our youth mentorship initiative: the Bring On the Banter Ambassadors (BOBA) program. Student leaders selected in this cycle will kick off their year-long advocacy journey with us this coming September. This program is a year-long journey in which participating student leaders (ages 14-22) receive mentorship from the Body Banter team to complete an advocacy project on campus. Our first cohort is well underway, and our second cohort will be completing their advocacy training workshops at the end of May, so our program is really taking flight!

We have designed the program so it can be easily counted toward existing school requirements, such as the MYP Community Project, IBCP Community Engagement, or the IB CAS project. Since we provide all the training, project templates, and external mentorship, this program is a great way for students to lead high-quality initiatives with minimal extra supervision required from school staff. As usual, this program is entirely free for students to join.

You can find the application form HERE and more information about the program on our WEBSITE.

The deadline for this round of applications is MONDAY, 22 June 2026.

Hi all

Please find the latest Interhouse Update below. This includes important updates regarding results and sign-ups for Interhouse events.

Interhouse Update Slides

Any questions please let me know

Mr Mistry

Y7-10 Lunch and Learn is every Wednesday from 1:35 to 2:15pm in ICT 4.

Bring your lunch and come along if you are:

• Stuck with classwork or home learning
• Preparing for tests or assessments
• Wanting to get homework done in the school day.
• Looking for somewhere quiet to go to work or read.

There will also be a teacher and Senior students available to help you if you need. 

Next week, the Individual Oral (IO) for IB English will be taking place across the following English classrooms from Tuesday, May 26th to Friday, May 29th:

• 2nd floor: EN201, EN202, EN203, EN204, EN205, EN206 (Wednesday onwards)

• 3rd floor: EN301, EN302, EN303 (Tuesday onwards)

Because of the assessment, regular classes that have a timetabled lesson in the English block during Week 2 have been re-roomed – please check the re-rooming arrangements in case you are affected. 

You will not be able to access the corridors of the English block as usual during that week; signs and barriers will be put up accordingly. Please observe these with respect and maintain a quiet manner around the assessment areas. 

If there are any major questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me (Ms. Maggie Chan). Otherwise, thank you all so much in advance for your understanding and support of this important task for our Y12 students!

Get ready for a week of games, stalls, and fundraising! To support our various causes, please note that student stalls and events cannot accept cash.

Following the successful Mini-Enterprise event model, we will use a token system.

• Pre-purchase Tokens: Starting Thursday, 21 May.
• Where: Piazza.
• Payment: Octopus Card only.
• Denominations: Available in $5, $10, and $20 amounts.

Pick up your tokens early and be ready to jump into the action!

Students have been working on their Community Project all year. They have been encouraged to aim for May as the month their group takes action. 

There will be Advocacy campaigns displayed on TVs around the school, and you will start to see collection/ donation drives appear (outside the CAS office). Please engage in these topics.

During the week beginning the 26th of May, students may organise an event for their ACTION at school.

What could this look like?

• Students may use before school, break time and/or lunchtime to conduct their ACTION. This might be a group looking to promote their campaign, run an installation and/or, in some cases, raise money (NO BAKE SALES ALLOWED). Please engage in these activities and support the Year 9 students. 

• Students have created videos/campaigns that will be posted on the bulletin/TVs during the ACTION week. Please discuss and engage in the issues the Year 9s are attempting to highlight.

In the week before, there will be a counter available near the GLT to purchase TOKENS, as this year, all activities will be CASHLESS

Thank you in advance for supporting the students in the long-term challenging project.

The CAS Interviews start next week, so please make sure you have checked and double-checked the date and location of your CAS interview. 

If you DO have a clash, it is your responsibility to contact your interviewer and reschedule. It is not acceptable to just not turn up.

You will need to excuse yourself from a lesson a few minutes before your time to get ready. If your scheduled time clashes with something you don’t want to miss, then please liaise directly with your CAS Advisor to reschedule.

Instructions:

• Check your day/date/time and venue.
• Leave your lesson a few minutes early.
• Attend your interview on time and have your laptop ready.
• Ensure all your records are up to date.
• Have your 'highlights reel' presentation ready to go.

Tips on how to structure your presentation can be found at the link below
 
If the presentation goes well AND your records are up to date, then you should leave the meeting fully signed off and completed. If either of these is not satisfactory, your CAS completion will be delayed, and follow-up tasks will be required.  

• Interview Schedule
• Interview 2 Support

Regards

Mr Beard

As you begin your more intensive study for preparing the exams, please adhere to the following guidelines to ensure a productive environment for everyone,:

1. Study Pod Bookings

The study pods are a popular resource for focused group work. Please follow the booking protocol:

• How to book: All reservations must be made through Mr. Wong.

• Booking Limit: To ensure fair access, each student should book up to 2 lesson periods at a time.

2. Maintaining a Quiet Environment

The Senior Side is primarily a zone for deep concentration.

• Silent Study Area: Absolute silence must be maintained here. Please keep your devices on silent and avoid conversations.

• Pod Etiquette: Even if you have booked a study pod, please keep your volume down. The pods are not soundproof, and loud discussions can easily disturb those working in the surrounding areas.

3. Collaborative Work & Discussion

We understand that you may require active discussion. If you need to engage in a group discussion:

• Please utilise LRC 1 or LRC 2.

• These areas are specifically designated for interactive learning, allowing the Senior Side to remain a quiet sanctuary for independent study.

4. No Eating

To preserve our resources and maintain a clean professional environment, no eating is permitted on the Senior Side of the LRC. Please finish your snacks or lunch in the designated canteen areas before entering.

If you fail to follow these guidelines, you will be asked to leave the senior side of the LRC immediately. 

5. Don't leave your belongings at the LRC during the exam

Let's work together to keep the library a respectful and effective space. Thanks for your cooperation!

Dear Year 12 & 13,

To help with your planning for this year and to ease some of the assessment pressure, we have grouped Year 12 & 13 summative assessments and IA schedules into distinct blocks and to include periods of time with no assessments.

The Y12/13 assessment schedule is HERE. I have also included 2 new tabs which has specific dates for each assessment. Please note that exact dates for assessments and IA deadlines etc should be communicated to you well in advance. Please continue to liaise with your teachers regarding these dates. However, they should be in line with this schedule.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Dear Students,

On behalf of the counselling team, we warmly invite you to FriYay. 

Join us every Friday at lunch in SSC4 for our weekly Art & Craft hangout. It's the perfect place to:
✨ Unwind with creative activities
✨ Connect with friendly faces
✨ Chill out and have a great time

No sign-up needed. Just show up, grab some supplies, and let's create together!

Friyay will be starting from next Friday 5 Sep 2025.  Come join us!

Imagine if each student donated 1 can per week to this cause.
We would be able to feed 2,000 people per week!

You can donate canned food infront of the CAS office at any time of the day. Simply search through your kitchen or pantry to find any unwanted canned food atleast 3 months before the due date.

Every donation is greatly appreciated.

We are hosting 30 different gamified challenges ranging from Easy, Medium, and Hard. The harder the challenge you complete the bigger and better the prizes will be.

•  Entry Tiers: Paid via $5, $10, or $20 school tokens. 

• Social Impact: 100% of the token profits are being donated directly to charity!

• When & Where: 1:25 PM - 2:15 PM in PE2 (Tuesday) and the Piazza (Wednesday–Friday).

It is important to know that students must wear PE KIT to participate in these challenges

We see it every now and then, but do you really know what's going on behind the scenes in their lives? My group and I have put together a short quiz to determine your understanding of homelessness in Hong Kong.

Take the quiz here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfu0MXwADPZHQFM4NEtWUc32oafbqUNgqTnfOjWI9FvqU1B5g/viewform?usp=preview

Please fill in this quick form (anonymous) to help us produce a video to help Y5-6 KJS students in the coming years.

Here is the link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wiDf-3zZyLvhVeV3cBygK-3QIRsdjjqmg0gEk7LVf0M/edit

Thanks,

Ethan Yang, Raf Kwan, Sean Lau

Contribute to our research of your understanding on refugees and asylum seekers!

Please fill in our form for our community project regarding the topic of refugees and asylum seekers. All responses are appreciated and will help us.

https://forms.gle/19Ne7VjvVZejQizS6

Tabitha Cheung, Angelica Tepace, Zoe Fung.

Contact us if you have any questions.

Please fill this form to help us solve a growing addiction crisis in our school.

Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qTTKDqGOxIw7f4lwso9s7ixs46DPwvnUIxLObczIEQM/edit

Thank you,

Maxi S, Edward B, Dip K

(If you have any questions email Dip Kalathiya)

Hey Upsdell! 

EOMD is just around the corner, and we’re excited to announce that auditions will be taking place starting this week!

Audition dates:

• May 20 (Wednesday), Lunchtime @PE2 — Y7-9

• May 29 (Friday), Lunchtime @Gym — Y10–12

We can’t wait to see all the talent you have to offer!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to any of the Upsdell Dance Captains :)

Renee - chant44@kgv.hk

Ika - tangi2@kgv.hk

Katie - chenk15@kgv.hk

Can you help us for the kids in need ?

Then please donate ! Sarina , Megan and I are creating a donation drive for the poverty in Hong Kong. These boxes will be outside the Cas office and all donations will go to the Salvation Army. You can donate Toys (books etc) , and clothes.

Remember that everything you donate must not be broken or be dirty ( stains on clothes , broken toys )   The donation will take place during May 18th to 29th outside the Cas office. 

Thank you ! If you have any question please contact us.

Aashvi , Sarina , Megan 

Panache is officially recruiting enthusiastic deputies for our 15th Annual Fashion Show for the following 6 departments:

- Production

- Graphics

- Public Relations 

- Finance

- Model Management

- Student Talent

Please read the brief explanations of each role on the attatched slideshow before applying. The google form for applying for a certain role can be found on the corresponding slide.  

Show us what you’ve got. We can’t wait to see your applications!

[ Storytelling Behind Maps: Clean Air Network Secondary School Summer Internship Program 2026 ]

In your journey of learning Geography, Science, and Social Issues, have you ever wondered : 

1. Is knowledge hard to apply?

Relying solely on textbooks makes it difficult to connect environmental issues with the community.

2. Lacking hands-on experience?

Want to try interdisciplinary inquiry but don’t know how to start with data analysis? 

3. Passionate about Sustainability?

Want to contribute to improving Hong Kong’s air quality but can’t find a platform to practice? 

If you are ready to break through, we cordially invite you to join the Clean Air Network (CAN) Summer Internship Program 2026.

Here, you won't just be an observer—you will be an explorer of environmental issues. Under the guidance of professional mentors, you will learn to use GIS, conduct field research in local communities, and turn data into a force for change!

Internship Schedule:

• Day 1 (Aug 3) - GIS Foundation Workshop 
• Day 2 (Aug 4) - Outdoor field research and environmental data collection 
• Day 3 (Aug 5) - Data processing, and map creation 
• Day 4 (Aug 6) - Student project showcase, Q&A session, and networking 

Registration Details

• Date: August 3 (Mon) – August 6 (Thu), 2026
• Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
• Venue: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1 Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom)
• Target: Upcoming Form 4/Form 5 (Year 11/12) student in the 2026/27 academic year or equivalent (Highly recommended for those interested in Environmental Science and Social Impact)
• Fee: Free (Open for public or participant donations - Suggested donation: HK$500)

Book your summer journey of discovery now  !
 [https://forms.gle/3WthjeDK67e9G6au5]

Deadline: 31st May!!

Clean Air Network (CAN)
As the only NGO in Hong Kong dedicated to air quality issues, we are committed to promoting the vision of "Clean Air for All" through education and technology, inspiring the next generation of environmental leaders.

Hey KGV!

The Finance Society is excited to announce that we are hosting the second annual Finance Society Entrepreneurship Event!  

This event will be an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of finance, engage in many hands on activities and listen to and speak with seasoned entrepreneurs who have decades of experience within the world of business and finance. Free snacks and drinks will also be provided to ensure you all are charged up and energised for the entire event! 

The event will be hosted in the Hall from 9am to 1pm on June 20th. 

Linked below is the sign-up form (please fill this out if you are going to be attending so we can calculate what will be needed for the event):

Event Sign-Up

If you have any questions please feel free to email us at: mirpud3@kgv.hk

We can't wait to see you all there!

The ESF Finance Society :)