Principal's message

Dear Parents

Congratulations to all our Year 11 and 13 students who have completed their mock exams over the past few weeks. I know many students studied hard over the holidays and weeks leading up to the exams. 

The mocks serve to provide:

• feedback to students on learning progress on elements of the subject covered so far

• teachers with feedback as to individual and class learning progress

• Just in time information and data to inform the teaching and learning program in the weeks leading up to the exams in April and May.

Thank you also to all parents for making sure that our students can attend school on their rostered days. We have had close to 100% attendance for year groups on their days at school so far. We look forward to welcoming back to school our Year 7, 8 and 9 students next week.

As you will be aware, our school is keen to receive parental feedback to do all we can to maximise the learning progress and wellbeing of our students in these unique times.

Please assist us by completing this ESF wide survey for our KGV School. The survey has eleven questions and should only take a couple of minutes to complete. Please click on this link and thank you in advance for completing the KGV survey.

Please enjoy the weekend.

Kind Regards,

Mark Blackshaw

Principal

Dear Parents and Year 13 students,

Our Year 13 Learning Review will take place next Wednesday 27 January.

This is an opportunity for you to meet with subject teachers and receive feedback regarding academic progress. Bookings close at 6:00 p.m on Tuesday 26 January. To make or check bookings, please go through the Lionel link on the app and scroll down to the icon for teacher appointments. Please do not print off your appointments as this is a live system and will reflect changes up to the last minute.

If you find that a teacher is unavailable, this means they have already been booked at that particular time.

The Google meet link is live and available in the app.

Each slot is 10 minutes long. We would please ask that you adhere to the timings out of respect to other parents and our teaching colleagues.

Year 13 dates for coming into school until CNY:

Year 13 BTEC Students: Mon 25 Jan, Tues 26 Jan, Wed 27 Jan, Mon 1 Feb, Tues 2 Feb, Wed 3 Feb.

Year 13 IB Students: Thurs 28 Jan, Thurs 4 Feb.

Thank you and kind regards,

Mr McKeague

Dear Parents and Year 12 Students,

We look forward to welcoming all of our Year 12 into school next week. Unfortunately, as you know, we have had to separate IB and BTEC students due to the imposed EDB constraints on numbers.

The dates below are when each group are coming into school until CNY:

Year 12 BTEC Students: Mon 25 Jan, Tues 26 Jan, Wed 27 Jan, Mon 1 Feb, Tues 2 Feb, Wed 3 Feb, Mon 8 Feb, Tues 9 Feb, Wed 10 Feb.

Year 12 IB Students: Fri 29 Jan, Fri 5 Feb.

Thank you and kind regards,

Mr McKeague

Dear Parents, 

We are excited about seeing our Year 8 & 9 students in school on Tuesday and Wednesday next week! I hope you had the chance to view the video we sent home last week and have talked to your child about their day in school.

Semester Reports

These reports are now ready to be viewed. These reports contain a summary of assessment grades achieved by your child across Term 1, plus an Indicative Summary Grade. 

Parents can access them from the App. Tap the Lionel 2 VLE button in the App, then the Ribbon icon to take you to the CCF system. Find the Term 1 summary in the Progress Checks section.

A reminder that the Year 8 & 9 dates for attending school are;

For Year 8 students, their in-school days are

Tuesday 26 January

Tuesday 2 February

Monday 8 February

For Year 9 students, their in-school days are

Wednesday 27 January

Wednesday 3 February

Tuesday 9 February

Have a good weekend.

Dear Parents, 

We are excited about seeing our Year 7 students in school on Monday! I hope you had the chance to view the video we sent home last week and have talked to your child about their preparations for Monday. A heads up about the Creative Arts rotation which will happen over the weekend. Please ask your child to check their timetable on Sunday to make sure they see which Creative Arts subjects/ teacher they have from Monday onwards.

Our main messages to you this week concerns the release of Semester One Reports as well as the opportunity for you to meet your child’s teachers.

Semester Reports

These reports are now ready to be viewed. These reports contain a summary of assessment grades achieved by your child across Term 1, plus an Indicative Summary Grade. 

Parents can access them from the App. Tap the Lionel 2 VLE button in the App, then the Ribbon icon to take you to the CCF system. Find the Term 1 summary in the Progress Checks section.

Year 7 Learning Review

Tuesday 2 February is the date for the Learning Review, which will run from 2.30pm - 6.30pm. All parents will be able to access the appointment system from Wednesday 27 January to schedule times to see teachers. Please note the following points;

1. Period 5 lessons on Tuesday 2 February will be ‘asynchronous’, giving students the opportunity to join parents in the Learning Review appointments

2. From now until Tuesday 26 January, subject teachers will be booking in appointments with parents they need to see on the Learning Review evening. As parents you are able to see these appointments appearing in your appointment system on LIONEL. Should you see an appointment appear at a time which is not convenient for you, please can you email the teacher directly to re-arrange

3. From Wednesday 27 January, the appointment system will open to parents and you will be able to make appointments with the teachers you would like to see. The appointment system will close at 6pm on Monday 1 February.

4. Please be aware that the system puts a break between parent booking times, meaning you cannot have two meetings back-to-back. Teachers, on the other hand, have meetings back-to-back

5. These meetings will be held virtually, using Google Meet. You will not be ‘admitted’ into an appointment until the exact scheduled meeting time (as teachers are likely to see be speaking to parents from an earlier appointment)

6. Please have questions ready to ask your teachers, who will focus specifically on your child. 

7. General questions about curriculum and units still to be studied, can be asked in our Curriculum Information Talks. Mr Shiel, our MYP Coordinator is working with our Heads of Departments to collate a suite of videos for you to watch, which outline what we study in Year 7.

8. Specific teacher information

   1. You should only book Creative Arts appointments with the teachers your child had up to 22 January. Do not book appointments with their new creative arts teachers.

   2. Mr Subnani has taken over Mr Hattam’s DT teaching group. He is still getting to know the students and will be contacting individual parents as and when necessary over the course of the year. As a result, Mr Subnani is not available on the booking system

   3. Ms Barton will be on maternity leave by the date of the Learning Review and is currently meeting with parents. She will not be available at the Learning Review

   4. Ms Yao is also on maternity leave (Mr Wong appears on the reports as the teacher). Neither of these teachers will be available at the Learning Review. Mr Wong will be in touch with individual parents throughout the remainder of the year.

A lot of information here! Please let me know if you have any questions.

A reminder that Year 7 days in school are

Monday 25 January

Monday 1 February

Wednesday 10 February

Have a lovely weekend.

The students I spoke to today were very relieved to be finished with their mock exams. Scripts and results will be returned to students within a 2 week window and we will create a summary document in time for the CNY break.

We would like all students to continue working towards and preparing for their final (I)GCSE exams. Feedback from the mock exams will be very important for students to identify areas requiring focus and help.

Year 11 will attend school on the following dates:

• Fri 29 Jan
• Fri 5 Jan

Please ensure they bring a snack and water bottle. Students will make their way home at the end of period 4 at 1.25pm on these days. Period 5 will consist of work set online to be completed when they arrive home.

Please congratulate your child on the effort they have put in and the resilience they have shown over this mock exam period.

Kind regards,
Tim Carrell
Vice Principal

It was great to see our Year 10 students in school this week. There was a real buzz of excitement as they saw their classmates and teachers again. There are two more days of face to face classes before CNY:

• Thursday 28 Jan
• Thursday 4 Feb

We look forward to welcoming them again on those days.

Kind regards,
Tim Carrell
Vice Principal

Wed 27 Jan: Year 13 Learning Review

Tues 2 Feb: Year 7 Learning Review

Wed 10 Feb: Last day of school before Term 2 mid-term break

Mon 22 Feb: First day of school after Term 2 mid-term break

KGV Music Academy Information Session

Year 7 parents and students are warmly invited to join our information evening to find out more about our NEW Music Academy, that will begin next year for students entering Year 8. 

The academy will provide extension opportunities for our G&T musicians with a holistic programme that will allow them to reach their full potential. See attachment here for more details. 

Thursday 28 January, 7pm, online - https://meet.google.com/eth-vcyw-xkf 

Alexandra Carlile, Head of Music, 

alexandra.carlile@kgv.edu.hk 

Please could you remind your Year 7 children to take 2 mins to complete the musical information form to let us know his/her current level. Please complete this even if he/she has done one already since they arrived in year 7 at KGV. 

Follow the link in the student bulletin, or via the email sent earlier this week. 

With best wishes - KGV Music Department!

Parent talk – ‘Parenting role in handling depressed teens from a Public Health approach’

Thursday 28 January 2021
6:30pm-8pm

Online talk

Join us for a talk on the topic of Depression with Dr Nimisha Vandan who will share her expertise.

Dr. Nimisha Vandan, founder of OKAYMINDS (a social enterprise to promote mental health awareness and well-being), will discuss what and why public health is important in dealing with teens mental health. What is depression, the types, symptoms, possible causes, and potential treatment options. We will also explore parents’ role in identifying and supporting their teens: effective communication style and home based techniques. This will be followed by a question and answer session at the end. 

Please register here

For enquires contact Kiran at ptsa@kgv.edu.hk

Attached is the flyer for your reference.

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