Dear Parents

At this stage, we are proceeding with our plans for all students to come to school from Monday for half days. We are looking forward to seeing all our students back next week. We appreciate that the situation in Hong Kong regarding COVID-19 is dynamic at the moment. Please watch out for App messages across the weekend for updates, especially if our plans need to change. We will provide updates to you as soon as we can. 

A separate App message has been sent to all parents this afternoon outlining our detailed plans for all students returning to school on Monday. Please read this carefully, as we have included an acknowledgement request at the bottom of the message. 

Kind Regards,

Mark Blackshaw

Principal

We are very much looking forward to seeing students back every day next week.

Studiosity
We are providing a new 1:1 tutor help service to all Year 11 students. This is an online service that has been checked and approved by ESF to provide 1:1 help to our students at any time of the day or night. They can ask for help or advice with any academic topic while they are working or revising from home. This will support students as they prepare for exams and assessments this year. You can see an introduction to the service here. Students have been sent their login details already.

Exam updates
Year 11 students will begin exam study leave two weeks after the Easter break, their last day of timetabled classes will be Friday 23 April. We are preparing a schedule now that shows the external examinations and our internal assessments. The internal assessments will be for subjects that are not having external exams. They will cover content that has been taught in Term 2 and other topics depending on the subject. They will give students a chance to prove their knowledge and skills. Grades from these will be part of the evidence used to determine the overall grade submitted to the exam boards. Students will be told what topics the assessments will cover and we will schedule them to avoid too many assessments at once and to leave room for students to focus on the external exams. 

In addition to Studiosity mentioned above, we will provide access to subject teachers during study leave in the lead up to exams and assessments.

Please talk with your child. As always with the conclusion of Year 11, some will find this period stressful and challenging. Please reach out to us if you are worried or we can help.

We look forward to seeing our Year 13 students in school every day next week.

STUDIOSITY

Our Year 13 students have been offered free access to the study support platform, Studiosity. It is a new 1:1 tutor help service to all Year 13 students. This has been checked and approved by ESF to provide 1:1 help to our students at any time of the day or night. They can ask for help or advice with any academic topic while they are working or revising from home. Students have been sent their login details already.

We hope that all parents will remind students that Studiosity’s on-demand assistance is available to them for help outside of school hours.

Students log in free at: studiosity.com/access

We look forward to seeing our Year 12 students in school every day next week.

Dear Parents

Please read carefully through Mr. Mark Blackshaw’s message regarding the return to school arrangements. Students were spoken to in Tutor time earlier this week about our expectations, with particular emphasis on health and safety. Please spend time this weekend talking to your child about the importance of mask wearing at all times and regular hand washing - we need to take responsibility for ourselves and our role in the community. 

The option system is now open in LIONEL for students to make decisions about their Creative and Performing Arts courses for Year 8. Students will go onto their LIONEL data hub page and click on the Y7/ 8 Options icon, where they will select the three courses they would like to continue studying next year, from Music, Drama, Art and Media. If students have been successful in their applications for the Music Academy, they will simply click the Music Academy box.

Teachers will continue to speak to students about these option choices in Creative and Performing Arts lessons over the next two weeks.

Students have until 25 March, 5:00 pm to make these decisions and enter this into LIONEL. After this date I will be contacting parents to seek confirmation that they support the option choices made. 

Have a lovely weekend.

The Year 7 Team

Dear Parents

Please read carefully through Mr. Mark Blackshaw’s message regarding the return to school arrangements. Students were spoken to in Tutor time earlier this week about our expectations, with particular emphasis on health and safety. Please spend time this weekend talking to your child about the importance of mask wearing at all times and regular hand washing - we need to take responsibility for ourselves and our role in the community. 

The option system is now open in LIONEL for students to make decisions about their Language courses, as well as their Creative and Performing Arts courses for Year 9. Students will go onto their LIONEL data hub page and click on the Y8/9 Options icon. 

Please refer to last week’s newsletter for a reminder about the decisions which need to be made. 

Teachers will continue to speak to students about these option choices in lessons over the next two weeks.

Students have until 25 March, 5:00 pm to make these decisions and enter this into LIONEL. After this date I will be contacting parents to seek confirmation that they support the option choices made. 
 

Have a great weekend.

The Year 8 Team.

Dear Parents

Please read carefully through Mr. Mark Blackshaw’s message regarding the return to school arrangements. Students were spoken to in Tutor time earlier this week about our expectations, with particular emphasis on health and safety. Please spend time this weekend talking to your child about the importance of mask wearing at all times and regular hand washing - we need to take responsibility for ourselves and our role in the community. 

Please be reminded that your Year 9 Core options choices should have been submitted by 3.30 pm today. The form can be found here. Please note, if you did not complete the form, you will be entered onto the default course choice of Double Science and Mathematics.

Should students wish to make any subsequent changes to the options they have chosen for Year 10, they will need to look out for information following the Easter break. All option change requests will be processed in Term 3.

I hope your child has had a good week learning both online and in school. We have certainly enjoyed seeing them around school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week. Next week, we look forward to seeing them everyday.

Have a great weekend.

The Year 9 Team

Mon 15 Mar: Period 4 and Period 5 classes swap until Easter break (live on Lionel)

Mon 15 Mar: Maths Week

Friday 26 Mar: Last day of Term 2

The KGV Careers Office is sharing a lot of information on higher education via different channels/platforms.

• Our Career website is full of H.E. news & resources, scholarships, events, summer/enrichment programmes and many others. New items added this week include: summer/enrichment programmes around the world, scholarship offers and volunteer opportunities.
• This calendar lists H.E. events and taster lectures offered by universities around the world and is updated regularly.
• We also share other H.E. news and information on our Facebook page. You can find us here.

From KGV Careers Team

Maths Week begins at KGV next week! Please encourage your children to keep an eye on the bulletin from Monday for details on the various online competitions being held throughout the week. The first competition begins this Sunday - bake a pie for Pi Day and submit a photo to win! Details of this and our other competitions will be released throughout the week on our coursepage here: https://lionel2.kgv.edu.hk/course/view.php?id=3233

Happy Maths Week!
From the Maths Department

Monday 22 March 2021 - -- English
Wednesday 14 April 2021 - Cantonese
6:30-7:30pm

Online talks

Conversations are at the heart of every relationship. From young, open, gentle and responsive communication has been crucial in helping children feel safe and secure, while strengthening the relationship between their parents. As they get older, maintaining open lines of communication becomes important to handle difficult conversations and character development.

Learn how you can break down barriers of communication, replace negative messages with positivity, and cultivate a culture of open and skilful dialogue with your child in this one-hour sharing. Get tips on how you can start conversations that create a secure place for expression and strengthen your relationship with your child, building a bond that lasts even through turbulent years.

Please sign up if you would like to attend.

For enquiries contact Kiran, ptsa@kgv.edu.hk

Winter Uniform Sale

From Monday 15 March 2021 till Easter break, the shop will hold a winter uniform sale offering 30% discount on the following items:

• Puffer Jackets
• Sweaters
• Fleece Jackets
• Cardigans
• PE Midlayer tops
• PE leggings
• PE Track Pants
• Hockey socks
• Trousers

Please note, sizes may be limited for certain items. Please refer to our website for uniform details. https://sites.google.com/kgv.hk/ptsa/catalogue

We accept cash, cheque and octopus.

For enquires please contact Tiffany    ptsa.shop@kgv.edu.hk

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