Dear Parents

It has been great to see and hear our students back at school over the past two days. Starting the year and attending full days, has enabled a positive and energetic start to school life. Most students seemed happy to be back, and keen to see friends and teachers again.

The new Year 7 students have been particularly excited to be at school. Starting secondary school is a significant rite of passage, and something our students will remember for a long time. This age group is such a pleasure to teach, they come to school with such enthusiasm and naivety, that is so refreshing. We are looking forward to working with our students, as they grow and mature across the next few years.

Our teaching staff started on Monday this week, with three days of professional development. The main CPD sessions were based around:

• Knowing our students well - knowing our students well and building a personal connection, we believe is the foundation for learning.

• Inclusivity and equity - our school vision states that we strive to ‘create a ‘school for one’; a place where each student feels that the school was created just for them. Through a lived experience, we all feel a deep sense of belonging, identity, and purpose. Communication and teaching strategies that promote equity and inclusivity, is key to achieving our vision

• Using data to inform teaching and learning - accessing and making sense of data on individual students is a key starting point for learning. Moving from data, to information, to knowledge and then action to impact student learning progress, is what we are focused on.

• Bilingual and Multilingual Learners (BML) - we have growing numbers of students with a diverse linguistic profile, who happen to be learning through English as the medium of teaching. We shared strategies to enable all students with a variety of language skills, to access the curriculum.

Thank you to all parents who were able to complete the health and travel declarations via the ESF App. This enabled students to start school smoothly on their first day. We are on track to achieve the required staff vaccination rates and to maintain our current full day model. Next week, we will provide information regarding the EDB position on student vaccinations, with the plan to work closely with our parent community regarding this, and our next steps.

Thank you again for your ongoing support as we start our new academic year. We look ahead with optimism knowing that whatever unfolds in the year ahead, by working together as a community, we will continue to do all we can to support our students, and put them first in all that we do.

I hope you have a good weekend.

Mark Blackshaw

Principal, KGV School

We very much enjoyed welcoming our Year 13 students back today to begin their final year at KGV. 

We are looking forward to supporting them as best we can in the weeks and months ahead.

Just a reminder that the only 4 venues available for consuming food at lunchtime are:

• Canteen
• Hall
• GLT
• Piazza

Wishing you a great weekend,

Year 10 students have made a great start to the year and we have been working with them on organisation, note-taking and caring for themselves so they can be as successful this year as possible. They completed the Yellis test on Thursday and we will share this data with you when it is ready.

Thank you for your efforts in getting your children to school in proper uniform. Just a reminder that they will change before and after PE and Drama, so the only time students should wear PE or Drama kit to school is if they have it first period, and they will change into uniform afterwards.

If your child feels they need to change on of their selected option subjects then they should discuss that with you, and if necessary seek advice at school. We will take option change requests from Friday September 3rd.

It was great to welcome our Year 11 students back to school this morning. I have had many conversations with students about how determined they are to focus and work hard in the lead up to their exams this year.

Thank you for your efforts in getting your children to school in proper uniform. Just a reminder that they will change before and after PE and Drama, so the only time students should wear PE or Drama kit to school is if they have it first period, and they will change into uniform afterwards.

The Year 8 students have done an outstanding job today as they start their second year at KGV. They have grown over the summer and look super confident as they return to school, no longer the ‘newbies’. 

Below is a list of points to help you see what is coming up in the next couple of weeks. We will give more detail as each of these dates draws closer;

Uniform

The students looked amazing today! Please let us maintain this high standard. Visit the KGV website and go through the dress code to check you are meeting expectations  e.g. students need belts with shorts/ trousers, black shoes need to be worn with full school uniform (not trainers).

PE/ Drama uniforms can be worn to school if students have PE/ Drama in Period 1.They can also return home in PE/ Drama kits if they have this lesson in Period 5. For PE/ Drama in other Periods, they should bring their kit to change into. We will continue to monitor this situation and adapt if necessary - we are looking into timetables and considering students who have PE and Drama in the same day.

Octopus Swipe In

Students need to swipe in each morning using their octopus. This is how we take our register and know if a student is on site. If you have not registered the octopus yet, please ask your child to go to the Year 7-9 office on Monday.

CAS Activities

These Creative, Sporting and Active (CAS) activities will be made available to students to sign up for from 23rd August. Look out in the bulletin for more details.

School Photographs

These are scheduled for 13th and 14th September. More details to follow.

Challenge Week Sign- Up

Year 8s will be signing up for Challenge Week on 14th September. More details will come out to parents in the coming weeks.

KGV Swimming Gala

We are currently looking to see if we are able to run our KGV Swimming Gala and have scheduled this for 15th September. We will give more details when confirmed. In the meantime, your child’s PE teacher will be emailing you with dates of the swim heats which will take place in PE lessons.

Next week

Next week is Week 2. Please look through your child’s timetable with them over the weekend. Please take note that Monday is an early finish for students, with the final lesson finishing at 2.05pm. Please make sure you have made arrangements with your child as to how they will return home on Monday.

Have a good weekend and take care.

We very much enjoyed welcoming our Year 12 students (old and new!) to school yesterday.

We are looking forward to supporting them as best we can in the weeks and months ahead.

Just a reminder that the only 4 venues available for consuming food at lunchtime are:

• Canteen
• Hall
• GLT
• Piazza

Wishing you a great weekend,

The Year 7 students have done an outstanding job over the last two days as they start their KGV Journey. Students got lost, went to the wrong lessons, wore incorrect uniform AND as a result, learnt a great deal, grew in confidence and developed a real sense of pride in themselves and what they can achieve! Let’s help them to continue to do this by trying not to worry too much about them and to try to do everything for them! They want to learn….let’s help them!

Below is a list of points to help you see what is coming up in the next couple of weeks. We will give more detail as each of these dates draws closer;

Uniform

The students looked amazing today! Please let us maintain this high standard. Visit the KGV website and go through the dress code to check you are meeting expectations  e.g. students need to wear a belt with shorts/ trousers, black shoes need to be worn with the full school uniform (not trainers).

PE/ Drama uniforms can be worn to school if students have PE/ Drama in Period 1.They can also return home in PE/ Drama kits if they have this lesson in Period 5. For PE/ Drama in other Periods, they should bring their kit to change into. We will continue to monitor this situation and adapt if necessary - we are looking into timetables and considering students who have PE and Drama in the same day.

Octopus Swipe In

Students need to swipe in each morning using their octopus. This is how we take our register and know if a student is on site. If you have not registered the octopus yet, please ask your child to go to the Year 7-9 office on Monday.

CAS Activities

These Creative, Sporting and Active (CAS) activities will be made available to students to sign up for from 23rd August. Year 7 Students will speak to Dean Beard, our KGV CAS Adviser on 24th August. 

Laptop Distribution

This will take place on Monday 30th August. Please make arrangements for 1 parent/ carer to attend sessions at KGV from 2.30pm - 4pm on Monday 30th August. We need to keep numbers to a minimum, therefore only 1 parent can attend sessions, where you will meet the tutor, hear about MYP curriculum and attend cyber-safety sessions. Your child will also remain at school during this time and complete their MIDYIS assessment, which we will use to ensure they are getting the support and extension they need.

School Photographs

These are scheduled for 13th and 14th September. More details to follow.

KGV Swimming Gala

We are currently looking to see if we are able to run our KGV Swimming Gala and have scheduled this for 15th September. We will give more details when confirmed. In the meantime, your child’s PE teacher will be emailing you with dates of the swim heats which will take place in PE lessons.

Next week

Next week is Week 2. Please look through your child’s timetable with them over the weekend. Please take note that Monday is an early finish for students, with the final lesson finishing at 2.05pm. Please make sure you have made arrangements with your child as to how they will return home on Monday.

Have a good weekend and take care.

The Year 9 students have done an outstanding job today as they start their second year at KGV. They have grown over the summer and look super confident as they return to school.

Below is a list of points to help you see what is coming up in the next couple of weeks. We will give more detail as each of these dates draws closer;

Uniform

The students looked amazing today! Please let us maintain this high standard. Visit the KGV website and go through the dress code to check you are meeting expectations  e.g. students need belts with shorts/ trousers, black shoes need to be worn with full school uniform (not trainers).

PE/ Drama uniforms can be worn to school if students have PE/ Drama in Period 1.They can also return home in PE/ Drama kits if they have this lesson in Period 5. For PE/ Drama in other Periods, they should bring their kit to change into. We will continue to monitor this situation and adapt if necessary - we are looking into timetables and considering students who have PE and Drama in the same day.

Octopus Swipe In

Students need to swipe in each morning using their octopus. This is how we take our register and know if a student is on site. If you have not registered the octopus yet, please ask your child to go to the Year 7-9 office on Monday.

CAS Activities

These Creative, Sporting and Active (CAS) activities will be made available to students to sign up for from 23rd August. Look out in the bulletin for more details.

School Photographs

These are scheduled for 13th and 14th September. More details to follow.

Challenge Week Sign- Up

Year 8s will be signing up for Challenge Week on 10th September. More details will come out to parents in the coming weeks.

KGV Swimming Gala

We are currently looking to see if we are able to run our KGV Swimming Gala and have scheduled this for 15th September. We will give more details when confirmed. In the meantime, your child’s PE teacher will be emailing you with dates of the swim heats which will take place in PE lessons.

Next week

Next week is Week 2. Please look through your child’s timetable with them over the weekend. Please take note that Monday is an early finish for students, with the final lesson finishing at 2.05pm. Please make sure you have made arrangements with your child as to how they will return home on Monday.

Have a good weekend and take care.

Mon 30 August  Student Led Conferences 2.30pm - 6.00pm

Mon 23 August  CAS Activity Sign Up for all year levels

Mon 13 September CAS Activities start

Dear Parents & Students,

While we are looking to run as close as possible to a normal CAS Activities program, we are also looking ahead and requesting your understanding of the possibility that changes and adaptation may be necessary because of the current situation and circumstance. 

We will have to abide by the rules and guided directives from EDB and ESF, which may involve changes such as rescheduling, cancellation, a shortened program and so on at short notice. We will do our best to communicate any changes as clearly and as soon as possible through the KGV bulletin, ESF App, website or email.

The KGV CAS Activities website is especially designed and dedicated to all things relating to the activities program (https://www.kgvcasactivities.com/). Browse through the site, have a look at the brochures specifically designed for each year group, and then follow the instructions on how to sign up!

Activities will be open for sign up starting Monday,23 August (1pm), for two weeks. 

Registration is NOT on a first-come-first-served basis. All students registered will be placed on the waiting list until the end of the registration period. If the number of enrolment exceeds the maximum number of participants, names will be drawn randomly by Lionel to only allocate those that have been pre-approved by parents to join the activity

Term 1 Activities are due to start the week of 13 September . 

We would like you to meet online with the tutor of your child to talk about them and the year ahead. These conferences will run from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday 30 August. The appointment booking system will open next week and I'll message you with further details before then. If you know you will be unavailable on 30 August, please contact your child's tutor to arrange an alternative time to meet.

The shop has resumed normal working hours

8am-3:45pm,

Monday-Friday.

KGV has transitioned its uniform purchase to the ESF supplier’s website.  The web site link for ordering KGV uniform is: http://www.schooluniform.hk. All purchase will need to be processed through this website and payment will need to be by credit card or paypal. When you go to the website’s home page, there will be two areas for purchase of KGV uniform.

You will need to go to the clearance site for our current uniform range which can be picked up at the PTSA shop. https://www.schooluniform.hk/collections/king-george-v-school-sale.

For out of stock items, you may order from the ESF range, which can delivered home or picked up at their Lai Chi Kok outlet.  https://www.schooluniform.hk/collections/king-george-v-school

The PTSA shop is open for uniform fitting (current and new supplier samples available) and stationery sales.  You may process your uniform orders at the shop with immediate pick up of PTSA uniform range.  Stationery will be sold at the shop in the normal manner, by cash, cheque or octopus.

For next week menu, please view in the attachment.

Please charge up your Octopus Cards with credit before coming to school.

ESF Students Recognised for Sustainability Efforts with Prestigious CLP Award
Over the last two years, two of our KGV students have worked together on an ambitious plan to help shape sustainability for ESF, focusing on areas including solar energy, waste reduction, biodiversity and clean air advocacy. Despite the prolonged challenges posed by Covid-19, Zareen and Ernest (both Year 13), launched numerous projects across our schools as well as continuing with their studies.

Several of ESF’s existing sustainability teams were closely involved in the project and offered guidance and resources for our students.

“While regular teaching and learning in all of our schools had to adapt to changing circumstances, the scheduled work on sustainability by students and staff members also faced uncertain interruptions and logistical challenges,” said Kenneth Tam, ESF’s Health & Safety and Sustainability Manager.

“It is vital for students to be at the forefront of driving sustainability as they are the generations who will inherit the planet and its numerous environmental challenges,” said Stewart Redden, ESF’s Learning and Teaching Adviser.

The award ceremony was as inspirational as it was celebratory with our students speaking passionately and with great pride about their award-winning sustainability efforts.

Here’s what our environmental champions had to say about their transformational projects:

Zareen (Year 13) -

“We've also tried to encourage knowledge about plants and the environment by introducing a tutoring system. For Years Eight and Nine, we gave each tutor group a plant to take care of for the whole term and we supported them to increase their knowledge about plants, the environment and living things. And to add on to that, at KGV we reduced the amount of paper used for printing by 6% by using a paper clip system and we're continuing to track this.”

Our Remarkable Story
Congratulations to Sophia!

We're delighted to announce that after learning taekwondo since she was 3, Sophia successfully passed her first ever black belt exam!