I hope you had a good week. Our students returned to school this week with many stories and anecdotes about their Challenge Week experiences. The stories were as varied as the activities on offer, and it was great to see so many students make the most of the experiential learning opportunities.

Parent Teacher Interviews

In recent surveys, our parents have rated parent-teacher interviews as a highly valuable process and would often like to meet with all their child’s teachers. The challenge in the past is that scheduled interviews across an evening for a specific year level never provide enough appointment slots for parents to see all the teachers they wish to see.

To address this, we plan to concentrate all Learning Review interviews (parent-teacher interviews) on

• Wednesday 23/11 (10 am- 7 pm)
• Thursday 1/12 (10 am- 7 pm)
• Tuesday 6/12 (3:40 pm - 7 pm).

We expect that these times will provide enough opportunity for every parent to speak to all subject teachers of their son or daughter. On the two days of interviews, students will be provided with detailed work they can access online via Google Classrooms. Interview booking processes will be emailed to parents later next week.

Some factors to note for the Learning Reviews are:

• Bookings are made through Lionel.
• The appointment booking system opens to parents at 7 pm on 14 Nov.
• Appointments are 10-minute slots and cannot be booked back-to-back.
• Appointments need to finish sharply at the end of the 10-minute slot so teachers can welcome the next family.
• Please ensure you are on time to start your appointment.
• Appointments take place online through Google Meet. Parents and students can join from separate devices.
• On the two days of interviews, students will not attend face-to-face school and will be provided with detailed work they can access online via Google Classrooms.
• Importantly, we expect your child attends the online meeting to help with the discussion. Students will need to leave the work they are doing as they attend each interview.
• Please click on this link for instructions on how to book a meeting: Parent/student guidance [Web Link]

Please look for a further email guide to assist with the online booking process through Lionel. Our staff are looking forward to this opportunity and the prospect of finding time to meet with the parents of all their students. At KGV, we see the partnership between parents and the school as vital to maximising the learning and wellbeing outcomes of ‘your child and our student’.

EDB Survey

The EDB has requested that we share the following with our parents.

Policy 21 has been commissioned by the EDB to conduct a survey questionnaire for parents in Hong Kong and KGV parents have been selected to complete the survey. The study results will help the Hong Kong SAR Government review the provision of international school places in Hong Kong and the support measures for the international school sector.

The information gathered in the study will be kept strictly confidential and used for overall statistics only. No reference will be made to the identity of individual respondents. Please complete the below.

https://policy21.org/intschool/school/index.php?page=questionnaire_parent&id=JcPCB7t6pSI3eQPbNKGpLg%3D%3D

Have a good weekend.

Kind Regards

Mark Blackshaw

Please find below our Student Leadership Presentation from Mr Pritchard, given to our Year 12 students in this week’s assembly.

KGV Student Leadership 2022-23

Please encourage your son/daughter to consider making an application for one of our Student Leadership Positions for 2022-23.

Our Senior School tutors will soon begin their 1-1 meetings with your child. In these conversations, your child’s tutor will seek to understand your child's situation, progress and experience. Our tutors are trying to guide and support your child in order to help them meet their goals.

A reminder that Winter Uniform officially begins this Monday, 14 November. Ties are available to purchase from the school office.

Wishing you a great weekend.

I have heard many great stories from students this week about their experiences during Challenge Week. Thank you to parents for your flexibility during difficult circumstances last week.

For Year 11, option choices remain our focus. Next week option talks will continue during tutor time. On Tuesday, there will be a talk on IB Business Management, IB Economics and BTEC Business. Wednesday will be IB Design and Friday will be IB Computer Science. If your child is interested in studying any of these subjects in year 12, please encourage them to sign up on the form provided by Mr Wightman.

If you would like guidance or have questions about option choices, please contact your child's tutor in the first instance.

I have heard many great stories from students this week about their experiences during Challenge Week. Thank you to parents for your flexibility during difficult circumstances last week.

1:1 discussions between your child and their tutor begin next week. In these conversations, the tutor endeavours to understand your child's situation, progress and experience. Looking to guide and support them to meet their goals.

Our Year 13 Student Leaders led our Whole School Assembly this week and explained the need for our Senior Students to continue to lead by example to our younger students in KGV. This includes modelling exemplary practice in behaviour around school, including respectful language to peers and staff at the school. Also, our Head Prefects emphasised the need for us all to maintain excellence in the wearing of our school uniform.

Our Senior School tutors will soon begin their 1-1 meetings with your child. In these conversations, your child’s tutor will seek to understand your child's situation, progress and experience. Our tutors are trying to guide and support your child in order to help them meet their goals.

A reminder that Winter Uniform begins officially this Monday 14 November. Ties are available to purchase from the school office.

Wishing you a great weekend.

We hope everyone has had a good week and settled back into classes after the excitement of Challenge Week.

Student ID Cards - These have been handed out to students. Please ask your child to speak to Ms Budhrani at the Front Office if there are any questions. 

Uniform - A reminder that Winter Uniform officially begins this Monday, 14 November. Ties are available to purchase from the school office.

Parent Teacher Interviews - There are some changes to how we conduct our Learning Reviews. Please read the information in Mr Blackshaw’s message regarding the new format. 

Wishing you a great weekend.

We hope everyone has had a good week and settled back into classes after the excitement of Challenge Week.

Student ID Cards - These have been handed out to students. Please ask your child to speak to Ms Budhrani at the Front Office if there are any questions. 

Uniform - A reminder that Winter Uniform officially begins this Monday, 14 November. Ties are available to purchase from the school office.

Year 9 Options Information Evening For Parents - To support our students as they begin the Year 9 to Year 10 options process, there will be an information session online for parents on Wednesday, 16 November, between 5 and 6 pm. The zoom for this session will be shared with Year 9 Parents early next week through the ESF App.

Parent Teacher Interviews - There are some changes to the format in which we conduct our Learning Reviews. Please read the information in Mr Blackshaw’s message regarding the new format. 

Wishing you a great weekend.

We started this week with a great Year 7 fish and chips lunch! This meal was planned to happen on the Friday of Challenge Week, but the weather made us have to change plans! 

We have also spent the week in tutor time deciding on some student leadership roles. Each tutor group is looking to appoint a Transition Leader and a School Council Representative. Well done to those budding young leaders. We will have more details in the coming weeks highlighting the work they are doing.

Next week, parents and caregivers have the opportunity to sign up to meet their child’s teachers in the upcoming Learning Review which will take place on Wednesday, 23 November. Please carefully read through the instructions posted in this bulletin on how to make the appointments and be ready for the system opening up on Monday 14 November.

To enable all teachers to meet with parents and caregivers, students will work from home on Wednesday, 23 November. Teachers will be setting work for students to complete independently.

A reminder that all students must wear school ties on Monday, as our official winter uniform period begins. 

Have a good weekend.

Our email address: careers.office@kgv.edu.hk.

KGV Careers Website is another platform where we share information and resources on higher education, scholarship, external events, enrichment programmes and many more.

Year 13

• 1-1 H.E. meetings. Most Y13 students should have met with their HE Counsellors to discuss their post-KGV moves. If they haven’t done so, they should get in touch with the Careers Team at the soonest.
• Close communication with HE Counsellors. Apart from keeping to internal deadlines, students should work closely with their HE Counsellors and keeping informed of their HE applications. Any missed communication may delay providing necessary support for applications, which may result in missed offers.
• Student official full names are used on school transcripts. We would like to ask parents to check that their children’s official full name in school record matches that on their identity documents. This is especially so when students are known in school by their preferred names, which may not be their official names. Unmatched names may cause difficulties with university offers.
• Google Classroom. All resources for Y13 higher education applications are available via Google Classroom, including internal deadlines.

University Events on the KGV Careers Calendar

Highlight of upcoming events:

On-site visits
17 Nov: HKUST School of Science

Hong Kong
15 Nov: HKU Sports Scholars Admission Scheme

U.K.
Nov, various dates: Cambridge Applicant Webinar Series
Nov, various dates: U of Bath webinars
16 Nov: Cambridge Application Webinar Series
19 Nov: UAL Art & Design Portfolio Workshops @ HK

U.S.A. / Canada
17 Nov: U of Pennsylvania: Intro to International Financial Aid

Europe
12 Nov: Leiden University: Bachelor Online Open Day
12 Nov: Study in Sweden Virtual Fair
12 Nov: Study @ Hanze
17 Nov: Virtual Study in Netherlands Fair

Australia
Nov: Charles Darwin University: various webinars

Singapore
21 Nov: NUS Info Sharing & Q&A

KGV Careers Team

KGV would like to invite our parents and caregivers to our school on this date. We are celebrating all things musical, artistic, and creative throughout this week and would like to give you the opportunity to see our students in action. On 8 December, we will be hosting several sporting events and having several stalls for you to purchase goods and play games for our school charities.

The evening will end with our KGV Carol Concert, where our choirs, orchestras and school bands will perform.

Next week, we will send out information on how to sign up to attend this event!

1:00 - 1:45 pm, Friday, 18 November 2022

We are committed to supporting our parents through their journey at KGV. Therefore, we have created several opportunities for you to engage with the school.  ‘Feedback Friday‘ is one such opportunity for you to engage in a personalised, small group session on a Friday, to chat with the Principal, Mark Blackshaw, on various topics or areas you would like to discuss.

Our upcoming session will be online at 1:00 pm, Friday, 18 November 2022.

Once you sign up for a session/s, a link will be sent to you closer to the time of the meeting.

If you would like to attend this or other sessions this term, please sign up on this form.

For enquiries contact Kiran at kiran.budhrani@kgv.edu.hk

19 December, 2022 - 6 January, 2023

This winter break, let ESF Sports & Language take your children on a Winter Wonderland adventure! Explore this special time of the year and journey through a variety of programmes and workshops for many fun-filled days together! Taught by a team of experienced and qualified educators, students will be immersed in an environment where they will build confidence and a passion for learning through different sports, arts, STEM or language activities. 

An ideal opportunity for your children to find new hobbies or enhance their knowledge and most importantly, have fun! 

For sports enthusiasts, we have Rugby, Hockey, Lacrosse, Krav Maga and more; For language lovers, we offer Panto Performance, Secondary Debate, Coding and more!

Online Coding classes are available! 

Course Listing (Kowloon District): HERE

Hotline: 2711 1280

Email: info@esf.org.hk

Sodexo Menu 14-18 Nov