Dear Parents and Guardians,

Thank you to all parents who engaged strongly in the Learning Reviews over the past two weeks. We have experienced very high engagement in the process, with 1494 individual meetings and an average of 6 interviews per student. This is our highest participation rate ever in a Learning Review process.

This a reminder that the appointment system is open again for any further bookings or changes to current bookings for our final Learning Review evening on Tuesday, 6 December.

Sports Day

We also had a great day on Monday at the KGV Sports carnivals. Seeing the students competing so strongly and the house spirit getting stronger at every event was wonderful. I was again reminded about how remarkable our students are for being talented in various activities, whether sports, academics, performing arts, etc.

Creative Arts Week

We are excited about our Creative Arts Week from 5 to 9 December, where our students will have the opportunity to experience a wide range of events. It is still possible to sign up for 8th December when we have a wide range of events, including our Carol Concert from 6 pm to 7 pm. We hope many of you can join us to celebrate our first full face-to-face event in many years. Please sign up below if you would like to come along.

KGV Community Celebration Parent Sign Up

Eating Arrangements and Canteen Services

From today 2 December, the changes in EDB guidelines mean that students in Years 7 and 8 no longer need to eat in designated spaces. Our canteen provider Sodexo is looking to expand the Food & Beverage offers to students, faculty, and staff at KGV.   Following the return from Winter Break on January 9, 2023, the following services will be added:

- The Main Canteen will resume lunch services,

- Daily Breakfast will be served at Leo’s Cafe,

- Food will be served from the Main Canteen and Leo’s Cafe at the first break.

We are also organising meetings with our students and Sodexo regarding meal options and how we can provide the best possible nutritional and sought-after options choices. If parents have any questions or suggestions, they can email Sodexo’s Canteen Manager, Ms Clotho Chan, at unit.kgv.hk@sodexo.com.

Summer Holiday Planning

For those who missed this last week, we can confirm that the summer holidays begin on July 1, 2023, and the first day of the school year for 2023/24 will be on August 16, 2023.

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 survey here.

Kind Regards,

Mark Blackshaw

Principal KGV School

Dear Parents and Caregivers, 

We had a fantastic day on Monday at our Year 7-8 Sports Event. The weather was kind to us and we were able to enjoy a morning’s worth of athletics out in the sunshine on the KGV pitch. Upsdell were the overall winners on the day, but there were some amazing individual sports achievements from our Year 7s. We will celebrate their successes in assemblies over the coming weeks. Thank you to those parents who were able to join us at this event. 

Thank you so much to those of you who attended this week’s Learning Review. Teachers have spoken about how fabulous these meetings were with you and how much they enjoyed being able to work with you to support your child, our student! Our final Learning Review is Tuesday 6th December. The system will stay open until Sunday evening.

This week, tutor groups have been deciding on their tutor group stall for our KGV Community Celebration. We are looking forward to seeing many of you at next Thursday’s event. Gates will open at 4:30 pm. Emails have been sent to parents who have signed up, to explain our health and safety requirements. There is still time to sign up. It would be wonderful to see you at our event, as we celebrate the end of this term and welcome in the festive season.

From 1st December, Year 7 students no longer eat their snacks in tutor time or are restricted to designated eating spaces. Following EDB guidelines,  students are now permitted to eat at  any food outlet, during break and lunchtime.

Have a great weekend. Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday 8th December at our KGV Community Celebration. 

Year 10 Message

1:1 conversations with tutors are ongoing. This is where a tutor dedicates time to just one student and works with them to examine all the pressures and opportunities in their life with an eye to seeing how we can help.

The end of term brings many assessments. It is important for students to take these seriously as an opportunity to receive feedback on how they are progressing. Please check on your child and make sure they are not feeling stressed about these assessments. They are internal and only provide feedback to students and teachers. If you see undue anxiety, please get in touch with your child's tutor. 

Next week is our Creative Arts week, including the Winter concert. There will be many activities for students during the week. Please see if you can join us on Thursday evening.

Next Tuesday is the last opportunity for Learning Review meetings with your child's teachers. The booking system is available through the App now and will close on Sunday.

Year 11 Mock exams will run from Monday, 30 Jan through to Friday, 10 Feb. A group of Year 11 and 12 students provided feedback on a draft schedule earlier this week and we are revising and confirming with subject leaders now. We'll publish it before the end of term.

It is important for students to take these seriously as an opportunity to test themselves and receive feedback on their progress. Please check on your child and ensure they are not stressed about these assessments. They are internal and only provide feedback to students and teachers. If you see undue anxiety, please get in touch with your child's tutor. 

You can see dates for the final GCSE exams in May and June next year here. The timing on each day is not yet available.

Provisional option choices are done now. Please ask your child to show you their choices in Lionel if they haven't done so already. When we seek the final option choices in February, parents will be emailed with details of the choices and asked to confirm.

Next week is Creative Arts week and our Winter Carol concert. There will be many activities for students during the week. Please see if you can join us on Thursday evening for the Carol concert.

Next Tuesday is the last opportunity for Learning Review meetings with your child's teachers. The booking system is available through the App now and will close on Sunday.

KGV Sports Day on Monday, 28 November was a fantastic display of community spirit, connection and belonging. It was heartwarming to see so many Year 8 & 9 students participating in track and field events across the day as well as cheering and supporting each other to reach the finish line. 

During the assembly on Friday, we were treated to two performances from Year 9 Bands who have entered the Inter School Battle of The Bands Competition. Congratulations to Max Chan (09N12), Enoch Wai (09N06), Monique Wong (09U05) and Chesney Yim (09R05), who performed “Unconditionally” by Katy Perry. Congratulations also to Georgio Cagliarini (09R12), Jasper Cheng (09N12), Joyce Wang (09U05) and Brandon Wong (09U08), who performed “Perfume” by Lovejoy.  

Next week is Creative Arts week and our Winter Carol Concert. There will be many activities for students during the week and the opportunity for you to join us on Thursday evening for the Carol Concert. We hope to see you there. 

Next Tuesday is the last opportunity for Learning Review meetings with your child's teachers. The booking system is available through the App now and will close on Sunday.

From today, eating restrictions for students around the school have been removed. This means that tutees will no longer eat snacks in tutor time, all snacks will be eaten during break time. 

KGV School promotes excellent punctuality records across all years, to ensure that students and staff have the maximum possible time to enable effective teaching and learning to be carried out. A reminder that if students swipe into school after 8:10 am, they are considered late. With two weeks of Term 1 to go, a small number of Year 8 & 9 students are accumulating a large number of 'unexplained lates' to school. Please see our KGV Punctuality Guidelines for more information and our tiered response. 

Have a great weekend.

We would like to congratulate all of our fantastic Year 12 athletes who participated with such magnificent effort and enthusiasm on Monday 28 November at our annual KGV Sports Day. There was a fantastic display of House Spirit alongside our sense of community, connection and belonging.

Our Senior School tutors will continue their 1-1 meetings with your child. In these conversations, your child’s tutor seeks 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 over the course of Years 12 and 13.

Next week is our Creative Arts week, including the Winter concert. There will be many activities for students during the week. Please see if you can join us on Thursday evening for our Carol Concert.

Next Tuesday is the last opportunity for Learning Review meetings with your child's teachers. The booking system is available through the App now and will close on Sunday.

Wishing you a great weekend.

We would like to congratulate all of our fantastic Year 13 athletes who participated with such magnificent effort and enthusiasm on Monday 28 November at our annual KGV Sports Day. There was a fantastic display of House Spirit alongside our sense of community, connection and belonging.

Please see below our Year 13 Mock Exam timetable commencing Monday 9th January and finishing on Friday 20th January.

Year 13 Mock Exam Timetable January 2023

Next week is our Creative Arts week, including the Winter concert. There will be many activities for students during the week. Please see if you can join us on Thursday evening.

Next Tuesday is the last opportunity for Learning Review meetings with your child's teachers. The booking system is available through the App now and will close on Sunday.

Wishing you a great weekend.

KGV Inter-House Sports Day 2022

Thank you and well done to all students for participating and supporting our Whole School Sports Day 2022

Monday, 28 Nov 2022: It was an incredible day in terms of performance, participation and weather. Starting with rain which turned into the hottest November Sports Day on record. Everyone supported, encouraged and challenged themselves.

Final Results combined the Participation and Performance of Yr 7 and 8 Sports day (Track n Field and Basketball Shoot Out) held at KGV School and Yr 9 to 13 Sports Day (Track n Field) held at Kowloon Tsai are:

Sports Day Congratulations to;

1st - Upsdell

2nd - Nightingale

3rd - Rowell

4th - Crozier.

Please follow this link Here for Sports Day Photos and Final Results 2022

On the day, we also had the incredible Cheerleading groups perform for each house. The hard work and dedication (even practising on weekends) to create these routines is outstanding. It is student lead, planning their music, outfits and props to fit this year's theme of "Decades".

The Cheerleading Results:

1st Upsdell

2nd Rowell

3rd Crozier

4th Nightingale

Thank you to all Staff, Students and Parents for your support and participation.

Careers & H.E. Guidance

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

• Close communication with HE Counsellors. Apart from keeping to internal deadlines, students should work closely with their HE Counsellors and keep informed of their HE applications. Any missed communication may result in a delay in 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. Students should look out for announcements & reminders to ensure they are keeping their paces with applications.
• Application Status & Offers. The Careers Team is busy processing applications for our Y13s. Students should have regular communications with their HE Counsellors on their application status.

University Events on the KGV Careers Calendar

Highlight of upcoming events:

ESF University Fair 2023 (more details will be available closer to event dates)
2 Feb: ESF University Fair: Europe
9 Feb: ESF University Fair: Asia/Australia/New Zealand
16 Feb: ESF University Fair: North America

Hong Kong
10 Dec: University of Law (UK) – Christmas Legal Experience Day in HK

U.K.
Dec, various dates: U of Bath lecture series & application webinars
Dec, various dates: U of Manchester Virtual Masterclasses
7 Dec: UCL Psychology webinar
7 Dec: Warwick International Foundation Programme Webinar
10 Dec: University of Law – Christmas Legal Experience Day (HK students)
15 Dec: Cambridge: Foundation Year Applicant Support Programme

Canada
3 Dec: UBC web session: Student Panel
7 Dec: UofT webinar: Scholarships opportunity
10 Dec: U of Waterloo Infor Session for HK

Europe
8 Dec: Virtual Study in NL Fair
9 Dec: Hanze UAS Online Ope nDay

General
3 Dec: UniAssist Webifair

KGV Careers Team

Our ESF Policies and KGV Guidelines are available to all parents through their Lionel login.

The policies and guidelines on Lionel are reviewed and updated regularly.

The link is here: ESF Policies and KGV Guidelines.

As part of our 5 Year IB Review, we will be asking for Parent Feedback on key policies and guidelines. We will be sharing more information on how parents can give feedback in an upcoming Newsletter. 

Wednesday 14 December 2022
6:30-7:30 pm - online

Have you ever had a moment where you wished your teen would just grow up already? Ever felt perplexed by their choices when you are sure they know the “right thing to do”? You are not alone! Come join us for this gentle chat about realigning family boundaries during the teen years.

Dr. Scarlett Mattoli, a renowned and well learned Clinical psychologist in Hong Kong and globally, with years of rich experience working with adolescents, will be sharing her knowledge with us to help make parenting an enriching experience.

 During this talk, we hope to:

●      Refresh your memory about the basics of what happens in teenage years

●      Put this into context with what is happening in your life

●      Hopefully leave with a few new ideas about how to connect or re-connect with your teen.

●      Establish or re-establish boundaries in the family/home

●      Lower your stress levels

●      Elevate levels of communication and positivity in the home and at school.

 This informative, interactive, and imperative talk can help you as a mini-guide to navigate your way through a time of exuberant development for your teen – be brave and learn with us.

Please register here if you wish to attend.

Dear Parents and Teachers,

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the King George V School Parents Teachers Students Association Limited (Company no: 1258660) will be held on:

Monday, 12 December 2022 at 6.00 p.m.

at LRC2, KGV School, 2 Tin Kwong Road, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Agenda

1. Approval of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 18 November 2021;

2. Approval of the Minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 7 June 2022;

3. Chairman’s Report

4. Principal’s Report

5. Student Committee Members’ Report

6. Presentation of the PTSA Accounts and Auditors Report for 2021-2022

7. Appointment of auditors for 2022-23

8. Election of Committee members;

9. Special Resolution regarding change to legal status of KGV PTSA

To view the audited Report and Accounts for 2021-2022, please click here. To view the Minutes of the 2021 AGM, click here. To view the Minutes for the 2022 EGM click here. 

This year, in addition to the usual business of the AGM, we are asking our members to consider a Special Resolution relating to the deregistration of the PTSA limited company. Please review the following documents carefully.

·       Formal Notification of the AGM, incl. Special Resolution to be passed

·       KGV PTSA – Transition from a limited company to an Association

If you have any questions regarding the transition, the resolutions or any other matter relating to the proposed changes, please email ptsa@kgv.edu.hk

As members of the PTSA, all parents and teachers are invited to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting. Please register your attendance in advance by emailing ptsa@kgv.edu.hk or calling 2760 6660.

To nominate for the PTSA Committee please complete the Nomination Form here and email to the PTSA (ptsa@kgv.edu.hk) no later than 6.00 p.m., Wed, 7 December 2022.

If you would like an item to be included on the Agenda, please email the PTSA no later than 6.00 p.m. on Monday, 5 December 2022.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

Purvi Shah                                                               Mark Blackshaw

Chair                                                                         Principal

KGV School PTSA                                                    King George V School  

IB 5 Year Review - Learner Profile

As part of our IB 5-year review, we want to ensure our school community is fully aware of the IB Learner Profile. 

The International Baccalaureate® (IB) learner profile describes a broad range of human capacities and responsibilities that go beyond academic success.

They imply a commitment to help all members of the school community learn to respect themselves, others and the world around them.

Each of KGV's IB programmes is committed to the development of students according to the IB learner profile.

The profile aims to develop learners who are:

• Inquirers
• Knowledgeable
• Thinkers
• Communicators
• Principled
• Open-minded
• Caring
• Risk-takers
• Balanced
• Reflective 

You can read about the IB learner profile in more detail, and watch a video about it below  https://vimeo.c .

Lunch Menu 5-9 Dec