Principal's message

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope you had a good week. It has been a busy week with many students finishing off end-of-year assessments as we prepare to finish up another academic year. Our students and teachers look forward to the summer break and the chance to unwind and recharge.

It will be a different story for our KGV Facilities team over July and August, as they will be working hard to manage a number of exciting projects. Over the summer break, we will be:

• Completing our new ‘Pride Gym’ which will serve as a state-of-the-art physical conditioning space
• Building a ‘Dark Room’ inside one of our Art room spaces where students will be able to process light-sensitive photographic materials, including film and photographic paper
• Re-modelling our popular Leo’s Café with a repaint and brand-new furniture throughout the space
• Installing a new light and sound system in our famous KGV Hall. This will be completed in time for our school musical ELF in Term 1.
• Working with ESF to completely refurbish our Design Technology textiles room. This will be the sixth and final room to be renovated. We appreciate the support from ESF in funding this project.

We thank the ESF, our KGV School Council and our KGV PTSA for their support of these projects. We must continue to upgrade our facilities for the benefit of our students, and we are confident that the students will be impressed with the upgrades.

Reports

A reminder that all students (Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12) will receive a comprehensive report next week. Our teachers have been working hard to write the words, including an overall grade, a summary of the content and skills covered and personalised comments on what the students are doing well at and what they could do to take the next step.

This year we have also used some of the new AI assistant technologies to help us edit the reports and improve the quality and consistency of the comments. We hope the reports will provide comprehensive feedback on student learning progress and how we can work together to support them on their ongoing journey of achievement and growth.

Kind Regards

Mark Blackshaw,

Principal, KGV School.

Year 11 Message

We have seen our students grow and mature through Year 10 and 11 and we are very proud of the resilient, mature people they have become.

We hope they enjoy a long and well-deserved summer break.

If you are returning to KGV for Year 12, remember to purchase senior school uniform over the summer. The first day back at KGV will be Wednesday, August 16th.

(I) GCSE results will be available in August. Students need to login to Cambridge and Edexcel to get their results. Ms Wu sent them an email on May 8th with login details for these.

• Cambridge results are released online on August 16th at 1 pm
• Edexcel results are released online on August 24th at 3.30 pm
• AQA results will be emailed directly to students on August 24th after 3.30 pm
  

Year 12 Message

As we enter our final week of term, we would like to congratulate our Year 12 students on their wonderful levels of resilience shown this term.

We had an assembly today where we discussed University Predicted Grades (UPGs). Students were informed that subject teachers will inform students if their UPG is going to be increased. We reminded our students that we are bound by BTEC and IBO strict guidelines and politely ask that families do not petition teachers to change a PG on the basis of university or other external requirements.

Remember, your son / daughter can talk to any our Year 12/13 team if they have any issue involving BTEC or IB. As more data is gathered, students’ PGs will continue to evolve as they progress through term 1 and 2 of Year 13.

Wishing you a great weekend.

Year 8 Message

The preparations are in place for the last week of the Academic Year 2022/2023. 

Next week we have house, year-level and end-of-year assemblies planned to celebrate our student's efforts both in and outside the classroom. 

As part of resetting our KGV expectations, at the start of Term 3, we committed to Reward Students in Years 8-9 for 100% attendance, punctuality and correct uniform. We look forward to rewarding those students who have met the KGV expectations this term and believe that all students can strive for these rewards at the start of the next academic year.  Regular attendance and good punctuality to class allow students to engage in classroom activities fully, build good routines and develop time management skills. Bringing the correct uniform each day demonstrates strong organisational skills. Developing these good habits in middle school will set students up for success as they enter senior school and the expectations on them will increase. 

Our Year 8 students have been working incredibly hard in making a variety of creative projects in response to William Shakespeare's Macbeth. We look forward to seeing some of you at this event next Tuesday.

Year 9 Message

The preparations are in place for the last week of the Academic Year 2022/2023. 

Next week we have house, year-level and end-of-year assemblies planned to celebrate our student's efforts both in and outside the classroom. 

As part of resetting our KGV expectations, at the start of Term 3, we committed to Reward Students in Years 8-9 for 100% attendance, punctuality and correct uniform. We look forward to rewarding those students who have met the KGV expectations this term and believe that all students can strive for these rewards at the start of the next academic year.  Regular attendance and good punctuality to class allow students to engage in classroom activities fully, build good routines and develop time management skills. Bringing the correct uniform each day demonstrates strong organisational skills. Developing these good habits in middle school will set students up for success as they enter senior school and the expectations on them will increase. 

We look forward to our Ocean Park trip planned for Monday. Students should swipe into school as normal and go to the Hall for registration at 08.15 am. 

Please remind your child to:

• Bring their student ID card

• Wear appropriate clothing (according to school expectations and the weather)

• Bring a hat, sunscreen, insect repellant, etc.

• Bring food and water for themselves or enough money to buy it there.

Have a great weekend!

Year 7 Message

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

The countdown to the end of term is well and truly on! The Year 7 students are doing a tremendous job of maintaining high standards in terms of behaviour and work ethic right to the end of their first year at KGV School.

Next Friday we will be celebrating the year with a Year 7 assembly and recognising student achievement.

Next Friday is a dress casual day, with HK$20 donations asked for our school charities. 

We will be sending out end of term/ start of term information towards the end of the week. You will also gain access to Year 7 reports at the end of the week.

Enjoy the weekend.

The Year 7 Team.

Year 10 Message

There is one more week to go this academic year. We will finish at 12.15 on Friday.

In our Year 10 assembly this week we talked at length about leadership. We discussed how applying for leadership roles is a helpful thing to do, even if you are unsuccessful and that you don't need an official role to be a leader.

We also looked at their journey through KGV and what next year might hold for them.

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.

HE Resources via Google Classroom for Y12 & Y13. All resources for higher education applications are available via Google Classroom, including internal deadlines. Students should look out for announcements & reminders. Y13s should ensure they are keeping their paces with applications.

Year 13

• KGV Final Transcript Collection Day: 7 July, 08.00-15.00 at the Careers Office.
• 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 the 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.
• 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 application status & offers. Any missed communication may result is a delay in providing necessary support for applications, which may result in missed offers.
• Official IB Diploma & BTEC Certificates: Look out for correspondence from our Exam Office.

Year 12

Planning for the summer?
If you are looking at enrichment programmes over the summer break, Our Careers website has a long list of programmes listed. That would be a good starter for ideas.

University Events on the KGV Careers Calendar list known H.E. events. KGV is not responsible for the quality of any external events. All information is subject to change by event organisers.

Highlight of upcoming events:

Unifrog Application Masterclasses, 20-27 Jun. Student login to Unifrog required.

H.K.
8 Jul: Summer Law Carnival by The University of Law

U.K.
23 Jun: U of Strathclyde Virtual Info Session
30 Jun-1 Jul: UCL Undergraduate Open Days (in-person)
5 Jul: UCL Virtual Info Session on BSc Information in Society (new course)
6-7 Jul: Cambridge Undergraduate Open Days
9 Jul, 20 Jul & 12 Aug: British Council Pre-departure briefing in summer

KGV Careers & H.E. Team

School References

KGV School References – All KGV students
The KGV Careers Office is coordinating all references (except extension/gifted & talented programmes) for students. KGV School has a closed reference policy. School references are treated with the strictest confidentiality and are sent only to the institution that makes a request. Students and their families do not get to see their school reference.

• Reference for Y13s’ higher education application: All current Y13 students have a school reference in place as one of the support school documents. There is no need for students to make a request. Students should work closely with their H.E. Counsellor for their applications.
• References for non-higher education purposes, including potential exit, summer school, scholarship, etc.: Parents should inform the Careers Office by email, providing purpose and contact for sending the reference. The normal lead time for teachers to work on school references is 4-6 working weeks.

KGV Careers & H.E. Team

The Lion KGV Yearbook 2023

There is a delay with The Lion KGV Yearbook 2023; they will not be ready this month. We will notify all the students (parents for Y13), who have ordered, by email when the Yearbooks are available.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused, and thank you for your support and patience.

For 26-30 June