Interim Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope this message finds you well. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank our outstanding facilities team for their work in securing the KGV site during the typhoon on Monday. They ensured we were ready for the students to return the following day, and their dedication is very much appreciated. Let’s hope that was the last weather interruption for a while.

It was also a pleasure to welcome a group of Sha Tin College students to KGV on Wednesday. Their visit provided a great opportunity for our Inclusion and Equity group to share their successes and future plans, whilst taking a step forward in building a collaborative approach across ESF.  A wonderful example of the power of student leadership and a testimony to why we should be proud of our remarkable students.

As we move towards the mid-term break, we have an action packed week ahead. The annual Hebe Haven sailing event happens this weekend. Good luck to the students involved and a big thank you to the support of KGV staff and parents in making this happen. The Inter-house cross country races next week will bring a buzz of excitement, as will the final preparations for Challenge Week. I recognise the collective commitment and expertise of our staff provides so many opportunities for the students, and is one of the many factors that makes KGV such a special place.

Interim reports will be released next Friday. They are an early indication of how your child is settling into classes in terms of their attitude to learning and their organisational skills.

Thank you for your ongoing support and have a wonderful weekend ahead.

Best regards,

Mark Poulsum

Interim Principal

Year 12 & 13 Message

Our KGV Challenge Week this year takes place from Monday 30th October to Friday 3rd November.

Year 12 students have signed up and are looking forward to an exciting week and a variety of enriching experiences.

For Year 13 students, this year the week will consist of academic intervention supports for those students that are most in need. The option is available for BTEC self-determined work experience or students can choose to catch up on Units of Work on campus. Our BTEC Business students will undertake Event Management planning for our KGV Year 7 Camp. IBDP students will be undertaking a mandatory Group 4 Project day. Life-Skills workshops will be delivered by external professionals on Thursday 2nd November and our Year 13 Trip to Ocean Park / Disneyland will take place on Tuesday 31st October.

If a student requires an appointment with their HE Counsellor, our HE team are available all week and we encourage students to email their counsellor as soon as possible to book in a meeting.

If you have a request in connection with a prior commitment or alternative arrangement regarding your son /daughter, please notify our Senior Head of Year, Mr Pritchard, or myself.

Wishing you a great weekend.

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This week a few of the Year 7 Challenge Week leaders visited the campsites we will be using. They are both lovely places for the students to spend a night under canvas! Students will be split across campsites as follows;

C1, N1, R1, U1: Tuesday night at Chung Pui Campsite

C2, N2, R2, U2: Tuesday night at Hok Tau Campsite

C3, N3, R3, U3: Thursday night at Hok Tau Campsite

C4, N4, R4, U4: Thursday night at Chung Pui Campsite.

After visiting the campsites,  we do not believe that the students will need to bring swimwear. They might still want to bring flip-flops to wear in the toilets and/or showers (please note that there are public showers only at Hok Tau campsite).

Year 7 Students will meet some of the staff working for our external provider, Higher Ground, during next week's Challenge Week meeting.

On Friday, 20 October, KGV Interim Reports will go live. The purpose of the Interim Reports is to provide feedback on student engagement and learning to parents and tutors early in the year.

Your child may talk to you about their subject assessments during the term. Once subject assessments are complete, marked and moderated by teachers across the subject departments, your child's assessment data will be available on Lionel CCF. This can take up to two weeks. You will receive a notification email once your child's grades are uploaded. Regularly checking the CCF for new data is optional, as it will alert you. Just so you know, the First Semester Reports, a complete summary of the Semester One Assessments, will be available on 9 February 2024.

Have a great weekend.

The Year 7 Team

It is the time of year when your child may talk to you about their subject assessments. Once subject assessments are complete, marked and moderated by teachers across the subject departments, your child's assessment data will be available on Lionel CCF. This process can take up to two weeks. You will receive a notification email once your child's grades are uploaded. Regularly checking the CCF for new data is optional, as it will alert you. 

On Friday, 20 October, KGV Interim Reports will go live. The purpose of the Interim Reports is to provide feedback on student engagement and learning to parents and tutors early in the year. Just so you know, the First Semester Reports, a complete summary of the Semester One Assessments, will be available on 9 February.

Next week will be a productive one before the half-term break. During tutor time, there will be Challenge Week meetings and a Year 8 and 9 Assembly in the Hall.

The Year 8 & 9 Tutor classes continue to enjoy the Tutor Time Games during tutor time and had the opportunity to swap their games for new ones this week. The Year 8 and 9 students enjoy this opportunity to have a dose of healthy competitiveness while building their relationships and sense of belonging to their tutor group.     

MYP Approaches to Learning (ATL) Focus for our Parent Newsletter: Social Skills. Friends. 

Your child having a good close group of friends as part of their team is a real benefit because they can: 

• Help each other to create success

• Celebrate good times together

• Discuss problems and issues and suggest strategies to overcome them

• Support and encourage each other when things don't go well 

• Keep each other focused while studying together 

• Exercise and relax together

A true friend will accept and respect your child as they are. They will like them for them and always want the best for them. 

When your child meets new people, please encourage them to be themselves. Putting on a false image might impress someone at first, but they will see through it, and eventually, your child will become exhausted putting on the ‘act’. Please remind your child that friendships must begin with people getting to know the real them.

Share with your child that the Golden Rule of interacting with people is treating others how you like to be treated. 

Promoting pretend images shows your child is unhappy with themselves and perhaps lacks confidence. Remind them they are a person of worth. One of the first steps to your child making new friends is their happiness with who they are. 

Encouraging your child to spend time with friends away from school will enable them to relax, share ideas and learn new things.

Additional Actions for Parents:

Ask your child what two things they will do to improve their relationships with friends. 

Have a great weekend.

It is the time of year when your child may talk to you about their subject assessments. Once subject assessments are complete, marked and moderated by teachers across the subject departments, your child's assessment data will be available on Lionel CCF. This process can take up to two weeks. You will receive a notification email once your child's grades are uploaded. Regularly checking the CCF for new data is optional, as it will alert you. 

On Friday, 20 October, KGV Interim Reports will go live. The purpose of the Interim Reports is to provide feedback on student engagement and learning to parents and tutors early in the year. Just so you know, the First Semester Reports, a complete summary of the Semester One Assessments, will be available on 9 February.

Next week will be a productive one before the half-term break. During tutor time, there will be a Year 9 Options Assembly for Year 9 Students, Challenge Week meetings, and a Year 8 and 9 Assembly in the Hall.

The Year 8 & 9 Tutor classes continue to enjoy the Tutor Time Games during tutor time and had the opportunity to swap their games for new ones this week. The Year 8 and 9 students enjoy this opportunity to have a dose of healthy competitiveness while building their relationships and sense of belonging to their tutor group.     

MYP Approaches to Learning (ATL) Focus for our Parent Newsletter: Social Skills. Friends. 

Your child having a good close group of friends as part of their team is a real benefit because they can: 

• Help each other to create success

• Celebrate good times together

• Discuss problems and issues and suggest strategies to overcome them

• Support and encourage each other when things don't go well 

• Keep each other focused while studying together 

• Exercise and relax together

A true friend will accept and respect your child as they are. They will like them for them and always want the best for them. 

When your child meets new people, please encourage them to be themselves. Putting on a false image might impress someone at first, but they will see through it, and eventually, your child will become exhausted putting on the ‘act’. Please remind your child that friendships must begin with people getting to know the real them.

Share with your child that the Golden Rule of interacting with people is treating others how you like to be treated. 

Promoting pretend images shows your child is unhappy with themselves and perhaps lacks confidence. Remind them they are a person of worth. One of the first steps to your child making new friends is their happiness with who they are. 

Encouraging your child to spend time with friends away from school will enable them to relax, share ideas and learn new things.

Additional Actions for Parents:

Ask your child what two things they will do to improve their relationships with friends. 

Have a great weekend.

In assembly this week, students met our interim Principal Mr Mark Poulsum, they were briefed about setting goals for Challenge Week and also reminded of our high expectations of behaviour. They were encouraged to participate in choosing our future school charities and we farewelled Braddock who is off to Queensland.

Year 11 students have received information about their year 12 options and "preliminary" option choices are now open. Students need to indicate what pathway and subjects they would like to study by next Friday 20th October. This preliminary choice doesn't tie them to this decision, it is to give us an indication so that we can anticipate staffing and timetable issues and to get students thinking seriously about their academic trajectory. More information regarding the subjects can be found on the Lionel options page along with a video of how the options process works.

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

Year 13

• Y13 1-1 HE Session. Some students have missed their appointments and yet to see their HE Counsellors to talk about their post-KGV moves. These students should reschedule for another appointment at the soonest.

Year 12
Students are welcome to find us in the Year 12-13 Office, if they would like any help from the Careers & H.E. Team.

• Google Classrooms. Our HE Team has set up Google Classrooms for Y12 students for communication on higher education issues.

Check our KGV Careers Calendar for known H.E. events. Some highlighted events are:

KGV is not responsible for the quality of any external events. All information is subject to change by event organisers.

HE Visits @ KGV (SS1-2)
19 Oct, Lunch: University of Calgary

H.K.
14 Oct: EdUHK Info Day; HKAPA Info Day; HKUST Info Day for Undergrad Admissions
21 Oct: CUHK Infor Day; PolyU Info Day
28 Oct: HKU Open Day

U.K.
24 Oct: King’s College London Info Session (@ St. Paul’s College HK)

U.S.
Various dates in Oct: UCLA Undergraduate Virtual Admission Info Session
Various dates in Oct: UCSB Virtual Presentations for Future Freshman Applicants
27 Oct: UCLA International Info Session
28 Oct: UCLA International Student Panel Session
9 Nov: EdUSA 101: Intro to U.S. Higher Education (Cantonese)

Canada
28 Oct: UofT Virtual Fall Campus Day

KGV Careers & H.E. Team

The AMC 10 and AMC 12 are both 25-question, 75-minute, multiple-choice examinations in high school mathematics designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem-solving skills – practice questions are available here: https://maa.org/sites/default/files/2017_AMC1012_Practice_Questions.pdf

The AMC12 is open to students in Years 13 and below and the AMC10 is open to students in Years 11 and below. Students can participate in either of these competitions (not both), and students in Years 7 – 9 should look through the practice questions linked above before deciding whether to enter this specific contest, or wait for the AMC8 taking place later this academic year.

The AMC10 and AMC12 will take place after school on Thursday, 9th November. The cost is $75, which parents will be invoiced for through our school’s ePayment system.

All students receive a certificate of participation, and major awards include:

• Honor Roll of Distinction – scored in the top 1% worldwide
• Honor Roll – scored in the top 1 ~ 5% worldwide
• Certificate of Achievement (AMC10) – in Year 9 or below who achieve a scores of 90 or above
• Certificate of Achievement (AMC12) – in Year 11 or below who achieve a scores of 90 or above

Students who perform exceptionally well on the AMC 10/12 are invited to continue participating in the AMC series of examinations, and students who wish to be considered for nomination to HKAGE’s International Mathematical Olympiad later this year should take part.

If your child wishes to sign up, please have them fill in the google form posted in the Student Bulletin by the deadline of Friday, 20th October – note that they will need to be logged into their school account to access this.

To prepare for the contest, they may wish to join our SL Senior Competitive Maths Club on Friday lunchtimes– signup is through the usual LIONeL CAS system, and they are welcome to come to a “taster” session beforehand. And please encourage them to keep an eye on the Student Bulletin for other maths competitions throughout the year!

In celebration of our 30th anniversary as an integral part of The English Schools Foundation, ESF Explore is relaunching 30+ popular after-school courses for a 6-week period, starting 30 October. This exclusive programme, catering to children between 6 months and 17 years old, welcomes new and returning students to try out selected courses for a shorter period of time at your preferred location. Click here to see our 30th Anniversary Special programmes! You can click on the individual sections to view programmes by age group.

It's not too late to sign up for our Autumn Camps, running this October 24-27th! We offer both one-off and one-week courses, with flexible schedules. Register for our Autumn camps here!

Check out our schedule for King George V School here. Click here to see our full range of term 1 programmes, feel free to click into the individual categories to view their available classes.

A reminder to all parents and students,

Tutor Group teachers have distributed the Techni-Photo students' photo proofs with the order form last month.

You can order the photos online or hand in the order form at Reception by 16 October 2023. Please note that you can only order photos online (method 1) after 16 October. Orders made by the 16 October will be available by 20 November 2023.

How to order:

1 Order online @ http://www.techni-photo.com with your "unique code" (on your photo proof), and pay by credit card.

2 Hand in order form to school Reception on or before 16 October 2023, with a cheque (please see details on form).

Thank you for your attention.

16- 20 October