Interim Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

On Thursday evening we enjoyed one of KGV’s key annual events, our 99th Speech Night. This was a fitting opportunity to celebrate such a wide range of remarkable achievements by our students, reflecting the excellence evident throughout the KGV community. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the organising team, led by Carole Beer, in putting together this extraordinary event.

Alongside recognising such remarkable achievements, our aim is to ensure that all students are making progress in their learning all the time. A key part of this work is building strong home-school partnerships as we support our young people in their learning journey. With this in mind, we have our first Learning Review day on Friday 24th November. This is an opportunity to discuss progress made so far, identify meaningful targets from feedback and consider how to act on these targets. I am sure you will find these meetings productive and insightful, and we appreciate your time in participating in this and future learning reviews.

We also have a number of key events coming up, ranging from Evening of Music and Dance, to Elf and the Winter Fair. Please look out for further information in the coming weeks as we look to end this term with a real buzz of excitement.

Have a wonderful weekend ahead.

Best regards,

Mark Poulsum

Interim Principal

Congratulations to all of our award winners in last night’s 99th celebration of our students successes, KGV Speech Night!

It was a tremendous week of celebration for lots of our senior students with the awarding of KGV Colours in our assemblies this week.

Our students continue to impress and achieve in all that they do and our Senior School team are incredibly proud of all our students’ efforts to make our school the best it can be.

A reminder that the first of our KGV Learning Review Days occurs next Friday 24th November. These meetings take place online and there are no timetabled lessons for our students on this day.

Wishing you a great weekend.

This week we have celebrated student effort, commitment and success through the colours awards during the day and our 99th Speech night last night where we awarded a range of prizes and were entertained by the choir, orchestra and student media.

A reminder that we are in winter uniform now, please ensure your child brings their tie and is dressed warmly in school uniform.

Learning reviews are coming up and all three days will be open for booking at 6pm on Monday. 

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Today we held a wonderful  Pride Week Concert for all students, celebrating individuality and acceptance for all. It was lovely to see our staff and students supporting our LGBTQ+ community. A great way to end the week. Thank you to our KGV GSA Group for organising.

Last night we held our 99th KGV Speech Night where we recognised some of our most accomplished students. Year 7 students will be part of next year's Speech Night.

Learning Review appointments opened to Year 7 parents yesterday. I see from the WhatsApp chat that many subjects are already fully booked. Year 11 and 13 parents were given priority this week. I will let you know soon when the bookings are available for 5th December. The first Learning Review takes place on 24th November. This means students will work at home next Friday, on work set by teachers, whilst teachers meet online with parents.  More information will be sent next week about accessing codes to meet teachers. 

Tickets for our KGV Christmas Musical "Elf" go on sale on Tuesday next week. Our Drama and music departments always produce excellent shows. I fully recommend you buy tickets and come along. 

Have a good weekend.

The Year 7 Team

With the welcome drop in temperature, students have enjoyed being outside between classes and at break times and wearing the winter uniform with pride. 

Last night, we celebrated KGV’s 99th Annual Speech Night. It was an opportunity for us to come together and recognise the fantastic achievements of our remarkable students. The diversity of achievements demonstrated how our students have risen to the challenge of being the best they can be. From our current Year 8 & 9 cohort, we would like to congratulate the following students who received awards: 

• Ezra Abraham Scholarship for Attainment: Even Chan, 8C10

• Ezra Abraham Scholarship for Attainment: Hailey Sit, 9C08

• Ezra Abraham Scholarship for Progress: Kingsley Wong, 8R12

• Ezra Abraham Scholarship for Progress: Maya Chu, 9N07

A reminder that Interim Report Data has been available for three weeks and that the first Learning Review is next Friday (November 24th). Students are not to come to school for regular lessons on this day. Please review your child's Interim Report and book any subject appointments through the ESF App. All three days will be open for booking at 6 pm on Monday 20 Nov. Please invite your child to join you during the learning reviews so they can receive valuable feedback directly from their teachers. 

Year 8 students have presented the IDUs to a panel of judges of senior leaders, teachers, support staff and senior students. The students combined their learning from Science and English to produce a compelling 5-minute business pitch for their sustainable development products. The buzz and joy seen around the school over the past few weeks, including the 2 IDU ideation days, was a testament to the hard work they have put into enriching the learning of the Y8 cohort - a truly remarkable experience for our Y8 students.

MYP Approaches to Learning (ATL) Focus for our Parent Newsletter: Self Management. Anger Control.

Helping your child to develop strategies that allow them to control their emotions will assist in them successfully navigating the ups and downs in life. 

The key is for your child to be aware of what makes them angry and their body's signals when they become angry. 

Firstly, being angry at times is a perfectly normal part of life. It is how your child controls their anger that is important. 

There are two types of anger:

• controlled - you use your anger to get pumped up; you are confident and assertive

• uncontrolled - your logic and thinking are not level; you become impulsive and make poor choices.

Your child needs to know their warning signals to develop anger control strategies. These are the ways their body communicates to them that they are angry. 

They could be: 

• Feeling hot

• Muscle tension

• Violent thoughts

Ask your child to draw an outline of their body and write the signals on it; number the signals in the order they usually happen. This will help them to understand how their anger builds up. 

Always get your child to reflect on their actions; consider what they have done before speaking out or acting:

• they can ask themselves, “Is this my problem?”

• if it isn’t, ignore it

• if it is, seek helpful advice from your Team to solve it

Additional Actions for Parents:

Ask your child what two things they will start doing to work on their anger control. 

Have a great weekend.

With the welcome drop in temperature, students have enjoyed being outside between classes and at break times and wearing the winter uniform with pride. 

Last night, we celebrated KGV’s 99th Annual Speech Night. It was an opportunity for us to come together and recognise the fantastic achievements of our remarkable students. The diversity of achievements demonstrated how our students have risen to the challenge of being the best they can be. From our current Year 8 & 9 cohort, we would like to congratulate the following students who received awards: 

• Ezra Abraham Scholarship for Attainment: Even Chan, 8C10

• Ezra Abraham Scholarship for Attainment: Hailey Sit, 9C08

• Ezra Abraham Scholarship for Progress: Kingsley Wong, 8R12

• Ezra Abraham Scholarship for Progress: Maya Chu, 9N07

A reminder that Interim Report Data has been available for three weeks and that the first Learning Review is next Friday (November 24th). Students are not to come to school for regular lessons on this day. Please review your child's Interim Report and book any subject appointments through the ESF App. All three days will be open for booking at 6 pm on Monday 20 Nov. Please invite your child to join you during the learning reviews so they can receive valuable feedback directly from their teachers. 

Students in Year 9 have been making their preliminary subject choices this week. A reminder that the Lionel system will close at the end of the day on Sunday. 

MYP Approaches to Learning (ATL) Focus for our Parent Newsletter: Self Management. Anger Control.

Helping your child to develop strategies that allow them to control their emotions will assist in them successfully navigating the ups and downs in life. 

The key is for your child to be aware of what makes them angry and their body's signals when they become angry. 

Firstly, being angry at times is a perfectly normal part of life. It is how your child controls their anger that is important. 

There are two types of anger:

• controlled - you use your anger to get pumped up; you are confident and assertive

• uncontrolled - your logic and thinking are not level; you become impulsive and make poor choices.

Your child needs to know their warning signals to develop anger control strategies. These are the ways their body communicates to them that they are angry. 

They could be: 

• Feeling hot

• Muscle tension

• Violent thoughts

Ask your child to draw an outline of their body and write the signals on it; number the signals in the order they usually happen. This will help them to understand how their anger builds up. 

Always get your child to reflect on their actions; consider what they have done before speaking out or acting:

• they can ask themselves, “Is this my problem?”

• if it isn’t, ignore it

• if it is, seek helpful advice from your Team to solve it

Additional Actions for Parents:

Ask your child what two things they will start doing to work on their anger control. 

Have a great weekend.

Following on from last week's message, we are pleased to announce that tickets for Elf, The Musical will be on sale at lunchtime, in the school foyer, from Tuesday onwards.

Your child can purchase your tickets for you from our box office team at $50 each.

A reminder of the dates:

Wednesday 29th November, 7.00 pm

Thursday 30th November, 7.00 pm

Friday 1st, December, 7.00 pm

We look forward to seeing you at our performance

The Elf Production Team

KGV 99th Speech Night

Yesterday evening the school community came together to recognize and celebrate many of our most accomplished students from 2022-2023. It was a wonderful evening as over 90 students came on stage to receive prizes for their academic, sporting, cultural and service successes. We were joined by Hector Poon (Chair of KGV School Council), Mark Blackshaw (ESF Director of Education) and our Guest of Honour Ben Leatham, who spoke so eloquently about his mental health journey and his commitment to mental health provision. Please see our order of service and an overview of prize winners in the file attached below.

Next year is our 100th Speech Night! Plans are already well underway for what promises to be a memorable occasion. We would love to hear your stories, see your photos and collect your memories of previous KGV Speech Nights. Please click here or use the QR code below, to share your memories with us.

Careers & H.E. Guidance

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

Year 13
Y13 students should stay in communication with their counsellors and keep up to date with google classroom for materials and announcements.

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.

Visit @ KGV (Lunch Break @ SSC1-2, Students only)
22 Nov: St George’s University of London
23 Nov: Hult International Business School
28 Nov: Newcastle University

H.K.
18 Nov: The Hang Seng University of HK Info Day

U.K.
27 Nov: University of Bath – Supporting your child’s UCAS application for courses starting in 2024
Various dates in Nov: Bangor University Webinar Series
9 Dec: University of Law Christmas Legal Workshops (in Hong Kong)

U.S.
Various dates in Nov: Minerva University Virtual Events
Various dates in Nov: UCLA Undergraduate Virtual Admission Info Session
Various dates in Nov: UCSB Virtual Presentations for Future Freshman Applicants

Europe
27 Nov: The Liberal Arts & Sciences: University Colleges in the Netherlands
2 Dec: Sciences Po Virtual Undergraduate Open House Day

Australia
23 Nov: International College of Management (ICMS), Sydney – Parents’ Info Evening

Singapore
18 Nov: National University Singapore Virtual Open Day

KGV Careers & H.E. Team

School references

School reference (non-higher education purposes) (Link to policy on Lionel)

The KGV Careers Office coordinates all our student references including exit & summer schools.

For students’ privacy, parents must give KGV their permission to release their child’s reference to a specific list of schools they are applying to.  KGV only liaise directly with those schools with parents' permission.

All requests should be directed to careers.office@kgv.edu.hk. Please allow at least 4-6 work weeks for teachers to work on school references. School references for higher education applications are done in a separate process.

If students are pursuing gifted and talented programmes outside of KGV, they should contact Mr. Krishin Hotwani directly.

KGV Careers & H.E. Team

We warmly invite you to join us at our upcoming Feedback Friday, a small group session where you can meet with our Principal, Mr. Mark Poulsum, who will lead the discussion and focus on a wide range of topics that directly relate to school life.

We will be hosting a face to face session this time! Please fill out the Google form here to join our meeting.

Date & Time: Friday 12 January 2024 (09:25 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.)

Venue: 1/F Innovation House (Next to Jockey Club Sarah Roe Building)

For enquiries, please contact the School Office at 2711 3029 or email michelle.tsang@kgv.edu.hk

Careers & H.E. Guidance

Cambridge Visit (Prof. Nicola Clayton) @ KGV, 30 Nov, Thu, 5pm

KGV has the pleasure to welcome Prof. Nicola Clayton (FRS, Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor of Comparative Cognition, University of Cambridge, Fellow, Clare College, University of Cambridge). She will be sharing information about the Cambridge education model, the admission process, and what a Cambridge interview would be like. This is perfectly timed since Cambridge interviews are coming up.

Date: 30 November 2023, Thursday
Time: 5pm
Venue: Guilford Lecture Theatre, King George V School

KGV’s Y12 and Y13 students and parents can sign up at this registration form. Priority is given to Y13s. Students and parents should register separately as only 1 seat is given per registration.

KGV Careers & H.E. Team

20 - 24 November