Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have enjoyed a truly festive week at KGV, and it has been wonderful to see so many smiling happy faces as the students participated in a range of Lunar New Year activities. I would like to thank our fantastic Chinese team for helping us to celebrate in style.

It was also great to see the BTEC Business students organise a football tournament that brought students from Learning Enhancement Centres from across ESF together for this event. Their planning, organisation and communication was exceptional and ensured this event was a great success. A big thank you as well to the staff who helped to support the BTEC students as they developed their vocational skills.

Students across a range of year groups will be receiving their progress grades today, and this will provide an opportunity for them to reflect on their achievements since the start of the academic year. I would encourage you to have a conversation with your child so that they can reflect on their success, identify areas for further development and start to create focused targets as they move forward in their learning.

We hope you have a thoroughly enjoyable Lunar New Year break, and we look forward to seeing the students when the next half-term starts on Tuesday 20th February.

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Best regards,

Mark Poulsum

Year 10 students have had a number of assessments recently. Grades and progress so far this year are summarised in the semester 1 summary which was made available to parents today. You can find it in the ESF App > Lionel > CCF > Progress Checks
We hope that students and families have some quality time together over the break.

Year 11 students may be tired following their mocks and we hope that they get some rest over the Lunar New Year break. When we return students will be making their option choices for Year 12. They have previously made preliminary choices as an indication, but these will be cleared from the system and we will ask them to make their final choices. Please discuss course preferences for Year 12 with your child.

Following the break we will also be reflecting on their mock performance and setting clear goals for revision towards the final exams starting at the end of April. A mock report with detailed feedback from teachers will be published to you on February 27th. 

KGV had an exciting festive week for the Lunar New Year, with students actively participating and enjoying various activities. The Chinese team's dedication and creativity created a memorable celebration, including performances, workshops, and beautiful decorations. They educated students about Lunar New Year traditions, fostering unity and respect among diverse backgrounds. The Chinese team's hard work and commitment made the celebration successful, creating a joyful and enriching experience for the school community.

Year 8 & 9 students have had several assessments recently. Grades and progress so far this year are summarised in the Semester 1 Summary, which will be made available to parents today. You can find it in the ESF App > Lionel > CCF > Progress Checks. I encourage you to have a conversation with your child so that they can reflect on their success, identify areas for further development and start to create focused targets as they move forward in their learning.

Approaches to learning (ATL) are skills designed to enable students in the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) to “learn how to learn.” They apply across curriculum requirements and provide a common language for teachers and students to use when reflecting and building on the learning process.

ATL skills can become a common language at home between parents and their children. Challenge your child to reflect on the “I CAN” statements in the attached document. Ask your child to reflect on their actions to render this statement valid after the CNY break.

We hope you have a thoroughly enjoyable Lunar New Year break, and we look forward to seeing the students when the next half-term starts on Tuesday 20th February.

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

KGV had an exciting festive week for Lunar New Year, with students actively participating and enjoying various activities. The Chinese team's dedication and creativity created a memorable celebration, including performances, workshops, and beautiful decorations. They educated students about Lunar New Year traditions, fostering unity and respect among diverse backgrounds. The Chinese team's hard work and commitment made the celebration a success, creating a joyful and enriching experience for the school community.

Year 8 & 9 students have had a number of assessments recently. Grades and progress so far this year are summarised in the Semester 1 Summary which will be made available to parents today. You can find it in the ESF App > Lionel > CCF > Progress Checks. I would encourage you to have a conversation with your child so that they can reflect on their success, identify areas for further development and start to create focused targets as they move forward in their learning.

Approaches to learning (ATL) are skills designed to enable students in the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) to “learn how to learn.” They apply across curriculum requirements and provide a common language for teachers and students to use when reflecting and building on the learning process.

ATL skills can become a common language at home between parents and their children. Challenge your child to reflect on the “I CAN” statements in the attached document. Ask your child to reflect on what they need to do to render this statement valid after the CNY break.

This is a reminder that the Lionel option system will re-open on Tuesday 20th February for Year 9 students to confirm their choices. They can:

• Leave them if they are happy with their preliminary choices

• Make any changes that they want remembering that they must have one language, one I & S subject, one Art/Technology based subject and a 4th subject from any of the the other three areas.

Please use the holiday to discuss final choices with your child and if you have any questions there is the week after the CNY break to get clarification. 

The system will close at midnight on February 25th and this information will then be used to put together the timetable for next year.

We hope you have a thoroughly enjoyable Lunar New Year break, and we look forward to seeing the students when the next half-term starts on Tuesday 20th February.

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Year 12 academic progress so far this year has been collated in the semester 1 summary which was made available to parents today.

You can find it in the ESF App > Lionel > CCF > Progress Checks.

Year 13 IB Mock Examination feedback for students is available from today via Lionel.

You can access the Mock summary in the ESF App > Lionel > CCF > Progress Checks.

We wish all of our Year 13 students and their families a peaceful and prosperous Lunar New Year holiday.

Dear Parents and  Caregivers,

We finished today with an excellent CNY assembly! We watched a whole spectrum of performances from some of our talented students, including Amber Ng who was amazing on the Guzheng. Well done Amber!

Year 7 academic progress so far this year has been collated in the semester 1 summary which was made available to parents today.

You can find it in the ESF App > Lionel > CCF > Progress Checks.

We wish all of our students and families a peaceful and prosperous Lunar New Year holiday. Kung Hei Fat Choi!

The Year 7 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.

To facilitate a smooth reference process, parents are suggested to contact the Careers Office (careers.office@kgv.edu.hk) with a list of institutions and names of teachers nominated to write references. Please allow at least 4-6 working 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

Careers & H.E. Guidance

The KGV Careers & H.E. Teams wishes our students and their families a Year of the Dragon full of good fortune!

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

KGV Careers Fair
The Careers Office organises the Careers Fair (usually around September) which serves as an opportunity for students to to start reflecting on and exploring particular professions, and introduce them to the many career options and possible academic pathways to flowing in order to achieve these careers.

Any parent who would like to share their expertise in their professions with our eager students are welcome to email us at careers.office@kgv.edu.hk.

Your support will be invaluable to our students!

Year 13
- Universities have started sending out offers. Students are most welcome to chat with their HE Counsellors any time.
- If students plan to take a gap year or apply to Australia after graduation, we would appreciate it if they can inform their HE Counsellors about their plans so that we can support them when it’s time for them to make their applications.
- In the coming months, we will be doing an exit presentation for students and parents highlighting important action points.

Year 12
- Y12s’ 1-to-1 meeting with their HE Counsellors. The meetings are going on well. More students will be receiving email with their individual appointments soon.
- Y12 Parents Presentation –14 March, 18.00, via Zoom. Mark your calendar. More details to follow.
- Google Classrooms. Our HE Team has set up Google Classrooms for Y12 students for communication on higher education issues.

Enrichment/Summer Programmes
- Students may start thinking about their plans for enrichment/summer. Our Careers website has a page that lists known opportunities by region. Check this page for ideas.
- KGV does not take responsibility for the content or quality of external events and courses.
- If students need school references to support their application to enrichment/summer programmes, they should email careers.office@kgv.edu.hk. Our normal lead time for teachers to work on recommendations is 4-6 working weeks.

KGV Careers Calendar
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.

Visits @ KGV
22 Feb, after school: UCL, KCL & Imperial.
6 Mar, Lunch: Canadian universities mini-fair
7 Mar, Lunch: Simon Fraser University

Events in HK
29 Feb: Women’s Colleges Alumnae Panel @ CDNIS
8 Mar: Global University Fair @ CDNIS

Hong Kong
20 Feb onwards, Every Tuesday: University of Hong Kong - Online Talks starting 13.00

Canada
13 Feb: Queen’s University Online Applicant Event

Australia
22 Feb: UNSW Aviation International Info Session

Europe
13 & 16 Feb: Carl Benz School Info Sessions

KGV Careers & H.E. Team

Music Academy Auditions (Info and Reminder)

The Music Academy at KGV is open to students (by audition) starting in Year 8 and offers extension opportunities for our gifted and talented musicians. Our holistic program is designed to help students reach their full musical potential. To find out more please contact any music teacher directly.

KGV MusicAcademy Info Presentation 2024

Interested students may join the Music Academy Auditions google-classroom and submit their audition video by Monday 26th February 2024.  

https://classroom.google.com/c/NjU3MDA5MzYxNTA2?cjc=i7c32xu  Invite Code i7c32xu