Principal's Message

Dear KGV Families,

With the Year 13 exams finishing, and BTEC students finalising their portfolios, the class of 2025 will be looking forward to their graduation ceremony and dinner next week. Over the past few weeks it has been truly impressive to see the students demonstrate their determination and resilience as they strive to achieve the best possible outcomes.

When speaking to the students, they reflected so positively on the ongoing support provided during the exams period. The positive and encouraging conversations at home, the small group revision sessions with teachers in school, and the peer support that is always so important. It is genuinely a community effort that builds student success, from Year 7 through to Year 13. I would encourage all students to continue to reflect on their progress, seek support from teachers, and share their learning at home and with friends.

With the break in exams next week, we will take the opportunity to host some important events. This will include the KGV based service for Mason Wilkinson. This will be an opportunity for our community to come together, share our memories and celebrate his life. Parents and students are welcome to attend, but as space will be limited please sign up using this link.

Thanks for your ongoing support and have a good weekend ahead.

Best regards,

Mark Poulsum

Year 12 & 13 Message

A reminder that we are holding our KGV Memories of Mason event in our hall next Monday 26th May at 3 pm.

You are warmly invited to join us in celebrating the life of Mason at KGV. Please register using the link below as the Hall capacity is limited.

https://forms.gle/8teRJMVYQNhdqLyN6

This service is available exclusively to our KGV Community, including staff, students, and parents/guardians.

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Congratulations to our Year 13 BTEC Business students on their wonderful pitches inside the Dragon’s Den on Wednesday, this week. The students’ upcoming Business projects ranged from circular and recycled fashion clothing to AI assisted shopping!

Finally, we very much want to congratulate our IB Diploma students who officially finished their examinations this week! We are thoroughly looking forward to celebrating with all our Year 13 students next week at both their Graduation Ceremony here at school on Wednesday evening at 6 pm and at their Graduation Dinner at Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel on Friday 30th May, starting at 5.30 pm.

Wishing you a great weekend!

Year 7 Message

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We are two weeks into our Mobile Free, Gate to Gate trial. Year 7 students have been doing incredibly well in meeting and respecting the new expectations. On Monday I will email parents and students directly with the link to the mid-trial questionnaire. Your feedback is an important part of this trial. Please can you look out for this email and spend a couple of minutes completing the questionnaire.

Next Friday is our ESF Transition Day, where we welcome our next Year 7 cohort! Our current Year 7 students will act as Tour Guides in Period 1 on Friday. We are asking all Year 7 to wear their PE kit for the full day on Friday. There will be no need to change again after Period 1.

Have a great weekend.

The Year 7 Team.

Year 8 & 9 Message

Mobile Free, Gate to Gate

We are two weeks into our Mobile Free, Gate to Gate trial. Year  8 and 9 students have been doing incredibly well in meeting and respecting the new expectations. On Monday Ms Beer will email parents and students directly with the link to the mid-trial questionnaire. Your feedback is an important part of this trial. Please can you look out for this email and spend a couple of minutes completing the questionnaire.

Yr 9 Community Project Assessment, Exhibition and MYP Graduation

We are working on the Year 9 MYP Community Project Assessment and Exhibition and Year 9 Graduation Ceremony for students, teachers and parents. Please save the date in your calendars for the afternoon of 16 June 2025, 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm. More details about the event will be shared in due course. 

To further celebrate students successfully completing their MYP journey, we are organising a trip to Ocean Park during the last week of term, on Monday 23rd June. If you would like your child to attend please make payment through the ESF app.  The deadline for returning the reply slip is Tuesday 27th May. 

If you have any questions please contact Mr Ashley Tranter (Senior Head of Year) at ashley.tranter@kgv.edu.hk.

Year 10 & 11 Message

Year 10 students are involved in a tutor group table tennis competition. Much to their delight, group U20 beat the staff team this morning.

Year 11 students get a week to catch up with no exams scheduled until 3rd June. Our next exams are Drama - 3rd June, Maths - 4th June and History 5th June.

Congratulations to Prisha Bahrunani, Elvin Jiang and Momoka Kobayashi, who have been selected as finalists in the Hong Kong Youth Summit hosted by the Hong Kong Outstanding Students' Association. They advocated the use of a cutting-edge compound that can eliminate microplastics absorbed in the body, and presented their idea of ​​manufacturing and selling a chewing gum containing this compound. Their originality was highly praised, and they received high marks from the judges in the creativity category.

School References (Non-Higher Education Purposes) & Grade Summary – Deadline for Requests

Please refer to the attached announcement in the weekly parent newsletter regarding requests for school references and grade summaries.

Parents are kindly advised to submit requests for school references via this form by 6 pm on 23 May 2025. This allows teachers sufficient time to complete the references before the end of the school year.

Requests received after this deadline will be processed, but we cannot guarantee completion before the summer break. Such requests are expected to be fulfilled upon the school's resumption in August.

School references for higher education application process for Year 12 and Year 13 are handled in a different process.  There is no need for a request.

Parents are also encouraged to use their parent Lionel login to access semester summaries on their child's CCF page. Grade summary requests will be processed in July, following the release of the 2024-25 Semester 2 summaries.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

KGV Careers & H.E. Team

Careers & Guidance

Year 13

Link of the week: Exam results: 5 tips for parents and carers on supporting your child with results day

IB exams have come to a close, and our BTEC students are finalising their portfolio. We look forward to seeing our graduating cohort at the graduation ceremony on Wed, 28 May.

IBO Result Service - Deadline: 23 May 2025. Students should check the exam pack sent by our Exam Office who looks after all matters related to IBO Result Service. This service allows IBO to send students’ final IB exam results directly to specified universities right after result release. This is crucial to confirm offers and for updating universities in case of improved grades after remark.  Please email our Exam Office (exam@kgv.edu.hk) for IB-related queries.

Applications & Decisions. Students should continue to keep their H.E. Counsellors informed about their applications and regularly check Google Classroom for updates and resources related to higher education.

Year 12

Link of the week: Common App - Checklist for Grade 11 (Year 12)

Google Classrooms for Y12s, set up to share H.E.-related information.

The Y12 1-1 H.E. meetings. All appointments are now scheduled. Students should refer to the schedules posted on Google Classroom for their appointments.

Y12 H.E. Presentation Series. The HE Team started presenting to Y12 students on various topics related to higher education. Topics covered so far: Personal Statement – Part A&B, H.E. Refresher+Unifrog , Advanced Unifrog, UK Applications & HK Applications, Oxbridge, and Medicine, Dentistry & Vet, USA Applications and USA Personal Essay. Coming up:, Canada Applications, Non-mainstream Applications, UCAS Setup and Summer Action Plan. Students can find the full schedule on Google Classroom.

H.E. Events

Our KGV Careers Calendar lists known H.E. events.

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

H.E. Visit @ KGV (Lunch break)
23 May: Foothill & De Anza Colleges + University of San Francisco
28 May: University of Nottingham

General
4 Jun: Unifrog University Fair

Hong Kong
23 May: HKU Medicine & Law Programme Information Session (English)
24 May: HKU SPACE – University of London Programmes Info Day

U.K.
23 May: The Medic Portal Webinar – Verbal Reasoning Tips & Strategies
29 May: University of Bath: Supporting your child’s UCAS application for courses starting in 2026
30 May: The Medic Portal Webinar – International Applicant Advice
6 Jun: The Medic Portal Webinar – Decision Making Tips & Strategies
14 Jun: UAL – Art & Design Portfolio Workshop @ Hong Kong
20 Jun: Cambridge: International Undergraduate Q&A Webinar (2026 entry)

U.S.A.
28 May: EducationUSA – Pre-departure Orientation 2025

New Zealand
29 May: Massey University webinar – Make a Difference: The Future of Social Work

Japan
24 May: Study in Japan Webinar

KGV Careers & H.E. Team

26 - 30 May 2025

To express our appreciation for the ESF community, we are pleased to provide a special 10% discount for all ESF students who apply using the code ESF_FAM10. This code can be used at check out and is valid until 31 August 2025.

For programmes specifically for Secondary students (ages 12+), please check out our Summer Academy Website and brochure here: Summer Academy Brochure.

For our other Summer Camp programmes for students <12 years in age, please visit our summer camp website: Summer Camp Website and check out our brochure here: Summer Camp Brochures.