Principal's Message

Dear KGV Families,

I trust you have enjoyed a good week. As we reach the final few weeks of this academic year, we arrive at the time where we reflect on and celebrate this year whilst planning for next academic year.

Teachers are currently working on the written end of year reports for Y7, 8, 9, 10 and 12. These will give a detailed and holistic insight to your child’s progress in each subject and inform conversations at home as goals are set for next year. Reports will be released during the last week of term.

We also have wonderful celebratory moments coming up, starting with the Summer Concert on Tuesday 9th June at 5.30pm, and then our Sports Awards on Wednesday 17th June. These events provide a great opportunity to showcase the abilities and success of our remarkable students, and I look forward to seeing parents there.  

Our leadership team has been planning for next academic year, with stakeholder survey results being used to inform our enhancement agenda. The introduction of the ESF Hub provides us with a key focus as we build consistent approaches to curriculum development, assessment and feedback. Communication and engagement with parents is also a key part of this planning. More information will be shared towards the end of term.

Thank you for your ongoing support and have an enjoyable weekend ahead.

Best regards,

Mark Poulsum

Dear Families,

Please find below important updates regarding campus expectations during the warmer weather, final reminders for our upcoming Year 9 graduation events, and critical identification requirements for the Ocean Park trip.

Managing the Heat and Campus Behaviour

As we face warmer days on campus, we encourage parents to support their children by ensuring they bring reusable water bottles to school every day. Staying hydrated is essential during this season.

However, we need to address some unacceptable behaviours that have occurred recently. We have dealt with a few instances of students bringing water balloons to school, squirting water bottles at each other, or filling their mouths with water to spit at others. While we understand the weather is hot, this is not permitted at school and falls well short of our behaviour expectations. We ask parents to firmly remind students that these actions are not allowed on campus.

Year 9 Community Project Celebration and Graduation

Our Year 9 Community Project Celebration, Exhibition, and MYP Graduation will take place on Monday, 15th June. We are very much looking forward to welcoming registered parents to campus and celebrating the hard work, learning, and positive community impact our students have achieved over the last three years.

Year 9 Ocean Park Trip: ID Card Requirement

Ahead of the Year 9 field trip to Ocean Park on Tuesday, 23rd June, please note that all participating students must have a valid school student ID card to enter the park.

If your child has lost or misplaced their student ID card, they must contact Mr. Tranter, Senior Head of Year, before Thursday, 11th June. This will allow the school enough time to arrange and print a replacement card before the trip. Students who do not have a valid ID card may face issues with entry, so please check this with your child this weekend.

Thank you for your continued cooperation and support in keeping our school environment safe, respectful, and well-organised.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The campus dynamic has shifted. With our Year 13s officially departed, the spotlight has moved squarely onto our Year 12 students. They are no longer just coasting through the senior school pipeline, as of right now, they are the senior leaders of the KGV student community.

While it can be easy to fall into a false sense of security about summer because final certificates aren't being handed out this month, the choices made during this window are critical. The routines, focus, and study habits your child establishes over these final weeks will be the very foundation that prevents an academic crisis this time next year. Furthermore, there is no sugarcoating the immediate high stakes: the work produced throughout this term directly informs the predicted grades used for their upcoming university and career applications.

Our faculty members are currently busy finalising the written end-of-year reports for Year 12. Rather than viewing these as a simple retrospective of the past year, we look at them as a personalised strategy guide for the final stretch of the IB/BTEC journey.

Holistic Insights: These documents offer a detailed, deep-dive perspective into your child’s current progress in every subject.

Conversations That Matter: We highly encourage parents to use these reports as a neutral, data-driven tool to spark constructive conversations at home, helping to co-set clear, actionable goals before the new academic year begins.

Logistics: The final evaluations will be officially released to families during the last week of term.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

We have had conversations with a number of students this week, helping them get a healthy perspective on assessments and understand that these are opportunities to get feedback. Please watch out for any undue signs of anxiety and ensure your child keeps assessments in perspective, treating them as stepping stones towards their final exams this time next year. 

Year 11 students are getting close to the end of their external exams. Next week we have:

• Monday: Biology (only for Triple and Single Science - NOT double)
• Tuesday: Spanish language
• Wednesday: DT (starting at 7.30 pm)
• Thursday: Food Tech (starting at 7.45 pm)
• Friday: Chemistry (only for Triple and Single Science - NOT double)

The following Monday, 15th June is our final exam for the year - Physics (Triple and Single Science).

Results will be available to students from:

• Cambridge: Tuesday 18th August at 1 pm
• Edexcel: Thursday 20th August at 3 pm
• AQA: Thursday 20th August at 3 pm 

In August, students will be sent instructions for accessing their results.

The KGV Music Summer Concert is coming up this Tuesday 9th June and we invite you to listen to performances from our choirs, orchestras, and bands!

Concert Details:

• Date: Tuesday, 9th June

• Time: 5.30pm (Doors open at 5.15pm)

• Location: KGV School Hall

Ticket Information

- Tickets are on sale via this link via Eventbrite.  Prices: $21.2 per ticket ($1.2 handling fee).

- In-Person: Remaining tickets and limited standing tickets will be available for purchase at the door on the day of the concert. 

Seating is limited, so be sure to secure your tickets soon! Thank you so much for your continued support of our music programme and our amazing students. We can't wait to see you there and share our beautiful music with you.

Higher Education & Careers

KGV Higher Education & Careers website. This site, managed and constantly updated by our H.E. Team, hosts a wealth of information on higher education resources, events, enrichment/summer programmes, scholarships, and other opportunities. This can serve as a first step for research. Check it out.

ESF University Fair @ KGV, Tue, 8 Sep, 16:15-18:15.  Mark your calendar.  Preparations are well underway to welcome over 160 institutions around the world to our university fair on 8 Sep at KGV.  The Fair will be open to KGV Y12 & Y13 students and parents.  More information to come after the summer break.

Sign-up for higher education events coordinated by the KGV Higher Education & Careers Team. Kindly note that for students’ safety and security, we only accept sign-ups submitted by parents' email addresses that are registered in the school record. Parents are also required to give parental consent for their children to participate in events coordinated by the H.E. Team. For these reasons, all submissions by a KGV student account or unan registered email address will be automatically rejected without further notice. Thank you for your attention.

Year 13. Link of the week: BBC: Top 10 tips for starting at university

Year 12. Link of the week: KGV Class of 2027 – H.E. Checkpoints

Year 12 Individual Student-led Meetings. The meetings continue to be fruitful.  Students are expected to work closely with their H.E. Counsellors.  Following on from these meetings, we will be doing a “Summer Action Plan” presentation to parents.

Y12 Summer Action Plan – Presentation to Parents on 12 Jun, 1pm. This online presentation will take parents through the suggested plans for our Y12 students. The Google Meet link will be shared with parents on 11 Jun.

Year 12 H.E. Presentation Series. The last one in the presentation series is “Summer Action Plan”, in the week of 8 Jun.  Topics covered previously: Introduction to Higher Education; Personal Statement: Session 1; Introduction to Unifrog; UK applications; Hong Kong applications; Higher education research; Oxbridge; Medicine, Dentistry & Veterinary Meds; USA applications; USA Personal Essay; Canada applications; Non-mainstream applications; and UCAS setup.

H.E. EVENTS shared via KGV Higher Education Events Calendar

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

Hong Kong
6 Jun – “Unboxing HKUST Admissions” District Talks
6 Jun – HKU Webinar: How to Start a Career in Global Health

U.K.
Various dates in May – University of Bath – Personal Statement Webinar Series
Various dates in May & Jun – UCL Taster & Info Sessions Series
13 Jun – Imperial Inspires Scholarship Launch in Hong Kong

KGV Higher Education & Careers Team

Due to student privacy protocols, we require parental consent before releasing student information to external organisations. Please complete this form to make a formal request. Requests will only be processed upon receipt of parental permission.

KGV’s standard lead time for teachers to prepare references is four working weeks from the date parental permission is received.

This process does not apply to references needed for higher education applications (i.e. university admissions) which are coordinated in a separate process.

Gifted & Talented Programmes
Students interested in external extension programmes for specifically designed for gifted & talented students outside of KGV should refer to this website for guidance: https://sites.google.com/kgv.hk/kgv-extension-opportunities.

8 - 12 June 2026