13 May 2016

Newsletter #31

Beacon Hill School latest newsletter available to read now. Find out the latest news around the school and upcoming events.

Thank you for your assistance in making the school closure day on Tuesday as trouble-free as possible. The timing of the closure announcement couldn’t have been at a worse time of the day. As a reminder of what to do in cases of bad weather please read the information on our school website: https://www.beaconhill.edu.hk/bad-weather-procedures/ and refer to our website homepage for the latest information, in preference to telephoning school or relying on ‘Whatsapp’ group chats, which may not have accurate or official information.

Today our Year 1 children shared their learning with parents. I hope you enjoyed finding out more about what they have been learning and can continue the conversations about it at home. For photos, click HERE. Our Year 2 students enjoyed a fun excursion to Discovery Bay on Wednesday, using various means and routes to travel there. The weather was perfect and the trip was only possible due to the help of parent volunteers on the day.
Next week is the Year 6 Exhibition for parents and the community and despite losing a day of preparation due to the school closure this week, the children are keen to share with you their journey. I look forward to seeing many of you at the event.

IMPORTANT DATES

MAY
16th	Bassistry Arts, Year 5
17th	Year 1 Bake Sale
17th	Year 6 Exhibition for Parents, 6pm, Hall
20th	4M Class Assembly, 9am
24th	Year 4 Pizza Lunch
26th	PTA Quiz
27th	Summer Music Concert
30th	Year 5 visit to LEAP
31st	Mother,Daughter / Father,Son Evening, 6.30pm
JUNE
1st	Year 4 Swimming
2nd	PTA Meeting, 3.30pm
3rd	Year 6 Secondary School visits
6th	School Council Meeting, 5pm
7th	Year 2 Pizza Lunch
8th	Year 4 Swimming
9th	Public Holiday, School Closed
10th	BHS CPD Day – School Closed
13th	New Year 1 Induction, 11.15am
14th	Year 1 Bake Sale
15th	Year 4 Swimming
22nd	Year 4 Swimming
22nd	Year 6 Production, 7pm
23rd	Year 6 Graduation Lunch
24th	End of Term 3. School closes at 12pm.

Please note that you can view our calendar on the school website.

Please be aware of the days when BHS will be closed – 9th and 10th June.

Wishing you a lovely weekend.

JAMES HARRISON

PRINCIPAL

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Last week’s Book Fest 2016 was a huge success with the children taking part in lots of different book related activities and the whole school sharing their love of reading. Each class focused on writing poetry, the best of which will soon be published online for you to read at home. Year 3 and Year 5 were also treated to poetry lessons from Hong Kong based poet Blair Reeve, who also shared his new book with the children.

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Several children got involved in our competitions and prizes have been given for the most creative entries. Our whole school book quiz was lots of fun and showed that we have so many book experts in school. It was lovely to see children from every year group working together to answer the questions. The library was busy as ever at lunchtimes with craft activities and storytelling. Special thanks go to Cindy Zhou, one of 1G’s parents, for giving up her time to read to the children.

A highlight of the Book Fest was Friday’s Dress Up day, thank you so much for supporting your children in making some fantastically creative costumes. It was really lots of fun to see all the children and staff dressed up and eagerly discussing their favourite reads. We had a special assembly which ended with Mr Greene and Mrs McKinnon treating us to their favourite poems. Go to the Library page on The Beacon to see slide shows showing the costumes voted by each class as the most creative and some more of our competition winners. https://thebeacon.bhs.edu.hk/course/view.php?id=7082

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Yearbook Order Form

Dear Parents,

Please click the link below to order a copy of the yearbook.

Yearbook Order Form.pdf

Island School Information Meeting

There will be a meeting at IS to discuss redevelopment and a number of other issues. They like to extend an invitation to the event to any interested members of our school community, particularly parents.

Time/date: 6:30pm on Monday 20 June.

Venue: Island School Hall

Agenda:

Show some of the latest visuals on intended decant site refurbishment.
Present the completed concept design of the new site. Aided by a ‘walk-through’ of the BIM model
Reflect on parent and teacher feedback from the visits to the temporary relocation sites.
Present the main findings and recommendations from the recent CIS:WASC 5 year review process.
Present the headlines from the parent survey.
Present the headlines form this year’s SDP

Please RSVP to Mr Gareth Stevens if you wish to attend:

RSVP: gareth.stevens@online.island.edu.hk

HKU Faculty of Education

HKU are offering a range of summer programs.

Social Skills Game Education for kids in kindergarten;
STEM / Visual Art 4-day Day Camp, with social games, mindfulness practice and heritage campus tour for P3-P6 students
The summer programme for Creativity and Talent Development for Primary 1 to Secondary 6 students.

Please click HERE or the banners for more details of the three programs.

For enquiry, please email Virginia at caise@hku.hk.

Early bird discount is valid till 8 May 2016.

Application will be closed on 30 May 2016.