We are looking forward to our

3-Way Conferences next week on Thursday, 17 March (3:45 – 6:15pm)

and Friday, 18 March (8:30am – 3:15pm).

Please note that there will be NO SCHOOL for the children on Friday, 18

March apart from when they come in for their appointment with you. PTA school buses will not run on this day.

ALL AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES will be cancelled on both afternoons.

Dear Parents, Below is the invite information regarding the ESF stakeholder survey. This will provide important information for us as a school and it will also be a chance for us to celebrate and acknowledge the many great things about Kennedy.

ESF Stakeholder Survey

All our parents, staff and Year 5 & 6 children will soon be invited by email to participate in the biennial ESF Stakeholder Survey, which will be open from 14th to 24th March 2016. Through this survey we aim to find out about the impressions that parents, staff and students have formed about the education we provide. The feedback from the survey will help us build on our strengths and inform our future planning. A parent invite will be emailed to the primary contact parent in your family on 14th March. [If you have a child at another ESF school you will receive a separate invite by email to participate in that school’s survey]. Students in Years 5 & 6 will also receive an email inviting them to participate in the survey. We would be very grateful if you would spare the time to complete the survey. It’s shorter than in the past and takes about 15-20 minutes to complete (though may take a little longer if you wish to add comments in the optional comment boxes).

PTA Coffee Morning It was nice to see so many mums and dad (well…no dads!) at our first PTA coffee morning today. I was able to share some of our initial new hall and playground designs and plans. We look forward to these occurring every month.

Families and Friends

Many of you are aware that Ms Reine Barletta who has been a teacher at Kennedy School for the past twenty three years is currently battling a serious illness. Many of our current and past students have had the pleasure and privilege of being taught by Reine. No one forgets Ms Barletta!

Reine’s treatments are complex and expensive and a friend of Reine who is an ex Kennedy teacher has created an opportunity for friends to make a contribution towards the cost of her treatments. We are proud of our family and community spirit at Kennedy School and it is at times like this that families need to support each other. Your donation can be through the link below or the bank account details listed. Please do not send any cheques or money to the school. Donations can be anonymous but please indicate if you are a current or ex parent, student or staff member.

Please see the details here: https://www.gofundme.com/qmspf884

Please make your contributions for Ms Barletta to the following HSBC account: THOMPSON, N J.

Bank account number: 043-511-575-833

Thank you.

Sandy Bay: Works site or sports facilities?

Please see below a message from Paul Zimmerman, Pokfulam District Councillor, which may have a direct impact on our school:

On 21 March 2016, the Southern District Council will discuss the short term use of a vacant site at Sandy Bay.

The Civil Engineering and Development Department (Universal Accessibility Programme) has submitted an application to use the site for storage and offices for a minimum of 4 years. At the same time, HKU has submitted an application to use the land for an Outdoor Sports and Adventure Education Centre. Which one do you support? Let the local council know by completing the simple survey. The results will be presented to Government. Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VKLQBV5

John Brewster Principal

3-WAY CONFERENCES next week 17 & 18 march

We are looking forward to our 3-Way Conferences next week on Thursday, 17 & Friday, 18 March.

Online registration on the Gateway is now closed. Please email your child’s teacher directly if you have any enquiries.

3-Way Conferences provide a forum for teachers, students and parents to acknowledge students’ progress and achievement. Your child will lead the conference and will talk about their learning progress. As parents you will have an opportunity to see samples of your child's learning.

Thursday, 17 March: 3:45pm to 6:15pm or

Friday, 18 March: 8:30am to 3:15pm

Specialist teachers will be organised on a ‘drop-in’ basis.

Music - Mrs GG / please note that Ms Barrie will not be available PE - Mr Luck / please note that Mrs Khemlyani will not be available ICT - Mr Tibble IN - Mrs Tait / Mrs Bloomfield – will see parents on a ‘by invitation only’ basis

Appointments with the Chinese teachers have been arranged over the course of the academic

year. Only Year 4 Parent Consultations with Chinese Teachers will take place on Friday, 18 March between 8:30am – 3:00pm and the children are welcome to come along.

There will be no regular school for the children on Friday, 18 March apart from when they come in for their appointment with you. PTA school buses will not run on this day.

There will be NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES on both afternoons.

The duration of each appointment with class teachers will be 45 minutes: 15 minutes with the class teacher (at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a 45 minutes slot) and 30 minutes looking at student learning in classes and engaging in activities with your child.

Your child will be responsible for leading the 3-Way Conference (we are getting ready for this in class and preparing the students).

Casual clothes may be worn by the children. The time in class is for constructive discussion and target setting. Any other issues will need to

be addressed at another time. The children and class teachers are very much looking forward to these 3-Way Conferences

and hope that they will be very positive and beneficial for all involved. For Year 4 Parent Consultations with the Chinese teachers, the duration of each appointment

will be 10 minutes.

We look forward to seeing you all either on the 17 or 18 March!

YEAR 4 PARENT CONSULTATIONS WITH CHINESE TEACHERS - 18 March

Year 4 Parent Consultations with Chinese Teachers will take place on Friday, 18 March at 08:30am – 3:30pm. There will be 10 minute appointments available for Year 4 parents to speak to their child’s Chinese teacher. Year 4 children are welcome to come along to these consultations. Click here for more information.

Upcoming Parent Consultations with Chinese Teachers

Date Time Yearband Location

Fri, 18 March 08:30am – 3:30pm Year 4 Chinese Room & Library

Tue, 19 April 09:30am – 4:30pm Year 2 Hall

Tue, 24 May 09:30am – 4:30pm Year 1 Hall

On Wednesday morning we were wowed by the 2A class assembly which focused on the concept of time and their current transdisciplinary theme, Where We Are in Place and Time. The children shared about units of time such as minutes, hours, days, week, months and years. They also talked about the concept of a lifetime and how change happens over time. They shared about the number of times things happen in the lives of animals, like a male seahorse will birth over 1000 baby seahorses in a lifetime - that's a lot of seahorses!

With strong vocal projection and perfected intonation the children communicated their ideas to the audience with enthusiasm and energy. One of the highlights of the assembly was when they sang Seasons of Love which made more than a few of us tear up. A huge thank you to Mrs. Allenby and Ms. Leung and the students of 2A for sharing with us and to their families for coming out to support them. Well done! I can't wait for next time!

See more photos on our Facebook page.

Josh Blue Vice Principal

3R CLASS ASSEMBLY - 3R Expresses Themselves On Tuesday morning, 3R presented their class assembly around the transdisciplinary theme of How We Express Ourselves. In a short half an hour they took us through the world of art, dance and music with enthusiasm and heaps of creativity. From fashion shows to sculpture to collage to app created pieces to dance and movement 3R impressed us all. One of the highlights was their emotion movement piece around Anger, Sadness and Happiness. Also their 3R rap left me trying to rhyme for the rest of the day - they certainly blew us all away!

A special thank you to the families who came to support the children in 3R, to Ms. Kirsten Ho, our dancer in residence who worked with the class on movement work and Mr. Roscoe and Ms. Adcock for helping 3R express themselves. And a huge well-done and thank you to 3R for sharing their learning with us. It truly was an expression of themselves. See more photos on our Facebook page.

Josh Blue Vice Principal

6M CLASS ASSEMBLY

On Thursday, 6M shared with us their learning about Human Rights. It was an incredibly thought-provoking presentation about a very important issue. They entertained us with some drumming, some amazing technology involving a 'green screen' and a play which demonstrated the injustice that some of the people in our world face. They finished with a song which was designed to make us think about our roles in making change. The children had clearly thought about their audience when creating the assembly and it was pitched at the perfect level for our Year 5 and 6 children.

It was lovely to see many of the 6M parents join us for an assembly that truly left us all with food for thought. Fantastic job 6M - well done! Visit our Facebook page for more photos.

Debbie Sheward Vice Principal

YEAR 3 MINI EXHIBITION

On Thursday afternoon the Year 3 students shared their spectacular art work to parents. The art work was an accumulation of their learning journey through the current unit 'How We Express Ourselves' exploring differing art forms and perspectives in art. The students put together their own exhibition board displaying examples of art which reflected their emotions - poetry, sculptures, clay, costume design, photography, word art, collage and mask making. The students also had their sketch boards on display as well as the canvas they painted when they went 'Art Jamming'. Year 3 all had the opportunity to visit every classroom and comment using post-it notes about the art exhibited. The exhibition boards were so creative and varied and the students were so proud of their work and could talk about their boards with such confidence and enthusiasm. There was a real buzz in all the classes and real sense of pride! It was wonderful to see so many parents attending too and providing such positive feedback to the children. A really superb afternoon! Thank you to all the Year 3 team for the incredible amount of work that went into preparing for the mini exhibition! Well done everyone! Many more photos are available on our Facebook page. Emma Navin Vice Principal

EXPRESS YOURSELF

EXPERTS AND PASSIONATE PEOPLE NEEDED!

I am very excited to announce to the Kennedy Community that this year's Year 6 Exhibition falls under the transdisciplinary theme of How We Express Ourselves. Students will be able to choose a form of expression that is meaningful for them and explore it in great depth and share their findings and creations with us all. The students won't be kicking off their Exhibition until after Easter but I'd like to start compiling a list of the experts within our school community. So if you are a painter, a poet, a

sculptor, a writer, a coder, a dancer, a musician, a photographer, an actor, a fashion designer, a chef - you get the idea - please follow this link and fill in the Google form: http://goo.gl/forms/FPQABjxHhp

I'll meet with all interested experts to talk through the process and how you can help. Then, as the students begin to form their interest groups and start the process, I'll connect them to you as a valuable first person resource. Sounds exciting right? It is!

The Google form is live as of now and I'll put reminders in the newsletter over the coming weeks.

Thank you in advance for your interest, your passion and your commitment to helping out the Kennedy Community.

Josh Blue Vice-Principal (Ceramicist, Actor, Writer, Chef)

HOUSE SPEEDSTACKING COMPETITION THE RESULTS ARE IN!

The fastest house for each of the speed stacks competitions are as follows:

Jumbo stacks - Lions 3-3-3 stack - Unicorns 3-6-3 stack - Dragons The Cycle - Dragons

Between the four houses, the event raised an amazing HK$3,000 for charity. Well done to everyone who participated. Debbie Sheward Vice Principal

LAST SESSIONS FOR STAFF RUN ACTIVITIES BEFORE EASTER BREAK

Please take a note of the last sessions for staff run activities before Easter.

Day Staff Run Club Last session for Term 2

TUESDAY

Senior Choir Last session on 15 March

Netball Development (Yr 4) Last session on 15 March

Touch Rugby Squad (Yr 5, 6) Last session on 15 March

Tag Rugby Development (Yr 3, 4) Last session on 15 March

Breakfast Fitness Club Last session on 15 March

Homework Club Last session on 15 March

Minecraft Club Last session on 22 March

WEDNEDAY

Netball (Yr 5, 6) Last session on 16 March

Basketball Club Last session on 16 March

Knit and Stitch Club Last session on 16 March

Junior Choir Last session on 16 March

Drawing Club Last session on 16 March

THURSDAY

Boys & Girls Running Club Finished on 10 March

Hockey Squad (Yr 5, 6) Finished on 10 March

Hockey Development Finished on 10 March

Breakfast Fitness Club Last session on 17 March

Orchestra Finished on 10 March

Chinese Story Telling Club Finished on 3 March

FRIDAY Chinese Music Ensemble Finished on 11 March

STAFF RUN ACTIVITIES 2015/16, Term 3

The following staff run activities will be available to the children in Term 3.

Registration will be done via Gateway, unless stated otherwise.

The online registration will open on Wednesday, 16 March at 12noon. To sign up via the Gateway (starting from 16 March, 12noon) login at https://ks.tg.esf.edu.hk/ and go to ‘Activities’ > ‘Activity’ > select ‘Term 3 Staff Run Activities’ > select your child’s name in the name selection box > click ‘Register Now’ for the activities you wish to book.

The closing date for registrations will be Monday, 11 April at 12noon. The fee will be automatically deducted from your child’s ePayment account after 29 April. We will not send an email to confirm your enrolment. Please login to your Gateway account to check.

DAY ACTIVITY SIGN UP METHOD YEARBAND MAX. NO

VENUE TIME DATES EXCEPT DATES

TEACHER COST PER TERM

MON NO STAFF RUN ACTIVITIES OFFERED ON MONDAYS DUE TO STAFF MEETINGS.

TUES

Netball Development

Gateway Yr 4, 5 24 Lower playground

3:15 - 4:15pm 12/4 - 31/5 3/5 - CPD

Ms Cohen, Mrs Bloomfield

HK$250

Cricket (Subject to trials on 12/4 & 19/4)

Sign up for trials here.

Yr 5, 6 24 HKU 3:15 - 4:30pm 12/4 – 14/6 3/5 - CPD

Mr Brewster HK$250

Senior Choir Gateway Yr 5, 6 80 Hall 3:15 - 4:15pm 12/4 - 31/5 3/5 - CPD

Mrs GG HK$100

Coding Club Gateway Yr 5, 6 25 ICT Suite 3:15 - 4:00pm 19/4 - 14/6 3/5- CPD

Mr Tibble HK$100

Science Arts Gateway Yr 2, 3 20 2R 3:15 - 4:00pm 12/4 - 31/5 3/5 -CPD

Mrs Ryan HK$100

Junior Choir Gateway Yr 3, 4 80 Hall 3:15 - 4:00pm 13/4 - 1/6

Mrs GG, Ms Allenby

HK$100

Aquathon – morning training (Children must attend

both Wed am and Thu pm trainings)

Sign up for trials here.

Yr 5,6 24 (meet outside KS gym)

7:00 – 8:00am 14/4 - 2/6 Mr Luck, Mrs Khemlyani, Mrs Ridley

-

THU

Gaelic Football Gateway Yr 4, 5 24 HKU 3:15 - 4:30pm 21/4 - 16/6

Mrs Lacy, Gaelic Coach

HK$250

Aquathon – afternoon training (Subject to trials on 14/4 & 21/4)

Sign up for trials here.

Yr 5,6 24 WIS Pool (meet outside KS gym after school; collection at WIS pool entrance – near car park)

3:15 - 4:30pm 14/4 - 2/6 Mr Luck, Mrs Khemlyani, Mrs Ridley

HK$250

Orchestra Current members expected, new members welcome - please see Ms Barrie.

Yr 4 - 6 45 Hall 3:15 - 4:15pm 14/4 - 2/6 Ms Barrie, Mrs Tan

HK$250

Chinese Drama (by invitation)

By invitation only Yr 4 - 6 19 Music Room

3.15 - 4.30pm 14/4 - 16/06 9/6 - public holiday

Mr Zeng HK$100

FRI Chinese Music Ensemble

Gateway Yr 4 - 6 20 Big Music Room

3:15 - 4:15pm 15/4 -17/6 10/6 - CPD

Mr Sunny Yuen, Mrs GG

HK$600

Chinese Karaoke Gateway Yr 3 - 6 8 Small Music Room

3:15 - 4:00pm 15/4 - 17/6 10/6 -CPD

Ms Eliza Chan

HK$100

ACTIVITIES BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES

Click on the following links to view advertisements for after school activities provided by external agencies and ESF Educational Services.

DAY ACTIVITY PROVIDER

Various Football, Basketball, Tennis, Gymnastics, Kung Fu, Netball, Science, Writing Class, Japanese Class, Dance

ESF Educational Services

Various !TERM 3! Science Adventures, Stormy Chefs, The Chess Academy

Active Kids

Various Kip McGrath Tuition & CNY Workshops Kip McGrath

Various !NEW! Easter Writing Workshops

Elephant Community Press

Various !NEW! Easter Art Workshops Banana Art

Various !NEW! EASTER BREAK - Youth Empowerment Seminar

YES for Schools

Monday !TERM 3! Drama, Speech & Communication Classes

Starlit Voice

Monday !TERM 3! Chess Lessons

Hoyinping Chess

Monday Fabric Art

Fabric Fun

Monday !TERM 3! Robotics & Technology for kids - DIY workshop makers projects 1

Brainchhild Ltd.

Tuesday !TERM 3! Foundation’s Orator

Foundation Academy

Wednesday !TERM 3! Foundation’s Filmmaker

Foundation Academy

Wednesday !TERM 3! Lego & Robotics, Bricks 4 Kidz

Bricks 4 Kidz

Thursday !TERM 3! Art Classes

Banana Art

Thursday !TERM 3! Foundation’s Novelist

Foundation Academy

Disclaimer: Kennedy School and the English Schools Foundation do not recommend or endorse any external provider renting the school premises. There is no

contractual arrangement between KS/ESF and the club providers, any contractual arrangement that exists is between the parent and the club provider.

MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL ROOM

PE kits donations wanted The nurse office is looking for donations of second hand PE kits, especially the shorts if any parents have spares sitting around at home. Also if your child has been lent a kit by us recently and has not returned it, we would really appreciate them doing so, so we have spares for other children in the future.

High influenza activity The Centre for Health Protection informed us that the current influenza activity in Hong Kong is very high. Vigilance should be maintained and the following measures are advised to prevent influenza and respiratory tract infections:

Parents need to check the body temperature of their child/children every day before they leave home for school. To prevent outbreaks of influenza and other respiratory infections, it is of prime importance that children with fever (temperature higher than

37.5℃) regardless of the presence of respiratory symptoms, should not be allowed to attend school. They should be advised to seek medical advice and should avoid school till 48 hours after the fever has subsided.

To receive seasonal influenza vaccination for personal protection;

To build up good body immunity by having a proper diet, regular exercise and adequate rest;

To maintain good personal and environmental hygiene;

To keep hands clean and wash hands properly;

To cover nose and mouth while sneezing or coughing and dispose of nasal and mouth discharge properly;

To wash hands after sneezing, coughing or cleaning the nose;

To maintain good ventilation;

To avoid going to crowded or poorly ventilated public places when influenza is prevalent;

If your child is unwell, please email your child’s teacher and nurse@kennedy.edu.hk to inform us of the nature of your child’s illness.

Sally Connell & Henriette Teuchler Kennedy School Health Professionals

ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE

Parents and guardians are invited to attend their child’s class assembly. This is an opportunity for a class to share the learning they have been doing in class. They may take the format of a science explanation, a reflection on a trip, a sharing of artwork, a multimedia display or even a simple story telling. For those parents who are unable to attend, all class assemblies are videoed and available for viewing on the VLE.

Class Date Time

April 2016

Year 5 Chinese Assembly

Thursday, 14 April 9:30 – 10:30am

5B Thursday, 14 April 8:30 – 9:00am

March 21st—24th 2015

Our aim for Green Week 2016 is

to appreciate biodiversity. Our

SEPAs have organized 3 competi-

tions to encourage children to

grow plants and

cook food in a

more sustainable

way.

Masarang Monday

Masarang Palm Sugar is a pollu-

tion free, natural sugar which

is better for the environment

and better for your health.

We buy it direct from the

growers and it is processed in

a geothermal village hub. For

more information, watch Nat

Geo’s Sweet Solutions video:

Buy your palm sugar and en-

try into the Palm Sugar Bake

-Off from March 14-16th.

Then bring your creation to

school on Monday 21st to

have the chance to win some

prizes. Stocks are limited so

enter quickly!

Bring HK$5 to buy a cake dur-

ing lunchtime. All profits will

go towards Masarang Founda-

tion.

Growing Tuesday

Bring your Wheatgrass head

in for our competition to see

the most creative in each year

band. Remember

you must reuse

materials to cre-

ate your holder.

We will also

have a Kennedy Green Mar-

ketplace from 2:30-3:30pm in

the playground where we will

sell our organic produce from

our school garden. All parents

and helpers welcome.

Trashion Show

Garden Design Wednesday

Bring your garden design in

today. How would you like to

improve our playgrounds to in-

clude more green spaces?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to

have more plants around to give

us fresh oxygen?

Gavin Coates is an environmen-

tal architect, children’s author

and cartoonist. He will read

some of his favourite stories to

us today and

have a look at all

of your wonder-

ful garden de-

signs.

It’s time to get creative! Try

to make outfits from waste

materials, e.g. old cloth-

ing.

We will be holding Trashion

Assemblies to showcase the

most creative efforts!

Dress Casual HK$10 per

child will go towards creating

our garden design.

All week the children will be try-

ing to reduce the use of single

use materials in their lunchbox.

Please can you help your child re-

duce the waste in their snack and

lunch box.

No plastic wrap, zip-

locks, foil, juice box-

es and plastic wrapped snacks!

EARTH HOUR is on March 19th from 8:30-

9:30pm in HK this year. At Kennedy School,

we will have our own Earth Hour from 9-

10am on March 17th. This will give the chil-

dren the opportunity to think about ways we

can live more sustainably. Check out how much

CO2 we saved using the VLE link.

Login: kennedystudent Password: kennedy888

FROM THE PE DEPARTMENT

ESF Basketball Tournament

In what has been an extremely busy term of fixtures our basketball were in action this week at the ESF Basketball Tournament. Despite the rain the tournament proceeded as we shifted indoors. This meant a reduction in court size and thus fewer players in action during games which had an effect on the dynamics of our team. Unperturbed, our players adjusted to the changes and gave it their best shot, quite literally, in what was to be a very tough group. Unfortunately it took a couple of games for the team to get up to speed and it was those two games which ultimately cost us the chance to qualify for the semi finals. Having said that, there was only one game where the opponent dominated and even then the result was in the balance right up until the final hooter. A fifth placed finish overall is something the team can be very pleased with considering the quality of the teams who ultimately competed for a place in the final. A special mention to Sophia Jeffery who was voted into the All Star team of the day.

CIS Road Race - Saturday 12th March All the best to our six running teams who will be competing in the CIS Road Race bright and early on Saturday morning. A huge thank you in advance to Mr. Moore, Mrs. Tait and Mr. Richardson for their time preparing the children for this event. There were committed teachers and children running in the rain at 7:30am yesterday for their final training session before the big event.

!Term 3! Year 5 & 6 Aquathon & Cricket Squad Trials !SIGN UP NOW!

Due to the popularity of the Aquathon and Cricket Clubs it will be necessary to hold trials for each club. Only those children registered on these documents will be permitted to attend the trials. The closing date for registration is 3pm on Thursday 24th March.

Year 5 & 6 Aquathon: Thursdays, 3:15 – 4:30pm (plus Wednesdays 7:00 – 8:00am for the selected children)

The Aquathon is a swimming and running event. The course distance is a 250m swim followed by a 1km run. We are looking for strong swimmers for our training squad. Both trials will be timed events and both trials must be attended. The first trial, on Thursday 14th April will be a 250m swim with a cut off time of 6 minutes. The second trial, on Thursday 21st April will be a 250m swim followed by a 1km run. The fastest 12 boys and 12 girls will be selected for squad training. If selected, training

will be on Thursday after school as well as on Wednesday mornings. !SIGN UP HERE! Aquathon Trials Information & Sign Up

Year 5 & 6 Cricket: Tuesdays, 3:15 – 4:30pm

The cricket trials will also run over two weeks, Tuesday 12th April and Tuesday 19th April. Only those children who attend both sessions will be considered for squad training. If selected, training will be on Tuesday afternoons.

!SIGN UP HERE! Cricket Trials Information & Sign Up Both trials are limited to the first 50 applicants and a reminder that both forms will close at 3pm on Thursday 24th March.

Year 5 & 6 Gaelic Football - Term 3

!SIGN UP on Gateway from 16 March, 12noon!

Mrs. Lacy will be running a Gaelic Football Club on Thursdays from 3:15 to 4:30pm.

Registration is via the Gateway system from Wednesday 16th March on a first come first served basis.

Moveathon - Repulse Bay - April 17th 2016

I have just received notification of another event scheduled for April at Repulse Bay which could be used as a training session for the Aquawiz event a week later. DATE: April 17, 2016 (Sunday) - Race time is 11:15am VENUE: Repulse Bay AGES: Age 12 or under ENTRY: Entry is on a first-come first-served basis. Entry fee is $100 per student. Entry deadline is March 31st 2016 (Thursday) at 5:00 p.m. Please CLICK HERE to register your child on the Moveathon website. Please CLICK HERE to notify the school of your child’s participation.

Aquawiz - Repulse Bay - April 24th 2016

Registration for Aquawiz 2016 is now open. This is an individual and school event. We hope that children who would like to be part of the Kennedy Aquathon Squad will participate as it will be a fantastic competitive experience for them. DATE: April 24, 2016 (Sunday) VENUE: Repulse Bay and Seaview Promenade AGES: 6-19 ENTRY: Entry is on a first-come first-served basis. Entry fee is $200 per student. Entry deadline is April 8, 2016 (Fri). CATEGORY: D Grade: Born on or after 2004/1/1 E Grade: Born on or after 2006/1/1 7 and Under: Born in 2009 and 2010 Please CLICK HERE to register your child on the Aquawiz website. Please CLICK HERE to notify the school of your child’s participation.

Auskick 2016

Hong Kong Auskick is an Australian Rules Football program for boys and girls from 5 to 12 years old, catering to all skill levels and highly compatible with any football background or passion. In conjunction, Hong Kong Junior AFL provides further training, development and the opportunity to play games in age groups from U8 to U15. The programs makes learning to play the team game of Aussie Rules fun, safe and easy for kids. Through weekly coaching sessions the players will learn the skills of the game in an exciting, social and safe environment. It also provides a great opportunity for parents to interact with the kids during the activities, make new friends across Hong Kong, have a kick and just enjoy the greatest game on earth.

The 2016 Season in Hong Kong runs from late April to the end of August, making it a perfect off-season fit with other football codes. A modified program is conducted across most of July to cater for holidays. Sessions are hosted by 5 Clubs based in locations across Hong Kong: Kowloon, Lantau (DB), Sai Kung, Sandy Bay (Pok Fu Lam) and Happy Valley. In 2016 our players of all ages will also have the opportunity to participate in a touring party that will travel to compete against Singapore Auskick, and on 3 July our Auskickers have the chance to play on the hallowed turf of the MCG at half time of the AFL game between the Melbourne Demons and the Adelaide Crows. Visit the website at auskickhk.com to sign up, or like us on facebook.com/auskickhk to get updates. Register by Easter Sunday 27 March to ensure your kit is available prior to kit collection for the first session weekend on 23/24 Apr 2016.

Upcycling - Laos Rugby Federation

As part of our ongoing support for grassroots rugby another batch of boots and rugby balls along with approximately 50 tag belts are about to wing their way to Laos. Before you throw out any old trainers or football boots please consider donating them to the Laos Rugby Federation courtesy of the school. Please place any unwanted trainers or boots into the blue bin inside the school office. For this project we have currently donated 230 pairs of shoes towards our target of 710. Please click HERE and HERE to discover about the long term impact your donations are having.

Kennedy School VLE Wall of Fame The Kennedy School Sports Wall of Fame on our VLE is where you can share your sporting achievements outside of school with the rest of the Kennedy Community.

Kennedy School Wall of Fame

Click on "add a new discussion topic" to start a new thread about your event/sport. Then enter details of your event or sporting achievement along with a photo of you in action, if you have one. Don't forget to celebrate the successes of other children at Kennedy by reading their threads and writing positive comments for them.

Correct Winter P.E. Uniform

As the weather has become cooler and children are beginning to wear tracksuit bottoms to school on PE or Games days, please ensure your child wears PE shorts UNDER their tracksuit bottoms. Cardigans, jumpers AND tracksuits must be removed for safety during PE and may need to be removed during Games when they are running around. Please also ensure that tights are not worn under shorts on PE days as these pose a slip hazard when shoes are removed in the gym. Thank you for your assistance.

Kennedy School Games Programme

Children in Year 1 to 3 follow a skills programme, while children in Year 4 to 6 follow a progressive sports programme which introduces them to rounders, cricket, athletics, netball, tag rugby and hockey, as shown below:

Please ensure your child is wearing their P.E. Kit for Games as well as for P.E. lessons.

Year 1 Games on Thursday: Large Ball Skills

& Games. Throwing, Catching & Aiming Games. Bat & Ball Skills. Developing Partnerwork. Dance

Year 2 Games on Tuesday: Throwing & Catching Inventing Individual

Games

Aiming, Hitting & Kicking Skills

Partner Games

Dribbling, Hitting

& Kicking

Group Games & Inventing Rules

Dance

Year 3 Games on Wednesday: Passing & Receiving Creative Games Making Net & Wall Games Striking & Fielding Dance

Year 4 Games on Thursday:

Date/House Dragons Lions Phoenix Unicorns

10-Mar-2016 Hockey Rounders/Cricket Netball Rugby 17-Mar-2016 Hockey Rounders/Cricket Netball Rugby 24-Mar-2016 Rugby Hockey Rounders/Cricket Netball

Easter Holiday

Year 5 Games on Tuesday:

Date/House Dragons Lions Phoenix Unicorns

8-Mar-2016 Rugby Hockey Athletics Netball 15-Mar-2016 Rugby Hockey Athletics Netball 22-Mar-2015 Rugby Hockey Athletics Netball

Easter Holiday

Year 6 Games on Wednesday:

Date/Class Dragons Lions Phoenix Unicorns

9-Mar-2016 Rugby Hockey Athletics Netball 16-Mar-2016 Rugby Hockey Athletics Netball 23-Mar-2016 Rugby Hockey Athletics Netball

Easter Holiday

Please ensure your child is wearing their P.E. Kit for Games as well as for P.E. lessons. Additionally, for children in Year 4 to 6, please ensure your child has the correct kit for their Unit: Hockey - in accordance with the HKHA regulations all Y4-6 children participating in hockey MUST wear shin pads and a mouth guard. Long socks to hold shin pads are also recommended. All of these items are available from the PTA Office. Rugby - although there is no mandate from the HKRFU we strongly recommend the use of mouthguards when playing rugby.

Please ensure mouthguards are moulded in hot water to fit your child's mouth PRIOR to their games lesson.

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Tim Luck Head of PE and Swimming tluck@kennedy.edu.hk

http://enews.kennedy.edu.hk/sites/kennedy/files/Science Adventures, Stormy Chefs, The Chess Academy - Active Kids, Term 3.pdf

http://enews.kennedy.edu.hk/sites/kennedy/files/Robotics & Technology for kids - DIY workshop makers projects - Brainchild, Term 3.pdf

http://enews.kennedy.edu.hk/sites/kennedy/files/Chess Lessons - Ms HO Yin Ping, Term 3.pdf

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UPCOMING EVENTS & DUE DATES

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14 March - 4C Trip to WWF Mai Po Nature Reserve

- 6D Plastic Free Seas Excursion

15 March - 4J Trip to WWF Mai Po Nature Reserve

- 6S Plastic Free Seas Excursion

16 March

- Gateway registration for Term 3 staff run activities opens at 12noon

- 3O, 3T, 3R Bake Sale

- 6P Plastic Free Seas Excursion

17 March

- NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

- 3-Way Conferences (Parents – Teacher – Child) , 3:45 – 6:15pm

- Art Exhibition, 3:30 – 6:15pm, Hall; online bidding for the artwork will open at 3:30pm and will close at 12:00noon on 23 March

- Kennedy School Earth Hour, 9:00 – 10:00am

18 March

- NO SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN – NO PTA BUSES

- NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

- 3-Way Conferences (Parents – Teacher – Child), 8:30am – 3:15pm

- Year 4 Parent Consultations with Chinese Teachers, 8:30am–3:00pm, Library & Chinese Room

- Art Exhibition, 8:30am – 3:30pm, Hall

21 – 24 March

- Green Week: Masarang Monday - Palm Sugar Bake-Off Growing Tuesday - Bring your Wheatgrass head & Green Marketplace, 2:30 – 3:30pm, lower playground Garden Design Wednesday - Bring your garden design in Trashion Dress Casual Thursday - Try to make outfits from waste materials, e.g. old clothing and bring HK$10 that will go towards creating our garden design

21 March

- 4S Trip to Ark Eden

- 4D Trip to WWF Mai Po Nature Reserve

- 1A, 1R Trip to Cyberport Post Office

22 March - 4C Trip to Ark Eden

- 6R Plastic Free Seas Excursion

- 1M Trip to Cyberport Post Office

23 March

- 4J Trip to Ark Eden

- 6M Plastic Free Seas Excursion

- 1F, 1S Trip to Cyberport Post Office

- Online bidding for the Art Exhibition artwork will close at 12:00noon

24 March - Dress Casual Day - Dress Green / Trashion Day - try to make outfits from waste materials, e.g.

old clothing and bring HK$10 that will go towards creating our garden design

- Term 2 ends at 12noon

25 March – 8 April - Easter / Half Term Holiday

11 April - Term 3 starts

13 April - Year 6 DTap-IPV immunizations

14 April - Year 5 Chinese Assembly, 9:30 – 10:30am, Hall – Year 5 parents are invited to attend

- 5B Class Assembly, 8:30am, Hall – 5B parents are invited to attend

18 April - 2P Systems Trip

19 April - Year 2 Parent Consultations with Chinese Teachers, 9:30am–4:30pm, Hall

- 2R Systems Trip

20 April - 2J Systems Trip

- 3O, 3C Trip to Kowloon Park

21 April - 2C Systems Trip

- 3T, 3R Trip to Kowloon Park

22 April - 2A Systems Trip

- 3W Trip to Kowloon Park

28 April - Clubs & Teams + additional individual photos for new students

2 May - Public Holiday - The day following the Labour Day

3 May - Kennedy School Disaggregated CPD Day – No school for children

24 May - Year 1 Parent Consultations with Chinese Teachers, 9:30am–4:30pm, Hall

26 May - Year 5 visit to Crossroads

9 June - Public Holiday - Tuen Ng Festival

10 June - Kennedy School CPD Day – No school for children

15 June - Year 6 Show & Exhibition for parents

16 June - Year 6 Show & Exhibition for parents

24 June - Term 3 ends at 12noon

Kennedy School Calendar 2016-2017 can be found here.