Issue No. 11 (10 November 2017)

It is becoming very dangerous when parents and drivers drop students outside the school gate on Nam Fung Road. It is causing congestion with school buses leaving and cars stopping the flow of traffic. It is then causing students to have to walk outside the barriers to get to the school gate.

Students can be dropped off at the nearby bus stops on Nam Fung Rd or at the bottom of Deep Water Bay Drive.  If students are dropped off above the school then students can walk down the pavement and in enter School via the top playground gate. This is a much safer route for students to take.

For the next few weeks we will be handing out flyers to parents and drivers who are seen dropping off at the gate. Students arriving by taxi will also be spoken to and parents informed.

Your co-operation will be gratefully appreciated.

Thank you to all of the SIS community who have contributed Boxes for our Box of Hope drive for underprivileged children.  We have had an amazing response so far, as you can see our wall of hope is growing, we are at approx 140/150 boxes, our aim is 200.  We have therefore managed to extend our collection date so for those of you still wishing to contribute a box and make a child smile, there is still time.  The deadline for boxes is now Friday 17^th Nov.

The Casa Student Leadership Team

Dear Parent,

Through an oversight, only one voting envelope has been provided to each family.

The envelope bears a statement that only one ballot paper should be returned per envelope.

Please disregard this information and use the envelope provided for both ballot papers.

Any queries should be addressed to the Clerk to School Council at siscouncil@sis.edu.hk or 2555 9313.

Ballot papers not in the correct ESF envelope or late arriving after the deadline will not be counted. They may be posted (for the attention of the Clerk to School Council, South Island School, 50 Nam Fung Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong) or placed directly in the ballot box located at the Main Reception.

Each parent, up to a maximum of two per student, may vote but each parent has only one set of votes per school. Completed ballot papers must be returned to the school by 4.00pm 15^th November 2017.

I apologise for any confusion caused.

Yours Sincerely,

Graham Silverthorne
Principal

Life on the Edge

We are delighted to welcome Benedict Allen to SIS next Tuesday 14th November to give a talk on his life as an Explorer. All students are welcome to attend. Please be seated in the Hall at 8.20am.

Silver HKAYP

38 Students and 8 staff joined our first full Silver Practice Expedition in Sai Kung Country Park on 3-4th November. After enjoying a ‘wild camp” on the Cheung Sheung Plateau the students made their way along the gruelling Stage3 of the MacLehose Trail learing key navigation and other important expedition skills. For the afternoon the 6 groups experienced navigation with out a member of staff by visiting various check points on the way through the villages to Sai Kung. We had great weather, super students and as always our dedicated team of staff.

Congratulations to the Following students who have recently been awarded their HKAYP!

Bronze

Warren Ho, Jeffrey Hau, Kyle Leong, Dicky Lim, James Stunt, Yien Kung, Cordelia Wong,
Andrew Lee, Nicole Lee,Yan Phu, Karen Chan, Moeka Yoshida, Philip Chew, De Yi Ma
Athulram Rajagopal, Henry Kuk, Laura Sum, Sana Khullar, Isabelle Porter

The Heart-to-Heart Walk is a huge fundraising walk that’s held annually by the Children’s Heart Foundation. Its main goal is to raise funds to help children with congenital heart disease. As a school that strives to Make a Difference, it was a huge pleasure to be part of this important event. The Namas MaD council would like to thank everyone who took time out of their weekend to come to this event and help the Foundation reach their goals. For those who didn’t attend this year, it would be a great idea to attend next year!