Issue No. 22 (22 May 2020)

This week’s episode guests include: SIS alumni Kevin Pereira, the Managing Director covering Financial Services for Blu Artificial Intelligence; Mo Qureshi, Head of Learning Experience (Asia) at BSD here in Hong Kong; Mr Phipps, representing the Business Department; and our two regular student representatives, Sam Bonnekamp (13N1) and Chloe Jazzy Lau (11B1). It is the longest episode yet, and an interesting conversation, which explores the trends of today and considers what skills students may need to survive in the workplace of tomorrow.

Year 7s have created these fantastic picture books on the theme of family and occupation. Well done! 

• Akitsugu TANAKA link  
• Iris DONOVAN link 
• Matthew ROONEY link
• Caitlin DAVIS link 
• Jimmy LEE link 
• Siddhesh MUTHUKRISHNAN AHILA link
• Yannick KOEHLER link  

Here are some Travel Videos for those of you who love traveling but are stuck in Hong Kong for the time being. We hope these videos inspire you! 

• New York by Larissa LAI, Melody WONG, Wing Yan NG link 
• Japan by Andrea CHAN，Phoebe HUANG and Hazel LEE link

If you are new to Hong Kong, don’t miss these videos about the culture and places you must visit in Hong Kong! 

• Traditional festival in Hong Kong by Charlotte WONG & Nathalie CHEUNG video link 
• Famous buildings in Hong Kong by Charlotte YIU, Kristy POON video link

Well done to Ben Mcentee (7K1), who illustrates steps to healthy living through this infographic:

In DT we are trying to push practical lessons this term. For Y7 food design we are giving the students simple recipes/tasks that they can do at home, under supervision. Through the lens of My Health and Well being the brief this week was to design and present fruit so it would encourage young teenagers to eat it as part of their diet. They were asked to present fruit as a salad or an animal using previous research to produce a final outcome. Here are some of the students’ fantastic ‘fruits of their labours’.

Jayden Cheung – Pear peacock.

Jasmine Liew – Fruitiks cube

Iris Donovan – Apple and strawberry monsters.

Natalie Chow – Kiwi turtle in a sea of fruit. (spot the turtle)

Alexis Liew – I heart fruit

We are incredibly proud of students and their ability to use their knowledge and skills to make a difference.  Here are 2 examples of our Year 9 students raising awareness and offering advice on we too can to make a difference:

The Homeless and the Coronavirus by Jessie May, Emily Lui, Emir Siddiqui

The True Cost of Meat by Ivana Wong, Clarice Lam, Horace Leung

The Spanish Spelling Bee will be taking place in June. Semi-Finals will be held on the 1st of June and the Grand Finale will be on the 15th of June. Exact times have been shared with classes and more information is available on the google classroom. For more info click here