Issue No. 23 (22 February 2019)

The Draft Calendar for 2019-2020 is now on the SIS website.

As usual, the start of the Autumn Term will be gradual in August 2019:

• Staff will return on Monday 12^th;
• New students and prefects assisting with the induction process will join us on Tuesday 13^th;
• The whole school will return on Wednesday 14^th.

Please also note that the last day of the Autumn Term for students will be Friday 13^th December 2019.

Although the calendar is not yet fully finalised, we do not expect this end date to change. We thought this information would be helpful to parents at this stage.

It has been a great week seeing students making a difference on Namas MaD Week. Students had so much fun getting teachers soaked at Sponge the Teacher, while raising money for Children’s Heart Foundation at $15 per three throws. Thank you to those who helped making a difference. We also thank Namas Leadership team members and participating teachers for their support: Mr Thums, Mr Coventry, Mr Thurbon, Mr Benton, Mr So, Ms Andrews, Ms Edwards, Ms Webster, Mr Gardner.

On Friday, students came to school in red and pink on Dress Casual Day as part of the Namas MaD Week initiative. They raised a whopping HK$10201.40 with a small amount of foreign currency as well! We appreciate everyone who supported the week and making lives of children with heart problems better.

Students counting the money raised on Dress Casual Day during Namas MaD Week 2019.

Students counting the money raised on Dress Casual Day during Namas MaD Week 2019.

Dear Parents,

Many thanks to those parents that have already completed the CIS Community Survey.

For those parents that still have not completed the survey, could you please take a moment to complete the CIS Community Survey, which will help identify the strengths of the school and areas for improvement.

The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. You should complete one survey per child enrolled in the school. We hope you can spare some time to help the school in its desire to improve. The survey will be available until March 1, 2019.

To access the survey, please click on this link: https://survey.cois.org/s3/Parent-2018-19-South-Island-School

If you have any questions or need support, please contact me at dslethaug@sis.edu.hk. Thank you very much for completing the survey.

Darin Slethaug
Vice Principal / Director of Systems

Dear Parents,

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity taking place at South Island School in March; a chance to attend the inaugural production of Butterfly Lovers《梁祝》. Butterfly Lovers is one of China’s four great folktales and is often known as the Chinese Romeo and Juliet.

The play, performed by our students, is in Mandarin, English and some Cantonese, with English subtitles and fantastic music throughout. You and your family have three showtimes to choose from and the details of the performances can be found below:

Butterfly Lovers《梁祝》

Dates: Monday 11 March, Tuesday 12 March, Wednesday 13 March
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: The Hall, 2/F, South Island School

Tickets: $120, with a discount of 20% for those purchasing more than 10 tickets for the same performing day. Please purchase your tickets here or your child(ren) can purchase directly from their SIS Chinese teacher.

The play is a fantastic opportunity for our students to learn from a professional company, as well as serve as an inspiration to all budding linguists, actors and actresses alike!

If you would like to attend or have any questions, please contact the organisers at sisbutterflylovers@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you at the show!

Kind regards,

Bibi Holyoak
Butterfly Lovers Producer
South Island School

(Please note that parking is NOT available.)