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Issue No. 3 (30 August 2019)

26 Sep 2019

Is your Yearbook 2018-19 still with us?

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Have you picked up your order of the Yearbook 2018-19 yet? If not, please ask your child to visit the school reception today to pick up your paid copy.

Please note that the deadline for collection is 27 September 2019. All uncollected copies may be disposed. Thank you.

If you did not place an order, we regret to inform you that all Yearbook 2018-19 copies are sold out. Make sure you place the order to secure your copy later this school year for the Yearbook 2019-2020. Stay tuned as more information will be available around April 2020.

30 Aug 2019

SIS Open Day 2019

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At South Island School, we believe that clear communication is an important component in your child’s learning. One way in which we can support this is to ensure parents know our school, understand the way we operate, appreciate the philosophy behind both our curriculum and the way it is delivered, and feel that they have a growing relationship with the staff who work in partnership with their children.

To this end, we will host an Open Day at South Island School on Friday, 13 September. During which you will be offered an insight into your children’s learning through classroom walkthroughs, school tours and information sessions on the curriculum and pastoral care. We will send more detailed information closer to the date, but please mark the date on your calendar.

30 Aug 2019

Sports Bulletin – 30 August 2019

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Our activities programme gets underway next week which we are all looking forward to. The number of students signing up for activities is incredible although this has brought its own dilemma in trying to give everyone at least one of their choices. This is not easy when some activities have a limit on numbers due to facilities and staffing but we have done our best to try and accommodate everyone. Unfortunately, some students may not have received a top activity choice yet but we are working on a solution to give them priority in their preferred activity in Term 2. It is also clear that some activities are more popular than others. Some activities have a waiting list of 50 students, so we are also working on a way to offer these clubs more often throughout the week, again taking into account facilities and staffing.

We thank you all for your patience and understanding as we continually work to improve the ECA offering to our students.

As the activities get underway we will have some of our school teams representing SIS in competitions and the first competition of the year saw the A Grade Boys Rugby team participate in a 10-a-side Tournament at HKIS on Tuesday. It was very hot in the afternoon and after losing to HKIS 10-7, they were able to put in an impressive performance against Sha Tin College, winning 31-5. Well done to all the boys who played in the season-opener and we look forward to our Rugby teams achieving even more success this year after a very good season last year.

Have a good weekend.

Regards,

Jon Redding
Director of Sports and Extra Curricular

29 Aug 2019

Limitless Experiential Learning

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Dear Year 9 Parents,

The ESF Limitless programme, which is on offer to Year 9 students, is a unique programme taking place in Australia during Term 3 this year. Seven places are currently reserved for SIS students, and selection criteria are in place in case we receive more than seven applicants.

Information Sessions:

Wednesday, 11 September, 9:30am – 10:30am
King George V School, 2 Tin Kwong Road, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon

Wednesday, 11 September, 6:00pm – 7:00pm
ESF Centre, 25/F, 1063 Kings Road, Quarry Bay

Application Deadline: 3:00pm, 25 September (enrolment details can be found here)

To get a taste of the experience, we would highly recommend visiting the Limitless website and reading through the Limitless Blog.

The limitless website includes details of the application timeline and selection criteria, as well as containing the application form for enrolment. The application form consists of a requirement to write a short application letter of up to 400 words.

We do hope you will be interested in exploring this exciting opportunity further.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Shaine Bushell

29 Aug 2019

Apple Educational CPU price update

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Please refer to the update on the Apple CPU pricing starting September.  In summary, Mac mini and iMac will be 10% off, the rest of the CPU will be 13%.  APP discount is the same as before.  Whether you purchase APP together or not is no longer relevant. For any new model, Senco will come back with the pricing within 7 working days.  This pricing will valid until 31st March 2020.

Please take note that the last date to place an order for the current pricing is 9-September-2019 23:59 (Monday).

 Visit this link for the Apple Purchase Program 2019-20 for ESF students: https://www.eduoffer.com/esf/

28 Aug 2019

Invitation to Parents’ Presentation by Prof Yong Zhao

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We are delighted to share with you an interesting presentation to our ESF parent community, Prof Yong Zhao’s Keynote: “What Matters: Effects and Side Effects of Education“.

In this presentation, Professor Yong Zhao brings extensive evidence to show that every child has both potential and the need to become great. To help each and every child achieve their greatness, we need a different kind of education that focuses on enhancing the unique strengths and passion of each child. Education is to help each and every child discover and develop their strengths and passion with the goal to create value for others and the world. To do so, have we considered making education personalisable by the child, instead of personalised for the child?

The presentation will take place on Saturday 7 September at Quarry Bay School, from 9:00am to 10:30am. This is on a first-come, first-served – maximum 300 places.

Registration link: http://bit.ly/Zhao_2019

27 Aug 2019

Save the date – 18 October for Diwali Night 2019!

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Dear Parents,

This year, we are very excited to announce South Island School’s annual celebration of Diwali Night! Diwali Night is a student-led event held every year in our school to celebrate the victory of good over evil and the Festival of Lights. Diwali Night showcases a wide range of performances from singing to dancing. All money made from this event will be donated to World Vision India; an organisation dedicated to helping underprivileged kids by providing them with a better future.

This year, Diwali Night will be taking place on 18 October 2019 from 6:30 – 9:30pm and the theme is Bollywood Rewind. An announcement has already gone out for students about the event, including where to sign up for auditions and volunteering. The deadline for student auditions and MC sign-ups has been changed to 31 August.  We hope to see all parents come and participate in this festive event!

Thank you,
Diwali Night Head Team 2019

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