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| 2011/2012 Issue No. 11 Friday 17 February 2012 | |
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 Principal's Message
Important Dates
Student Led Conferences
Influenza Season
Microgardens
P.E. News
P.T.A. News
Dyslexia Association Meeting
After School Activities
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE |
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Dear Parents,
It has been wonderful to be able to share so much of our learning with you this week. Thank you to all parents who have come along to school and shared in your child’s learning in some way. I hope that you were delighted with what you saw.
Shortly, you will be invited to participate in the annual ESF School survey (we did the Endicott one last year as part of our CIS preparation.) Please take this opportunity to give us some feedback on how you see our school going. Do note, you will receive one invitation per child, but if you prefer, you can just complete one survey per family member or family. The results will be used to inform our future planning, to reinforce areas of strength and develop strategies to address areas that could be improved upon. Please just ask me if you have further questions about this.
Thank you.
Regards,
Sandra Webster
Principal |
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| IMPORTANT DATES |
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23 February 2012 (Thursday) |
Y2 P.T.A. Cake Sale |
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. |
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23 February 2012 (Thursday) |
Year 5 Hockey Tournament in Happy Valley |
9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. |
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28 February 2012 (Tuesday) |
Year 2 Science Open Day (Class 2W/2G) |
9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. |
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28 February 2012 (Tuesday) |
4B/4M to Organic Farm |
8.30 a.m. |
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29 February 2012 (Wednesday) |
Year 3 Hockey Tournament in Happy Valley |
10.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. |
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01 March 2012 (Thursday) |
Year 2 Science Open Day (Class 2P/2C) |
9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. |
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02 March 2012 (Friday) |
Year 4 Rugby Tournament in Happy Valley |
9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. |
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08 March 2012 (Thursday) |
Year 5 / 6 Student Led Conferences |
All Day |
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15 March 2012 (Thursday) |
Year 5 P.T.A. Pizza Sale |
12.00 p.m. -1.00 p.m. |
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17 March 2012 (Saturday) |
P.T.A. Easter Family Fun Day |
2.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. |
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20 March 2012 (Tuesday) |
Year 3 / 4 Student Led Conferences |
All Day |
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28 March 2012 (Wednesday) |
Year 1 / 2 Student Led Conferences |
All Day |
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30 March 2012 (Friday) |
Last Day of Spring Term : Early Dismissal |
12 noon |
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02 April 2012 (Monday) –
13 April 2012 (Friday) |
Easter Break : School Holiday |
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16 April 2012 (Monday) |
First Day of Summer Term |
8.30 a.m. | |
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| STUDENT LED CONFERENCES |
| As part of our annual assessment and reporting process, we will be organising student led conferences once again in term two. The dates of the conferences were published in the newsletter last week and just to remind you they are as follows:
8 March 2012 (Thursday) Years 5 & 6
20 March 2012 (Tuesday) Years 3 & 4
28 March 2012 (Wednesday) Years 1 & 2
In order to facilitate this valuable learning opportunity for our students, on the day of their conference your child will attend school only at the time of their conference. Classrooms will be set-up for the conferences and class teachers will be supporting their students through the conference process.
The feedback that we received from our evaluation of our student led conferences last year was overwhelmingly positive from all stake holders (parents, students and teachers) and we are looking forward to another constructive learning experience for our students again this year.
The purpose of student led conferences is very different from that of parent/teacher consultations and, should you feel the need for a one to one meeting with your child’s teacher in addition to the student led conference, then please feel free to contact the teacher to arrange a meeting at a mutually convenient time during the term
We will be sending you information about your child’s student led conference later this term.
John Ainsworth – Vice Principal |
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| INFLUENZA SEASON |
| .As we are entering the peak flu season, please be aware of your child’s health, and do not send them to school if they are sick or unwell.
Health is important in our school community and this is a reminder to prevent illnesses from spreading.
Parents should not send their child to school if the child is unwell with cold/flu symptoms, as well as any signs of nausea and/or vomiting symptoms.
- Child has a fever 37.6 or above.
- If the child does become feverish at school, they will go to the medical room, and the school nurse will determine if the child needs to go home, or be able to stay at school.
- If your child is unwell, please contact the office or the school nurse to report that your child is unwell with cold/flu symptoms.
COLD/FLU Symptoms consists of:
- Fever, 37.6 or Above
- Sore throat/ Itchy throat
- Dry Cough
- Runny Stuffy Nose/ Nasal Congestion
- Child states feeling unwell/ tired.
When your child does contract cold/flu symptoms :
- Try to avoid antibiotics, as it does not cure the cold/ flu symptoms
- If child has a fever, let them rest at home till their fever is reduced, and take them to see a medical doctor.
- If symptoms prolong for more than 7 days, take your child to the doctor.
Prevention of Cold/Flu:
- Educate your child to wash their hands frequently.
- Educate your child to cover their nose and mouth, when they need to sneeze or cough.
- Try to avoid taking your child to overcrowded places.
- Provide healthy, nutritious food for your child.
- Educate your child to have a regular exercise regime.
Lauren Lau - Health Professional | |
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| P.E. NEWS |
| P.E. Uniform
Once again please be reminded that winter P.E. uniform is black P.E. school shorts and the P.E. T-shirt under the grey school tracksuit. It is extremely important that the children have their shorts and T-shirt under their tracksuit for a number of reasons; the children overheat in P.E. and sweat a lot. Without the ability to take their tracksuit off they are unable to continue working at an efficient rate. They also end up spending the rest of the day in wet clothes as they have sweated so much in P.E. Their clothes become wet. The tracksuit bottoms can also be quite dangerous in a variety of gymnastics activities. As a safety precaution children not in the correct kit will miss out on certain activities during gymnastics.
All long hair should be tied up for school. This is especially important for P.E.
After School Activities
We have a very exciting development in our after school activity program this term! I am aware that many of you would like an after school cricket activity for younger children. As a result of this I have been trying to set something up for our younger students. Lal Jennings, the former Hong Kong cricket team coach has organized and will deliver an after school activity here at Bradbury School for Years 2 and 3. The activity will run from 3-4pm in the gym from Tuesday
21 February until 24 April. The application forms for this activity can be found on the school website under ‘community’ or from Miss Farry.
Just a reminder that this time last year ESL appointed a new tennis company to deliver their tennis lessons. The company is ATA (Australasian tennis aces). As well as the ESL contract they have a number of high profile contacts around Hong Kong, including the Hong Kong Football Club and the fantastic after school classes they offer, they have been in school helping out Year 3 and Year 5 with their tennis lessons. Both the staff and students found the lessons really good and fun. Further information about their classes can be found on either the ATA website www.atatennisaces.com or the ESL website www.esf.org.hk
Thank you to those children and parents who notify me when children will not be attending after school activities. We often have staff who are not needed at activities due to numerous children not attending on that day. We are also often late starting due to waiting for children who we later find out are not coming to the activity. I appreciate that sometimes there are clashes in the children’s timetables, and this is not a problem, however, it is only polite to let me know about this. The children themselves can let me know.
Congratulations to the Bradbury School athletes who competed in the interschool athletics meet on Wednesday. A fantastic 7th place! Further details of the event and photographs of the athletes in action can be found on the P.E. page of The Buzz.
Marie Farry – P.E. Leader |
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| P.T.A. NEWS |
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YEAR 2 CAKE SALE
The Year 2 cake sale will be held on Thursday 23 February 2012. We would be grateful if each year 2 student could contribute one dozen (only) individual sized cakes for this event. Brownies are more welcomed. Please have your child deliver the cakes to the hall on Thursday morning. If you would like your container returned, please clearly label both the top and bottom with your child’s name and class. Please remember no nuts or nut products.
Volunteers – we require about 10 helpers on the day between 9:30a.m. to 11:00a.m.
All years – If you would like your child/children to buy a cake, please provide them with $5 per cake and they will have an opportunity to buy cakes at morning break on Thursday.
Many thanks
Bradbury School PTA
YEARBOOK HELP
YEARBOOK HELP NEEDED - If you are interested in assisting with the Bradbury School Yearbook, please contact Venus Lee at Venus@ags-hk.com. Thank you!!
Thank you.
 EASTER FAMILY FUN DAY
SAVE THE DATE
Easter Family Fun Day
Saturday, March 17
2pm - 5pm
Please join the PTA for an early Easter Family Fun Day!! We guarantee a fun afternoon for the whole family!!
Easter Eggs - Arts and Crafts - Games - Entertainment - Food and Drinks - and SO MUCH MORE!!
More details to follow!!
Cassie Jullienne – P.T.A. Chairperson |
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| DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION MEETING |
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 February 2012 Meeting
Introducing the Orton-Gillingham Centre for Different Learners
Kimberley Loong (Managing Director), Eric Poon and Jamie Michiko
Tuesday February 21st
7.30 pm to 9.30pm
Hong Kong Football Club
3 Sports Road
Happy Valley
The Orton- Gillingham Approach
Neuropsychiatrist Samuel T. Orton was a pioneer in focusing attention on reading failure and related language processing difficulties. He formulated a set of teaching principles and practices for children with dyslexia. Anna Gillingham was a gifted educator and psychologist. Working with Orton, she trained teachers and complied teaching materials. The Orton-Gillingham Approach is language based, multi-sensory, structured, sequential, cumulative, cognitive, flexible and emotionally sound. Described as a philosophy rather than a system, it has been a very influential intervention designed to remediate the language processing problems of children and adults with dyslexia.
The OG Centre in Hong Kong
The speakers will explain the principles and practices of the Orton-Gillingham approach and introduce the services provided by the new OG centre in Hong Kong. Situated in Ice House Street, Central, the centre provides academic therapy for children and adults with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. The goals of academic therapy are to fill the gaps in a student’s education, restore self esteem, and improve learning skills such as visual and auditory processing, attention and focus, and memory skills. The centre offers Literacy Skills Assessment, one-on-one Academic Therapy for children and adults with learning difficulties, one-on-one Early Intervention Therapy for young children with suspected learning difficulties and Orton-Gillingham Training Courses for parents, educators and other professionals.
The talk will be of interest to parents seeking therapy for their children, adults with dyslexia and teachers or other professionals who would like to know more about the Orton Gillingham approach and the work of the centre. As a limited number of places are available, please register with Alison if you would like to attend. alisonfrew@hotmail.com
This talk is free of charge; however, a donation of minimum $150 would be gratefully received in order to cover our costs and allow us to continue arranging these valuable insightful workshops. Donations will be collected at the end of the seminar.
Marilyn Day – Learning Support Centre Head |
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| AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY |
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ESL Spring Sports Camps/Clinics 10 –14th April 2012
During the spring break, ESL will be offering Multi-sports Camps at Discovery College, Sha Tin College and South Island School. These highly popular camps are great way for children to try a range of sport activities, with qualified instruction.
A fantastic variety of sports/games
- Professional coaches
- Age specific groups
- Excellent facilities & equipment
- A safe, supportive environment
Over 95% of parents rate ESL Sport camps Good-Excellent!
 For those who specifically want to spend time on their swimming and tennis techniques ESL also have a number of clinics to choose from. Please check our website www.esf.org.hk or contact our friendly customer service administrators on 2711 1280 for more details.
DISCLAIMER: Bradbury School is not responsible for the quality and safety of programmes offered by third parties. However, please note that all hirers are required to provide third party insurance. Parents are urged to take steps to ensure that they are satisfied with any and all aspects of the after school programme(s) they elect to opt in to. |
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