Home ›

Newsletter12March2010

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2010-03-12 14:48
in

 
2009/2010 Issue No. 13                                                            Friday 12 March 2010
arrowPrincipal's Message
arrowImportant Dates
arrowLearning Centre News
arrowLiteracy Update
arrowJoin the Bradbury Dragons
arrowDyslexia Association of Hong Kong
arrowPerforming Arts News
arrowP.T.A. News
arrowP.E. News
arrowAfter School Activities News
arrowEearth Hour 2010

 

Dear Parents,
 
Thank you all so much for the incredible support that you showed for our recent Student Led Conferences(SLCs). Your feedback has been overwhelmingly positive as well as constructive. Thank you also for recognising the hard work in terms of preparation your child and their teacher did for these conferences. There was a real buzz of excitement around the school. It was wonderful to have so many parents sharing in a day of learning have with their child.
 
The intention is to integrate SLCs into our reporting schedule, and improving the process by taking into account your comments, suggestions and feedback. 
 
‘I have never seen my child so excited about their work or school before.’
‘A fabulous idea and a thoroughly enjoyable learning for us as parents.’
‘An education for parents too.’
‘Fantastic confidence booster for the children to be able to take pride in their work and share their efforts with parents.’
 
Many thanks for your detailed, honest and constructive evaluations – they have all been read and are very helpful in terms of refining the process.
 
There is now a Parent Information Handbook on our website under ‘About Us.’ This gives you basic information about how our school operates. I hope you find it useful.
 
 
 
Sandra Webster
Principal

 
IMPORTANT DATES 
DATE
EVENT
TIME
20 March 2010 (Saturday)
Easter Family Fun Day
2.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.
22 March 2010 (Monday) –
26 March 2010 (Friday)
Book Week
All Week
23 March 2010 (Tuesday)
Year 2 Morning Tea
10.00 a.m.
25 March 2010 (Thursday)
Year 6 P.T.A. Pizza Sale
12.00 p.m.
26 March 2010 (Friday)
Character Day Parade
a.m.
26 March 2010 (Friday)
LAST DAY OF SPRING TERM(EARLY DISMISSAL)
12.00 p.m.
29 March 2010 (Monday) –
9 April 2010 (Friday)
Easter Break Holidays
------
12 April 2010 (Monday)
First Day of Summer Term
(Back to School)
8.30 a.m.
23 April 2010 (Friday)
Year 6 Rugby (Happy Valley)
1.00 – 2.00 p.m.
28 April 2010 (Wednesday)
Year 3 T-Ball (Happy Valley)
11.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
4 May 2010 (Tuesday)
Year 5 Tennis (HK Tennis Centre)
10.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
11 May 2010 (Tuesday)
Year 4 Basketball (Bradbury School)
10.40 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
 
LEARNING CENTRE NEWS 
Book Week Paddyfield Book Fair Monday 22 March and Tuesday 23 March 2010
 
As part of Book Week, Paddyfield will be coming in and running a book fair for two days on the above dates. Your children will have more information coming home soon but at this stage I would like to ask for parent volunteers to help run the library donation stall. If you are interested, please email me dperrin@bs.esf.edu.hk and I will give you more information.
 
Debra Perrin – Library Assistant
spacer
LITERACY UPDATE 
 
HONG KONG YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS 2010. Thank you once again to all students that submitted entries to the Hong Kong Writers Awards 2010. I have been informed that the winning entries will be announced sometime around the middle of March – we are expecting news soon. I will let everyone know the results when I receive them.
 
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS: Our Battle of the Books Team is still going strong!  Students meet every week and battle to be named winning team for the week.  There are 20 titles of books to be read for the formal competition in May, and we already have 3 students that have read 18-20 books!  I am very impressed with the level of commitment and enthusiasm our Year 5 and 6 students have shown for the event.  As the leader of literacy for the school – I feel we have already won the greatest battle – our students love to read!
 
BOOK WEEK: Bradbury will have its annual Book Week starting on the 22nd of March and culminating on the 26th of March with a Character Parade.  Please log on to the clc for more details.
 
As mentioned by Mrs. Perrin in the Learning Centre News, we will have a Book Fair on Monday and Tuesday of Book Week. The schedule for class times is on the cLc. During this time your child will visit the fair and purchase books that they have chosen. To support your child, we encourage you to come in and help your child make their selection. If you are unable to attend, we have many volunteers to support the children in their classes. Please remember to send money with your child on the day they visit the Book Fair – the children love taking the books straight away. Paperbacks are less than HK$100 and hard backs ranges from HK$100 – 150. Students will also have the opportunity to purchase books and donate them to the library – a special table will be set up with these books.
 
Carolyn Andrews – Vice Principal (Middle Phase) 
btm
JOIN THE BRADBURY DRAGONS
Once again, Bradbury School will be entering a Dragon Boat team for teachers and parents in the Discovery Bay Dragon Boat Carnival 2010, on 16 June 2010. I hope the parents who competed last year will join us again and invite any other parents to take part in the training and exciting race event.
 
Training will start in May on Tuesdays from 4 – 5 p.m. in Deepwater Bay.
 
If you are interested in joining, please email me for more details – claudia.tarr@bs.esf.edu.hk 
Team members must be 18 years old or above.
Claudia Tarr – Year 5 Teacher
DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG
For any parents interested, there will be a presentation by the Dyslexia Association of Hong Kong entitled Dyslexia: An introduction and much more! The attendance is free and the panel will involve Marilyn Day, Carol Jones, Barbara Owen and Tehnaz Ragi. This will be on the 16th March 7.00-9.00pm at the HKU Admiralty Learning Centre.
For more information please visit the website: http://dyslexia.org.hk or email at info@dyslexia.org.hk
 
Marilyn Day – Learning Support Centre Head
PERFORMING ARTS NEWS
WANTED! Bright, sparky Bradbury superstars to dance and sing live on stage with "Scotty and Lulu!"
 
Popular children's musical entertainers "Scotty and Lulu" are returning to Hong Kong as part of their 2010 concert tour and Bradbuy students in Year 1 through to Year 6 are invited to take part in their new workshop programme and in an exciting live, on-stage show with "Scotty and Lulu" and in their new show "ROAR!" which is about "Thor" - a dinosaur who has lost his roar!
 
If you enjoy singing, dancing and acting, then please come and join "Scotty and Lulu" on their exciting adventure to help Thor find his roar!! No experience is necessary, just endless enthusiasm is required!!
 
To find out more about how to join this very exciting workshop which begins on Friday, 19th March at Bradbury School and to then have the wonderful experience of performing live on-stage with "Scotty and Lulu" at The Hong Kong Performing Arts Academy, please call Glenda Allen directly on Tel: 2987-7370 or email gbowring@netvigator.com.
You can also download the application form and letter at the bottom of this email.
 
Hurry!! Deadline for all applications is Monday, 15th March!
 
You can also find out more about "Scotty and Lulu" at their website www.scottylulu.com
Gethyn Clothier – Head of Performing Arts
P.T.A. NEWS
 
DON’T FORGET TO BUY YOUR TICKETS FOR THE
EASTER FAMILY FUN DAY!
Saturday 20th March 2.00pm – 4.30pm 
Tickets are still available for this fun family event.
$50 per adult (including a glass of wine, beer or a soft drink)
$30 per child over 3 years (including a chocolate egg for each child)
Please make cheques payable to Bradbury School P.T.A.  Ltd and state on the back of the cheque the number of adult and child tickets required and your child’s name and class. Post your cheques in the Family Fun Day Post Box in the school foyer and tickets will be issued to your child during next week. Please also state whether your family will enter a team for the Family Fun Races.
Highlights include:
·         Children’s Entertainer 2-3.30pm
·         Family Fun Races (Egg & Spoon, Three-Legged, Hurdles, and Wheelbarrow) 3-4pm
·         Face Painting
·         Treasure Trail
·         Egg and Easter Card Decorating
·         Egg Hunt
·         Food and Drinks on sale
YOUR HELP NEEDED!
Year 6 Students.
The PTA needs about 6-10 Year 6 students to help with some of the activities at the Fun Day (Lotto, Egg and Card Decorating, Sandpit Egg Hunt, selling pizza).  If you are available between 2 and 4.30pm on Saturday 20th March and would like to help please e.mail pta@bs.esf.edu.hk
 
Parent Helpers
We also need about 15-20 parent volunteers to help sell food and drink, help coordinate the fun races, and especially we need a few to help with face painting.  If you can help for any amount of time between 2 and 4.30pm please let us know at pta@bs.esf.edu.hk
 
Donated Cakes and Cookies
Finally, we are looking for parents willing to make some cupcakes or cookies which we can sell at the Fun Day.  If you are able to do this please bring them along in a covered disposable container (or label the top and bottom of your container if you like it to be returned to you) to the Year 1 covered playground between 2 and 3pm.
 
Bradbury School P.T.A. Committee
 
YEAR 6 PIZZA SALE
 
The Year 6 Pizza sale will be held on Thursday, 25 March 2010. Pizza will be sold during lunchtime at $15 per piece. The Year 6 parents have kindly agreed to sell these to all students (Y1-Y6), so please consider letting your child/children bring some money to school that day.
 
VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED:If anyone is available and willing to assist between 11:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. that day, please call Lin Gong at 2893 2256 or contact your class parents. Thank you for your attention!
 
 
P.E. NEWS
WOW! What a busy few weeks it has been…..again!
 
The end of unit lessons has once again been a great success. Year 3 and Year 5 both thoroughly enjoyed their hockey tournaments. Year 4 were very tired, but excited at the end of their rugby session. A huge ‘thank you’ to Mark Kake from Valley for all his help and expertise during the hockey units and to Steve Jones from the HKFRU for his help with the rugby unit. The level of teaching the
children have received in both areas has been tremendous. Year 3 have now moved onto T-Ball, Year 4 onto basketball, Year 5 tennis and Year 6 rugby. Please keep an eye on the important dates at the front of the newsletter for their respective end of unit tournaments.
 
I hope you all enjoyed seeing the children’s gymnastics during the student led conferences. I am so pleased with how hard they have worked and how confident and talented they have become in this area. Like many of the other sports we offer at Bradbury, there is a growing interest and enthusiasm amongst the children for extra gym classes. I have spoken to Karen Smith at ESL and gymnastics is going to be extended here at school to both Monday and Wednesday
 
After school activities have also been busy. The hockey players have now enjoyed two tournaments against GSIS, one here at Bradbury School and one at GSIS. Both tournaments saw some great play from all our players. I have also noticed how many of the Bradbury children are playing hockey for teams outside school. It’s great to see such enthusiasm for sport in our children.
 
The long distance runners are still putting in the km’s. The runners have been competing in races all term, but their most successful race to date was last Thursday at CIS. Samantha Worley finished 3rd in the under 9 girls. Jake Chow finished 5th and James Davidson 1st in the Under 9 boys. Alexandra Rispoli finished 5th and Kara McMillan 3rd in the under 10 girls. Satoshi Yoshida finished 3rd and Yehudi Chan 1st in the under 10 boys. Richard Chao finished 2nd and Jasper Langford 1st in the under 11 boys. This Saturday the runners race in the annual interschool road race against schools from all over Hong Kong. We wish those competing all the best and look forward to hearing how they get on.
 
Remember there are no after school activities in the last week of term. Friday 19th March is the last school run activity. As we enter the last week of after school activities for this term we are already looking towards next term. You can find the sign up sheet for term 3 after school activities below.
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR TERM THREE
 
Please print out and fill in the following form and return it to Miss Farry before 14th April. All activities will start on Monday 19th April and run until Friday 18th June.  All fees charged for these activities are to cover the costs of buses, pitch hirage and coaches. If there are too many children for an activity enrolment will be on a first come, first served basis.  Assume your child has a place in the activity unless you hear otherwise from me. All activities will take place regardless of the weather. If it is too bad to go outside then the children will complete the activity inside.
  
 I would like to enrol my child ___________________________ class ____ in the following activities:
Date
Sport
Year Groups
Time
Venue
Cost
Tick the activity you wish to attend
Tuesday
Netball
Years 3-6
Boys and girls
3.00pm-4.00pm
Blue Play-ground
$50
 
Tuesday
Yoga
Years 1-6
Boys and girls
3.00pm-4.00pm
Hall
$200
 
Wednesday
Cricket
Years 3-6
Boys and girls
3.00pm-4.00pm
Blue Play-ground
$200
 
Thursday
  
 Biathlon
Years 4-6
Boys and girls
Invitation only
The children have been selected for this activity during school swimming lessons. Invitations will be sent home with the selected children.
3.00pm-4.00pm
Pick up from South Island School
$100
 
 
I understand that I am responsible for making arrangements for my child to be picked up at the designated time and place.
I enclose a check, made payable to Bradbury School, for $_________________________
(Please write your child’s name and class on the back of the check and attach it to this form)
 
Signed_________________________________ 
 
Emergency contact number, to be used if necessary during the activity __________________
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES NEWS
 
2010 HONG KONG INTER-SCHOOL TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Bradbury School sent in 4 Chess Tigers and 3 Amazonian Soldiers to fight "tooth and nail" in this Annual Event that was officially recognised and organised by The Hong Kong Chess Federation.
 
Text Box: Bradbury School Team A, saw Andrew LIM - 4S, Max LI - 6K, James LI – 4S, who fought as hard as they could to score 12 points to get the 29th placing out of 42 teams. Andrew took the fight to his opponents with his daring attacking chess play. Mark and James tried to go for the jugular in the early opening stage, but this type of tactic wouldn't often go down well in this major junior level tournament, that is full of chess piranhas. These 3 Tigers of Bradbury, are the players to watch out for.
 
Text Box: Bradbury School Team B, had this UNIQUE FEATURE of having 3 amazonian fighters who had recently taken up the chess sport and these 3 wonder girls had defeated and shocked a few seasoned opponents to WIN 10 points out of 28 game. Tiffiny YU – 6H (1ston left), this amazonian had displayed a remarkable improvement in her grasp of chess strategy and tactics. She put the fear into the heart of a few of her opponents.  Justin MAK – Y4 (2nd on left), with his wily tricks did outwit some opponents who took him lightly and they paid the price. Pint-sized amazonian Chloe YU – 3M (3rd on left), did rattle her opponents who underestimated her ability, as she won her games with unexpected combinations.  Didrika Fisher – 1F, is  our new find, and her enthusiasm for chess is contagious as she pursues until she checkmate the opponent king. This girl is bent on winning.
 
If you wish to know more about chess, please contact chess teacher, Ms. HO Yin Ping by email: hoyinpingchess@yahoo.com.hk
 
ESF LION FOOTBALL CLUB
 
Fraser Laing and Matthew Yee played in the Under 10's HKCFL tournament at KGV on Saturday, March 6th and won three out of three matches. Well done boys!
 
ESF Football is offering Spring Football Clinics at a nearby venue. Check the ESF website for more details!
 
Sports Section ESF Educational Services Limited
5/F CIGNA Tower, 482 Jaffe Road,Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2711 1280   Fax: +852 2711 8007
EASTER FOOTBALL CAMPS
 
Wednesday 7th – Saturday 10th April 2010
 
Venues: King George V School – Ho Man Tin
Stanley Ho Sports Centre – Pok Fu Lam
This term ESF FOOTBALL will be running Football specific camps during the Easter school break, as well as Sports Cub camps for children 2 years and up!
 
These fun based camps will be for both BOYS AND GIRLS of all abilities, and is focused on child development as
well as enhancing physical ability in a fun and safe environment!
 
Sports Cubs (Girls and Boys 2-5 years)
Learning sport is excellent for physical health, social skills, confidence and personal enjoyment. Led by qualified and experienced coaches, ESF SPORTS CUBS classes are fun, educational and are specifically designed for
Kindergarten aged children, to promote active participation and enjoyment in sport.
\
Boys’ football (6+ years)
These camps will include fun football games as well as mini-tournaments and competitions that are sure to keep children active for the day! Sessions will also provide a great opportunity for children to enhance their social abilities, getting
 involved in team and group work activities.
 
Girls only football (6+ years)
Girls, don’t let the boys have all the fun!
These camps are open only to girls, and are designed for participants of all ages and abilities. So why not join in
and become part of what is the world’s fastest growing sport; GIRLS FOOTBALL!
 
For more information please follow the relevant links or feel free to email us with any queries!!!
 
SPRING BASKETBALL CLINICS
 
 
ESF Educational Services is pleased to offer 4-Day Spring Basketball Clinics at two sites.
 
South Island School and Renaissance College will run 7 April -10 April, 2010.
 
Starting 1:00 p.m. to 3:00.p.m. the clinics emphasize “skills of the day” as listed below.
 
Wednesday – Ball Handling and Shooting
Thursday – Individual Defense
Friday – Individual Offense
Saturday – Team Concepts
 
Each day the players will end with full court games. Each student will receive a gift shirt.
 
For registration and more information visit: http://www.esf.org.hk/esf_sports/camps_clinics/basketball.asp
 
  
 
EARTH HOUR
The Green Team will be promoting Earth Hour at Bradbury School on 25 March from 10:40am to 11:40am. All lights will be turned off for one hour in the school. Classes will also make a pledge to not use electricity during Earth Hour. We would like people to be more aware of the electricity we use and try to do activities without the use of lights.
 
For your information, the same thing will happen all over the world on Saturday 27 March  2010 from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. Please try to be a part this event and show your support. For more information please visit the following website http://www.earthhour.org/Homepage.aspx
 
Matilda Zarrella 6L and Millie Leinster-Holt 6K
 
On behalf of The Green Team
Bradbury School | 43C Stubbs Road, Hong Kong