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Issue No. 14 26 March 2010
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Dear All,
What a fabulous event our Family Fun Day was. We had around 600 people attend! It was great fun.
Many thanks to the P.T.A. Social Committee for organising this. The focus was not fundraising, but we did raise around HK$30,000.00 which will further support our playground development.
Our latest piece of playground equipment is due to be installed over Easter. We are also having new sink units installed in all classrooms and all our rotten door frames replaced.
Please join us for our Character Book Parade on Friday 26 March 2010 at 9.00 a.m.
Many thanks to those parents who filled in the survey. The responses were overwhelmingly positive, which is wonderfully affirming and encouraging.
I trust you will all have an enjoyable Easter break and I look forward to welcoming you back in Term 3.
Yours sincerely,
Sandra Webster
Principal
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| IMPORTANT DATES |
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DATE
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EVENT
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TIME
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26 March 2010 (Friday)
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Character Day Parade
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9.00 a.m.
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26 March 2010 (Friday)
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LAST DAY OF SPRING TERM(EARLY DISMISSAL)
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12.00 p.m.
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29 March 2010 (Monday) –
9 April 2010 (Friday)
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Easter Break Holidays
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12 April 2010 (Monday)
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First Day of Summer Term
(Back to School)
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8.30 a.m.
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14 April 2010 (Wednesday)
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Deadline for After School Activities Form for Term 3
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All day
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19 April 2010 (Monday)
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Start of After School Activities (Term 3)
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3.00 p.m.
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20 April 2010 (Tuesday)
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PYP Information Session
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5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
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23 April 2010 (Friday)
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Year 6 Rugby Tournament (Happy Valley)
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1.00 – 2.00 p.m.
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28 April 2010 (Wednesday)
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Year 3 T-Ball (Happy Valley)
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11.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
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4 May 2010 (Tuesday)
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Year 5 Tennis Tournament (HK Tennis Centre)
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10.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
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5 May 2010 (Wednesday)
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Year 1 & Year 6 DTP Immunizations
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All day
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11 May 2010 (Tuesday)
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Year 4 Basketball Tournament (Bradbury School)
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10.40 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
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| ROAD WORKS & PARKING |
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We have been informed that there will be a period of road works on Stubbs Road beginning in late March, with completion in December 2010. The work will be carried out in stages and we have requested that the majority of the works affecting Bradbury School, including any time that water is unavailable in school, will be in the school holidays and at weekends.
The main time for traffic disruption for Bradbury School will be the first two weeks after the Easter holidays. During this time, the off road parking will be severely compromised as the water mains will be replaced up the hill from the school.
If you are coming to school during the school day at this time, could you please find alternative methods of transport rather than private cars as there will be no parking available at or around school.
Thank you.
Stephen Fennelly – Safety Officer/Learning Technologies Leader |
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| YEAR 3 AND YEAR 6 INCAS STANDARDISED TESTS |
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Students in Year 3 and Year 6 in all ESF schools will be taking standardised tests between 12 - 23 April 2010. The standardised tests that ESF use are a computer based, interactive, adaptive test called Interactive Computerised Assessment System (InCAS), from Durham University (UK). InCAS will test students in reading, spelling, and mathematics, including mental mathematics.
We would like to emphasise that these standardized summative assessments are only one of the components that we use when assessing student’s achievement and progress, and their main purpose is to inform teaching and learning. Over the course of the school year teachers are continually assessing the progress of the students in their class, using a range of assessment methods, both formative and summative, in order to identify areas where children can improve their learning.
The results from the InCAS tests will give us an indication of how well each student is doing when compared to children of the same age and should be seen alongside the more detailed annual report which provides information on what each student knows, understands and can do across the whole curriculum over the academic year. It is important to remember that standardised tests do not cover all that a student has been taught in reading, spelling and mathematics and the results show how well a student performed in that test on a given day.
John Ainsworth – Vice Principal |
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| PYP News |
Parent Information Session
For parents new to Bradbury School and those that would like an overview of the PYP Framework
Tuesday 20 April 2010
5.00-6.00pm
On Tuesday 20 April 2010 between 5.00 – 6.00pm we will be hosting an informal Primary Years Program (PYP) Informationsession. This will be an opportunity for parents new to Bradbury School and those interested in hearing about the PYP Framework to ask Mr. Chris Duncan (PYP Coordinator) and other members of the Bradbury Management and Teaching teams questions about the implementation of the PYP at Bradbury School.
To facilitate our planning for the session it would be appreciated if you could RSVP via email to Chris Duncan – christopher.duncan@bs.esf.edu.hk by Thursday 15 April 2010.
It would also be appreciated if you could email Chris Duncan with any questions about the PYP and Bradbury School that you may have. Some of the key components of the program that we may discuss are:
- Learner Profile
- The six transdisciplinary organizing themes
- Central ideas
- Lines of Inquiry
- The six subject areas
- Concepts that drive the PYP
- Skills
- Attitudes
- Action
- Standards and Practices
- Bradbury Program of Inquiry
- Bradbury Units of Inquiry (6 per year level)
- Wider links with ESF – Scope and Sequence
Tea and coffee will be provided and the venue for this meeting will be the school hall. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 20 April 2010.
Chris Duncan - Vice Principal/PYP Coordinator |
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| THANK YOU DR. STEVENSON |
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As a special treat for Year 4, Sarah Stevenson’s (Class 4V) dad Dr. Stevenson visited Bradbury School. As an obstetrician, he helped us gain more knowledge about the human reproductive system which is part of our inquiry. “The body systems interact and work together for us to be able to function.” Over the past few weeks, he has visited each year class to tell us more about how the human reproductive system works.
Dr. Stevenson used a power point called life in the womb as well as a model of a baby in its mother’s uterus to help us understand. Dr. Stevenson is a great presenter and we would like to thank him for sharing his knowledge with us.
Jasmine Lai & Anjali Mehta - Class 4B Students |
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| MEDICAL NEWS |
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YEAR 1 AND YEAR 6 DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS AND POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION
The immunisation team of the Health Department will visit our school on 5 May 2010 (Wednesday). They will provide the Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Poliomyelitis (DTP) Vaccination for Year 1 and Year 6 students. The vaccination that the nurses provide is funded by the Hong Kong Government and does not require a fee.
The forms will be distributed in class. Please fill in either the consent form/ refusal form, and return it to the medical room before 30th April 2010.
Please complete the form and attach your child’s medical records. The medical records will be returned to you immediately after the immunisation.
If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me on 2574-8249.
INFLUENZA
The Centre of Health protection has notified the school, that a recent surveillance data showed an increasing number of influenza detections amongst the Hong Kong community. There are an increasing number of institutional influenza-like illness outbreaks signalling the arrival of the traditional peak season for seasonal influenza.
The main circulating influenza viruses consist mainly of human swine influenza and influenza B.
Please be reminded, that in order to prevent possible outbreak of respiratory diseases, children with fever and respiratory symptoms are strongly advised not to attend school till 48 hours after fever has subsided. Parents should record the body temperature of their children before they attend school.
The following measures are also advised:
- Maintaining good personal and environmental hygiene.
- Keeping hands clean and wash hands properly.
- Washing hands when they are dirtied by respiratory secretions e.g. after sneezing or coughing.
- Covering nose and mouth while sneezing or coughing and dispose of nasal and mouth discharge properly.
- Having a balanced diet, regular exercise, and adequate rest.
- Avoiding crowded public places where ventilation is not adequate.
- To consult doctor for medical advice promptly upon development of influenza-like symptoms such as fever, sore throat and cough.
Please inform the school nurse/ school, if your child is unwell and absent from school.
Lauren Lau - Health Professional |
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| P.T.A. NEWS |
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Many thanks to all of you who supported the Easter Family Fun Day last Saturday. Around 600 parents and children came along to join in the fun and while the larger than expected numbers made the Fun Races a bit crazier everyone seemed to have a good time!
A special thank you to those parents who helped with co-ordinating the races, selling food and drink, and helping with games, crafts and face-painting. Without willing volunteers we would not be able to run an event like this, so your help is very much appreciated.
A big thank you also to our Easter Bunny and MC for the Races - Steve Bemet. He was fantastic.
The event made a profit of $29,325 which will be used towards the planned playground improvements and other projects.
As you know the regular Cake and Pizza Sales which are held throughout the year are another key component of the PTA's fund-raising efforts. We thought you would be interested to know how much is being raised from these so here's a breakdown of the money raised so far this school year:
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Cake Sales:
Year 6, 10 Sept: $3710
Year 5, 8 Oct: $3670
Year 4, 14 Jan: $3985
Year 3, 4 March: $3610
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Pizza Sales:
Year 2, 24 Sept: $3875
Year 3, 29 Oct: $4020
Year 1, 28 Jan: $4560
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The money raised from the Pizza Sales is donated to the Learning Centre for the purchase of new books and the money raised from the Cake Sales goes to the year groups and is usually spent on things like games for rainy day playtimes - so please continue to support these sales!
Bradbury School P.T.A. Committee |
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| AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES NEWS |
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ESBC Tigers Basketball
The 2nd Annual ESF Primary Schools Basketball Tournament was recently held on the 10th of March at King George V School. The games were fantastic and thrilling with games going down to the wire! We had numerous participants from our own ESF Tigers Basketball Club represent their school! Congratulations to them all for a well played tournament!
ESF Educational Services Ltd recently fielded 3 basketball teams representing our own ESBC Tigers Basketball Club at a basketball tournament on 13 March at Hong Kong International School. Our teams played extremely well with one team making it all the way to the finals. The player from our school that participated in this tournament was Joseph Luk.
ESF Sharks Learn to Swim Programme
ESF Educational Services Sharks Learn to Swim Programme is an excellent opportunity for young children to be introduced to the sport of swimming in a fun, stimulating and enriching way. Our structured lessons ensure that every child’s development is monitored closely, allowing them to progress through the swimming levels at a suitable pace. All our swimming lessons are conducted in English by highly qualified swimming instructors. We offer classes for infants, preschoolers and non-swimmers through to squad at South Island School, Renaissance College, Sha Tin College and Discovery College. For more information, please contact ESF Educational Services at 2711 1280 or send us an email at sports@esf.org.hk
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
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| P.E. NEWS |
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HOCKEY
After school activities have also been busy. The hockey players have enjoyed a busy term with a couple of matches between GSIS and Bradbury School taking place. In the first tournament here at school the Bradbury teams cleaned up, finishing as the top 3 places. In the second tournament at GSIS there was a bit of role reversal as GSIS finished top of the leader board. So last Friday we had it all to play for as we took on GSIS again. This time Bradbury finished in first place again! Well done to all our hockey players!
LONG DISTANCE RUNNING
As I mentioned in the last newsletter the runners are going from strength to strength. On Saturday 13th March the runners raced in the annual interschool road race against schools from all over Hong Kong. Unfortunately we only had half our runners able to attend the race which was very disappointing as we couldn’t enter the team events. We did do very well in the individual events though. With fields of up to 50 runners in each race the competition was strong. In the under 8 boys Andrew Lim romped home in 9th place chased by Matheson James in 10th place. In the under 9 boys James Davidson came an impressive 8th and Zaheu Jacota 6th. In the Under 11 girls Alexandra Rispoli finished with in an impressive 8th place.
However it was Under 10 and Under 11 boys who really conquered the course with Jasper Langford finishing in 5th place and Yehudi Chan in 2nd. Well done to all our runners.
To finish off the season the last session was at Happy Valley against GSIS. Another sterling performance from our runners! Virtually the full team ran in this race which saw the Bradbury runner on the podium constantly throughout the presentation ceremony.
The runners have been logging their runs all season. Special congratulations go to James Davidson, Kara McMillian, Toby Skinner, Kelsie Bouttle, Yehudi Chan and Jasper Langford who have all completed 42KM….a full marathon! There are a few runners out there who are just a couple of KM short, so get running over the holidays guys.
RUGBY
Well done to the Bradbury School Tag rugby team who played in the inter school tournament last Friday at HKU Sandy Bay. Every member of our team scored a Tri which is fantastic! Special mention goes to Richard Chao who scored a whopping 8 tries!!! Great work folks.
As you all know this weekend is the rugby 7’s. The Rawandan rugby team have made it to Hong Kong to join in the rugby for the first time ever! Bonza Pie is running junior and youth fun clinics with the Rwandan National Team next Wednesday 31 March in Happy Valley. The session is run on a first come first served basis. This will not only be a skills clinic but rather a chance to interact in a super fun way with the Rwandan players.
Entry cost is a $50 minimum donation. The donation money will go directly to help fund their tour and will also go towards the development of Rugby in Rwanda.
CNN are following the team here in Hong Kong and are making a documentary about their historic journey that will be shown across the globe.
For more information about the team please go to: http:// rwandarugby.wordpress.com or contact Bess at 64911014 or at bess@bonzapie.com
Marie Farry - P.E. Teacher
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| AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR TERM 3 |
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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:
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Sport
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Year Groups
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Tick the activity you wish to attend
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Tuesday
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Netball
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Years 3-6
Boys and girls
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3.00pm-4.00pm
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Blue Play-ground
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$50
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Tuesday
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Yoga
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Years 1-6
Boys and girls
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3.00pm-4.00pm
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Hall
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$200
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Wednesday
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Cricket
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Years 3-6
Boys and girls
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3.00pm-4.00pm
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Blue Play-ground
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$200
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Thursday
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Biathlon
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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.
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3.00pm-4.00pm
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Pick up from South Island School
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$100
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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 __________________ |
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