Bradbury Newsletter 2 June 2017
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE |
| Dear Bradbury School Community,
Greetings to you all! We have had some wonderful school events over the last two weeks which have given us the opportunity to come together as a school community and support our students’ learning. Thank you to all for coming along. It is always good to have our parents and family members in our school – our children love having you here. We are getting excited about our upcoming school production ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on 8 June. The production is always an event that takes my breath away. Please come along and share this presentation if you are able. Thank you.
Sandra Webster Principal
Please follow us : @bradburyschool & www.fb.me/BradburySchoolHK |
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IMPORTANT DATES |
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LIBRARY NEWS: LAST BORROWING & RETURNING OF BOOKS |
| Please find the end of year procedures:
Last day of borrowing: Friday 9 June All books returned by: Monday 19 June
If you are departing early for the holidays or your child is not returning to Bradbury for the next academic year, then please ensure all of your children’s books have been returned before your child’s final day.
VOLUNTEERS We are looking for volunteers to help with the covering of new library books. You can either cover the books in the library or take the books and plastic to home. If you are interested then please email me at: jane.thompson@bradbury.edu.hk
RECOMMENDED READING Find below a website that deals with reading from tots to teens. It has great book recommendations as well as discussing parental concerns around reading. A great resource. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ |
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REMINDER: STUDENT LED CONFERENCES 2016-2017 |
| As part of our annual assessment and reporting process, we will be organising Student Led Conferences once again this term.
The purpose of Student Led Conferences is very different from that of Parent/Teacher Consultations in that it includes your child in the process and challenges them to take ownership of assessment of their work. The students will lead the conference, and will also take responsibility for their learning by sharing the process with you. The conference will involve your child discussing and reflecting on their work and identifying strengths and areas for improvement. It enables you to gain a clear insight into the kind of work your child is doing and offers an opportunity for you to discuss their work in the school context. In order to facilitate this valuable learning opportunity for our students, on the day of their conference they will attend school only at the time of their conference. We will be sending you the time of your child’s conference soon. In the meantime please note the dates of the Student Led Conferences this year:
Tuesday 06th June 2017: Years 1 & 2 Thursday 15th June 2017: Years 3 & 4 Wednesday 21st June 2017: Years 5 & 6
We shall look forward to sharing this valuable learning experience with you. John Ainsworth – Vice Principal |
CLASS 4P POEMS
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YEAR 3 MARKET DAY |
| On Tuesday, 23 May, the Year 3 students held their Market Day as a part of their How We Organise Ourselves Unit Of Inquiry (UOI). This unit saw students looking into how and why business are created as well as how businesses persuade customers to need and want their products. Students developed products based on market research they conducted by questioning their target market. These products were marketed and then sold at the market day to the wider school community.
Once their “business loans” were paid back to the Bank Manager, John Ainsworth’s twin brother, Benjamin, students donated their profits to the charity of the year groups’ choice, which this year was Bethune House. I am pleased to announce, that after all the hard work and dedication from the Year 3 students and the Year 3 teaching team, this year, the students raised $21,563 profit. We are now getting in contact with Bethune House to see how this money can be best used. This is an outstanding effort!
Thank you to the Bradbury community for the support you showed our students for their Market Day! Toby Daniel – Year 3 Leader |
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PARKING OUTSIDE BRADBURY SCHOOL |
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| As we are all aware, our school is situated in an area with very little easy parking spaces and reasonably heavy traffic at the start and end of the school day. This makes dropping off and picking up children by car a tricky task. Whilst we are aware of this, we would like to request the following:
In order to keep our students safe, could all parents who pick up their children from school by car please be reminded to not double park outside school whilst waiting for your children. This causes very dangerous situations with the heavy traffic at the end of the school day. Our buses can occasionally find it very difficult, if not impossible, to leave the school gates due to cars being parked opposite the school gates. Please ensure that this area is kept clear. Please consider using the pedestrian crossing when crossing the road as the traffic coming down the hill can be moving very fast, on a corner. And finally, please do not leave your car unattended as we may need to move vehicles quickly in case of any emergency.Thank you for your help in keeping our students safe. These are some of the car plates noted which have been double parking over the last two weeks:
Cars may not drive into the staff car park to drop off/pick up children. Sandra Webster (Principal) / Steve Fennelly(Vice Principal) |
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TERM DATES (DRAFT) |
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| The English Schools Foundation have on their website the recent dates for the Academic Year 2017-2018.
Please find below the term dates for Academic Year 2017-2018. If there are any changes to the schedule, we will inform you via the newsletter. This will also be posted on the website under Community, Academic Year Dates 2017-2018.
AUTUMN HALF-TERM HOLIDAYS : 02 October 2017 (Monday) – 06 October 2017 (Friday) Inclusive CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS : 15 December 2017, (Friday,12 noon) – 05 January 2018 (Friday) Inclusive PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND CPD
CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS: 16 February 2018 (Friday) – 23 February 2018 (Friday) Inclusive
EASTER BREAK HOLIDAYS : 29 March 2018 (Thursday,12 noon) – 13 April 2018 (Friday) Inclusive
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND CPD DAYS (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS)
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| REMINDER: LAST CALL FOR RECIPES! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This year the Bradbury PTA and the EcoDudes are joining forces to produce a school cookbook. The aim is to promote healthy eating, healthy lifestyles and to reduce the amount of over packaged lunch/snack food being bought into school which causes environmental waste. The Eco Dudes want to encourage families to cook together and for students to become more aware of what they are eating.
We are looking to gather a variety of favourite recipes from all members of our community. We would love parents/families to contribute a recipe by completing the following link to a google doc where we ask you to provide the following information:
· A title for the recipe · Information about the chosen recipe e.g where it came from, why you have chosen this recipe etc · Serves (number of people the dish will feed) · Preparation time · Cooking time · Ingredients needed · Method · Tips e.g how the food can be served, alterations to the recipe etc
This term, we will be asking parents/families to bake/make and bring the dish into school for staging and photographing by professional photographers/chefs.This will ensure the photos in our cook book meet the printing specifications and will enhance the overall look of the book. Please read the instructions and complete a submission on or before 16 June 2017. Here is the link for the recipe submission: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByIuKhe9hq2fb2l0azluZmlQbWM?usp=sharing Thanks and we look forward to reading your recipes. Amanda Bremner, Lorinda Thomas and Queenie Ho |
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ADVERTISING IN THE BRADBURY COOKBOOK |
| This cookbook will contain our community’s favourite recipes and will raise funds for a great PTA project that will benefit the students, as well as promoting less packaging and healthy food choices for our students.
We thought that one way of supporting the cost of producing this would be to sell advertising on the inside back cover. We will limit this advertising to Bradbury parent businesses only. It is envisaged that these advertisements will be business card size. Because of this, we will have a limited number of spaces available. Further details, such as the costings will be forwarded later; at this stage, we would like to gauge interest so that we can make space in the Cookbook accordingly. The more advertising, the more economic it will be for us all! If you are interested, please contact me on amanda.bremner@bradbury.edu.hk Thank you. Amanda Bremner – P.Y.P. Co-ordinator Bradbury cookbook advertisement submission form
Section 1: Contact Details Please fill in the following personal details Name: Contact Number: Student Name: Student Class: Company Name: Email Address : Section 2: Run of page (ROP) Please tick(ü) below the size of your advertisment: Full page (200mm x 200mm) – $600 Half page vertical (95mm (W) x 200mm (H)) – $300 Half page horizontal (200mm (W) x 95mm (H)) – $300 Quarter page (95mm (W) x 95mm (H)) – $150 Submission requirement Please send all advertisement to Email : amanda.bremner@bradbury.edu.hk (Files accepted : PDF,JPEG,DOCX,PSD,AI) All photoshop file should be at least 300 DPI / Actual size in CMYK format The text in Illustrator should be created in OUTLINED. 1. Bradbury School reserves the right at its absolute discretion to decline to publish, or to omit, suspend or change the position of any Advertisement if it considers necessary and desirable without giving any reasons of why it is doing so. 2. Bradbury School will not be liable for any loss, damage or claim resulting from the failure of any Advertisement to appear from any cause whatsover, or for the failure of an Advertisement to appear on a specified date. 3. The Advertiser warrants that the publication of the Advertisement by Bradbury School will not be in breach any contract or violate any copyright, trademark, any applicable laws and rules, or any other personal or proprietary right of any person. 4. The advertiser submitting the Advertisement shall indemnify Bradbury School against all cost, losses, damages and liabilities arising out of any claims, legal actions or threatened legal actions in relation to or arising from the publication of the Advertisement in accordance with the copy instruction or advertising contract supplied to Bradbury School by the Advertiser. I acknowledge and agree with the above Terms and Condition Section 4: Payment information (Cheque ONLY) Please make cheque payable to “ BRADBURY SCHOOL P.T.A. LIMITED ” and submit to P.T.A. (4 /F) by 5 December 2016. Cheque Number: Date received : Received by :
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P.T.A. NEWS |
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| SHOP OPENING HOURS FOR BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 2017 – 2018
For the convenience of parents, we have made special arrangements for the shop opening hours at the beginning of the new school year. We encourage the parents to purchase the uniforms and stationery early as it will be very crowded in the shop at the beginning of the new term. The PTA shop will be closed during summer holiday.
Open Date: August: 8, 9, 10, 11 (open from 10:00a.m. – 3:00p.m.)
Our shop will open regularly Monday through Friday from 8:30a.m. to 11:30a.m. 14th August onwards.
REMINDER: PTA MEMBERSHIP AND BUS APPLICATION FOR 2017/18 SCHOOL YEAR Under the ESF Ordinance, all parents are automatically members of the PTA of their child/children’s school(s). Annual PTA membership of Bradbury PTA is HK$700 per family. This amount is included in the bus fee of all bus users, but must be paid separately by non-users of the bus service. Please complete and return the attached form for PTA membership even if you are not applying to use the bus service.
The Bus Service The PTA-administered Bradbury School bus service is one of the most extensive and cost effective escorted bus services in Hong Kong. Our network of routes transports about 600 children safely to and from school every day and the rates are very favourable compared with those charged for escorted bus services at other schools.
If you wish to use the bus service for the 2017/18 school year please complete and return the attached application form ASAP. We need your cooperation to submit your application so that routes and bus stops can be finalized. Please note that any applications from current students received after 26 May will be subject to a $100 surcharge.
Please read the following information before submitting your application:
Students who subscribed to the bus service for the 2016/17 school year will not automatically be re-enrolled for the 2017/18 school year. You must submit a new application and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Waiting lists will be maintained once buses are full.
Please consult the attached provisional list of routes and bus stops when completing your application. Please note that this list is subject to possible revision once all applications have been received. We reserve the right to make changes as necessary to accommodate as many students as possible.
Please also note that the bus service is not a ‘door to door’ service. Routes and stops will be determined based on student safety, practicality and efficiency. Requests for changes to routes and stops will be considered only in special circumstances, and are subject to the approval of the PTA committee and the bus company.
Please note that the buses are air-conditioned, are equipped with seat belts and the children are supervised throughout their journey by a dedicated bus escort. All users are obliged to comply with PTA rules for good behaviour whilst travelling on the buses and seat belt use is compulsory.
You may choose to pay the full year’s bus fees in advance or in three installments (by sending in three post-dated cheques).
Completed application forms, together with your payment, must be submitted to the PTA shop ASAP. Payment can be as follows: 1. Pay yearly: a). Pay online, only if you have HSBC account. Our Bradbury School PTA Ltd. Account number is 808-642524-838. Please attach the bank acknowledgement note to your application. · b).Pay at any HSBC branch directly into the above account. Make sure to attach the bank payment slip with your application. · c). Pay by cheque. Please attach your cheque with your bus application form. 2. Pay termly: a). Pay by cheque. Please attach the three post dated cheques with your bus application. No applications will be processed without the signed application form and payment(s). Places cannot be guaranteed in the event of late application.
Confirmation of bus places will be e-mailed to you before the end of the current school year with final details of bus number, stop and time.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact me at 2893-2256 or pta@bradbury.edu.hk.
Lin Gong – PTA Administrator
Email:pta@bradbury.edu.hk. Website: https://www.bradbury.edu.hk/pta-2/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BradburyschoolPTA/
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THIRD-PARTY ORGANIZED AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES |
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The following companies are currently hiring our facilities to provide extra curricular activities for students. You may browse the school website under “LIFE AT BRADBURY” for their programs and enrol your child directly to the company:
ESF Educational Services Ltd. – Language and Sports Programme, contact Candy Leung at 2760 3900 or cleung@esf.org.hk website: www.esf.org.hk
Adventure Sports Academy Ltd. – Soccer & Basketball Training, contact Eilis Cheung at 3998 4042 or info@adventuresportsacademy.com website: www.adventuresportsacademy.com
Backershagen B.V. (LanguageOne) – Global Mother Tongue Education, contact Leandra Lok at 5501 5262 or leandra.lok@languageone.nl website: www.languageone.nl
Banana Art Club – Art Class, contact Megan Lee at 6020 5476 or bananaartclub@gmail.com website: www.bananaartclub.com
Bome Co. Ltd. – International Standard Ballroom, Latin Dance Class, contact Ms. May Li at 2891 0289 or bomedance@gmail.com website: www.bomedance.com.hk
Brilliant Learning International Ltd. (Sanskriti) – Sanskriti/Hindi Language Class, contact Geetanjali Dhar at 3563 4300 or info@sanskritiglobal.org website: www.sanskritiglobal.org
Discovery Dome Hong Kong Ltd. – Astronomy Club with a Portable Mobile Planetarium (Year 3-6 students), contact Lorne Ali at 9754 4081 or lorneali@hotmail.com, website www.discoverydome.hk
HoYinPingChess / Hong Kong Junior Chess Club – Chess Class, Holiday Camp, Tournament, contact Yin Ping Ho at 9215 2682 or hoyinpingchess@gmail.com website: www.hoyinpingchess.com/index/lesson.html /www.hoyinpingchess.com/index/camp.html or www.hkjuniorchess.org
Kate’s Kids – Kindermusik, Music & Movement Activity, contact Kate Leung at 9019 6793 or catherine@kindermusik.hk website: www.kateskids.com.hk
KennyMark Pty Ltd- Astro Trooper Space Workshop (Oct 2017), contact Kenny Tan at +61 405 841 446 or kenny@kmptyltd.com website: www.kmptyltd.com
Primary Matters – Writing Workshop, contact Marion McNally at 9465 4468 or primarymattershk@gmail.com website: www.primarymattershk.com
Starlit Voice Ltd. – LAMDA Musical Theatre & Group Drama, contact Vincent Warren at 2108 2182 or info@starlit.hk website: www.starlitvoice.com
Percy Mak – Finance Manager
N.B. 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 liability 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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