BRADBURY NEWSLETTER – 26 JANUARY 2018
Greetings to our school community:
It has been a great week meeting our potential 2018/19 Year 1 students and their parents. Just a reminder, if your child was interviewed, you will receive an email from us on the 14th February. Your acceptance of the place needs to reach us by 27 February.
Our Y6 students had a great time today trying out their STEAM projects – chemically propelled cars. The students made the cars themselves and very much enjoyed watching how far and fast they traveled.
Sandra Webster
Principal
IMPORTANT DATES
| DATE | EVENT | TIME |
| 30 January 2018 (Tuesday) | 1G/1N Educational Visit | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
| 31 January 2018 (Wednesday) | 1BZ/1T/1C Educational Visit | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
| 02 February 2018 (Friday) | 2G/2R Assembly | 9:00 a.m. |
| Update: 14 February 2018 (Thursday) |
Year 3 Cake Sale | 10:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. |
| 14 February 2018 (Wednesday) | Chinese New Year Celebration in School | 9:30 a.m. |
| 15 February 2018 (Thursday) | Lion Dance | 9:30 a.m. |
| 15 February 2018 (Thursday) | School ends at 12 noon (Half Day) | 12:00 noon |
| 16 February 2018- (Friday) –
23 February 2018 – (Friday) |
Chinese New Year Holidays (No Classes) | _____ |
| 26 February 2018 (Monday) | Classes Resume after the CNY Holidays | 8:30 a.m. |
| 27 February 2018 (Tuesday) | Year 6 Immunizations | |
| 07 March 2018 (Wednesday) | Parent Teacher Meetings | 3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
| 15 March 2018 (Thursday) | Parent Teacher Meetings | 3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. |
| 17 March 2018 (Saturday) | ESF 50th Anniversary Carnival (KGV) | |
| 22 March 2018 (Thursday) | Year 2 P.T.A. CAKE Sale | 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
| 29 March 2018 (Thursday) | Last Day of Term ( School ends at 12 noon) | 12:00 noon |
| 30 March 2018 (Friday) –
13 April 2018 (Friday) inclusive |
Easter Holidays | ——- |
| 16 April 2018 (Monday) | Classes Resume after the Easter Holidays | 8:30 a.m. |
| 26 April 2018 (Thursday) | P.T.A. Sausage Sizzle | 12:00 p.m. |
| 27 April 2018 (Friday) | Action Day | |
| 30 April 2018 (Monday) | CPD Day – No Classes | —– |
| 01 May 2018 (Tuesday) | Labour Day – Public Holiday | —– |
Music Activity at Bradbury School
By Gethyn Clothier, Head of Performing Arts
INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS
Children at Bradbury School have the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument and lessons are taught by experienced peripatetic teachers as follows:
Violin Years 1 to 6
Guitar Years 2 to 6
Flute Years 4 to 6
Voice Years 2 to 6
Piano Years 1 to 6
These lessons are generally taught individually, either at lunchtime or after school and on a private basis. Lessons costs approximately $300 for 30 minutes, but this does vary slightly depending on the teacher. The school has several clarinets that can be rented for $500/term and guitars for $400/term. If you would like your child to begin lessons, please contact the appropriate teacher directly to discuss specific arrangements such as time and cost of lessons, purchase of instrument, any books needed, etc.
Violin: Ayako Ichimaru
violinayako10@gmail.com
Flute: Jacqueline Leung
jacqueline.musictherapy@gmail.com
Voice: Celia Leung
celiakyleung@gmail.com
Guitar: Tony Yau
anjofriends@yahoo.com
Piano: Pinky Tsang
tsangchunyi@gmail.com
SCHOOL CHOIRS
The Upper Choir, for children in years 4 to 6, will continue to rehearse on Thursdays from 3.00 to 3.45 pm. Our next rehearsal will be on Thursday, 25th January.
The Lower Choir, for children in years 2 and 3, rehearses on Wednesday lunchtimes and will recommence on Wednesday, 24th January. All children in years 2 and 3 are welcome to join and they should come to the music room as soon as they have eaten their lunch each Wednesday.
ORCHESTRA
The school orchestra will rehearse on Tuesdays from 3.00 to 3.45 pm. This is for children who play an orchestral instrument to at least grade 2 level. We will begin this term on Tuesday, 23rd January.
SCHOOL PRODUCTION
There will be a school production towards the end of the year and I am going to hold pre auditions for this over the next couple of weeks to gauge the level of talent of any interested children. This will initially be for children in years 3 to 6 although there may be opportunities for some year 2 children to become involved in the production.
There will be singing, acting and dancing parts available and I will be asking any interested children to prepare an appropriate piece and perform it at a lunchtime audition session over the coming couple of weeks.
Year 2 News
By Claudia Tarr, Year 2 Leader
Year 2 have been working with an artist in residence El McColl. They created art in the style of Paul Klee and did some observational drawing.
Hong Kong Young Writers Awards – Entries now on display
By Therese Gallen, Language Coordinator
Thank-you and congratulations to all the students who wrote stories and poems, or designed cover art for this year’s Hong Kong Young Writer’s Awards competition. All entries are currently displayed in the foyer of the school, so do take a look and have a read next time you are at school.
Congratulations to the following students who’s entries have been selected and shortlisted to be in Bradbury’s entry this year.
Group 1.
Isabel Clark (3V)- Fiction
Annie Edwards (3SP)-Fiction
Group 2.
Airiana Chan (6B)-Fiction
Amelia Chow (6C)-Fiction
Ruby Sylvester (6A)-Fiction
Ashlye Lo (6B)-Fiction
Brigitte Wong (6D)-Non-Fiction
Rosie Lee (4P)-poem
Charlize Cheung (4P)-Poem
Lucy Lee (6B)-Poem
Cover Art
Charlize Cheung (4P)
Julie Youssef (2T)
Brigitte Wong (6D)
You can read Annie Edwards’ (3SP) story “The Fliperanzees” in the newsletter. We will publish the other shortlisted stories over the next few weeks.
The Fliparanzees
By Annie Edwards, Year 3
In a faraway land, lived some strange birds. They were called the Fliparanzees. The Fliparanzees were called fliparanzees because they flip. But one couldn’t even do a cartwheel. He just got his head stuck in a bucket. His name was Chip. He was mocked and laughed at. He listened to the squawks of the other birds until he couldn’t bear it.
One day he decided to leave the tribe. As Chip was
crossing the Savannah, he found Elephant.
“What’s wrong?” he asked. Chip explained.
“We‘d better go and see Giraffe.”
Giraffe mumbled, “Dear Ellie, what brings you here?”
The two explained.
“We’d better go and see Crocodile,” said the giraffe.
They padded to the river and there lay Crocodile basking in the sun.
“Go away!” he snapped.
They kept on travelling until they found a lion. So they explained their problem.
“Hmm,” thought the lion. Suddenly a little spark
appeared in his eye and he started dancing around like a firework.
“What is it sir?” said the elephant quickly.
“Well, there’s always the circus,” he said thoughtfully.
The lion talked to him about what a circus was and how to get there.
“Let’s go!” he cried. They set off down the dusty lane..
“How much longer?” groaned the giraffe.
“There it is!” said Chip joyfully.
“This is disgraceful!” muttered the Crocodile. “What I think we should do,” he continued more loudly, “is throw a bomb on the big tent!”
“No!” said Chip.
Crocodile sulked silently. Elephant’s jaw dropped. A
circus performer stopped in her tracks and swept her gaze over the animals. Up the hill Chip said “there we are, somebody’s noticed us.” He skipped down the hill and fell into a puddle of foggy rainwater.
The acrobat sneakily slipped to the front of the line to talk to the ringmaster who called the security.
“Chase these animals away!” he shouted.
The animals could hear what was going on.
“They’re not so nice,” thought Chip..
“RUN!”, screeched Chip.
They hid behind the undergrowth.
“We can’t stay here or they’ll find us,” said Giraffe.
Suddenly a tiger appeared.
“Come here. What are you doing near that circus?” she said. They told their story again.
“My name’s Asia. About your problem,” said Asia, “you can do anything if you believe you can. Do you believe you can flip?” asked Asia
“I do!” said Chip eagerly.
“Do it,” said Asia.
A moment later Chip was twisting through the air.
“I’m doing it!” he cried.
“It’s time for you to go home,” said Asia calmly.
“Never!” said Chip. “I’m bringing you all with me.”
“Really?” gasped Asia.
“Let’s get going then.” said Chip.
He lifted one leg up and said “Grab on!” They flew through the air and landed in the centre of the kingdom.
“These are my new friends,” he said, “I can flip!” he
announced proudly
The others were really happy about this. “My friends helped me learn so I let them live in the kingdom.”
Everyone had a new happy life.
Bradbury School Action Day – 27 April 2018
By Carol Farrington, Action Leader & Amanda Bremner, PYP Leader
This academic year we will, once again, have a whole school Action Day to celebrate and share the integration of action within our students’ learning experiences. Action Learning is the acquisition of the knowledge, skills and attitudes that empower us to be socially responsible citizens and to take authentic, sustainable action within the local and global community in order to make a difference to the world around us.
The Action Day is scheduled for the Friday the 27th of April. On this day there will be a variety of events happening, including packing bags of toiletries. These will be distributed to some of Hong Kong’s most needy and vulnerable people with the assistance of the charity Sunshine Action. Our aim is that up to 3000 hygiene bags will be packed by students and parent volunteers.
So, we’d like you to collect UNUSED toiletry items from any hotel that you visit during the forthcoming holiday and subsequent weeks right up to 27th April. Every day millions of unused and partly used toiletry items are thrown away by hotels and end up in landfills, so our action will have an environmental, as well as a service element to it. The children can bring the items on the poster, into school and put them in the Action Day box that is in their classroom. We’ll also run a competition between the classes for collecting the most items! Alternatively they can be placed in the boxes that are in the school foyer.
So… let’s get collecting!!!
Action Day Collection – A Quick Update
Thanks to parent and student support we’re doing quite well with the collection of toiletries that the students will pack into bags on Action Day on 27th April. These will then be distributed to homeless people in Hong Kong. However, to meet our target of 3,000 of each item we need to collect more toiletries than we can get from our nuclear families. So each student will receive a leaflet and we’ll ask them to think of a person who travels a lot (a relative from the extended family, a neighbour or a family friend) and they can give the leaflet to this person.
Therefore when your son / daughter brings home the leaflet we’d like parents to help be enabling the children to
personally pass on the leaflet to the intended person.
If you would like more than one leaflet, please tell us.
Thank you very much for your help.
Influenza Season
By Lauren Lau, Health Professional, School Nurse
As we are entering the peak season of the flu, please be aware of your child’s health situation, and do not send them to school, if they are is sick or unwell.
Health is important in our school community; this is a small 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 vomiting, or if they have a fever 37.6 or above.
If your 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 is able to stay at school.
If your child is unwell, please contact the office or the school nurse to report this.
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 more than 7 days, take your child to the doctor.
Prevention of Cold/Flu:
- Educate the child to frequently wash their hands.
- Educate child to cover their nose and mouth, when they need to sneeze or cough.
- Try to avoid taking children to overcrowding places.
- Provide a healthy nutrition for the children.
- Educate children to have a regular exercise regime.
Year 6 (2017-2018) Diphtheria, Tetanus and Poliomyelitis Vaccination
By Lauren Lau, Health Professional, School Nurse
The immunisation team of the Health Department will visit our School on the 27th of February 2018 (Tuesday). They will provide the Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Poliomyelitis (DTP) Vaccination for Year 6 students only. 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 15th of February (Thursday).
Please complete the form and attach your child’s immunisation records (copy or original is accepted). 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.
Library News
By Jane Thompson, Teacher Librarian & Connie Leung, Library Assistant
SOUTH AFRICA MOBILE LIBRARY-ENGLISH BOOKS FOR COLLECTION
Sony Corporation of Hong Kong are collecting gently used, English children’s story books for the South Africa Mobile Library project. It’s a great opportunity to send used books to a good home. If you would like to donate books to this cause then please read the information below. We will collect any donations from you in the Bradbury School Library and organise for the Sony Corporation to collect the books.
South Africa Mobile Library – Children’s Books for Collection
We accept books as follows :
Written in English Language
- Suitable for 6-12 years old
- Pages should not be yellow or brown (due to aging)
- No missing or torn pages
- No scribbling on the pages
- No Textbook
- No Magazines
- No Encyclopedias
Donate English story books…
… to fill a child’s world with knowledge
Sony Hong Kong continues to make contributions to the South Africa Mobile Library Project, aiming to enrich the lives of children in the rural areas.
In South Africa, 50 mobile libraries travel to reach 900 schools in all 9 provinces, providing free and easy access to books for the children.
Donate English Story Books
English story books are needed to keep those mobile libraries running.
South Africa Mobile Library Project is organized by South Africa Primary Education Support Initiative (SAPESI)
VISITING AUTHOR
On Wednesday 7th February we will be welcoming the author Stuart Reid to Bradbury School. Stuart is a British author and works in association with Author’s Abroad. He has performed in over 900 schools, libraries and book festivals in Britain and internationally. Stuart has presented alongside authors such as Michael Morpurgo and Philip Ardagh. His book events are designed to engage and inspire children, especially reluctant readers, to want to love reading. He also has a great series of 6 very popular books under the “Gorgeous George” title.
PARENT HELPERS WANTED!
Ms Gallen and myself are looking volunteers to help with the labeling of Guided Reading Books. If you have time to come in and help please email me on jane.thompson@bradbury.edu.hk. Anytime during the school day is fine so fit us in around your schedule.
READING IN UNUSUAL PLACES
We are running the Reading in Unusual Places competition again this year. We are now accepting entries and the competition will close on Friday 2nd March. The three winners will have their photos published in the Bradbury School Yearbook. Please note that you can only submit only one photo per student.
Email entries to me at jane.thompson@bradbury.edu.hk.
Chinese Talent Show
By Lynette Pang, Head of Chinese Department
Bradbury School is proud to be one of the schools hosting The 4th International Zhou Youguang Cup Chinese Talent Show. It is now time for interested students to register for this event and it’s great to see that we already have over 30 Bradbury students registered. This is an opportunity for students to showcase their reading, reciting, singing or other skills in Chinese language. To see the categories and how to enter please click on the links below. One site has information about the competition, and the other is the registration link. Please note that the deadline for registration is January 26th, 2018 . No late registrations will be accepted by the organisers.
The cheque for registration can be sent into Bradbury School to Ms Fritzi at the front desk. Please ensure that your child’s full name, the school name (Bradbury School), and the competition sections that they are entering are clearly written on the back of the cheque. The cheque is made payable to: HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF PINYIN QUALITY EDUCATION (PYQE)
This is a great opportunity for our students to practise their Chinese skills for an authentic and fun purpose. We will be offering lunchtime sessions in the coming months to support students in preparing for the competition. This will be advertised to students after Chinese New Year. We look forward to seeing many Bradbury students having a go.
Information Booklet:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x6UWEpkWap_kJi7bmILTg0k7eHJRUM6j/view
Online Registration:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHteb_TN0y7BU7x8AqkPy_KYpnv_0_naa0C6LYZ9zf6Cm6gA/viewform
Chinese Festival Fair
By Lynette Pang, Head of Chinese Department
The Year of The Dog is around the corner! At school, children have been learning about Chinese New Year customs and traditions. They will be able to help you with New Year decorations and to share some legends from the festival with you.
To lift the festival spirit, the Chinese Team is organizing a festival fair for the morning of February 14th, 2018 (Wednesday). All students will participate in a range of cultural activities during their session.
HELP NEEDED!
We are looking for parent volunteers to help with the activities on the morning of February 14th, 2018 from 8.20 am – 12:30 noon. If you are available, please contact me at lynette.pang@bradbury.edu.hk On the day we will show you what to do and we promise that it will be lots of fun. We thank you for your time in advance.
P.T.A. News
By Julia Dunn, PTA Chairperson & Lin Gong, Bradbury School PTA Limited
Wednesday 14 Feb – Valentine’s Day/Year 3 Cake Sale
Friday 16 March – Curry and Quiz Night
The PTA is currently looking for photographers! If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact the PTA at pta@bradbury.edu.hk.
‘ESF The First 50 Years’ is now published! This volume chronicles the ESF story, highlighting key events over the last 50 years. It also celebrates the successes and contributions of our students and staff, both past and current.
What’s in the Book?
- Stories of ESF’s major developments and milestones over the past five decades
- Interviews of all 22 ESF schools with key historic events and current whole school photos
- Exclusive interviews of 22 prominent alumni
- Interesting stories from 5 key leaders and 12 long-serving staff
The book is now available for sale via the ESF website: www.esf.edu.hk/50th-book/. Copies are also be available in major bookshops in Hong Kong.
Enquiries: 50book@esfcentre.edu.hk
More details: http://www.esf.edu.hk/2017/12/11/esf50-book/
Third-Party Organised After School Activities
Dear Parents,
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 enroll your child directly to the company:
ESF Sports, contact 2711 1280 or sports@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
Brilliant Learning International Ltd. (Sanskriti) – Sanskriti/Hindi Language Class, contact Geetanjali Dhar at 3563 4300 or info@sanskritiglobal.org Website: www.sanskritiglobal.org
CentreStage Studios HK Ltd. – Singing, Acting, Dancing – Ballet, Jazz, Tap Dance, contact Imogen Taylor or Kaijah Bell at 5236 7960 or 2689 2272 or admin@centrestagestudioshk.com Website: www.centrestagestudioshk.com
Discovery Dome Hong Kong Ltd. – Astronomy Club with a Portable Mobile Planetarium, contact Lorne Ali at 9754 4081 or lorneali@hotmail.com Website www.discoverydome.hk
Foundation Academy Ltd. – Foundation’s Filmmaker, contact Foundation Academy at 3107 8810 or
academy@foundationge.com Website: http://www.foundationacademy.co/filmmaker/
HoYinPingChess – Chess Class, Holiday Camp, contact Yin Ping Ho at 9215 2682 or hoyinpingchess@gmail.com Website: www.hoyinpingchess.com/index/lesson.html / www.hoyinpingchess.com/index/camp.html
Hong Kong Star Basketball Training Centre Limited – Basketball, contact Yuki Lai at 9669 4280 or yukilai@hk-bbstc.com Website: www.hk-bbstc.org
Move For Life Ltd. – “Move” Dance Class, contact Rosie Martin at 5491 2473 or info@moveforlife.asia Website: www.moveforlife.asia
Starlit Voice Ltd. – LAMDA Musical Theatre & Group Drama, contact Vincent Warren at 2108 2182 or info@starlit.hk Website: www.starlitvoice.com
Swedish Cultural Society – Swedish Language and Culture, contact Linda at 9316-6599 or svenskaskolanhongkong@hotmail.com
Website: www.svenskaskolan.hk
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.
