Bradbury Newsletter 2nd September 2015
Greetings to you all!
Thanks to all of you who have joined us for our Parent Information Night sessions. It has been a wonderful opportunity to catch up and meet with you. We enjoy sharing our school with our parents and look forward to seeing you all at our school picnic on 18 September 2015.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO THE BRADBURY SCHOOL PICNIC
Date: Friday, 18 September 2015 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Venue: Tarmac (asphalt) playground
Bring a picnic and a rug, mix and mingle, meet other Bradbury School parents, listen to live music
Reminder: No school for students on Friday, 4 September.
Yours sincerely,
Sandra Webster
Principal
WANTED: CLASS PARENTS
We still have many classes needing volunteers for class parents:
1M, 2M,2T,2F,3D,3P,3V,4T,4F,4H,5C,5S,6H.
If you are interested to take on the role of ‘class parent’ for your child’s class this year, please put in an expression of interest to Ms. Fritzi with your child’s name, class and phone number.
You can do this ringing the front office on 25748249 or emailing her on fritzi.yu@bradbury.edu.hk by Friday next week.
I will contact people the following week and arrange a meeting at school to briefly outline the role and answer any questions.
The main role is supporting your child’s class as a link between our PTA and the families in your child’s class and touching base with new families. Most of this role can be done from home and by email and should not be an overly large time commitment.
Therese Gallen – Vice Principal
MEDICAL NEWS: STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE/DENTAL CARE SERVICE
Please note that the Student Health Service/ School Dental Service Application has been sent out. Please fill in the form and hand it in to your child’s classroom teacher before the 18 September.
If you are interested in applying for the School Dental Service for your child, you are required to submit the completed application form together with a cheque of HK$20, made payable to Bradbury School. Please write your child’s name and class at the back of the cheque.
If there are any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at telephone number 2834-5396 or 9229-2297. Thank you.
Lauren Lau – School Health Professional
P.S.E. NEWS : GROWTH MINDSET – HOW WE LEARN
The ideas and information below will be expanded upon at the forthcoming parent meeting:
“Mindsets and Behaviours for Enhanced Learning”, Wednesday 9 September at 5pm.
Academic, social, emotional, physical, all learning –
Carol Farrington – P.S.E. Leader
LIBRARY HELP NEEDED
Don’t forget that we love to have help in the library. If you are able to volunteer, please pop into the library, call or email us.
There will be a half hour training session on Monday 14 September or Friday 18 September at 9.00 a.m. Many thanks if you have already contacted us!
Sue Bousfield – Acting Teacher Librarian
P.E. NEWS AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
I am pleased to announce the start of our after schools sports programme on Monday 7 September. Thank you to those who have already signed and paid for their sporting activities. We still have some spaces left, if you would like your child to be involved in an activity, gateway will be open until Friday 4 September.
Here at Bradbury, we are pleased to offer a diversity of sporting opportunities and a small charge may be applicable to some activities to cover equipment, external hiring of facilities and pitch hire. This does vary depending on the resources used.
Once you have signed your child on gateway you will receive a letter with all information and payment details required.
I thank you for your co-operation and look forward to working with you this term.
Nicola Jackson – Head of P.E.
STUDENT P.E. FOOTWEAR
At the end of the 2014-2015 academic year, the P.T.A. Committee, in consultation with the P.E. teacher, reviewed the school’s uniform guidance on student P.E. footwear.
One of the issues raised during the process was the difficulty of sourcing cross training sports shoes in Hong Kong that were white. As a result the P.T.A. Committee revised the guidance on Student P.E. footwear as follows:
Student P.E. footwear should be a versatile, non-marking, cross training sport shoe that will suit the wide range of activities covered during specialist and class P.E. lessons. Therefore, they need to be suitable for running, jumping and kicking on hard flat surfaces. Footwear with rollers or flashing lights etc, do not meet this criteria and are unsuitable to wear for P.E. lessons.
Although you will note that there is now no mention of colour in the guidance, it is important to note that the shoes should be cross trainers, as lightweight running shoes are not versatile enough for the range of activities that students will encounter during their P.E. lessons.
John Ainsworth – Vice Principal
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES – SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS
We are still finding a number of students being left unattended between the time school finishes and when after school activities start.
Some after school activities are run by outside providers and Bradbury staff are not available to supervise students or take them to activities after the 2.40 school finishing time. The school is open to members of the public during these times, providers running the session may have unavoidable last minute cancellations, and it is not safe for our students to be left unattended on the school grounds after school.
Please note the following arrangements to ensure the safety of all students. Students in Year 1 and 2 must always be collected by a designated adult at 2.40 pm who is then responsible for supervising them to their activity session.
Students in Years 3-6 who have an activity that starts at 3 pm only, are to move straight to the lower playground near the gym where they will be sent to their activity at 3 pm. They must be collected promptly by their designated adult from the activity. Students in Years 3-6 who have an activity that starts after 3 pm must have a designated adult supervising them until that time.
Students must not be left at school unsupervised for activities that start later than 3pm. They are welcome to wait with their supervising adult in the undercover areas, or may be better to travel home first and return to school later.
Thank you for your attention to this requirement to ensure the safety of all our students.
Therese Gallen – Vice Principal
PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAMME
Over the course of the year I will be including information in the school Newsletter about different aspects of the Primary Years Programme (PYP).
To begin with, I have included a description of the IB Learner Profiles as these underpin successful learners and learning at Bradbury.
The Learner Profile
The aims of the PYP are expressed as a set of desired attributes that characterise successful 21st century Learners. The Learner Profile supports students to be “internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world”. IB learners strive to be:
Inquirers
They develop their natural curiosity, acquiring the skills necessary to conduct inquiry and research. They learn independently and with others. They actively enjoy learning and sustain this love of learning throughout their lives.
Knowledgeable
They explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global significance. In so doing, they acquire in-depth knowledge and develop understandings across a broad and balanced range of disciplines.
Thinkers
They use thinking skills critically and creatively to approach complex problems, and make reasoned, ethical decisions.
Communicators
They understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. They collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of others.
Principled
They act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, and respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. They take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that accompany them.
Open-minded
They understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories, and are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities. They seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and are willing to grow from experiences.
Caring
They show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others. They have a commitment to service, and act to make a positive difference to the lives of others and the world around them.
Courageous
They approach unfamiliar situations with courage and forethought, and work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and strategies. They are brave and resourceful when faced with challenges and change.
Balanced
They understand the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others.
Reflective
They give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and experiences. They are able to assess and understand their strengths and weaknesses in order to support their learning and personal development.
Source: Making the PYP happen: A curriculum framework for international primary education (2009)
Amanda Bremner – P.Y.P. Co-ordinator
PARENT HELPER INFORMATION SESSION –
FOR PARENTS FROM ALL YEAR LEVELS
Thursday, 10 September, 1:30 p.m. here at school.
We always appreciate the wonderful support that we have with parents helping out in so many ways here at Bradbury School. If you are able to help in any capacity this year, whether in the classrooms or in the library, we would like to meet with you to outline a few important legal requirements for parents working in schools and to answer any questions that you may have.
The first part of the meeting, which is for parents from all Year levels, should finish around 2 p.m.
We would then ask that parents from Year 1 remain until 2.30 as the Year 1 teachers will outline the Year 1 parent support program. We hope that as many parent helpers as possible can attend.
Therese Gallen – Vice Principal
P.T.A. NEWS
We have two important dates for your diary:
12 OCTOBER – AGM / WINE AND TAPAS EVENING
20 NOVEMBER – WINTER NIGHT MARKET ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of the Bradbury Parent Teacher Association Limited will be held on Monday 12 October at 6:00 pm at the school, (location to be determined).
This will be followed by a WINE & TAPAS EVENING hosted by the PTA. All parent and teacher members of the PTA are invited to attend this meeting – we welcome the participation of as many members as can make it!
The main agenda of the meeting will include: Receiving the reports of the Committee members and auditors, the balance sheets and accounts for the preceding Financial Year (copies of the Audited Financial Statement for 2013/2014 including the Directors’ report will be available on the PTA website). Approval of the updated Articles of Association. Electing the Committee Members for the current school year. Appointing the auditors of the Association and fixing their remuneration. Parent and teacher members are welcome to submit other items for the agenda.
If you have any matter which you would like to see included and discussed, please submit it in writing to pta@bradbury.edu.hk by Friday, 3 October – mark it attention of the PTA Chairman.
We would also like to encourage volunteers for the PTA Committee. The Committee consists of up to 16 elected members: Minimum 6 and maximum 14 parent members (to be elected by the parents) as follows:
The Chairman
The Vice Chairman
The Honorary Treasurer
The Honorary Secretary
2-10 other parent members
2-3 Teaching Staff Members (to be elected by the teachers)
The Principal (ex officio)
If you are interested in being considered for election as a parent member of the PTA Committee and want to know more about this role, please contact Julia Dunn, PTA Chairman at juliaedunn@gmail.com for more details.
Nominations for election should be submitted in writing by Friday, 2nd October and require the name and signature of a proposer, a seconder and the nominee. These can be handed in to the PTA Administrator, Lin Gong, at the school shop or sent via email to pta@bradbury.edu.hk
WINTER NIGHT MARKET – WE NEED YOUR HELP
Items needed for the Winter Night Market!! We are asking parents for donations for:
- Raffle Prizes (i.e. spa/salon, restaurant, travel, hotel vouchers, etc.)
- Items for Year Group Hampers – class parents will have more details to follow
- If any parent works for or has a connection to a toy manufacturer / stationery supplier – we would love to have a new toy stall for the children.
As always, if you have any comments, ideas or suggestions for events or spending plans please contact a committee member or email the PTA at pta@bradbury.edu.hk. Julia Dunn – Acting PTA Chairperson
NOMINATION FORM
Bradbury School PTA Ltd Nomination for Election as Parent Member of the PTA Committee
I nominate _____________________________________________ as a parent member of the PTA Committee for the 2015/16 school year.
Proposed by: ________________________________(name)
_______________________________(signature)
Seconded by: _______________________________ (name)
_____________________________ (signature)
If elected I am willing to serve as a parent member of the PTA Committee for the 2015/16
school year. _________________________________________________ (name)
__________________________________________________(signature)
THIRD PARTY AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
The following companies are currently hiring our facilities to provide Extra Curricular activities for students. You may browse the school website under “Community” for their programs and enroll 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
Banana Art Club – Art Class, contact Megan Lee, 6020 5476 or bananaartclub@gmail.com website: www.bananaartclub.com/#!lessons-in-esf-/c17vq
Brainchild Ltd. – DIY Robotics and Technology Workshop, contact Ice Chan at 2528 6862 or icechan@brainchildltd.com website: www.brainchildltd.com
Brilliant Learning International Ltd. (Sanskriti) – Sanskriti/Hindi Language Class, contact Geeta Dhar at 3563 4300 or sanskriti@sanskriti.com.hk website: www.sanskriti.com.hk
Canadian Children’s Technology Workshop (Asia) Ltd. (The Genius Workshop) – Engineering and Mechanic Workshop, contact Ivan Chu at 3107 4343 or ivan@ctworkshop.com.hk website www.ctworkshop.com.hk
Elite Bricks Education – Lego Robotics Class, contact Heyton Tze at 9151 2707 or htze@bricks4kidz.com website: www.bricks4kidz.com/hongkong-cwb/
Foundation Education Programs Limited – Write & Publish Your Own Book & Public Speaking Course, contact Emily Au at 31073123 or academy@foundationge.com website: www.foundationge.com
HoYinPingChess / Hong Kong Junior Chess Club – Chess Class / Junior Chess Tournament, contact Yin Ping Ho at 9215 2682 or hoyinpingchess@gmail.com website: www.HoYinPingChess.com / www.hkjuniorchess.org
Primary Matters – Writing Workshop, contact Marion McNally at 9465 4468 or primarymattershk@gmail.com website: www.primarymattershk.com
RugBees Ltd. – Rugby Play Programme, contact Kit Wong at 2117 3055 or kit@rugbees.com website: www.rugbees.com
Stage Right Youth Theatre Ltd. – Drama Programme, contact Jessica McClellan at 9225 8924 or info@stageright.com.hk website: www.stageright.com.hk
Starlit Company Ltd. – Drama Programme, contact Clarissa Evans at 2108 2182 or info@starlit.hk website: www.starlitvoice.com/site2/voice/home/page.html?cid=5&aid=137040132800913
TLC Global Holding Ltd- Creative ICT, contact Steven Castro at 2606 2770 or info@tlckids.com.hk website: www.tlckids.com.hk
U & V B-Solution Ltd. (Global Language & Art Association) – Mandarin Language Class, contact Madeleine Lok at 8202 8280 or breakthrough.edu@gmail.com website: unv-mandarin.wix.com/globalanguage
Union of Languages Company – Spanish, French, Creative English Writing Class, contact Isabel Ng at 3426 2303 or info@uol-hk.com website: www.uol-hk.com/?page_id=3240
World All Styles Martial Arts Association – Martial Arts Class, contact Ka Lok Ho at 9120 4689 or wamakfyip@yahoo.com website: www.wama-karate.com
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 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. Percy Mak – Finance Manager
QUARRY BAY JUNIOR CHESS COMPETITION
Junior Chess Star Invitational Competition 2015
We are pleased to announce that Quarry Bay School PTA LTD will be hosting the 4th Junior Chess Star Invitational Competition 2015, sponsored by Quarry Bay School, on Sunday, 20 September 2015. We invite all students studying in ESF & PIS primary schools, for the academic year 2015-16, to join the event. See here for more information. Click here for online registration.
Quarry Bay School P.T.A.
