12 May 2017

Bradbury Newsletter 5th May 2017

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents,

Greetings to you all. What a fantastic day last week’s Action Day was! It turned us from a ‘school’ into a ‘community’ as together we packed 2,400 food bags, using approximately 420kgs of rice, we packed 1,500 soap recycling hygiene kits, swapped toys, visited local restaurants to pass on our environmental message and cared for the elderly close to us.

Thank you so much to all of the students, parents and volunteers who gave your time and/or supported this initiative through your donations. Thanks to Clayton Heggie who had the vision for this day, to Amanda Bremner who worked with him to realise it and to all staff who supported it most enthusiastically.

The charities we supported were: All the very best to our Tournament of the Minds and Bradbury Factor— ‘A Night of Stars’ Showcase contestants. Thanks to all of your support for these wonderful events that acknowledge and give a platform for our students’ many talents. Thank you.

Sandra Webster

Principal

 Red Cross

 Kwong Wah & Wong Tai Sing

 HK Christian Mutual Improvement Society

 Chuang Chung Wen Centre for the Elderly

 Chung Sing Benevolent Society Neighbourhood Elderly Centre

 HK Occupational Deafness

 Bauhinia

 Kwai Chung Mutual Help Group

 GIR Church

 Caritas Integrated Family Service Centre

 TKL Elderly Center

 Caritas

 Lee Ka Fung Women Center

 Harmony House

 Caritas Lai Kwok Center

 Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council

 NWSE

 Gracious Glory Buddhism Foundation

 Windshield Charitable Foundation

 Buddhist Foo Wong Hop Neighbourhood Elderly Centre

 Light & Love Home

MELODIA PRODUCTIONS

Congratulations to Abigail Dunn, Charlotte Lee and Sophia Poon for a job well done in participating in the recent Melodia production!

LIBRARY NEWS SHELFIES

It is not too late to send in your photos! A big thank you to all of you who have sent in ‘Shelfies’. Our gallery looks amazing! We are still accepting photographs if you would like to send in a photo of your child reading a book in an interesting place. Email the photo to me at jane.thompson@bradbury.edu.hk

READING IN UNUSUAL PLACES

Congratulations to our three winners: Harrison Lunt (5B) Aidan Chui (5C) Kaitlyn Malby (3D) See their winning entries in the Bradbury School Yearbook!

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

Congratulations to all the children who participated in the BOB club this year and committed their lunchtimes to practising and battling. Twelve children were selected to represent Bradbury in the annual Hong Kong Battle of the Books competition yesterday. Our team battled with a challenging group, competing against five other teams to win a place in the final. The team battled exceptionally well and answered their questions accurately. It was wonderful to see the students’ team spirit and skills of cooperation and collaboration during the competition. Their hard work during the year certainly paid off as we won second place in our group. Well done to the team who performed brilliantly on the day and read diligently throughout the year to read, and know in depth, twenty books!

THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL ZHOU YOUGUANG CUP CHINESE TALENT SHOW (HONG KONG)

To better promote Chinese Culture and to strengthen Chinese education amongst Hong Kong’s youngsters, we are going to hold Zhou Youguang Cup Chinese Talent Show in June, at Kennedy School. We also aim to use this event to showcase young Chinese learners’ talent and to offer them a platform for communication. This year’s event will be very special as it coincides with the 50th anniversary of ESF. Here is some basic information of the Chinese Talent Show: Participants: Students of 4-18 ages old, in kindergarten, primary or secondary schools Competition dates: 17-18/06/2017 Venue: Kennedy School, 19 Sha Wan Drive, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. Competition groups: – Chinese Native Speakers – both parents are of Chinese origin, and using Chinese as her/ his first language – Non Chinese Native Speakers – with one or two non-background parents, or using other languages as first language despite the fact that parents are of Chinese origin. Use of Language: Putonghua is the only accepted language in speech items. Both simplified and traditional Chinese characters are accepted in writing items. 8 Key Regulations: – Every participant should select competition items matching their competition group and year level. – Every native speaker of Chinese can choose no more than three competition items that match their age group; – Lower primary (Year 1 – Year3) non-native speakers of Chinese can choose no more than two competition items. Upper primary (Year 4 -Year 6) and secondary non-native speakers of Chinese can choose no more than three items. Prizes: – Any participants whose total score from three competition items is the highest will be awarded the title of “champion” (kindergarten and lower primary non-native students only need to have the highest total from two competition items). – Champions will get a certificate of award and a special cup; they will also be qualified to enter the national final. – Each item from each group will have one first prize, one second prize and one third prize (a certificate will be awarded); additionally, there will be several awards of excellence (a certificate will be given to the winners). – One or two extraordinary participants from this year’s event will be chosen to be the “Chinese Culture Ambassador”; they will become the image ambassador showing up on Hong Kong region’s poster for the year. Registration Period: From now on till May the 24th Registration Methods and Payment: Online Registration: – Please register at http://www.apclta.org Registration fees can go directly to HSBC (004) 450-4-046709. Please email the receipt with student’s name and competition items to zhouyouguang2017@kennedy.edu.hk as the evidence for successful registration. Mailing: – Please download registration form for Chinese Native Speakers or Non-Chinese Native Speakers ; – Post it with crossed cheque to Miss Feiying Li, Kennedy School, 19 Sha Wan Drive, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. (Cash is not acceptable) (Please indicate “2017 Zhou Youguang Cup” on the envelope) – The cheque is made payable to: HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF PINYIN QUALITY EDUCATION (PYQE) For enquiry, please contact Miss Li at 3762 2548 or through email: zhouyouguang2017@kennedy.edu.hk

Jenny Chen – Head of Chinese Department

“A Memento of Your Child’s Year”

Dear Parents,

The PTA, with support from the School, will produce a Bradbury School 2016-2017 Year Book.

The Year Book is a beautiful memento of the school year and records the variety of activities your child has and will continue to experience at Bradbury school. The book will be predominantly a colour publication in A4 size. It will feature photographs and pictures with a contribution from every class in the School. The book is due for release in June 2017. Each of our Bradbury families will receive their first copy of the Year Book as part of their PTA Membership Fee.

If you would like to have any extra copy, please complete the form below and return it to your class teacher by Monday, 8 May 2017 so that the print run can be arranged. The cost of each extra copy of our Year Book is HK$150.

BRADBURY SCHOOL YEAR BOOK ORDER (2016-2017)

NAME OF CHILD: CLASS:

I would like to order ___ extra copy/copies of the Bradbury School 2016-2017 Year Book at HK$150 for each copy.

I enclose a cheque made payable to “Bradbury School PTA Limited” for HK$ .

Name of Parent: Signed:

PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM & CHEQUE TO YOUR CHILD’S CLASS TEACHER BY Monday, 8th May 2017.

Thank you Bradbury School PTA

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