Newsletter #13
Beacon Hill School latest newsletter available to read now. Find out the latest news around the school and upcoming events.
Principal’s Words
Important Dates
Around BHS
SEN News
Sports
Other News
Dear Parents, Family and Friends,
Important Dates
Well done to all our performers who were at the Arts in the Park festival last weekend. The mass choir sounded great and were a credit to the ESF schools that participated. This week has continued with success, with our girls’ football team winning the DC Years 5 and 6 Girls Football Tournament. We are getting used to them winning this year, which is wonderful, but I am especially pleased with the way the team work together and support the other teams.
Yesterday our netball team took part in the Kowloon Schools Netball Tournament. Well done to them and thank you to Ms Andrews and Ms Younie for coaching.
Today our Year 5 children shared their learning with their parents. The focus of the Unit of Inquiry was ‘Migration can have an impact on people and society’ – this is an issue that is highly relevant today across the world. I hope the those parents who were able to attend enjoyed watching and listening to their children and learnt more about what they have been doing in school. Photos can be found HERE.
Our Year 4 children have been on camp on Cheung Chau this week. They had a great time playing on the beach and exploring the island. A very big thank you to the teachers and educational assistants who gave up their time to ensure the children had a camp to remember.
Well done to all the students for their eagerness to win House Points last week. Once again it was a very close result:
I met with the House Captains this week. They had been working on ideas to make their respective Houses the best that they can be. They shared many wonderful and creative ideas and we have decided on the first three action points, which they will share with the school in Monday’s Golden Book Assembly.
International Food Fair – We Need Your Support
Our fabulous PTA is currently asking for prize donations for our International Food Fair Prize Draw. If you or any of your contacts are able to provide a prize, please contact Janley, our PTA Coordinator – pta@bhs.edu.hk Thank you in advance!
BHS SLT Awards
Here are the recipients of last week’s SLT award:
Kaylee Fish 3A – For her positive attitude and active participation at camp despite having one arm in plaster.
Best wishes,
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James Harrison
Principal
News from the English Team
How can I help my child with reading at home?
Last Wednesday, the English team welcomed both helpers and parents to school to talk about how they can help their child at home with reading. The workshop was a chance for the teachers to show how we explicitly teach comprehension at school by modelling three mini lessons. Thank you to everyone who came and joined in so readily with the tasks.
The three strategies we focused on were:
Inference: Great readers use their background knowledge and clues in the text to make predictions and reach conclusions.
Making connections: Great readers make connections between the text, themselves, other texts and the world.
Determining Importance: Great readers read with a purpose. They have a question in their mind so that they know what is important in what they read.
It is essential that home reading time is a conversation with your child which gives them a chance to develop their understanding. Try explaining how you have understood what you are reading to your child. There are some more tips for home reading available on the school website; https://www.beaconhill.edu.hk/helping-your-child-with-reading/
If you have any questions about how to help your child develop their comprehension skills, do not hesitate to get in touch: jevese2@beaconhill.edu.hk
Emily Jeves
Teacher Librarian
Camp for Year 5
In the next week our Year 5 children will be going on their camp. The camp is an exciting way of experiencing new areas of Hong Kong for many of our children and broadening their experiences. Parents are encouraged to keep up-to-date with what is going on on each camp by clicking on the links on the front page of our website or through our mobile app by clicking on the ‘Camp Live’ icon on the bottom of the screen. We will be posting photographs of the children throughout camp.
Chad Pheasant
Vice Principal
School Photograph Ordering
This week you should have received your children’s school photographs. Please note that the deadline for ordering the photographs is 30th November. The photographs can either be ordered by returning the order form to school or ordering online. To read the instructions on ordering online please click the link below:
TechniPhoto Online ordering instructions.pdf
Chamber Choir
Student Council
The Student Council are organising a Winter Clothes Drive to collect new or ‘gently used’ winter clothing for people in need. In particular the clothes will go to help a group of asylum seekers in Hong Kong who struggle during this time of year providing suitably warm clothes for themselves and their family. If you have any appropriate clothes there will be a collection box in the foyer of the school.
Parent Workshops 2016-17
Term 1
| Date | Workshop |
| 29 November | Introduction to PYP (Year 1 parents and new parents) |
Kowloon Netball Tournament
On Thursday 17th November a group of 10 Year 5 and 6 girls participated in the Kowloon Netball Tournament at KJS. It was a great opportunity to play different schools and put our netball skills to practice. Unfortunately we were defeated in the first round, however in the second round we found our defence and team work skills and managed to come second in the competition for the shield with a win against DBIS B team. Well done to Carrie for fantastic shooting and a big well done to everyone who played. Thank you to all parents who came along to support, for all the hard work put in by staff and students at KJS and we look forward to our next match next week!
Ms Younie and Ms Andrews
Girls Football
Well done to the girls football team who won the Discovery College football tournament on Wednesday. This was the second tournament win this year and the third time they have made the cup final. Over two years this team has performed amazingly. They made the final of seven tournaments over two years winning 4 cups, one bowl and two runner ups. This year they have played 16 games and only lost once on penalties and only had two goals scored against them.
Our first match was against ICHK and we produced a strong attacking performance in a five nil win with goals from Natalee (2), Mia, Rei and Katie. Our next game we played on the smaller pitch against AISHK and it was a lot harder to score goals and we managed to win one nil with Sophia causing the AISHK to team to score an own goal to help us win. Our third game was once again on the small pitch and in a close game we managed to draw nil all with HKIS b nil all. Our semi was a close game with both teams having chances. Thanks to a great goal from Natalee, strong defence from Tammy and Kirsty and Alyssa making outstanding saves on goal we managed to hold on to win.
Our final was against a very strong HKIS A and we took the lead early on with a great goal from Mia. HKIS continued to attack and managed to score a goal to tie the game. Alyssa made an amazing save late in the game to keep us in it. At the end of regular time it was 1 all and it was down to penalties. All our penalties were superbly taken and with Alyssa again making great saves we won the shootout 4-2.
Thanks to all the parents who came and supported us. Alyssa was named Beacon Hill’s player of tournament for her confident goal keeping and greats in the semi final, final and penalty shoot out.
Mr Teahan
Calling all gymnasts!
If you are a gymnast and know that you will be competing in next year’s HKSSF competition can you pleas email me as soon as possible so that the school can enter a team in next year’s competition. In previous years we have had individual competitors and this year we would like to also enter the teams competition. I would also need a volunteer parent to be the liaison between the school and the organisers.
Thanks,
Mr Teahan
Health
Immunization (Part One)
It is scheduled on Monday, 28 November 2016.
All documents submitted by parents or guardians, these will be returned to you (together with any instructions from the Immunization Team of the Department of Health for you to follow-up, if applicable) on the same week starting Tuesday 29 November 2016, via your child’s class teacher.
Scarlet Fever
We would like to inform you of the fact that one student is on sick leave with Scarlet Fever.
It is a bacterial infection caused by Group A Streptococcus.
Signs and symptoms include fever, sore throat, rash (usually the upper trunk and neck which spreads to the limbs).
If you suspect that the child has scarlet fever, please consult a doctor for confirmation of diagnosis. To prevent the spread of diseases, please do not send the affected child to school.
Always keep hands clean.
Thank you.
Ms Chen
French Mother Tongue Programme
School newsletter article (Nov. 2016) - French mother tongue class.pdf
RTHK Audition
This is an audition call from Radio Television Hong Kong. We are looking for talented children artists for their appearance on ETV English programme. Here are the requirements:
- Age 6-8, boys, all nationality are welcomed
- English native speaker
- Interested in TV production
- Willing to take challenge
- Patient enough to take orders and a good team player
Interested party may send your personal details including name, date of birth, height, contact no., e-mail address, performing experiences (if any), etc. and attach with a recent photo to yipht@rthk.hk with an e-mail subject: ETV talents
Only suitable candidates will be invited to have an audition.
Thank you so much and please feel free to contact me if there is any enquiries.
Dorothy Yip
Assistant Producer, ETV, RTHK
Tel: 2339-3168/6030-1079
e-mail: yipht@rthk.hk
Disclaimer: Beacon Hill School and the English School Foundation do not recommend or endorse any external events in this newsletter. There is no contractual arrangement between BHS/ESF and the event organisers.
