Newsletter #17
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Principal’s Words
Important Dates
SEN News
Sports
PTA News
Dear Parents, Family and Friends,
May I wish you all a very Happy New Year! I hope you were able to have a restful time with family and friends during the Christmas holiday. I was fortunate enough to visit my mother, brother, nephew and niece in England and it was lovely to be able to spend Christmas with them. We have a short but busy time ahead of us before the Chinese New Year holiday begins.
China Day (Thursday 26th January, 2017) at BHS – For All Students
The Chinese New Year is fast approaching and we have our activities and celebrations planned in order to recognise this important time of year for many of our students and families.
On Thursday 26th January everyone in school is asked to come dressed in traditional Chinese clothes.
During the morning, the students will be experiencing a range of different activities, in mixed age groups, relating to the customs and traditions of the Chinese New Year and the Chinese culture. In the afternoon starting at 1:30pm, many of our students and the BHS Community Choir will perform in the Chinese New Year Assembly to the whole school. At the end of the CNY assembly, there will also be an exciting lion dance sponsored by the BHS PTA. Due to limited space in the hall, this assembly is for BHS students only.
We have been very lucky in the past to have received generous donations from parents. We hope that you will continue to support us this year by donating Chinese tea, chocolate coins and Lai-See packets for the China Day activities. Please kindly remind your child to bring your donations to Room 505 (Ms Lynn’s room).
May we take this opportunity to wish you all a happy New Year of the Rooster – Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Yours sincerely
Lynn Xu – Head of Mandarin
James Harrison – Principal
IMPORTANT DATES
Achievement Beyond School
I received a letter from the Hong Kong Squash Centre last term notifying me of an outstanding achievement by Alyssa Ho (6F) who came 7th in the Girls Under 11 competition at the Prince Hong Kong Junior Squash Championships held last November. Well done Alyssa!
Uniform – New Shoes
At the start of this year you may recall I shared information about some BHS parents who operate a company that sells high quality shoes and offer a special discounted service to all BHS parents. Nearly half way through the school year some of you may be wishing to buy some new school shoes. Karaso has kindly agreed to donate 10% of the proceeds from sales to BHS parents, to the BHS PTA meaning you can get school shoes for your child whilst supporting the school. A special promo code needs to be used when ordering: BHSKARASO. They have an online store but you can also visit them to try out the sizes. The company is Karaso: https://www.karasoflex.com/ We have some samples available to look at outside our PTA Shop. Please note that this is an extra option available to parents and that the PTA is not able to provide assistance with any orders or questions about the shoes.
(Please note that this is an external company not affiliated to BHS or the BHS PTA).
Best wishes,
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James Harrison
Principal
Parenting workshop with Marie Marchand
Wednesday February 8th – 6:30pm-8:00pm – BHS 7th floor conference room.
If you would like to attend this event, please click HERE.
Inter house Football
On the last day of the first term Beacon Hill had their first ever inter house football tournament. The teams were superbly organised by their house captains and everyone displayed great sportsmanship and skills during the tournament. Well done to Xìn Xīn (confidence) 信心 who won the tournament beating Kuài Lè (happiness) 快乐 in the final one nil. Bāo Róng (inclusivity) 包容finished third and Duō Yuán (diversity) 多元 fourth.
Photos can be found HERE.
Mr Teahan
Happy New Year!
Delighted to report that our Xmas Disco was a great success raising over $9000 and 300 students attended. Thank you for your enthusiastic support! This support enables the BHS PTA to sponsor our wonderful & lively Xmas Carol Concert and other BHS events & enriching our childrens’ experiences at BHS.
Thanks to all IFF Grand Raffle Prize Donors, our 2017 IFF Grand Raffle Lucky Draw HK Lottery license has been submitted and we will target 2 sets of Raffle Tickets to go home with each BHS student for CNY holidays by 26 January 2017, so you all can start selling on 28 January 2017 to friends & family for 8 weeks until Friday 24 March 2017 Fair Day. Please ensure all tickets & monies are safe guarded and correct balances returned to BHS PTA as all numbered tickets & monies are Audited under requirements of the HK Lottery License. All proceeds from Raffle ticket sales will be directly donated to BHS for “school grounds anniversary enhancement”, an Art project involving our students for the 50th Anniversary of BHS this coming 2017/18 Term 1.
Reminders
- Tuesday 10 January 2017 Y5 Bake Sale
- Tuesday 24 January 2017 Y3 Pizza Lunch
Best wishes for 2017!
Rowena Chow
Chair, BHS PTA
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.
