Newsletter 27/2015-16
Quarry Bay School’s latest newsletter is available to read now. Find out the latest news around the school and upcoming events.
Principal’s Comments
ESF Stakeholder Survey (14th – 24th of March 2016)
Sport News
Parents as Partners
Club News
Lost and Found
Hong Kong Junior Rapid Chess Championship 2016
Just As I Am – Tsing Yi Kindergarten Awareness Campaign and Fundraising Drive
PTA News
Principal’s Comments
Important dates for your attention:
Year 1 – Year 5 students will bring home portfolios for sharing on Friday the 18th of March. The portfolios must be returned to school on Monday the 21st of March. Year 6 students will bring home portfolios next week for sharing.
Monday 21st March – Student Internet User Agreements to be returned to school.
Digital Citizenship – Parent Controls
Here is a selection of informative eSafety videos and reading material for parents about controls to support the monitoring of time online and the filtering of content. Please click here to read.
These resources may assist families to reflect on how best to use tools to keep their child safe online.
QBS Exhibition
This week the Year 6 students had their very successful QBS Exhibition. The QBS Exhibition is an important annual event for Year 6 students. After six years of working within the Primary Years Programme (PYP) the Year 6 students showcased their learning about human rights. Students focussed on sharing positive stories about refugees in our city and across the world. The Year 6 students did an outstanding job and our community should feel very proud of their achievements this week. The QBS Exhibition is a culmination of significant effort, research, action and creativity by Year 6 students with very thorough and thoughtful support from staff.
QBS prides itself on meaningful relationships with community groups including NGOs in Hong Kong. These relationships were crucial in supporting the Year 6 students to achieve their goals and share a diverse range of positive stories about their learning.
One of the significant achievements by students in their QBS Exhibition was the way students were able to creatively show their learning through music, drama, dance, technology and visual arts. Small group presentations were shared passionately and articulately with parents, visitors and our wider student body.
It has been a very positive week of learning at QBS and one which has made me feel truly proud to be a member of this community.
Regards,
ESF Stakeholder Survey (14th – 24th of March 2016)
You have been invited to complete the ESF Stakeholder Survey. I would encourage parents to complete this survey so that QBS can continue to strive to be the best it can be for your child.
Sport News
ESF Mixed Tag Rugby Tournament
The tournament was held at Sandy Bay Sports on Wednesday 16th March. There were 20 participating teams, made up of 4 groups of 5.
QBS entered both A and B teams, which meant that all 21 of our squad, had a run out. Considering that so many of our players are relatively new to the game, the levels of performance of both teams, was excellent.
Our B Team were in a tough group with the eventual Cup winners, I.C.H.K., whom we lost to by 5 tries to 1. We then drew with CIS ‘A’ and Glenealy ‘A’ and beat The Peak ‘B’ team 4 – 0; playing some entertaining rugby in the process.
Our ‘A’ Team drew with D.B.I.S., before losing to The Peak ‘A’ team, the eventual Cup runners up.
We then beat Shatin Junior School and Kennedy ‘B’ team to progress to the Bowl competition.
In the semi – final of the Bowl, we beat Shatin Junior School ‘A’ 5 – 1, to enter the final.
In the final, we beat Glenealy ‘A’ 3 – 0, to take the trophy.
Congratulations to all involved, and many thanks to the Kennedy School P.E. Department, who organised an excellent tournament.
QBS Basketball Team
The Q.B.S Basketball Team have recently played in 2 inter-school tournaments at RCHK and KJS. The teams were playing against some talented primary schools from around Hong Kong and learnt quickly from some tough early games, gaining a first win against Discovery College.
At the second tournament the team excelled, finishing 2nd in the group stage to reach the semi-finals to whom they narrowly missed out on a place in the finals by one basket against GSIS. The team have created a really great spirit among themselves which contributed to their success.
A special individual mention to Jason Chan who was selected by Coaches as the Most Valuable Player (MVP).
Basketball Team at R.C.H.K.
Basketball Team at Kowloon Junior School
Many of our students from the Q.B.S Basketball Academy have really enjoyed learning about basketball and have developed their skills in a short space of time.
This weekend we have an exhibition match against Dreams Sports Academy. Best of luck to Team Q.B.S.
If you would like to enroll your son/ daughter into basketball I can recommend the following companies who offer basketball programs all year round.
C.I.S Road Race 2016
Quarry Bay were very proud to have 40 runners representing the school at last weekends C.I.S Road Race.
We were pleased to see that all the effort that the children have been making in the snack time fun runs in addition to all their own efforts at home resulted in fantastic team efforts.
CIS ROAD RACE 2016 – TEAM RESULTS
In addition to all our teams, there were some individual runners who excelled on the day.
Congratulations to Jessie May (under 10 girls), Jack Kirby (under 9 boys) and James Stanton Under (10 Boys) who all finished in second place!
It was a great morning with so many teachers and parents supporting our teams. Thank you to all those involved.
Parents as Partners
Health and Wellness Presentation 14.3.16
Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended the presentation by Janie Grant. A lot of interesting and vital information was shared by Janie explaining how wecan provide a well-balanced lifestyle for our children.
A massive thank you to our Y2 (Corliss) and Y3 (Max and Lucy) Student Voice Reps for presenting information all about our Fruity Friday Initiative at QBS.
Use your hands to work out reasonable portion sizes to prevent over eating.
Encourage your child to have a voice in choosing their snacks and lunches. A list like this ensures a balanced diet.
Model eating well at home: everyone can ensure they have food from all the food groups in each meal.
Our Student Voice Reps came and spoke to the parents to introduce their Fruity Fridays idea. They spoke very confidently and explained the connection between the importance of eating well and improved learning.
Club News
QBS Academic Club
There has been a new club added today on The Gateway.
Gardening and Herbs for Year 4, 5, 6 students. Mr. Glencross has had many students asking to learn more about gardening and how herbs are beneficial in many ways. Please register on the gateway for this club
Private and ESF ED Services Clubs
ESF ED Services and Private clubs are accepting registration for Term 3 clubs. Please check our school website for more inform on these clubs.
QBS home page >Life at QBS>Clubs.
There are three newer clubs that are not on our school website:
Monday and Friday – Problem Solving through Inquiry and Teamwork and Speaking and Listening through books and life experiences. Please contact Mr. Tony Cann at 61734858 or email tonycann2015@gmail.com.
Saturday – Show De Bola Brazil Soccer School please contact Jorge Rodrigues at 93653814 by email Talentsportshk@gmail.com or check out their website www.showdebolahk.com
Saturday – Rugby program please contact Mike Mcknee at 94092528 or by email mckee.mike19@gmail.com. Mr. Niall Bennie can be contacted at 67409806 or by email niallbennie69@hotmail.com
Lost and Found
Please claim your lost property before Easter break
All items from the Lost and Found have been gone through and the identified items have been passed to students. The unclaimed items will be kept until the end of this term. After that, all unclaimed items will be sent to charity.
Hong Kong Junior Rapid Chess Championship 2016
The annual Hong Kong Junior Rapid Chess Championship 2016 will be held on April 17th 2016. This event is organized by Hong Kong Juniors Chess Club and is sponsored by the German Swiss International School.
Further information can be found at www.hkjuniorchess.org
Just As I Am – Tsing Yi Kindergarten Awareness Campaign and Fundraising Drive
Just As I Am builds on the success of our 2015 Down Syndrome Awareness Day, held within the kindergarten and using social media to spread the word. Our kindergarten principal’s daughter has Down Syndrome, and so this cause was very close to our hearts. As a result of our awareness campaign within and beyond the school, 6724 people wore stripy socks to show their support.
As educators who 
always strive to develop our practice, our question is always, “What next?” As a kindergarten we aim to foster the IB attitudes of empathy, open-mindedness and respect. Today’s students will be the leaders of the future, and their attitudes will shape the world to come. Just As I Am arose from our desire to build on last year’s successes and to empower our community to make a lasting and meaningful contribution to Hong Kong’s diverse and multi-cultural society.
Action is a focus for our PYP curriculum, and we are very excited to be launching this combined awareness and fundraising campaign that will unite home, school and the wider community. Through the Just As I Am campaign we hope to raise the self-esteem of all our children, whatever their unique needs and capabilities. In addition to curricular and community links, the resulting positive action coming from our children will provide links to our school’s development and strategic plan.
Our campaign will focus on both fund raising and awareness raising, and there will be different events continuing throughout the year.
Within the kindergarten we will be supporting a variety of causes close to ou
r hearts; the focus changing each term.
Just As I Am will launch on 23rd March 2016 with a variety of fund raising activities within the kindergarten, and our focus for this term will be supporting the Little People of Hong Kong, and raising awareness about rare bone diseases causing short stature.
You can show your support by wearing a stripy shirt on 23rd March, and posting a picture to one of our social media pages:
Like our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Just-as-I-am-1531724133762798/?fref=ts
Follow us on Twitter: @BewseyFei
Follow us on Instagram: #feibewsey
PTA News
Upcoming Events
Term 2 & Term 3 will feature a host of exciting events, as below, so please mark your diaries accordingly:
- Popcorn Sale: 23rd March 2016
- QBS “Themed Disco”: 21st April 2016
- Pizza Sale: 13th May 2016
Request for Parent Volunteers
All parent volunteers who would like to help out with our popular Popcorn Sale (held at breaktime) are requested to send an email to mona.diwan@qbs.edu.hk, titled “Popcorn Sale – Parent Volunteer”, to enable us to send you further information by return email. Looking forward to your support.
PTA School Buses
Early School Closure – Half Day School
School will be closed early at 12:00noon on Thursday, 24th March 2016 for Easter break. Please click here for the bus schedule
PTA Shop
Summer uniform – purchase:
Will be available for purchase from Monday, 21st March – Thursday, 24th March 2016..
The PTA Shop will opened from 8:15am – 12:15pm during those days.
QBS Sports Performance Kits (Year 4, 5, & 6 students only)
Mr Luke Schroder will be introducing these kits to all Year 4, 5, and 6 students taking part in Term 3 QBS Sports Clubs. As we have ordered limited stock only – they will be sold on a first come – first serve basis. Please look out for the pre-order form which will be attached with Mr Schroder’s email, and place your orders promptly before the deadline date of 23rd March 2016 with the PTA Shop.
Transition Period:
Transition period for changing uniforms will be April. Students can opt to either wear summer or winter uniform depending on the weather.
Commencing Wednesday, 4th May all students will be required to wear only summer uniform to school.
Feedback or Suggestions
If you have any feedback or suggestions you would like to give on our event or services provided, please email directly to: ptasuggestions@qbs.edu.hk. Your email will directly be received by our Chairman who will reply you at the earliest available moment.
HELP US – IN OUR DRIVE FOR A GREENER ENVIRONMENT
We request all parents to support a greener environment by BYOB “bring your own bag” when you come to purchase items from the shop.
[With immediate effect the PTA Shop will no longer provide any shopping bags].
Please contact us on 2566 4242 (ask to transfer to PTA), or 2887 1004 for further queries, or by email to pta@qbs.edu.hk, during operation hours.
“Click here for PTA Office and Shop Operation”.