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6 Nov 2015

Newsletter 11/2015-16

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
 School Photograph
 Year 4 Science Experiments
 Hong Kong Junior Football
 SIS Nightfest 2015
 PTA News

Principal’s Comments

Reminders for next week:

  • Monday the 9th of November – no school for students due to CPD for staff
  • Friday the 13th of November – wear colourful clothes to celebrate Diwali

School Closed – Monday the 9th of November (CPD)

School is closed to students on Monday the 9th of November due to continuous professional development training for staff. The teachers will be looking at strategies in Maths which extend and challenge learners. The education assistants will be working on reading comprehension strategies and ways to personalise learning for students.

Diwali

Next Friday we would like invite all students to come to school dressed in their brightest coloured clothes to celebrate Diwali. There will be some special performances during our whole school assembly to recognise this celebration. Please be sure to send your child in colourful clothes next Friday.

Playground

The new play spaces have been a great addition to our school. We are getting used to them and enjoying the increased play space. We hope you like them and enjoy them too!

Toys at School

Toys are not to be brought into school. Unfortunately they may become lost or broken so we discourage toys in school. Please assist us by monitoring this request. There are three games students may bring to school. This is voluntary and the games are: Rubics Cubes, card games (eg Match Attax etc) and Shopkins. All of these items may be used in the new quiet area at the front of the school. They seem popular with the children so we allow these in school. Some children like to bring their own tennis ball for the Downball Area which is also accepted. Please encourage your child to name their tennis ball!

QBS Camp Season is over

The Year 4s had a lovely week on camp at Cheung Chau. The children arrived home happy and tired after a very active few days away. The staff at the Bradbury Camp told staff the QBS students were some of the best they had ever seen. This is great feedback for our school community.The QBS staff on camp this week have updated me regularly about the Year 4 children, their experiences and new adventures. I think everyone (including the staff) will sleep soundly this weekend. Thank you to all parents for being so supportive of our camp season this year, we couldn’t do it without this interest and cooperation.

Bloomberg Square Mile

I am pleased to inform you that Mr Thomas Cousins (3T teacher) was part of the winning team during the Bloomberg Square Mile race in Central on Thursday evening. Three cheers for Mr Cousins! Mr Young (6Y teacher) and Mr Bennie (PE/SEN teacher) also competed in the race so QBS was well-represented. Mr Cousins, Mr Young and Mr Bennie competed with other ESF colleagues and raised at least $80,000.00 HKD for charity.

Medical Information on Gateway

Please assist us by ensuring your child’s medical information on Gateway is updated. If there are any changes to medical needs we must be made aware of this matter so that our records are accurate. You may update medical information at any time by logging into Gateway and making these changes. If you need any assistance Mr Ken Lee is available to offer advice to parents. These are his contact details: ken.lee@qbs.edu.hk / phone: 2566 4393

Welcome to New Staff

This week two new education assistants commenced work with our students at QBS. Celina Li will be working in the Mandarin Team and Florence Huang will be supporting student learning. We are pleased to welcome these colleagues to QBS.

Regards,

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School Photograph

The school photographer will be at school again on Thursday the 19th of November. We will have the whole school photo, staff group photo and some of the team photos.

  • If your child did not take the individual photo in last photo-taking session in September, please inform your class teacher who will arrange your child to have the photo that day.
  • Please be reminded that all students are to dress in navy blue school uniform on the photo day. Any students who regularly have their PE lesson will do the lesson in school uniform.

The rota for the photographs can be found here.

Year 4 Science Experiments

Do you have any unwanted plastic bottles (small: 500ml) or recyclable egg cartons at home?

Please do not throw them away!

Ms Abidi would like to collect them for some Science work she will be doing in Y4. If you have any unwanted bottles or egg cartons, please bring them to Class 4V. There is a box outside where you may drop them off. Thank you.

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Hong Kong Junior Football

Well done to Kavan LEUNG & Christopher SKOETT for representing the ESF Lions U11 Football Academy in their Hong Kong Junior Football League Premiership match against BFA on Saturday 31st October.

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SIS Nightfest 2015

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PTA News

UPCOMING EVENTS

PIZZA SALE: 13th November 2015

Pizza order forms have been distributed to all students. Please complete and send
in your order forms early. Click here to download a form.

Please note:

  • CASH payment only;
  • Payment to be put into an envelope and sealed. Please state the name of student, class number, contact number, and state “Pizza Lunch” on the envelope;
  • All orders are to be sent to PTA Office directly;
  • Orders without payment will be returned;
  • Orders confirmed may be cancelled for refund on or before Tuesday, 10th November 2015 – after which no refund is applicable under any circumstances;

We welcome parent volunteers who would like to help with the event to contact us as soon as possible at mona.diwan@qbs.edu.hk

PADDYFIELD’S BOOKCLUB

If you have not sent in your orders, please do so urgently as the deadline for all orders is Tuesday 10th November 2015.

“CHRISTMAS FAYRE” : 4th December 2015

Our biggest, festive and funniest event of the year is coming up soon and preparations are under way.

We are pleased to invite commercial vendors for the event. We will have limited spaces available, so if you would like to participate as a vendor, please click here to download the form and send it to the PTA office as soon as possible. All vendor spaces are available on first come first serve basis. For further queries please do not hesitate to contact Mona Diwan (PTA Coordinator) on mona.diwan@qbs.edu.hk.

We are pleased to invite parents and carers to run the “international food stalls” at the event. As in the past, we encourage parents to group together and run their food stalls, selling food specialities from their countries. This year we hope to have the following stalls:

  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Indian
  • Chinese
  • Malaysian
  • Filipino
  • Italian
  • European

So if you would like to head your food stall please contact us at mona.diwan@qbs.edu.hk asap. We will liaise with you and assist you closely to make all the arrangements of supplies for the event.

BAKE STALL: are you a good baker? If yes, register to bake for our bake stall now at: mona.diwan@qbs.edu.hk.

TOMBOLA: are you interested to operate the booth? or make a contribution? or donate an item (new items only please)?

If yes, please let us know by email to: mona.diwan@qbs.edu.hk, or you may bring them directly to us at the PTA Office.

2ND HAND BOOKS (in usable condition):

Please drop off items in drop boxes outside the PTA Office.

WHITE ELEPHANT STALL (items donated are to be in usable conditions):

Please drop off items in drop boxes outside the PTA Office. If you would like to help to run the stall – please let us know at: mona.diwan@qbs.edu.hk.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS – CHRISTMAS FAYRE:

We will require support and assistance of parents to make this event a success, as in past years. So if you would like to support or help in any way, please let us know immediately by email at: mona.diwan@qbs.edu.hk

[Proceeds raised at PTA events will be given as donation to school to enhance learning facilities for the betterment and benefit of all the students to
Make a Difference! ]

PTA Shop

Shop Enquires

Please do not hesitate to contact us on ptashop@qbs.edu.hk for any shop queries you may have. Our shop volunteer will be happy to assist.

Out-of-stock Items

The PTA Shop is out of stock of the below items:

  • Eco-Friendly School Bags
  • Eco-Friendly Book Bags – Navy
  • Eco-Friendly Book Bags – Red
  • Summer cardigans: All sizes
  • Trackpants: All sizes (except 38)
  • Navy socks (girls & boys): Size 19/20
  • 2 in 1 Windbreakers: Size: 30 & 32
  • Sweatshirt: Size 34

We are experiencing a slight delay in receiving our bags as we wait to obtain proper certification of RPET fabric from the supplier mill. The tentative delivery date is now scheduled for 10th November. We apologise for the delay and will inform you once the stock is available.

Notification of status of arrival of stocks will be given in the upcoming newsletters.

Winter Uniforms

Are available for purchase now (during shop hours only). You may download the order forms from the PTA Section of the website, to place your pre-orders. All pre-orders can be collected after you receive a call from our shop volunteer.
[Please remember to bring along a bag when you come to collect your orders.]

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”.

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