Newsletter 5
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
Donations for the early years
Justice Club
Parents as Partners
South Island School Open Morning
Expressive Arts News
Posties Student Reading Programme 2015-2016
Club News
Well Done!
ESF Education Services – Launch of New Website
PTA News
Principal’s Comments
Important reminders for parents:
- School photos continue on Monday. Details from here.
- Year 6 parents must complete their ESF Year 6 to Year 7 transfer no later than the 18th of September. Click here for more.
- Please watch for the ENotice (via an email) from QBS next week which will invite parents to voluntarily share an email address with other parents to improve social connections (ie play dates, birthday parties etc).
- Dress Casual Day by the QBS Student Voice next Friday the 25th of September – $10 donation for our charities.
QBS Cub Scouts Pack
QBS has a Cub Scouts Pack (26th Silver Jubilee District Cub Scout Pack) which meet regularly at school on Thursday evenings. The QBS Pack is comprised of 30 Cub Scouts (Year 4 to Year 6 students, mainly from Year 4) and they seem to have a great deal of fun when they meet. They have five leaders and a dozen regular parent helpers.
The purpose of the Cub Scouts is to have fun, help others, be involved in the community and become more independent. They have a well structured three-year program and gain awards at the end of year year. Along the way they work on badges.
The Cub Scouts have a motto: “Be prepared”
Looking ahead they would like about six parents to become new leaders. There is also a hope to revive QBS Grasshoppers (Year 2 and Year 3) if parents are willing to become leaders.
They are a keen group of QBS students being well-supported by parent volunteers and I certainly hope they continue to thrive as the 26th Silver Jubilee District Cub Scout Pack.
QBS Lantern Walk
The QBS Lantern Walk will take place early this evening for students and families. The winners of the Lantern Competition will be announced at the event. Thank you to our PTA, the Mandarin teachers, Ms Hill and Ms Yee for working hard for this special celebration. I do hope those attending enjoy it. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend tonight because my daughter has the special job of being a Lion Dancer at her school’s Lantern Festival so I am going to be a proud ‘Mummy’ tonight with my family.
Regards,
Donations for the early years
Dear Parents,
We are very keen to develop our Early Years play ground by enhancing the area and making it into interesting zones for the children. We are planning to create a senses garden, an imaginative play zone, and small and large construction areas. If you have any other following object that you are willing to donate we would be very grateful.
We are asking for any donations of the following that we can use with the children
- Old CD’s
- Wind chimes
- Whisks
- Large washing up bowls
- Hats, old hand bags or shoes
- Beads or necklaces
- Small mechanical objects no longer in use (e.g., clocks, watches, toys)
- Wellington boots and raincoats
Please contact sue.yee@qbs.edu.hk for any further information or any other donations that we could use with our younger children.
Justice Club
Dress Casual Day Friday 25th September
Last we had a successful year supporting different groups in our community. We had three visits from our friends from an old people’s home, we worked with our refugee community on different projects from campaigns to making jewellery and we are also building a relationship with Li Sing Primary School in Tai Hang. We have organised a dress casual day on Friday 25th September to support our work. We suggest a donation of $10.
Book Drive for Li sing Primary School, Tai Hang
We would like to continue with our book drive for Li Sing primary School. Thank you for the books you have donated already. This has helped the school complete their library. We would now like to collect books to create class libraries. If you have any books you would like to donate for children and they are in good condition we have a collection box in the reception.
Claire Bratton and Bobbi Lee, Justice Club
Parents as Partners
Our Gardening Programme at QBS
We believe all students should have a chance to connect to nature, appreciate plants, grow various plants, take care of them, harvest, cook and eat them too.
However, most of our students have no access to gardens at home. We would like to be able to provide an opportunity for them to develop a love of nature by introducing gardening at school.
I am keen to invite interested parents, who we will train so that you can easily work with and support our students, to help us on a regular basis (once per week). This would involve being assigned to various classes and taking small groups to the micro gardens and help to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers.
I will be inviting parents in after our half term holidays so that we can begin with our training programme. Please contact me directly if you would be keen to get involved and are available on a regular basis. No expertise needed, just enthusiasm!
mona.abidi@qbs.edu.hk
Visit from Siu Sai Wan Centre for the Elderly
We welcomed our friends from Siu Sai Wan Centre for the Elderly this morning. The Y4 students who came along to help were very involved and enjoyed chatting with our friends. Teaching our elderly visitors to use iPads to create pictures was challenging but fun! Playing board games was very exciting as everyone knew how to play these games. Our Parent Volunteers were amazing and made the morning such a success. Thank you to all those parents who supported our school today.
If you would also like to be involved in our school daily life, supporting various events, please contact me directly: mona.abidi@qbs.edu.hk
South Island School Open Morning
South Island School will have an Open Morning from 8.30 am – 1.15 pm on Thursday 24th September.
Parents have a chance to observe lessons and talk to teachers and students about life at SIS.
Expressive Arts News
So you think you can dance? Semi-final information
The last two weeks have seen the corridors full of children practising and lunchtimes have been busy with fun and enthusiastic auditions. It was great to see lots of children showing confidence and being risk-takers by auditioning. It was a hard decision to choose the children who got through to the semi-finals.
The semi-finals will take place next week Tuesday-Friday lunchtimes. All children are invited to bring their lunch to the hall and watch the semi-finalists perform. Please click here to find out who got through to the semi-final and when they will be dancing. Semi-finalists I have also included some dance tips!
Music instrument teachers
A reminder that this is where you can access the list of teachers. Please note, there is also a link to this information via the Expressive Arts page on Qoodle. 
Posties Student Reading Programme 2015-2016
Posties is published weekly by the South China Morning Post. Subscribers will receive 52 issues by mail on Wednesdays from October to September 2016. For information and subscription, visit www.yp.scmp.com/homeposties. For enquiries, either email to printsupport@scmp.com or call 2680-8822. Subscription deadline is 25 September. There is no obligation to buy.
Club News
On the 21st September at 4pm the Gateway will be updated and you will know which club your child has been accepted to.
Term 1 clubs will start from the 29th Sept to 27th Nov for academic clubs and from the 29th Sept to the 4th Dec for sports clubs.
Well Done!
Well done to Kavan Leung and Christopher Skoett for representing the ESF Lions U11 Football Academy in their Hong Kong Junior Football League match against APSS on Saturday 12th September.
ESF Education Services – Launch of New Website
ESF Educational Services is very pleased to announce that www.esf.org.hk has a new look and some upgraded features!
The new website has improved navigation, more information on our programmes and a new search function to make it easier to search by course and location. The online booking function has been upgraded with the introduction of a shopping cart enabling you to review selected courses before completing the application form.
To start exploring the new website CLICK HERE!
Happy browsing!
PTA News
4th Chess Star Competition
Registrations are closed now. We have 54 Students participating in the event from all the ESF Primary schools and ESF PIS schools
Wishing all the participants all the best for the event.
“SHAKE & SHIMMER DISCO” : 8th October 2015
We will be holding our most popular event in October. Order forms for the event have been sent up to the classrooms for students to bring home. Please click here for poster.
Parent Volunteers – Disco: If you would like to help with the Disco event, please confirm by email to mona.diwan@qbs.edu.hk specifying which area you would like to assist with.
We will be requiring your support in the following areas:
- Decorations (pre-disco)
- Bar/Drinks Counter
- Popcorn Stall
- Food Counters: Pizza / Hotdog
- Cupcake Counter (if you would like to bake cupcakes for the event please contact us asap)
PTA School Buses
* After-School Activities: have started already. You are required to inform PTA at pta@qbs.edu.hk of the days you child will not be travelling on the bus due to the after-school activity.
PTA Shop
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
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 mid-October. We apologise for the delay and will inform you once the stock is available.
Parakito Mosquito Bands: New design Bands and Refills are available for purchase now!
Winter Uniforms will be available for purchase from 13th October onwards. You may contact us to obtain order forms and place your pre-orders. All pre-orders can be collected after 13th October.
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”.