Newsletter Issue 36

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

 QBS Dances at Shatin’s Neighbourhood Watch

 Yearbook 2015

 Chickenpox

 Summer Borrowing 2015

 Parents as Partners

 Celebration of Learning 2015

 PTA News

Principal’s Comments

Night Monkey Day Monkey – Wowsers!

I am so tremendously proud of our Year 4 student this week. Their performance called Night Monkey Day Monkey (adapted from Julia Donaldson’s book) was superb. Watching the students learn through drama, dance, drumming, singing, textiles and visual arts in Year 4 over the last few weeks came to a stunning conclusion on Thursday and Friday. I had tears of pride every time I watch them! Three cheers for our Year 4 students! I hope the memories of being in this outstanding performance stay with them always. I feel truly grateful to work with such professional staff who have so calmly, skillfully and creatively facilitated this learning experience for our students. Thank you to all involved and also to those members of the extended QBS community for their wise input too!

QBS Celebration of Learning – Friday 12th of June

Please be sure to watch the short video about the Celebration of Learning Day in advance so that you understand your role and its purpose. Thank you for your Gateway booking. The event is considered an important part of the annual learning consultation cycle and your child will lead the process. We look forward to seeing parents in school next Friday.

Reminder about new QBS website

We will continue to upload current news as it happens at QBS so please be sure to check the page on our website titled ‘QBS News’ regularly. This page of the website has been designed to keep parents updated with events which happen throughout the week or other news items of importance for families.

Regards,

QBS Dances at Shatin’s Neighbourhood Watch

ESF school Sha tin hosted their annual ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ today where children from a variety of ESF schools share and watch expressive art performances. QBS was proud to take the winners from our 2014 ‘So you think you can dance?’ competition. Well done to Samantha and Eden Leung, Eun Cho, Zoe Lee, Britney Chan, Masayo Machii and Sydney Yeung who represented QBS at this event.

Yearbook 2015

Chickenpox

We have a some cases of chicken pox at QBS.  This is the season for childhood illness to occur. Parents please be vigilant for any fever, rash and blisters your child may have. Please see your family doctor.

Summer Borrowing 2015

We are offering summer borrowing to those children currently in Years 1 – 5 who will be continuing their learning with us in August 2015. Each child will be allowed to borrow up to 10 books. Click here to learn more.

Parents as Partners

Mother Tongue Story Time

Thank you so much Emiko for the wonderful story for our Year 1 and 2 students. We all enjoyed it thoroughly.

‘Hidden Sugars in our Diet’ Presentation

Thank you to Janie Grant on a fascinating talk about hidden sugar in our diets and the affects it can have on our students.

This is TED talk on how sugar can affect our brains:

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-sugar-affects-the-brain-nicole-avena

Textile Arts at QBS

As you may have noticed at QBS, there is always a lot of art included in our daily routines. This includes performance arts and visual arts. Here is a little request: if you have any unwanted wool (yarn), embroidery threads, buttons, sequins, ribbons, knitting needles, crochet hooks etc  at home which you would be happy to donate to school, please send them in to Ms Abidi. They can then be used and enjoyed by all of our students.

What’s Happening in our Playground?

Parents, please share this information with your children

Did you know that at QBS, we have an AMAZING downball club at lunchtime?
It is run by Kavinda, Kaito and Kohma in 6M.

Please click here to learn more.

Celebration of Learning 2015

We are looking forward to seeing all our families at our Celebration of Learning Day next Friday, 12th June.  It is an important day in our school calendar where you will be guided through a range of learning engagements to showcase your child’s progress this year.

Please contact Ken Lee via 25664393 or ken.lee@qbs.edu.hk should you require any assistance with booking an appointment in Gateway.

There is one change to the arrangements. Chinese will be in the hall not in your child’s class.

Please click here for more.

PTA News

Upcoming Events – Please mark your diaries:

• 10th June 2015:    QBS QUIZ NIGHT

[Details of the event and online link has been circulated by email to all parents last week]

Registration:

If you have not registered please do so immediately – all registrations are on a first-come first-serve basis.

Entry Tickets:

Tickets for those teams who have successfully registered will be distributed on Monday. So please look out for them in your child’s bag.

Donation of Prizes: please send in your donations of prizes for the Gift Hamper as soon as psosible.

• 22nd, 23rd & 24th June 2015:   QBS STAFF & STUDENT APPRECIATION DAYS

The PTA is initiating “Say Thank You” days to “Appreciate” Staff or Students at the school who have supported you or helped you to make a difference either this year or in the past years.

So if you would like to appreciate someone at school – then just bring along a message or card and drop it in the mail box outside the PTA office, and our parent volunteers will deliver it up to the staff or student for you daily on the three days.

Who are QBS Staff?

These people can be anyone from:

Principal, vice principals, teachers, office staff, EAs, amahs, school nurse, PTA staff, special training staff, lunch mums, to bus mums and bus drivers.

Don’t Forget

• To put the full name of the staff or student you want to appreciate, on the note or envelope.
• To put your full name and class number in the message.
• ONLY thank you messages please!

12th June 2015 – Celebration Of Learning Day

• No school Buses will be operating on Celebration of Learning Day.
• The PTA Office and Shop will be closed for the day.

19th June 2015 – PTA Shop Closure

• The PTA Shop will close for year-end stock audit followed by summer break.
• The Shop will re-open on 10th August – 14th August 2015, from 9:00am – 1:00pm.
• Normal shop hours will resume from 18th August 2015.

26th June 2015 – Early School Closure

School will close at 12:00noon. Please refer to the School Bus Time Schedule here.

FEEDBACK or SUGGESTIONS

If you have any feedback or suggestions you would like to give on our event or services provided, then 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 2556 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