PTA Newsletter
Friday 25th August 2017
Dates for your Diary
Fri 22/9 - Quiz Night
Fri 27/10 - Halloween BBQ
Fri 10/11 - Coffee Morning
Fri 1/12 - Coffee Morning
Mon 11/12 - Christmas Carols
No classes - Dates for this term
Mon 2/10-Fri 6/10 - Half Term
Fri 20/10 - CPD day
Bus Users
Please do remember to let your bus mother know if your child will not be on the bus in the afternoon.
As after school activities are starting - please do send me an e-mail if your child has signed up for an activity, noting day and activity - and this will be noted on the weekly register for your child. [We do not have access to your child's diary - so you do need to tell the PTA in addition to your class teacher].
Please help us to ensure a smooth start to the school year on the buses.
School Calendar
Copies of the paper calendar, with term dates noted, may be purchased from the PTA at HK$50 each.
If you have not received your family's magnetic calendar, please contact the PTA to confirm that your PTA Membership fees (see below) are up to date.
Coffee Mornings
We will be holding monthly coffee mornings throughout the year, and will aim to have a theme, where members of staff present useful information to parents in an informal setting.
- Date: Friday 1st September
- Time: 8:30 am - 9:45 am
- Venue: Staff Room - 2/F
- Topics:
- Introduction to Gateway - change requests, e-payments and activity sign ups, accessing assessments and reports.
- Introduction to volunteering in class - please do come if you have not attended this introduction before.
Coffee mornings are open to all of our parents - please do come along - particularly if you are new to Kennedy.
Quiz Night
We are starting the year with a fun social evening for adults - the Quiz and Curry Night.
Start getting your teams together:
- Date: Friday 22nd September
- Time: 7:00pm - 10:30pm
- Format: Quiz with interval for curry buffet
- Team size: 8
- Cost per table: HK$2,600
Get a team of 8 together and come along for a fun night. All profits from the night will go to support the library.
Table numbers are limited - Click here for the booking form.
Class Parents
Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to be the class parent for your child's class.
If you would like to know what being a class parent involves - please click here.
If you have been a class parent before and would like to continue, or if you would be interested in taking on this role (you may also wish to share this role with another parent), we still need class parents for the following classes:
1B - 1M
2A - 2C - 2T
3A - 3R
4J - 4M - 4R
5S
6P - 6R - 6RO
PTA Membership 2017/18
PTA Membership fees for the 2017/18 academic year are now due. All families must be members of the PTA of the school which their child/ren attend. The English School Foundation (General) Regulations state:
“A fee (“membership fee”) for membership as a parent member of the Parent Teacher Association of a school of the Foundation shall be payable in respect of each academic year by the parent, or by both parents jointly, of a student of a school of the Foundation”
Membership is per family and payable annually. The PTA membership fee is again unchanged at HK$475 per family. If you have not yet joined the PTA please send a completed form together with your payment of HK$475 by cash, or cheque made payable to Kennedy School PTA Ltd.
Rainstorm and Typhoon Procedures
This term rainstorms and typhoons may be an issue.
Please note the school procedures for inclement weather - these are posted on the school website and may also be found in the school directory.
In the event of inclement weather affecting school, the main page of the school website will be updated with the status of the school – you may wish to mark the school’s homepage as a ‘Favourite’ or ‘Bookmark’ the page.
Contact us
PTA Office Manager
UNIFORM SHOP open Monday - Friday 8:30am - 10:30am
Email: pta@kennedy.edu.hk
Website: kennedy.edu.hk
Location: Kennedy School, Sha Wan Drive, 19, Hong Kong
Phone: 2579-5699