PTA Newsletter
Thursday 17th 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
Uniform Shop Opening Hours
- Monday - Friday
- 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Payment by cash, or cheque made payable to Kennedy School PTA Ltd (please note no credit cards). We are happy to provide you with a bag for your uniform, but support the school’s environmentally friendly policy, and would encourage you to bring your environmentally friendly bags with you.
Bus Users
Please do remember to let your bus mother know if your child will not be on the bus in the afternoon.
If this is due to an after school activity and will be the same each week, please send me an e-mail and this will be noted on the weekly register for your child. [Please note that 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
All families will receive a complimentary copy of the school calendar. This will be delivered to students in class this week.
This year the calendar is in a new format and is a magnet for your fridge.
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 by the end of the week, please contact the PTA to confirm that your PTA Membership fees (see below) are up to date.
Student Directory
The PTA publishes a student directory each year and distributes it free to all PTA members. The student directory is not distributed beyond the families of Kennedy School. As last year, an e-mail address will be included in the listing.
Every child will be listed in the school directory in two places:
- Name only in a class list
- Name, class, “Guardian 1’s” e-mail address, address and home telephone number in the directory listing.
Please log on to Gateway to check that your home phone number, address and “Guardian 1’s” e-mail address details are correctly recorded.
If you do not wish your child’s details to be listed in the school directory please click here and advise your child’s name, and class, and which of the two entries/details you do not wish to appear, by Friday 18th August. Please also contact me if you wish an alternate e-mail address/telephone number to be used.
Directories will be issued to students towards the beginning of October.
Welcome to New Parents
Parents with children who are new to Kennedy School this year are invited to a "Welcome to Kennedy" drinks and nibbles evening hosted by our PTA.
This is a chance to meet other parents in a friendly and informal setting.
When : Thursday, 24th August 2017 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm
Where : Kennedy School Hall
Please note this event is for parents only, and complete the Google form if you are able to attend the event. Please click here to complete the form.
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
- Topic: Introduction to Gateway - change requests, e-payments and activity sign ups, accessing assessments and reports.
Coffee mornings are open to all of our parents - please do come along - particularly if you are new to Kennedy.
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.
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 - 11:00pm
- Format: Quiz with interval for curry buffet
- Team size: 8
Get a team of 8 together and come along for a fun night. All profits from the night will go to support the library.
Booking form will be in next week's newsletter.
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