Kellett Dragon Issue 22 by Kellett School

September 2018

CONTENT

WHOLE SCHOOL

Senior

PRINCIPALâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MESSAGE

KELLETT NEWS

5-9

Welcome to our New Staff Staff Leavers Student Leavers

FEATURE 10-11 Tournament of Minds

highlights 12-16 Library Annual Fund Congratulations Kellett Cares

17-21

Orchestra Weekend Prep Curriculum Review ICT

HIGHLIGHTS 22-28 Head of Preparatory School School Council Reception to Year 6 Kellett Cares

Arts & languages 29-31 Art Music Modern Foreign Languages

Sport 32-33 Kowloon Bay

HIGHLIGHTS 34-40 Head of Preparatory School School Council Reception to Year 6 Kellett Cares Music

Sport 41 Modern Foreign Languages Art

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Modern Foreign Languages Art English Music Drama

Sport 62-63

Pok Fu Lam

Arts & languages

Head of Senior School Learning Service Programme Maths History Business Studies Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) Geography Global Citizenship Science Design Technology Sixth Form Economics

Arts & languages

Preparatory Prep Across the School

HIGHLIGHTS 44-56

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Positive Education – fad or fundamental? In a world of rapidly changing social and communication patterns, children are exposed to both the benefits and shortfalls of this new order at every turn. As an educator I am acutely aware that the models of pastoral care we offer our students need to remain apace with this ever-evolving context.

At Kellett School, The British International School in Hong Kong, we have a strong tradition of enhanced pastoral care spanning our four-decade history, but there is no room for complacency. Assisting our students to take their places in society equipped with a robust emotional skill set so they can flourish has never been more important or more challenging. The mind-boggling speed with which change takes place now is both exciting and exhausting, requiring each individual to develop specific characteristics to help them handle the rollercoaster twists and turns of life. To keep apace, Kellett has joined a growing number of schools worldwide who are adopting Geelong Grammar School’s Positive Education Model. Positive Education combines Positive Psychology (the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive) with best practice in teaching. It is a truly powerful combination and at participating schools, including Kellett, it has proven not only to build students’ confidence, sense of worth and community, but also academic results.

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PosEd, as it often referred to, seeks to enable students to develop specific skills, which enable them to strengthen their relationships, build resilience, and enhance their mindfulness, among other things. We are working to embed PosEd across our school and curriculum, at every level, with a whole community approach. Staff are being trained, parents brought on board through workshops and students are being guided both through the curriculum and beyond. There is no doubt in my mind that this approach is fundamental to the preparation we owe our students to best equip them for the challenges ahead, both those we know they are likely to face as well as those we cannot begin to predict.

Ann Mc Donald Principal

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KELLETT NEWS

welcome to our new staff Whole School

Tessa Bull Senior Creative Arts Technician

Mikki Villa Creative Arts Technician (Music)

STAFF LEAVERS Prep across THE SCHOOL

Whole school

Simon Giddings Head of Senior School/ Physics Teacher

Joanne Wu Admissions Officer

Kwok Kuen Yeung IT Support Officer

Phoenix Zhao Teaching Assistant

KOWLOON BAY Preparatory

Tina Bayat Teaching Assistant

Agathe Boneu Part-time French Teacher

Ali Herd Class Teacher

Pareezad Irani Class Teacher

Lynn Lawrence Brown Teaching Assistant

John Lynn Class Teacher

Tamsin O'dell PHASE LAEADER/ Reception Teacher

Monika Saxena Teaching Assistant

Karen Taylor Teaching Assistant

Emma Xu Language Teaching Assistant (Mandarin)

CORA YANG ICT Teaching Assistant

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Pok Fu Lam Preparatory

Maddie Bavis Reception Class Teaching Assistant

Cindy Chan School Bus Coordinator

Elizabeth Chow Teaching Assistant

Dave Drew Class Teacher / Global Citizenship Subject Leader

Lisa Gray Class Teacher

Emily Hampson INCO Teaching Assistant 1:1

Elyse Heslop Art Curriculum Leader

Dart Lea INCO Teaching Assistant 1:1

Ray Lee Art Teaching Assistant

Kaho Yoshikawa INCO Teaching Assistant 1:1

Ng Hor Hun (Mr Ng) Caretaker

Ng Shuet Mui (MRS WONG) Caretaker

Sinead Brown INCO Teaching Assistant 1:1

Virginie Rosier Language Teaching Assistant

Cameron Tait Teaching Assistant

Senior SCHOOL

Mimi Cook Learning Assistant

Paul Dwyer Assistant Head of School/ Maths Teacher

Daniel Hilton Mathematics Teacher

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Claire Harrington Geography Teacher

Patty Kelly Science Teacher (Biology)

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KELLETT NEWS

student leaverS A number of students left Kellett School at the end of the last academic year. We wish them all the very best with their future endeavours.

Pok Fu Lam Prep

William Barnett

Hana Horie

Nicole Mok

Aidan Tandy

Hannah Baxter

Jackson Isenberg

Ella Muretta

Rex Taylor-Smith

Danny Baxter

Caoimhe Kiely

Jena Muretta

Hebe Taylor-Smith

Elsa Bridge

Luke Kiely

Misha Ooms

Koh Terasawa

Lyla Buttery

Avaline Kim

Thomas O'Sullivan

Riku Terasawa

Oscar Cameron

Julia Klingelfuss

Tom Pearce

Sophia Christensen

Marcus Klingelfuss

Phoebe Pearce

Lea Varga

Jack Duggan

Rose Lewis

Lucy Prest

Nika Varga

Harper Edwards

Archie Lewis

Shreya Ray

Miranda Wang

Alistair Fleming

Donnie Lewis

Sophie Roling

Brodie Whittingham

Maximillian Fyfe

Sean Lewis

Ava Shukralla

Flavia Whyatt

Emma Gibert

Eleanor Lewis

April Shukralla

Allegra Whyatt

Lea Gibert

Jacqueline Mahoney

Jake Shukralla

Emma Wong

Jemima Gore

Rishi Manani

Sam Sofoluwe

Charlie Woodger

William Gore

Josha Manani

Charlie Stewart

Darren Yu

Tallis Heslop

Abigail Mayooran

Evangeline Tandy

Waka Horie

Dylan Mayooran

Kaelan Tandy

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KELLETT NEWS Kowloon Bay Prep

Luca Agolzer

Sophie Cook

Murtaza Hasan

Venisha Luo

Atticus Bird

Emmy Derry

Xavier Hilton

Oliver Nielsen

Aya Byworth

Ava Duttenhoefer

Patrick Hilton

Hana Owen

Jack Byworth

Amelie Duttenhoefer

Oliver Holden

Sebastian Smith

Dante Campbell

Beatrice Fox

Callum Hooper

Felix Spooner

Olivia Campbell

Abigail Green

William Jordan-Willis

Tobias Warr

Allegra Campbell

Tobias Green

Jack Lennon

Emma Winkler

Senior School

Charlie Abate

Matthew Bennett

Isaac Cheung

Liam Doherty

Jacob Abate

William Berney

Rahul Chib

Kate Donowho

Jemma Abbs

George Birkby

Kellan Ching

Amelia Drew

Marco Agolzer

Breanna Bowra

J.T. Chu

Winston Fan

Jessica Barbour

Christian Bradbury

Elizabeth Chu

Wesley Fan

Jamie Barbour

Timothy Breuer

Adrian Chui

Abigail Fleming

Isabella Barclay

Theodore Bridge

Florence Clifford

Anthony Fong

Bella Barnett

Emily Campbell

Tayler Coates

Jasmine Fordham

Gina Barrett

Ethan Campbell

William Cook

Alexandra Fyfe

William Baxter

Vanessa Chan

Orien Daly

Joshua Fyfe

Leila Bayat

Edison Chan

Marco De Vecchi

Jade Galliford

Reza Bayat

Belle Chang

Nico Denton Richmond

Emily Harber

Kalina Benhamou

Persia Chetwode

Luca Denton Richmond

Alex Hardy

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Senior School

John Hardy

Rose Laurent Josi

Harry Nye

Benno Stewart

Gautham Hareendra Nath

Lola Laurent Josi

Thomas O'Dell

Jayesh Sukhani

Aiden Hargraves

Bertrand Law

Emily O'Dell

Kirstie Taylor

Isabelle Hasson

Mandy Lee

Sasha Ooms

Aretha Teh

Sam Helliwell

Ryan Lee

Ellora Owen

Crystal Tian

Kea Herewini

Edmond Lo

Chin Kiu Pak

Joseph Treves

Dominic Hilton

Anthony Lo

Samuel Panjiwijaya

Alexander Tsai

William Holden

Ryan Lockett

Kathryn Paul

Carrie Tsai

Toby Hughes

Alex Lomas

Tom Prest

Jeffrey Turner

Jessica Irvine

Harriet Lomas

Emily Purser

Mauro Van Den Berg Tejedor

Joni James

Wei Chien Low

Zoe Pyott

Cayetana Van Den Berg Tejedor

Georgina Jarrett

Annika Ludwick

Raafay Qamar

Madeleine Walker

Daniel John

Tina Ma

Alban Raffard

Charlotte Weener

Fate Kaur

Ella Mackel

Shaanthi Rajah

Aaron Weener

Hadley Keefe

Lucy Mann

Adam Record

Sophia Winkler

Daniel Kershaw

Joshua McGovern

Ben Robinson

Eugene Wong

Matthew Kiely

Adam McLean

Lucy Roper

Lincoln Wong

Adam Kiely

Alexandre Moge

Brij Sheopuri

Katy Wood

Hayden Kim

Tean Moore

Beth Simons

Matthew Wood

Andrew Knight

Adam Morris

Dewi Simons

Benjamin Wu

Jessica Knight

Simone Morris

Gayatri Singh

Cola Young

Ernest Lai

Sonja Muretta

Mia Sofoluwe

Michael Zamora JR

Lydia Lane

Madeleine Narrainen

Jocasta Spooner

Stevan Zhu

Jasmine Lau

Qi Jiang Ng

Tarryn Stanhope

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FEATURE

Tournament of Minds Could you design a lottery machine from scratch and make it from recycled materials….and then work out a way to rig it without anyone noticing? Could you design a new country combining the traditions and cultures of two existing countries….and ensure all its people are content? These are the tough challenges that our teams worked towards for the Tournament of Minds competition in Hong Kong this year. This year we were very proud to enter six teams representing Kowloon Bay Prep, Pok Fu Lam Prep and Kellett Senior School to compete against teams from schools from across Hong Kong and Macau. The Tournament of Minds competition originated in Australia and New Zealand 20 years ago and has now been adopted by many countries in Asia. It encourages students to search for innovative and original solutions to different problems in the areas of Maths, Engineering, Social Science and Language and Literature. The students have to learn to work as part of a team and to develop their presentation skills. It is particularly demanding, as while there is an adult facilitator for each team, all the ideas have to come from the children themselves.

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The competition comprises of two parts: a Long Term Challenge which the teams work on over six weeks and a Spontaneous Challenge which is presented to the team on the day itself. Our teams learnt so much about themselves and their team members through the process of preparing for the competition. They had to generate interesting ideas and then sift through them to find the best ones. They had to make good use of recycled materials to make the lottery machine, props and costumes. The work had to be divided up to make effective use of each team member’s skills. The students had to learn resilience to work through the ups and downs of problem solving. Some ideas worked while others had to be abandoned or modified. Hardest of all was learning how to compromise even when you think your idea is brilliant but the rest of your team do not agree. After six weeks of preparation and hard work our teams were ready to present their finished designs, costumes and props to the judges and their proud parents. This year’s competition was hosted by Sha Tin Junior School, where over a hundred excited students gathered on Saturday 2nd June. It was a busy and exciting morning as we did our final rehearsals, checked our designs and rushed to meet the judges. At the end of the morning we gathered together to find out the final results. It was a nail-biting wait as the judges added up all the scores. We were proud of all our teams who presented their solutions with confidence and received positive feedback from the judges. We were even more delighted that Pok Fu Lam Prep won the Maths Engineering Challenge and were presented with one of the six winning trophies. Well done to all who took part!

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FEATURE Life is like a piano; the white keys represent happiness and the black show sadness. But as you go through lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey, remember that the black keys make music too. Author Unknown

At first it was just really hard work, but later it got really fun. However, I can say it was worth it, because I learnt a lot from the experience and made many new friends!

Anishka Verma

TOM would be one of the most amazing, influential, fun activities of my life! It has truly inspired me to aspire towards making the world a better place and thinking outside the box. Although the various thought-provoking challenges sometimes set us back a bit, there were times where I thought that life couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be better! Overall TOMs has really changed the way I look at the world. Some things in life really bring you down, but I think they are just barriers leading to your success. I strongly suggest participating in TOMs as it has made me a more creative, thoughtful and definitely more easy-going person. I now am more comfortable with engaging with people I may not know much about and I have become long term friends with some of them. Anna Davies

TOM is a great opportunity to learn, create and explore. You face many challenges, each one different and fun. I personally enjoyed it and recommend you to give it go. I loved doing the actual competition. Even though it was a lot of hard work, in the end it worked out perfectly and the judges gave back some really kind feedback. Go for it! Abigail Mayooran

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HIGHLIGHTS LIBRARY Battle of the Books ECA and Competition 2017-2018 May saw the conclusion of our fantastic Battle of the Books ECA clubs in both our Senior and Prep schools, with live school-v-school battles. 12 students from the Prep ECAs and eight from our Senior ECA took part in the interschool battles against 60 other schools, and both narrowly missed out on a final place (the Senior team were a mere two points off a win!) The competitions though are only the conclusion to the Battle of the Books ECAs that run throughout Term One and Two in Kellett. The main event is the regular meetings of each ECA throughout the year, and without the enthusiasm and hard work by ALL ECA participants the teams would not flourish. The Battle of the Books ECA in both Prep and Senior challenges students to read 20 titles especially chosen for their quality, representing a range of genres and covering old classics to newly published titles.

It was very rewarding to see a reader, who may be stuck in a rut, or reluctant to pick up a book, really blossom during the year as they discover some truly great reads. With lively book debates and presentations, the ECA really does encourage students to experiment with new genres and styles and share their likes and dislikes with the group, and hopefully ignites in them a desire to read anything and everything. We highly recommend all the Battle of the Books titles, past and present, as a good starting point if you are looking for a good read, and you can find the majority of the titles in our BoB Archive collections in all our Libraries. We look forward to another strong year in 2018-2019 and a new list of fantastic reads with which to challenge, stretch and inspire our students.

Getting to read all the books was the best part!

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I enjoyed making the iMovie book review to share during our ECA session.

Prep School Reading Lists

Senior School Reading Lists 1

The Inquisitor’s Tale – Adam Gidwitz

The Best Man – Richard Peck

Homesick – Jean Fritz

A Night Divided – Jennifer A. Nielsen

When Friendship Followed Me Home – Paul Griffin

Savvy – Ingrid Law

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH – Robert O’Brien

See You in the Cosmos – Jack Cheng

Adventures with Waffles – Maria Parr

Walls within Walls – Maureen Sherry

The Shadows – Jacqueline West

Mortal Engines – Philip Reeve

Gertie’s Leap to Greatness – Kate Beasley

The Song of Seven – Tonke Dragt

Lemonade War – Jacqueline Davies

The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Elizabeth George Speare

Varjak Paw – S.F. Said 11

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred D. Taylor

The Ruins of Gorlan – John Flanagan

Hello Universe – Erin Entrada Kelly

York: The Shadow Cipher – Laura Ruby

Ice Dogs – Terry Lynn Johnson

Home of the Brave – Katherine Applegate

When You Reach Me – Rebecca Stead

Splendors and Glooms – Laura Amy Schlitz

The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman

Uglies – Scott Westerfeld

Duke – Kirby Larson

Letters from the Lighthouse – Emma Carroll

The Fastest Boy in the World – Elizabeth Laird

Each Little Bird that Sings – Deborah Wiles

Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo

Roller Girl – Victoria Jamieson

Wishtree – Katherine Applegate

Dragon with a Chocolate Heart – Stephanie Burgis

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street – Katrina Yan Glaser

The Jumbies – Tracey Baptiste

Hello Universe – Erin Entrada Kelly

Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth – Frank Cottrell Boyce

Once Upon a Marigold – Jean Ferris

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HIGHLIGHTS

I enjoyed listening to book reviews from other teachers.

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Annual Fund This year saw Kellett’s Sixth successful Annual Fund take place, with many exciting projects continuing right up to the second last week of the term. As well as the wide array of projects that benefited the whole school throughout the year, Term 3 saw us welcoming various visitors to Kellett to further inspire our students. Below are the highlights of some of the projects rolled out across the schools.

Social Entrepreneur Programme Kellett School has established a social change programme for Prep School. During the Summer Term, members from the School Council were given the opportunity to participate in an Annual Fund ECA called Design for Change (DFC). DFC is a global organisation who support young people in recognising various needs within their community. It helps to build social awareness, encourages students to have a Can-Do mindset and encourages a solution-based approach to problems and then action to make change. Across Prep, the School Council members designed and put into place seven projects between May – June 2018. Please see the prep school council sections for the project details.

African Drumming and Dance Workshop Hong Kong’s African Drumming and Dance Connection visited both Kowloon Bay and Pok Fu Lams prep campuses for three weeks of cultural and musical African drumming and dance. They descended on the school with their djembe drums, filling the corridors with their rhythmic beat each day. Reception to Year 6 learnt all about the significance and history of dancing in African communities, learning the basic steps and meaning behind different movement. In the drumming session, they learnt how to produce different sounds on the drum with different had positions and placements and how to play different beats and rhythms. The workshop taught the pupils more than just a new style of music and dance but really opened their eyes and broadened their knowledge of African Culture.

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ISTA Drama Artist in Residence Simon Bell This year the Annual Fund was able to help with our first ever Drama Artist in Residence (AiR). In collaboration with ISTA (International Schools Theatre Association) we were able to have an artist spend a week with us in the Senior School Drama Department. Simon Bell became out first ever AiR and was able to deliver a mix of bespoke workshops to KS3, guidance on devising and extensive knowledge of practitioners and theatre companies such as Frantic Assembly, Complicite and Pina Bausch to drama students in KS4 and 5. He also created and delivered a one off session on Solo Performance with some of our Key Stage 3 gifted and talented group.

Guest Speaker Programme MĂŠdecins Sans FrontiĂ¨res (MSF), Doctors without Borders came to speak to Prep Students on the work MSF does at refugee camps during Kellett Refugee Week. Details of MSF's visit was posted on our Facebook page. Later on in September, we welcomed Olympic gold and bronze medal winning English field hockey players Kate RichardsonWalsh and Helen Richardson-Walsh to Kellett.

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CONGRATULATIONS BABIES

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Martin Rigby – Ethan Rigby

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Kellett Cares The question of what to do with school uniform once it no longer fits has never been easier to answer: please donate it to Kellett Cares!

This proved very popular and the minis sold out in record time. We have since seen many much-loved dolls and toys looking very smart in their Kellett uniforms.

Your pre-loved uniform helps us raise thousands of dollars for our chosen charities as well as providing a convenient and effective recycling service for good quality clothes. Impressively, by the end of the 2017/18 academic year, pre-loved uniform sales in Prep and Senior raised around HK$26,000.

Please continue to donate your items, or look out for our popup stalls at various school events throughout the year to stock up with uniform for the year ahead. Please only donate items that are in good condition and have been thoroughly cleaned, as otherwise we have to throw them away.

Donated Senior uniform was also used to kit out a whole year group at the Y9 Global Outlook Week’s partner school in Mongolia. The group were very pleased with the cold weather gear we were able to give them, including fleeces, track pants and baseball caps. Pre-loved Prep uniforms were put to good use as well: they were turned into mini uniforms, which were then sold on the Kellett Cares stall at the School Fair in April.

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Thanks as always for your time and enthusiasm in helping Kellett Cares and the charities we support.

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Orchestra Weekend Kellett School was very proud to host the fourth Orchestra Weekend on the 25-26th of May. We had over 110 dedicated musicians between Year 3 - 8 from different international schools come together to practice, rehearse and perform to the wider community. We were also fortunate to have a team of music and instrumental teachers to lead sectional rehearsals which really lifted the standard of the performance. This year, four of our talented musicians had the opportunity to perform solo and were accompanied by our violin and cello teachers. Apart from the solo performances a full Orchestra, Strings, Winds and Percussion Sections also showcased their skills, not to mention the Jazz Ensemble. The Orchestra Weekend is a fantastic opportunity for our budding instrumentalists to further develop their musicianship and to play alongside other musicians in a collaborative and creative manner.

Our varied and most ambitious programme included: Sleepers Wake (Bach)

Fight Song

HandClap

Jai Ho

Gabrielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oboe (featuring 4 soloists)

Jungle Boogie

River Flows in You

This is Me

The Sound and the Fury

We are very much looking forward to what the 5th Orchestra Weekend will have in store next year!

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Prep Curriculum Review

Curriculum is a school’s academic plan that lays out the totality of student experiences that each individual is exposed to during the educational process. A school’s curriculum must take into consideration outcomes, content and the sequence of delivery. At Kellett Preparatory, the teaching staff are constantly reflecting on our academic plan and how the learning journey can be enhanced for our students. However more recently, with recent changes to the National Curriculum in England and Wales, we have had the opportunity to reflect on our overall curriculum ofference and to overhaul our academic plan to make our curriculum even more relevant, focussed and robust for the students at Kellett. Challenge in education ensures that students engage in a healthy struggle and as a result think deeply. If the challenge in the learning is pitched correctly, provoking high-level thinking then inevitably the students learn effectively. This idea of challenge is at the heart of all that we do at Kellett, and result has been a central driver to the curriculum design process. At the Prep Schools, many of the subjects will continue to be taught as ‘topics’. The content of each topic will be driven by curriculum objectives taken from the National Curriculum, however the content of the topic will be designed by the school. By carefully tailoring topics with relevant and meaningful curricular links, students will be able to make connections between the different subject areas in order to deepen their understanding of the content, while also applying their new found knowledge in a range of unfamiliar contexts. By clearly defining the principles that underpin the phases of learning, students will have time to engage with, explore, strengthen and then present their learning in a systematic and purposeful manner. With this in mind, each topic has been carefully planned around four phases of learning:

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Hook Phase - The students will experience an activity designed to grab their attention and fuel their desire to engage in subsequent learning. Harness Phase - The students will be taught the relevant knowledge, skills and understanding that is set out for teachers in each topic. Deepen Phase - The students will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge, skills and understanding by applying it to an unfamiliar context. This might be in the form of a problem solving task that requires them to use and apply their previous learning. Demonstrate Phase - The students will be working towards a topic outcome that they will be able to share with others. This could be in the form of a presentation, written outcome or even an event. Each topic will provide time to delve into and explore an interesting study of work. For instance, Year 5 students will study ‘Feed Me Now’. Strands of Geography, Science, Design Technology and Global Citizenship will be covered. Students will visit an organic farm, research propagation and seasonal crops before tending for the school garden. Furthermore, they will explore the life cycle of plants, how germination occurs whilst investigation various forms of farming in Hong Kong and the UK. This topic will culminate in students planning and making healthy recipes using their own produce.

Topic Overview for Year 5: Feed Me Now With regards to English, particular units of work will run concurrently with the specific topic unit providing further links between subject areas. Usually the first English unit will be fiction based. Students will be exposed to a variety of imaginative, thoughtful and engaging texts which have been purposefully and very carefully chosen to provide stimulus for high quality writing outcomes. A non-fiction unit will subsequently follow. Students will be working towards a defined outcome where they will be required to apply some of the learning from their topic. For instance, using the example of ‘Feed me Now!’, the English non-fiction unit will focus on the writing of explanation texts. We look forward to seeing students inform their readers about interesting topics such as plant lifecycles, seed dispersal and land use!

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When visiting the scene of the photos, students will make direct comparisons and will therefore be able to draw conclusions about how our wonderful city has changed over time. Using this expertise from a local and well-recognised historian, subjects within the curriculum have taken on a localised context which really make the Kellett curriculum a unique and culturally relevant learning experience. As our students and teachers explore the new opportunities of our revised Kellett Preparatory Curriculum throughout the year, we very much look forward to an exciting year of learning where students will be challenged, stimulated and focused on a range of exciting themes and topics.

Careful consideration was given when designing units of work to ensure they were relevant to our students as residents of Hong Kong. In subjects such as History and Geography, for instance, the content of a topic has to provide opportunity for students to be able to sharpen their fieldwork skills. Our staff planned with Jason Wordie, a local historian and published author. As a result of this exciting collaboration, a number of topics such as ‘A Changing Territory’ were born. In this Year 4 study, students will use historical photos to take a trip back in time to explore the territory in the past.

For a school to continue to be ‘outstanding’ it must always be innovative, responsive to change, and always looking to enhance and improve its curriculum offerance. Jo Laufer, Head of KLB Prep, speaking at the recent curriculum information meetings

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ICT Year 1 Animal Races Our KS1 children thoroughly enjoyed building on their knowledge and learning of Scratch Junior from last term to move on to creating and developing more fantastic coding projects. The Year 1 children experimented with coding movements of sprites and controlling speeds and directions by creating their own racing games. Lots of problem solving skills and perseverance were required in order to get the games working, and children did extremely well to recall the skills they had learnt last term, to use them effectively in this piece of work. As well as selecting backgrounds, children also explored additional features of the app which allowed them to edit with pens and shapes so that they could add in a start line for the race. Sprites were selected and then programed to complete the race. Before coding characters to move and begin the race, many children were faced with the problem that their characters were different in sizes and so some were too big and over the start line. Children were required to instruct their characters to shrink or grow so that they were all the same size and all in the correct start position. Once all characters were lined up and moving the correct number of steps to reach the finish line, we began exploring the ‘set speed’ buttons. Children were able to control who won and lost the game and many chose to extend their games by adding in additional extras like getting their sprites to talk when tapped, play a sound when they reached the finish line and even perform a victory dance!

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Year 2 Interactive storybooks in Scratch Jr Year 2 had been pairing their literacy and coding skills to create their own interactive books in Scratch Junior. Children chose whether they created fiction or nonfiction books, with some children choosing to use their Mr Men stories that were created in English as a starting point. We spent time creating the pages by choosing backgrounds, adding titles and sentences. Children then decided how they could make their books interactive. Many children liked the feature of ‘Fun Facts’ and ‘Did You Know?’ boxes often found in information books and so decided they would program their books so that when images on their pages were clicked, these additional information boxes would appear! Additionally, children added sound and movement to characters and created special buttons to each page so that when clicked the book would move onto the next page! All of the books created looked very professional and because of their interactivity, were very enjoyable to read. We are looking forward to sharing them with Reception children and hope they enjoy reading our stories and information books.

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Year 3 dress up Year 3 thoroughly impressed with their coding skills this term by creating interactive dress up games in Scratch. As well as practicing the skills they learnt in their earlier unit like changing backgrounds and adding sprites, children developed lots of new skills too. Items of clothing and accessories were chosen for their games and then customised so that players could choose specific styles and colours of garments with just the click of a button. We experimented with using a range of controls in our games: some chose a drag and drop option when selecting items; whilst others chose the function of clicking on items in order to get them to glide into the correct position on the character’s body. In order to allow players to select multiple costumes and try different items, we needed to ensure that we coded the game to clear any previously selected items. Children customised their games further by adding background music, changing backgrounds once the character was dressed as well as adding in welcome messages.

Geometric shapes year 4 Year 4 began their recent scratch unit by using their knowledge of 2D shapes acquired in their Maths lessons. The outcome of the unit was to create regular 2D shapes and duplicate them to produce a range of geometric patterns. Children needed to create the code to produce one shape and then use repeat loops to ensure the shape was duplicated. In order to ensure that a pattern was created, we needed to include a turn motion block so that each new shape was drawn in a different position to the previous one. The code to produce each shape was fairly simple, ‘move steps’ block controlled the length of each side and ‘Turn in direction’ controlled the size of the angles in the shape. In order to calculate how many degrees to turn after a side was drawn, we needed to complete a formula: 360 divided by the number of sides of the shape. Once we had correctly coded the length of the sides and the size of the angle we needed to add a repeat loop so that the code would repeat the instruction to match the number of sides. For example: if drawing a pentagon, the repeat loop would contain the number 5 because a pentagon has five sides. Once our shapes were drawn, we experimented with pen size, colour and thickness and then incorporated a number of shapes together into one pattern.

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Developing a Global Outlook – the way forward Our school aims clearly demonstrate a commitment to ‘developing a Global outlook’. This is an area of the curriculum which has been further developed over the past year with clearer definition of what it is and promoted and embedded through a number of new and exciting initiatives.

Our Global Citizenship (GC) Leaders appointed at the beginning of the year have been responsible for ensuring that GC has been developed, strengthened through the curriculum and presented in a relevant, sensitive and appropriate way to our students. To be effective Global Citizens, our students need to be flexible, creative and proactive. They need to be able to solve problems, make decisions, think critically, communicate ideas effectively and work well within teams and groups. "Education must be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of skills to explore them." (Jerome S Bruner) Over the past year, our GC Leaders were charged with the task of cultivating and implementing a framework with a defined approach to delivering the necessary skills and attributes in order to develop Global Citizenship. GC is inextricably entwined within other aspects of school offerance which include: the Kellett Learner Profile, Pupil Voice, Learning Service, Global Outlook, Academic Curriculum content and Positive Education. The introduction of the Kellett Learner Profile (KLP) at the beginning of 2017-18 has been an essential starting point for ensuring that our school aims, including the development of a global outlook, have been explicitly shared, explored and taught. They are the means in which students are able to make sense of the world around them. We, as a learning community, are required to develop and apply them within our everyday learning and life experiences. Our 12 KLP skills and attributes are increasingly recognised as being essential to succeed in other areas of 21st century life too, including many workplaces. These skills and qualities cannot be developed without the use of active learning methods through which pupils learn by doing and by collaborating with others.

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Our GC Leaders have led and co-led KLP and Global Outlook themed assemblies throughout the year. The themes focus have been linked with individual KLP skills and attributes. The assemblies are delivered in order to: provide whole school-focus; provoke and encourage reflection, activate thought and action. Our GC Leaders have then provided lesson follow-up lesson material, ideas and resources in order to enable teachers to further enhance the shared themes at an age appropriate level for our students in their class. For example, the focus on developing an ’Enlighted approach’ encouraged students and teachers to consider and explore the concept of being open-minded, and having a rational, well-informed outlook on culture, history, politics and religion. The introduction of Feel Good Fridays (FGF) has further raised awareness and provided opportunity to explore important themes and topics that encourage Global Citizenship and also create wellbeing as part of it. The ‘Feeling Gratitude’ FGF incorporated ‘Helper Appreciation Day’ and was a fantastic example of how we can make a direct link to our immediate community and consider how we acknowledge and thank the people around us. Domestic helpers were invited into school to engage in a range of activities with the students who were able demonstrate their gratitude for their helpers. It was an amazing experience and really demonstrated how a simple heart-felt thanks goes a long way. In addition, acknowledging and learning about Global Outlook events such as ‘World Refugee Day’ has provided our students with opportunities to further consider the needs of people who are living in very difficult and challenging circumstances locally and around the world. Students considered the the plight of refugees across the world and the causes and potential actions that were required to resolve it.

Our Year 5 students had an opportunity to engage and discuss issues about this topic with a school visit from local Hong Kong refugees. Indepth, frank and very revealing discussion occurred at age appropriate level. This was further supplemented with a visit from the organisation. Médecins Sans Frontières who made links to the way they have supported refugees in and around the world. Our GC Leaders have been involved in the development and planning of the newly revised curriculum. They have worked with subject leaders to ensure that the themes and topics studied across the year groups provides clear opportunities for students to further develop awareness and consideration of GC. For example, Year 4 students will study the topic of ‘Habitats at Risk’ and explore issues in relation to environmental concerns and plastic pollution. Providing meaningful links within the curriculum will further develop real life, relevant experiences and study focus which will offer opportunity for deeper understanding about world events, issues and current topics. Existing opportunities such as the Year 5 residential visit to Beijing provide invaluable experience of living and learning in another country. This experience enables our students to react, respond and reflect on their learning within the live context.

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HIGHLIGHTS - POK FU LAM The aim of developing a Global Outlook is ambitious and very challenging. However, it will continue to be an essential ‘driver’ in forming and defining part of our school ofference. We have the responsibility to equip our students with a well rounded education which enables them to be successful world citizens. Whilst there are many unknowns about what the future may hold for our young learners, they will need to be grounded; be able to form opinions and most importantly be proactive in ensuring that they contribute to make the world a better place.

Ben Dixon Head of Preparatory School, Pok Fu Lam

The School Council also offers opportunity for developing Global Outlook. Over the course of the year the students have been responsible for supporting school initiatives such as 'World Refugee Day' and being proactive in engaging with immediate and local community. The recent ‘Design for Change’ project enabled our Student Councillors to suggest some action projects that would benefit others. They then planned and delivered their approved project and measured the impact. The projects included; a charity focus - gathering and distributing pre-loved clothes and working through existing Kellett Cares; environment projects where students raised issues about litter and took action; respect and gratitude to bus helpers and a talent show. All aspects of these projects were inspired by existing school initiatives and were entirely delivered by the students themsleves.

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HIGHLIGHTS - POK FU LAM School council The School Council had an exciting and busy final term of the year. We were delighted when our Friendship Bench finally arrived after the Easter break. This bench is very special to us as we spent a long time planning, fundraising and researching the right bench. We are really proud that it is made out of over 670 recycled plastic milk cartons! Our first job was to find a suitable place in the playground for the bench to go. We wanted the bench to be easily accessible, in a comfortable shaded area and we were very conscious of the health and safety of our peers at playtime. Eventually, we found the perfect spot! We then shared the rules and expectations for how to use the Friendship Bench in our Class Council meetings: We use the bench when: • We feel lonely • We are looking for somebody to talk to • We would like someone to play with If we see someone on the bench we: • Ask them if they are okay and why they are there • Invite them to play with us or offer to help them find their friends • Inform a teacher on duty that there is someone on the bench We hope our playground is now even more fun and friendly! Thanks to the Annual Fund, School Council members (both class representatives and deputy representatives from KS2) were given the wonderful opportunity to participate in a six week ECA called Design for Change (DfC). DfC is a global organisation which supports young people in recognising various needs within their community and then taking action to make a change. The ECA was led by two members from the organisation, Vivian and Mag. They helped us to have an ‘I Can’ mindset! We followed the DfC steps to help us develop our community projects, these were: Feel, Imagine, Do and Share. We thought carefully about our school community and how we could positively impact it. Once we had decided on a project, we had to prepare presentations and pitch our ideas to Mr Dixon and Mr Bromwich! Each group came up with a project:

Group 1 - A clothes drive to support refugees in Hong Kong. Group 2 - A respect campaign to remind our peers to be considerate and appreciative towards our bus mothers and drivers. Group 3 – A littering campaign to highlight the importance of recycling in our school community. Group 4 – A talent show to provide more opportunities to celebrate our talents and to promote positive well-being. We really enjoyed planning and completing our DfC projects and we hope that all of our work this year has had a positive impact on our school. Finally, we especially enjoyed continuing to help Mr Drew plan and organise Feel Good Friday activities which we run during playtimes and lunchtimes. They were a lot of fun!

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We started Term 2 on our ‘Amazing Animals’ topic and had a fabulous visit from the people and animals at Jurassic. We had such a wonderful and exciting last term for the Reception children. It all started when we discovered a spaceship that had crash landed in the school. Some mysterious eggs were found and an email was received from the alien mother asking us to look after her precious eggs, whilst she planned a rescue mission. The children’s minds were racing and there were lots of ideas about what the aliens might look like and where they could be from. This led to some fascinating discussions and fact finding about stars, planets, moons, rockets and astronauts. Eventually, the eggs were rescued, but only after the children helped to map a route avoiding anything that the alien’s magnetic bodies might be attracted to! The class assemblies were a highlight for everyone as the children confidently spoke, sang, danced and acted their way across the stage. They were so proud of their hard work which was evident from the beaming smiles of both the audience and the children at the end of each show. Following the assemblies, the children’s curiosity was sparked when a large scroll fell out of the sky! It was, in fact, a letter from the Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk.

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The children listened to the story, took on different roles when role playing in the Covered Area and even made their own books re-telling the story. There was a lot of interest in real castles, princesses, knights and dragons following on from this, especially with the royal wedding celebrations thrown into the mix! It has been exciting to see how far the children have come since their first day in Reception. This last term had really given the children the opportunity to showcase all they have learnt this year and we know they are excited and ready to develop their learning further in Year 1.

Year 1 The Summer term was jam packed with fun and adventure. In our Topic lessons, we took a trip back to the time of the dinosaurs and learned what the earth was like during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. We found out which dinosaurs lived in each periods and what types of plants grew too. We made a classification chart of dinosaurs and sorted them into groups. We found out that the ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex belonged to the Theropod group and the enormous Diplodocus belonged to the Sauropod group. We took our metre sticks and trundle wheels into the playground and found out that the Velociraptor was 2 metres long while the Brachiosaurus was up to 30 metres long. This was the entire length of the playground!

In Literacy, we used our research skills to find out lots of interesting facts about different dinosaurs, such as their length, whether they were a carnivore or herbivore, which time period they belonged to and if they were similar to any other dinosaurs. We used these facts to make our own fabulous dinosaur non-fiction posters. Moving on from dinosaurs, we began a journey through the enchanted world of fairy tales. Making comparisons between a few, we found out that Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs both had a big, bad wolf and that Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella both had magic in the stories. We took the storyline of Cinderella, changed a few details and wrote our own version of the story. In Maths, we had been preparing for Year 2 by learning how to add and subtract multiples of ten on number lines. Some of us even learned how to use an empty number line! We learned how to read scales on different measuring cylinders and also made our own. Finishing off the term, we were working on our multiplication and division skills. KELLETT DRAGON NEWSLETTER

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Year 2 Last term, Year 2 explored our locality! Using maps to locate our school and the surrounding areas, we walked around our local area, Wah Fu. We became experts at reading grid references as well as planning routes and writing directions. This was then put into practice on our exciting trip to Hong Kong Park. In English, we read stories by the same author and focused on Roger Hargreaves. We had lots of fun exploring his Mr Men and Little Miss books and this culminated in us creating our very own characters and Mr Men books! As part of our Electricity topic we learnt how to make a working circuit using batteries, bulbs and wires. Our final project was the best yet! We each designed and then made a night light, exploring different types and thinking about their purposes. Finally, using a variety of materials and creative flair, our night lights were completed!

Year 3 Year 3 had a wonderful final term at Pok Fu Lam. In April, we enjoyed our exciting Book Week, coming to school on the Monday, discovering that a very rare species of dragon gave us a visit over the weekend, laying some eggs that we were entrusted to look after for the week. We thoroughly enjoyed our DEAR time, carrying our books around with us everywhere we went that week! All three classes produced 3 imaginative and inspiring doors, one of which was a particular favourite of our visiting author, Will Mabbit. Well done to 3HH, the overall winners!

Later in the term, we enjoyed learning about the Ancient Egyptians, producing informative leaflets about interesting aspects of their civilisation. The children also became very creative, making their own Shadufs, replicating the water irrigation system. Their finished products were brilliant! Science week was another highlight. The children were tasked with creating an informative poster where they were to explore an aspect of their everyday lives. We learnt about how slime is made, how airplanes fly, how ice cubes melt, which liquid is the densest and many more exciting discoveries! We clearly have some budding scientists in our midst! Finally, we finished our year with a great trip to the Hong Kong History Museum, where the children discovered just how much Hong Kong has changed in the last one hundred years. What a busy term!

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Year 4 Over this final term, Year 4 enjoyed learning about many different topics. We started Summer term with our unit, Habitats At Risk. Our topic was peppered with three fascinating and insightful talks by local and global charities based on the current issues facing our environment. These talks inspired us all to make our own personal pledges on the changes we can make for a better world. During our learning, we researched many habitats in our world, looking at how they had been affected by natural disasters and human actions. The children were then set the task of persuading one another to protect one of the world’s habitats through the form of a presentation. Their projects were very impressive and powerful. We have many future environmentalists amongst us! Following on from this, we drew our attention to our own locality and began our Great Fire of Hong Kong topic. The children have developed an understanding of the Public Housing Authority and how it has changed and grown over the past seven decades. Finally, we must mention the children’s excellent and visionary architectural designs during our Design and Technology project that was linked to our Great Fire topic. Children’s practical skills were put to the test when they had to use the professional program, Floorplanner, to design an apartment for the Hong Kong Public Housing Authority. Once their apartment designs had been “approved”, the children set to work to build their designs from styrofoam. Please note, health and safety was fully adhered to!

Year 5 After a relaxing Easter Holiday Year 5 returned and started Term 3 by preparing for our trip to Beijing! We learnt about the different landmarks that we would visit on our trip. From the Forbidden City to the Hutongs, the Temple of Heaven to the Great Wall, every part of the beginning of Term 3 was all about China. Before sunrise on 7 May we were off! Five days, four nights in Beijing, staying at the Grand Mercurial Hotel, in the middle of the city. The sun shone for the entire week and all of the students and staff enjoyed a wonderful few days seeing the sights of the Chinese capital, sampling new dishes in the local restaurants and using our Mandarin skills to shop for souvenirs. We first met our Beijing friends in the Summer Palace, where we introduced ourselves, practiced our Mandarin and played games. We were then beautifully hosted at Xinxian Hutong School, where after exchanging gifts, we were entertained by a traditional Chinese dance and a very impressive choreographed basketball routine. After this we were introduced to the art of paper quilling and brought home a framed picture as a special keepsake. Once back at school we skillfully crafted an evening of dance, song, and drama which highlighted and shared the learning and experiences that had taken place.

Whilst in Beijing we took photos and made sketches of some of the pagodas we had seen and on our return transformed some of these into models, using a variety of materials and tools. Following an extremely technical brief, we sawed, measured, drilled and cut making sure our finished product met all the design specifications. As part of our Science topic we learnt about the workings of the heart. The highlight for this piece of work was watching a pig’s heart being dissected, touching the different parts of the heart and learning how these work together to pump blood around the body.

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HIGHLIGHTS - POK FU LAM Year 6 Year 6 had a fantastic last term. We prepared for our transition to Year 7, during which Senior School teachers visited Pok Fu Lam to deliver English, Maths and Science lessons. This culminated with a day in Kowloon Bay Senior School. Students finished their program of lessons and in the afternoon there was a House Sports competition that was extremely exciting. The Year 6 Graduation evening was a huge success. The students performed a very different version of “The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare. It was adapted by the Year 6 Teachers, and the pupils decided to mix in some adlibbed lines of their own. The singing was excellent, the acting was impressive and there were a few tissues used up during the Graduation speeches! During our ‘Being Human’ topic, we learnt all about ourselves and others, and what makes people unique and different. The diversity amongst world religions were researched and we studied different artefacts from around the world. Journalistic writing was our final English topic. All the classes loved taking on the role of a fictional rock star and being interviewed by none other than Rolling Stone magazine!

KeLLEtt Cares In a fitting tribute to the Year of the Dog, Kellett Cares chose Hong Kong Dog Rescue (HRDR) to be a recipient of the money raised from our CNY Dragon Scales and Dragon Tale entries. $10,000 was given to HKDR by Kellett Cares and the Dragon Tale winners received a limited edition Danny Dog.

We held our final Pizza with Purpose in the first week of June. Pok Fu Lam children ate 378 pizzas over two terms, and by doing so, have raised $17,468 to support refugees through Christian Action. A cheque will be presented to the Christian Action team after the Summer break.

Following our Coins for a Cause collection at PFL & KLB in Term 2, we received confirmation from UNICEF that the amount of Hong Kong Dollars collected totalled $14,874. On top of that, our foreign coin collection, coming from 71 different countries, raised $53,423 giving us a whopping donation of $68,297 to UNICEF!

Phew! We had a very productive year. All made possible by the support of our volunteers and the Kellett Community. Thank you everyone for your time and generosity!

Plastic Free Seas were invited to speak with Year 4 at both Prep campuses this term, and Kellett Cares took the opportunity to donate a cheque to the sum of $30,000 during their visit. This hefty sum was raised through PFL’s Diwali Diyas and KLB’s Fortune Cookie sales. International Care Ministries received our donation of $60,000 to support their Medical Mercy Fund, to provide life changing surgeries to individuals in the Philippines and Hong Kong. This significant donation was an accumulation over the year from Term 1 pizza sales, bake sales and merchandise sales.

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ART Congratulations to all the Year 6 students! As part of the Year 6 end of year celebration, each student paints a self-portrait to be displayed on the night of the show for parents and members of the Kellett community to admire. Each portrait was painted with love and dedication. Well done and best of luck.

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ARTS & LANGUAGES - POK FU LAM Music As ever, there was a lot going on in the Music department last term! From preparations for the fourth Schools Orchestra Weekend, to the whole school assembly, the leaversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; assembly and the special assembly for Mrs Wong, Mr Ng and Cindy, as well as performances at Pok Fu Lam for the Summer Concerts and the School Fair.

Here are some of the photos from the PFL Summer Concerts on the 21st June. On that day there were two concerts- an early afternoon one for KS1 and some of the ensembles featuring children who have only been playing for a relatively short period of time- and a later evening concert for the KS2 choir and some of the smaller instrumental groups. We had some fabulous performances by The Year 1 and 2 Choir, pBuzz Ensemble, Nuvo Clarineo Group, Infant Strings, PreOrchestra, Year 3, 4, 5, 6 Choir, String Chamber Group, Flute Choir, The PFL Rock Band, the Staff Parent Choir and the Advanced Recorder Group.

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Modern foreign languages Chinese studies The highlights of last term would be the Year 5 educational visit to Beijing and the Beijing Evening show. In May, our teachers took 115 Kellett students to Beijing for a five-day educational visit, part of the Year 5 curriculum. We met up with our Beijing sister school, Beijing Xinxian Hutong primary school. It was spectacular to see 230 students meet up at the Summer Palace. They worked and played together, bonding their friendships. We were welcomed by their school with a traditional Chinese dance and basketball show. Each Kellett student had a go at the basketball skills and came home with a piece of craft work created by themselves. Another highlight of the visit was to see how Kellett students used their Chinese language to bargain and shop at the foot of the Great Wall. You would be amazed at how well these little shoppers could be when they put their language together and spoke like the locals! The Beijing Evening show was entertaining as it portrayed many of the events that occurred during the tirp. This left parents and the school community with a taste of the memorable five days. The following photographs best describe some of the highlights of the visit and event.

FRENCH studies Term 3 started brilliantly for pupils studying French and moved towards a very busy end of term. Year 3 studied the topic of animals. They learned vocabulary for pets, farm animals, some wild creatures and combined this with colours. They also learnt to say their pets’ names and created some display work of their pets'/dream pets' ready for the next academic year. They ended the year studying the topic of family through which they enriched their presentation skills by learning how to describe who is in their family. Year 4 continued to talk about where they live. This included saying countries, nationalities and learning the verb ‘être’. They subsequently learnt to describe their homes and what was in them and created a beautiful display coupled with a description of their own bedroom. Year 5 had their trip to Beijing in Term 3, and so some of our lessons were dedicated to teaching them some Chinese to enable them to get by in Beijing. Once they returned we had a few hectic lessons while they prepared their script for the Beijing evening. We continued to have a lot of fun studying the topic of weather which they have learnt very thoroughly indeed! We ended the year by studying the topic of the body and students created some very inspired imaginary creatures! Year 6 learned what La Francophonie is through the study of a French speaking country or region of the World. They completed an information report working on developing new skills such as researching information in French on the internet and appropriately using translating websites. They then prepared a Google slide presentation of their country/region in small groups and finally presented it orally to their peers. Year 6 completed this term's homework that allowed them to revise several key topics. They are now ready to move on to the next chapter and we wish them all the very best for their transition to the Senior School. Well done on a great year!

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SPORT - POK FU LAM PE Curriculum Curriculum PE last term focused on our dance units. Key Stage 1 worked on basic movement to music and choreography, linking dances to their topic work in class. Year 3 worked hard to learn a variety of cultural dances, with Year 4-6 working on their own dance choreography to selected songs. We were very fortunate to supplement this unit of work this year by welcoming visiting African Dance experts for a two week unit. All children experienced African dancing and drumming. Many thanks to the Kellett Annual Fund for making this possible! We loved it! In Games sessions, our Year 4 students completed their swimming unit; it was great to watch our younger students in the pool making so much progress on their stroke technique, entries, speed and stamina! We are delighted that Mrs Carpenter will continue to support our swimming programme next year at PFL. The rest of the year groups were focusing on striking and fielding skills with cricket and T-ball being played, while Year 6 brushed up on their basketball skills in preparation for their move to senior school. We also enjoyed our inter-school events for Year 4, 5 and 6 at Kowloon Bay. These days consisted of a swimming gala in the morning followed by girls and boys football tournaments in the afternoon! Notable results from those days saw Year 6SL win the girls football and were 1st overall in the swimming, Year 5NM winning the swimming event and 5LG boys winning the football. In Year 4, 4NA and 4JL tied for 1st place for swimming, 4DD won the boys football with 4NA 2nd and 4JK coming through to finish 2nd in the girls competition. Well done to all the children and staff who make these events such fun!

Sports Team and ECA News Our Cricket and Aquathon teams were busy last term training and playing in a variety of friendly and competitive matches, events and tournaments. The cricket teams from Year 3-6 enjoyed friendly competition against our KLB counterparts and also GSIS. Our Year 3 and 4 students enjoyed working with HK Cricket Association National coach Mark Farmer and Khan, an international cricketer, after school on Wednesdays. Mr Suett and Mr Lovell took the Year 5 and 6 boys training and the teams performed well in the Island and ESF Tournaments, finishing 3rd in the Island Tournament and getting through the Shield final. Our Aquathon teams who turned up raring to go every Tuesday morning did exceptionally well at the Kellett Aquathon event. Unfortunately due to some very wet weather the main ESF Championships and additional friendlies were cancelled! It was however great to see so many children involved and improve their times as the weeks went on! Our Year 3 and 4 gymnasts enjoyed a friendly competition at Nord Anglia School. All children performed as individuals and were scored on both their floor work as well as their apparatus routines. Well done to the brother and sister duo Emme and Theo Aagaard who came joint 2nd overall. A great afternoon of competition.

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Saturday FOOTBALL As the academic year draws to a close, we reflect on another fantastic year of Saturday Soccer. Will Fairclough and his energetic band of coaches run sessions every Saturday morning for our children from Reception to Year 6. The inclusion of Reception children this year has proved to be a great hit! We thank all the mums and dads who have worked so hard to keep this club running so efficiently. Special thanks to Will for overseeing everything and we hope to see this parent led club that has been running for over 18 years continue to grow from strength to strength.

FOBISIA Well done to the FOBISIA squad who travelled to Phuket for their Games last year. 40 boys and girls represented Kellett at what was a very competitive and high quality competition. There was a huge amount of individual and team success in the pool and on the track and field. Our athletes worked hard to prepare and were constantly looking to achieve their personal best. The sportsmanship demonstrated to their fellow team mates and other competitors was outstanding. The T-ball teams worked hard in their respective competitions with the Year 5 team finishing in 2nd place overall. Football saw both of our girls teams come through with bronze medals in their competitions. A great time had by all at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Friendly Games!

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As an International School, we expect that our community of staff, students and families will undergo regular change. Each year there are leavers and each year there are new arrivals. Every school is a unique culture and, for those joining our community, there is much to learn and understand about the way things are ‘done’ at Kellett School – its expectations, routines and traditions.

Our responsibility as a school is to make sure that everyone who joins us, whether a student, teacher or parent, is made to feel warmly welcomed, given all the key information they need and are fully supported as they transition into the community.

New Staff Induction to Hong Kong Our Human Resources Team are the first point of contact for our new staff following their appointment. Most need an induction to Hong Kong as they are usually changing countries as well as jobs. Some staff will have never even visited Hong Kong prior to arrival! For others, not only will they never have been to Hong Kong, but it will also be their first time living away from the UK. After securing their visas and making travel and accommodation arrangements, the HR team support the new teachers every step of the way. First, they assign one of our established teachers as a mentor and they are able to exchange emails prior to arrival and get answers to all those burning questions from someone who has already been through the experience of moving and joining Kellett School. New staff are greeted personally by the HR and Leadership Team at the airport and taken to a serviced apartment that will be their home for the first month whilst they find accommodation. Changing countries brings with it additional stresses; finding housing, mastering the public transport system and delving into the surprisingly complex world of personal banking in Hong Kong. Cathy Poole, our Human Resources lead, and her dedicated team ensure that new staff are exceptionally well looked after. They go to such efforts as accompanying the new staff members to their ID Card appointments and their first visit to the bank. They also impart useful advice; which areas might provide affordable and easily accessible accommodation, restaurant recommendations, grocery shopping tips and even where to find a good hairdresser. They do however, draw the line at visiting Ikea with the newbies!

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Care doesn’t end with the staff member. Our HR team keep a close and caring eye on accompanying spouses and children as well. Supporting the whole family enables our new staff member to be ready and raring to go when they arrive at school for the first day of the Academic Induction Week.

Induction to their new job Much of the knowledge required to be an effective teacher at Kellett School can only be learnt ‘on the job’. I regularly say to new staff: until you’ve been through a full year of the Kellett School calendar, you won’t really know what the school is like!’ However, there are many aspects we can easily get a head start on, like orientation to the building and familiarity with the school aims and key policies. This ‘front loading’ of information is crucial to success; the new staff member must have a very clear understanding of expectation and role by the time students return from the summer break. Time is spent going over expectations of behaviour, lesson planning, feedback and marking and display, to name just a few. We also make an early start on First Aid training before the term begins. Between reading policies, setting up a classroom and learning resuscitation techniques, it’s a lot to take in when they’re likely to still be suffering from jet lag!

Student Induction to Kellett School For a student, changing schools can be a very daunting experience. At Kellett we like to make sure it is as smooth and easy as possible for them. We need to be sensitive that for some students, not only are they changing schools but they are also changing countries and they have much to adjust to, both in school and out. To make school an easy transition we start preparing well ahead of their arrival. Previous school reports are read and assessments reviewed to ensure that prior abilities and learning experiences are understood. Cubbies and exercise books are labelled ready for their arrival so that a student feels ‘expected’ and welcome when they first walk into the classroom. Most importantly, a ‘buddy’ is assigned to them.

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This buddy has the crucial role of making the new student feel welcome, to ensure they have a stress free first day when it comes to finding their way around the building, to toilets, the playground etc. Finally, the buddy needs to introduce the new child around and include them in games those first few days until the new student feels settled and establishes a wider group of friends. We check in on our new students regularly over their first few weeks. If staff have even the slightest concern about how they are settling, they raise them at our weekly pastoral meeting so that we can step in quickly and provide whatever support is needed.

Parent Induction to Kellett School Parents find the first day of school as nerve racking as students do…if not more so! For parents of Reception students we start preparation early. Two induction afternoons the term before they begin ensure both parents and students are familiar with the classrooms and routines and know exactly what to expect when school starts. For students starting in other year groups, we hold a short group meeting for parents on the day of their arrival to go over basic starting information. They are invited back for a ‘three week’ meeting with the class teacher after the student has had a short time to settle in, to answer any questions that have arisen and share any helpful information. Meanwhile, other helpful information about our routines and procedures can be found in the detailed online Parent Handbooks. Finally, one of our nominated ‘Class Parents’ for their child’s class will be in contact with them to welcome them to the Kellett community and to invite them to a social event such as a coffee morning or drinks evening. This helps the new parents to feel part of the Kellett community.

Final Thoughts A lot of time and careful thought is given to ensure that all new members of our community feel supported and welcomed. Taking this time to prepare for all our new arrivals pays off dividends as it sets them up for a smooth and successful start for their time at Kellett School.

Jo Laufer Head of Preparatory School, Kowloon Bay

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School council The School Council was exceptionally busy this term. As well as supporting the Feel-Good Friday activities and running our fundraising event, we’ve also embarked on a project with an organisation called Design for Change (DfC). DfC support young people in recognising need within their community and then taking action to make a change. Alongside DfC, our School Council designed three projects, all with the intention of having a positive impact on their local community. One project aimed at supporting those less fortunate than us in Hong Kong and asked members of our school to donate unwanted clothes, toys and books to Po Leung Kuk children’s Centre and the Crossroads Foundation. We were overwhelmed by the generosity of our school community and both organisations were hugely grateful for what they received from us. A second group wanted to raise awareness regarding the problem of plastic waste. They built a sculpture from single-use plastic items, such as plastic bottles and straws, and displayed it at the PMQ alongside a wealth of information about the problem of plastic and how to reduce our use of it. The exhibition was hugely successful and we received very positive feedback from the public regarding our intentions. The final group wanted to increase the greenery in Hong Kong in order to reduce the carbon in the air. They raised HK$4000 and used this to buy a beautiful range of plants which were then donated to Lizzie Bee and her workshop over at the PMQ. Her outdoor spaces have been hugely brightened up by the colourful plants and flowers and hopefully they will also have a positive effect on the environment.

Our annual fundraising event was a huge success, raising almost HK$4000 for Kellett Cares with our fun photo booth. Classes were invited to make a donation to use the photo booth, in which the children dressed up in costumes and used the props to take funny photos. We hope your photos will be a treasured memory for years to come and we’re grateful for all of your donations and support! A huge congratulations to all of our School Council members who have worked incredibly hard this year to support the school and make some very positive changes. It was a busy year and the School Council representatives have a huge amount to be proud of.

RECEPTION The children started their first topic of Space with a surprise from outer space. They found some alien eggs that had been left in the KLB hall! After this they then received a message from the alien explaining that the children had to look after them. Much to the children’s excitement they made nests to protect the eggs and wrote letters to the aliens and even received some replies. The excitement continued with a visit from the Space dome. They were greeted by a real astronaut who took them on a journey through space. The children carefully listened and found out many interesting facts about our universe. A highlight of this term was watching both classes performing in their class assemblies. They performed confidently and entertained their audience in such an engaging way! Every child sang beautifully and really enjoyed performing to their parents and other children in the school. We had a dragon theme which ran across the whole school for Book Week this year. The children listened to a range of 36

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stories and they even found some dragon eggs in the atrium. They shared their favourite stories and dressed up as a character from a book. We had some super outfits, including Flat Stanley and Peter Rabbit. To finish the term the children loved exploring their fairytale topic. As part of this each class set up a stage and created different shows almost every day. They dressed up as knights, princesses and wrote their own fairytales which they read to each other.

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year 1 What a long term, jam-packed with learning! In the first half of Summer Term, Year 1s travelled back in time millions of years to the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous time periods and came face to face with the dinosaurs! Quickly becoming fascinated by their names, appearance and features, the children were soon experts! Diplodocus, giganotosaurus, coelophysis, liopleurodon, troodon – you name a dinosaur, Year 1 could tell you about it! Towards the end of the topic came Dinosaur Detective Day – a chance for children to learn the role of a palaeontologist. Year 1s had to pass a few challenges in order to earn their beginners’ palaeontologist licenses, which involved excavating chocolate chips from cookies and piecing together dinosaur bones! In the middle of the Dinosaur Detective topic, 1SL put together their class assembly which was all about dinosaurs. With some catchy songs and loaded with facts, the children performed beautifully to make everyone an expert just like them. Leading into typoon season is the perfect time to learn more about the Wicked Weather. Our meteorologists was busy measuring and recording the weather. Some interesting weather patterns ensured that we observed a range of different weather over one week; two amber rain signals had our rain gauges filling up very quickly. We loved learning about the weather around the world, different types of extreme weather, and we even made some green screen weather forecasts for Hong Kong!

year 2 Marvellous Materials Our term started off with a bang with a visit to the senior school science department. We saw some amazing experiments thanks to Mr Lee and Ms Chan. Most fascinating was the density of different gases and observing an explosion (safely, of course!). We learnt a lot about reversible and irreversible changes. Combining our English and Science knowledge, we wrote an explanation about how water changes states after our experiments. Thanks to Science technicians, Elisie and Queenie, we even made our own bouncy balls by mixing ingredients together to cause an irreversible change!

A Day in the Bay We learnt all about our local area this term. Starting with a trip, which began at school and ended at Zero Carbon World, we observed the local buildings and amenities.

Additionally, we interviewed people in the local park to find out more about where they had come from, how they got here and whether they lived here or not. This gave us a great opportunity to organise and represent data through tables and charts. We found that there were a lot of commercial buildings but very little green space and no residential buildings. When re-designing Kowloon Bay we took this into consideration. Using map skills and knowledge of 3D shape, we were able to build a new and improved Kowloon Bay. Finally, we learnt more about the history of our local area and some of the key events that have taken place, such as land reclamation, the building of the airport and, of course, construction of Kellett School.

Electricity In our last exciting topic, we made circuits and experimented with changing components; it was exciting to make connections with our previous learning about Thomas Edison. We learnt about energy use and how to be conscious of our choices. Of course, safety was a very important feature in our discussions! Year 2 have worked incredibly hard this term and indeed this year. They should feel very proud of all they have achieved.

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year 3 We had a wonderful final term in Year 3. The term started off with continuing our Rock ‘n’ Roll unit with a focus on learning about different types of rocks and their uses. The children learnt about the journey a rock takes through the rock cycle and how to classify different types of rocks. We found it fascinating to explore the different layers of the Earth and learnt all about plate tectonics through the use of Mars bars! From this, we learnt about how mountains and volcanoes are formed and how earthquakes happen. We used computer regenerations to explore the day that Mount Vesuvius erupted over Pompeii, imagining that we were there in order to write about our reactions to the incident. We then became Time Detectives for the second time this year, but this time travelling back to Ancient Egypt. We enjoyed learning about how the Ancient Egyptians live and about some of their more gruesome traditions such as mummification! We finished off the year with an Ancient Egypt Day in which we all dressed up in Egyptian costumes and we completed a range of exciting activities including making our own canopic jars and masks. We are so impressed with our Year 3s this year; what a fantastic year they have had. We loved teaching them and watching their maturity and independence develop as the year has progressed. We wish them all the best in Year 4 next year!

year 4 As the end of the academic year approaches, it’s a great opportunity to look back and reflect on a fantastic last term in Year 4. The children have learnt so much, covering two topics, “Habitats at Risk” and “The Great Fire of Hong Kong”. During “Habitats at Risk”, the children explored different animals and classified them into groups, explaining reasons behind their choices. Following this, the children had to find and research different habitats around the globe, from The Pearl River Estuary here in Hong Kong, to the Amazon Rainforest in South America. Children needed to investigate the risks threatening these precious habitats and the animals most in danger. There was a fantastic guest speaker from Ocean Free Plastics, who came to address some of the problems we are facing regarding the hot news topic of plastic in the environment. At the end of the topic, children had the opportunity to present their findings to the class. “The Great Fire of Hong Kong” gave us a superb opportunity to merge English and History together. Children were really pushed during this topic, with their research skills being rigorously challenged. Children then created a magazine based around “The Great Fire of Hong Kong”. The final product was fantastic, a piece of work all the children are proud of.

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The final term of Year 5 was filled with excitement. The highlight was certainly our incredible visit to Beijing. Bursting with enthusiasm, the children awoke bright and early at 3am to head to the airport. Flying without your parents isn’t easy! We were greeted in Beijing by a host of guides who escorted us to our luxurious coaches and the adventure began immediately. It was a jam-packed week full of culture and we loved staying at the impressive Grand Mercure hotel, right in the centre of Beijing. Upon our arrival back in Hong Kong, we had two busy weeks to put on a Chinese show-stopping production. The teachers came up with a hilarious concept whereby the three bus groups (Dragon, Quilin and Phoenix) were pitted against each other to score points and win Champion of Kellett’s Coach Trip. The audience went on a whirlwind recount of the week in Beijing, experiencing the highs of some Chinese bargaining in the market and some lows of birds stealing sandwiches on the Great Wall of China. Needless to say, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

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year 5 As well as touring China, we were hugely busy in our classrooms. Our China topic carried us through to the end of the term and we can now be considered as experts in Ancient Chinese history. We were fascinated by the leadership systems and became very familiar with the first and last emperors Emperor Qin and Emperor Pu Yi. We also looked at modern China and have undertaken a city comparison looking at Beijing, London and Hong Kong. Our topic of China also linked to our English sessions, during which we thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Dragonkeeper’ by Carole Wilkinson. This story was set in the Han Dynasty and we used it to inspire our own lengthy stories set in the same time frame. We even were able to Skype Carole herself to get some amazing writing tips. Our historical research really paid off at this point as we were able to write very fact based historical fiction. Most recently in Year 5, we have been making wooden pagodas. During our time in Beijing, we studied and sketched the iconic Chinese buildings. This gave us inspiration to create our own ones that could be placed in a new park in Beijing. For a homework project, we designed our new buildings and then in class we made our own individual pagoda roofs. For the final stage of the build, during the last week of term, we eagerly entered the senior school Design and Technology department. We made wooden sturdy bases under the watchful eye of Mr Wood and Mr Smith. It has been a fantastic year and the children are bursting with enthusiasm for the year to come.

year 6 The final term for Year 6 had a very busy one, with lots of great learning experiences and some unforgettable End of Year celebrations! The highlight of the Summer term has been the Year 6 Celebration evening. The year was 2048 and the show followed the lives of the children 30 years after they left Prep School, to see what they had achieved and how Kellett had prepared them for their later lives. Written by the Year 6 teachers and performed by the students, it was a wonderful evening to celebrate all they had achieved and to look forward to their next chapter in their lives. Earlier in the term the children prepared for their move to Senior School with a variety of exciting and engaging lessons prepared for them by staff from the Senior School. Teachers from the Senior School then came to Kowloon Bay to deliver English, Maths and Science lessons which then culminated in a final full day over at the Senior School. The children are now ready and cannot wait to get going with their move.

As well as all this, the children have been learning about ‘Being Human’, focusing on the life of Charles Darwin and learning about Evolution, Adaptation and Inheritance. The children then moved on to religion and investigated the similarities and differences between the major religions across the world, and presented their work to each other. Within Maths, our children have been working on an extended project looking at a scenario where they have to design and own a theme park, keeping track of spending, working out income and expenditure, calculating costs of maintenance as well as having to of course pay tax. It has been a wonderful end to Year 6 and all of the Prep Staff wish our Year 6s the best as they make the transition to Senior School.

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kellett Cares After the Easter break, we finished Coins for a Cause, and have since had confirmation from UNICEF that the foreign coins collection from both KLB and PFL Prep totalled HK$53,423 in coins from 71 different countries. Add to that the money collected in Hong Kong coins and we donated an amazing HK$68,297 to UNICEF HK. In May, the Year 4 groups welcomed Plastic Free Seas to school to talk to them during their Habitats at Risk topic. During the visit, we were able to present a cheque for HK$30,000 raised through KLB’s Fortune Cookie sale, and PFL’s Diwali Diyas. Also in Term 3, we presented HK$10,000 to Hong Kong Dog Rescue, a fitting tribute in the Year of the Dog, which was raised during the Chinese New Year Dragon Scales sale and from entries to the Dragon Tales writing competition.

Our final Pizza with Purpose sale of the year was hosted by the Reception classes in June. At KLB we ate around 275 pizzas during Terms 2 and 3 and all profits from these sales will be presented to Christian Action to help their work with refugees in Hong Kong. At the end of Term 3, we looked back on the 2017/18 school year with pride at what the Kellett community was able to achieve. Demonstrating how we can all make a difference, particularly when we work together, KLB and PFL Prep were able to make considerable donations to a variety of charities in a number of locations. We thank you for your continued support, enthusiasm and time, and look forward to working with you again in the 2018/19 academic year.

Music Marimba Madness! We kicked off Term 3 in KLB Prep Music with marimbas! This is a wonderful topic where students all the way from Reception to Year 6 make full use of the ‘home-made’ marimbas made by our musician in residence, John Madin alongside our students a few years ago. As well as developing our understanding of pitch, musical literacy, improving hand-eye co-ordination and developing ensemble skills, our students really enjoyed playing a variety of songs and the challenges of ‘spelling’ words on the marimbas. Thanks to the Annual Fund, all our students were involved in the African Drum and Dance workshops lead by Maka and his team. As well learning the practical skills of drumming and dancing, Maka also shared with the students the history of the djembe and were given an opportunity to ask questions about the traditions and culture of Senegal.

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Our Year 3 and Year 4 students had a day over at PFL where they were treated to a concert from an ensemble called the Best of Brass, who played a range of familiar and not so familiar brass instruments. In the final week of ECAs, parents and students of Choir and Orchestra were treated to ‘An Afternoon of Music and Tea’. The choir and orchestra performed 3 combined pieces, whereas the Year 3-5 choirs sang ’Count on Me’ and the Year 6 performed ‘History’, where they personalized some of the lyrics. Despite a missed rehearsal due to a T3 the week before, the students worked hard to bring to a lovely concert to their parents and end the Choir and Orchestra session on a high. Equally importantly, parents and performers were treated to tea, juice and biscuits as a massive well done and thank you for their commitment and dedication to the music ECA.

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SPORT - KOWLOON BAY PE Curriculum Last term we covered the topics of dance and striking and fielding, with Year 6 also completing their PlayMakers Award. In Reception and Year 1 they explored how music made them want to move and the different emotions it could make them feel. Year 2 used animals and the Lion King for inspiration as they began to learn how to count to the beat of music and choreograph their own sequences of movements. KS2 looked at how different cultures express themselves through dance, creating their very own Haka and Bollywood themed routines. Year 5 even used different sports as inspiration breaking down the movements and emotions felt when playing different sports. Year 6 had been working hard on achieving their PlayMakers award. This Award teaches them about being an effective leader and how to plan and lead and deliver a Sports lesson. Once they learnt these skills they created and delivered their own lesson to a group of Year 1 and Reception pupils.

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FOBISIA This year 40 Year 5 and 6 prep students travelled to Phuket for the annual Primary FOBISIA Games. After months of team training all the pupils were eager to compete and take on the sporting championships of football, swimming, athletics and the notorious game of T-Ball. The sun shone all weekend and so did Team Kellett, with every pupil performing superbly and giving it their all. Every pupil won a medal on the first day in the swimming and athletics, with a particular highlight being a gold medal in the team tyre race. Day 2 was all about T-Ball. Tremendous team work was shown by all four teams, resulting in one of the Year 5 teams bringing home the first every T-Ball trophy in Kellett history. The weekend was finished off with the boys and girls football tournaments. Here it was time for the girls to shine with both the Year 5 and Year 6 teams winning the bronze, topping off a truly fantastic sporting weekend.

Kellett School hosted its annual Aquathlon event which was the biggest it has ever been this year. It involved 180 pupils from 14 schools completing a tough 250m swim of our school pool followed by an immediate 3 and half lap run of the school campus. It was a fantastic event supported by a team of staff and cheering crowd of parents, with all pupils crossing the finish line after truly giving it their all. This Year AISHK and Kennedy School swam and ran away with the winning teams in the Cup division and DBIS claimed the gold in the Plate division.

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ARTS & LANGUAGES - KOWLOON BAY Modern foreign languages Year 4 children learnt about food and drink in their Mandarin lessons. They role-played a restaurant skit and created their Chinese menus and plates of food. In addition, the children also cooked Chinese Fried Rice and learnt to read the recipe. To tie in with cultural awareness, the children brought in their home countries’ food and shared with their peers in class. Before they enjoyed the food, they labelled the food and their Nationalities in Chinese. All the children enjoyed Cultural Food Day. Year 4 French students learnt about countries and nationalities during class. They studied European and Asian countries, recognising their flags and placing the countries on a map. They have also learnt to describe nationalities, both their own and other people’s by using the verb “être” with confidence. The unit culminated in a Cultural Food Day where students shared delicacies from their country, learning French words for the different dishes and remembering their manners in French too! Well done for this fantastic term!

Art Year 1 Year 1 had a very busy time learning about pop artist and sculptor Jim Dine. We looked at pattern, line and layering to create beautiful paper hearts and then we’ve used Mod Roc to build our own sculptures in his style. We painted and patterned over our structures and have a bright and beautiful collection to share! We’ve painted amazing animals and linked this across our curriculum.

Year 2 In Year 2 we were lucky to create portraits based on the paintings of Fernand Léger. We used his blocky geometric splashes of colour to create backgrounds and then made line portraits of ourselves over the top. We also looked at mixed media and created our first intaglio printing blocks, to make beautiful flower vases on scraped backgrounds, with collage vases. 42

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ARTS & LANGUAGES - KOWLOON BAY Year 3 Year 3 looked at the art of Sandrine Pelissier. She is a French Canadian artist and the most exciting thing we learnt was that process can come in many levels! We started with a liquid watercolour background and then drew in flower vases with lots of detail. We painted out the space with white acrylic and then detailed back in our flowers, including some additional drawing and design work on top of the acrylic. We are now constructing sculptures in the style of Hundertwasser and are excited about adding his beautiful analogous colours to our designs.

Year 4 Our 3D work really took off this term with clay sculpture. We designed and sculpted our own cups! It was our first slab piece in 3D. They are glazed in different designs and we’ve enjoyed learning more about hand building. We also learnt how to draw landscapes with one-point perspective and have created gradients of light and shade to support our work.

Year 5 Our term was based on art with a hint of Chinese, starting with Beijing clay work. We created beautiful slab pieces with 3D elements, based on traditional temples and birdcages. We spent a lot of time in our locality, learning to sketch our environment in preparation for our trip to Beijing. We then looked at the traditional willow patterns, which we translated onto many traditional surfaces, such as parasols, fans, teapots and ricebowls.

Year 6 We put in many studio sessions to paint incredible Chuck Close inspired portraits! We learnt a lot about working in acrylic. They are such a great souvenir of our Prep School years – capturing ourselves as we looked at the end of our time in Prep. We’ve also been thrilled to make the first legacy piece for Kowloon Bay, celebrating our talents as we move on to Senior School. Kris Ho, street artist, came and created this amazing dragon with us.

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After 11 years, Simon, our Head of Senior School, has left Kellett for new pastures. We spoke to him about creating campuses, what a Kellett education means and camping!

What are your memories of your first day?

What was your role in the opening of the Kowloon Bay campus?

I turned up to a classroom on the sixth floor at PFL, our only campus then, to meet a class of 14 Year 7 students who made up our first Senior School class. I was one of 2 ½ teachers and we finished the day by making a video of what the students wanted to do when they were older: it’s on YouTube if you look hard enough!

Ann Mc Donald and I were very involved in the process of designing the kind of campus that we wanted for our students. It’s very unusual for an academic team to be so involved in the process and I’m very proud of what we achieved. Over four years we took the project from a design through to a huge building site to welcoming students in 2013. It was nerve-wracking watching the first cohort of students enter as I thought ‘is it going to work?’ but it clearly does.

What were you brought in to do at Kellett? My job was to lead the development of Kellett Secondary School as it was then called. We had room to have Years 7 and 8 at PFL, but by the time I arrived we already had a commitment to find another location in Hong Kong to continue to grow the school. We located a former government school in Shau Kei Wan and renovated the campus and moved in with another school called Elsa High School, all in just 144 days. During our four years there we grew from 50 students to around 200 in Years 9, 10 and 11. It is unusual to have two schools on one site so it was a very interesting time that involved lots of cooperation between the two schools’ teams.

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How has the school changed during your tenure? Some things are the same: Kellett has long been focused on the individual and finding different pathways and making sure our students are looked after and known. When I was tasked with creating a Senior School education at Kellett, we wanted to continue the Kellett education by engineering a love of learning which is the drumbeat behind everything we do as a school. Now however, our school community is different as of course we have older students. This has had an impact as we need to shape the school to work for all year groups. While in some ways the education we provide is ‘seamless’ in terms of its high quality, it also needs to be different to give students something to progress through and give them something to look forward to as they reach the upper years.

What are you proudest of? I am very proud of our current year 12 and 13 students. I now feel that we have for the first time a real sixth form community that is a vibrant and mature entity and who are positive role models for the rest of the school. I know I am handing over to Joe Alsop, the incoming Head of Senior School, a secure and successful community. We’ve grown the sixth form from the strong foundations provided by the Prep School and retained our ‘Kellettness’. We’ve been through the adolescence period and now we are a fully matured and highly established ‘through-train’ school.

What’s next for you? A good question! My wife and I are definitely leaving Hong Kong and we want to do some long-distance walking, but other than that, we are very lucky to say that we will see what happens and we are focussed on the here and now. I was delighted with my leaving present – a backpack and serious looking tent; they will definitely be put to good use!

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS Any final thoughts for the Kellett community? This year I’ve spent a lot of time talking with staff, students and parents about the importance of recognising and embracing individuality. We are all different and that is what makes life interesting and magical. I think there is an important message in taking advantage of every opportunity that we can. Personally, my wife and I are taking the step to leave our jobs, Hong Kong and possibly education behind to see what other opportunities are available to us; in this day and age we all can do more than one thing with our lives. I leave Kellett feeling proud of what I’ve done and looking ahead to the next challenge.

Will you stay in touch? Yes, I will. I will leave Joe alone for a while to bed in, but I would love to visit periodically and I will stay a part of the wider Kellett community.

Simon Giddings Head of Senior School

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS LEARNING SERVICE PROGRAMME

Mother’s Choice Youth Leadership Council After holding ‘Feeling Loved for Valentine’s Day’ and helping with Mother’s Choice Flag Day in Term 2, most of the team members were off for their exams. The remaining members discussed themes and possible activities for next school year. Stay tuned!

Roots & Shoots Molly Hammond (10B) Roots and Shoots is a really amazing programme because it empowers students to take action and create positive change within their community. So far at Kellett we have established a recycling system and worked on raising awareness about marine health and micro-plastics. Roots and Shoots is open for any student to join at any point in time. Next year we hope to see more of you joining us! Ritika Mehta (10C) Roots and Shoots is a really great organisation and I am really glad to be part of it. I have enjoyed holding green bake sales, hosting Feel Good Friday activities and planning clothes drives with my fellow classmates and friends.

Sai Kung Stray Friends (SKSF) Rosie Wood (7C) I have only just started contributing since this is my first year in Kellett Senior School, but it has been a great one. I was glad to help introduce SKSF to our school fair. We had a very productive day, raising HKD$5,485! I have also been walking the dogs every Tuesday, which I recommend you to join. Thank you very much to Linda Jackson (volunteer at SKSF), staff at SKSF, Ansh Sahay and Ms Li for making all these happen. This year has been great and I hope next year is even better! Hunter Bannigan-Davis (10C) I have been volunteering at Sai Kung Stray Friends outside school for a long time now and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I do a range of activities including walking the dogs, cleaning the cages and even volunteering at bigger events outside the kennel. I personally always enjoy the time I spend volunteering, I feel like I make a difference in helping the dogs and have even befriended some!

China Coast Community Alicia Wells (8M) I joined China Coast Community in Term 3, and it was a great experience as it was really nice to entertain these lovely elderly and make them smile. I loved making them happy, even people by just talking to them. It was honestly so much fun! Cristina Fisher (10Y) I have been in China Coast Community for over a year now and have enjoyed every minute. We have had some great moments this term, and one of my favourite activities was to chat with the elderly. We get some time to talk to them about ourselves, and in turn they tell us about their experiences. It is so interesting and fun! Tim Borgeaud (10C) China Coast Community has helped me to develop my empathy and organisation skills. I have learnt not only how to manage a group but I have also had enormous fulfilment from hearing the road the elderly have gone down to arrive where they are today. I would recommend this not only for people completing AYP, but also for those who are just looking for a bit of fun!

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS Room to Read Connor Mair (7M) I have enjoyed talking with the kids when we weren’t doing an activity or reading a story. I also love performing for them because I love acting. The kids have been very kind and are always ready to learn. Patrick Burgess (7Y) Room to Read is something different from your regular volunteer service. It’s really fun. You get to be part of a community of students that live different lives than us. We teach them English and they teach us interesting things as well. The idea for this service is helping kids from Hong Kong to learn English, but it’s so much more than that. It’s also very fun to be laughing, playing and teaching children. I hope to see you at Room to Read! Divina Samtani (10C) For the past few terms, I have been part of the Room to Read learning service team which has honestly helped me build a lot of qualities and skills. However, the best part is bonding with the kids. After a while, a real friendship is formed between members of Reading Rangers, as we are called, and the kids at BCKPS. It’s great seeing the groups of students work so well together under the common flag of storytelling.

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MATHs UK Junior Maths Challenge 2018 On April 26th, students from Year 7 and 8 took part in the Junior Maths Challenge. Thousands of schools worldwide entered the competition and students were faced with a series of tough, mathematical problem-solving questions. The students did amazingly well and the following students achieved an award. They all did amazingly well but special congratulations go to Ben Robinson who achieved the highest mark in the school. Well done! Gold

Aiden Hargraves

Benjamin Robinson

Arthur Chong

Dewi Simons

Christian Ko

Crystal Tian

Ethan Campbell

Alex Hardy

Earnest Chow

Alicia Wells

Ryan Lee

Shodai Kobayashi

Samion Suwito

Joseph Yap

Emma Bellis

Delos Chen

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Jonty Stonely

Hector Courtenay

Alex Pitt

Mischa Yu

Mauro Van Den Berg Tejedor

Kristina Akova

Aiyana Boggis

Joshua Grant

Jamie Barbour

William Hanlon

Jacob Abate

James Kee

On Thursday 25th May, we took 16 students from Year 7, 8 and 9 to Harrow International School Hong Kong to take part in the Junior Maths Team Challenge. The purpose of the day was to promote mathematical reasoning, team work and communication skills. Kellett took four teams of four and competed against 33 other teams from international schools across Hong Kong. Our students battled through the rounds bravely and all finished around mid-table. It was a great experience for them and we hope to move up the table next year!

William Holden

Adam Record

Harry Maddren

Luca Denton Richmond

Persia Chetwode

Katelyn Tang

Silver

Arhaan Haridas

Bronze

Joseph Treves

William Baxter

Amanda Kee

Kyra Shankar

Jonathan Aagaard

Brij Sheopuri

Sam Badenach

Emily Peters

Miraat Gupta

Matthew Jones

Jason Wong

Imara Crane

Georgi Reeves

Thomas Prest

Ryan Lim

Darcy Goulston

Thomas Lemin

Zachary Anam

Kingsley Lui

Eesha Malhotra

Elizabeth Chu

Aaron Goach

Mia Sofoluwe

Dominic Hilton

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Congratulations to the following students for taking part: Yves Yuen

Alex Corner

James Irwin

Damian Jarrett

Luke O’Boyle

Peter Whittington

Mirren Fitzgerald

Cara Goulston

Christian Ko

Alicia Wells

Jamie Barbour

Ben Robinson

Aiden Hargraves

Ryan Lee

Shodai Kobayashi

Samion Suwito

End of Year It’s been another great year for the Maths department and we finished on a high. In the final week, we ran a Stock Market Simulation with Year 9 that tested our students’ trading skills and business instinct. Congratulations to Clementi who were the overall winners! We also had our Year 7s working on their spy skills with our week-long code breaking project. Students learnt how to use and crack a number of different codes and finished it off by discovering which teacher was guilty in our special murder mystery challenge!

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History The Year 7 students put their creative and team building skills to the test working in house teams to create a paper trebuchet. Our Year 8s launched the first ever Great Exhibition which was based on the original back in the Crystal Palace in 1851. They displayed more than 120 individual cubes in the Senior School atrium which focused on different inventions from the industrial revolution era. Year 9 chose a range of topics to end the academic year with the completion of their Extended Projects. Topics ranged from the Met Gala, hip hop music and the changing relationship between the USA and North Korea.

Business Studies Year 10 Business Studies students had the opportunity to learn how businesses manage their finances. They looked at sources of finance and recommended different ones for day-to-day operations and for long-term expansion. They also got to grips with final accounts, learning how they are constructed and interpreted by different stakeholders. They applied their knowledge by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Balance Sheet and using it to provide recommendations to potential investors. Year 11 Business Studies students completed their course and went on to sit their IGCSE examination in June. Best wishes to all of you with furthering your studies either here in Hong Kong or abroad! Year 12 Business Studies students completed their first year and went on to sit their International A-Level examinations in June. Well done in the good results which they can build on into the next year of the course. The Year 13 Business Studies students completed their second year and went on to sit their final International A-Level examinations in June. Well done to all of you and enjoy your time at university!

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Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) The summer term saw most students taking a step back from EPQ in order to concentrate on their core subject revision and we hope that all the hard work paid off. However, a special mention should, go to Ben Stoneley and George Birkby who both managed to finish their projects within a year. Ben’s project was centred on his involvement in the school production, ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet’ and George wrote a play in the crime genre. With more and more UK universities reducing their offers to students who have completed an EPQ, this really is a fantastic qualification to get involved with. With that in mind, the current cohort are working hard to develop their eclectic range of projects ranging from a dissertation on genetic engineering to building a snowboard from scratch, and we can’t wait to see the end products early in Year 13.

Geography The diversity human and physical Geography has been the focus for all year groups this term. Our Year 10 students completed the final draft of their IGCSE coursework on the changing residential and land use patterns of Hong Kong Island during term three. The level of intellectual engagement and data presentation within the projects improved again this year as the students brought creativity and admirable accuracy to their graphical and statistical analysis. The year 12 students visited Stanley on Hong Kong Island and The Hong Kong Wetland Park in the New Territories as they completed preparatory fieldwork for their Paper 2 examination. Year 7 and 8 students signed up to the Humanities Day quiz, held for the second year running in the school atrium. In house teams, students enthusiastically answered Geography questions in an attempt to beat the house staff teams. Prior to the end of term Year 8 Geography students put on a fantastic exhibition of their creativity and knowledge of sustainability for the secondary school when displaying their models of sustainable Olympics for Hong Kong in the atrium.

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Global Citizenship Feedback from Year 10 students about their Work Experience Week: “I learnt new skills and was able to find out what it was like to work in a veterinary environment which has given me an idea of what I want to be in the future.” “It was really interesting to see all of the different departments that make up a big hotel, and how they all work together to provide the best experience for the customers.”

Year 10 Work Experience Week Year 10 completed another highly successful Work Experience Week, with over 70 students working at a diverse range of organisations in Hong Kong. We were delighted to have students back in school for a Work Experience Debrief Day, where they had the opportunity to share their experiences with each other. It was fascinating to hear about their time working for luxury hotels, veterinary surgeries, architects, hedge fund managers, market researchers and interior designers; not to mention the many more fields of work presented.

“I really enjoyed creating bonds with the children and having them trust me to help them with their work. I also thought it was a great experience to see what it’s like in the world of work, and I now understand what it’s like to work in education.”

Work experience is a very important part of our Global Citizenship curriculum, as it provides a real insight into the world of work. Not only does it afford students with food for thought when considering their future options, but it presents them with a first-hand opportunity to develop the skills they will need to work successfully as a member of a team and ultimately engenders a real ‘confidence for life’.

“I was able to learn a lot about physiotherapy and it provided me with the first step into the medical field which I would like to go into in the future.”

“Despite being there as a student, I felt like I made a valuable contribution to the team. I could genuinely help others and my ideas were listened to, which motivated me to work hard.”

“I loved the experience as I have become very interested in marketing and advertising. I had the chance to write many of my own campaigns and articles and this was very exciting.” “I learnt a lot of new things from my employer and I talked to a lot of different people who shared their experiences with me. I also learnt the skill of communicating with adults and how to work well in an office environment.”

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SCIENCE We absolutely love practical work in Science at Kellett! We carry out practical investigations and lab work for our students at every possibility. We have a fantastic Technician team who work hard behind the scenes to provide excellent opportunities for practical learning and exploration throughout.

the effect of burners to investigate ▲ Students use Bunsen ction. rate of a chemical rea temperature upon the

► Team work and collaboration are important parts of a successful practical programme. Our students are given regular opportunities to work in groups to enhance the quality of their learning.

▼ Glass fuel burners can be weighed before and after heating to figure out how much fuel is used to increase the temperature of a fixed volume of water by a certain amount.

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► Students measure temperature change when metals displace metal ions from solutions.

◄ For A-Level students, practical work is a fundamental part of their course. Learning through hands on application of practical technique is vital in ensuring our students can use their science learning to access the best university courses.

white coats: learning ▲ Not all scientists wear calculating the about motion through um. movement of a pendul

▼ Minds are blown by a deeper understanding of plant growth.

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS Design Technology Adam Morris (Steampunk Desk Lamp) GCSE Submission Adam designed a lamp that reflects the ‘Steampunk’ design influence. It used a wide range of materials including copper for the shade and concrete for its base. It is very creative as it uses a pre-manufactured valve (usually used in water systems) to act as an ‘on / off’ switch. Adam designed and manufactured his own lighting unit and 3D printed the casing that holds all the electronics.

ANDREW KNIGHT (Modular Lighting Solution) GCSE Submission Andrew created a product that is essentially modular in nature. It has a ‘stackable’ lighting unit that the customer can build on / add to. This was made using a mix of modern and traditional manufacturing techniques using both the centre lathe and 3D printer. It has a moulded concrete base that keeps it stable. The lighting unit sits on the top of an aluminium tube and the long USB cable that powers it is hidden inside. Andrew added lots of small details to this light which makes it a stand out GCSE product!

Sophia Winkler (Bodice and Skirt) GCSE Submission Sophia took a traditional product and put a modern twist on it. She used an innovative material called ‘Worbla’ to mould and form the bodice around her model. She also encapsulated LEDs into it LEDs so it can be illuminated for dramatic effect. The product went through many iterations, shapes and forms and Sophia experimented with different materials and styles before she settled on the final design.

Ansh Sahay (Sai Kung Stray Friends – Charity Collection box / Information point) GCSE Submission Ansh has worked extensively with Sai Kung Stray Friends throughout the last two academic years. His GCSE project was an opportunity to design and manufacture a product to support their fund raising efforts. It encompasses a number of different parts manufactured using a multitude of techniques. You can see the funds as they are collected and the red funnel makes the coins spiral downwards towards the collecting tube. There is also a place at the front to hold literature about the organisation. It was tested at the Kellett Fair and was a big hit with the public.

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Kirstie Taylor (Electrically Powered Shopping Trolley ) A Level Submission Kirstie designed and manufactured a very sophisticated electronic shopping trolley that was extensively tested on the steep hills of Hong Kong by her client. She used some high-level ‘reverse Engineering’ of both an electric drill and a child’s electric vehicle in order to work out how to power and control the trolley. Kirstie used 3D printing extensively to manufacture all the tube connectors and the battery holder. She used her textiles skills in order to make the attached shopping bag and screen-printed a logo onto it.

Kellan Ching (Shared Play Educational Toy) A Level Submission This year Kellan worked with two Year 3 class teachers and had over 50 students (potential clients) at his disposal. He interviewed the teachers and TAs and researched into the curriculum that would be needed to be delivered. He identified communication and shared play as being two areas that could be addressed through a single product. There were many highlights experienced throughout the process from interviewing the students to developing a clever electronic ball return system for his two person ‘ball run’ inspired product. Sometimes the simple things resonate the most… he designed it with a whiteboard on its base which allowed the students to visually create (and re-create) scenarios and map courses with coloured whiteboard pens. The product has a broad range of magnetised obstacles that could be positioned in different places on the board, and their placement was always discussed and negotiated between both players. This was a highly successful product encompassing a broad range of skills from Mig Welding to 3D printing. It makes the students laugh and kept them talking constantly.

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS Sixth Form It was great to invite our Year 9 and 10 students to experience what it’s like to be a Kellett Sixth Form Student. Looking smart as Sixth Form students: The Year 12 students hosted an A level subjects fair and that gave their younger peers an opportunity to speak with them about their university aspirations, what led them to choose these A level subjects and how to deal with exam stress! We then introduced Unifrog – our pathway and university research and application platform to our students. It’s never too early to start thinking about the future!

University Preparation Days – 14 and 15 June 2018 Straight after their AS exams, our Year 12 students were given two days to focus on their university application, including how to write a personal statement for UK applications and personal essays for USA applications. Throughout the year in Global Citizenship lessons, the Year 12s have been fine tuning their research on their university course and destinations. We hope the parents also found the workshops helpful!

EconomicS IGCSE Economics

A Level Economics

Year 10 students completed the microeconomics section of the IGCSE course and have begun studying the macroeconomics content in preparation for next year. In microeconomics they focused on how markets work and the theory of the firm. They looked at concepts such as supply and demand, elasticities, externalities, labour markets, market structure and government intervention in markets. So far in macroeconomics, students have looked at macroeconomic objectives. They enjoyed creating macroeconomic objective top trumps cards to help compare how statistics such as GDP per capita and inflation vary between countries!

Congratulations to the Year 12 economists for completing the AS Level course and their examinations. This year they studied how individual markets work as well as how individual economies operate. This includes how governments intervene to correct market failure and achieve their macroeconomic objectives. After their exams, students created a hydroponic farming display in the atrium including a working hydroponics tower for growing vegetables!

Congratulations to the Year 11 economists for completing the IGCSE course and their examinations. This year students have studied macroeconomics. They have looked at macroeconomic objectives, macroeconomic policy, global trade and development.

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Congratulations to the Year 13 economists for completing the A Level course and their examinations. This year students studied theory of the firm and global economics. They looked at concepts such as market structure, game theory, development and trade.

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Modern Foreign Languages Languages have had yet another busy term! Year 7 students have been experiencing all the languages on offer at Kellett, in preparation for beginning a new language next year. Language lessons in Mandarin and French were replaced with lessons in Latin, Mandarin, Spanish, French and German. We look forward to teaching you your new language next year! Year 10 Chinese students visited our sister school CSL Secondary School to practice their Chinese. This is an ongoing partnership, with students from both schools using visits to each othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; schools as an opportunity to improve their language skills and to make new friends. Our language students have been competing in lots of competitions this term. German students from Years 8, 9 and 10 travelled to King George V school recently and took part in a German Sprachfest. Lots of German was spoken and lots of sausages were eaten! Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to:

3rd place beginners

Claudine Schutte (Year 8)

2nd place beginners

Alex Hardy (Year 8) Nicholas Jivkov (Year 9)

joint 2nd open pair Barnabas Tam (Year 10) Advika Gudi (Year 10) 1st place open pair Julie King (Year 10)

Chinese students from Years 8,9,10 and 11 took part in the Chinese Youth Writing competition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an annual competition hosted by The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and The Chinese Society Of Education. Congratulations to Shannon Kewen Iao (Year 11), Keesha Yi Lam Yip (Year 10) and Tina Ma (Year 8), who achieved second and third prizes in the Chinese Youth Writing competition. Chinese students have also been awarded certificates for their use and commitment to GoChinese. Congratulations Kristina Akova, Mischa Yu, Jasmine Moskey, Victoria Catalan, Colman Wong, Ryan Han-King Lee and Jonathan Stoneley.

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The Senior School Art Exhibition gives the Art department the opportunity to showcase the achievements of our students. It also allows the wider community to fully appreciate the depth and breadth of work created in both GCSE and A level Art in a stunning environment and at a sophisticated and professional standard. The 2018 exhibition was no exception, the graduating students presented their works with great energy and enthusiasm and once again showcased not only the quantity but also the quality of works produced in the two years. The works ranged from video and digital editing to more traditional techniques of painting on canvas, drawing and printmaking. The personal themes were explored in great depth which was complimented upon by visitors to the show whom noted the collaborative characteristic of the group who featured in each other’s works.

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Term 3 started with some more good news on the short story front. Divina Samtani won the South China Morning Post’s Young Post Winter Short Story Competition. Divina’s letter of congratulations pointed out that ‘[Her] raw, touching story stood out to us from the beginning and we knew we had found our winner.’ Her story was printed in the Young Post and was published online after that. Please scan the QR code to view her writing and the article about her.

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This term had also seen many of our Senior students studying hard for their IGCSE, AS or A Level exams. To balance the books and remind everybody that literature is to be loved as well as to be studied, Kellett Senior School also celebrated Book Week. Ms Walvis, Mrs Share, Mr Barton and the rest of the English Team arranged a wide range of activities for the students throughout the week. Some of the highlights included Tweet your short story, workshops and seminars from visiting author Blair Reeve, daily pop-up themed library, dress as your favourite character, what your teacher is reading and speed dating with books. The week culminated in a SLAM poetry competition taken out by MacLehose, with Youde coming a close second. SLAM poets Henrik Hoag and the multi-talented Blair Reeve helped some of the students prepare and all of the teams that made it through to the final can be commended for their original and dramatic interpretations of the poems, many of which were penned by the students themselves. We are all looking forward to next year!

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Music Intermediate FOBISIA Music Festival-May 2018 In May, 18 talented Senior School musicians travelled to Jakarta to take part in the Intermediate FOBISIA Music Festival, hosted by the British School, Jakarta. The students had the opportunity to play in either a massed orchestra or sing in the choir, led by visiting professional conductors, and perform exciting repertoire such as ‘Treasure’ by Bruno Mars and ‘Another Day of Sun’ from the movie ‘La La Land’. Students also had the chance to participate in other ensembles such as soul band, performing well known classics such as ‘Knock On Wood’, and pop orchestra, where they performed Gnarls Berkley’s ‘Crazy’ and Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’. They also performed traditional Indonesian dance in the Kecak group and learnt some traditional Indonesian drumming. The final concert on the Sunday afternoon was a wonderful and memorable conclusion to the festival. Kellett will be hosting the festival next year, and we cannot wait to welcome everyone!

Senior Music Department Summer Concert The Senior Music department were thrilled to present their first ever Summer Concert, welcoming the Concert Band of the British International School, Phuket, as part of their tour to Hong Kong. The concert provided a real snapshot of the Senior Music Department; from solos and small ensemble performances to the Senior Orchestra and Choir, and the first ever performance by our Musical Theatre ECA group. The concert featured a lighter programme of movie soundtracks and popular repertoire, and was very well-attended. The Senior Orchestra were delighted to join with the visiting Concert Band to play a moving joint finale performance of ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ by Robert Powell, conducted by Mr Ian Wilkinson of BIS Phuket. The students attained an extremely high standard of performance throughout, with many students performing in more than one item and demonstrating musicianship on more than one instrument. Congratulations to all the performers!

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DRAMA The Drama department were busy yet again with an array of activities, exams, performances, festivals, workshops and big events this year. The Year 10, 11 and 13 Drama students all performed in their exam performances. Year 13 performed an originally devised piece entitled ‘Stage 7’ which was inspired by the practitioner Artaud and was about the topic of mental illness. This was a highly engaging and thought proving piece which demonstrated the talent within the group. They also performed a monologue from the hard hitting play ‘Five Kinds of Silence’ by Shelagh Stephenson and a group performance of the absurd, dark yet humorous extract from ‘The Cage Birds’ by David Campton. The Year 13 students were mature with the approach and we were proud of their achievements.

The Year 11 GCSE group also performed their final exam performances in front of a live audience in Term 2. A selection of extracts were performed and again the texts were a range of contemporary work from Shelagh Stephenson ‘The Long Road’ and ‘Colder than Here’ by Laura Wade to the classic 90s text ‘Shakers Restirred’ by John Godber. The performances were a great showcase for the hard work placed into the course over the two years. Year 10 began their own GCSE course with a set of original devised performances based off a poem from Edgar Allan Poe, the story of Emilia Earhart, facts on the Salem Witch trials, images of the artist Banksy’s work and lyrics from a popular song. The students worked hard to develop these stimuli, research, create, develop and refine their ideas into a 15 – 20 minute performance. It was a great afternoon in which all students really conveyed their characters, plots and style to the audience and yet again showed the way Drama can make an audience reflect and think about their role within society.

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Workshops and festivals were a big feature of the Drama department this year with our first Drama Artist in Residence helped by the Annual Fund, along with the opportunity to take students to the ISTA Middle School Festival in Hong Kong and the ISTA High School Festival in Mumbai. Last but no means least, we introduced the first every House Drama event at Kellett Senior School and it was an amazing success. The Year 10 GCSE Drama directors were dedicated and conveyed a real sense of maturity to the rehearsals, technical and event. Each house performed with flair and really connected to the Shockheaded Peter stories with each portrayal unique and creative. Well done to MacLehose for taking Best Contribution, Best Design and Best Actor and to Youde for taking Best Director and overall Best Production. The Key Stage Three students continued to work hard within lessons and covered an array of topics ranging from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night Dream, the Italian mask style Commedia dell’arte, Silent Movie, Melodrama and developing their knowledge of Devising and the practitioner Brecht. Again our Kellett students worked hard over the year to develop their skills and continue to grow as Drama students. I am looking forward to them using these in other subjects and projects outside of the classroom.

Finally, a big THANK YOU to every student and staff member who had made my first Year as Head of Drama at Kellett a joy. It couldn’t have been any better. I’m looking forward to next year!

In addition to the curriculum we also had the opportunity to run a variety of trips to see shows that were part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival and supporting a local theatre company The Hong Kong Players in their production of a GCSE set text DNA by Dennis Kelly. The Year 10 and 9 students were able to take part in a cast and director question and answer session along with the director Hamish Campbell.

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U12 A Team Boys Football The A team boys had a rough start to the season, losing their first match to Harrow after being in the lead for 90 percent of the game. A horrible end to the match left the team eager to improve. The following games saw the team go from strength to strength with good wins over RCHK and AISHK. There was some excellent goals from many of the players and Byron produced some outstanding runs and shots. We have a great team and everyone can be pleased with their contributions. The highlights from the season are probably the wins over DBIS and AISHK.

U12 B Team Boys Football In the last weeks, the Kellett B football squad faced several teams across Hong Kong. Even though we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it to the Top 3, our team was persistent every time we played. Our team has become stronger and stronger each game and we have also shown we work very well as a team. In the end, we lost four matches, tied one, and won one. Although we did not have the best results, I believe that we gave 100 percent throughout the season. Most valuable player went to Oliver Veitch with a special mention for Josh Grant and Sasha Jivkov who have all shown what we can do and to never give up. Well done team!!

U12 Girls Football The Year 7 girls had a great season this year. The team finished third in the league thanks to a whole team effort and great training from the coaches Mr Rigby and Mr Staffieri. All the members have improved their football skills and their general perseverance, all thanks to the support given by the PE department and the parents. Some memorable moments would be when Jess scored a goal and her mouth just dropped open out of surprise. Emily did an excellent volley from the halfway line and it bounced over the goalkeeperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head. We thoroughly deserved our bronze medals in the ISSFHK play offs and all the team players can be very happy with their overall effort and improvement. Well done girls!

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Year 7 A Girls Netball Team Last year’s netball season was phenomenal and we are all really proud of how well we played and the results we produced. We were unbeatable, unstoppable and it was unbelievable how well we came together and played for each other. As a team, we played some fantastic netball, passing effectively, defending efficiently and shooting accurately (most of the time). Although losing Tabitha to the UK at Easter was a blow, it did not stop us from finishing the season in style and we were the only Year 7 team to remain undefeated across all four of the tournaments; a total of 16 matches without a loss. We even had teachers from other schools coming over at the end of matches to congratulate us on how well we had played! We would like to thank the team for turning up regularly to practice and Mrs Mayo for all her hard work in supporting and coaching us. By Emily Herbert & Georgina Mukherjee

Year 7 B Girls Netball Team I have no idea how to sum up this incredible netball season. Everyone has played so hard and we all have bonded so much. With everyone’s talent and determination, the sky was the limit! We’ve all come so far, and with everyone’s talent, there was no stopping us from moving on to prepare for next year’s tournaments. I have to say though...greatest team ever. I’m proud of everyone for playing their best and winning almost every game - especially against A teams!!! However, I’m even more proud of us for working together as a mighty team. Like Golda Meir once said: “Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. By Anna Jaeger

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