Kellett Dragon Issue10 - Aug 2014 by Kellett School

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august 2014

CONTENT

WHOLE SCHOOL

Kowloon Bay

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

KELLETT NEWS

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Congratulations Alumni Staff Leavers Annual Fund

highlights

8-9

Libraries Kellett Cares

FEATURE

10-11

Annual Concert, June 2014

12-14

Pok Fu Lam

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Head of Preparatory School School Council Reception to Year 6

Arts & languages

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Art Chinese Studies Music ECAs

Sport

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Leavers’ Assembly Wet Netball

Head of Preparatory School School Council Reception to Year 6

Sport

Arts & languages

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Art Chinese Studies Music

EXtras

Senior HIGHLIGHTS

Sport French ICT Year 6 Transition Day

HIGHLIGHTS

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Wet Netball Presentation Assembly

Preparatory Prep Across the School

HIGHLIGHTS

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Head of Senior School Learning Central Geography Economics and Business Studies Science Sixth Form History Maths

Arts & languages

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Music Design Technology English Modern Foreign Languages Drama Art

Sport

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F1 in Schools Hong Kong National Finals HKAYP Purpose Presentation Evening

WHOLE SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

2013/14 was a formative year for Kellett School marking the senior school moving to their permanent site and the opening of Kowloon Bay Prep. It was a year in which there is much to celebrate both within Kellett and across our wider community.

Extensive planning ensured that all three campuses settled quickly and successfully into new routines, not least Pok Fu Lam who revelled in the additional space provided by the loss of four classes. The Parents’ Committee held a very successful school fair in Kowloon Bay and again our community appreciated the many spacious venues. The Sky Pitch proved a very popular picnic area and the senior atrium hosted student performances. A range of stalls, games and entertainment took place throughout the building. We are now looking to the future and our aim of continuing to build strong academic structures across the school.

Ann McDonald Principal

congratulations babies Edwina Mendes – Bruno Christopher Mendes Bruno Christopher Mendes

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KELLETT NEWS alumni After a successful inaugural alumni gathering in May 2013 we returned to London this year to meet with students, parents and staff from the past. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces. There were some amazing stories shared amongst old friends, including one of two girls who had parted ways after one family left Hong Kong when they were 7 years old, only to meet again some 20 years later, sitting opposite each other on the tube in London! Keep an eye on our alumni page on the school website for information on upcoming alumni events. If you are a past student, parent or staff member and would like to stay in touch with us, please send us an email alumni@kellettschool.com

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KELLETT NEWS staff leavers pok fu lam preparatory

Bernadette Walker PreparatoryLibrarian

Nichola adams Teaching Assistant

Nicole Lathuillerie MUSIC Teacher

Regina Hung House Keeper

Sheila Gardener Teaching Assistant

KOWLOON BAY preparatory

Alice Hobbs KS1 Class Teacher

Anastasia Stitch Teaching Assistant

Ellie Creighton Teaching Assistant

Emily Jebbitt KS2 Class Teacher

Mimi Cook Teaching Assistant

Rhona Barr KS1 Class Teacher

Soma Das Teaching Assistant

Karen Rowland Teaching Assistant

SENIOR SCHOOL

Anna Bowler Assistant Head of Sixth Form

Michi Hughes-Caley japanese tutor

Natasha Porter English Teacher

Paul Barker Music Curriculum Leader

Rebecca Seddon Learning Support Assistant

SUPPORT STAFF

Belenda Ryan Development Director

Benjamin Tang IT Support Officer

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Elsie Chan Laboratory Technician

Jimi Keyede Technical Manager

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KELLETT NEWS annual fund

Dr Kevin Fong

We have reached the end of our second successful Annual Fund and the benefits of the community’s continued generosity have been seen all across the school. The Annual Fund 2013 has facilitated a variety of enhancements for the students, ranging from a new interactive energy monitoring system to information sessions on the safe and responsible use of Social Media. Funding has been put in place for a study skills specialist to work with Senior School students and training has started for staff members to introduce the PlayMaker Award into the Prep schools. A number of guest speakers have inspired our students with their stories about events and issues that are close to them. Our guest speaker programme was opened by Mara McCaffrey who spoke to our prep students about the plight of the orangutan to raise awareness about issues such as habitats, resources and climate change. The programme was closed by Dr Kevin Fong, an expert and in space, medicine and engineering, who wowed students from Reception through to Year 12 as well as parents, with his fascinating theories, explanations and stories of the development of space travel and modern medicine. Full details of the Annual Fund 2013 will be published in our annual “Thank You” Magazine. Thank you again to all of those who supported the Annual Fund and made all these extraordinary opportunities possible for our students.

Social Media Parent information meeting By Peter Sutton

Adrian Hayes

TA Training

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libraries Tim Maitland Sport…love it? Hate it? Completely indifferent to it? A good journalist captures a reader’s imagination so that even the least likely fan will enjoy an article, sportswriter Tim Maitland told KLB Prep Year 6 students during his visit in June. Jumping up to perform his best speed skating impression or shouting Dae-han Minguk (Republic of Korea) to illustrate how football fans in South Korea ran from restaurant to restaurant to rouse diners celebrating their team’s victories in the 2002 World Cup, Mr. Maitland shared his experiences covering sport around Europe, Africa, and Asia for BBC World Service Sport, the SCMP, and countless other news outlets worldwide. When asked how to pursue a career of being paid to watch professional sport, he explained that earning a university

degree in geology convinced him to seek out work he would truly love. ‘The people who end up doing what they dream of in life always say they were lucky,’ he explained, ‘but in fact, you usually find that they looked for opportunities and talked to people already doing what they wanted to do.’ Judging by the children’s response, he has helped convert more than a few dreamers into doers.

Battle of the Books semi finals The Battle of the Books 2013-2014 came to an exciting close at the end of May with teams fighting out to prove they are the best in Hong Kong. Both our Preparatory and Senior teams came close in their semi-finals (only one question separated the top three teams in the Primary competition) but unfortunately were thwarted in their attempt to reach the finals. Congratulations to all team members and to all those who participated in the ECA. We hope to see many of you back for the 2014-2015 season. Start reading!! For lists of the 2014-2015 books please visit: • https://sites.google.com/site/hkbattleofthebooks/current-book-lists

I really think that Battle of the Books helped me work more collaboratively as a team. I really enjoyed reading The Abominables, I have never picked up a book and actually wanted to read it again so many times before. Battle of the Books to me means a way to meet new friends, have new experiences and read new books. Also I had a lot of fun.

• Preparatory list • Senior list

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I really enjoyed Battle of the Books this year. I have read books in styles I would have never read if not for this competition.

HIGHLIGHTS WHOLE SCHOOL

DID YOU KNOW Parents, did you know … you can also join the Kellett libraries to borrow books for your children or for yourself. Please sign up as a library user by contacting: • lisashare@kellettschool.com – Senior Library • library@kellettschool.com – Pok Fu Lam Preparatory Library • bmcneilly@kellettschool.com – Kowloon Bay Preparatory Library You can also view our library catalogue OLIVER by visiting http://tinyurl.com/kellettlibrary

eResources at Kellett – go beyond google! Students, did you know you can access a range of online resources especially designed for you from the Library ilearn page including;

JSTOR – a digital library of more than 1,900 academic journals, 19,000 books, and 2 million primary sources. [Senior students only]

Theday – Keep up to date world current affairs with this news website especially designed for students. RSS feeds and email alerts also available. [Senior students only]

Wheelers ebooks – a selection of over 600 books (fiction and nonfiction titles) that you can access anytime, anywhere.

Britannica Online for Schools – Encyclopedic knowledge at your fingers tips and more.

And lots more subject specific resources. Take a look today.

kellett cares Kellett Cares has had another successful term at both Pok Fu Lam and Kowloon Bay. The tote bags have been selling well and are now seen in all the top spots across Hong Kong. Second hand uniforms have been collected and they will soon be in Bacolod to kit out students there. At the time of writing, Kellett Cares has raised over $125,000 this year: this means we will be able to fully fund the school we support, which is an incredible achievement. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped on the committee, or running projects, or supporting events!

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annual concert, june 2014 The Annual Concert was a huge success and celebrated the hard work of students throughout the year. The concert demonstrated the breadth of music making in the school, from the Pok Fu Lam pre-orchestra to the senior Advanced Examination Choir, and featured a wide range of repertoire from classical to pop. The finale featured over 250 students from all three schools, performing ‘Let It Go’ from Frozen and ‘Baba Yetu’ by Christopher Tin. Congratulations to all the performers!

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sport FOBISIA Games 2014 This year’s Primary FOBISIA Games were held in Hong Kong and hosted by Discovery Bay International School. We were in the B1 Group this year and were competing against eight other schools. Taipei European School, Harrow School Beijing, Discovery Bay International School (DBIS), The British School Guangzhou, Seoul Foreign British School, The British School of Beijing and Dulwich College Suzhou. The Kellett team worked with energy and determination throughout the 3 day competition. Lots of team and individual successes, too many to note down here, but the medal haul after the first athletics and swimming day spoke for itself. In the team points events, Kellett were ranked 2nd overall in the swimming, being beaten by DBIS to top spot by only 1 point. Overall Kellett were 5th out of 8 schools in the athletics. In the tee ball and the football, lots of our teams made it through to the knock out stages. The Year 6 girls got a well-deserved Bronze in the football tournament after an epic sudden death penalty shoot out, which had the crowd on their feet. Despite the weather the children rose to the occasion and represented the school in fine Kellett spirit.

ESF Aquathon On Saturday 14 June 2014, students from Kellett School competed in the ESF Aquathon. Kellett was well represented, sending a number of teams from both Pok Fu Lam and Kowloon Bay Preps. The competition involved 32 teams in total and over 180 competitors, and was a ‘first ever’ for Kowloon Bay Prep. The aquathon consisted of a 250m swim followed by a 1km run, on what turned out to be a very hot day. The students all worked extremely hard and did exceptionally well, finishing in 4th (PFL), 5th (KLB), 15th (KLB) and 22nd (PFL) overall. Well done and congratulations to all the students who took part.

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PREP ACROSS THE SCHOOL French This has been a short but productive term in French! Year 3 pupils learnt about countries and nationalities. They have been practising saying where they come from and their own nationality. They have also been revising their knowledge of colours through describing the flags of different countries. Year 4 built on their knowledge of food by learning how to shop at the market. They learnt conversational language and quantities and then used this to create and perform shopping role-plays. At KLB they went on to study school subjects and give their opinions on their favourite and least-liked subject and at PFL they did numbers to 100 and looked at using The Euro on holiday! Year 5 had fun having a crash course in Mandarin, in preparation for their visit to Beijing. Upon their return, they worked with the Mandarin classes practicing for the Beijing evening. Back in French lessons, pupils learnt how to use the present tense to describe what is happening right now, using their dictionary skills to find new verbs and vocabulary.

Year 6 spent time learning how to use the past tense in French at the beginning of the term. They used this to describe the exciting holidays that they experienced during the Easter break. They then reviewed the topics covered in year 6 in preparation for their end of year assessments. All classes finished the year with a project centred on the World Cup in Brazil. For Years 3 and 4, this included revising colours, countries and numbers. KLB Years 5 and 6 students worked on their, reading and ICT skills were honed during a World Cup Web quest challenge whilst at PFL they completed player information, learnt some match vocabulary and celebrated the tournament en Français!! Well done to all on a great term’s work!

ict with a number of staff to develop a feed of information direct to the community. Since his early work an expanding number of staff have been involved in the project, each providing their own unique insight into the life of our school. Recent highlights have included Miss McDonald tweeting from atop The Great Wall as well as glimpses of a variety of extra-curricular activities.

Parent Twitter Workshops As part of the Annual Fund Social Media Residency, consultant Peter Sutton delivered a number of workshops throughout the year, many of them to the wider parent community. On his last visit, Peter facilitated a session for parents at both Pok Fu Lam and Kowloon Bay on using Twitter to engage with the school and the wider community. Kellett’s use of Twitter to document the everyday life of the school began on one of Peter’s earlier visits when he worked

However, it does not matter how good the content is that’s being shared if there’s no audience to benefit. Peter’s sessions were designed to introduce parents to Twitter and allow them to communicate with those tweeting from Kellett, as well as others outside of the community. Both sessions were well attended by a group of enthusiastic parents who quickly set up their own accounts and sent their first ever tweets. Peter guided those present on how to follow individuals and how to manage their own settings and privacy. Many parents were able to follow those tweeting from within the school and uploaded their own photo avatars. Many thanks to all those who attended. We aim to run more sessions in this in the new academic year. If you would like to follow the school Twitter account and some of its associated accounts, you can join the conversation @KellettSchool. KELLETT DRAGON NEWSLETTER ISSUE TEN AUGUST 2014

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PREP ACROSS THE SCHOOL Year 6 Transition day

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HIGHLIGHTS - POK FU LAM

A little bird told me… My first introduction to Twitter was back in the summer of 2009, at an educational technology conference hosted by another international school here in Hong Kong.

The Twitter workshop presenters showcased the power of this particular social media platform, specifically the impact it had in presenting yourself professionally. A running Curriculum Vitae if you like of what you were engaged in at work. I set up an account, but failed to really get to grips with what the next steps were so did not immediately begin using the system. In addition, what I saw being published from many other sources were relatively banal comments that had little professional value to me, and so the account was forgotten and my Twitter voice, whilst in existence, was silent. All this changed in January 2014 with the visit from Peter Sutton of Kai Ming Consultancy. Peter was himself an international school teacher in Hong Kong but now runs a social media consultancy back in his native Australia. As part of the school strategy on social media, and thanks to donations to the Annual Fund, we were pursuing both input on safety in the digital world for our students, and a strategy to widen our communications using new technologies. This particular week in January saw the Senior Management Team meeting with Peter and making a commitment to Tweeting at least three times a week to give the community our own perspectives on education. Many aspects of education and my job excite me, but what I am currently engaged in is our new curriculum design and the subsequent provision to achieve our goals. The Preparatory Schools have recently re written the programmes of study to reflect

the locality in which we live and work. The skills of the National Curriculum of England are retained while the context is more Hong Kong/China/Asia centric, giving student’s opportunities to learn about where they are in the world. Academic excellence is expected of our students, but in a curriculum where breadth of experience and high levels of creativity and engagement are also paramount. This is not always easy to communicate unless – like me – you are constantly seeing the products on display in and around the classrooms and school. This is where Twitter was a revelation for me. I am now able to tell the learning success stories of Pok Fu Lam. Recent threads have showcased a Reception year group project on space, outstanding pieces of art from both curricular and extra-curricular sessions, favourite reads from the Battle of the Books team alongside reviews of performances and events that embrace our school aim. In addition, I am myself “following” carefully selected schools, individuals and organisations to keep me up to date with current thinking and practice in the educational sphere. My own following is gradually increasing, and recent statistics from Twitter suggest that just under three hundred visits are made to my feed every week. Twitter has given me the tool to talk to you all about what makes us all proud – outstanding students engaged in their learning and producing high quality work. Follow me @Kellett_CH and the little bird will tell you how well we are doing too.

Ciaran Harrington Head of Preparatory School, Pok Fu Lam

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HIGHLIGHTS - POK FU LAM School council WHY DON’T WE JUST DANCE? Fundraisers often include a dress casual day and pizza days, but what if we could do a sponsored event, an event where the students could raise the money themselves not just to give money to wear casual clothes? So we decided to do a fun event but also a worthwhile event., We started by asking our teachers for suggestions of what the marathon should be, the suggestions included a sponsored spell, read or even a sponsored sport event. But we finally came to the conclusion of the JUST DANCE sponsor. Just Dance is a dancing game in which people copy the person on the screen. First we had to figure out if we could fit all of the classes into one day. We came up with a timetable and sometimes two or even three classes danced at a time! We also had to look at how many sponsors we needed to have per person, if we raised too much money then the next years school council couldn’t raise any money so we settled on 5 sponsors per child.

On the day, everyone got involved, not just the students but also the teachers, the office staff and the cleaners as well! We heard that Mr. Miller had some moves! We danced to songs such as ‘You Don’t Know You’re Beautiful’, ‘Jump In The Line’ and even ‘Chasing The Sun’. Overall the day was very successful and we managed to raise $27,652! Thank you to everyone who participated and helped us raise funds for new things for the garden.

Tabitha Grandolfo Elizabeth Nye

Written by: Victoria Leung Alex Ludwick

RECEPTION Reception students had a fantastic time learning all about castles! The topic started off with a bang, when a beanstalk appeared in the covered area and a giant letter was discovered! The students had a go at making their own castles then helped to construct a huge one with Mrs Chang in the shared area. Some of the children quickly discovered how hard being King or Queen must have been… A really enjoyable topic, packed full of interesting learning!

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HIGHLIGHTS - POK FU LAM Year 1 The Year 1 students have had a wonderful final term. The highlight was their pirate topic. The students loved learning about treasure as well as life on a pirate ship. Year 1 also enjoyed their topic on the weather where they got a chance to use an atlas to locate various countries around the world and discuss the different types of weather in each area.Â

Year 2 We had a short but busy term in Year 2. All of our topics were Science based and the children became super scientists, learning about materials and electricity. They did a lot of experiments and they made predictions and then found out if they were correct. This fitted in very well with a writing unit on explanation texts. As part of their topic work they had a very successful visit to the Science Museum. They had a great day out and the students worked in groups to make an iBook of the exhibits.

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HIGHLIGHTS - POK FU LAM Year 3 The topic for the summer term was Our Changing Planet and the students had a brilliant time making exploding volcanoes, discovering how and why tectonic plates move by using the very unassuming Mars Bar and learning about the Ring of Fire and the devastating effects earthquakes and volcanoes have on the planet and its communities. Tsunamis held a particular fascination for the students and they were privileged to have a guest speaker who talked about witnessing, first hand, the 2004 tsunami in Phuket. This was a very moving talk and really brought home to the students the real effect of a natural disaster.

Year 4

Do you know about “The Great Fire of Hong Kong”? Year 4 found out all about the events that took place at Shek Kip Mei on 24 December, 1953. Related to this, they built their very own ‘Shanty Town’ to simulate life in Shek Kip Mei – it was quite distressing when they temporarily lost their own personal possessions but it really helped them understand the plight of the people left homeless after this tragedy! To learn more about fire safety, they also visited the local fire station and even had the opportunity to practise escaping from a fire. In addition, they visited the Hong Kong Housing Authority to understand how public housing has developed over the years and find out about their exciting plans for the future. Our Science topic, ‘Circuits and Conductors’, meant lots of interesting experiments - the science lab and Year 4 corridor were buzzing and lighting up for weeks. Although it was a short term, it certainly was very busy! All the students would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all our class mums for their help this past academic year; we couldn’t have done it without you!

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HIGHLIGHTS - POK FU LAM Year 5 The Year 5 highlight was the educational visit to Beijing. It was a fantastic opportunity to gain independence, improve their Mandarin skills and see first-hand everything that they had studied throughout the topic, ‘The Last Emperor’. They walked the Great Wall, rickshawed through Hutongs, sampled the local cuisine, marveled at acrobats and bargained for local souvenirs, plus so much more! The subsequent Beijing evening performance included songs, dances and sketches, giving parents an insight into their epic adventure. Inspired by their visit to Jing Shan Park they designed and created model pagodas, using a variety of materials and handheld tools. During their final topic of the year, ‘Feed Me Now’ they researched how and where different foods are grown and considered the environmental impact of importing food from countries around the world. They created fruit smoothies using healthy and delicious ingredients whilst also trying to minimise the number of air miles the food has travelled.

Year 6 The summer term was immensely busy for the hard working Year 6 students. Exciting topics, exams, transition work and of course the famous Year 6 show kept the students busy. This year, all the Year 6 students took part in a transition project that involved them working on Maths and English lessons with Senior School teachers. All the students enjoyed learning about Pythagoras’ Theorem in Maths and had the opportunity to perfect their story openings in English. These lessons provided all the students with a better idea of what lessons would be like in preparation for next year. Finding out about themselves was the main focus for this term’s Humanities lessons in the topic ‘Being Human’.

The students relished the opportunity to spend time in the library study room whilst they carried out independent research on various world religions. Afterwards, the students used ICT to produce some fantastic information leaflets that provided an abundance of fascinating facts. Whilst all this was going on, the students were working on the frantic preparations for the Year 6 production. Glitter, glow in the dark planets, aliens and amazing performances from all the students helped to contribute to a memorable evening. Congratulations to all the students on a marvelous year of learning!

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ARTS & LANGUAGES - POK FU LAM Art Year 1 Year 1 were busy bees working on their topic of butterflies during the last term, thinking about symmetrical patterns, colour and 3D form. They also made some wonderful iPad art pictures using the Art department’s brand new iPads, which they have enjoyed greatly. They used an application called ‘Word Foto’, and brainstormed description words to describe the making process. It really showcased their developing art language and the final results were very creative. Their clay skills have been challenged once again and they remembered superbly how to attach and join pieces together using the ‘scratch and slip’, technique when making their clay butterflies. Well done Year 1. We look forward to seeing you all in Year 2!

Year 2 Claude Monet would be so proud of the Year 2 students who created the most magical water lily inspired mixed media pictures. They made tissue paper flowers using pva glue and bottle ends to create a mould. They then created a layered water background using wash and poster paint and added their 3D tissue paper flowers on top. The children loved learning about the Impressionist painters and had a great time during the project experimenting with new materials and discovering a new 3D process. They then went on to revisit their sewing skills and enjoyed creating running stiches and tying knots for their Binka bookmark project. Well done Year 2, what a busy but rewarding year!

Year 3 Year 3 studied the artist Hundertwasser and looked at his colourful paintings inspired by architecture, nature and people. The students designed their own pictures and thought about how to create a picture using the stimulus of buildings faces and patterned lines. They added yarn for his famous tree designs, which added an extra dimension to the work. They then became busy making clay owls, focusing on how to create texture when working with clay. Finally the students found another use for old CD’s which was weaving them, of course! They enjoyed making art out of household objects. Well done Year Three!

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ARTS & LANGUAGES - POK FU LAM Year 4 Year 4 made some very dramatic â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Great Fire of Hong Kongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; inspired pictures at the beginning of the term to link to their study topics. They really enjoyed using water colour pencils and charcoal to create the work. They then built secret garden dioramas using old shoe boxes, paint and plasticine. They used the stop motion application on the iPad to film their gardens growing which resulted in making some fantastic stop motion animation films. Look out for them on the Art blog. Well done Year 4!

Year 5 Pop art has popped into the Art room in a big way and the students of Year 5 embraced the challenge of lino cutting with much enthusiasm. They designed their own Pop Art designs and cut out the drawn design carefully with lino cutting tools. They rolled bright inks onto the lino and made a series of prints, in keeping with the style of the artists. The finished results were colourful, bold and individual. At the end of the term they learnt about a variety of notable artists in Art History and created their own interpretation of a famous painting. Look out for their painted tiles next term!

Year 6 The final term for Year 6 saw the population double due to their wonderful Chuck Close inspired portraits dotted about the art studio. It took a long time for them to complete their self-portrait projects from the original grid drawing that began from a photograph in their sketchbook, it was well worth the wait. The final results demonstrate much careful planning and application of colour, shade and pattern and they have all worked so hard with incredibly fruitful results. Good luck to all the Year 6 students in the new academic year!

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ARTS & LANGUAGES - POK FU LAM Chinese studies Martha Keswick is a famous author having published many bilingual books and recently, she inspired our Year 1 and Year 2 students through her bilingual story-telling. The students were very thankful to their local sister school who enthusiastically participated and supported the joint schools reading activities and game days. Hok Shan Primary School has had a strong tie with Kellett since 2007, if not earlier.

Mar tha Keswick

The students also set up a strong link with a Beijing sister school, Beijing XinXian Hutong Primary School, which they visit during their Beijing educational visit in Year 5. The Kellett friendship with them has blossomed since we first visited them in 2010. In January, our Beijing sister school made their first visit to Hong Kong. During the Year 5 Beijing evening show, the Chinese department helped entertain the audience with Chinese songs, Chinese dances and a shopping drama spoken in Mandarin to give the audience a taste of how they shopped in Beijing and how practical the language could be!

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ARTS & LANGUAGES - POK FU LAM music The summer term was very busy, as always, in the Music department at Pok Fu Lam! The students worked very hard rehearsing for their Presentation Assemblies, Year 6 Production, end of term class performances and the Annual Concert. During the Presentations and School Council Assemblies everyone was treated to performances by Year 6 musicians; Kala Davies, Jude Rowland and Alexandra Paulus, as well as the Advanced Recorder Ensemble. Many of these musicians also took part in the Annual Concert, which saw the Pok Fu Lam Junior Choir, Senior Choir, Orchestra and Pre-Orchestra perform in ensembles in their own right and as a part of the collaborative Whole School Orchestra and Choir.

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SPORT - POK FU LAM SPORT Cricket A group of cricketers took part in two major tournaments during the summer term, the Island School tournament and the ESF Schools Tournament. The Island tournament, which was held at the Hong Kong Football Club, saw a mixed bag of results for the team. Strong bowling and batting from all the sides saw some great performances from all the schools. Kellett were unlucky in a couple of matches losing by single digits in runs. The ESF tournament which was held on Saturday 7 June 2014, proved to be a huge event with 15 schools competing. The boys were competing in the Bowl competition against Glenealy, Shatin, Renaissance College and Discovery Bay. A strong performance by the boys lead them to finishing top of the table with four convincing wins out of four matches and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bowl Winnersâ&#x20AC;?. Well done!

Saturday Soccer Two successful seasons of Saturday Soccer this year have drawn to a close. The children have enjoyed being put through their paces by the Mums and Dads who got up early on Saturday mornings! We were lucky enough to get a visit from Tottenham Hostspur legends Ledley King and their coaches and of course Chirpy the mascot! A huge thanks to all the Mums and Dads who support with the coaching and also the refreshments. A big thanks to Marcus Woodger for his time and dedication to ensuring the programme runs smoothly.

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EXTRAS - POK FU LAM

leavers’ assembly

wet netball

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HIGHLIGHTS - KOWLOON BAY Mindset Matters I was recently fortunate enough to attend the World Class Schools Convention in London, thanks to funding provided through the Kellett School Annual Fund. The week was filled with presentations by some of the greatest minds in education.

Some research presented that particularly resonated with me and confirmed the approach we take at Kellett School was that of Carol Dweck’s on the concept of ‘Mindsets’ and how much these matter to achievement. The work of this academic identifies two types of ‘mindsets’ held about learning. The first is a ‘Fixed Mindset’ in which intelligence, aptitude and ability is seen as a fixed trait; a quality that is innate and that can’t be influenced. The second is a ‘Growth Mindset’ in which an individual’s intelligence is seen as having the potential to be developed; it is underpinned by the belief that everyone’s ability has the capacity to grow and advance. According to her research, roughly 40% of children and adults develop a predominately ‘Fixed Mindset’. These individuals have come to believe that learning should come naturally, be instant and require low effort. When they are not successful at something new, they are inclined to hide their mistakes and conceal their struggle to understand. As a result they can avoid things they perceive as hard, give up easily and plateau with their learning.

Those with a growth mindset see learning and the acquisition of new skills as something that will require effort and persistence and that there will be setbacks and struggles along the way. These learners expect obstacles and value constructive criticism. Learners with this mindset welcome challenges and see the mistakes they make as useful to know how to move forward. Students may hold differing mindsets dependent on the context or task. For example, they may hold a fixed mindset for some curriculum areas (e.g. I’m no good at maths and never will be) but a more growth oriented mindset in another (in music when I practice I really improve). Carol Dweck believes we can foster a ‘Growth Mindset’ in children by the feedback we give them in the classroom and at home. The language we use when we praise students tells them what we believe and value. At Kellett School we communicate to students that no matter what their starting point, they have the potential to do well. Our praise is focused on progress and improvement and the qualities that are leading these such as persistence, concentration and drive. Students must feel comfortable to have-a-go and risk making mistakes and know that to struggle at times is part of the learning process.

Jo Laufer Head of Preparatory School, Kowloon Bay

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HIGHLIGHTS - KOWLOON BAY School council KLB Prep School Council had a busy term organising a fundraising event. After much deliberation and discussions a disco dress up day was agreed upon! All the students were invited to come to school dressed up in bright, sparkly and glittery outfits and enjoyed dancing to music at different times during the day. It was a great success and everyone had lots of fun! The Prep School council also organised the first school council assembly which celebrated the achievements over the past academic year. Kowloon Bay Prep achieved much during their first year in operation at the new campus which they will continue to build upon next year. A huge â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thank Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the 2013/2014 School Council Representatives and we look forward to the elections for new class representatives in the new school year.

RECEPTION Our last term has been filled with lots of fun and exciting adventures based on our topics of castles and superheroes! Our covered area was transformed into a magnificent castle, dark dragons cave and a wonderful stage for performing stories. All the children designed and made their own superhero capes and masks and had lots of opportunities to be superheroes saving the day! The Reception children enjoyed their first sports day at school with their parents watching. They all had fun showing all their skills in running, jumping and throwing and even their parachute games. To end the term, the children all enjoyed their class parties thanks to the class mums. Reception has had a fantastic first year at Kowloon Bay and are now ready for Year 1. KELLETT DRAGON NEWSLETTER ISSUE TEN AUGUST 2014

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HIGHLIGHTS - KOWLOON BAY year i The students had an action packed term learning about treasure, pirates and the weather! Year 1 pupils kicked off their exciting Summer Term topics by dressing like pirates for a day. They had a mAARRRRvellous day! The children learnt about what life was like on a pirate ship and many nautical terms. A few people even walked the plank! While learning about weather they discussed the local climate. Children were fascinated about the typhoons that sometimes strike in summer. They measured rainfall and studied the keys and symbols that the HK Observatory use to inform people about the weather forecast. They read a very interesting book called ‘On the same day in May’. It showed that the weather was different on the same day in many different parts of the world. They also used atlases to find those places and discussed why the weather is different.

year 2 Year 2 have had a fantastic term carrying out lots of fun scientific experiments. They really enjoyed the ramp investigations, finding out how the height of the ramp or the weight of the car changed the distance the car travelled. They learnt how to make sure the test was fair!

direction of batteries to make sure the electricity flowed. They tested which materials were conductors and built a working lighthouse. They then rounded off the term with a fabulous trip to the Science Museum to explore electricity. Everyone had a marvelous time!

As scientists they also investigated different types of materials and how increasing or decreasing the temperature can change them. They discovered whether the changes were reversible or irreversible. One of the investigations tested the strength of wood and found out that the hardest wood was the strongest and therefore the best for making furniture because it would hold more weight and wouldn’t break easily. Their last exciting topic was electricity where they made simple electrical circuits and discovered the correct

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HIGHLIGHTS - KOWLOON BAY year 3 Time flies when you’re having fun in Year 3! The final term saw many a Science investigation, much to the delight of Kellett’s budding scientists. Investigating the force of friction by pulling themselves along different surfaces was a highlight, as well as testing the principles of Newton and air resistance by making their own parachutes! Developing their skills, they have improved predicting, interpreting results and making conclusions.

Experimenting with Mars Bars was an interactive way to learn more about how tectonic plates move and the children have shown great empathy towards the results of natural disasters, both past and present, in our world. A busy term’s work, well done Year 3!

The final topic of this year, Changing Planet, had proved most popular! Did you know that millions of years ago, our continents formed one supercontinent called Pangaea? Find a knowledgeable Year 3 student to tell you more! Building volcanoes and exploding them was a definite action-packed highlight to kick start this fascinating unit and the children have worked ever so hard to create impressive projects on a range of physical geographical features.

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In Year 4 the students learned through the topic, The Great Fire of Hong Kong. They started the topic with a trip to the fire station where they learnt about fire safety including how to escape from fire and how to prevent a fire occurring. They then explored the 1953 Shek Kip Mei Fire and its repercussions on social housing in Hong Kong. Year 4 visited the Hong Kong Housing Authority Exhibition Centre and learnt about the progression of public housing since 1953. They also had a visit by architect, Max Connop, who talked to them about the process of designing apartments in Hong Kong’s limited space. They then went on to design their own apartments. KELLETT DRAGON NEWSLETTER ISSUE TEN AUGUST 2014

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HIGHLIGHTS - KOWLOON BAY year 5 The last term has been the highlight of the year for the Year 5 students and staff. They concluded their topic The Last Emperor with an incredible five day residential trip to Beijing. Students visited different sites around the city, such as the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City, Hutong area, Tiananmen Square, and The Great Wall of China. Children enjoyed watching an acrobat show, practicing their Mandarin by bargaining at a market and they tried lots of delicious local cuisine – the Peking Duck was a firm favourite! While in Beijing, they met up with children from Hutong Primary School, where gifts were exchanged, they toured the school, learnt Tai Chi, practiced Mandarin and spent some time playing with new friends.It was a busy but very fun week. On their return to Hong Kong, Year 5 students worked very hard to put together a show to tell children and parents all about their adventures and experiences. Year 5 then moved onto the final topic of the year, Feed Me Now. They learnt about the heart and circulatory system and keeping healthy. They identified the different food groups, applying this knowledge to creating a smoothie business where they developed their own delicious drinks. The smoothies were thought about carefully in terms of instructions, persuasive adverts and audience, developing literacy skills.

year 6 Year 6 have had another jam packed term at Kowloon Bay! In Literacy they went from enjoying the “Demon Headmaster” by Gillian Cross, to writing powerful poetry to convey concerns about the environment, to exploring the Harry Potter series and writing their very own flashback stories. They worked hard on writing recently; working towards targets and self-assessing their work along the way. The progress as a result was really impressive. Well done Year 6! Transition lessons with the Senior teachers was very rewarding and enriching and allowed pupils to get a taste of life next year! Year 6 were “Mad Scientists” during their last term and really enjoyed being able to make the most of being in the new 30

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Science Lab. From testing factors which effect dissolving, to separating solids from a solution and investigating new materials made as a result of burning, they certainly earned the title of “Mad Scientists”! Year 6 ended the term with their show: “Out of this World.” They worked so hard throughout the Summer Term to prepare their performance, with endless rehearsals, dance lessons and singing practice. It was all worth it. The final performance reflected the character, passion and energy we’ve seen throughout the year in this cohort. Well done everyone!

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SPORT - KOWLOON BAY SPORTs Kowloon Cricket Tournament The Kellett KLB Cricket team took to the wicket for the first time on 28 May 2014. The team was made of some experienced cricketers and a handful of students who were new to the game. The team started extremely well with a convincing win against Discovery Bay International School, the confidence grew and Kellett KLB continued on their winning way with victory over Clearwater Bay School ‘B’ Team. After a well-deserved rest they were then taught a lesson in Cricket from a very good and experienced Beacon Hill School. This loss put them through to the 3rd & 4th place playoff game where they faced Clearwater Bay ‘A’ team. Although Kellett proved to be handful with the ball in hand they couldn’t get to grips with the game with bat in hand, Clearwater Bay ‘A’ team coming away with a hard earned victory leaving Kellett KLB celebrating 4th place in their first ever Cricket tournament.

ESF Cricket Tournament On Saturday 7 June 2014, all the major international schools in Hong Kong gathered at King George V School to battle it out for the crown of 2014 ESF Cricket Champions, Plate Winners or Bowl Winners. With the success of the Kowloon Cricket Tournament still feeding the students confidence and the fact they had qualified for the Plate Competition’ the Kellett KLB Cricket team arrived at KGV with victory on their minds. However, this tournament would be a far tougher challenge as we would face some of Hong Kong’s more established Cricket Schools. Although Kellett KLB played some good Cricket the challenge proved too great finishing the day with 3 losses and 1 well deserved win.

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ARTS & LANGUAGES - KOWLOON BAY Art Year 1 Year 1 had a very busy time learning about photography. They looked at the still life’s of the old masters and used their new iPads to photograph them. They learned about all the elements of art by creating butterflies in paint and clay and loaded their paintings into TypeDrawing on their iPads to list the elements of art over their work.

Year 2 They started the term creating amazing islands from papier mâché and mod roc which they painted and added details, thinking about aerial views. Moving on from there they created beautiful watercolour seascapes with little lighthouses casting light through them. They practiced wet on wet techniques and created colour gradients. Finally they moved onto sewing skills, designing beautiful wallets, decorated with embroidery stitches.

Year 3 Year 3 worked on beautiful clay owls which used their imprinting and joining skills while showing pattern and texture for the first time. They looked at the art and architecture of Hundertwasser and made multimedia pieces with paint, pen and wool to re-create his amazing landscapes. They ended the year working on beautiful “Under the Sea” canvases.

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Year 4 Year 4 have learned to sculpt with tissue this term for their mixed media project based on the topic the Great Fire of Hong Kong. They created fire textures and looked at the use of colour to make these. They then moved onto a multimedia piece in which they created a garden diorama. They sculpted each component separately, in plasticine and then made a stop motion video showing everything growing.

Year 5 They finished their collection for the Beijing evening with beautiful watercolour junks. The exhibition work also had their watercolour fans, opera masks and mixed media canvases. They went on to learn about the processes of printmaking and the Pop art movement, creating prints through cut out lino blocks.

Year 6 The Year 6 students put in a lot of time to finish their Chuck Close inspired portraits! The portraits are a wonderful souvenir of their prep school years – capturing themselves as they looked at the end of their Prep school days. They then moved on to study Henry Moore and have created figure sculptures in papier mâché and mod roc. They also looked at still life and have learned more drawing skills; types of shading, the subtleties of highlights and lowlights, and applied this knowledge to show more contour and texture within their work.

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ARTS & LANGUAGES - KOWLOON BAY chinese studies In Kowloon Bay, Reception to Year 4 children have been busy learning about the Dragon Boat Festival celebration. They explored festival related artifacts and customs and enjoyed making paper rice dumplings, creating dragon boats in various forms and researching facts about the festival. Year 5 students made friends in Beijing during their educational trip and shared their experiences through the Beijing Evening. They are now back to their classrooms and learning about Chinese dictionary skills. Year 6 students have been compiling their end of year Chinese Studies portfolios in preparation for their transition to Year 7.

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music The children at Kowloon Bay prep have taken advantage of the technology at school and consolidated their music and IT skills. The Year 6 have worked hard on creating their 12 Bar Blues music using Sibelius. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an impressive programme that top professional musicians use! The Year 4 have used Garage Band to compose and arrange contrasting music and Year 3 have used Magic Band on their iPads to record and layer tracks. Please feel free to check out some of the student work via the Kellett Google drive which can be accessed through ilearn!

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS “Success: noun - The accomplishment of an aim or purpose” In his influential book ‘The Magic of Thinking Big’ Dr. David J Schwartz states ‘believe you can succeed and you will’. He argues that a person is a product of their own thoughts and that one’s mind can be trained to think success and that this will result in success and a remarkable life.

His book goes on to give sensible and practical advice on how to train one’s mind to think big. Schwartz’s work, first published in 1979 was arguably somewhat ahead of its time. On Day 1 of the Leadership Conference on Leading Learning in London last May, Professor Barry Hymer put forward the case that success can be taught. Underpinning his argument is that the cognitive hypothesis of success – The belief, rarely expressed aloud but commonly held nonetheless, that success today depends primarily on cognitive skills (the kind of intelligence that gets measured on IQ tests) – is in doubt. The Non-Cognitive Hypothesis of success is now prevalent – In the past decade…, a disparate congregation of economists, educators, psychologists and neuroscientists have begun to produce evidence that calls into question many of the assumptions behind the cognitive hypothesis….what matters most in a child’s development is whether we are able to help develop a very different set of qualities, a list that includes persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence. Economists refer these as non-cognitive skills, psychologists call them personality traits, and the rest of us think of them as character. Professor Hymer continued to explore the work of Professor Carol S Dweck on Mindsets and the impact on young people of a growth mindset as opposed to a fixed mindset.

Fixed Mindset

Growth Mindset

Your belief

Intelligence is a fixed trait

Intelligence is cultivated through learning

Your priority

Look smart, not thick

Become smarter through learning

You feel smart

Achieve easy, low effort successes and outperforming others

Engaging fully with new tasks, exerting effort, stretching and applying skills

You avoid

Effort, difficulty, setbacks, higher-performing peers

Easy, previously mastered tasks

Fixed and Growth Mindset in Action

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The hallmark of successful individuals is that they love learning, they seek challenges, they value effort, and they persist in the face of obstacles Dweck, 2000

Two famous examples of Growth mindsets being demonstrated leading to success.

...possibly the world’s most influential education academic... TES, September 2012 Professor John Hattie

Hymer’s and Dewek’s work is supported by that of another highly influential academic. Professor John Hattie’s ground breaking research brings together the results of thousands of studies covering 1/4 billion students. Its shows that the area which has the biggest impact on learning is a student’s own belief in what they will achieve. Hymer advises students form three Happy Habits for Success. Before I share them, if you want to read more about the power of habits and the extent to which the habits an individual has formed, willingly or otherwise, impact ones actions and mindset, I recommend ‘The Power of Habit: Why we do what we do in Life and Business’ by Charles Duhigg. In the last decade rapid advances in neurology have started to unlock the mystery of the brain. We now have a growing understanding of how the brain works and its role in how we develop habits. Hymer’s Happy Habits for Success – you may want to promote them with your children. Habit 1: Make if/then statements a habit of the mind

Habit 2: Make the ‘nothing alternative’ a habit of the mind – it is ok to not do what you have planned but you can do nothing else in that time – there is no alternative

Habit 3: Make limitless willpower a habit of the mind

Examples:

Example: Homework

If I cannot attend the revision class then I will make greater use of my class notes and BBC bitesize at home

• Identify a suitable work period

Willpower is limited only if you believe it is limited

If I am finding the work hard in maths then I will go through each lesson with a friend

• If you choose not to use this time for homework then you cannot do anything else in this time (no facebook, internet, television etc)

Develop a growth mindset and expand your willpower

• This is when you study/ practice/ review

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS learning central On 29 May 2014, Kellett School hosted a gathering of Inclusion Coordinators from many of the International Schools across Hong Kong. Over twenty professionals attended and gathered in Learning Central with a hunger to learn from each other and share good practice in the field of Special Educational Needs. This is to become a regular meeting with our topic for next term being â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Very Able Studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; where we aim to share good models of whole school curriculum provision and specialist interest activities throughout Hong Kong.

geography Humanities Day Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 took part in a morning of geographical quizzes. Students geared up in House teams to answer questions on the geography of the world, Asia and Europe competing for the ultimate glory of being their year group champions. Well done to all that took part, it was a fun filled start to the day which put your general knowledge to the test!

Year 7 and Year 8 Permaculture Speaker Rebecca Sweetman from The Permaculture club, which set up a farm in the New Territories, came in to speak to Year 7 and Year 8 students about where our food in Hong Kong comes from. As well as inviting students to visit their farm they discussed the importance of checking where your food comes from and reducing food miles. It was an interesting presentation with many questions asked from the aspiring farmers amongst the group!

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Year 7 Food Waste Year 7 investigated food waste and weighed the food waste produced in the dining room from lunches over a two week period. They presented the results during house assemblies successfully spreading the message to minimise food waste in Hong Kong.

Year 8 Ecosystems Year 8 completed a topic on ecosystems and investigating the ecosystem of the campus in Kowloon Bay. Here they can be seen field sketching the environment of the sky pitch.

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS economics and business studies Year 10 Business Studies students were busy undertaking the role of marketing researchers at PepsiCo. They first carried out a taste test between Coca-Cola and Pepsi to identify what consumers really thought tasted best, and surprisingly, the least popular Pepsi won. The Students did not stop there and continued researching the market by collecting and analysing more information, such as data from a customer survey and comments from a focus group. Year 12 returned to school in June. They spent 2 weeks preparing to deliver an ‘Economics or Business Review’ presentation to the rest of the class. The assignment directed students to find out about the importance and relevance of Economics and Business in the wider world around us. Students rose to the challenge by demonstrating effective research and independent working skills, as well as an ability to deliver an informative and interesting presentation to others. Well done!

science Students were successful in achieving many ‘firsts’ during our first year in Kowloon Bay – from our first AS-Level ISA’s to Science Skills Boosters sessions. In addition to raising a whopping $19K during Green Week, we also sent our largest group in the history of Kellett to Borneo for our annual Science Curriculum Visit. As we look forward to another year of many firsts – including our first Year13 A2 finals – we continue to build towards the future to further establish Kellett’s World Class Science programme.

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sixth form Kellett is delighted to announce details of the first Student Leadership Team! Previously, I studied at Yew Chung International School. I’m studying Physical Education, Economics and Mathematics for my A-Levels. I’m part of the Kellett team for basketball, netball, athletics and football, and my extracurricular activity is rugby. I have participated in three FOBISIA Games, the first one in Malaysia back in 2007 where it was my first time knowing about Kellett and discovering its amazing potential in sports. In the future, I wish to continue my studies in one of the universities in the UK, and the course that I would like to major in is Marketing Management or Economics. Praew Chanteeraded Clementi House Captain

I moved to Kellett last September from St John’s School in Surrey, England. The academic subjects I take include PE, Geography and Business Studies. After A- Levels I would like to go to university in the UK to study Sport Management. Outside of school I enjoy playing golf and other sports such as football.

I was born and raised in Hong Kong. This is my first year at Kellett. My last school was Discovery Bay International School from Nursery/ Kindergarten to Year 11. The A-levels that I’m currently studying are Music, Art, Drama and Math. In the future, I wish to study Music and possibly Art Therapy at Arizona State University in the U.S. In my free time, I enjoy listening to music, singing, attempting to compose new pieces and sketching.

Andrew Howorth Head Boy

I previously studied at South Island School from year 7 to 11 until moving to Kellett to do my A Levels. The subjects I study are English, Physical Education and Drama and when finishing school I hope to go to university in the UK and study Drama. My extra curricular activities consist of sports such as Netball, football and tennis, and I have thoroughly enjoyed representing Kellett in these sports throughout this academic year.

Sandra Zamora Youde House Captain

I have been at Kellett from Reception through to Year 12. Currently I am studying Maths, English Literature, Geography, and Economics at A Level. Outside of school I am interested in football, rugby, and tennis. I am looking at University in Edinburgh, Southampton, Bath, and Exeter.

Maya Rolston MacLehose House Captain

Praew Chanteeraded Clementi House Captain

Alex Mortensen Bowen House Captain

Thomas Cooper Deputy Head Boy

Maya Rolston MacLehose House Captain

Cameron Taylor Deputy Head Boy

Freya Darnton Deputy Head Girl Rebecca Lim Deputy Head Girl

Susanna Kidd Head Girl

Cameron Taylor Deputy Head Boy

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Andrew Howorth Head Boy

Sandra Zamora Youde House Captain

I have studied in various countries such as Japan, Shanghai and Australia. I moved to Kellett in year 8 and I’m currently studying my A-levels. My chosen subjects are Maths, Physics and English Literature, all subjects which have been both interesting and enjoyable. Outside of school I’m involved with various activities. I play basketball and take part in athletics. Musically, I am part of the senior choir and play the bass guitar. I am also about to take part in the Senior School’s musical, ‘Blood Brothers’. I have one more year in Kellett and then going to Australia for university. I am looking to study Biomedical Engineering and English Literature.

Before Kellett I went to Island School for nearly a year, prior to Hong Kong I attended school in the UK. I have been at Kellett School since year nine, and for my AS level I am doing Geography, Chemistry, Maths and Economics. At University I hope to study Finance. Outside of school I play division 6 for the LRC squash and I play in the C team for the LRC tennis.

Alex Mortensen Bowen House Captain

I’ve been at Kellett since year 9. Previously I went to The Marist School in the UK. Currently I study Geography, Economics, Music and Art. In the future I would like to Study Geography at a University in England. In the ECA program through school I participate in choirs and in jazz band. Outside curriculum, I sail for the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club where I compete Nationally and Internationally.

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS I joined Kellett after two terms of year 10, from Bryanston School in the UK. I take Biology, Chemistry, Maths and English, in the hope of studying Veterinary Science at University. I really enjoy playing sport and have taken part in the Netball, Football and Basketball team for Kellett. Outside of school, I really enjoy acting, playing tennis, singing and playing the piano Susanna Kidd Head Girl

Thomas Cooper Deputy Head Boy

I came to Kellett in Year 9 and before that I was in the UK at a girls’ day school but was born in Hong Kong. I study Geography, French, English literature and Art for my A-levels and I hope to study Geography at University in the UK. Some of my many outside school interests include tennis and piano and enjoy many more activities such as scuba diving and skiing. I am thoroughly looking forward to this new leadership role and the opportunities and experiences it comes with. Rebecca Lim Deputy Head Girl

Freya Darnton Deputy Head Girl

history H-Day Dragon Blurb The 70th anniversary of D-Day was 6 June 2014. Years 7 - 10 participated in remembering D-Day throughout that week, whilst also enjoying Humanities quizzes as part of the Humanities Day programme on 6 June 2014. In the week preceding the anniversary and on the anniversary itself, Year 9 delivered an assembly commemorating D-Day to the Year 7 and Year 8 students.

On Humanities Day, following the assembly, Years 7 and 8 took part in History and Geography quizzes. Each team’s score counted towards the overall Humanities score for each House, with the highest scoring House gaining the most House Points and the highest scoring individual team in each subject.

At lunchtime, students enjoyed delicious French food in the canteen, dining on tables adorned with special table cloths that represent the blood spilt by the youth of yesterday for our freedom today.

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SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS maths Junior Maths Challenge Approximately 80 students in Years 7 and 8 took part in the Junior Maths Challenge, which is the biggest Maths competition in the UK with over 600,000 students and 4000 schools taking part annually. The 25 multiple-choice questions challenged student’s mathematical thinking but did not rely too heavily on specific subject knowledge. We had a fantastic number of certificate winners, 39 in total and 6 Gold awards, a good improvement on last year. The award winners were:

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Ethan Kim Sean Hargraves Sean Jaffe

Alexander Tsai Jasper Smith John Lee

Daniel Storey Holly Farrall Harrison Fullwood Hannah Hanselman Millie Krantz Kiran Gathani Sena Clarke

Lana Davies Abigail Riggs Charlotte Bird Anahita Kaman Qi Jiang Ng Max Cowley Tej Sheopuri William Hicks

On Wednesday 11 June 2014, Kellett’s crème de la crème of Mathematics students flew to Beijing to take part in the first ever FOBISIA Maths competition at Harrow School Beijing. The crack team of Mathematicians consisted of Ethan Kim (Y8), Rebecca Heritage and Kirstie Taylor (Y9) and Donald Leung (Y10). They pitted themselves against some stiff competition from Harrow, Dulwich College and Shrewsbury School Bangkok in a variety of team challenges across two days. In the end Kellett ended a respectable 7th, the top Hong Kong team!

Dhruv Chubal Max De Saint-Exupery Ella Doubleday Charlotte Weener Archie Wilkinson Josh Preston Jasmine Turner Lydia Lane Georgia Harvey

In addition they attended Master Classes on advanced topics such as Number Theory and Complex Numbers. The two day event climaxed on the Friday afternoon with an assembly based around the Mathematics of Friday the 13th. Unfortunately the superstition proved true with a 4-hour delay on the return flight meaning students didn’t get home until 4am Saturday morning. Despite this however all the students immensely enjoyed themselves whilst improving their Maths skills simultaneously!

Felix Welsh Georgia Shepherd Dylan Gordon James Orchard Tom Angell Rei Lindemann Alex Carey Ben Woolhouse Amelia Drew

Congratulations to all the award winners listed above but in particular to Sean Hargraves who achieved the Best in School accolade with an impressive score of 95.

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FOBISiA Maths Competition Beijing

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ARTS & LANGUAGES music senior music recital This year saw the first ever Senior Music Recital allowing our more advanced performers the opportunity to work towards higher-level music making performance in our Kellett Theatre. From Beethoven Sonatas to classics from Les Miserable, the performers all gave truly stunning performances.

design technology D&T Year 9 CoCo Chocolate Bar Project The Year 9 students had a great time designing and making a brand new chocolate bar. They used Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketchup to design the packaging, chocolate bar and mold. They then cast their bars, refrigerated them and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;evaluatedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; their work. Yum!

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ARTS & LANGUAGES English The Year 7 students worked on Shakespeare’s villains in preparation for a series of English and Drama workshops about the qualities and morality of heroes and villains. The students all created their own heroic and villainous schools, considering their ethos, motto, rules and codes of conduct. They produced a range of tableaux and wrote persuasive speeches advertising their individual schools. Year 8 students had a theatrical introduction to Michael Mopurgo’s play version of Private Peaceful with the Head of Drama, Mr Hall. Gathering in the auditorium at the start of this unit of work, they were given an idea of how soundscapes and staging can add to an audience’s understanding of a text and focused on the power of monologues. Shakespeare’s The Tempest was the focus of attention for the Year 9 students who analysed language, character and themes through a range of engaging and dynamic drama activities. They had the opportunity to enhance their essay writing skills in this unit with a final assessment that prepared them directly for the demands of the English Literature GCSE.

Modern foreign languages The final term in the 2013-14 academic year saw Kellett Senior School crowned Language Perfect Champions of Hong Kong. Years 7-9 fought off tough competition from Harrow, AIS, DBIS and Elsa High School, with Maclehose House winning the inter-house trophy. Many pupils obtained exceptionally high scores and received prizes, trophies and certificates for their efforts. Our Year 10 Mandarin students also enjoyed continuing their language exchange with Chu Shek Lun Secondary School, whilst the school library saw the launch of a new section devoted to French, Spanish, German and Mandarin. Students can now read language magazines and books, as well as borrow a wide-range of DVDs, which were kindly funded by the Parents’ Committee.

今年，十年級的中文学生去了一间當地学校。這间学校就是朱石麟。在這里，我們教了他們英文，然后他們教了我們中文。我們玩儿了很多的游戲，也認識了很多新的朋友。他們的学生很友好的，而且他們很歡迎我們。我覺得我們学了很多新的東西，也幫了他們学新的英文字。 Y10 Audre Hui This year, the year 10 Chinese students went to the local school. The school is called Chu Shek Lun (朱石麟). At the school, we taught them English, and after that they taught us Mandarin. We had a lot of fun, and also made a lot of new friends. They were all very friendly, and they welcomed us to their school. I think I learned a lot of new things, and I also think that they learned a lot of new English words. Y10 Max Angell (Translation of Andre Hui’s Writing)

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ARTS & LANGUAGES drama

GCSE Drama Year 11 Student devised performance. The group conceived, scripted, rehearsed and performed a piece of theatre inspired by the stimuli of Mental Disorder. The piece explored a full range of Mental Disorders and incorporated several techniques pioneered by the drama practitioner Bertolt Brecht.

Year 7 Drama Week Throughout the Year 7 Drama week the students were involved in various practical tasks that culminated in their creation of an original villain or hero character. These characters where then included within a presentation that focused on a villainous or heroic school that they planned and developed.

Art The Senior School Atrium provided a perfect setting for the first AS and GCSE Art Exhibition at the Kowloon Bay campus. Parents, guests and the visiting examiner from the UK were highly complimentary of the venue and the standard of works on display. Congratulations to these students, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pleasure to see the caliber and quantity of work increasing as our student body matures and we are looking forward with great anticipation to next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final A Level show.

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SPORT sport As Kellett expanded its Sporting Extra Curricular programme with new activities such as Table Tennis, Yoga and Cricket it continued to show itself as a strong all round sporting school. In the last season of the 2013/14 sporting calendar Kellett picked up some great league positions in the International and Hong Kong Schools League competitions, most notably with a win in the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) Invitational Open. RESULTS Grade A Girls Football 1st place in ISSFHK Kellett Rowing Team 1st place in RHKYC Invitational Regatta Grade D Boys Rugby 2nd place in HKSSF Grade D Boys Football 2nd place in ISSFHK

The RHKYC (who boast three Olympians amongst their coaching team), have worked closely with us over the last year to develop the endurance, power and technique of our young athletes. The commitment to move from one to two sessions a week in term 3 certainly paid off with the number of top three finishes at the recent regatta. A big well done to all of the students involved: Kea, Francis, Harrison, Alfred, Harry, Jeffrey, Millie, Brianna, Simone, Liz and Hannah and thank you to Mr Collie who also picked up a gold in the staff race and 250m erg challenge!

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EXTRA ECA F1 in Schools Hong Kong National Finals Congratulations to all teams who took part in the F1 in School Hong Kong National Championships. Please see the awards won:

F1 in Schools Hong Kong National Champions

STC Racers from Shatin College

2nd Place

Blaze Runners from South Island Schools

3rd Place

Xenon from Kellett School

Fastest Car

Blaze Runners

Innovation Award

Speed Demons from Kellett School

Research and Development Award

STC Racers

Best Engineered Car

Blaze Runners

Team Identity Award

Blaze Runners

Best Pit Display

Blaze Runners

Best Portfolio

STC Racers

Best Verbal Presentation

Blaze Runners

We would like to say a big thank you to the judges:

Verbal Presentation Judge Engineering Judge

Specification Judge

Portfolio Pit Display Judge

Helen Bannigan CEO of Bannigan Communications Cameron Ferguson Chartered Engineer with 30 years experience in helicopters, wheeled vehicles and electronics Bhavdeep Dhingra Recently graduated mechanical engineer who took his F1 team ‘Dragons’ to the World Championships in 2008 Paul Dwyer Head of maths and F1 enthusiast

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HKAYP Purpose Presentation Evening The HKAYP participants presented their purposes to Mr Giddings, Mr Hughes-Caley and their parents. They talked enthusiastically about their experiences on the expeditions and how they found out about their chosen purposes. Groups looked at human and physical Geography; photography, sketching, human psychology and outdoor cooking. Here are some snapshots of the slides from their presentations.

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