KGV Newsletter June 2016 by KingGeorgeVSchool

Vol. 24, Issue 3 JUN 2016

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Vol.24 Issue 3 | JUN 2016

Contents Head of KGV’s Welcome

No Ceiling Project

CRead Chinese Reading Programme 4 The IET/MATE Hong Kong Underwater Robot Challenge 2016 5 French Updates

CSC’s Hair Donation Drive 2016

KGV Charity Committee Report

More News

EOMD 15 KGV Maths Week 2016

KLC Maths Day

KGV Literature Festival

Y9E 2016

Spanish Speech Festival

ISTA Trip to Taiwan

KGV Sport Updates

2016 ESF Chef of the Year

Alumni News

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Editor Kevin Tong Design Kevin Tong Contributors

Special thanks to

Judy Cooper | Matthew Whiley & All those unmentioned

Head of KGVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Welcome We are coming to the close of another exciting year at KGV and the end of my first year as Head of KGV. As I reflect on the year, it is clear that we are a school that gives so many opportunities to students, so many of whom are self-starters who create multiple opportunities for themselves. I am constantly amazed at how much KGV students fit into the day and how they balance study and activities. I hope they leave some time for relaxation and family time as these are also so important for a healthy life. I am particularly impressed with the work the current Year 8 have been doing in preparation for the Year 9 Experience. We have been working with entrepreneurs in Hong Kong to expose students to authentic learning. I have no doubt that memories have been made which may influence the future direction of learning for some students. We wish to strengthen these partnerships and develop further links with businesses in Hong Kong to help students see what their futures could hold. At KGV we want to ensure there are opportunities for all - we are proud to be an inclusive school. The variety of projects such as the No Ceiling project, ESF Chef of the Year, Literature Festival and the Special Olympics show how we celebrate diversity in so many ways. I have to finish by giving a special mention to the Evening of Music and Dance. This is always a highlight of the year and I am so proud of the commitment shown by the students and the professional quality of the dancing. This is student-led learning at its best! Best wishes,

Judy Cooper Head of KGV

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Author

Aden CHAN & Leo NG Student

No Ceiling Project The No Ceiling Project (NCP) is an opportunity for highly able Y7 to Y9 students to work collaboratively on an area of their interest. NCP currently involves 5-7 student nominees from each of the following schools, Renaissance College, KGV, Shatin College and West Island School. NCP has provided these students with the opportunity to connect with their intellectual peers to work on projects in their own time and through face-to-face meetings, which are organized 2/3 times a year. Students are expected to present their learning at a celebration event in June.

Today was the first official meeting of the NCP participants. When the other schools arrived we were briefed about the project and told what was the requirements. We had a brief icebreaker and then we were off to work on our own project.. Most of KGV NCP participants were in one group and we have decided to make an informative and educational game.

Aden CHAN

On Wednesday 23rd of March, we had our first NCP meeting with the other students. We had an icebreaker activity where we were asked some questions and had to answer them in a trio. It was great meeting new people and we had good fun. We then got into groups of our choice and started planning our project. We split the tasks up and started to go over the details. I really look forward to the next meeting.

Leo NG

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CRead Chinese Reading Programme Student Awards Author

Kam Kam Language Assistant

For the last few years, KGV students have been involved in Chinese on Line Reading program organized by The Commercial Press (HK) Ltd. It has been enjoyed by students and helped them in reading. This year, again, our students did a good job and won the awards. Congratulations to the following students who won the “Outstanding Student Awards” and “Excellence Student Awards” in 2016: Excellence Student Award

Outstanding Student Award 1st Place

Sarah YU

1st Place

Sarah YU

2nd Place

Owena CHAU

2nd Place

Oscar MAHASRIARIYAWONG

3rd Place

Chi Shing TANG

3rd Place

Chi Shing TANG

I think that doing online reading will help you understand the meaning inside books more in real life. If you read the texture carefully it won’t be that hard to understand the meaning.

Sarah YU

I think that Cread is a very useful website which enhance your ability to understand Chinese stories and its meaning behind it. It also helps improve your ability to comprehend Chinese words and encourages students to read more Chinese books and gain more knowledge about it. I am proud that I got 2nd place in Cread since I put a lot of effort to improve my Oscar MAHASRIARIYAWONG Chinese.

I think that Cread is a useful website, it helps students develop better reading comprehension skills when it comes to reading Chinese and it also encourages students to do more reading. It is a good education source for those who aren’t confident or are not capable of learning Chinese. Owena CHAU

Chi Sing TANG

I am very happy that the fact I have achieved this reward and this was the first prize I ever got in KGV. I never expected to win this prize as of the number of people in KGV. But by the end I still won. I feel that this online website is pretty good, it helps to improve my Chinese vocabulary and Chinese knowledge.

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Author

KGV Sea Lions Team

Student

The IET/MATE Hong Kong Underwater Robot Challenge 2016 This year the KGV Sea Lions participated in the annual MATE Underwater ROV Competition. Our team placed sixth in the Ranger Class of the 11th Hong Kong/Asia Regionals out of twenty-six teams and fourth out of Hong Kong teams. We were required to design, build, and test an underwater robot, while professionally documenting our progress throughout the process. After spending approximately 5 months designing, constructing and modifying our robot, the Kinetic Exploratory Vehicular Integrated Navigator (KEVIN), in preparation for the competition, our robot was able to conduct a series of functions, including retrieving items underwater, providing a live video feed to the surface and detecting the temperature of the surrounding environment. On the first day of the competition, two industry professionals thoroughly checked our robot for any safety violations. Our robot was proclaimed safe, which awarded our team thirty bonus points. The second day was the main day of the competition - and it was thrilling. It was an amazing moment, as we manoeuvred our ROV underwater to retrieve some serial numbers, or take pictures of artificial coral reefs. Participating in the competition proved not only to be incredibly challenging, but very rewarding as well. Our team was faced with numerous challenges, from teaching team members how to program using Arduino software, to building our own motor control PCB! Apart from the demanding technical aspects, coordinating gatherings and ensuring smooth collaboration over the months leading up to the competition proved formidable at times. However, the Sea Lions were ultimately able to overcome all challenges and perform to the best of their abilities on the two days of the competition. With both teamwork and perseverance, we not only exceeded our expectations, but also developed new bonds. 5 | Newsletter Vol.24 Issue 3

Last but not least, the KGV Sea Lions would like to formally thank all our donors for their generous contributions and the immense support they provided to the underwater robotics team. We greatly appreciate your contributions, and would like to sincerely express our gratitude for your support.

ESF Summer Sports Camps 27 June - 12 August 2016

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Summertime is the time to get out and get moving. With an ESF Sports Camp your child will do just that! Providing a safe and enjoyable environment for students, ESF Sports keeps FUN central to our programme. Our enthusiastic approach combined with expert coaches with a passion for sport, enables every student to develop a broad spectrum of acquisition skills to increase their self-confidence in a range of activities, both as an individual and within a group or team dynamic. Enrol online www.esf.org.hk. • Multi Sports Camp • Full Day Camps • Football Camp • Swimming Clinics • Gymnastics Clinics • Tennis Clinics

ESF Language & Learning Sports Camps 4 July - 26 August 2016 As a premier provider of extracurricular English language and enrichment education in Hong Kong, we look forward to your children joining us this summer for exciting and rich learning experiences across a VARIETY OF COURSES. Suitable for all pre-school and school age students, our small group courses are run by our friendly, qualified, English speaking teachers. Enrol online www.esf. org.hk. • English Language - World Around Us • Full Day Camps • Playgroup Camps • Kindergarten Camps • Primary Camps • Secondary Camps • Cambridge English Exams Preparation

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FRENCH UPDATES AFLE French Speech Festival Prize Giving Ceremony

students from kindergarten to secondary school. I won a prize for the best narration and I won French courses. It was definitely a wonderful celebration and a great experience!

by Adrian Wong

The prize-giving ceremony of AFLE French Speech Festival took place March 5th in St. Margaret’s Girls College Hong Kong, in Tai Wai, which is a bit far from KGV ! The ceremony started in the morning with primary school’s prizes. Champions and runner-up prizes were given and champions had to recite their poems or prose.Quickly the morning became the afternoon, when prizes were given for secondary school students. Champions didn’t have to recite their poems as there wasn’t any time. A part from prizes, there were speeches by guests, for example Mr. Eric Berti, the French consul in Hon Kong. Furthermore, scholarship winners were announced. The ceremony finished in the afternoon, after all the prizes were given out.

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French Theatre Week

by Françoise Tranter & Leoni Ifill

Les Césars de la Francophonie video competition

On the week of March 8th, our students had the great opportunity to take part in a French Theater Festival organized by the French consulate as part of the Francophone Festival that was taking place throughout Hong Kong this March.

by Reese Cameron

In the beginning of January, I took part in a French Film competition. My film was on the theme of "going to school" and it was about the importance of Language. On Saturday the 12th of March, many schools came together at Canadian International School to celebrate the French Language. There were many performances, including songs and role-plays from

On Thursday we were treated to a professional performance of Molière’s Le Médecin Malgré Lui, a comedy that transcends the ages about love, marriage,

the freedom to choose one’s life partner, a farce about credulity and a satire of the medical profession. It was performed entirely in French by a theater company coming straight from Paris and trained in the most prestigious theater and stage school: le Cours Florent. English subtitles projected onto a screen, which enabled non-French students to attend and enjoy the play. Although Le Médecin Malgré Lui is a classic first performed in 1666 it was performed in a modern, contemporary and hilarious way which made it relevant to our 21st century KGV international audience.

step out of their comfort zones and express themselves. It was enjoyed by all.

« Aujourd’hui, nous avons fait un French workshop. C’était très intéressant et amusant! Nous avons lu des phrases en français et discuté des émotions telles que la joie, la tristesse, le dégoût et la peur! C’était cool. » by Leoni, year 8.

On following day a group of year 11 IGCSE drama students, another of year 12 IB and 10 IGCSE French and another of year 8 and 9 French students were treated to different two-hour French Theater workshops that focused on drama techniques and the expression of emotions. The workshops were led by French Drama workshop leaders who engaged and challenged our students to NewsletteR KGV | 8

Monet Exhibitionby Classin09FX102 Shatin & 09FX103 Today, we were able to go to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum located in Sha Tin, to learn more about the famous French impressionist Claude Monet. We were introduced to Claude Monet and some of his paintings, which told us a bit about who he was, how he lived his life, and other background information. Throughout the tour, we found out about the history and meaning of his paintings and saw glimpses of what it was like to live in Monet’s day and age through the subtle hints left by the different paintings. It was a very interesting and educational experience to be able to admire some of Monet’s famous works, learn about the techniques used in impressionism and the events in his life that affected his painting. We learnt about different impressionist techniques that artists used during the 1890-

techniques and styles to capture the moment and in many cases, change. He spent a lot of time in his garden, and eventually made some stunning artworks of his plants and flowers. It was interesting how he used specific colours to convey how he felt while he was painting. However, we also saw some works that he himself was not satisfied about. It was a very unique experience in which we were given a chance to see how his style of work developed throughout his life. The oldest painting they had at the museum by Monet was a painting called “The Railway Station”, painted in 1872. “The Railway Station” showed us a time where Monet had not yet begun the impressionist style of painting. The textures and brush strokes were smoother; much like other paintings done in that time.

1900’s, which helped them express their feelings through art. We also found out about the different places he visited for inspiration, including London and Venice, and the paintings he created from them. Monet’s paintings were very aesthetically pleasing, unique, and different from the traditional paintings from that time. His brush strokes were very interesting and helped him to paint his ‘impressions’ in great detail. Some were merged together and blurred; whilst others were quite detailed. Most of his paintings used oil paint, though he occasionally used other materials such as oil pastel. We also learnt about the painting styles of Monet. We looked at how he used different 9 | Newsletter Vol.24 Issue 3

We learnt about his life and how his surroundings influenced his painting, such after his wife passed away, he created a painting that used many dark tones called “The Breakup of Ice” However, we couldn’t take a photo of a pastel painting painted in Venice because it was too fragile and the colors were fading away. Most paintings were centered around the use of light and reflections in water, instead of focusing on traditional things such as people and buildings. He often liked to focus on painting landscapes as well.

Year 9 Interdisciplinary Project French/Art

As part of Le French May Festival, Year 9 Art and French students visited the Claude Monet Exhibition at the Hong Kong heritage Museum. This inspired the creative writing, poetry and landscape painting that is now being exhibited in the KGV foyer. The work is the result of a successful Interdisciplinary project where Art and French students were able to transform their work into pleasing visual graphic products.

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CSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hair Donation Drive 2016 New season. New hair. How many people are happy to snip off a minimum of 7 inches of their hair for a good cause? Quite a few. This April, 30 volunteers, including 1 parent, 1 alumni, 2 teachers, 25 young ladies plus 1 young man, kindly donated their locks of hair to support The Little Princess Trust, a UK based charity that makes wigs for children with hair loss due to cancer treatments. 5 students volunteered to have their hair cut by their best friends on April, 15th at lunchtime, with a crowd of 50 students cheering for them. The haircuts might turn out to be a bit wonky, but we all shared a good laugh! (If you wish to check out the videos, please visit our Facebook page https://www. facebook.com/KGVCSC). The two main reasons behind this initiative are to raise awareness towards the amazing work that the charities do to serve the cancer patients and to collect funds to support

them. Information about the wig making process and the stories behind the clients were shared in assemblies. Students were encouraged to think about what they can do to give back to the ones who are in need. Through the collective efforts from the KGV community, CSC successfully collected a total of $12,000. We decided to donate the money raised to support two charities: The Little Princess Trust and The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society. The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society runs a local project called Project Wish that helps to fulfill the last wishes that any palliative cancer patients may have. Donations will be used to sponsor small events such as a birthday celebration, a family

photo-shoot or a meal at oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite restaurant, which are deeply appreciated by the clients. Thank you KGV for your generosity, your support means a lot to us!

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Chia CHU Community Service Coordinator

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KGV Charity Committee Report On Tuesday the 16th of February, the KGV Charity Committee held its second event of the year: Valentine’s Day. The annual school fundraising valentine’s day was a great chance for students to buy each other roses and cupcakes for people they care for. This event turned out to be a huge success.

We hope that this success continues to grow as we begin planning for our next major event: Save their fur. On Monday the 6th of June, the KGV Charity Committee is holding the last event of the year which is “Save their Fur.” In this event there are 3 teachers and 3 students who are volunteering to participate to wax their legs. This event links to one of the charities we are supporting this year which is “LAP: Animal Protection Charity.” We are hoping that this event turns out to be a huge success, and we hope that this success helps us raise a lot of money so that we can support our charities. If you would like to support the event, you can contribute by donating money so that we can collect all the donations we can get and provide them to the charity committees we are supporting.

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MORE NEWS Fundraising Initiative for Japan & Ecuador

Dragon Maths Competition 2016 Dragon Maths is a yearly competition (involving 17 schools), where the teams have to solve a series of challenging maths questions as quickly as they can. On the 8th of March,2016, we went to the Dragon Maths competition in Hong Kong International School to compete. We (KGV) sent 4 teams, 2 in year 8, and 2 in year 9. We got pizza for lunch (pepperoni and triple cheese). Also we got a really cool orange pencil (it reacts to heat and turns yellow). Questions were extremely challenging, they forced us to think creatively, find patterns and to think out of the box. One of our Y9 teams (Elly, Ethan, Gaurav & Jennifer) came third, after a really intense tie breaker.

Author Y8 and 9 Dragon Math Teams Students

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After the devastating events that took place in Japan and Ecuador, a group of King George V students decided to raise money to support the Red Cross in their emergency relief. Both of these tragedies occurred within a week, and realization dawned upon us that rebuilding efforts would most definitely require an incredible amount of resources. In two weeks, the students managed to organise a cohesive range of interactive fundraising activities. This included making and selling green ribbons, as green is the colour for natural disaster awareness, sharing a range of informative presentations, and organising a flag painting event. The whole school got involved, and students showed their support by buying ribbons and adding their handprints to the two flags. In total, a sum of $5,707.50 HKD was raised within only a week of fundraising. This week could not have been brought to fruition without the generosity of the KGV community, operational assistance from Miss Lisa Pang of the Charity Committee, and the senior student volunteers lead by organizers Mizuki Seya and Daria Kaneva.

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Teresa CHUNG & Judy LEE Students

Year 12 Economists visit the HKMA in Central

ESF Inter Schools Marketing Competition

In May 2016, our Year 12 Economics students had the opportunity to visit the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), a visit organised by Mr Sean Wray.

Teams of students in Year 12 studying Business and Economics competed against all ESF schools – 84 competitors altogether. The teams were challenged by Uber to plan and execute a campaign to increase the number of female drivers in their cars across Hong Kong.

Directly linked to the International Trade unit the students are studying, the afternoon gave our Year 12 economists the chance to gain a deeper understanding of pegged exchange rate mechanism (HKD to USD). They were also able to explore how the HKMA supports the stability of our currency and why that is essential on a global scale.

The day was sponsored by Uber who we cannot thank enough for their generosity in the execution of the competition and the prizes for the winning team, a KGV thank you!

Positive feedback was received on the afternoon. “It was interesting learning about the history of our currency and it helped improve my understanding of exchange rates” said Kessandra Ng (12R09S). Aaryam Srivastava (12R05S) added that “It was an enlightening and thoroughly enjoyable experience”. The IGCSE and IB Economics course are deeply rooted in embedding an understanding of how the global economy works and the degree of interdependence between countries that globalization has demanded.

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Ian GOFF Head of Business Education

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EOMD 2016 Author

Sidney BRAY, Divij DARYANANI, Chloe JAMES, and Shaan TULSIANI Students

The new ‘creativity’ category introduced for this year’s annual Evening of Music and Dance competition ensured that the dances of the February event would be innovative showstoppers that would push the boundaries of performance technique and personality. From October, the dance captains shot into progress, brainstorming and choreographing new and exciting routines for the lucky few to audition and be recruited for EOMD 2016. After many thoroughly impressive auditions, a total of two teams of talented and and enthusiastic dancers were assembled to represent middle school and and senior school for each of the four houses. This marked the beginning of the intensive but unforgettable months to come in which each team, with the guiding hands of the few dance captains, would bond through their dedication to achieve glory for their house. 15 | Newsletter Vol.24 Issue 3

As the date drew closer, the routines started to fall into place and the rising pressure prompted the usual lastminute panics over costume purchases, transitions, and on-stage pizzazz. Everyone worked together with the amazing team of supervising staff, led by Irene Lee, and the technical team, led by John Mahon, to build the foundations of a great event.

After months of grueling weekly rehearsals, filled with blood, sweat and tears all four houses battled it out on the dance floor at KGV’s Evening of Music and Dance. From a wide variety of live musical performances and invitational dances such as the Indian dances, Contemporary dance, and Jazz just to name a few, the evening exhibited the skill, innovation, and passion of both the students of KGV as well as the teachers. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Staff Dance led by Ms Conway and Ms Fok also blew the crowd away! We were also very fortunate to witness a very special Salsa-Flamenco Fusion dance by one of our very own guest judges of the night, Ms Emily Ma.

As already mentioned, the intense lead up to the Inter-house dances of this year ensured an especially suspenseful evening. As per tradition for the Inter-house competition, a theme was presented beforehand for all eight dances of the evening (both Middle School and Senior School dances for each of the four houses). This year’s theme was ‘Fantasy’ hence the various interpretations in each dance providing a very colourful and captivating evening. Each dance was awarded on ‘Development of the Theme’, ‘Creativity’, ‘Technical Ability and Vocabulary of Steps’, ‘Interpretation of Music’, and ‘Ensemble Work’, by our panel of guest judges, Mr. Josh Armstrong, Ms. Emily Ma, and Mr. Joseph Ennin. After the flurry of spins, jumps, splits, and smiles, the judges definitely had their work cut out for them with the difficult task of deciding the winners of both the Middle School and Senior School dances, as well as the overall House champions.

Below are the results of the evening: 4th 3rd 2nd 1st

Middle School Upsdell Crozier Rowell Nightingale

Senior School Rowell Upsdell Nightingale Crozier

Overall Upsdell Rowell Crozier Nightingale

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The Sam Rodda Cup Winner was awarded to Natasha Nainani. Upon their wins, the lucky Nightingale Juniors and Crozier Seniors were able to perform the dances that they had invested so much in, for what they thought would surely be the final time. For many of the dancers, the EOMD experience is more that just attending rehearsals and learning a dance, it is the time of the week when you look forward to seeing your friends, goofing around, and working together to do something you love. At the end of it you are not just doing it for the house (or CAS), you are doing it for each other as a family, proud of what you have achieved as an individual but what only could be achieved as part of a group. Winning becomes the cherry on top (a rather massive cherry). At the end of every high, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a low, so, understandably, many of the dancers, including those of the winning houses, started to suffer extreme withdrawal. Suddenly your time is free and the thought of not having a Saturday rehearsal or spending as much time with your team leaves you forlorn and empty.

However, this year, Nightingale Juniors and Crozier Seniors were given the fantastic opportunity to come together again for one final performance at the World Salsa Competition in Hong Kong. The judges were so thoroughly impressed by both performances, they felt that it would be an exciting treat for the students to mix with world-class performers, welcoming us with much of the same respect as the professional dancers. For those who attended, as a performer or supporter, it was an awe-inspiring experience that opened our minds to a fantastic form of dance, in both solo and couple performances from dedicated international talents. In the lead up to the event, we saw it as an opportunity to improve and make one last final memory of, what was for many of the Crozier Senior dancers, our final EOMD experience. This was certainly achieved as both performances were just as,

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if not more, engaging than on the EOMD night and were certainly moments to look back on with pride when reflecting on our KGV experiences, not just in our CAS journals, but in our lives after KGV. But the event itself was also an opportunity to see what more can be achieved as we move on from schoolrun events and encouraged activities. It was a realization that oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passion for dance, or any activity, can continue beyond high school and with dedication and enthusiasm one can develop into a worldclass talent of their own.

We would all like to thank the judges Joseph Ennin and Emily Ma for inviting us to the event, Ms Lee for her fantastic work in building such a successful EOMD this year, and Ms Grantham for her continuous support and enthusiasm during the entire process; she has been an absolutely essential part of the Crozier and EOMD team. And of course, thank you to all those who were part of the World Salsa competition or EOMD, as a supporter, performer, or dance captain.

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KGV Maths Week 2016 Author

On Pi Day, Monday 14th March, we celebrated with a variety of Pi (and pie) related activities. There were nearly 20 entries into the Pi Day Baking Competition. The standard was very high, with a variety of cakes, cupcakes and pies. Shaila Chainraiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beautiful mathematically decorated cake was awarded first prize. Students also competed in the Pi Memorising Competition. Well done to Adrian Wong, who memorised pi to an astounding 281 decimal places. He had fierce competing though from Year 7 students Brandon Choy and Romain Laurens, who had learned pi to 214 and 74 decimals places respectively. During Maths Week, 14th March-18th March, every student took part in a Mathematics relay race during the week, competing in small teams to answer challenging Mathematics puzzles and questions. The winners from each race were counted to determine the overall winning house. Well done to Nightingale who were the winners of the inaugural KGV Inter-house Mathematics competition. Students also entered the daily Sudoku Competition and tried to solve Karl the Kangarooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s riddles.

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Katherine PELHAM Teacher: Mathematics

KLC Maths Day Wednesday 16th March was KLC Maths Day where students from KGV, KJS and JCSR took part in a variety of fun mathematical challenges. Year 7 KGV students and Year 6 KJS students competed in a Mathematics scavenger hunt designed by Year 12 KGV students. Students also dressed up in their mathematical best to celebrate their mathematical learning! At KJS, students took part in year group quizzes to find the strongest mathematicians in each class. These students competed in their year group finals, which were designed and run by Year 10 KGV students. At JCSR, each class designed their own mathematical activity for students to try. Students were assisted by students from KGV and KJS as they completed their activities.

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KGV Literature Festival 7-11 March

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LRC Team King George V School’s second annual Literature Festival was held in commemoration of one of the greatest members of the literary canon, William Shakespeare. The death of the Bard in 1616 means that for 400 years, his works have been read by generations of readers all over the world. The weeklong Lit Fest offered a range of activities designed to remember the life of this extraordinary playwright and poet.

Many academics visited the school during the Festival. Professor Revelle (SCAD), Professor Lamb (CUHK) and Professor Ingham (Lingnam University) came and shared their expertise and conduct interesting workshops related to Shakespeare with the students. The Chinese first language students enjoyed the sharing by the Chinese author, MiMi Chau, who gave an interactive talk on ‘The Joy of Reading and Writing’.

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Congratulations to Ms Conway and her team who won the Literature Quiz. The team demonstrated an impressive knowledge in literature and popular culture. We would also like to congratulate Najam Subba, Justin Ngo, Trinity Ro, Ophelia Fong, Shriya Sriram and Liam Smith for winning the Bookmark Design Competition.

Thank you to the students and teachers who took part in the making of the 400 years of Shakespeare promotional video. Most of all, a big thank you to those who recorded the audiobooks for IndoChina Starfish Foundation and donated books to Northern Uganda.

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Y9E 2016 As part of the preparation for the Year 9 Experience (Y9E) in June 2017, three workshops were organized in Term 3 this school year to stimulate ideas and imaginations of our Year 8 students through collaboration with peers. The first workshop was held on April 14th and we invited seven leading entrepreneurs of Hong Kong to the workshop with the theme of “StartMeUp@KGV”. They introduced to our students about “Start Up” companies and the need to be innovative in future job markets. Students were then divided in groups and were handed with an authentic challenge by one of the professionals which was related to their company or KGV. Many good ideas were raised by the students with the guidance from the guests, and a good foundation was set for the next two workshops.

We then welcomed Mr. Douglas Young, the founder and CEO of the local lifestyle design brand G.O.D., as our guest speaker for the second Y9E workshop. In his keynote speech, he shared his journey as a designer, and also talked about the power of design in carrying the culture and identity of a place or a city. Our Year 8 students then received the challenge of working on a design brief to create merchandise for the KGV story or G.O.D. Despite the short period of time given, they came up with many great ideas and unique designs after getting inspirations from Douglas’s presentation. The students then displayed their designs on the boards and gave peer feedback. The design ideas raised by our students were innovative and interesting, and we look forward to seeing some of them to become real!

From Left: Mark Poulsum (Vice Principal, KGV), Judy Cooper (Head of KGV), Rachel Chan (Founder and Chief Catalyst, INNOFOCO), Will Ross (Partner, NEST), Anson Bailey (Principal, Business Development, KPMG), Steve Monaghan (Head of Innovation for AIA), Danny Yeung (CEO, Prenetics), Chevy Beh (Founder, BookDoc),Ada Yip(Executive Director, Urban Spring)

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For the third workshop, students worked with two engineers, Dr Richard Colwill from BMT Asia Pacific and Amie Shuttleworth from Cundall. Here is the reflection written by one of the participants, Armaan Dayal. “On 2nd June, the Year 8s participated in one of the Year

9 Experience workshops. This time, two engineers, Richard and Amie, came to present. The duo explained the core skills needed to work effectively as a group. With a sense of cool humour, star of the show, Richard, also gave examples of projects they had both worked on. He expounded on working with limits or “constraints” but also making the best of available resources and creating a fruitful masterpiece. Once the elucidation was complete, we were given the task to create a weather-proof

cover for the field basketball courts. We were to use the given materials only (a scornful few materials; sticks, tape, etc) over the course of three hours (including lunchtime, an open time slot for the group to choose) to make a threedimensional model with our cover design for the basketball courts on a thick Styrofoam sheet. For the last one hour, after returning to the hall, we shared our project work with Dr Colwill and the teachers and they evaluated it with added comments (both positive and negative!).”

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Armaan Dayal Student

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Spanish Speech Festival 2016 On the 6th June this year, we took part in the 3rd ESF Spanish Speech Festival which was hosted by Discovery Bay College. KGV came a very creditable second place with congratulations going to all the students who took part. First up we had Matthew Stitt performing an Ode to an Artichoke. Then Abhay Venkitaraman spoke eloquently on the subject of Campoamor, a poem by Rubén Darío for which he won 3rd place.

nature of the poem) dressed in black and no one forgot their lines (phew). The group was composed of a group of students from years 8 and 9: Felix Brunner, Riccardo Caiulo, Carlo Cico, Yasmin Gooch, Manas Joshi, Srika Shah, Timothy Tang. Finally Malhaar Vora recited his poem simply about a pause. It is remarkable how much a poet can have to say about such a cessation, and Malhaar did his best

Our intrepid year 7s Ashish Moorjani and Saanchi Shah won second place for their charming recitation about a canary telling his owner to set him free, entitled Hombre Pequeñito by Alfonsina Storní.

. Also, for the first time this year, there were prizes and recognition awarded to the best students of Spanish in the ESF. From KGV, Yu Sum Ma from year 12 was given this prize. Well done Yu Sum!

We also had music from the year 10 Chamber Choir whose rendition of Bambaleo had the whole hall clapping along in support. Our group performance, always difficult to pull together, did a great delivery of a poem about the month of November by Lorca. They kept their heads down (a reverential nod to the depressing 25 | Newsletter Vol.24 Issue 3

Congratulations to all who took part with special thanks to Helena Murchie for providing welcome musical entertainment and to Andrea Ouimette from Discovery Bay College for hosting the event. Author

Julia BLOCK Head of Spanish

ISTA Trip to Taiwan

Author Alexandre JAOQUEN ,Tanya KUWADEKAR and Katie WHITE Students

KGV goes to the International Schools Theatre Association festival in Taiwan. ISTA this year was one to remember. We flew to Taiwan, stayed with host families from the Taiwan American School, went to the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial, learnt from theatre artists from all around the world, had a disco, created and performed a piece, and flew back to Hong Kong, all in 5 days.

The Chiang Kai Shek Memorial was incredible. We were able to roam around and explore the Memorial and buy souvenirs. For those who have not been to Taiwan before, the changing of the guards was a spectacle, especially since a pigeon decided to stroll through the middle of it. This was the day we first met our ensembles and it was our first opportunity to get to know each other. As usual, we had an amazing time working with our ensembles. The workshops by theatrical artists gave us insight to different aspects of theatre, from stage fighting to spatial awareness. The whole experience was incredible. With help from our ensemble leaders, we were able to complete a piece and perform it on our last night. We, without a doubt, recommend ISTA to anybody, especially if you’re interested in exploring theatre and making new friends with people from around the globe. It’s an event like no other. Also, we’d like to thank Ms Adams and Mr Baker for taking us! It was amazing and we couldn’t thank you two enough.

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KGV SP RT UPDATES IMPRESSIVE SEASON FOR BADMINTON TEAM

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Yannick WONG

sweeping all before them in Division 2. Their agility on the court, racquet skills and dedication to practice ensured that they put in commanding performances, week in, week out. In the HKSSF competition, the C-Grade boys put in a sterling performance in the final against Sing Yin Secondary School , winning the game 3-1 and claiming the victory that had eluded them the previous season. In the ISSFHK group stages, Mr. Goulding very nearly caused an embarrassment by submitting a team sheet that did not follow the rules on seedings. Fortunately, the opposing coach at Harrow International School committed the same violation in the match so the result stood. KGV had won a close game. Phew!

This season KGV badminton players have competed in both the HKSSF and the ISSFHK competitions. In the HKSSF, girls and boys teams representing the school at all three grade levels were fielded. Later on in the season, KGV fielded girls and boys teams in the U14 and U12 categories for the ISSFHK, the international school tournament. All of the KGV teams, from A -Grade through to C-Grade proudly represented the school and notched up some great wins along the way. The debutants from year 7 put in some impressive performances and are looking forward to the new season next year. The standout performance was from the the C-Grade Boys who won the double, 27 | Newsletter Vol.24 Issue 3

After defeating Yew Chung International School in the semi-final, a rematch with Harrow was set up as a final showdown on April 26th. After double-checking the paperwork, Mr. Wong, Mr. Goulding and a handful of diehard badminton fans stood tensely on the sidelines chomping at their nails. In another tight game, the boys pulled off a deserved victory, firmly establishing themselves as the best badminton team in Division 2.

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KGV U12 BOYS RUGBY Author

Paul DEL BIANCO Parent

ESF U12 boys took the shield at the HKFC soccer sevens in May. 8 KGV boys were in the team.They played 7 games against HK U12 teams and only conceded 2 goals in the whole tournament. KGV Boys include: Lucas del Bianco, Riki Bayanin, Emilian Pitts, Oliver Stowe, Samuel Wixon, Rio Wey, Roman Davies, Braydon Lisboa.

KGV C GRADE GIRLS HOCKEY Author

Xanthe KNIGHT Teacher: PE

KGV C Grade Hockey Team played well this season against some tough opposition. They are a young team with lots of enthusiasm and potential. We lost a few games, but had some very close matches, and we drew a couple. The improvement shown throughout the season was excellent and I am looking forward to coaching them again next year. The Year 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will join the Senior team next year so we are on the look-out for some new recruits from all years. Thank you to the parents and family members that were able to come along and support the matches. Player of the Match Honours: Zain Carrington, Lily Mahn, Kayley Arkwright (x2), Laura King The team: Y9: Captain- Zain Carrington, Deputy CaptainKaley Arkwright, Kara Casey, Trisha Chan FOLLOW KGV SPORT ON FACEBOOK

Y8: Naomi Schroeder, Kayla Soon, Lily Mahn, Giulia Pesci, Isabella Reghenzani Y7: Laura King, Yu Kate Chan, Simran Hira, Kristen Kwan, Devina Mahtani, Nitya Raghani, Simran Narwani, Arya Daryanant, Tanisa Goyal, Chandni Sacheti, Rhea Kundamal Newsletter KGV | 28

2016 KLC SPECIAL OLYMPICS

The 2016 KLC Special Olympics was held on the 6th of May on the KGV sports grounds from 12.30pm to 2.15pm. This event was designed exclusively by the Year 13 BTEC Sport students of KGV as part of their unit: Organising Sports Event with the aim of including all students with special needs from Jockey Club Sarah Roe School (JCSRS), KGV’s Learning Support Centre (LSC) and Kowloon Junior School’s student helpers as well as house captains, competing in an afternoon of fun and meaningful physical education activities, demonstrating their passion for sport.

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Rachel GRANTHAM Teacher: PE

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The Kowloon Learning Campus’s purpose for all “To enjoy learning together in a supportive community which challenges itself to be coherent, empowering and visionary” inspired our students to dream big and achieve success. With 2016 being an Olympic year, what better way to commemorate and align it, than with our very own Special Olympics event. The 2016 KLC Special Olympics event team consists of Harry Clarke (chairperson), Rory Overton (Co-Chairperson), Taiga Iwasa (Coordinator), Jessie Chung (Secretary), Jeffrey Cheung (Finance Officer), Ryo Ishikawa (Logistics Officer and Logo Designer), Grace Hood (Health and Safety /Risk Assessment Officer) and Michael Lam (Marketing Officer), all of whom are KGV’s Year 13 BTEC Sport students. These students were involved in the planning and delivery of the event from start to end. They decided on the layout of the event, designed the logo, flags, banners, certificates, medals as well as sent out electronic-invites to our VIPs, parents and stakeholders. In addition, the Year 13 BTEC Sport students completed the risk assessments for the event, coordinated with the PE department to use the facilities and equipment with the consideration of what the logistical aspects were in order to make this event a success. The ultimate engineering feat came from how the students and teachers created the “flame” for the flame lighting ceremony with the torchbearers being led up the steps of the field into the school and up to the balcony of our school’s café, Leo’s for the spectacle which symbolically initiated the start of the event.

The motto “Enjoyment Through Sport”, was one that we thought was most appropriate for the event and knowing how the participants embraced this during the making of the Olympic torches and flags, to the march past at the opening ceremony, to competing at the Long Jump, Sprints, Bench ball, Touch Rugby, Vortex Throw and Football sporting stations made all the hard work worthwhile.

The athletes’ excitement and enthusiasm was felt throughout the day as they moved from station to station. For many of our Jockey Club Sarah Roe School and KGV LSC students, it gave them an opportunity to showcase their abilities, spirit, determination and ultimately abilities which was both humbling and encouraging for our Year 13 BTEC Sport students who were leading the event. Furthermore, the support, encouragement and drive provided to them by our Year 13 BTEC Sport students empowered the athletes, allowing them to focus on performing at their best, having fun and achieving success. All the athletes had smiles on their faces and participated in the true spirit of the day’s event, not wanting the afternoon to come to an end which was incredibly heart-warming to see.

A tally was kept for all the teams competing in the 2016 KLC Special Olympics with the second and first runners-up obtaining medals for their achievements. All the participants took home certificates and rosettes with the MVP (Most Valuable Participants) at each station obtaining trophies for their efforts and outstanding contributions. In the words of ESF’s Director of Education, Mr. David Whalley “It was a happy event” and that for us was the most significant and profound moment of the afternoon. This inaugural event has paved the way for similar events to be organised and at KGV, we are very proud to have been a part of this initiative as we look forward to the future of the KLC Special Olympics flag flying high for many more years to come.

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C GRADE FOOTBALL SEASON 2015/16 I am very proud and honoured to be able to share with you the success of which the 2015/16 C-Grade football team has had this season. Firstly on behalf of the players and myself we would all like to thank our coach, Mr. Mcalpine, for helping us to get to where we are now. The season started solidly with our first group game of the HKSSF league being against WIS, a final score of 1-1 began our campaign as undefeated. This non-loss brought us into our second game with high hopes of bagging a win and that is exactly what we did, the final score 5-0 against the lesser side of Ying Wa. Our since undefeated C-Grade team went with nerves for our 3rd group game, unlike the Ying Wa we had just played St. Josephs were up next. They were known for their capability and it showed during the match as we came away with a 3-3 draw, this still meant KGV hadn’t lost a single game. Our next fixture was truly a show of desire and determination from the team, we had to play K.T Maryknoll who had won all their games except from South Island who we were to play in our final group game. The game was intense right from the off, both teams scored early on in the game leaving the score at 1-1 during half time. KGV got together and decided we weren’t going to let anyone strip us from our undefeated title, we went on to win the game 31 | Newsletter Vol.24 Issue 3

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Alex GANNON Captain, KGV C Grade Football

2-1 and our ecstatic KGV team could go home happy. The final group game, on paper, was to be the hardest. South island hadn’t lost a game and weren’t intending on doing so. Half time came and from a blinding effort from KGV a 2-2 draw was what we were left with. KGV knew a win would secure us a place in the quarters and so we went on with this in our minds and a second half hat trick from myself left the score at a whopping 5-2. Our quarters started tuff with the notorious HK Int’l, winners of the second group, to play us. KGV had amazingly gone 2-0 up in the first half but a lack of team spirit and effort led the opposite side to come back with three goals. An unfair decision from the referee had left myself with a second consecutive yellow meaning I was out for the 3rd and 4th playoff, I was relying on the side to bag some bronze. Unfortunately the side came away with a 1-0 loss against South Island and that meant our final spot was 4th, still and extremely impressive feat and the team had done ever so well to reach where they had. Mr. Mcalpine had said we were the first team in all his years of C-grade coaching to have shown so much desire to win. We hope that next year’s team are able to finish where we left off.

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KGV Equestrian Reins Supreme

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David & Lee GRADY KGV Equestrian Coordinators

The 10th running of the HK Interschool Equestrian Competition this year attracted over 30 schools and 100+ riders competing in a higher and lower division. KGV were represented by 1 higher and 2 lower division teams. After nearly 3 months of qualifying heats, held at both Tuen Mun Public Riding School and Lo Wu Saddle Club, our higher and one of our lower teams qualified for the finals which were held over 2 days at Lo Wu Saddle Club. The KGV lower division team comprised of Zoe Koerber, Gemma Duncan, Anchalee Buesching and Aiden Yeung rode well above themselves to come second in the competition, only beaten by an older and more experienced Renaissance College team. Aiden Yeung was awarded an individual ribbon for his show jumping. Aiden and Zoe were also awarded ribbons for their achievements in the heats. In the higher division, the KGV team comprised of Yu An Su, Nathaniel Chan, Annabel Dyson and Rachel Mason who were keen to go one better on their efforts last year in coming second. Thanks to brilliant riding from all of the team KGV won the competition, earning the team and their coaches the privilege of a week 33 | Newsletter Vol.24 Issue 3

training at the prestigious Ingestre Stables at Staffordshire in the UK. The team and Mr and Mrs Grady will depart in the last week of term to enjoy their well-deserved prize. The KGV Higher team also won some other prizes on the day. Annabel won the dressage part of the competition (with Yu An a fraction behind in second place). Nathan won his favourite event – the show jumping – but all riders did very well in this high pressure competition. Thanks mainly to the combined preparation skills of Mrs Grady, Annabel, Rachel and Nathan’s diamonds, KGV also won a beautiful crystal trophy for the Higher Division’s

Best Presented Horses. This is the first time KGV have won this prize since entering the competition. Many thanks must go to our many supporters, which includes our other junior riders and a very large selection of our excellent parents, and the invaluable support of our cocoach, Ms Frances Steel. It has been a great year for the KGV equestrian family. It was the first time we have had 2 teams in the finals and we are proud to say we are the only school in Hong Kong to have made the final of the higher division every year since the inception of the competition in 2007.

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KLC Run Club 2016 The KLC run club was introduced in February 2016 and is held every Wednesday at 3:45pm to encourage students and staff of all abilities to regularly take part in physical activity. Participants complete a 3km run which is 3 laps of a set 1km course. All participants are encouraged to run/walk at their own level and each run is timed and recorded so participants can track their progress. The club has been very popular with a total of 72 runners from KGV, Jockey Club Sarah Roe School and Kowloon Junior School. It has been wonderful to have runners from the whole KLC involved as it has provided a real community feel. We have also had parents and support staff from Jockey Club Sarah Roe supporting the club and joining in the run each week. A vital part of any club is the volunteer base and we are very fortunate to have committed student and teacher volunteers to assist with timing, recording and marshalling the course. Prizes are awarded to runners who achieve a Half Marathon (21km) and some runners are on track to achieving their Full Marathon (42km) by the end of the school year in June. Achieving a Half Marathon meant participating in 7 sessions between February and June 2016. Well done to the following students who achieved their Half Marathon status in May: Year 7 Runners: Laura King, Wendy Li, Luke Prior Year 9 Runners: Wikky Heriwanto, Matthew Lam, Daniel Lee Year 10 Volunteers/Runners: Sanil Chandiramani, Anson Lee

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Anna PINDER Teacher: PE

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2016 ESF Chef of the Year This term, KGV saw an overwhelming number of outstanding applications for the 2016 ESF Chef of the Year competition. The Design and Technology department saw many students from years 7 to 10 apply to become crowned this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s champions! The initial heats saw students creating a wide range of main and side dishes, in the time of one hour and 15 minutes. Heats took place over three days and judges were extremely impressed with the quality, taste, presentation and skilfulness of the dishes. A very difficult process ensued, whittling down nearly 80 applicants and finally selecting 3 winners from the year 10 applicants and 7 pairs from students in years 7 to 10. These were then to proceed to the KGV Final, held all day on Thursday 12th May.

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The KGV final saw students presenting a sweet and savoury pastry dish, which used a variety of ingredients. All participants showed a high standard of cooking skills and creativity in their impressive dishes. It was a hard call for judges and the final winners were a Year 8 team of Danielle Mamon and Nishani Turner, and Year 10 student Masanori Wong. Close runners up were Jessie Cheng and Melissa Lam in Year 9 and Ashley Yap and Kirsten Lai in Year 8. At the ESF Final, again held

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Lucy CLARK Teacher: Design & Technology

at Sha Tin College, there were also students competing from Sha Tin, South Island, West Island, Discovery College and Island schools and the competition was tough! Students had to create dishes based on the theme of and inspired by ‘Street Food’ and once again, the quality of the dishes was overwhelming. Professional chefs from Hong Kong, as well as Belinda Greer, CEO of ESF, judged the dishes and commented on the high quality of taste and presentation shown by all competitors. After much deliberation, the 2016 Masterchef champions were decided upon. All KGV competitors came 2nd place, with Danielle and Nishani claiming ‘best main dish in the competition’. We are extremely proud of our competitors and can’t wait to see what next year has to bring!

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Author

Jennifer TAM Class of 2006

Alumni News :

Class 2006 Reunion On 19th March, 60 people gathered at the KGV lobby for a special occasion. It had been 10 years since we graduated from these halls and despite the time that has passed, many of us returned to the school with a heart full of distinct fond memories. We started the reunion with a tour of the campus, running our fingers along the familiar green marble of Peel Block, and marveling at the modern architecture of the drama and science buildings. We ducked into our favourite hangout spots and admired the current student achievements displayed in the hallways. We finished the evening with a cocktail session at Leoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe. Ed Wickins, Paul Letters and Ian Greenfield joined us for drinks and laughs. New photos were taken against a backdrop of old ones. We had alumni traveling from the US, UK, Singapore, Australia and the Philippines to be there that evening. All of us had a personal and special story to tell about our time here, and suddenly 10 years seemed like no time at all. Special thanks and mention to Yasmeen, Clara and all the staff who helped us organize this reunion.

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Lion Fund Cocktail 2016 The KGV Community Development office held a Lion Fund cocktail reception on Wednesday 20th April at the Guilford Lecture Theatre. The event was organized to acknowledge and thank all our donors, supporters and parents at KGV. Lion Fund has been a crucial part of our fundraising effort for the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development. We strive to make KGV a better place for students, staff and parents. We would again like to send our appreciation and sincerely gratitude to all donors for your act of generosity.

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