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No. 10, 19 January 2018kennedy school newsletter

2018 DATES IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY

BOOK WEEKYR1 ZEN ORGANIC FARM TRIP 9:00AM - 1:30PM 1T, 1SYR2 THEATRE TRIP - KIDS FESTYR5 BAKE SALE - 5D, 5I & 5KYR1 ZEN ORGANIC FARM TRIP 9:00AM - 1:30PM 1B, 1M, 1NYR6 AGENTS OF CHANGE DAYCHINESE BOOK FAIRDRESS-UP AS BOOK CHARACTER DAYYR5 - YR6 AUTHOR/ EXPLORER MATT DICKINSON’S VISITESF CROSS COUNTRYFUND RAISING WEEKYR3 - YR6 ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’ PERFORMANCE - HALLYR2 HISTORY MUSEUM TRIPE-SAFETY WEEK

SPORTS DAY - YR3 & YR4 (9AM - 11:30AM)SPORTS DAY - YR1 & YR2 (12:20PM - 2:25PM)SPORTS DAY - YR5 & YR6 (8:45AM - 12:20PM)YR3 & YR4 - THEATRE TRIP (9:00AM - 11:30AM)YR 5 - THEATRE TRIP (9:00AM - 11:30AM)YR2 - OLD SCHOOL DAYYR 5 - BAKE SALE: 5S & 5WSCHOOL FINISHES AT 12PM - CNY BREAK

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THE PRINCIPALMESSAGE FROM

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to Term 2 and a special welcome to all of our new families that have joined us in January. I trust everyone enjoyed the three week break and had time to relax and spend time with your children. We are well and truly into the swing of Term 2 with a number of assemblies, trips and sporting events already occurring. The Year Twos even made it to Disneyland! Today the Year Sixes had their “Explorers” dress up and share day with a wide range of explorers represented from modern day mountaineers to ancient Greeks. Jocelyn Sumner deserves a special mention for researching “Pytheas”, a little known but famous Greek explorer. Being resourceful, she contacted Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe a Professor of European History at Oxford to find out more about her explorer. He kindly wrote back to Jocelyn sharing his joy in her choosing Pytheas!

Year 1 Admissions

We are currently interviewing over 200 four year old children for placement as Year One Kennedy School students for the 2018/2019 school year. It is an opportunity for us to meet the children and our new prospective parents before they join Kennedy School. I have had the pleasure of interviewing all the parents and many already have children with us at Kennedy School. It seems we have many happy campers!

Saturday June 13th CPD day with West Island School

Last Saturday the Kennedy School teachers spent the day at West Island School with their teaching staff. The aim of the day was to share our thoughts, experience and expertise in the different pedagogical styles between Kennedy School and West Island School. We continue to grow our close relationship with West Island School and we have some exciting plans for next year to further grow this important connection and relationship.

2018/2019 Calendar list

Please see attached the Kennedy School 2018/2019 school calendar including the Kennedy School CPD days. We have again ensured that our calendar aligns with West Island School to support those families with children in both schools. Please click here to view.

School Uniforms

Please ensure that your children adhere to the Kennedy School uniform policy. Particularly, please do not have your children wear layers of under shirts or other non-school clothing that can

be seen. It was 24 degrees today and a number of our children were dressed for minus 24 degrees in New York City !! I will now begin to send letters home with those children who continually ignore the uniform rules. See attached.

WIS/KS Alumni news

The vast majority of our students go to West Island School. I thought you would be interested in hearing about some of the wonderful things our ex Kennedy School students are doing in the world. Please click here to view.

Extra-Curricular Clubs

We have a very extensive range of teacher led after school clubs, however, unfortunately there is only a limited amount of places so please discuss with your child if they really wish to join a club before you sign them up. Also to be noted, we will no longer be able to make any exceptions for children who fail to sign up through the Gateway in time.

Once again, welcome back to Term 2.

Don’t forget to dress up on January 26th for Book Week!

JOHN BREWSTER PRINCIPAL

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KENNEDY SCHOOL MESSAGES

MEDICAL TEAM

LIBRARY TEAM

SCHOOL OFFICE

IN TEAM

PTA OFFICE

VISION SCREENINGSuzan Salnikow, a UK trained Optometrist, will be coming to Kennedy school on 22nd and 23rd March 2018 to perform vision screening for those children who sign up. If you want your child to receive this service, please download this form and return it to the nurse office by 12th of March, with a cheque for HK $220 made payable to ‘Suzan Salnikow’.

HELP NEEDED IN THE LIBRARY Thank you to all our current volunteers. We really do appreciate all the help we can get with covering new books for our avid readers and in getting our library collection sorted out before we embark on the library renovations. We still require more volunteers though so if you’re able to come in please email smifsud@kennedy.edu.hk

BIRTHDAY BOOK The ‘Birthday Book’ will continue in Term 2. If your child has a birthday in January, February or March and you would like them to receive a book on their special day, then please send $100 in an envelope marked with your child’s name and class, how old they will be and who the book will be from. They will be the first to borrow the book and then we’d appreciate it if they would return it to the library after one month. The book will be hand delivered to your child in their classroom on their special day and will have a label inside with their name on it.

KENNEDY SCHOOL END OF TERM 1 REPORT - IS READY FOR VIEWINGYour Child’s End Of Term 1 Progress Report Is Now AvailablePlease be reminded that your child’s End Of Term 1 Report is now available on Gateway https://ks.tg.esf.edu.hkFor further information and if you need help to access the report, please click here:https://goo.gl/juWbfh

ESF’S GOT MUSICAL TALENT This important event, raising awareness of SEN in ESF and fundraising for JCSRS, is again taking place on Saturday 27 January. Please click here to view the flyer.

SNNHK - PARENT NETWORK The Special Needs Network Hong Kong is pleased to host Shalini Mahtani of The Zubin Foundation who will share with the parent network findings of the ground-breaking “Landscape Study on Primary School Education for Non-Chinese-Speaking Children with Special Educational Needs in Hong Kong”.Date: Thursday 8 February 2018 Time: 7pm to 8:30pm Location: Cafe 8, Maritime Museum, Pier 8, Central Tickets at the door: HK$150 per person (includes food/drink)

A CEILIDH [PRONOUNCED KAY-LEE] - SOCIAL GATHERING SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING.Date: Friday 2nd February Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Venue: School hall 2/FYou do not need to know how to dance, or have ever done Scottish Country dancing before to join in and have fun. All the instructions that you will need are provided by our very own Iain Carmichael on the accordion as he walks you through each dance first and then calls out the steps during the dance to keep us all right. Complete novices can join in and enjoy it! The fun part is that most of the dances are done in ‘sets’ of between 6 and 8 people which constantly change, so that people get to ‘mix’ during the dances. Child ticket – HK$150 Adult ticket – HK$250 (includes pizza from Checkmate, Kennedy Town) Come along and enjoy the fun! Click here for booking form.

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People can be allergic to many different things. At Kennedy School we have children with a wide range of allergies, from moderate allergies to fruits, pets and the environment to very severe allergies to dairy, egg, nuts, and seafood. When someone is allergic to something, like egg or nuts, the immune system overreacts to proteins in these foods. Every time the person eats (or, in some cases, handles or breathes in) the allergy-causing food, the body thinks the proteins are harmful invaders. The immune system responds by kicking into high gear to fend off the “invader.” This causes an allergic reaction, in which chemicals like histamine are released in the body. This would cause the affected student to have a severe and possibly life threatening allergic reaction requiring medication (Epi-Pen, Antihistamine, Inhalers) and possible hospital care.

As our community is composed of a wide range of cultures, religions and traditions it is not possible for us to impose a ban on certain foods. Research also shows that the best possible ways to prevent allergic reactions are to teach the individual student how to navigate in a world filled with their potential allergens, and to educate the other students around them on symptoms of allergic reactions and how to help keep their friends safe.

At Kennedy School we focus on teaching the allergic children how to protect themselves as much as possible. We also do a lot in educating the whole school about allergies, reactions and how to treat an allergic reaction. Talks in classes and at assembly are common. Specifically in Year 2 there is a big emphasis on hygiene and how germs spread and in Year 4 students learn about how the different systems in the body work together and what happens if one of the systems is failing. This includes conditions like asthma, severe allergic reactions and high blood pressure. We also have a “No sharing of food” policy in place, which helps keep all of our students with various food allergies as safe as we possibly can in a large primary school of 900 students.

How can you help?:

Talk to your child about allergies, and how someone at school

MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL TEAM SEVERE FOOD ALLERGIES AND NO SHARING OF FOOD

NO SHARING OF FOOD

KENNEDY GREEN NEWS

PLANT SALE Thank you for buying plants at the plant sale- we hope they are growing even though its colder outside.The gardening programme continues inside and outdoors, with Bokashi Japanese style composting of orange and banana peels in y3 and 4 and y1s planting seeds.Flowers are blooming and we are hoping more butterflies and ladybirds visit us!By Tim Tremmel ~ Environmental and Sustainable Development Coordinator

could be allergic to some of the food that he/she brings in his/her lunchbox, and why it is so important not to share food with others while at school. Remind your child to try and eat as “clean” as possible, so he/ she doesn’t spread a lot of crumbs, as these could potentially be very dangerous to a child with an allergy to that particular food.

Talk to your child about thorough face and hand washing after eating at school, and help us make sure that your child has a clean face and hands before leaving to go to school.

For those parents with a child in Year 1, where we have young students with very severe dairy/egg and nut allergies and where little hands tend to go everywhere, we ask that you please be thoughtful and sensitive to this issue when making your child’s snack/lunch and reinforce hand and face washing at home and remind your child that their food is only for them.

HENRIETTE TEUCHLER AND ESTELLE LICENCE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

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KENNEDY WELLNESS CORNER

This time of year the activity for Influenza, Scarlet Fever and many other infectious diseases is very high in Hong Kong, and it is often hard work to try and keep ourselves and our children healthy enough to be able to fight off all the germs.When working properly, our immune system is designed to fight disease and keep bacteria and viruses from making us sick. If weakened we and our children are more susceptible to colds, flu and other infectious diseases. Therefore it is important to try and boost our children’s immune systems as much as possible to keep them healthy and strong. Making sure your child gets enough sleep and exercise daily are very important key points to keeping their immune system strong, but research has shown that the following foods may have a positive impact on boosting your child’s immune system.Fruit and vegetables:All fruits and vegetables contain different vitamins and minerals, so it is important that your child gets a good variety, in particular vitamin C and carotenoids which are responsible for the red, yellow and orange colours in many fruits and vegetables. We know these phytonutrients have immune boosting qualities that help the body create more white blood cells which are responsible for fighting infection. Go for whole foods instead of juices or supplements, as the whole piece of fruit/vegetable has a lot more nutrients and fibre.Some vegetables to highlight are Broccoli (has a number of immune system boosters such as vitamins C,A,E and also a lot of antioxidants); Spinach (has Vitamins A, E, C and K, folate, manganese, zinc, selenium and iron – all nutrients that work in different ways to enhance the immune system); and Sweet Potatoes (are a great source of Vitamin C and high in beta-carotene, which in some studies have shown to increase the number of white blood cells and increase the activity of killer cells - These are the cells that fight bacteria, viruses, and other intruders in our bodies.).Berries:Berries are full of antioxidants, which helps keep the immune system strong! Frozen berries are said to be just as good and healthy as fresh berries. Oily fish:Omega-3 fatty acids have many health benefits and are found in oily fish e.g. salmon, mackerel, herring, and fresh tuna. Not only are these fats essential for developing brains, they also reduce inflammation, which increases airflow and protects the lungs from colds and respiratory infections. The latest research also indicates that these fatty acids may boost your child’s immune system by enhancing the function of immune cells.

Nuts and seeds:By eating a wide variety of seeds (such as pumpkin, sunflower and flax seeds) and nuts (such as almonds, walnuts, pecans and hazelnuts) your child will be getting vitamin E, zinc, manganese and omega 3 fatty acids, all of which help your child’s immune system and will enhance the natural killer cell activity. Yogurt:Full of protein and calcium, yogurt is a healthy diet addition. Research points to the probiotics in yogurt working to stimulate the immune system and help balance out harmful bacteria in the gut. Egg:Research has shown that when a person is low in vitamin D, they are more susceptible to illness. Eggs are one of the only foods with naturally occurring vitamin D. They also include a number of other immune-boosting nutrients, such as B vitamins and selenium.Variety is the key! Choose a wide range of healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains and lean protein to keep your child’s immune system healthy and strong. Aim to serve your child five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Whether they’re fresh, frozen, tinned (in own juice) or dried, they can be incorporated into their main meals, puddings, snacks or small smoothies. We hope these ideas help you find ways to include these immune system boosting foods for kids in their diets as much as possible! HENRIETTE TEUCHLER AND ESTELLE LICENCE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

How to boost your child’s immune system with food

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A snapshot: Please click Here to watch a video about last year’s Chinese Talent Show.

Participants: Students of 4-11 years old, in kindergarten, primary or secondary schools

Competition groups:• Chinese Native Speakers – both parents are of Chinese origin, and using Chinese as her/his first

language.

• Non Chinese Native Speakers – with one or two non-background parents, or using other languages as first language despite the fact that parents are of Chinese origin.

Use of Language:Putonghua is the only accepted language in speech items. Both simplified and traditional Chinese characters are accepted in writing items.

Key Regulations:• Every participant should select competition items matching their age as well as their year level (For Kennedy

School students, Year 1 students aged 5 will be allocated in Kindergarten group, Year 1 students aged 6 will be allocated in Lower Primary group; Year 2 /3 students will be allocated in Lower Primary group; Year 4/5 will be allocated in Middle Primary Group and Year 6 students will be allocated in Upper Primary Group)

• Every participant can choose no more than three competition items that match their age group.

Prizes: • Any participants whose total score from three competition items is the highest will be awarded the title of

“champion”;

• Champions will get a certificate of award and a special cup; they will also be qualified to enter the national final;

• Each item from each group will have one first prize, one second prize and one third prize (a certificate will be awarded); additionally, there will be several awards of excellence (a certificate will be given to the winners).

• One or two extraordinary participants from this year’s event will be chosen to be the “Chinese Culture Ambassador”; they will become the image ambassador showing up on Hong Kong region’s poster for the year.

Please click Here for detailed information.

Registration Period: 25th November 2017 - 26th January 2018

Registration Methods and Payment:Online Registration:

• Please register at https://goo.gl/forms/N1DTC2p4fMR1wQw53

A cross cheque collected by School office:

• The cheque is made payable to: HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF PINYIN QUALITY EDUCATION (PYQE) ;

• Please write down your child’s name and competition items at the back of the cheque ( Cash is not acceptable).

THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL ZHOU YOUGUANG CUP CHINESE TALENT SHOW ( HONG KONG), 2018To better promote Chinese Culture and to strengthen Chinese education amongst Hong Kong’s youngsters, Kennedy School together with other schools are going to hold the 4th Zhou Youguang Cup Chinese Talent Show in April, 2018 at 6 ESF primary schools and Australian International School. We also aim to use this event to showcase young Chinese learners’ talent and to offer them a platform for communication. Here are some basic information of the Chinese Talent Show:

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BOOK WEEK IS NEARLY HERE: 22ND - 26TH JANUARY 2018

Sarah Brennan’s visitOn Wednesday, local author Sarah Brennan visited Kennedy School. This was a perfect way to kick off Book Week for 2018 (which is officially next week). Sarah delighted the children with her presentation of the new book - ‘The Tale of Desmond Dog’ - which is in fact the 11th in her Chinese Zodiac series. Sarah gave lots of background to the story, which included historical detail and how she developed the characters, as well as reading the story to the children. The book is written in narrative poetry style which is engaging for the children and easy to listen to. The illustrations were once again provided by Harry Harrison. The children seemed to absolutely love the sessions and were totally enthralled with the story.

Pyjama Party StoriesThere are many big events coming up. For those children (Years 3-6) who wish to go to the ‘Pyjama Party Bedtime Stories’ in the library next Tuesday, they will need to bring their pyjamas (and a soft toy) to school and change at lunchtime.

Teachers vs Students Book QuizThe Teachers vs Students Book Quiz on Thursday is attracting a lot of attention. We now have 10 student teams (Years 3 and 4) taking part and attempting to beat the teachers. Those children that wish to come along and support are very welcome. This will be in the hall at 12-30.

Every door is a BookSome of the classroom doors have now turned into giant book covers. By the end of next week, all of the classrooms will have been transformed. Have a look at them and see which is your favourite.

CompetitionsThe photo competition (reading in unusual places) and the story movie making competition (book trailers) close at the end of this week. More than 200 children have entered these two competitions so far which is just amazing! Winners will be announced next Friday.

The ‘Guess the Teacher behind the Book’ competition will run all next week. Look out for the photos around school.

Stories in the playgroundNext week every break and lunchtime teachers will be reading stories in the playgrounds, the hall and many other places. Listen out for the announcements each morning to find out who is reading where.

In the classroomsThere are many, many events happening in classrooms all week, from book making to book swaps, buddy reading to story sack making.

Book Character DayBook Week will culminate in our Book Character Day next Friday. All teachers and children will come to school dressed as a favourite book character. This will be an exciting day with lots of photos taken. If you haven’t already decided who you will be, think about it over the weekend and sort out your costume.

An exciting week is in store for everyone…

Jeff Moore English coordinator

MESSAGE FROM THE CHINESE DEPARTMENT

CHINESE BOOK FAIRIt is time to mark your calendars for the Chinese book fair of this school year!To encourage children to read more Chinese books and as part of our Book Week activities, we are hosting a Chinese book fair on 26th January in the lower playground from 9:00 AM to 2:50 AM. The time slots sheduled for each year band to attend the book fair are as follows:9:00-9:45 Year 5

9:45-10:30 Year 1

11:00-11:45 Year 2

11:45-12:30 Year 6

13:20-14:05 Year 4

14:05-14:50 Year 3

THE PUBLISHERS INVITED TO ATTEND THE BOOK FAIR ARE:Sinolingua Publisher Mandarin Matrix Oxford University Press Beijing Language and Culture University PressThe book fair will give our children the opportunity to buy carefully selected, quality books for all reading levels. Parents are welcome to come to school at your child’s time slot to read and select some books with/for your child. You may also give some money to your child to buy their favourite books after reading. The cost of a reader is about $30-$50 dollars, some big picture books and thick books will cost more. We think giving $200 to your child will be appopriate. We look forward to seeing you there!Denggao Zeng Head of Chinese dzeng@kennedy.edu.hk

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KENNEDY PE AND GAMES KITPlease ensure that your child wears their PE shorts under their track pants. While it may be cold outside in the shade it is warm inside the gym and in the sun on the HKU pitches. Track pants are not suitable for athletic activities as many are ill fitting creating the potential for slips and falls. Some children also find it difficult to regulate their body temperature which creates the risk of overheating and dehydration, especially when they wear numerous layers.We follow the Education Bureau and ESF Health and Safety Guidelines: • Girls and boys with long hair must have it tied back.• Watches and jewellery must be removed or covered. • The school cannot be held responsible for these

items. • Therefore jewellery and watches should be removed

and kept at home on days when your child has either PE or Games.

Y4, Y5 AND Y6 GAMES ROTATIONSAdditionally, for children in Year 4 to 6, please ensure your child has the correct kit for their Unit:Hockey - in accordance with the HKHA regulations all children participating in hockey MUST wear shin pads and a mouth guard. Long socks to hold shin pads are also recommended. All of these items are available from the PTA Office. Rugby - although there is no mandate from the HKRFU we strongly recommend the use of mouthguards when playing rugby. Mouthguards and shin pads are available for purchase from the PTA Office.

KENNEDY SCHOOL GAMES PROGRAMME:The Kennedy Games Programmes are well underway now. Students from Year 1 through to Year 3 will rotate through a series generic sports units involving throwing, catching, kicking, striking, fielding and basic games. The students form Year 4 through to Year 6 participate in four rotations of a progressive sports specific programme which are supported by coaches from Valley Hockey and HKCC Rugby.Please ensure your child brings their hat and is wearing their P.E. Kit for Games as well as for P.E. lessons.

KENNEDY P.E. DEPARTMENT

SPORTS DAYSA reminder that the three Sports Days are on the following dates:

Year 1 and Year 2: Wednesday 7th February - 12:20 to 14:25

Year 3 and Year 4: Wednesday 7th February - 09:00 to 11:30

Year 5 and Year 6: Thursday 8th February - 08:45 to 12:20

Please feel free to come and cheer on your child at their Sports Day. If you are available to support with scoring a team in your child’s class please contact your class parent or class teacher directly.

As with previous years Year 1 and Year 2 parents are welcome to take their children home from the conclusion of their event on Wednesday 7th February rather than returning to school. Please inform your class teacher directly if you intend to do so.

CHILDREN WEARING PE SHORTS UNDER THEIR TRACKSUIT BOTTOMS SO THEY CAN BE REMOVED IN PE LESSONS FOR SAFETY & BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION (IT’S HOT WHEN YOU RUN AROUND INDOORS!)

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DAY ACTIVITY PROVIDER

VARIOUSFOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TENNIS, GYMNASTICS, KUNG

FU, NETBALL, SCIENCE, WRITING CLASS, JAPANESE CLASS, DANCE, SPANISH

ESF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

VARIOUS SCIENCE ADVENTURES, ACTIVE KIDS

MONDAY DRAMA, SPEECH & COMMUNICATION CLASSES STARLIT VOICE

MONDAY ENGLISH AND MATHS KIP MCGRATH

MONDAY CHESS LESSONS HOYINPING CHESS

MONDAY FABRIC FUN FABRIC ART

MONDAY RUGBY TOTS RUGBY TOTS

VARIOUS FOUNDATION’S ORATOR, FILMAKER & NOVELIST FOUNDATION ACADEMY

TUESDAY HINDI ACTIVITY CLASSES DO-DESI - KHEL KAHANI

WEDNESDAY BRICKS 4 KIDZ LEGO STEM ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING

THURSDAY CREATIVE WRITING SEE WRITE

THURSDAY ART CLASSES BANANA ART

FRIDAY MARTIAL ARTS WORLD ALL STYLES MARTIAL ARTS

Click on the following links to view advertisements for after school activities provided by external agencies and ESF Educational Services.

Disclaimer Notice: Kennedy School does not endorse or represent the accuracy, truthfulness or reliability of these advertisements placed by outside agencies.

ACTIVITES BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES & ADVERTISING

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1. Term 1 2018 (83 days including 1 CPD day)

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17Mon 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31Tue 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25Wed 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26Thur 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27Fri 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28Sat 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29Sun 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30

2. Term 2 2019 (64 days including 3 CPD days)

April = General HolidaysWeek 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13Mon 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 1 8 = ESF 'Half Term' HolidaysTue 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 2 9Wed 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 6 13 20 27 3 10 = Term TimeThur 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 7 14 21 28 4 11Fri 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 = Staff MeetingSat 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 2 9 16 23 30 6 13Sun 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 ? = Continuous Professional

Development (All Schools)

= School ClosureKennedy School CPD

3. Term 3 2019 (43 days including 1 CPD days.)

AprilWeek 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Mon 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26Tue 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27Wed 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28Thur 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29Fri 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30Sat 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31Sun 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25

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KENNEDY SCHOOL CALENDARSCHOOL TERMS AND HOLIDAYS 2018/2019

August September October November December

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January February March

May June July August

TOTAL: 190 SCHOOL DAYS INCLUDING 5 CPD DAYS (see note 2)

NOTES

ESF CPD is 1 Feb 2019 for all schools. Additionally, all schools will need to identify 4 further CPD days.

Calendar constructed to allow: one week mid-term break in Term 1; five day mid-term break in Term 2 (to include Lunar New Year's Eve); 3 week break at Christmas; and 2 week break at Easter; year end in June.

Start date for 2019/2020 shown for indication only. We recommend individuals and families avoid making travel plans for August 2019 until the school start date and back to school work date are confirmed.