Dear Parents
Last week in Chapel we talked about how families will prepare for Chinese Lunar New Year. Many of the traditions are related with cleaning or throwing out old things and starting the new Chinese Lunar New Year with new clothes, and a tidy and clean house. In a similar way, as Christians when we accept Jesus, we put aside our old ways and look to God to help change us to be more like Him.
In the Bible, it says “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-23.
Many people may wish you good luck or good fortune. However, we have been teaching the children that God is in charge of all things and has a very special plan for each and every one of us. God loves us so much and he will bless us and always have a special plan for us.
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” Ephesians 1:3.
Thank you to the Parent Association and parents for beautifully decorating our campus with board decorations, Chinese lanterns and Bible verses around the door.
Wishing you and your family many blessings from God as you celebrate the Lunar New Year with friends and family.
Blessings,
Gillian Wu
Kindergarten Assistant Principal
Important Dates for Feb 2026
Feb 16 to 20 (Mon - Fri) - Chinese New Year Break
Mar 13 (Fri) - Spring Concert Rehearsal at the ICS Shek Mun campus (in the afternoon), no class on the Kindergarten campus
Mar 14 (Sat)- Spring Concert at 10am
Mar 16 (Mon) - Teacher Professional Development day (No school)
Mar 27 & 28 (AM) - Parent Teacher Conferences (No school)
If a different adult is coming to pick up your child from school, please notify the Kindergarten Office giving us their full name, Hong Kong Identity card number and their telephone number.
All people coming to pick up your child must:
Be on the authorized list on PowerSchool i.e. a parent has given us permission to release their child to that person.
Bring the purple pick-up card (original card, photographs will not be accepted).
In absence of the pick-up card, for persons we do not recognize we will either - check their Hong Kong Identity Card or call the phone number you have given us.
If we are unsure of the identity of the person picking up your child, we will check their identity.
If the person is not listed on PowerSchool, and you have not informed us, we will call parents to confirm.
If your child usually takes the bus home and changes to being picked up from school, please notify us. Please ensure that the person coming to school is on our authorized list. If in doubt, please give us their name
If you change or employ a new Domestic Helper, please remove your previous helper or add a new helper to the pick-up contacts on PowerSchool.
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If your child is sick, please keep your child at home to rest and recover and notify the school by completing the relevant e-collect form on PowerSchool of:
Your child’s absence / number of days your child is likely to be off school
Your child’s body temperature (please state actual temperature, not just “has a fever”)
Once recovering from a fever (38C or above), please let us know the day and time your child’s fever subsided without medication. If you do not specify a time, we will use the time from your email. We can then specify how soon your child may return to school (48 hours after fever subsided).
Your child’s symptoms (not just “unwell”).
If your child has Chickenpox, Hand Foot and Mouth or other notifiable disease - please send in a doctor’s note confirming diagnosis. We also require a doctor’s note stating that your child is fit to return to school.
Red Eyes—conjunctivitis can be very infectious. If your child has red eyes, please give us a doctor’s note stating that your child is not infectious before they can come to school.
Department of Health requirements state that if a child has a fever (38C or above), or repeated diarrhea they need to stay home for at least 48 hours after the symptoms have subsided (without medication).
Even though your child’s fever may have gone, a child may still have a runny nose or bad cough and are not fit to return to school. Please keep them at home to rest.
Please do not send your child to school if they are still taking medication following an illness. The medicine may make your child sleepy and they still need time to recover and rest at home.
If your child has recovered but still has a mild cough (not chesty or coughing up phlegm), they may return to school but should wear a face mask.
International Christian School – Kindergarten
852-3156-1234 | kindergarten@ics.edu.hk | G/F, Kam Ho House (Block H), Kam Fung Court, Ma On Shan, N.T., Hong Kong