November 7, 2025
November 7, 2025
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Dear Parents,
Have you heard the phrase “Sharing is caring”. This week our R2 students have shown a lot of caring for others.
Our ICS Mission is:
To equip students to serve and transform their communities by delivering excellent Christian education designed to cultivate their character, nurture their God-given abilities, and prepare them for life, including tertiary education.
We believe every child should have the opportunity to serve others. Every grade has their own way to help the children learn about serving others. Kindergarten students also have ways to serve others in an age-appropriate way.
The R2s have just finished the theme “Supermarket”. The children are learning about how God provides food for us to eat and that we can go to a Supermarket to buy different types of food. On Thursday, to have true hands-on learning, the teachers arranged a mini-field trip to a supermarket in Wu Kai Sha to buy food. The children made their own shopping lists and paid for their own purchase, and then carried it back to school in their own shopping bag.
The children are also learning that God can use us to serve others. Not everyone has enough money to buy food and so God can use what we buy to help feed other people. On returning to school, the children put their purchase into boxes and these boxes will be delivered on Friday evening to Feeding Hong Kong, a food bank that helps redistribute food from where it is plentiful to where there is a need. The children’s food donations will be delivered onto various charities that support the poor and needy in Hong Kong. However, before the boxes left, in Chapel we prayed and thanked God for using us to help others. We prayed that God would bless the people who will receive the food and that His love will shine through. Thank you to R2 parents for allowing your child to donate their purchases, to the R2 children for being generous and kind by donating your food to others and to the parent chaperones for your help.
Important Dates for Nov & Dec
Nov 24 & 25 - Regular School for KG
Nov 26 - 28 - No School for KG
Dec 5 - Second dose of Influenza Vaccinations (if required)
Dec 8 - Day after HK Elections - No School
Dec 18 - Last Day of School for KG before Christmas Break
Dec 19 - ProD day for teachers (am) - No School for KG
Library Book Return
Library Book Return
Starting on October 24, R1s (as well as R2s) will bring home library books in their blue library book bag each Friday. Please read the guidelines for returning books.
Most importantly - please check all books and CDs / DVD are put back into the blue book bag and return it each Thursday. There will be boxes near the door for the R1 children to put their bag into on arrival. R2s will have book boxes near their cubbies. Returning books on time helps our parent volunteers arrange a new set of books for each child.
Happy reading!
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.
Parents, be empowered and equipped with the knowledge and resources you need to support your child's growth and success. This page provides resources, and we hope to help parents navigate the challenges of parenting and support your child's overall well-being. Make sure to check out our parent page HERE!
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
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