March 6, 2026
March 6, 2026
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Dear Parents
Excitement levels in Kindergarten are rising – the Spring Concert is coming soon! But with the excitement comes anxiety especially as routines may change slightly next week as teachers will be rehearsing with the children more. For the R1s who have not been on a big stage before, there may be anxiety of performing or of the unknown. Hopefully with the Family Fun Day last week, your child got to visit the ICS Shek Mun campus (or Big ICS as we call it) and associates it with fun activities.
Next week, the Friday afternoon rehearsal (on Friday March 13) is an important time for the children to experience and become familiar with the big school and the stage in the theater. Any children who are anxious will be encouraged to join their friends, but your child’s teacher, teacher assistant, and Ms. Pang, our school counsellor, will also be there to reassure and help. We always encourage the children to join their friends on stage, but it is OK if they need to hold a familiar adult’s hand while on stage or even stand at the side.
The Friday rehearsal helps to overcome some anxiety, however on Saturday morning the theater seats will be full, and the theater will be noisier than on Friday. This sea of faces is a new, sometimes scary, experience for the children. It is very difficult for the children to see individual faces and find their parents. So please do not shout out or wave once the curtains open.
For the rehearsal day (afternoon of Friday March 13) we are trying to make the arrival as smooth and as fast as possible to reduce anxiety at coming to a new place.
Please note:
One adult should line up with your child
R2s line will start at the glass door (entrance near the swimming pool),
R1s line will have a separate line
Wear school colors or school uniform
Please ensure any jackets are taken off and kept by the adult chaperone.
Please bring a water bottle labelled with your child’s English name (no straps please) but no school bags.
We will receive children in small groups as we need to escort them from the door area, through past the swimming pool and down the corridor. Teachers will start the process but will then stay in the Band room with the children who have already arrived.
Once the R2s are in, then we will receive the R1s.
School bus riders will be received as soon as buses arrive. Bus riders can bring a jacket.
KG teachers will take the children to the washrooms once we have completed the arrivals (please do not request to come in for washrooms as JLL security staff will be very busy)
Please also note that we have both morning and afternoon children are arriving together. Therefore, the car park and the entrance area can get very busy and noisy. Please be patient.
On Saturday morning, once we open the doors at 9:30am, we ask that dads take boys to the boys’ washroom and Moms please take girls to the girls’ washroom to help reduce the queuing time. Family members should use the washrooms on the first floor near the theater entrance. Then please drop off your child (no water bottles and no jackets) to the band room corridor doors (I’ll be receiving children).
Looking forward to praising God together.
Blessings,
Gillian Wu
Kindergarten Assistant Principal
Important Dates for Mar 2026
Feb 28 (Sat) KG & ES Family Fun Day (11am - 3pm)
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
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