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Dear Parents
Last week in Chapel I mentioned to the children that there would be no school and no Chapel on Friday (Jan 30) as the teachers and I were going to be at school to learn. One child said “Even you?!” Yes, we all do professional learning, and we encourage life-long learning. So on Friday and Monday, what will the teachers be learning?
On Friday we will be learning more about Executive Function skills, it may seem that we are always talking about Executive Functions, but there is a large amount of brain development happens in a child’s Kindergarten years so knowing how to promote this development is important for both our teachers, teacher assistants as well as parents. We will be focusing on how we can purposefully include this skill development into learning but also into all the regular routines of school. More information will follow next week.
The teachers and I will also be taking time to review our standards and how we teach and assess learning. We have already prioritized the main standards that we expect the children to meet by the end of the school year and ensured that our teaching is linked to these. We are now standardizing how we assess the learning and progress so that we can keep parents informed of how their child is progressing and is each child progressing at the rate expected for their development and age.
During the March Parent Teacher Conferences, your teacher will discuss how your child is progress and which areas they may need help from home and school to be able to meet the expectations by the end of the year. Progress Report will then be issued in June.
Enjoy your long weekend with your child!
Blessings,
Gillian Wu
Kindergarten Assistant Principal
Important Dates for Jan & Feb 2026
Feb 2 (Mon) - Professional Development days (No School)
Feb 16 to 20 (Mon - Fri) - Chinese New Year Break (No School)
Feb 23 (Mon) - Classes Resume
Feb 28 (Sat) - Family Fun Day (11AM - 3PM)
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