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Dear Parents,
For young children consistency and routines help to develop a feeling a security. Therefore the routines and schedule for school are consistent. All of our students are now familiar with the basic routines of school and are starting to feel safe and secure in their classrooms and around our campus and their personalities are starting to shine through.
This week the routines changed – there was a Public Holiday mid-week and the R1’s returned their library book bags for the first time. The R1 children did really well putting their book bags into the correct box. It was the R2s that were more confused – had their book boxes moved from the MPR to the door? The routine from R1 was back and some children looked confused. We needed to remind them that their boxes were near their cubbies and the boxes by the door were for R1. Then they understood.
Children of Kindergarten age are developing the Executive Function skills, one of these is Flexibility – the ability to adapt to changing situations. The R2s had the flexibility to adapt on Thursday. Both R1s and R2s are still developing their cognitive flexibility. This can be being able to change from one activity to another or to do a particular activity in a different way. To help each child, adults can choose a time when changing an activity and doing it a different way will help the child learn to adapt and be flexible. We can take the time and explain the differences. We can make it fun and use play-based activities. However, changing things when we are in a rush or if a child is tired or hungry will not have a successful result. Making gradual small changes helps if they need to adapt to a big change. .
Here is a Podcast about Flexible thinking and a website and fact sheet with ideas on how to help your child at home.
Blessings
Gillian Wu
Kindergarten Assistant Principal
Nov 24 & 25 - Regular School for KG
Nov 26 - 28 - No School for KG
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.
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.
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!
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