Small World Christian Kindergarten, 10 Borrett Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 25250922 | Fax: (852) 25305448 | E-mail: office@smallworld.hk
www.swck.edu.hk
Schoolgramme- November 2010/2011
29 October 2010
Dear Parents,
We trust you all had an enjoyable mid-term break. Each day is a delight to see the children having heaps of fun learning in school! They are all doing so well in class.
Please check class calendars for the topics the children will be covering this month.
Gail Maidment
Principal
School Notices
Staff In–service Day: there will be no school for all children on Friday, 12 November.
Ear Screening
Ear screening will take place on November 9th and 10th, Tuesday & Wednesday. We have placed an application form in your child’s folder last October 15th, Friday. Please return the reply slip with a cheque $130 payable to AlphaHearing Healthcare Limited to the office on or before Friday, 5th November. Thank you.
Pick-ups
Please send a written note with your child if someone different is picking them up from school and /or normal arrangements have changed. Children love arranging their own social calendars!
Parent & Teacher Conferences
It’s almost Parent-Teacher interview time and just like past years a single 10-minute personal interview (with both teachers present) is available for parents between 8:20 am and 4:15 pm on their class interview date. It will take place on November 26th Friday for K1/K2/K3/D1/D2/D3. There will be NO SCHOOL on that date.
To streamline your parent-teacher interview we have on-line booking system which is hosted by (PTO).
Please find below the PTC dates of the afternoon classes:
Parent Teacher Conference Dates Class Name
November 22nd Monday A1
November 23rd Tuesday UA1
November 24th Wednesday A2
November 25th Thursday UA3
November 29th Monday A3
If you’d like to book an interview go to www.swck.edu.hk and click on “Book your Parent-Teacher Interview” (which is scrolling across the top of the screen). Online booking officially commences on Wednesday, November 10th, 2010.
If you have any problems please contact the office on 2525 0922 or e-mail tessb@smallworld.hk.
At the interview, parents will be shown a portfolio of their child’s work. Kindly return your child’s portfolio the following week as this document is a work in progress. Thank you.
Junk and Old Magazines
We need your help – Bring boxes in tissue box size or smaller! Foil Rolls! Paper Towel Rolls etc! Junk becomes art in the hands of children. Please save large cloth scraps, bubble wrap, or any "useful" clean rubbish for school - you may even get them back! (Transformed, of course!) If you have old greeting cards, used computer paper (we can use the backs), different coloured and sized paper we would most welcome your contribution as we try and be resourceful.
Christmas Play
Each class will hold their own special nativity play. Please note the time for your child’s class. Christmas Play for K1, K2, K3, D1, D2, D3 start promptly at 10.30 AM while A1, A2, A3, UA1, UA3 will be at 2.30 PM. Class teachers will send out specific information later in November. Please note down the following schedules:
Class Christmas Play Dates
K1 Friday, December 10
K2 Wednesday, December 8
K3 Thursday, December 9
D1 Wednesday, December 8
D2 Thursday, December 9
D3 Tuesday, December 7
A1 Wednesday, December 8
A2 Thursday, December 9
A3 Tuesday, December 7
UA1 Friday, December 10
UA3 Thursday, December 9
Missing Items
Little ones get fascinated by all the project pieces – wooden project parts, beads etc. If any have found their way home to your house in children’s pockets, please return the piece as we have some incomplete projects. Thank you for your help.
Fundraising Project
Small World Umbrellas
Our own Small World Umbrellas are ready for purchase [Sizes: Adult $80, Child $50]. If you need an order form please contact the office.
Avanti Apple Peeler, Corer and Slicer
We have only 16 sets of Apple Peeler, Corer and Slicer in the office for sale at $180. This offer is on a first come, first serve basis. Thank you!
How do we celebrate birthdays at Small World?
To celebrate birthdays in our school, the birthday child will receive a special birthday crown and card to make them feel very special! Due to some life threatening allergies parents are asked not to bring any birthday cakes or food. We do not want to put any child at risk. We also ask that parents refrain from bringing gifts for the children. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
- by Robert Fulghum
At the Parent Topic Evening, I shared with you this famous poem. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school.
These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work some every day.
Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup - they all die. So do we.
And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: LOOK . Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation, ecology and politics and sane living.
Think of what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and clean up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Enjoy your children this week and watch for the sparkle in their eyes!