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21, 22 January: School Photos 

23 Jan - Lion Dance @ Bradbury & LNY Dress Up 

24 Jan - Dress Casual Day

27-31 January: Lunar New Year Break (No School)

3 February: ESF-Wide CPD (No School)

4 February: Classes Resume

21 February: Sports Fun Day

Dear Hillside Families

It's a newsletter with lots of dates and info. Looking ahead to this term, we have several things planned. Please keep an eye out for the "Upcoming Dates" section of the newsletter, which includes a few upcoming events, including School Photo Days, Sports Fun Day, and Lunar New Year dress-up. Further details will follow as we approach each event.

Warm regards
Audrey

We're thrilled to invite you to our Sports Fun Day on Friday, 21 February. We will run two separate sessions, approximately 9:15-11:00am for the morning and 1:00-2:45pm for the afternoon classes at the Indian Recreation Club (IRC) in Causeway Bay.

We are negotiating details with the IRC. A separate app message with more details will soon follow.

For those planning ahead, please save this date and note we would like the children to wear a coloured T-shirt to add to the atmosphere on the day. Please have your child wear a (predominantly) plain, coloured t-shirt to the event per the list below. The T-shirts do not have to be identical!

K1 Classes
Dolphin - PINK
Frog - GREEN
Panda - WHITE
Monkey - PURPLE

K2 Classes
Dragon - RED
Gecko - YELLOW
Tiger - ORANGE
Turtle - BLUE

With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, our Chinese teachers have started exploring various cultural aspects with the children. Thank you to all the parent volunteers supporting our Chinese learning engagements this week.

As part of our celebrations, we have booked the Bradbury School lion dance team to perform for our children on Thursday, 23 January.  We invite everyone to come in bright colours or festive clothing on this day. 

We also invite everyone to come in casual outfits on Friday, 24 January, our last day before the LNY break.

We are taking steps to be more sustainable as a school. As such, we would like to provide a forum for interested parents to donate and purchase preloved uniform items at a nominal price. All proceeds will go to enhancing our incursion/excursion provision for the children.

If you are interested in donating, please send the preloved uniform items to school any time from now onwards. If you’re interested in purchasing, please visit our pop-up store at Hillside next week and bring CASH!. 

We have scheduled Peter Inglis, a professional photographer, to come on 21, 22 January to take photos of children in school. We have worked with Peter in the past, and he has been fantastic with the children. Peter has a selection of puppets and tricks and lots of patience to make the children smile. The children are now developing their confidence and personalities; I’m sure we will hear lots of giggles throughout the day. 

Peter will be taking photographs of individual children, siblings and class groups. Please note that some children might feel uncomfortable in this situation, so we will not force them to be photographed against their wishes. 

Four classes are scheduled for each day:
Tuesday 21 January - All K1s
Wednesday 22 January - All K2s

When available, you will be able to view the proofs online. More details will follow. There is no obligation to purchase.   

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Inclement Weather Arrangements
NEW School Uniform
Pre-loved Uniform Swap
Please contact kinder@hillside.edu.hk for any general enquiries.