Click to download the 2021-22 Hillside Calendar. You can also access the school calendar via the ESF App.
22-25 November: K2 Parent-Teacher Conferences (Sign-up via ESF App)
26 November: Parent Hack S4: Chinese Curriculum (Register)
8 December: Parent Hack S5: Importance of Play (Register)
16 December: Last Day of Term
Dear Parents
Thank you for all your flexibility with the "circuit breaker" arrangements. Our plan is to err on the side of caution and keep visitors off for the week unless advised otherwise. We will resume Parent Storytellers and other school events next week.
Again, I must thank our parent community for your kind understanding and support during this time to ensure the safety of our community.
Kind regards
Audrey
The ESF App team has been making some changes to the ‘Absence’ & ‘Bus Change’ forms on the App. We would like to bring your attention to the changes on the Bus Change Form. There are three pre-populated options, please edit/ delete as necessary. This is very important so we can ensure we make the correct arrangements for your child at going home time.
Your child [class] will be:
A walker home
Will not take the school bus to school, but WILL TAKE the bus home.
Not take the bus at all.
Parent Hacks Session 4: Chinese Curriculum
Friday, 26 November, 1 pm
What does learning Chinese as an additional language look like in the early years? Join our Chinese Team for a Q&A session on what Chinese Learning looks like here at Hillside, and how you can connect your child's learning between home and school. Click HERE to register in advance.
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Parent Hacks Session 5: Importance of Play
Wednesday, 8 December, 1 pm
This session is a continuation of understanding our curriculum with our PYP Coordinator, Brenda Yuen. In the session, Brenda will cover:
What is play?
Types of Play
Developing approaches to learning through play
How to support my child in developing social communication skills, and play skills
Please CLICK HERE to register in advance.
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[Recording] Parent Hacks Session 3: Fussy Eaters & Speech Development
Thank you to Joice Almeida, for facilitating this important topic for us. In this session, Joice shared her strategies for coping with fussy eaters and how this impacts their speech development. We had lots of very relevant and important Q&A at the end of the session, we hope you found it helpful. If you're interested in a free speech screening or a feeding screening ($300), please contact your class teacher for more information.
Please access the recording of the full Fussy Eater presentation via this YouTube link and the slides HERE. You may also be interested in previous Parent Hacks in this playlist.
The upcoming K2 Parent-Teacher Conferences is available for sign-up in phases, and it's now open for you. Please make an appointment via the app at your earliest convenience to secure a time to meet with your child's teacher.
Please note classes will continue as per usual throughout the PTC weeks. The appointments are about 10-15 minutes long for each child. Please appreciate that these are the dates when we have arranged cover for teachers and we would like to keep to them as much as possible. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us on 2540-0066.