kellett dragon issue 8 - feb 2014

CONTENTFEBRUARY 2014

Kowloon Bay

HIGHLIGHTS 28-33 Head of Preparatory School School Council Reception to Year 6

ArTS & LAnGuAGeS 34-36 Art Highlights Chinese Studies

SporT 37exTrAS 38 Year 4 Production Porridge

SENiOrHIGHLIGHTS 39-46 Head of Senior School School Council History Geography Maths Science Global Citizenship The Sixth Form at Kellett Economics and Business Studies Optimal Learning

ArTS & LAnGuAGeS 47-49 English Drama Music Art Modern Foreign Languages Design Technology

SporT 50-53exTrAS 54-55 HKAYP December 2013 ECAs

WHOLE SCHOOLPRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE 4KeLLeTT neWS 5-9 Congratulations Welcome to Our New Staff Staff Leavers Annual Fund

FeATure 10-11 Kowloon Bay Inauguration Ceremony

HIGHLIGHTS 12-14 Libraries Kellett Cares Music

PrEParaTOryPreP across the school 15 French ICT

PoK Fu lam HIGHLIGHTS 16-20 Head of Preparatory School School Council Reception to Year 6

ArTS & LAnGuAGeS 21-23 Chinese Studies Art Highlights

SporT 24-25exTrAS 26-27 ECAs Christmas & Leavers Assembly

4 KELLETT DraGON NEWSLETTEr ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014

Whilst term two and three are sure to bring some unforeseen challenges we are settling well into our new operational structure and remain clearly focused upon the Kellett student experience. This term we shall be submitting, ‘The School Plan,’ (TSP) to the Education Bureau; our TSP requires that we set out how we are to deliver to the undertakings we made in our bid for the Kowloon Bay site. These undertakings are already familiar to you, they embody a Kellett education;

A quality English language medium education•

A British style curriculum leading to I/GCSE and A level •public examinations offering entry to universities worldwide

Provision for students of all abilities whose needs can •be best met in a mainstream school setting, including a number with special educational needs

An academically focused curriculum offering breadth and •including opportunities across the creative and performing arts and sport

Recognition through the UK Government’s British Schools’ •Overseas (BSO) Inspection

Together these reflect the school aim;A love of learning and confidence for life…and our unerring quest for excellence.

Ann McDonald Principal

Amidst the traditional carols and Christmas music I had the very great pleasure of making a presentation to Nick Miller, Deputy Head of School, Pok Fu Lam Prep, to celebrate his thirty years of service to the Association. Mr Miller has, over three decades, continued to be an outstanding teacher who reflects the values and beliefs of our community. He has educated generations of Kellett students who remember their year with him with great fondness, and readily recount their experiences. What is perhaps so special about Mr Miller is that whilst he reflects on the past with equal fondness , his vision is firmly set on the future. Mr Miller, it could be argued, embodies Kellett School.

The apparent ease with which the successful restructuring of the school has been achieved, both educationally and administratively belies the exhaustive preparation and planning that took place in the two years ahead of the opening of Kowloon Bay. Whilst not surprisingly the focus appeared to be solely on the new campus, in reality this was not so; Mr Harrington and his team have quietly responded to the changes at Pok Fu Lam, Mr Giddings and his team moved the Senior School from Shu Kei Wan, Ms Laufer and her team opened a new Prep School and the Administrative team transferred the School’s business operations from Pok Fu Lam to Kowloon Bay. What is perhaps remarkable that this was achieved in a manner that from its outset ensured that the challenges and frustrations of the reorganisation were distanced from our students; for them it remained business as usual.

The Inauguration of Kowloon Bay in early November was a memorable occasion in which we celebrated our community’s achievements and looked to the future with optimism and hope; and the knowledge that in every sense our school is built on the firmest of foundations.

I was delighted that so many parents, grandparents and friends joined the end of year celebrations at both the Pok Fu Lam and Kowloon Bay Campuses. Following eight Preparatory performances the School concluded the term with the traditional, ‘Carols by Candlelight.’

WH

OLE

SCH

OO

LPRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

CONGraTULaTiONS

Mr Ben Keeling & Mrs Liz Albone-Keeling•Mrs Anna Bowler & Mr Scott Bowler•Mrs Rebecca Seddon & Mr Matt Seddon•Ms Katrina Hall & Mr Mark Connolly•Mrs Julia Cheung & Mr Vincent Cheung•

Miss Liz Everett •Miss Amanda Morris•Miss Ruby Cheung•Miss Danielle Berthoud•Miss Danielle Marshall•

Hannah & Mark Wright – Chloe •Paul & Linden Dwyer – Aidan•Belenda Ryan & Ulrik Bagge Hansen – Maya•

Mrs Fiona Pratt on receiving her Counsellor degree•

MARRIAGE

EnGAGEMEnt

bAbIEs

DEGREEs

AidanDwyer

ChloeWright

MayaBagge Hansen

WH

OLE

SCH

OO

L

KeLLeTT neWS

5KELLETT DraGON NEWSLETTEr ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014

EriC WONGCaretaker/

OffiCe assistant

BENjamiN KUNGsChOOl Bus

COOrdinatOr

PHyLLiS BUrNETTeCa adminstrative

OffiCer

VErONiCa arNOLDfrOnt Of hOuse

HUSSaiN mOSHTaqsChOOl Caretaker/

OffiCe assistant

Gai WariNGks2 ta

GraCE KWOKadministrative

assistant

ELLiOT SiLVESTErreCeptiOn Class

teaCher

KaTHariNE GaNLEyks2 Class teaCher

rEBECCa BENNETTks2 Class teaCher

SaraH mCLELLaNmusiC CurriCulum

leader

SaraH SHELDONks2 Class teaCher

BENjamiN TaNGit suppOrt

teChniCian pfl

DaNi jONESsChOOl nurse

DaNNy WaNresOurCes rOOm administrative

assistant

BETH marTiNfrenCh teaCher

LUKE BrOmWiCHks2 Class teaCher

KELLy rOGErSks1 Class teaCher

NiCOLE LaTHUiLLEriEmusiC teaCher

ParU VOHraks2 ta

WELCOmE TO OUr NEW STaff

school ADMInIstRAtIon

pok fu lAM pREpARAtoRy

WH

OLE

SCH

OO

LKeLLeTT neWS


aLiCE HOBBSClass teaCher

aNaSTaSia STiTCHks2 ta klB

BEN KEELiNGdeputy head Of

preparatOry sChOOl

BiLLy fENDErks2 Class teaCher

BriONy NEWmaNks2 Class teaCher

CaTHEriNE PrESNaiLClass teaCher

CECiLia NGaNmandarin

teaCher

ELizaBETH BaGHUrSTks1 ta

CarLa STiTCHart ta

fraNKiE SmiTHks2 Class teaCher

EmiLy SmiTHClass teaCher

ELLiE CrEiGHTONks2 ta

jaSmiNE jimandarin language

assistant

rOxaNNE GrOVESinCO ta

rUTH mULVENNaks1 Class teaCher

ViCTOria aSTLEks2 Class teaCher

VirGiNia maNmandarin

teaCher

rODaNiLLa TammusiC ta

mimi COOKks2 ta

mErLiN jOHNreCeptiOn ta

mELaNiE riDLaNDks2 Class teaCher

LOUiSE HOWOrTHks1 ta

jULia CHEUNGinCO ta

jESSiCa GLOVErfrenCh teaCher

jyOTi CHaNDGOTHiaks2 ta

KarEN rOWLaNDks2 ta

KriSTy CHENGseCretary tO head Of preparatOry sChOOl

kowloon bAy pREpARAtoRy

WH

OLE

SCH

OO

L

KeLLeTT neWS


LiSa riCHarDSgeOgraphy

CurriCulum leader

LEE faLCONErhead Of

languages faCulty

jamES BOWErpe teaCher

jEaN SPiLLaNEinClusiOn

CO-OrdinatOr

jiLL THOmSONsCienCe (Chemistry)

teaCher

DaNiELLE marSHaLLmathematiCs

teaCher

CLarE DaViSenglish teaCher,

fiONa GEOrGEdesign and

teChnOlOgy teaCher

iSaBEL HOSGOODfrenCh teaCher, maternity COver

miCHaEL maDDiSONhead Of

english faCulty

maryaNN LEEsixth fOrm

administratOr

maTTHEW TrETHEWEyeCOnOmiCs & Business

studies CurriCulum leader

mOrGaN OLiVErsCienCe (physiCs)

teaCher

LOUiSE HammONDgeOgraphy

teaCher

SHONa marTiNpe teaCher

STEVE marTiNdeputy head Of sChOOl/

head Of sixth fOrm

Tim HaLLdrama CurriCulum

leader

TriSH marTiNhistOry teaCher

NaVNEET DaHELEmathematiCs

teaCher

sEnIoR school

STaff LEaVErS

maNDy NGadministrative

assistant

DarrEN PaCEyhead Of english faCulty,

seniOr sChOOl

LaUrENCE GODfrEy1 tO 1 teaChing assistant

WH

OLE

SCH

OO

LKeLLeTT neWS


CamPaiGN GOaL

17 DECEmBEr 2013

aNNUaL fUNDThank you to all families and staff members who contributed to our second successful Annual Fund. Our community has grown significantly this year and we managed to achieve a fantastic 30% participation rate, as we continue to strive to enhance educational and personal excellence in the School and to promote a “love of learning and confidence for life” for all of our students.

At Kellett we have always had a reputation for our strong sense of community, and the community support has really shown this year, not just through the Annual Fund but through a variety of areas across the school.

Once again the Annual Fund aims to address enhancements for the whole school with a balance of gain for Preparatory and Senior students in both Pok Fu Lam and Kowloon Bay schools. The priorities were identified at the beginning of the year and include Academic Enhancement, Student Leadership,

fUND TOTaLHKD TO DaTE$1,642,470

coMMunIty pARtIcIpAtIon pERcEntAGE RAtE to DAtE

Leaders in Learning, Sports and Music and the Arts. Now, thanks to the generous support of our community, we have begun to direct the fund to these priorities.

Peter Sutton has completed two of his three Social Media residencies, spending time with students, parents and staff, looking at ways we can improve our social media presence both personally and professionally, ensuring that we are all responsible users. Peter will join us again in May for his final two-week placement.

We are in the process of arranging for study skills seminars and workshops for senior school students, parents and teachers, we are mid-way through installing the En-Trak system into both campuses and we are in the process of organising The Playmaker Award Programme course for our Prep teachers, who will be able to implement the programme in both Prep schools and set up the course for the older Prep students.

We will continue to update the community about the funds that are being invested as the academic year continues and a Report of Giving will be published in June 2014, which will outline all resources funded and funds spent.

Thank you again to all those who have contributed and I look forward to sharing more exciting developments of the Annual Fund as they continue to unfold.

Nicola SawyerActing Development Director

WH

OLE

SCH

OO

L

KeLLeTT neWS



KOWLOON Bay iNaUGUraTiON CErEmONyThe Inauguration of Kellett School’s Kowloon Bay campus took place at 11.30am on 8 November 2013, in the sports hall of the new campus. In true Kellett tradition, representatives from the entire Kellett community joined together to celebrate this milestone in the school’s growing history, taking part in a ceremony that few will ever forget. Every Kellett student from Pok Fu Lam and Kowloon Bay not only attended, but performed, to an audience which included honoured guests Mr Eddie Ng, Secretary for Education and Ms Caroline Wilson, British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao, as well as Founding parent, Lady Fionna Macleod, Chairman, Mr David Kidd, parents, staff and close friends and supporters of the school. The official guests also included school Principal, Ms Ann McDonald, as well as the three Heads of School.

The celebrations continued into the evening, with cocktails and jazz in the Senior School atrium. It was wonderful to see so many parents and staff joined together to share such a wonderful occasion.

A lot of hard work has gone into building a school that will help to facilitate our strong academic and extra curricular programmes and which will benefit our entire community.

WH

OLE

SCH

OO

LFeATure

KELLETT DraGON NEWSLETTEr ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014 11

WH

OLE

SCH

OO

L

FeATure

LiBrary

e-book plAtfoRM – *now AVAIlAblE to pAREnts*The Kellett School eBook platform was launched in June 2013, just in time for the summer holidays. To date (as of the end of December) 142 students, staff and parents have signed up, and borrowed a total of 167 titles.

There are now over 640 books available for you to download onto your ipad, iphone, mac, pc, android, kobo or other e-reading device, from classics such as “The Rescuers” to “The Great Gatsby”, from Dan Brown to Joseph Conrad, from “Mr Stink” to “Brave New World’. We hope we have something for everyone. 2 books can be borrowed at any one time, and the loan period is for 3 weeks.

Parents - To register for the eBook platform, please:

1. Sign up as a parent borrower either by phone, email or in person with one of our Kellett Libraries, [email protected] Fu Lam Prep – 2551 8234 (Mrs Walker)Kowloon Bay Prep – 3120 0700 (Mrs McNeilly)Kowloon Bay Senior – 3120 0700 (Mrs Share)

2. Visit http://kellettschool.wheelers.co/Click on “sign in” and “register” Confirmation of your registration approval will then be sent to the email address you listed within 24 hours of submission.

3. Please read the Help section of the website for instructions on how to download, and return books.

Please also note that age restrictions are placed on some books. As the borrower you are responsible for choosing age

appropriate books for your children to read if they will be sharing your login access.

Students – the eBook platform is currently only available to individual students Year 5 and above. All students are registered as library borrowers so need only to visit:

1. http://kellettschool.wheelers.co/, click on “sign in” and “register”.

2. Confirmation of your registration approval will then be sent to the email address you listed within 24 hours of submission.

3. For Years 4 and below the parent should enroll and manage any downloads.

MARJoRIE sAyERThe Preparatory libraries were lucky enough to receive a visit from author Marjorie Sayer in November. Marjorie is the author of “The Girl Mechanic of Wanzhou” which was shortlisted for the Scholastic Asian book Award in 2011.

Marjorie gave inspirational talks to the students, reading excerpts from her book and bringing alive 1902 China through the eyes of a 12 year old girl. Marjorie was born in Hong Kong to parents of mixed Chinese, English, Persian, and Indian descent, grew up in Canada, and now lives in California and spoke of how her interest in her family’s history, and her own interests (she is a Mathematician by training, studies Kung Fu, and has cycled 5,000 km from Vancouver to Virginia) inspired her to write her book.

honG konG kIDs’s lIt QuIZWe were very pleased to send two teams from the Senior school to compete in the inaugural Hong Kong Kids’ Literature Quiz on 11 December, 2013 at the Shek O Country Club.

2 teams of 3 competed in the international competition working together to answer wide ranging literary questions from Noddy to Lord of the Rings, with on the spot prizes, book prizes, and

audience participation. The categories and books are unknown to contestants prior to the event and cover topics from folklore and mythology to food and hats!

Both teams scored extremely well, with Kellett Team 1 declared the champions! They now have been invited to attend the World final in the UK in July 2014.


WH

OLE

SCH

OO

LHIGHLIGHTS

Interested in participating next year? Try your hand at these questions (answers below):

1. Name the two Hogwart’s headmasters

2. Who was the close horse companion of Joey in The Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo?

3. Who was the name the girl that lived with her godfather and assisted him at his platform shop? Hugo met her in The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

4. Why did Katniss volunteer for The Hunger Games?

5. How is the game of Pooh sticks played?

6. Which country publishes a monthly magazine/comic titled Tinkle and is targeted at school aged children?

7. Who was the half brother of Loki and member of The Avengers that Loki wanted to hurt?

8. What is the name of the lad with a ginger quiff who roved the world as a reporter?

9. Polly put the kettle on but who took it off?

10. Who has friends called Linus, Peppermint Patty and Snoopy?

11. In Dead End in Norvelt who had the town of Norvelt been named after?

12. Who was the king that had a round table which made everyone feel equal?

13. Mr Popper loved penguins but what was his occupation?

14. What animal was the ball in Alice in Wonderland’s game of croquet?

15. Why was the mongrel dog in One Boy and his Dog called Fleck?

16. Who is the superhero that wears the American flag?

17. Who wanted to be the fairest one in all the land?

18. What is Captain Haddock’s first name?

19. Who wore a coonskin hat?

20. What type of tree was the partridge sitting in on the first day of Christmas?

1. Dumbledore and Snape

2. Topthorn

3. Isabelle

4. In order to save her younger sister

Prim from competing

5. By dropping stick from a bridge

onto running water. The one whose

ick appears first on the downside

of the bridge is the winner

6. India

7. Thor

8. Tintin

9. Sukey [accept Susan]

10. Charlie Brown

11. Eleanor Roosevelt

12. King Arthur

13. A painter

14. Hedgehog

15. The dog had odd eyes

16. Captain America

17. The queen in Snow White

18. Archibald

19. Davy Crockett

20. Pear tree

Kellett Team 1: Kellett Team 2:

Lana Davies Sena Clarke

Sophie Hughes Sebastian Wong

Max De Saint-Exupery Jerome Lee

KELLETT CarES

Kellett Cares has had a busy first term involving children of all ages starting with Reception who made Tea Towels. The Year 5 students collaborated across both campuses to make a compilation of holiday cards which quickly sold out. The Year 6 classes in KLB made Christmas wrapping paper while the PFL campus made all year round wrapping paper. Pizza sales have been going strong across both campuses. Donated uniforms were collected and sent to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan. Looking ahead to the Spring Kellett Cares is working together with ICM to organise a trip to Bacolod to visit the school which Kellett sponsors.


WH

OLE

SCH

OO

L

HIGHLIGHTS


fobIssEA MusIc tRIp to thAIlAnD 2013On 14 November, following a rather early start at the Airport Express, 27 students and three teachers headed off to Thailand to the beachside town of Ban Chang. On arrival we had a great time heading straight for the pool, followed by a fantastic welcome dinner with schools from all over Asia, although it did get a little noisy as every student was given their own wooden musical frog to play in order to earn their dinner!

Over the next four days the students participated in intensive choir and orchestral rehearsals, minor ensemble rehearsals, workshops such as percussion group, drama workshops, musical theatre, ukulele, ceilidh band, swing

mUSiC

dance, rock band and many more. These all culminated in a fantastic rock concert on the Sunday evening, where students had the opportunity to perform alongside West End stars, and the finale Gala concert on the Monday evening, featuring an orchestra and choir of over 300 international students, led by our very own Gwyneth Choy. The music was of the highest standard, from the Thai National Anthem, to the intricate Mozart Piano Concerto, to Verdi’s Chorus of The Hebrew Slaves, to a classic twist on Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Call Me Maybe’, there was something for everyone!

As well as having an incredible musical experience the students also got to experience some Thai culture, taking part in the Loy Krathong festival and even making their own offerings, which we later lit and floated out on the water by the light of the full moon! This was a truly fantastic trip in every way that the students will treasure in their memories of it for many years to come.


WH

OLE

SCH

OO

LHIGHLIGHTS

FRench

Kellett tech by NumbersI first visited Kellett in May 2006 and was struck by what a well resourced school it was in terms of technology, compared to most primary schools at that time. Not only did it have an ICT Suite, but it had some laptops and even a small number of Apple Macintosh machines in the Resources Room. Including admin and teacher machines there were around 100 computers on the Pok Fu Lam campus. In those days, ICT was still taught as a subject and the majority of exposure to technology for our students was within the ICT suite.

Fast forward seven and a half years and things have changed immensely. Across the two prep campuses our resource stock has expanded hugely, outpacing even our growth in student numbers. Currently there are 100 desktop computers in Kowloon Bay and Pok Fu Lam, the majority of which are iMacs. Combined with around 32 Windows laptops, 170 Macbooks, 190 iPads and over 50 iPods, our device to student ratio is very high. When you also add the fact that a large number of our KS2 students are carrying their own devices too, it can be seen that the students can access technology just about whenever they require.

The shift since 2006 has been away from centralised technology delivered within an ICT suite to a more dispersed environment,

with students using tech as a tool for learning rather than studying it as a subject itself. The dispersed environment brings many challenges for IT staff, in terms of technical support and the training of staff to be more self sufficient in their usage. However, the upside is that technology is used within the wider curriculum to support learning rather than being bolted on to the side of it.

Whilst we do not claim to have got this right yet, a brief walk around either building often shows students using technology in collaborative, engaging ways, either on laptops or iPads. The ability to be able to work together within technology contexts is a hugely valuable skill, one which will certainly be required a good deal in university life. Interestingly the PISA assessment tests which are often heralded with cries of “Why can’t we be more like Finland?” will next year begin testing and reporting on the abilities of students to collaborate in online learning environments. One wonders if Finland will be top of that table, too.

Ict

The new school year started positively for pupils studying French and moved towards a very festive culmination in which they made Christmas decorations which practised their vocabulary and recognised a term of hard work and great effort.

Year 3 have begun their French careers with much energy and enthusiasm. They have learnt how to greet people, count to 20, learnt the names of the animals and have discovered when their classmates’ birthdays are. They had a creative few lessons learning their colours and studying some Matisse artwork, which concluded with the creation of their own masterpieces in the style of the artist.

Year 4 studied food and snacks and presented some sketches at the restaurant which was entertaining for all involved. They also focussed on sports and hobbies in detail and have worked hard to develop their vocabulary and provide opinions on different activities and interests. They created a colourful diary which described their pastimes and gave their opinions of them, both positive and negative.

Year 5 have demonstrated an ability to study several topics at once within one main topic of School. They began by describing how they get to school and moved on to Daily Routine and Time. This has enabled them to describe a typical day in detail. They have also been able to express varied opinions about school subjects, and quite crucially put much of the language they have learnt into practise when they took their teachers, who are new to the school, on a tour of each campus in French! They were very motivated and demonstrated great team work!

Year 6 are bringing together language learnt over their time at Kellett School. They have been re-using previously learnt language in different contexts whilst bringing in new concepts to help develop their grammar. They have been able to describe the area in which they live, provide opinions about Hong Kong as well as describe the location of places in town and talk about their ideal home.

Well done to all on a great term’s work!

PR

ePA

RA

tORY

15KeLLett DRAGOn neWSLetteR ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014

PREP ACROSS THE SCHOOL

the LEAP programme due to lack of funds – often with those students most in need of the messages being delivered. Thank you for your generosity.

Year 5 students in recent years have had the privilege of visiting Beijing Xin Xiang Hutong Primary School during the week long educational visit to the capital city. In addition to a games afternoon at the Summer Place our classes visit the school and take part in a variety of cultural activities with their counterparts. This year for the first time the students from Beijing have been given the opportunity to visit us here in Hong Kong. A group of fifteen young people will spend a day at Pok Fu Lam as part of their educational visit. Our links with Xin Xiang School have grown strong in recent years and it is an honour to reciprocate the warm welcome we have always received.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2014 and an energetic and adventurous Year of the Horse.

Ciaran Harrington Head of Preparatory School, Pok Fu Lam

The library is now a fabulous, bright, modern working space and the study room has been returned to it’s original purpose. Many thanks to Mrs Walker, Mrs Share and all the parent volunteers who have helped with the design and creation of a magnificent new learning space in the school.

As we return for the New Year the students immediately begin their annual educational visit from the LEAP Van. For those of you new to Hong Kong, LEAP is the Life Education Activity Programme who work in partnership with schools, the government and other agencies empowering young people to build a healthy lifestyle. LEAP work with all students in Hong Kong in both International and Government schools. As a non-profit organisation they rely on our support through sponsorship, fundraising and donations. This year we will once again be supporting LEAP through their “Spare a Lai-See” campaign. The idea is that children give one of the Lai-See packets they have received to LEAP through a collection box in school. This money helps schools who are unable to join

Over the Christmas holiday a huge amount of work went into the renovation of the school library in Pok Fu Lam. The campus began its internal overhaul starting with the Information Technology Network last summer and continued this holiday.

PR

ePA

RA

tORY

16 KeLLett DRAGOn neWSLetteR ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014

HIGHLIGHTS - POK FU LAM


SchOOL cOuncIL

This year we want to try and use sub committees so we can achieve even more good things in the School Council meetings! We have three sub committees.Our sub-committee is called Playground Behaviour. We have this because we want to make the behaviour better on the playground. We have talked about how people should behave and how we should use the equipment properly. We have already made some changes! The Reception children are now allowed to play in the big playground with the Year ones and twos. The Year ones and twos are allowed to go the Garden where there is quiet play like colouring, reading and talking to your friends. It started this week and seems to be going really well.

William Dingley

I am head of the Special days Committee. My group have started to work on asking for another paperless day. This day was asked for again from some of the class councils. Paperless day, for those who do not know, is when you have a full day at school using no paper! We enjoyed it so much last time that we want to help the environment and save paper again! We are hoping to have work planned for laptops, whiteboards and games with dice. We are just starting to think about it and need to get permission from Mr Harrington to go ahead. We will let you know if we can go ahead!

Poppy d’Abo

I am head of the Playground Games sub-committee. So far we have asked for and got some more footballs. All the class reps have been asked to talk their classes about wet play. It has been suggested that each class has a wet play box filled with games and things to do when we are not able to go outside. Next meeting we will find out what the classes want in their boxes and then we will find out how much it will cost and see if we can buy some new wet play toys.

Pia Walker

RecePtIOn

receptioN craft Day The preparation and hard work that went into getting our craft day ready was immense. Staff spent long hours in school and at home, cutting, sticking and measuring, making sure everything would be ready for our Monday start.

The children arrived in the morning and were stunned by a Christmas wonderland of different craft activities. The parents started to congregate in the covered area, wondering which activities they would be helping with and how much glitter they would get on their clothes…

Once the registers had been completed the parents entered the classrooms, the Christmas music went on and craft day began. As you can see from the photographs, it was an incredibly successful day. The children adored having so many adults to help them and the parents relished the opportunity to be a part of the classroom for the morning.

The aftermath of craft day was something to behold. A special thank you must go out to our in house cleaning team, who worked their magic and removed vast quantities of glitter and sparkles, ensuring our children had a clean place to eat their lunches that day. A huge thank you to all of the staff for their hard work and effort that inevitably goes into a day of this nature and a massive round of applause to all the parents that braved the sticky glue, peanut butter and all the inescapable glitter!

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



YeAR 2

It’s been an exciting start to Year 1. The year started with the topic “Ourselves”. The children loved learning about the skeleton and turning themselves into skeletons. We celebrated Halloween with some super disgusting witch’s brews.

Our next topic was “Monsters of the deep” where children explored the ocean and used their imagination to roleplay trips in submarines and diving. We found out facts about many sea creatures and covered our rooms in amazing artwork and writing.

The term culminated in our Christmas Show ‘The Holiday Moosical’. The children all performed like stars and even brought a few tears to eyes. Other special events included our Christmas Craft Day, visits by parents to celebrate Diwali and Thanksgiving. All in all, a very busy term, with children earning their Christmas holiday. Well done Year 1!

YeAR 1

We have had a busy and productive first term in Year 2. The children have enjoyed our new topics of “Where in the World?” and “The Fantastic Flying Journey.” The three classes had a great visit to Lantau to experience animals and plants in a variety of habitats.

The children performed in our Christmas Concert, “Countdown to Christmas,” amazing us all with wonderful acting and singing. We had a very successful Craft Day and our classrooms were full of the Christmas spirit.

This term year three have been detectives! The first case to be solved was the mystery of the missing Kellett dragons. After receiving CCTV footage, photographic evidence and eyewitness accounts the children concluded that the dragons had disappeared to find out more about how Kellett School began, sparked by the inauguration of the Kowloon Bay campus.

Next the children pieced together evidence of how and why the Great Fire of London was so destructive. As journalists, the year three pupils created newspaper reports to showcase their detective work. This culminated in a professional

YeAR 3

news broadcaster teaching the children tricks of the trade and helpful hints. They then put these skills into action by interviewing Samuel Pepys, an eyewitness of the Great Fire.

During our Ancient Egyptian project, as detectives, we looked at the mystery surrounding King Tutankahmun’s death. Was is murder? Accidental? Or was it an illness? The children all came up with their own theories based on the evidence provided.

Great detective work year 3!

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



YeAR 2

YeAR 1

The Year 4 topic at the beginning of the year was the Ancient Greeks. This was introduced with an exciting Greek themed day, which included Greek food, Greek dancing and classroom based Greek activities. The students and teachers came to school dressed as if they were Ancient Greeks.

In November the students started work on their Pantomime ‘Cinderella and Rockerfella’ which they performed to the whole school during the day and then to their parents the following evening. They worked incredibly hard and produced an outstanding performance that was enjoyed by all. Some of the comments received include;

It has been a busy Autumn term in Year 5. We began by studying our new topic Eureka, where the children became historians and found out about some of the most significant inventors and their inventions from the past hundred years.

In Literacy, we studied the novel Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. We explored characters and themes within the story and this provided the stimulus for writing across a range of genres.

In Science, we have been looking at Forces in Action. This has involved many practical investigations, including the children planning their own fair test to find out about the effects of air resistance on falling objects. They had great fun seeing how long their parachutes took to reach the ground. The pictures show the children in the lab finding out about how when immersed in water, up thrust affects the weight of objects.

In addition, the year 5 classes have performed their assemblies, each based on a chosen book that they studied-When Panda Came to our House, The Hound of the Baskervilles and Kensuke’s Kingdom.

YeAR 4

YeAR 5

Brilliant panto last night. Really polished and fun. A delight. congratulations to the Year 4 team for an excellent show!

After several years of seeing children perform in Kellett productions, we have become accustomed to a high standard but tonight’s performance was truly exceptional!

the ugly sisters were really funny!

the songs were brilliant!

the show made us laugh from the belly, have wistful tears in our eyes and had us applauding in total admiration!

they must have practiced really hard!

I could hear everything they said!

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



The autumn term has been a successful and enjoyable term for our Year 6 students at Pok Fu Lam. Camp, transition days and lots of hard work have kept everyone busy!

As part of their transition to the Senior school all the students in Year 6 took part in the first of two days at the Senior campus. Our Pok Fu Lam students enjoyed the opportunity to meet students from the Kowloon Bay Campus and participate together in a number of exciting activities led by Senior School teachers using specialist equipment. This included launching rockets on the Sky Pitch and making spinning tops using the D&T departments laser cutter. The students thoroughly enjoyed their day and can’t wait to visit the Senior Campus later in the year.

Earlier in in term, Year 6 students kept a close eye on the schools ‘Box of Hope’ donations as part of a data handling project. This involved the students tracking the number of boxes coming in. They then used IT to represent their data in various graphs and pie charts. Each day students gathered the boxes and recorded key information that was later interpreted in class. This was a fantastic opportunity to participate in a real life data handling exercise.

As part of their literacy unit of work ‘Fiction Genres’ all students had the opportunity to plan a concept novel. This involved them designing a front cover before writing an extract of their story. Realistic fiction, fantasy and horror were just some of the writing genres chosen by the students. This culminated in all the students meeting Majorie Sayer – a local author, who discussed her new novel and signed a number of copies for them.

Towards the end of the Autumn term, the Year 6 students attended camp in Sai Kung. Jetty jumps, hikes and crawling through dark tunnels were just some of the activities that the students participated in. All students rose to the challenge of the camp and had a fantastic experience – Well done Year 6!

YeAR 6

PR

ePA

RA

tORY




chIneSe StuDIeS

Y6 had great fun making and tasting moon cakes

During the ‘Season and Weather’ topic, Y6 students used doc to complete the

project work in collaboration. They then enjoyed presenting to the class in

their own very special ways.

Chinese New Year falls on 31 January, 2014. This coming Chinese year is the year of horse. May the year of horse brings us energy, vibrance and success.

During the Inauguration of Kellett School Kowloon Bay, Alexandra Paulus from Y6 did a fantastic job as an MC delivering her lines in Chinese.

Lots of teaching and learning activities have been going on and in particular, making of moon cakes, reciting Tang poem, making lanterns and listening to the stories of the moon goddess during the mid- autumn festival.

Y5 students practiced and wrote Chinese characters from the topic, ‘Clothing’, on origami shirts.

Flashcards were used to enhance learning for small group work.

PR

ePA

RA

tORY


ARTS & LANGUAGES - POK FU LAM

year oNe What a term we have had in year one. We have supported the class topic of ‘Monsters of the deep’, making painted jellyfish sculptures and we have made great progress with our fine motor skills by experimenting with clay. Our ceramic fish were superb and the year ones successfully created different repeating patterns and used a variety of paints to make their designs as creative as possible. We have also had a lot of fun working on our painting and collage skills for our Christmas show work. We made beautiful textured Christmas birds with assorted fabric tails, and refined our cutting skills by making paper snowflakes, helping turn the auditorium into a festive wonderland! Great work Year One!

year tWoOne of the focuses in Year 2 this term has been the artist Wasilly Kandinsky. We have been busy studying his work and have experimented with colour mixing. We looked at the vibrant style of his circle paintings and created our own interpretations using watercolour paints. Our results were very exciting and we enjoyed exploring the project further, creating Kandinsky inspired newspaper tree sculptures. We have more recently tried our hand at sewing, making felt Christmas stockings. We tried really hard to perfect our running stich and blanket stitch, as well as working with ribbons to make our initials. The end results showed much careful concentration and attention to detail. Well done Year Two!

year threeWe have looked at the art of still life this term and have been particularly focused on the artistic elements shape and line. This has seen the children work hard at achieving well- proportioned drawings from direct study with added shading and colour. We looked at the artist Paul Cezanne and drew our own still life inspired pictures with overlapping shapes. We were challenged by this project but produced some great pieces of work that really showed careful looking and understanding of proportion and tone. We have also enjoyed creating collagraph prints for the class topic, ‘Time Detectives’. Our steam engine inspired designs looked superb when printed onto different coloured cards and paper. Well done Year Three!

ARt hIGhLIGhtS

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



KeLLett DRAGOn neWSLetteR ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014

year fourThe art of Mosaic making has been our main challenge this term, making links with the year four class topic, ‘Let the games begin’. We looked at the art of mosaic making in ancient Greece and studied various mythical stories to inspire our own mosaic tiles. It was a great learning curve using the mosaic tile cutters and trying to create pictures out of the mosaic tiles provided. We greatly enjoyed excavating our designs by grouting the finished pieces and carefully uncovering our work. They looked very professional when completed and we thoroughly enjoyed learning a new process of art making. We have also experimented with the art of illusion and the children created their own linear landscapes with a variety of patterns fading away towards a one-point perspective. We looked at the various types of lines we could use with our pencils and created a variety of linear patterns inside the patchwork landscape. We look forward to seeing these displayed next term!

year fiVe At the beginning of the term Year Five created ‘Modern day Mona Lisa’s’. We were inspired by the class topic of great inventors, which led us to look at the inspirational artist Leonardo da Vinci and his work. Year five took much time coming up with their own imaginary modern landscapes to paint their Mona Lisa in. Mona was transformed into many different settings, from Ancient Egypt to outer space. Leonardo da Vinci would have been thrilled with her new backgrounds! We were also busy making some beautiful fabric and painted birds for this year’s Kellett cares Christmas cards, we tried really hard to experiment with texture within the colour scheme of red and blue, and the finished cards were a testament to their efforts. We have also tried our hand at portrait making in the style of the American street artist ‘Tristan Eaton’. His work inspired us to turn our faces into textured and patterned portraits experimenting with acrylic paints and paint pens. We thoroughly enjoyed working in his graffiti style of work and it really challenged our idea of facial form. Our textile project for the term was felt ornament making, and the children thoroughly enjoyed perfecting their over stitching and joining skills when making Christmas pudding decorations! Well done, Year Five, on a superb terms work!

year siXTotem poles have arrived at Kellett and have been with us for the majority of the term. We were inspired by the class topic of ‘outward bound’ and we took ourselves to the west coast of America and looked at the ancient art of totem pole making. Thinking about 3D form we designed, painted, paper mached, clay sculpted, glued, cut, painted , and glued some more…until eventually we were finished! It was a lengthy project and the children worked so hard building their Totem pole sculpture to the best of their ability. We were really proud of our results and they looked fantastic displayed around the school. We enjoyed designing acrylic painted cupcakes for this years Kellett Cares wrapping paper, and more recently we have been studying Robert Frosts poem, ‘Stopping by woods on a snowy evening’. This has inspired us to paint winter woodland scenes using watercolour paints, experimenting with colour washes and blends. We look forward to seeing these next term. Well done Year 6!

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



KeLLett DRAGOn neWSLetteR ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014

SPORt

We have had an action packed first term at Pok Fu Lam with lots of new additions to our school curriculum and lots of success on the sports front.

Traditionally this term is the netball and football season for all the children through our ECA programme. Here are some of the highlights of the year so far.

Netball NeWs Our Netball programme continues to expand and all of our Year 5 and 6 girls who have attended Monday practice have been playing in friendly matches throughout the term. We have enjoyed playing against GSIS, Glenealy, Bradbury and Kennedy to name a few.

The squad did a fantastic job at the Island Schools Tournament finishing in 3rd place. Glenealy and GSIS were difficult opponents this year and we seem to have met them in the later stages of all competitions this year.

Our annual Kellett Mixed Netball event was held at the end of November. After 15 years the tournament was finally held at our own school! 80 children from different ESF and International Schools took part and we were delighted to finish 3rd place after being beaten by Glenealy in the semi-finals, but over coming Kowloon Junior in the play-offs.

On Saturday 7 December the girls took part in the annual ESF tournament which saw 20 schools come together for a great morning of netball. A very difficult draw saw us finish second in our group with confident wins over DBIS, Discovery College, Kowloon Junior and a close loss against Bradbury 2-1.

Our Year 3 and 4 netballers have enjoyed their Friday practices and continue to develop their basic skills. We have enjoyed hosting FIS on a few occasions and also Bradbury School. We are looking forward to continuing this into the New Year.

PR

ePA

RA

tORY


SPORT - POK FU LAM

cross couNtry NeWs Early on Friday mornings, 45 children have been getting out of bed early to attend cross country at Stanley Ho.

We have enjoyed hosting Bradbury School for a meet and also a race at Happy Valley, which saw Year 4 running a 1.5km course and Year 5 and 6 running 3km. It was great to see some of the children finishing on podium positions in each event. Cross Country will continue next term, in preparation for the CIS Road Race which takes place in March.

DBIS tournament

Boys Plate semi-finalists 0-3 Kowloon Junior School

hong Lok Yuen tournament

Boys Bowl finalists 1-2 French International School

hong Lok Yuen tournament

Girls Bowl Winners

year 6 sWimmiNg galaThe Year 6 swimming Gala took place in October and a great afternoon was had by all, working hard to participate in this class event!

football NeWs Our boys and girls have both enjoyed the season participating in friendly matches and tournaments.

Our Year 5 and 6 boys continue with their weekly matches against Glenealy at the HKFC, this is a great way to allow all the children who participate to represent the school on a weekly basis. We have also hosted Bradbury and Harrow at Year 3 – Year 6 level.

We have participated in three of the four major tournaments this season.

Both the boys and girls teams have done well results as follows;PR

ePA

RA

tORY


SPORT - POK FU LAM

ecAS

We have enjoyed a wide range of activities on offer this term. Thanks to all the teachers who have run an ECA this term, the children have certainly enjoyed pursuing the activities that they enjoy and trying many new ones.

The number of clubs available each week for the different year groups to sign up for is stated below;

7

8

11

14

13

15

YeAR GROuPS

nuMBeR OF cLuB

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

PR

ePA

RA

tORY


EXTRAS - POK FU LAM

chRIStMAS & LeAveRS ASSeMBLY

PR

ePA

RA

tORY


EXTRAS - POK FU LAM


Alongside the organisation of resources, it was crucial for the staff to be trained in the routines that would enable the smooth daily running of the school. Most importantly, we had to learn how to evacuate the new building and understand the procedures to follow in the event of a closure or emergency. Staff also needed to be trained in the dozens of daily routines that are required to operate a school efficiently. Simple logistics such as entry into and exit from the school, how we would dismiss children and register buses, where adults would need to be placed to best supervise playgrounds and stairwells, are just a few examples.

In the days prior to opening we worked on many small items that, in isolation, would seem trivial; they were collectively important in making the children feel welcome from that first day. For example we ensured trays and bag cubbys were labelled with names, so children would have a special place for their belongings. We provided extra signage around the building so they could easily find their way around and hung up some pieces of artwork created by transferring children from Pok Fu Lam. These were all key in helping children know and feel that this was their space.

The children quickly began to see the school as more than just a wonderful new building, but also as a place that they belong. Amazingly, after such a short period of time, they have already renamed parts of the building! The corridor that leads to the covered playground has been dubbed ‘The Tunnel’ and the area outside the Reception classrooms is now referred to as ‘The Wooden Playground’. As time goes on, the children will further make the building their own, become even more comfortable in their surroundings and build that emotional connection that will make it their ‘home away from home’.

Jo LauterHead of Preparatory School, Kowloon Bay

Over the days that follow, we settle in and get to know our new surroundings; as we unpack our belongings and hang up some pictures, we begin to feel more comfortable and secure in this new space. Finally, that indefinable moment comes when it stops being a new house and it starts being our home. Over time, this new space changes from somewhere to simply eat and sleep, into a place with which we have an emotional connection; a place where we feel safe and in which we belong.

The staff of Kowloon Bay Prep faced a similar challenge. How to “turn a house into a home” but on a much bigger scale! How to turn an empty building into a school? Our task was to create an environment where children would quickly feel welcomed and comfortable, but ultimately a place where they would feel ready to learn. This, in itself, was a huge challenge to undertake. However, it was made additionally so by the fact that the final touches were still being made to the building around us, we were a brand new team that had never worked together before, and we were racing against the clock to open with minimal delay.

Amongst the builders, dust and noise, our first job was to begin to unpack, sort and find homes for the enormous volume of resources a prep school requires. Significant effort had already gone into preparing key resources, such as library and reading books over the summer break. A team of gap year students had spent weeks unwrapping, stamping, categorising and labelling items so that they would simply need unpacking and shelving when they arrived at the new school. Whilst there had been some items that could be prepared ahead of time, there were still huge quantities of science, art, PE, music and general classroom equipment that needed unpacking (and often assembling!) on delivery. Decisions also had to be made about how and where they would be stored in the new surroundings. The process was complicated with the discovery that many of our cupboards and storerooms were yet to be shelved! Solutions were found so that resources were accessible and ready for teachers and children to use as the school opened.

All the hard work involved in preparing the school for opening had paid off; there were exclamations of delight as teachers saw the range of books, technology and equipment they would teach with.

We all share the experience of moving into a new house or apartment. For those first few days after we unlock the front door everything feels a little strange and unfamiliar; we quickly discover our usual routines no longer apply. Where once we could automatically reach into a cupboard for a coffee cup, or know that our hand would find the familiar spot of the light switch in the dark, now we must establish new habits.

PR

ePA

RA

tORY


HIGHLIGHTS - KOWLOON BAY

SchOOL cOuncIL

Kowloon Bay Prep is committed to becoming a ‘Listening School’ in which everyone in our school community has a voice and feels valued. Our aim is to identify genuine opportunities for students to share their opinions and contribute to decisions that affect them. One way we will be doing this is through the Class Council and School Council model.

Every child is a member of a class council. Regular class time is devoted to all members of the class discussing issues that affect them at school and ideas for solving them or for making school an even better place. The class representative then communicates the class views in regular school council meetings.

We delayed our elections for class representatives until we felt there had been sufficient time for children to settle into their new classes and know their peers well enough to cast a genuine vote. Emily Smith, our teacher who leads the school council, took the newly elected representatives for their first meeting in November. The group spent their first session exploring the responsibilities that come with being a representative of others and discussing how future council meetings would work. They also enjoyed some team building activities so that all the new councilors could get to know each other and thus work toget her effectively. During their second meeting the representatives were trained in how to run a class council meeting, participating in role plays and rehearsals prior to running one in their own class the following week.

Next term, with our new class and school councils in place, we look forward to our students making positive contributions to the school and its development.

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



We have had such an exciting start to Year 1 at the Kowloon Bay campus!

Our term started with the topic ‘ourselves’ which begun with learning about our skeletons. We made our own skeletons using art straws and enjoyed tasting, smelling and feeling things during work on the 5 senses.

After half term we dived under the ocean for our new topic ‘monsters of the deep’. We read information texts and wrote facts about underwater animals…did you know that a jellyfish has three hearts? Amazing!

Our term has felt really busy and productive as we have prepared for our Christmas show, made lots of Christmas decorations, learnt about orangutans through our Annual Fund speaker, had pizza sales and attended the inaugural opening of Kowloon Bay, all while making so many new friends!

We are very proud of the amount of writing and maths the children have produced this term. The term has ended on a fantastic note. We look forward to an exciting second term.

The children have really enjoyed their first term in their brand new building and have enjoyed exploring with all their lovely new toys. We have had parents who have come to share their knowledge about many different festivals and celebrations such as the Mid Autumn Festival, Diwali, Halloween and Thanksgiving.

The children enjoyed the lion dance and received their Kellett Dragon at the Kowloon Bay Inauguration Ceremony.

We had a wonderfully creative day where the children made a range of Christmas crafts including Angels, Wreaths, Santa’s and Christmas Puddings! Thank you to all the parents who came in to help us.

The children posted invitations to our Christmas show to their parents and enjoyed sharing these at home. Thank you to

RecePtIOn

YeAR 1

all the parents who helped support our show making our costumes, make up and helping to get the children ready for their performance.

We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year. Happy New Year.

The Reception Team

PR

ePA

RA

tORY




YeAR 2

faNtastic flyiNg JourNeyYear 2 have had a great start to the year. We made Papier Mâché balloons to help us set off on our Flying Journey around the world. On our balloon ride we have been visiting various habitats such as Antarctica, the Desert and the Rainforests. The children have enjoyed researching different animals and learning how they have adapted to their environment. We also planted different seeds and investigated the best conditions for plants to grow.

VisitiNg the Water buffaloThe children had a lovely time when we visited the water buffalo in the wet marshlands on Lantau Island. We had the chance to visit other habitats near by, such as salt-water marshes, mangroves and the beach. It was great fun bird watching, crab spotting and fishing in the river. We learnt a lot about our local habitats and had such a fun day!

YeAR 3

i caN see the light!This term, Year 3 have been studying a new topic, ‘I Can See the Light’. On our very first day at the Kowloon Bay campus, we kicked started this unit with a light experience hook activity. This involved exploring different situations that involved completing tasks with varying degrees of light - some with torchlight and some with complete darkness. Definitely a fun challenge!

Following on from this, we became real scientists and went on to learn all about light and shadows. At different points in the day, we investigated the length and position of shadows Following on from this, we became real scientists and went on to learn all about light and shadows. At different points in the day, we investigated

the length and position of shadows on the skypitch and we were able to draw conclusions and observations as to when shadows are at their longest and their shortest and why this occurs. A highlight for this topic included making our own shadow puppet shows. This was inspired by a visit from the Hong Kong Puppet and Shadow Art Centre – what a treat! Following on from this, we worked ever so hard in teams to write and practise playscripts in our English lessons and design and create scenery and puppets in Design & Technology. Our project finished up with a cinematic viewing experience, where we enjoyed several entertaining performances and being film critiques. Our final shows have been published on our iLearn page so do feel free to watch and leave us some feedback on our wall.

To round off this busy unit of work, we completed a homework project about festivals of light. The outcomes were most impressive; from Keynote and PowerPoint presentations to posters, models and photobooks.

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



YeAR 4

YeAR 5

eureKa!What an exciting start to our school year we have had! Not only have we been getting used to our surroundings and exploring our super new building, but we have dived headfirst into some great work through our topic “Eureka!”

We have looked at significant inventions, researched why they were invented, the inventor’s motivation, changes to the invention and even tried to predict the future of them. We were visited by an inventor, Jimmy Choy, who gave a talk to us about solar powered cars and even showed us a robotic monkey head! The children loved making robotic spiders and small solar powered cars themselves in a workshop afterwards.

This term, Year 4 have been learning through the topic, “Let the Games Begin”. We have explored how Ancient Greece was the birthplace of Western civilization and have enjoyed finding many links between our lives today and the lives of the Greeks. We were amazed to discover that Western society has borrowed many ideas from the Greeks including a variety of inventions, theatre design, architectural features and methods of medicinal treatment.

To capture the children’s interest at the very beginning of our term in Kowloon Bay, we held an Ancient Greek day, where we explored Greek civilization. The children and staff came to school buzzing as they sported Greek costumes, ready for our “hook activity” – Greek Day! We tasted Greek food, learnt how to write our names using the Greek alphabet and explored Greek pottery, creating our own pots.

We have really enjoyed sharing Greek Myths and have even planned and written our own stories having explored the features of a Greek myth. We enjoyed creating our own mythical monsters!

During our research, we studied the timeline of the airplane and the Wright brothers. An interesting topic, which was brought to life when we were visited by a pilot (thanks to Marc Fabiani). The children were buzzing with questions and increased their understanding of planes immensely. In addition to talking about the science of air travel, Marc talked about the recent changes is planes and what he could be flying in the future. Linked to this topic we have been looking at different forces in science and enjoying experimenting with them.

Another highlight of this topic was our very own ‘Kellett Dragon’s Den’! Children worked very hard to design their own invention that solves a problem they had. They undertook market research, wrote explanations and used many different skills for their projects. They then braved the ‘dragons’ (Ms Laufer and Mr Keeling) and presented their final project ideas to them. It is clear that we have many budding entrepreneurs in the making!

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



YeAR 5

YeAR 6

Autumn Term has been an exciting time for Year 6 at Kowloon Bay. From camp, to transition days, to murder mystery investigations in maths, to rocket making - as well as exploring our brand new campus - we’ve certainly been very busy!

Year 6 kicked off the new term at Kowloon Bay with their topic “Outward Bound.” The children undertook a “survival at sea” challenge before choosing an explorer they were particularly inspired by to develop a presentation to deliver to their classes. We were really impressed with the confidence and thorough research displayed by the children in this task - well done Year 6!

This research task linked to our first English unit of Biography and Autobiography where we looked at the life of Sir Edmund Hillary. Learning about the inspiring stories of such explorers was all in preparation for our infamous Year 6 Camp in December. Our students joined friends from Pok Fu Lam at Outward Bound camp in Sai Kung for a week of adventure, challenge and fun. Children took part in activities such as jetty jumping, hiking and rock climbing. It was

Kayaking and Raft Building at Outward Bound Camp, Taking it all in in the Discovery Dome, Telescope making, Spinning Tops at our Transition Day.

wonderful to see pupils from both campuses together, learning and having fun.

Our transition day to Kellett Senior School earlier in the term gave students a taste of life in Year 7. We launched rockets from the sky pitch, made and designed our own spinning tops and sketched 3D astronauts.

Back in the classroom, we have been busy in our English lessons learning about Fiction Genres and writing our own fantasy, adventure and horror stories. Pupils have also wowed us with their poetry this term. We’ve looked at the power of imagery and created our own humorous and personification poems. We were lucky enough to launch our unit “To Infinity and Beyond” with the Discovery Dome visiting school. The 3D dome really brought learning about the planets and the stars to life!

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



Year One There have been such a lot of new experiences! It’s the first set of art lessons in the studio for our Year one students. They have been learning so many skills in drawing and painting. We used pastels to create self-portraits, and learned about the work of Jasper Johns, creating our own text-based paintings, learning about layering paint for different effects. It was a whole new experience designing something from start to finish, and for “Monsters of the deep” we designed, made in clay and finally painted gorgeous fish. Finally we have been creating repeating patterns with ribbons and sparkle to make beautiful collage boxes and baubles for the Christmas shows! What a busy term.

Year TWOWe have focused on the elements of art, learning a lot about texture and colour this term. We have created several pieces of art using different materials to create things which feel interesting – or look like they have a texture. We have used paint which looks like feathers, for Christmas turtle doves, and fabrics to create different looks. We even collaged ourselves! Our artist focus was on Wassily Kandinsky and we used paint and collage to recreate his circle paintings. We have also had our first chance to work with textiles and sewed our very own Christmas stockings! We’ve learned to overstitch and do running stitch, as well as choosing ribbons and elements for decoration. It has been a very exciting term!

Year THreeOur main focus within the elements of art this term has been form. We have worked on shading gradients, looking for light and shadow and learned skills for turning flat shapes into solid ones. We spent time looking at still lifes, particularly the work of Paul Cézanne, and had the chance to draw our own in class. We also had our first experiences of using a printing press. We created our own collographs and printed several sets of our own images. Finally we had the chance to make something with real form – a little sculpture. Our 3D trees are going to finish off our busy term wonderfully as they will go home as Christmas decorations!

Kowloon Bay PreParaTory arT HigHligHTs

34 KelleTT Dragon newsleTTer ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014

Pr

ePa

ra

Tory

ARTS & LANGUAGES - KOWLOON BAY

year fourOur portraits at the start of the year had a twist – we drew our faces carefully but took a line for a walk for our hair! We practiced wiggly, organic, geometric, dotty, curled, straight lines and made crazy hair. We went straight into work based on the Ancient Greeks – Let the Games Begin! We looked at the Greek alphabet and created designs based on the letters. We talked about the difference between designing something and creating art, and then got on with transferring the designs to wooden frames strong enough to hold the weight of the tiles. We learned to use safety equipment and tile cutters and eventually our designs were ready to be grouted and displayed – amazing! We even dipped into one point perspective to create landscapes for a couple of weeks. Our final lessons were spent learning about textiles and joining methods as we created some gorgeous little tree decorations. What a creative few months we have had!

year fiVe Our term began with a focus on line and colour as we looked at the work of Kandinsky. We worked on creating a piece which showed that we are able to create gradient by changing the value of our colours, within as many line styles as we could think of. We moved on to look at portraits. We reimagined the Mona Lisa for modern times and then looked at the work of street artist Tristan Eaton, who paints incredible portraits in New York’s Little Italy. We loved how he used textures to make his work exciting and we studied techniques for creating this element of art. Our own portraits were embellished by painting texture into them as well as adding fabric and collage textures. Our Christmas card design this year was based on birds of the festive season and the Kowloon Bay Year fives created gorgeous Red white and blue French hens and beautiful collage robins!

year siXStudying “outward bound” inspired our totem poles project this term. There were many new skills involved, from design and drawing to working with clay, paper sculpture, creating joins, painting and collaging to get to the final products. This long term piece is a great testament to so many of the elements of art we have been studying - ask the students to talk to you about creating form! Our main painting piece this term was a stylized take on the Christmas tree for the wrapping paper design. We have moved onto designing cross-stitch patterns for Christmas cards and learning to sew and work with textiles. With watercolour painting starting soon, you will agree it has been a packed and exciting term!

PR

ePA

RA

tORY



With the opening of Kellett School Kowloon Bay, we would like to welcome Mrs Virginia Man, Miss Cecilia Ngan, Miss Jasmine Ji and Miss Polly Cheng who have joined the Kellett Chinese studies team and will be delivering the Preparatory Chinese Curriculum in Kowloon Bay. They are adapting well to the new surroundings.

Students are already engaging in exciting teaching and learning routines with their teachers and teaching assistants. In this coming Chinese new year of the horse, students will be learning more about Chinese culture through their CNY arts and crafts, story telling and research work that they are participating in.

In Year 5, we have been learning about clothing and had a chance to look

at a Chinese dress

In Reception, we have been thinking about the Chinese characters

Big and Small

Y2 students took part in a role play activity in their

“numbers” unit. The “Shop-keeper” needs to tell the

customers the price of the item in Chinese and the

“customers” need to write down the Chinese numbers in

order to buy the item. They were working very hard to

buy as many items as they could.

chIneSe StuDIeS

Flashcards were used to enhance learning for small group work.


PR

ePA

RA

tORY


An unfortunate slow start to the Netball season for our Netball teams saw us enter the Kellett Mixed Netball tournament with limited game practice. All the girls and boys involved showed real improvement as each game passed by, they performed with heart and determination which left their coach, Miss White, feeling upbeat heading into the next tournament at the Chinese International School. This tournament was an all girls affair and the standard was once again extremely high. The girls played with spirit and a desire to improve and improve they did from one game to the next as they made their way through the pool games. Thank you to all those girls who have trained hard and will continue to do so in term 2.

FOOtBALL

netBALL

The boy’s football team has been busy in our first term at our Kowloon Bay campus. Before we had even touched a ball in training we were off to the DBIS 7-aside football tournament where the team slowly but surely showed real promise and improvement as the day progressed and the boys made their way through the pool games. The team then trained hard and with two friendly games against the Japanese International School and Harrow School under their belt the boys went to the Hong Lok Yuen 6-aside tournament with a higher expectation of themselves. A great day of football with a well-structured and committed team display saw them progress through the pool stages unbeaten. They put a spirited display in the cup quarterfinals but were beaten by the eventual tournament winners CIS.

With our Year 6 classes away on camp, it was left to our Year 5 students to represent Kellett at the ESF football tournament. A few early setbacks led to a shuffle of the pack and with it came our first positive result. This then became the turning point on which the boys set their sights on some silver ware. Congratulations to the pupils involved as they came away as winners of the Shield competition. A great first season from all those involved.

SPORT - KOWLOON BAY

PR

ePA

RA

tORY


YeAR 4 PRODuctIOn “PORRIDGe”

EXTRAS - KOWLOON BAYPR

ePA

RA

tORY


which led to the Kowloon Bay campus being designed and built. There was strong interest amongst the Heads in the achievements of the Kellett community and hence the third BSO conference will be held in Hong Kong in November 2014.

An agreement was reached at the conference to embark on creating a BSO Association with a view that this professional body will represent the interests of BSO with the British Government.

The British School of Barcelona hosted the Heads for a morning. We toured the school, met their students and enjoyed a presentation from their Head of School on the school’s development, a story very similar to Kellett’s with student numbers growing to over a thousand over a number of decades and ongoing new buildings being constructed after an injection of financing.

I look forward to reciprocating the hospitality shown by the British School of Barcelona next year and anticipate the Association going from strength to strength.

Simon Giddings Head of Senior School

The British Government defines British Schools Overseas as providing instruction in English, with teachers who are native English speakers and which provide their pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum which equips them with the skills and qualifications to enable them to enter or re enter the British education system with ease.

The Government has put in place an inspection scheme and the intention of the scheme is to inform parents of pupils in British Schools Overseas how the standards in these schools measure up against the standards that apply to independent schools in Britain. Inspectorates approved by the Department and monitored by Ofsted are authorised to inspect British Schools Overseas and produce inspection reports, which will be made available to parents and prospective parents of British schools overseas.

The second BSO Annual Conference was held in Barcelona at the end of November and I represented Kellett at the conference. Twenty BSO schools were represented by their respective Heads at the conference with British School Tokyo, St Christopher’s, Bahrain and The Alice Smith School, Kuala Lumpur being schools which may be familiar with some members of our community.

Nine of the Heads presented at the conference on topics ranging from the ‘Death of the Strategic Plan’ to ‘Innovative School Governance’. I was lucky enough to be asked to present and enjoyed sharing the journey I have been on as part of the team

The delegates of the second annual BSO conference, Barcelona, Nov 2013.

British School Overseas (BSO)

Kellett is recognised by the British Government as an outstanding British School Overseas (BSO). There are currently 48 BSO schools, with this number expected to double in the next 12 months.

SEN

IOR

39KELLETT DRAGON NEWSLETTER ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014

SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS


Moving to Kowloon Bay provided Kellett Senior School with the perfect opportunity to develop our four House Councils. Each council now works closely with their House Captains to feed into our whole school Council.

All four House Councils started the year by considering how they wanted to respond to the recent events which saw Typhoon Haiyan devastate the Philippines. The whole school

SchOOL cOuNcIL

hISTORy

Year Seven HiStOrYThis Year, Year Seven were asked to create a museum exhibit that displays the features of a Motte and Bailey castle. Students could create their exhibit in any format. We received high quality castles ranging from models to posters and even Minecraft! This is just a selection of the History Department’s favourites.

On Thursday 28 November, Year Nine History students had the pleasure of welcoming Mr Jeremy Amias, from the Hong Kong Holocaust Tolerance Centre, to Kellett Senior’s brand new theatre! Mr Amias introduced a film called No Place on Earth and led a question and answer session with students afterwards, as part of the Jewish Film Festival’s schools’ outreach programme.

This is what students said about the film:

[The film showed] how cruel people can be, but at the same time, how determined they can be.

Matthew (Year 9)

I enjoyed the part where they made a sled and it was too heavy to carry from the weight of the food and he went to get a horse.

Avery (Year 9)

“I enjoyed the film because it was a true story so you know that it happened to real people.”

Jacob (Year 9)

I think it is great that more students are learning about this because it raises awareness and lowers the chances of something like [the holocaust] happening again.

Brianna (Year 9)

I never realised quite how difficult it was for Jews to survive in the Second World War or what lengths they would go to to stay free before I watched No Place on Earth.

Ben (Year 9)

first learned about this tragedy during an assembly in our brand new Kellett Theatre. There was a clear contrast between the setting that we found ourselves in and the images that we were seeing.

The response from our students was outstanding. Working with Crossroads charity, they collected and packed over 600 hygiene and kitchen kits which were delivered to the Philipines to provide much needed aid. Furthermore, each House dedicated a whole week to fundraising – the result of this community collaboration was that over $50,000 was raised as a direct result of their efforts.

It has been a very successful first term for our School and House Councils and they are looking forward to continuing their efforts throughout the remainder of the school year.

SEN

IOR

40 KELLETT DRAGON NEWSLETTER ISSUE EIGHT FEBRUARY 2014

SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS

Year 8 tHailand tripIn November Year 8 went on a five day adventure to Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand. The trip was filled with a host of activities including rock climbing, archery, kayaking and night games not to mention the infamous confidence course which saw several teachers fall head first into fish filled water! The week also included a range of cross-curricular studies including investigating the change along two local rivers and teaching English and Music. The students enjoyed learning how to cook local Thai food and visited several villages within the area as well as setting off Chinese lanterns and floating krathongs down the river to mark Thailand’s Festival of Lights. The highlight of the trip was the final evening in which Year 8 experienced a traditional Thai celebration including dancing, martial arts and live music hosted by a nearby school. Overall this was an outstanding trip very much enjoyed by all.

GEOGRAPhy

Year 10 peak – Central tripIn October Year 10 completed a day excursion to collect data for their Geography coursework by trekking down from the Peak to Central. Students were eager and observant considering the different land use, services available and traffic type along the way. Spectacular views of Hong Kong were seen from the Peak before the hustle and bustle of Peel Street and Central was experienced!

SEN

IOR


SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS

dragOn MatHS – 16 JanuarY – SOutH iSland SCHOOlIn the last weeks of term students in Year 7, 8 and 9 have been competing in their Mathematics lessons to earn a coveted place on Kellett School’s Dragon Maths team for 2014. Kellett has competed at the last two events and we are determined this year to improve on our previous performances. As a reminder Dragon Maths is a “Mathematical Relay Competition” where students answer questions as quickly as they can against teams from 15 other schools from around Hong Kong. Students competed in a similar style of relay in lessons to battle it out for selection, with the students below making the final cut:

Year 7 – Sean Hargraves, Sean Jaffe

Year 8 – Ethan Kim, Millie Krantz, Tommy Park, Daniel Storey, Golly Shepherd, Sophia Sumners

Year 9 – Jeffery Turner, Cameron Ewins, Chloe Kim, Rebecca Heritage, Kirstie Taylor, Chin Kiu Pak, Georgina Jarrett, Ryan Whittington

We will let you know how they get on in the next edition of the Dragon.

WOrld MatHS daY – 6 MarCH 2014Next term sees World Maths Day returning, bigger than ever. Students should expect the usual frenetic puzzle solving from the inter-house competition and in addition this year there will also be Maths themed starters in all subject lessons and a poster competition starting after Chinese New Year.

MAThS

The Kellett Dragon Maths team practicing hard to

beat the competition!

SEN

IOR


SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS

ScIENcE

BiOlOgYIn IGCSE Biology we carry out a range of dissections allowing pupils to experience a hands-on approach to learning. Being told about the heart or reading about it in a text book is nothing compared to cutting into a fresh one! Pupils are also able to look at organs in Science club; the brain is a favourite.

pHYSiCSThis term the new Year 12 physicists have been working hard on their practical skills. A Hooke’s Law investigation saw them looking into the behaviour of many different materials from copper wire and nylon to strawberry laces!

CHeMiStrYThe year 9 students have been practising their experimental techniques to make salts using various methods. The most challenging preparation was neutralising hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide solution using universal indicator solution to show when all the acid had reacted and the neutral salt had been made. This proved very demanding for most students and caused great delight when it was finally achieved.

The year 8 students have been discovering the differences between elements, mixtures and compounds and were entertained by seeing some vigorous reactions between elements including the crowd pleasing explosive ‘pop’ when hydrogen combines with oxygen. They then excelled at writing word equations to describe the reactions before attempting the far more challenging formula equations, proving what excellent chemists they’re going to become.

SEN

IOR


SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS

GLObAL cITIzENShIP

With the global job market and university placements becoming ever more competitive there has never been a greater need for our students to be prepared and thinking about their next steps. Global Citizenship this term has concentrated on ‘Careers’ and ‘University’ for Years Nine, Eleven and Twelve. Great emphasis and support has been on ‘the end goal’ and ‘making the right choice’.

With this in mind, subject options have been fully explored by Year Nine. By using the Launchpad website to research careers and option subjects the students were armed and ready to grill Curriculum Leaders and Heads of Faculty in a series of I/GCSE question and answer sessions! Ms. Hills reported they left no stone unturned in their quest to gain as much information as possible before completing their option forms. Meanwhile, as Year Elven entered their final year they have been getting to grips with interview skills and CV writing with Mr Seddon.

With many new students joining the community in Year Twelve, Dr. Helen Kwan from Futurewise Careers Service joined us during September to carry out career profiling tests. With the results in hand during November she returned to meet with students and parents to discuss the outcomes of their tests and gave them advice on ‘what-next’ for university applications.

All Year Twelve students took part in Kellett’s debut University Fair (pictured). This was an exciting event with a range of universities represented. The students set to work interrogating the representatives for as many details as possible about courses and what makes an outstanding application. The universities welcomed the students’ questions and commented on their enthusiasm and knowledge of Higher Education. They enjoyed their visit to Kellett so much that they have asked to return with a larger representation of UK Universities in January! Well done Year Twelve!

As the Spring term gets underway, Year Ten will be the next year group to turn their attentions to Careers. Dr Helen Kwan will be returning and this time with a team as they will embark on the biggest round of for Careers profiling assessments and feedback in Kellett’s history to date.

Want to know more? Check out www.myfuturewise.org.

SEN

IOR


SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS

ThE SIxTh FORM AT KELLETT

On Monday 9 September we were very excited to welcome our first group of 33 Sixth Form students to our stunning new campus at Kowloon Bay.

Kellett School’s Sixth Form experience has been carefully planned to meet the entry requirements of universities and colleges worldwide. Engagement in a rigorous academic programme, supported by The Sixth Form Core, allows students the opportunity to develop attractive academic and personal profiles in preparation for the next stage of their education. At Kellett we believe firmly in the development of a well-rounded individual who leaves the school with a love of learning and confidence for life.

The Sixth Form Core includes:

• Global Citizenship (Public Speaking, Digital Literacy, Entrepreneurial Literacy, Statistical Literacy, and Team Dynamics),

• Careers and University Guidance

• Physical Education and Sport.

• Independent Study Time

• Leadership Opportunities ( Head Girl/Boy, House Captains, Prefects)

preFeCtS A few weeks ago Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and since then Kellett has been fund raising in many different ways to help the many families that have been affected. As part of

this, each House was asked to bring in a few essentials from each individual to make up kitchen packs for the Cross Roads Organisation. Some of the prefects then spent a Saturday putting them together ready to be flown off to the Philippines. The prefects worked alongside their House Captains and some teachers.

Aside from the prefects and their roles within the Kellett 6th Form cohort some of the 6th form students were asked to be officials for our first ever Kellett Senior School hosted FOBISSEA games. It was the U15s squad and was an outstanding weekend of triumph for Kellett coming 1st overall. We were officials helping out over all 3 days on the track, at the swimming gala, football Skypitch and basketball courts. It was a great success and an inspiring performance from the Year 9s and 10s and one in which we were very proud to be a part of.

Finally, as part of the Kellett Yearbook Committee, run this year by Mr Giddings alongside students throughout the year groups, it needed three 6th Form prefects to be a part of the committee. From our year we have Maya Rolston, Katherine Nye and myself working very closely with Mr Giddings to ensure we produce once again, an impressive Yearbook which will capture every proud moment that our school will offer throughout this year. Rebecca Lim - 6th Form student, Maclehose House Prefect

What’s coming next?In the coming months students will be focusing on their university applications with a view to having them all sent off by the end of September 2014. They will then travel, as a group, to New Zealand in October for 10 days of travel, adventure and culture. In the meantime, between January and March there will be a process taking place to appoint the very first Head Girl and Head Boy of Kellett School. Further details to follow in the next issue.

SEN

IOR


SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS

igCSe eCOnOMiCS and BuSineSS StudieSYear 10 IGCSE Economics students have been busy studying the market system and have been practising their skills at sketching demand and supply diagrams to explain changes in market prices.

Year 10 IGCSE Business Studies students were challenged to research franchise opportunities at The Body Shop, Subway, McDonalds, KFC, Domino’s Pizza and 7-Eleven. They presented their findings and explained specific details such as the cost of the start-up fee and the royalty payments that had to be paid – important information for an entrepreneur seeking to start a franchised business!

Year 11 IGCSE Business Studies students set out to research and produce a news report of a highly publicised UK employment tribunal case. The case between Stella English, a winner of TV’s The Apprentice, and Lord Sugar involving the lost claim for constructive dismissal was a popular news story on Kellett School’s version of BBC News!

EcONOMIcS AND buSINESS STuDIES

a-level eCOnOMiCS and BuSineSS StudieS Year 12 A-Level Economics and Business Studies students have been studying hard and are approaching completion of their AS-level Unit 1 modules. Students in both subjects will begin Unit 2 in January, and will continue to prepare thoroughly for the forthcoming AS-level examinations in May and June by practicing and refining their examination skills.

OPTIMAL LEARNING

All students in Year Seven undertake a lesson of Optimal Learning a week. The first term focuses on bridging the gap between Preparatory and Senior School by arming the students with all the essential skills they will be required to demonstrate in their subject areas. The students were set a cyber-treasure hunt to get them exploring the deepest darkest corners of ilearn. Mr Pacey’s Maclehose Team (pictured) were one of the successful winning teams. Students have also completed a range of reading, presentation and team work challenges. During the spring term the focus will be on literacy.

SEN

IOR


SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS

iMprOviSatiOn CluBThroughout this term the Year 7 – Year 10 students have been attending an ECA where they have been working on improvisation skills. The activities include: space jump, commercial, story, story die, rhyming poems, death in a minute and bus stop. All of these tasks have been great preparation for a Theatre Sports competition which will appear later in the year and will showcase their talents.

keY Stage 3 enquirieSDuring September and October Year 7, 8 and 9 students followed innovative enquiry based units of work created by their English teachers. Year 7s collaborated to design a school of the future whilst developing their research and presentation skills as well as the key English skills of reading for inference and deduction and writing to persuade using accurate and effective syntax and punctuation. The unit of work ended with a parents’ consultation where students presented their designs (pictured). Year 8s analysed a range of travel writing for the effects of structure, language and purpose before writing their own travel pieces focusing on writing appropriately for audience and purpose and using a wide range of sentence structures and vocabulary. They then filmed on location in a variety of areas in Hong Kong to create their own travelogues. Year 9s developed their independent enquiry skills when analysing a variety of poetry for the effects of language when portraying different aspects of cultural identity. The students then chose from a range of creative writing tasks to explore their own cultural identity.

tHeatre viSitSStudents have enjoyed three productions since September, all performed by professional touring companies at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. The Year 11 and 12 students saw an excellent all female production of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ performed by the world famous Globe Theatre company. We balanced this up by then taking them to see a high energy all male performance of ‘A Clockwork Orange.’ This trip was organised by Mr Hall for his Drama

ENGLISh

classes and it lead to some great discussion on texts in performance. Finally, the IGCSE and Year 12 classes joined together to watch a spine chilling performance of Susan Hill’s ‘Woman in Black’; the touring production of the West End classic. Watch out for opportunities for our younger students to visit the theatre soon.

kellett readerSStudents have been taking advantage of the opportunity to review their favourite books and find new books to read on the kellett readers book blog (pictured) which can be found at http://kellettreaders.wordpress.com/. The blog has received over 1500 hits since its creation and has separate sections for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 as well as teachers and parents.

DRAMASE

NIO

R


ARTS & LANGUAGES

MuSIc

MuSiC teCHnOlOgYThis term we have been installing our Music Technology suite at our Kowloon Bay Campus. We are using Apple Mac’s and software such as Pro Logic X and Sibelius to create, record and produce high quality digital music in a variety of genres from Classical Piano Sonatas to Film and Popular Music. All years will use this facility and it will also be used in conjunction with other subjects and events such as Drama Productions and House Music Competitions. MJ is pictured here working on an AS Music Composition. He is using the new software to sequence music and also record live guitar.

Chris Maxted was the artist in residence in the senior school for the month of November. Chris works with systems for making art, dealing specifically with chance operations and their effect on material properties. He has worked closely with the Year 11 students and has given them a much deeper insight into contemporary art practices exploring the concepts of chance and expanding upon their unit theme of Force.

Ian Murphy is a British artist specialising in drawing and painting. His works are inspired by the urban landscape and incorporate layers of texture, graphite tone and text. Ian visited Kellett for the day and gave lessons to Year 8 and Year 12 students at the end of Octobe. He then conducted a four hour workshop to students demonstrating his drawing techniques and the preparation of layered

ART

backgrounds. The students worked from their own research photos of temples in keeping with Ian’s recent collection of works inspired by temples and architecture in Beijing. This experience was enriching and inspiring for our senior school students who produced exceptional work. Ian’s work can be viewed at www.ianmurphyartist.com

Congratulations to our Year 10 students who last year, as Year 9 non elective Art students, completed the large scale swimming paintings on canvas which are now proudly hanging in the sports corridor. The scale and theme was challenging to such a young age group working in cramped conditions in our Shau Kei Wan campus and these outstanding works are a testament to their creativity and skill.

SEN

IOR


ARTS & LANGUAGES

DESIGN TEchNOLOGy

The Y11 Product Design projects have taken shape and Jakob, Clara, Jimmy and Yan To are making their final artifacts.

• Yan To is designing a portable foldable table aimed at university students

• Clara is designing Yemen inspired seating for Saffron Bakery, Stanley branch

• Jimmy is designing an eco friendly range of stage platforms to be used by drama students and teachers

• Jakob is designing an eco-house inspired by natural structures such as beehives and spiders webs

It has been a busy term for all of our students. In September we celebrated European Day of Languages with an inter-house quiz and a variety of new languages being offered as a lunchtime ECA. Madame Montagne taught Greek, Ms Zhu Korean, Ms Xiao Cantonese and Mr Falconer taught German. Mr Allen also taught a very enthusiastic lesson of Hong Kong Sign Language! Year 7 students learned about using GoChinese in October. More recently, in November, Kellett took part in the Language Perfect Asia Competition. We were ranked 4th overall in SE Asia, successfully beating

MODERN FOREIGN LANGuAGES

all of our HK rivals. This was thanks in no small part to our lunchtime ‘flash mob’ which saw us momentarily overtake Dulwich College Beijing in the rankings. The top 6 pupils (Joy Lee, Tayler Coates, Rebecca Heritage , Emily Harber, Millie Richardson and Sena Clarke) received prizes in their House Assemblies, with Joy managing to grab one of the top prizes in SE Asia – an iPod Shuffle! Well donåe to all involved – we now look forward to the global competition in March 2014, as well as our forthcoming Year 10 curriculum visits.

The Y12 students were asked to design a seat inspired by their favourite movement/designer of the past 100 years.

• Dean’s seat is inspired by both Barbara Hepworth and the Memphis Group

• Aidens chair is designed for his father and is influenced by the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

• Nathan’s lounger is inspired by both the Bauhaus and by the work of Kiwi and Pom

• Jacques’ relaxing chaise longue takes design notes from both biomorphic and minimalist designers

SEN

IOR


ARTS & LANGUAGES


SWIMMING CHAMPIONS

ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS

GOLD GIRLS BASKETBALL

GOLD GIRLS FOOTBALL

SILVER BOYS FOOTBALL

SILVER BOYS BASKETBALL

FObISSEA RESuLTS

What a start of the year it has been for the Kellett Senior PE Department, new site, new facilities, hosting U15 Fobissea, first ever senior Netball season, Basketball season, rugby season and a busy curriculum to name just a few.

The year started off with the PE department putting the students through their paces after the long break with a variety of fitness testing which was not welcomed by all students! However it definitely gave the PE department an idea of who had kept fit over the summer and who was going to be selected for our cross-country team, which kicked off our competitive sports season. There were a lot impressive performances throughout the season but the highlights would have to be Athina Zodl’s 2nd place in the Championship race and the girls Grade C team finishing 1st overall. This team consisted of Athina Zodl, Gina, Marchand, Ella Doubleday, Emily Gobel and Ella Roberts. There was also success with the U12 girl’s team in the ISSFHK competition where they finished 3rd overall this team consisted of Ella Doubleday, Ella Roberts, Emily Harrow, Georgina Marchand and Jasmine turner.

Although we have not had the luxury of our own Swimming pool quite yet, we have still been doing a bit of swimming at Kwun Tong Swimming pool. Our two outstanding swimming performances from this year has to go to Ryan Whittington and Athina Zodl who both had top 3 places in the ISSFHK swim championships.

The curriculum has seen a variety of activities being taught with the game sessions for Year 7-9 being made up of Rugby for the boys on the sky pitch and Netball for the girls. The students have really benefited from doing these activities for the whole term and this has been evident with some very impressive results on both the Rugby pitch and Netball court.

The boys rugby team with one of the highlights being both the U12 and U14 boys beating the French International School who have been our nemesis on the rugby pitch in the past couple of years. Throughout the season the U14 boys team just went from strength to strength moving up 3 division within the season and eventually finishing 3rd in Division 1.

For the first time Kellett entered both a Grade A and Grade B Netball team into the Hong Kong School Sports Federation league (HKSSF). Both teams have had very impressive season and came away with silverware to show for it. Both teams were unbeaten coming into the final. The Grade B Netball team ended up as champions beating Island School in the final fairly convincingly. The Grade A team had a much tighter battle in their final against Chinese International School with end to end play and the score staying with in a couple of points through the whole final. Unfortunately the Grade A team were unable to grab the victory with the game finishing 24-21 to CIS A team. They were presented with a trophy and silver medals for their efforts. This was an incredible achievement for both teams and they should both be congratulated for their hard work throughout the season.

Fitness only lasted a few weeks to the relief of the students and we quickly moved onto Basketball in the curriculum in preparation for the Basketball season. Our new double Basketball sports hall has made such a difference to the standard of our students Basketball and allowing them to have a lot of game play and practice shooting with all the space and baskets. Both the girls U16 and U14A Basketball teams are beaten at the moment and it is looking good for them both to qualify for the championship games and hopefully more silverware to follow. The boys have also been participating in the ISSFHK basketball leagues and have some very good performances. We have entered both a boys and girls grade A Basketball team in the league where they are definitely holding there own which is great to see.

Alongside everything else that has gone on this term this we also hosted the U15 Fobissea games in November, which was a resounding success and total domination from Kellett in all four sports, which were football, basketball, swimming and athletics. It was an amazing three days of competition and an experience that the athletes, staff members, volunteers and parents will not forget in a hurry.

SPORT

SEN

IOR


SPORT

SeniOr SpOrting SuCCeSSIn what has been a short but action packed term Kellett have continued to show that this little school packs a big punch. Unfortunately due to the late start our U14 Football season didn’t see any action leaving Swimming, Cross Country, Basketball, U14 Rugby, U20 Netball & U16 Netball in Term 1.

U14 Girls 1st Place overall (Athina Zodl, Georgina Marchand, Ella Doubleday & Emily Gobel)

Athina Zodl 1st Place U14 Girls

Georgina Marchand 4th Place U14 Girls

Ella Roberts 9th Place U14 Girls

Liam Doherty 4th Place U14 Boys

Harriet Adams 5th Place U16 Girls

Emma Baghurst 9th Place U16 Girls

Arisa Ogiwara 8th Place U20 Girls

U12 Girls 3rd Place Overall

Top 3 places for Athena Zodl & Ryan Whittington

U16 Girls currently undefeated

Division 3 U14 winners

Division 2 U14 winners

Division 1 U14 3rd place

Division 2 U20 Runners up

Division 2 U16 Champions

hKSSF cross country

ISSFhK cross country

ISSFhK Swimming

ISSFhK basketball

hKSSF Rugby

hKSSF Netball

RESuLTS

Extra curricular Activities in numbers*

300 Students in the senior school

50 ECAs offered in term 1

52 ECAs offered in term 2

744 ECA slots signed up for in term 1

548 ECA slots signed up for in term 2

400 hours of activity in term 1

500 hours of activity in term 2

37 students in most popular Sports ECA (U12 basketball)

34 Students in most popular ECA (Improv Club)

*Approximately

A busy first term juggling new facilities, unfinished facilities and lots of new faces, students have had lots of opportunities to get involved in activities. SE

NIO

R


SPORT

u15 FObISSEAu15 FOBiSSea SWiMMingThe Fobissea games kicked off bright and early with the swimming competition. It was a cold morning, however all the teams were raring to go. The toughest event of the day the 200 meters Individual Medley gave a great start to the games with Kellett taking gold through Ryan Whittington and Athina Zodl who both also took gold in the 50m and 100m Butterfly. The atmosphere was great from the very first event with excellent support coming from all schools, parents, coaches or teachers and officials.

Half way through we started the Medley Relays with teams showing good versatility and a strong competitive nature. Kellette were going into the relays in the lead on points and were looking to capitalise with relays being double points. Kellett took gold in the Girls A and Boys A and B Medley Relay races. All events were amazing to watch and kept the crowd entertained.

Finally, we climaxed the meet with the freestyle relays and the final points totals were announced. In third place with 407 points were TES, second place went to SFBS (492 points) and Kellett taking a good victory as a host with a massive total of 522 points. The swimming closed the first event of the games with all teams on a high moving into the athletics and Kellett looking to stay on top!

The most valuable swimmer award for the girls went to Athina Zodl from Kellett for securing 3 individual gold medals in the 200m Medley, 50m Butterfly and 100m Butterfly as well as a two silvers in the 200m Medley and freestyle relays.

The boys event had two swimmers that really shone on the day. From Kellett Ryan Whittington won gold in all 5 of his events (200m Medley, 50m Butterfly and 100m Butterfly as well as gold s in the freestyle and medley relays). The second swimmer from BSB won gold in 4 events.

Thank you again to all competitors, coaches, spectators and officials for making this event a great success, and extremely memorable.

Max Angell and Athina Zodl

u15 FOBiSSea atHletiCSThere were many great performers from every school but the ones that stood out for Kellett were the 1500m/800m double by Kellett’s Athina Zodl. An impressive throw of 21:85 by Eliza Kidd in the Discus A and a jump of 3:86 in the Long Jump by Millie Richardson to win gold. The boys A 4 x100 relay team completed their race in 51:09 giving them the gold. Pierce O’Malley had success in the B 100m race winning with a time of 13:01. The girls showed further triumphs on the track through Millie Richardson (200m A race), Emma Baghurst (300m A race & 100m B race) and Jenny Jones (1500m B race) with all taking home a gold medal.

The points were close throughout the competition but in the end third place went to DCSZ (472 points), second place was awarded to TES (494 points) and the winner was Kellett with 534 points!

The most valuable female athlete was split between two girls one from SFBS and the other from TES. The most valuable male athlete went to Matthew Hanselman from kellett. He was the only athlete to win 5 golds and did this in the ‘A’ Long Jump, Triple Jump, 100m Relay, 800m and a very impressive 56.38 seconds for the 400m.

Fobissea again had been another wonderful experience. The highlight were winning the athletics for Kellett, but also seeing everyone smiling and enjoying Hong Kong, our school ‘Kellett’ and loving their sport. These games had been another example of great competition, high standard performances and excellent an effort by all.

Matt Hanselman and Jenny Jones

SEN

IOR


SPORT

u15 FOBiSSea FOOtBallThe girls Football competition took place on Friday 22nd November and the boy’s competition took place on Saturday 23rd November. The Kellett girls dominated in attack scoring 20 goals and only conceding 1 goal in the tournament. They played extremely well as a team dominating the competition. The top three teams for the girls competition were in third place SFBS, in second place was TES and the winners of the competition were KSHK. For the boys competition Kellett showed good structure, attacking prowess and were solid in defense with no goals conceded in the run up to the final. The final between Kellett and DCSZ was tense and at the end of regulation time it was a 1-1 draw, then 2-2 after extra time. Penalties were to decide the gold! The final results stood with SFBS in third place, in second place was KSHK and the winners of the competition were DCSZ.

However, there were a few players who really stood out to the coaches and referees for their outstanding performances. The most valued player for the girls was Catherine Martin from Kellett school. The most valued player for the boys was from DCSZ school.

We would like to give a special thanks to the referees and coaches, as without them the competition would not have been able to take place.

We would also like to congratulate both the girls and boys teams who all put on great performances. Every player played extremely well and it was a great competition.

Max Chalk & Emma Baghurst

u15 FOBiSSea BaSketBallThroughout the two days of intense Basketball each and every player performed at the highest standard. The competition was close and heated and with expectations being high from each team the competition was fierce. The boys competition saw some very close group games such as Kellett beating DBIS by only 1 point but then picking up their performance by storming to 22-14 win against favorites TES in the group games. In the 3rd/4th playoff DCSZ secured bronze against SFBS and the final was contested by TES and KSHK. In the final TES took the lead early on and maintained it to the final whistle leaving Kellett with the silver.

In the girls basketball the bronze medal match was fought between DBIS and BSB with DBIS coming out on top and securing bronze. The final was contested between TES and Kellett and the girls maintained their winning streak by thrashing TES 33-0 to take the gold.

Finally the most valuable players for each of the competitions were selected by the referees. One player was chosen for each match who showed good positional, attacking and defensive skills. The player securing the most votes from the boys competition went to a player from DCSZ and in the girls competition it was awarded to Kellett’s Emma Baghurst.

Well done to all the Basketballers, coaches and officials!

Eliza Kidd & William Winston

SEN

IOR


SPORT


HkaYp dragOn artiCle deCeMBer 2013This year we have a record number of students participating in Bronze and Silver Hong Kong Award for Young People (HKAYP).

The Bronze participants have successfully completed their day hike and practice overnight expeditions and are now preparing for their assessed expedition in March.

The Silver participants have begun planning their three-day Lantau based expedition and are going to hike the breadth of the island covering almost 40km.

As part of HKAYP, as well as the expeditions, students are required to take on activities that enhance their skills, improve their physical ability and allow them to help others. They have been carrying out a wide range of voluntary activities in and out of school such as assisting with the homework and chill out clubs, mentoring younger students, arranging charity events.

Thank you to Madame Montagne, Ms Lee, Mr Dwyer, Mr Falconer,and Ms Hammond for instructing the groups on expeditions and helping them stay on track.

Mr Hughes-Caley

hKAyP DEcEMbER 2013

SEN

IOR


EXTRAS


ExTRA cuRRIcuLAR AcTIvITIES

SEN

IOR


EXTRAS

kellett dragon issue 8 - feb 2014

Documents

kellett school

school plan

deputy head of school

mainstream school setting

kellett economics

kellett news

school aima love of

mr miller