the vision“happy birthday, kts!” singing karaoke english room activities the english room is...
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2011 Issue No.6
THE VISION
WelcometoourfifthissueofKowloonTongSchool’sNewsletter–TheVision(VividInspirationalStimulatingIntelligentOutstandingNewsletter).Thisyear,studentshavebeentakingpartindifferentactivitieswhichcanwidentheirhorizons.
Also,theycandeveloptheirinterpersonalandsocialskillsthroughoutdoorvisitsandEnglishroomactivities.
Kowloon Tong School(Primary Section)
Engl ish Language Day and Engl ish Room Activ i t ies
Theme: KTS 75th Anniversary Open DayAsourgranddayinMayisonlyweeksaway,ourthemeforthisparticularlanguageweekwasour75thAnniversary.Studentsenthusiasticallydonnedcostumestosingabrandnewrapsong.Moreenthusiasmwasgeneratedinthereadingofbirthdaymessagesandballoondecorations.Arousingkaraokesessiononthefinaldayensuredthateveryonewaseagerlyanticipatingourspecialday.
Who is that? Justin Bieber at ourschool to sing us wonderful songs.Studentsaredelightedtoseehim.
Students are reading out the chant “KTS75thAnniversary” together at the SchoolTVStation.Their garlands add colour totheirperformance.
DearKTS,HappyBirthday toyou! I amvery thankful foryourteaching.Youhavegivenmeamemorablechildhood!
5A Alex Ip
DearKTS,IlikestudyingatKTS.KTS,75thHappyBirthday!
2A Celesta Yik
Decorating Balloons
Look!Ourfellowschoolmatesarewritingsomebrilliantmessagestoourbelovedschool,KTS.
Reading Birthday Greeting Messages to KTS
Weareover themoon to takeaphotowithMrSellers,JustinBieberandLadyBlahBlah!“HappyBirthday,KTS!”
Singing Karaoke
English Room Activities
The English room is crowdedwith people!With a lot of theircreativity and imagination,students are decorating theballoonswithfabulousdesigns.
Believe it or not! Our fellow schoolmates areall great singers. Students are happily singingkaraokeintheEnglishroomwithMrSellers.
Thestudentsareeagerly takingpart in thespeakingactivity.ItisourhonourtohaveapicturetakenwiththeHeadmistress.“Thankyouforsupportingus,Headmistress!Wetrulyenjoyedthismemorableactivity!”
5D Bryan Pang
5A Melissa Leung
5A Aimme Yuen
DearKTS,Happy75th birthday!As agraduateof this academicyear,Iwisheverystudentaverypleasantyear!IhopeKTSwillstrivetoevengreaterheights!
6A Kristy LaiDearKTS,Youareabig,grandtree,withfar-reachingbranchesfull of sweet, ripe fruits.Mywarmest thanks to youand“HappyBirthday”!
5A Dorothy ChiuDearKTS,Schoolsarelikelighthouses–theygivedirectionstoall students.Thankyou for teachingme!Happy75thAnniversary!
6C To Pui Lai
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2010 – 2011 75th Anniversary English Writing Contest Results
75th Anniversary Writ ing Contest
4A Lau King Sum, Samuel 1stFebruary,2011
DearMrs.Lee, MynameisSamuelLam.Iamwritingtoyouonbehalf ofKowloonTong School to let you knowmyschoolwillholdaspecialeventon7thMay,2011. We will have orchestral and choir performancesandotheractivitiesbeingheldonthisday.Snacksanddrinkswillbeprovidedforourguests. Asanalumnaofourschool,youaresincerelyinvitedtothisspecialevent.Yourattendancewillenhanceourhappiness.Pleasekindlyreplyby15thFebruary,2011toconfirmyourattendance. Welookforwardtoseeingyouthere.
Sincerely,Samuel
3A Tong Yu Hei Kidscomeheretolearngoodthingseverysingleday.Thisiswhereallofmysweetmemorieshavetakenplace.Suchagreatschool-its75thanniversary.Let’scelebrate!
6B Suen Tsz Ching 14thFebruary,2011
DearteachersofKTS, IwouldliketoexpressmyheartfeltthankstoKTSforthecoachingandguidancefrommyprofessionalteacherswhohavebroughtmeupfromalittleshygirltoaconfident,independentandself-motivatedgirl. MyspecificthankstoMissTongandMissWongfromourmusicdepartmentwhoofferedmesuchagreatopportunitytobeoneoftheKTSAngelsfortheperformanceduringthisyear’sChristmasparty. I am so proud that Iwas assigned to play violin solo during theschool visit to Shenzhen.All these events added terrific colour to myprimaryschoolmemories. IammostgratefultoMissWong,ourclassteacher.ThankstoMissWong,IstartedtoloveMathsandgotfullmarksinaMathstestforthefirsttimeinPrimary5. IamproudofbeingastudentinKTSandIwilldomybestinmyfutureschooltobeakeycontributortooursociety.
Yourssincerely,HeidiSuen
5A Luk Chun YangHappyBirthday,KTSHavingstudiedinmyschool,AplaceImetallofyou.Playing,learningintwoterms,PlentyofknowledgeIhavelearned.Yearsoffive,timereallyflies!BeingaP.5studentinKTS,Ioftenliketochatinrecess,Ringthebell,Iplaywithcare,Treesandplantsareeverywhere.Happytimealwaysrunssofast,Don’tforgetwhatMissTongsaidintheclass,“Alwaysbehonestandstudyhard,Youshouldworkwithplentyofheart!”KTS,myhonourtostudyhere,Thankyouteachersforyourloveandcare.SurelyIwon’tforget,andwilldomybest!“HappyBirthday,KTS”
1B Chort Chun Yuk HappyBirthday!HappyBirthday!SeventyFive,celebratehigh.Everyoneisdancing,KTSissinging,Makeawish,makeawish.
Winner 1B ChortChunYuk
1stRunner-up 1D LamSumYing
2ndRunner-up 1D ChungSheungYin,Oscar
Winner 2A TongHoiYin,Leslie
1stRunner-up 2B MoChunTik
2ndRunner-up 2B YuCheukTing
Winner 3A TongYuHei
1stRunner-up 3A YiuNgoHim,Jasper
2ndRunner-up 3B ChanTszYin
Winner 4A LauKingSum,Samuel
1stRunner-up 4D YungKaHo,Calvin
2ndRunner-up 4C ChunOnChing
Winner 5A LukChunYang
1stRunner-up 5A ChiuYinChing
2ndRunner-up 5E ShaWoonLam,Jacky
Winner 6B SuenTszChing
1stRunner-up 6B CheukKwanWai
2ndRunner-up 6A YeungNgaChing
2A Tong Hoi Yin, Leslie WearegladinKTS.LeadingschoolinKowloonTong.Guidingusallthroughtheseyears.Happilybecomingseventy-five.HappyBirthday,KTS.Deepfromourheartsallthebest.
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Outdoor Visits Everyyear,studentshaveoutdoorvisitsrelatedtothesubjecttheyarelearning.Duringthevisits,studentshavetheopportunitytodeveloptheirinterpersonalandsocialskills.
Outdoor Visit – P.3 Hong Kong Heritage Museum
6A Felicity So
The fireman is talking about theequipmentusedtoputoutafire.OurP.1studentsarelisteningveryattentively.‘Go! Go! Go!’ Our brave
littlefirefightersareslidingdownthefirepoletoputoutthe fire and save people’slives.
OurP.1studentsareholdingtheheavyfirehose. Itseemsthat theyareveryprofessional!
Look! The P.3 students are activelyparticipatingduringtheoutdoorvisit.
They are very happy tohave their photo takenwith a robot. Are youinterested in knowingwhattherobotcando? Thestudentsareplayingsome
stick games. I think they areenjoyingthegameverymuch.
Outdoor Visit – P.1 Kowloon Tong Fire Station
5A Dorothy Chiu
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Consultant: Headmistress Yeung Mee Kuen
Committee members: Che So Yin, Chan Sze Mun, Tong Ka Wai
Justin Sellers, Oreen D’souza
Address: NKIL 2721 Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong
Tel: 2336 3802
Website: http://www.ktsps.edu.hk
Students ’ Corner Inordertocelebrateourschool’s75thanniversary,weaskedthestudentsandtheirparentstowriteanarticle. StudentswereaskedtowritedowntheirfeelingsaboutstudyinginKTS,andtheirparentswereaskedtoexpress whytheythoughtKTSwassuchaspecialplacetosendtheirchildren.
Students’ Feelings about Studying in KTS
Parents’ writing about the school6A Parents of Ruby Yeung Six years ago, we made the rightdecision – sending our daughter,YeungNga Ching, Ruby, to Kowloon TongSchool(PrimarySection).Rubyusedtobe shy and introverted at kindergarten.She didn’t like to join class activitiesandplaywithotherstudents.Wewereveryconcernedaboutherpersonal growth and development. Like many other parents inHongKong,we triedhard tofindaprimaryschoolwhichcouldoffer a balanced and diversified high-quality education for ourdaughter.Inviewofourdaughter’schangesoverthepastsixyears,ourdecisionprovedtobefruitful. Rubyisstudyingin6Anow.Shelikestohelpwiththehouseworkathome.Sheenjoysher studies andextra-curricular activities atKTS.Sheiswillingtoparticipateindifferentschoolactivities.Shetries to improveher abilities in learningand sportsbyusingherown initiative. She also enjoys helpingher teachers andmakingfriendswithher classmates.Weattributeourdaughter’spositiveattitudetotheteachers’guidanceanddevotion.Inaddition,wearealsoimpressedwiththeschool’ssupportforstudentsandparents.Wearealwayskeptintouchwithschoolactivitiesandthestudents’schoollife. WeareverygratefultoalltheteachingstaffatKTSfortheirwhole-hearteddedicationtonurturingandteachingourdaughter.
6D Parents of Venus Chow Thankssomuchtoyouandall theteachers. All of you are so kind andpatienttoguideandteachourdaughterChow Tsz Tung. We appreciate yourefforts somuch.During thesepast sixyears,we have learned a lot and triedhard to meet your school’s educational policy to balance allaspectsofchilddevelopment. We were so happy to hear the good news that Venus hadbecome a student of Kowloon Tong School six years ago. Itseemed that we had won first prize! Kowloon Tong School isavery renowned,elite school in thisarea.Andalso theuniquecampusstyle,spaciousclassrooms,sportsplaygroundandgreencampuswhichisreallyourdreamschool.WefeltveryhappythatourdaughtercouldbeastudentatKTS. Venushadahardtimekeepinguptheschoolprogrammeinthefirstfewyears.BothofusweretoobusywithourownbusinessinChina.Althoughwehiredprivatetutors tohelpher, itdidn’twork.We were invited to discuss her situation with the classteacherseveraltimes.Weweregivenalotofeffectivemethodsto encourage and help her. Now, she has improved and she ismuchbetterthanbefore.Duetothis,wereallyappreciateallyourcareandteaching.Wehavebeenprovencorrectinchoosingyourschoolfromthebeginningandweareproudofyourschoolandallthatitstandsfor.
6A Ruby Yeung My name is Yeung Nga Ching, Ruby. I amstudying in6A. Ihavestudied inKTSfornearlysix years. I like studying in KTS because it’s aplacewhere Ihavemanyhappymemories. I liketheheadmistressandmyteachersbecausetheyarekindandnicetome.Theyarecaringandresponsibletoo.Theydonotonlyteachandallowmetogaingreaterknowledge,butalsoguidemetobeawell-behavedstudent.Ialsogetalongwellwithmyclassmates.Wealwayshelpeachotherwithourstudies.Someofthemhavebecomemygoodfriends! IfeelhonouredtostudyinKTS.Itisasingle-storeybuildinganditisspacious.ItprovidesallKTSstudentswithapleasantlearningenvironment. Besides this,KTS offers usmany opportunities totakepartindifferentextra-curricularactivities.Ourteachersalwaysencourageandsupportustodoourbest. Ihadanunforgettableexperience.Lastyear,Itookpartinaninter-school table tennis tournament. I was defeated at the lastminute.Ifeltverydisappointedandalmostcried,butmyteachersaidthatIhaddonemybestandpraisedmeformyeffort.Iwastouchedbyhissupport! IamproudtobeastudentofKTS;however,Ishallhavetosaygoodbyesoonas Iwillgraduate fromKTSthisyear. Iwillmissmy teachersandclassmatesverymuch. Iamalsograteful to theheadmistressandteachersfortheirhelpandguidance.Iwishyouallthebestforthefuture!
6D Venus Chow My name isChowTszTung,Venus. I havebeenstudyinginthisschoolforalmostsixyears.KowloonTongSchoolhasgivenmealotoffun.There are a variety of subjects and activitiesprovided,suchasChinese,English,Mathematics,differentsportsteamsanddramaclasses. The subject that Imost like at this school isMusic.Musicteachershavetaughtmehowtosingandplaymusicalinstruments.WhenIhavesomedifficulties,Iwillaskthemusicteacher.Sheisverykindandpatienttowardsme. IhavebeenamemberoftheSchoolOrchestrafortwoyears.Iplaytheviolin.Iamproudofbeingamemberoftheorchestra.Ihaveenteredacompetitionwiththeorchestra,andwewonthesecondrunner-upprize. ThethingIloveaboutthisschoolistheschoolenvironment.Itprovidesuswithfreshairbecausetherearealotoftreesandbeautifulflowers.Alotoffacilitiescanbefoundinourschool,suchasKTSTVstation,computerroom,library,musicroom,etc. I feel very happy that I can be a student atKowloonTongSchool.Teachersandschoolmatesareverykindandfriendly. WhenIleavethisschool,Iwillneverforgetthem.