Good Morning,
Air Quality
Green Level
Staff Absent
- Anne Peters is away today (sick leave). Her learning support sessions will be cancelled today.
- Nicole Vele is away today (Training). Kerry Mitchell will cover 1C .
- Tracey King is away today (Training). Sue Krishnakumar will cover 1B
- Leo Lazo is away on the Seeds of Hope Trip for the rest of the week. His Bible Clubs will continue as normal.
First News – Message from John
We have a new copy of First News. It is in the bottom right drawer of the filing cabinet in Room109 (RP), opposite Sissy’s desk. Please help yourself.
Year Book Message
The yearbook pages have now been collected. Please do not make any changes to your pages now. If you need some changes to be made please inform Amita.
Y2-3 Violin Rehearsal
This takes place this morning in the CP Theatre
Y6 Assembly
6A will present their curriculum assembly today, P7, CP Theatre
Year Level Blogs
These will be posted today
International Staff – Housing Survey
The deadline to submit this is today. Please check email you received from Stefanie Wang, on 25th April.
Daddy Daughter Dance 2018 – Message from Lynn
Classroom Teachers – You will have received the invitations for the girls in your classroom. Would you please encourage the girls to attend this special event? Here are a few points to mention:
- Global Goals 4 and 5 are about Quality Education and Gender Equality. The DDD is held to support girls’ education. The proceeds will go to a charity called Charitea which was started by a family whose twin sons are students in Year 7 at Century Park. Charitea sells tea hand-picked in Zhejiang by students whose families are migrant workers. The school these migrant workers’ children attend is in rural Zhejiang, and proceeds from the tea sales support their education.
- The Daddy Daughter Dance is fun even for girls who don’t like to dance. It’s a special day to have time with their dad and to have fun with school friends! There are some other activities besides just dancing. This year the event will be at the Parkyard Hotel, a more upscale venue than in years past.
- For dads who don’t feel that they’re good at dancing, this year we will have more direction for them to learn some simple dance steps!
- To register for the Daddy Daughter Dance, parents can pay by cash in the office or by Wechat by emailing Ivy Li to get the QR code.
Finally, for staff there is a 50 RMB discount when you register!
Global Child Day
See you all at the Global Child Day tomorrow, rain or shine. Please see Nadine today if you have any questions about this, or if you have yet to sign up to help.
Reminders – please check carefully:
- No Y2-3 Assembly
- Staff Football Match – RP Vs CP – Please email Rob Cooke (RP) or Matt Uffindall (CP) if you are interested. Everyone welcome!
- Global Child Day – please sign up https://www.volunteersignup.org. See Nadine for any questions.
- GCD Video – Please show to your class (TeachersPub – GCD – GCD Promo).
- End of Year Assessment Guidelines – click here for information
- End of Year Reports – please click here for the guidelines
Upcoming Dates:
Saturday 26th May
- Global Child Day
Monday 28th May
- Y2-3 Violin Dress Rehearsal
- Optional PD
- ECE & Primary Community Forum, 8-10am (focus on PE, Performing Arts & Technology)
Tuesday 29th May
- Y2-3 Violin Dress Rehearsal and Performance (1pm, CP Theatre)
Wednesday 30th May
- Y5 Curriculum Assembly (5C). Please pass all certificates to Chris, who will be leading the assembly.
- Y2-3 Violin Performance, 1pm, CP Theatre
- Staff meeting, Differentiation, 3.30pm
Thursday 31st May
- No Y2-3 Assembly
Friday 1st June
- Team Leader Day (more info to follow soon)
- Y1 Curriculum Assembly (1B) – Please remember to inform parents of children who will be receiving awards.
- AFL Game Vs HQ Campus – 11.30pm, RP Field
- Secondary Awards and Graduation
Sunday 3rd June
- Football Tournament (U9@DCS Puxi, U11@DCSZ)
Staff Lounge
Fundraising walk – Via Francigena – for Seeds of Hope Philippine project
Earlier this year, Mr Steve Hackman and I did a presentation at each YCIS Campus in Shanghai about Seeds of Hope, which included an introduction about Mr Hackman walking the 2000 Km “Via Francigena” pilgrimage departing from the Canterbury Cathedral (in England) on 1st June, all the way to the Vatican in Rome (in Italy) which he is aiming to reach by Aug 10. There will be five of us joining Mr Hackman at the launch in Canterbury and for the first few days of the walk. I personally will also be walking into France with him for a further 5 days.
This adventure is to raise awareness for Seeds of Hope as well as solicit donations for our “Common Project” with Kids International Ministries in the Philippines.
If you’d like to make a donation yourself (highly encouraged and easy to do) or follow along with the pics we’ll be posting along the way, please check out our page: https://simplygiving.com/seedsofhope
(All donations received through the page will be given directly to Kids International Ministries)
Mr Hackman has also been able to do a couple of promotional interviews for the Seeds of Hope walk on Radio 3 in Hong Kong as well as for the South China Morning Post. You can view these at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdGKP-rOkdQ
There is also a clip from Kids Ministry international at the following link: https://youtu.be/byKeqOJIR14
Please get the word out, the awareness up, and the donations for a worthy cause coming in
Thanks all for the many well wishes we’ve received and we look forward to sharing with you all the “tales from the trail” 😊
God Bless
Mr Chris Perks and Mr Steve Hackman
