Dear Parents

Please find attached the new lunch enrolment form (English and German Version) for January 2020.

All lunches for the Primary Peak Students are freshly prepared by Compass Group Hong Kong Ltd. in the Cafeteria in the Middle Building at the Peak Campus.

You may also follow the link below to access the current menu and the lunch enrolment form on Compass Group Hong Kong Ltd´s website.

http://www.compass-hk.com/chartwells/en/schoolmenu.php?sID=48

In order to save on packaging material and work towards being more environmentally friendly, lunch will be served in the Cafeteria in the Middle Building. All students who have ordered lunch will be brought there and supervised by a member of our teaching staff. The meals will be served for the students by the time they arrive. A limited assortment of snacks can also be purchased in the kiosk in the Upper Building during lunch break between 1:15pm and 2:00pm.

Please be aware that school lunch is only required if your child

1. has no activity in Lesson 7 or
2. has activities in Lesson 9 and 10.

Additionally please find attached an instruction of “How to order lunch” for your guidance.

After having completed all necessary steps please send the lunch enrolment form and a cheque, if chosen, payable to “COMPASS GROUP HONG KONG LIMITED” to the following address:

Compass Group Hong Kong Ltd
Attention: Cafeteria
11 Guildford Road
The Peak
Hong Kong

Furthermore please note the following days when booking lunch:

• Wednesday, 1 January – Friday, 3 January 2020: Christmas holiday
• Thursday, 23 January 2020 (last day before the CNY holiday): no ECAs/AAs
• Friday, 24 January – Friday, 31 January 2020: CNY holiday

Thank you for choosing Compass Group Hong Kong Ltd´s lunch service.

Kind regards

Susanne Dömmecke
Secretary – Primary Department – Peak Campus

Attachments

Sophie Burdel
Head of Kindergarten

Eileen Mah
Deputy Head of Kindergarten

Sign-up for Secondary school ECAs will take place from 13-17 January via SchoolsBuddy. A full list of ECAs and sign-up instructions will be sent to parents and students after the Christmas holidays. The new ECA Term will begin on the 3rd February. This also applies to the mandatory Y07-Y09/K07-K08 Wednesday Lesson 10 Activity Time.

Susan Hood
Deputy Head Pastoral & Co-curricular, ESD

GSIS Alumni Visit - Monday, 16th December

Former students who are now studying in the US and the UK will be visiting to meet with Y13 and K11/K12 students during lunchtime and to give a panel discussion for Y12 students during class period.

U.S. Admissions Testing Information Evening - Wednesday, 15th January

We will host our annual information session on the SAT and ACT tests for students and parents in Y10/K09 and above. Look out for more details and the registration link in the January Gazette.

Destination Coffee Morning: Study in the UK - Wednesday, 22nd January

The first of our "Destination Coffee Morning" presentations will provide an overview  of university study in the UK. Look out for more details and the registration link in the January Gazette.

Sue Prinsloo
Director of University Guidance

As part of the IB CAS, many IB students have been involved in an ongoing mentoring programme to younger students in both streams of the Primary section. These have been under the guidance of the Primary Teachers. It has been wonderful to see IB students working with some of their own past primary teachers. Students are currently involved in an large array of activities. This progammes aims to create leadership skills, communication skills and role models of the senior students.

A huge thanks to the primary teachers involved.

Jasmin Shek and Aerin Mok Year 12
Primary Gardening Mentoring

This term Y04 have had the pleasure of working with  Aerin Mok and Jasmine  Shek. These students have single handily taken on our primary roof top garden and have made a real go of things. Gardening and hands on activities that link our children to nature and the Earth are very important, particularly living as we do in a large built up city.  The activities these students have offered have enhanced our curriculum and enthused the younger children who are now often to be found helping out in the garden. Following the HK seasonal calendar, Aerin and Jasmine have organised activities for the children with very little input from staff.  Seeds have been planted, seedlings thinned, biological concepts explored and now we are hoping that we will get to harvest, and eat,  sometime soon. It has been a pleasure to work with these students. They have demonstrated that there is more to education than academics. They have been true leaders, responsible and committed. They are able to work as a team and have shown a caring attitude towards our children and their futures; true GSIS role models.

Ms Gilchrist

Nisha Boehm
Primary Art Mentor

Today was the fifth session I’ve had working with the primary Year 5 students. For today’s lesson, I planned to continue with sketching and drawing practice, as it is an important skill to be familiar with in art, and is sort of the basis and foundation of everything else. At the start of the lesson, I presented the ‘rules’ of today’s lessons, which basically included things like no erasing or starting over, not going back to the drawing once the time was up, there’s no such thing as a bad drawing and just keep working over your mistakes. It encouraged the kids to be less precious and careful when working and more expressive. I had a series of photographs of objects like bottles and jars, plants, a teapot and a butterfly in which I gave them five minutes to draw what they saw. As I had prepped and did the exercise myself before the lesson, I managed to get a good idea of how they approached the task, but also spent some time sketching them myself again for improvement while they kept coming over to look. It was also cool to see the teachers getting involved and trying to sketch some of the pictures themselves too. While they did the typical moaning and groaning every time a new image more complicated than the last came up, many of them chatted among themselves how it was actually pretty fun and that they enjoyed doing it.

Tiffany Ng Year 12:
Primary Embroidery ECA

This past term I believe I have been fortunate to have the chance in helping out with the Embroidery ECA at the Primary School. At first I was slightly worried, as I have never really taught young children before, even though I am experienced with embroidery itself. Nevertheless, I found that, over the weeks I spent with them, we became very used to each other. They were happy to see me and for me to help them in creating their small pieces of artwork, especially when they came across difficulties such as needing to untangle a piece of thread or start and finish off a stitch. It was really interesting learning how to interact with younger ones, and to discover how quick to learn and astute many of them are.

Dylan Robinson Year 12
Primary Hockey Coaching

Over the past few weeks, I have been learning the ropes of running the primary hockey ECA with the head coach Ms. Franks and the assistant coach Arif.  They have been teaching me how to take attendance, plan future sessions, keep the young kids involved and active, and helping me coordinate my own games.  Throughout the past few weeks, I was slowly afforded more and more responsibility, as my involvement and experience in the ECA grew.  Initially, I did not understand how to plan in advance to keep 30 young children entertained and engrossed for an hour; however, now I understand that the children really enjoy attention and competition, so the easiest way to keep them active is to run matches.

Robert Markwick
CAS Coordinator

Dear Parents

Please find attached the new lunch enrolment form (English and German Version) for January 2020.

All lunches for the Primary Peak Students are freshly prepared by Compass Group Hong Kong Ltd. in the Cafeteria in the Middle Building at the Peak Campus.

You may also follow the link below to access the current menu and the lunch enrolment form on Compass Group Hong Kong Ltd´s website.

http://www.compass-hk.com/chartwells/en/schoolmenu.php?sID=48

In order to save on packaging material and work towards being more environmentally friendly, lunch will be served in the Cafeteria in the Middle Building. All students who have ordered lunch will be brought there and supervised by a member of our teaching staff. The meals will be served for the students by the time they arrive. A limited assortment of snacks can also be purchased in the kiosk in the Upper Building during lunch break between 1:15pm and 2:00pm.

Please be aware that school lunch is only required if your child

1. has no activity in Lesson 7 or
2. has activities in Lesson 9 and 10.

Additionally please find attached an instruction of “How to order lunch” for your guidance.

After having completed all necessary steps please send the lunch enrolment form and a cheque, if chosen, payable to “COMPASS GROUP HONG KONG LIMITED” to the following address:

Compass Group Hong Kong Ltd
Attention: Cafeteria
11 Guildford Road
The Peak
Hong Kong

Furthermore please note the following days when booking lunch:

• Wednesday, 1 January – Friday, 3 January 2020: Christmas holiday
• Thursday, 23 January 2020 (last day before the CNY holiday): no ECAs/AAs
• Friday, 24 January – Friday, 31 January 2020: CNY holiday

Thank you for choosing Compass Group Hong Kong Ltd´s lunch service.

Kind regards

Susanne Dömmecke
Secretary – Primary Department – Peak Campus

Attachments

Sophie Burdel
Head of Kindergarten

Eileen Mah
Deputy Head of Kindergarten

As part of the IB CAS, many IB students have been involved in an ongoing mentoring programme to younger students in both streams of the Primary section. These have been under the guidance of the Primary Teachers. It has been wonderful to see IB students working with some of their own past primary teachers. Students are currently involved in an large array of activities. This progammes aims to create leadership skills, communication skills and role models of the senior students.

A huge thanks to the primary teachers involved.

Jasmin Shek and Aerin Mok Year 12
Primary Gardening Mentoring

This term Y04 have had the pleasure of working with  Aerin Mok and Jasmine  Shek. These students have single handily taken on our primary roof top garden and have made a real go of things. Gardening and hands on activities that link our children to nature and the Earth are very important, particularly living as we do in a large built up city.  The activities these students have offered have enhanced our curriculum and enthused the younger children who are now often to be found helping out in the garden. Following the HK seasonal calendar, Aerin and Jasmine have organised activities for the children with very little input from staff.  Seeds have been planted, seedlings thinned, biological concepts explored and now we are hoping that we will get to harvest, and eat,  sometime soon. It has been a pleasure to work with these students. They have demonstrated that there is more to education than academics. They have been true leaders, responsible and committed. They are able to work as a team and have shown a caring attitude towards our children and their futures; true GSIS role models.

Ms Gilchrist

Nisha Boehm
Primary Art Mentor

Today was the fifth session I’ve had working with the primary Year 5 students. For today’s lesson, I planned to continue with sketching and drawing practice, as it is an important skill to be familiar with in art, and is sort of the basis and foundation of everything else. At the start of the lesson, I presented the ‘rules’ of today’s lessons, which basically included things like no erasing or starting over, not going back to the drawing once the time was up, there’s no such thing as a bad drawing and just keep working over your mistakes. It encouraged the kids to be less precious and careful when working and more expressive. I had a series of photographs of objects like bottles and jars, plants, a teapot and a butterfly in which I gave them five minutes to draw what they saw. As I had prepped and did the exercise myself before the lesson, I managed to get a good idea of how they approached the task, but also spent some time sketching them myself again for improvement while they kept coming over to look. It was also cool to see the teachers getting involved and trying to sketch some of the pictures themselves too. While they did the typical moaning and groaning every time a new image more complicated than the last came up, many of them chatted among themselves how it was actually pretty fun and that they enjoyed doing it.

Tiffany Ng Year 12:
Primary Embroidery ECA

This past term I believe I have been fortunate to have the chance in helping out with the Embroidery ECA at the Primary School. At first I was slightly worried, as I have never really taught young children before, even though I am experienced with embroidery itself. Nevertheless, I found that, over the weeks I spent with them, we became very used to each other. They were happy to see me and for me to help them in creating their small pieces of artwork, especially when they came across difficulties such as needing to untangle a piece of thread or start and finish off a stitch. It was really interesting learning how to interact with younger ones, and to discover how quick to learn and astute many of them are.

Dylan Robinson Year 12
Primary Hockey Coaching

Over the past few weeks, I have been learning the ropes of running the primary hockey ECA with the head coach Ms. Franks and the assistant coach Arif.  They have been teaching me how to take attendance, plan future sessions, keep the young kids involved and active, and helping me coordinate my own games.  Throughout the past few weeks, I was slowly afforded more and more responsibility, as my involvement and experience in the ECA grew.  Initially, I did not understand how to plan in advance to keep 30 young children entertained and engrossed for an hour; however, now I understand that the children really enjoy attention and competition, so the easiest way to keep them active is to run matches.

Robert MarkwickCAS Coordinator

My goal for my major CAS project is to be able to spread awareness for hereditary breast cancer. This campaign means a lot to me as my grandmother, unfortunately, died of breast cancer a few years ago. Because of this, there may be a chance of hereditary breast cancer in the women of my family, including me, which is why my partner and I decided to start our Think Pink campaign, supporting the Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry. The issue of breast cancer is often well-known and common, however, many people often neglect the fact that it can be hereditary, causing women to be unaware of the fact that they may have this issue too. To solve this, my partner and I aim to be able to spread awareness of hereditary breast cancer in our school community, allowing students and teachers to be able to learn more about this issue.

Victoria Cheong, Y12

It was heartwarming to see how many people actually donated and bought our treats and bracelets to support breast cancer awareness. Some people just came up to our booth and donated money. Some parents actually just donated 500 dollars and bought one cupcake. Some just bought cupcakes and rice Krispy treats. Some parents didn't want to donate, and at first it was a little demotivating, but we had more parents donate money than refuse. Altogether, we raised over 5,600 for charity. This money has now gone to the organisation and is being put to good use.

Victoria Liu, Y12

Robert MarkwickCAS Coordinator

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Sign-up for Secondary school ECAs will take place from 13-17 January via SchoolsBuddy. A full list of ECAs and sign-up instructions will be sent to parents and students after the Christmas holidays. The new ECA Term will begin on the 3rd February. This also applies to the mandatory Y07-Y09/K07-K08 Wednesday Lesson 10 Activity Time.

Susan HoodDeputy Head Pastoral & Co-curricular, ESD

GSIS Alumni Visit - Monday, 16th December

Former students who are now studying in the US and the UK will be visiting to meet with Y13 and K11/K12 students during lunchtime and to give a panel discussion for Y12 students during class period.

U.S. Admissions Testing Information Evening - Wednesday, 15th January

We will host our annual information session on the SAT and ACT tests for students and parents in Y10/K09 and above. Look out for more details and the registration link in the January Gazette.

Destination Coffee Morning: Study in the UK - Wednesday, 22nd January

The first of our "Destination Coffee Morning" presentations will provide an overview  of university study in the UK. Look out for more details and the registration link in the January Gazette.

Sue PrinslooDirector of University Guidance

In the final weeks leading up to our winter holiday, the focus of our Year 7 Personal, Social & Emotional (PSE) lessons in the class period is on kindness. Our unit of inquiry is titled: “The Gift of Kindness” and the lessons look at celebrating and practising kindness intentionally in our classrooms and school. The ideas and teachings are helping children to develop empathy and to show kindness towards each other in small ways. With simple things, such as if a student sees another student standing alone, they could go up and ask ‘Are you okay?’, we are trying to show that from little things, big things can grow.

The students will:

• Define kindness
• Identify acts of kindness in the school
• Develop a Kindness Advent calendar
• Explore & understand online kindness, especially in chat groups.

We encourage Year 7 parents to share with the Y7 class teachers any acts of kindness they witness so we can celebrate with the students. Happy Holidays to everyone!

Sueanne EdwardsHead of Year 7