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Dear Parents, Students and Staff,

Welcome to this week’s newsletter, and welcome to Term Three at HFS. I hope all our families enjoyed a relaxing and peaceful holiday. As ever the final term at any school is by far the busiest, but even more so for families at HFS, as this term will the final at our school for many of our families. I do hope that despite this, it will also be one of the happiest.

Please do check the newsletter for details of the many events that are scheduled for this final term. We are also very pleased to announce our new Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hyundaiforeignschool/. Please LIKE and visit this page regularly for information regarding upcoming events, and reflections and photographs of day-to-day life at HFS. For our Korean families, we have also established a school blog on the popular Naver platform, which will contain similar information translated to Korean. http://blog.naver.com/hyundaiforeignschool.

Cambridge Checkpoint assessments

As our Year 6 parents will know, these students have commenced the Checkpoint assessments. Ms. Strang has been invigilating the assessments so far, and is very pleased with how our students approach what can be a very stressful period. Ms. Strang and Mr. Fairclough have provided a full, in-class revision programme. Please help to reduce stress levels during the weekend by avoiding any temptation to ‘cram’ or revise for next week’s assessments. Any attempts to do so at this late stage may well have an adverse effect on performance. Light reading, fun and relaxation, topped off with ice cream and pizza, is the recommendation for this weekend. 

Packing List for Tongyeong trip

A gentle reminder to please check the packing list this weekend to ensure all travelling students have the requisite clothing and equipment for next week’s residential trip.

HFS Music Competition 2017

The event is open to all students at HFS with an intention to provide HFS student musicians an opportunity to perform solo or as an ensemble in front of an adjudicator and the school community (family and friends), and to receive constructive comments from the judge for the further development of their music skills. The primary benefits to the contestants are the experience of performing alone or in a small group, and a critique from someone other than their regular music teacher. The benefits to the audience are the experience of taking part in the event as an audience and the second experience as a future possible contestant. Parents are welcome to attend as this is also a celebration of successful learning at the school.

Genre: Singing, instrumental play or a mix of the two and performing as a solo or with an ensemble. 

If you are a musician, please apply for the audition. The application form will be displayed at the foyer in the main building, please enter your name.  

Date: Wednesday, 10^th May 2017
Time: 2pm
Venue: Music room

Please prepare and bring a short piece of music to the audition, or your instrument other than a piano. You will be given some useful tips and comments regarding your musical talent and skills from the judge.

Good luck!

Sena You
Creative Arts teacher

Term dates for the new academic year 2017 / 2018

Please see the term dates for the new academic year below. A full calendar with additional school and public holidays will be issued as soon as possible. An updated academic calendar is available on the school website. The Term Three planner is also available on the website detailing events for the coming term.

Term One    28.08.2017 – 15.12.2017
Term Two    08.01.2018 – 30.03.2018
Term Three 16.04.2018 – 29.06.2018

Diary dates

Please contact the specific class teacher(s) or the school office with any questions regarding these dates.

Have a pleasant weekend.

Tony Blacklock

Principal
Hyundai Foreign School