Dear Parents, Students and Staff,
Welcome to this week’s newsletter. HFS students, parents and staff enjoyed a wonderful Sports Day this week. The glorious weather was matched by the performances on the field and track, with students benefiting from the enthusiastic support from the many parents in attendance. The competition was intense but always fair, with Team Otters lifting the HFS Sports Day trophy for 2017, closely followed by Teams Hedgehog and Pheasant.
I have been fortunate to attend many sports meetings, and this latest HFS Sports Day was notable for its wonderful atmosphere of competitive fairness, its fun and its excellent organisation. Thank you to Mr. Moss for all his hard work in preparing the students, and for organising the meeting logistics, and thank you also to the administrative office and Mr. Song in helping to prepare the sports field. Further thanks are also due to our PTA and parents for their unwavering enthusiasm and support, and for the end-of-meeting ice blocks! Finally, my sincere thanks to all who had any part in making this such a brilliant occasion.
Photographs of the HFS Sports Day 2017 will be uploaded to our Facebook page shortly.
Clubhouse arrangements
Although we are rapidly approaching the end of the school year, following some recent confusion regarding students using the Clubhouse restaurant facilities, here is a reminder of the current HFS practices: –
- Students eating lunch at the Clubhouse must be accompanied by an adult, and this adult should collect the students from school and sign them out.
- Only students in Years 5 to 9 can order lunch from the Clubhouse. These orders are managed by students from Mr. Munden’s class. Students in Y5 – 9 cannot order food for siblings.
Healthy eating at HFS
A gentle reminder that students should not be provided with ‘fast’ foods (McDonald’s, Subway etc) for lunch or snack.
Thank you for your help with these matters
Parent / Teacher Conferences Wednesday 28th June
The appointment letters for this term’s parent / teacher conferences will be sent home today, with the oldest sibling, if there is more than one child attending HFS. Please check the school bag for the letter, complete the reply slip and return to your child’s class teacher as soon as possible.
As these meetings are intended to be student-led, it is requested that all children accompany parents or guardians to these meetings.
Awards Assembly – Thursday 22nd June 11 a.m.
Please note the time of our final assembly of the year is 11 a.m. to enable our Early Years children to be present. All parents and family are welcome to the awarding of many prizes including final commendations, athletics ribbons, attendance prizes and leaving certificates. The assembly will take place in the gymnasium as usual.
PTA Summer Party
The PTA will provide food for their end-of-year party on Monday 26th June. All students, including F1 and F2, will have an extended lunch from 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Main School, allowing them to enjoy the delicious food, kindly donated by our PTA. All parents are welcome to join with the students for this happy event.
HFS Summer Swimming Camp
HFS is very pleased to provide a two-week Swimming Summer Camp for our students and family during the upcoming summer break as follows. Any interested students should sign up by Monday, June 26, 2017. Please apply to the school Administrative office.
- Period: July 3 – July 14, Monday & Wednesday (Twice a Week)
- Age Limit: From Y1 to Y9 HFS students and family
- Lesson Duration: 45 minutes per lesson
- Cost: KRW 80,000 per person
- Class Size: Minimum 3/ Maximum 6 per class
- Place: The Clubhouse swimming pool
- Lesson
- Beginner
- Time: 10:00-10:45 (Monday & Wednesday)
- Skills taught: Safe entry, floating, treading water, sculling and basic swimming skills
- Intermediate
- Time: 11:00-11:45 (Monday & Wednesday)
- Skills taught: Basic swimming skills, survival swimming skills, four strokes
- Instructor
- Mr. Taeho CHA
- Technical Director, Korea Life Saving Society
- Lifeguard License issued by The Royal Life Saving Society Australia
- Swimming Coaching License issued by the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA)
Please contact the school Administration office with any queries regarding this offering admin@hyundaiforeignschool.com.
Please do check and LIKE our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/hyundaiforeignschool/ for photographs, student articles and updates about all that happens at HFS. Please note that this is a link for the official HFS Facebook page. In the past, other pages have been set up, and we are currently trying to determine the owners of these pages. If you know who does own these pages please ask them to contact the school Administration office.
Diary dates
- Wednesday 21st June – Parent volunteer luncheon, school canteen 1 p.m.
- Thursday 22nd June – Awards Assembly, all parents welcome 11 a.m.
- Friday 23rd June – End of year reports sent home
- Monday 26th June – PTA Summer Party, Main School 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Tuesday 27th June Year 1 / 2 end of year trip to Small World Park
- Wednesday 28th June – Student-led Parent / Teacher conferences, school closed for students
- Thursday 29th June EYC end of year trip to Small World Park
- Thursday 29th June Year 3 – 8 end of year trip to Gyung-ju World
Please contact the specific class teacher(s) or the school office with any questions regarding these dates.
Have a peaceful weekend.
Tony Blacklock
Principal
Hyundai Foreign School