Welcome to this week’s newsletter. I was very pleased to join with the PTA today and discuss some future events at HFS, and also how, as a school, we can ensure effective communication with our families. We are actively exploring additional ways to maintain effective channels of communication and how these can can be further strengthened by using social media such as Facebook and Naver, and by development of the school website, in particular the use of the class pages.
HFS appreciates the work done by our current PTA, and I want to continue this mutually supportive relationship for the new academic year, so I do hope there will be some further volunteers to take over these roles at the appropriate time. It would also be very much appreciated if one, or more, of our Korean parents could join the PTA as this would help us greatly in strengthening our ties with the local community, as this is something HFS is very keen to do.
Parent / Teacher Conferences Wednesday 8th March, 0830 onwards
As mentioned in previous newsletters, the format for the Parent / Teacher conferences (PTC’s) will differ from last term. School will be closed for lessons all day allowing us to proved extended appointments for each family with the class teacher. Each appointment will be twenty minutes, and the class teacher will allocate the time of these appointments to each student in the class. Today, each child (the oldest child if there are siblings at school) will bring home a letter detailing the appointment time for each teacher, with a reply slip that must be completed and returned to the class teacher, whether the parents can attend or not. We do hope that as many parents or guardians will attend this PTC, as essentially it is an oral report of each child’s progress this term. It is also preferable if students attend these conferences to participate in the discussion.
Parent Information Session Wednesday 29th March 1430 School Canteen
As we are all very much aware, HHI is experiencing great change at the moment, which inevitably affects HFS as an academic institution and as a community. It is my view however, that such change can and should be used as a positive opportunity to drive the next phase of development at HFS. How we intend to do this will be the focus of this meeting. Whilst there will be a brief overview of our recent, successful re-accreditation CIS visit, the primary purpose of the meeting will be to describe and explain the HFS organisation and academic provision for 2017 / 18 including: –
- allocation of teachers and classes
- new curriculum provision for Primary and Secondary
- new assessment and tracking model
- opportunities and advantages of the changes at HFS
Some gentle reminders
Please note a change of date for the Year 2 trip. The class will now join Year 3 and 4 for their trip on Tuesday 21st March.
It would benefit school greatly in returning lost items to individuals if clothing and other equipment is clearly labeled with the child’s name.
HFS endeavours to encourage healthy eating amongst our students and we would be happy if parents could support this. Children should not bring candy to school unless for a special occasion, and chewing gum is strictly forbidden.
Thank you very much for your support with these matters, enjoy the weekend.
Principal
Hyundai Foreign School