Archived Parent Bulletins
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Reception Literacy Stay and Play Wednesday 12th February 2020 9:00-10:00am Dear Parents and Carers, You are invited to attend our Literacy Stay and Play session in your child’s classroom on Wednesday 12th February from 9:00-10:00am. This will give you the opportunity to work alongside your child as they complete a series of […]
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Dear Parents, The local influenza activity has continued to increase in the past week and exceeded baseline thresholds, indicating that Hong Kong has entered the 2019/2020 winter influenza season. The community should heighten vigilance for protection against influenza. It is important that children with fever (oral temperature higher than 37.5C or ear temperature higher than […]
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Dear Students and Parents, Following on from the bulletin sent out last week containing the Year 9 IGCSE and BTEC Level 2 options booklet and the subject videos, I am pleased to share with you this Jot-Form through which you will choose your options. Students will choose ONE language option and THREE other subject options […]
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Welcome message from the Year 12 & 13 tutor team.
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Introduction of a new tutor for 7 Thunder
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Introduction from Karen Hartcher, new tutor to students in 7 Thunder
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We are pleased to be able to share two e-books about Covid-19 for you to read with your children.
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A huge thank you to everyone involved in our Early Years community for this first half term of 2020/21.
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Our week in the Early Years including an update on our petitions to the EdB with regards to Nursery and Reception.
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We are very excited to welcome you all back onto the EY campus and we look forward to seeing you all return! We thank you for your resilience and patience during this unusual and unsettling time and we continue to be so grateful for your support.
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Dear Parents/Guardians/Students, I am delighted to share with you the initial options booklet for A-Level and BTEC Level 3 Subjects for 2021-23. Please find the booklet containing subject overviews HERE As mentioned in the booklet, initial options choices can be made from today using the jot-form attached below. The initial options will close on Monday […]
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All Early Years (Nursery, Reception, Early Years 1, Early Years 2) and Primary Year 3 lessons will take place online until Sunday 6th December at the direction of the Education Bureau and the Centre for Health Protection.
The three Primary classes (Year 4 – 6) that were suspended earlier this month returned to School on Wednesday 25th November.
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Arrangements for EY children in the event of a T8 signal tomorrow.
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Arrangements for Primary children in the event of a T8 signal tomorrow.
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Possible Closure of School Campus on the 19th of August 2020 because of a T8.
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Please see the information about the arrangement of GCSEs/A-Levels Exam.
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As in previous years, Bayard Press is offering DBIS parents special subscription rates for their magazines.
Please click on the following link for further details and the ordering process: HERE
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Dear Parents At DBIS we are committed to promoting an ethos of reading for pleasure in our students as research overwhelmingly shows that reading for pleasure leads to a myriad of benefits (visit HERE to read a summary). Also, given students will be spending considerable time engaged in online learning, we appreciate that non-screen time opportunities will be welcome […]
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Welcome to the DBIS Library! At DBIS we have an ongoing commitment to promoting an ethos of reading for pleasure in all our students. This bulletin will share with you how your child will be able to continue to borrow books during their weekly Library sessions.
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Dear Parents and Secondary Students, “The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination”. Elizabeth Hardwick Welcome to the DBIS Library! Your gateway to all things books and reading […]
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On Wednesday the award winning author David Greenberg will be visiting DBIS and presenting his Civil Rights Assembly to Year 9 students, augmenting a unit of work students have been undertaking in Humanities. From David: CIVIL RIGHTS ASSEMBLIES: Based on my award-winning novel, A Tugging String (Dutton), it tells the story of my father who was Dr. Martin […]
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This year, our Student Council members from across the school have decided to have a Whole School Crazy Hair/ Wacky Hat Day on Friday 27th November to raise money for the Box of Hope charity.
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The Student Council members from across the school have decided to have a Whole School Crazy Hair/ Wacky Hat Day on Friday 27th November, to raise funds for Box of Hope.
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We are delighted to let you know that we are starting Buzzing for Books Online for our EY1 and EY2 children from Friday!
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Dive into the inspiring world of picture books by joining Mr. Haines & Miss Lees for Buzzing for Books every Tuesday in the Library from 3.15-3.45pm.
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PTSA is calling for volunteers to help with the second-hand uniform on 13th November from 11am to 3pm.
Please sign up if you are able to help.
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Confirmation of the cancellation of the planned additional PTSC during the school day on the 6th of November 2020.
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Cancellation of Secondary School Sports Day
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We are sad to have to cancel the Year 3 show but pleased to invite you to an open morning Thursday 2nd of April at 8:30 am.
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Dear Parents, CANCELLATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CAMPS After much consideration, we have made the difficult decision as a school to cancel all Primary Camps this academic year. Year 6 families have already been notified of the postponement of the trip to Thailand which was due to be taking place this week, but this will not […]
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Dear Parents, In Nursery we will be beginning to learn through our Discovery Unit of Celebrations, the children will be exploring different festivals and special times that are celebrated within a variety of cultures. We will be inquiring how and why people celebrate different events. In the coming weeks, we will be focusing on celebrations […]
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Dear Parents, A children’s magazine leaflet from Bayard Presse Asia will be distributed to all students in the next couple of days. If interested to order, subscription form inside the leaflet can be sent directly to Bayard Presse. Kind regards. Connie Ting Office Manager
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Sign up to help with the Chinese New Year Flower Market on Thursday 16th or Friday 17th January.
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I am very pleased to announce that The Education Bureau (EDB) has approved our Class Resumption Plan and we can begin to resume classes as of Wednesday 16th September, 2020. The COVID-19 outbreak has meant our school community has had to spend an extended period apart and we have had a unique beginning to our school year. We are all incredibly thankful that our school community can come back together and move forward collectively.
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DBIS Chinese New Year Celebration and Dress-up Day on Friday 17 January 2020.
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Dear Parents and Students Term 2 ECA confirmation is now available for checking. Please login to CHQ to view your listings. Term 2 ECAs will run from 13 January to 27 March 2020, here is the ECA Overview for your reference. Kind regards Winnie Yeung Sports & ECA Administrator
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Update on the suspension to in school lessons for secondary students on the back of the Education Bureau guidelines.
Year 7 to 10 students will have online learning for the first week of the new term. We are working on the assumption that they will return to school from Monday 11th January.
Students in Years 11 – 13 will return to school on Monday 4th January for their lessons before lunch in accordance with the Education Bureau guidance.
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Plastic Free Seas and DB Green are organising a DB Community Recycling Day on 17 May and 21 June, from 9-11am, at Hemingway’s outdoor seating.
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Plastic Free Seas and DB Green are organising a DB Community Recycling Day on 21 June, from 9-11am, at Hemingway’s outdoor seating.
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As much as we would have loved to celebrate holiday festivities in our usual way at Carols on the Pitch, this year, we are going to live stream Christmas cheer straight into your homes.
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Dear Parents
With the arrival of new families in the school and the Parent Hub now eighteen months old, we want to take the opportunity to revisit how DBIS communicates with parents and also to get your feedback.
We would like to invite you to an online forum on Communications at DBIS on 4th November at 10:00. We will be using Google Meet – the link can be found HERE.
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Dear Parents For information of our Golf Program, please click DBIS Winter Break 2019-20.
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Dear Parents For information about our Golf Program, please click DBIS Winter Term 2020 Golf Junior Golf Camp will be running during Chinese New Year Break, please see more information here: Junior Golf Camp 2020 Should you have further queries, please contact me at [email protected] Winnie Yeung Sports & ECA Administrator
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Dear Parents For information about our Golf Program, please click DBIS Winter Term 2020 Golf Should you have further queries, please contact me at [email protected] Winnie Yeung Sports & ECA Administrator
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Dear DBIS Families,
We hope you are continuing to keep safe and well during this challenging time. As we begin our third week of imposed class suspensions, I would like to offer some insights, feedback and next steps in our programme of online learning.
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We are proud to be offering the Junior Duke Award, an optional award to the Year 3-6 students of DBIS for 2020/21.
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Enjoy a Night of Good Music – DBIS Live 1 broadcast online 4-5pm 7th October 2020.
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After a spectacular program of classical, jazz and rock music in October, we are delighted to announce another live event coming in November. All students with a love of music are welcome to sign up to perform live!
The registration deadline will be on the 4th November, 2020. Please see the guidelines and expectations from the form that you can have access to through scanning the QR code on the poster. Can’t wait to hear from all of you amazing musicians!
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The creative arts department is happy to announce the return of the DBIS Live! The concert will be performed by our talented DBIS students, online. It will be streamed on the school’s Facebook page at 4pm on 18th November, 2020. Stay tuned for the exciting performance and please follow the page for more upcoming events!
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Members of our Peripatetic Faculty have been sharing their considerable gifts by performing in Primary and Secondary assemblies throughout the term and at Carols on the Pitch. The response from the children has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic with many expressing an interest in learning an instrument. We currently have teachers of clarinet, flute, saxophone, piano, strings, brass (including a trombone specialist from the HK Philharmonic), guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, voice and drums.
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The DBIS PE & Sport Team is excited to launch our ‘Online Sports ECA Virtual Classroom’ on Monday, 7th September.
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The DBIS PE & Sport Team is excited to launch our ‘Online Sports ECA Virtual Classroom’ for our Primary students on Monday, 5 October.
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Dear Parents
I am delighted to announce that the Scholarship application process for the 2020/21 school year is now open (and will close at 4pm, May 1st). For further details please see the school’s website:
https://www.dbis.edu.hk/523/admissions/scholarship-programme
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A letter to DBIS Secondary Parents and Students regarding the upcoming Swimming Galas.
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Story of our Year 8 student Julian Barker, who won the 3rd place award in Hong Kong Student Story Slam 2019, now has been published on Hong Kong Story’s podcast. Links to his story are provided in the bulletin.
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Introducing our new Student Leadership Team, 2020-2021!
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Story of our Year 8 student Manoela Sampaio, who won the 2nd place award in Hong Kong Student Story Slam 2019, now has been published on Hong Kong Story’s podcast. Links to her story are provided in the bulletin.
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Uniform Shop Special Opening hours and Secondary School uniform order form
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Uniform Shop Special Opening hours and Primary School uniform order form
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Uniform Shop Special Opening hours and Early Years uniform order form
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Dear Parents, In light of the recent school suspensions, students may feel that they have missed out on the ‘fun’ of school with peer interactions. We would like to bring some fun back by still running DBIS’ Got Talent! This year it will take the form of an online competition, with finalists’ videos being shared […]
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We are ready for the final of DBIS’ Got Talent 2020!
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Please read carefully the Department of Health’s invitation to join the School Dental Service and the Student Health Service details of which can be found HERE on the Hub. This is not a DBIS initiative but parents may wish to take advantage of this offer for students from Early Years 1 up to Year 7.
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Please read carefully the enclosed Department of Health’s invitation to join the Student Health Service. This is not a DBIS initiative but parents may wish to take advantage of the offer for Year 7 students.
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Please find here links to the materials from the Discovery Learning Parent Workshop.
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Discovery Parent Workshop for EY1 & 2 and Primary Parents on Wednesday 7th October 2020 – 5:30 – 6:30 pm – Online
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Information for all DBIS students regarding Diwali celebrations in school.
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Information regarding emergency childcare arrangements for our Early Years children.
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End of Year school reports will be activated on the Parent Portal from 5pm on Friday 15th June.
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Dear Parents and Students Kindly note the following timeline for extracurricular activities details for Term 2 through CHQ: Activity choices are available for viewing now Sign-up is open on 2 December 20:00 and close on 8 December 23:59 ECA confirmation will be made available for checking on 12 December Term 2 ECAs will run from 13 January to 27 […]
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Dear Parents Kindly note the following timeline for extracurricular activities details for Term 2 through CHQ: Activity choices are now available for viewing Sign-up is open on 2 December 20:00 and close on 8 December 23:59 ECA confirmation will be made available for checking on 12 December Term 2 ECA is split into 2 half […]
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Dear Parents and Carers,
In EY1 we follow a high frequency word programme called ‘Magic Words’. There are 100 frequently occurring words in the English language that make up, on average, half of the words found in reading and writing. The Magic Words literacy activities and games promote instant recognition of these words. Mastering half the words used in reading and writing makes the task of reading and writing ‘magically’ easier.
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Dear Parents and Carers, This is a letter to inform you about your child’s reading diary, our guided reading program, RWI and EY1 library books. Reading Diary Your child will receive their reading diary and folder. The reading diary is to be used to keep a log of the books your child reads and the […]
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Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope you had an enjoyable half term break and enjoyed time with your families and friends. The EY1 team are very much looking forward to welcoming you all back.
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Please find information regarding the expectations we have of all children in EY1 & 2 whilst participating in GoogleMeet sessions.
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Dear Parents I am delighted to let you know that your child’s report for Term 1 is now available to access in the Parent Portal. This can be found by logging into the Parent Portal via the hub and selecting the ‘Student Reports’ tab. Please see the images below to help guide you. Step 1: […]
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Initial information relating to your child’s learning from Monday should school closure be enforced.
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EY1 Guided Reading Dear Parents and Carers, Our EY1 Guided Reading program will begin next week (week beginning 12th October). Your child will have guided reading on the following days (this is also on your child’s class timetable in their diary); EY1 Guided Reading (on this day your child will come home with 1 book, […]
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Dear Parents of Year 1 students, The School Immunisation Team of the Centre of Health Protection will visit our school on 17 June 2020 to offer the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) or Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (MMRV) vaccine to eligible Year 1 students. This immunisation clinic is recommended for students who have […]
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Dear EY1 Parents, The following letter will be sent home with your child on January 5, 2021. Dear Parents of Year 1 Students, The staff of the Department of Health will come to our school on Monday, February 1, 2021 to administer a vaccination with Combined Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis and Inactivated Polio (DTaP-IPV) […]
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Dear Parents and Carers,
Next week the EY1 children will be beginning Play Projects. Play Projects is an approach to the curriculum created by Greg Bottrill, author of “Can I Go And Play Now” which allows each child to lead their own learning by creating their own play project. Each play project needs a passcode or a magic word and the children choose them depending on their learning. For further information on Play Projects please click on the link here.
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In EY1 we follow a high frequency word programme called ‘Magic 100 Words’. There are 100 frequently occurring words in the English language that make up, on average, half of the words found in reading and writing. The Magic 100 Words literacy activities and games promote instant recognition of these words. Mastering half the words used in reading and writing makes the task of reading and writing ‘magically’ easier.
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Dear Parents and Carers,
As a part of our current Discovery unit ‘Let’s Build Structures’ our EY1 children will be participating in a range of outdoor educational activities on Wednesday 19th February at the North Plaza Beach.
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Dear Parents and Carers, Our EY1 North Plaza Beach trip has been cancelled due to the school closure. Kind regards, The EY1 Team
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Parent Overview for Term 3 in EY1.
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EY1 parent teacher conferences will be held the week beginning Monday 30th November.
The purpose of these parent teacher conferences is to discuss your child’s academic progress for the term and next steps for your child’s learning.
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Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you for your continued support as we adapt to online learning.
Next week are parent teacher conferences. The purpose of these conferences is to discuss your child’s academic progress and next steps in their learning. These conferences will be 10 to 15 minutes.
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Dear Parents and Carers,
The EY1 team are very excited to finally welcome the children back to school. As per Misss Cole’s letter we will be welcoming the children to EY1 from Wednesday 16th September.
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Information relating to your child’s return to school on Monday 11th January. We can’t wait to see them!
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A very warm welcome to you all, to EY1. It has been such a pleasure getting to know your children over the last two days. The children have certainly embraced Google Meets and Home Learning.
On Monday 17th August, we will begin RWI (Read, Write, Inc). Read Write Inc (RWI) is a phonics complete literacy programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling (https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/).
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Dear Parents and carers,
Thank you for your continued support with our EY1 home learning. We thoroughly enjoy seeing, hearing and reading your child’s work and the progress they are making via Seesaw.
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Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you all for a fantastic start to EY1. It has been lovely getting to know the EY1 children and finding out about their summer news and items that are special to them.
From Monday 17th August, in addition to our class Google Meets and RWI online lessons, the children will also have the opportunity to attend online Music, Mandarin & P.E specialist lessons. These specialist lessons will be held online via a Google Meet.
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Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you all for another great week in EY1! Below you will find an overview of your child’s class timetable for week 3. This timetable includes times of their Google Meets for class Community Time, RWI and specialists. Please take the time to look at these times and groups, as there […]
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Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you all for another great week in EY1. It has been such a pleasure to hear the children share what they enjoy doing with their families and what they’d like to achieve in EY1. In preparation for next week we’d like to remind you of the following; Packs will continue […]
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Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you all for another great week in EY1. It has been such a pleasure seeing the children’s creative skills in pieces of art work they’ve re-created at home. In preparation for next week we’d like to remind you of the following; Packs will continue to be available for collection between […]
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What a terrific first few days we’ve had in EY1. Thank you all for your continued support as we settle the children back into school life.
Starting Monday (21st September) the EY1 children will begin their face to face specialists lessons. Your child will need to wear their PE uniform on the following days;
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Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back and we wish you all a very happy new year and a very warm welcome to the new families who have joined our DBIS community. Along with this bulletin you can also find a link to the Term 2 Parent Overview. This overview provides a summary of what your child will be learning this term.
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Welcome to Term 2. Please find lots of useful information to support your child’s start to the new term.
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Dear Parents and Carers,
We’d like to invite the EY1 children to the Performance of ‘The Snail and the Whale’. The performance is on Friday 7th February at 12pm at the Hong Academy for Performing Arts. The children are to arrive at school at normal time and buses will depart school at 10am. The viewing of this performance is a great opportunity for the students to see a narrative on stage.
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Dear Parents and Carers, Due to the school closure and the closure of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts our EY1 Theatre trip has been cancelled. You will receive a refund when the school re opens. Kind regards, The EY1 Team
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A very warm welcome to you all to the Early Year 1 (EY1) year group. We do hope you had an enjoyable summer break and we are looking forward to meeting you all. To our new familiar, welcome to DBIS.
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Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you all for a fantastic start to EY1. It has been lovely getting to know the EY1 children and finding out about their summer news and items that are special to them.
From Monday 17th August, in addition to our class Google Meets and RWI online lessons, the children will also have the opportunity to attend online Music, Mandarin & P.E specialist lessons. These specialist lessons will be held online via a Google Meet.
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Dear Parents, Welcome back and Happy New Year! We hope you all had a lovely, relaxing break. We would also like to take this opportunity to say a special welcome to our new students joining EY2 this term. This letter has some information about this term and some important dates for your diaries. Homework Homework […]
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Dear EY2 Families, To further enhance our current EY2 online learning provision, we are going to trial the addition of some optional introductory sessions for Maths and Writing lessons for the remainder of the school closure. These 10 minute lesson introductions will provide an opportunity for your child to be shown their activity challenge on […]
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Dear Parents, What a wonderful first term we’ve had in EY2! As we are nearing the end of Term 1, here are a few important dates for your diaries: Friday 27th November – EY2 Reports available Friday 27th November – Crazy Hair/Wacky Hat Day A reminder that on this day the children are invited […]
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Parent information regarding Manga High Maths homework.
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Dear EY2 Families, Please find the links below that outline the EY2 online learning provision and groupings for your child that will begin from Tuesday 24th November. Links to online timetables and groupings: EY2ES EY2JB EY2LC EY2CS Online Learning Opportunities: Following parent feedback during our last school closure, the online learning timetables very closely reflect […]
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Dear EY2 Families, Apologies for the confusion over the P.E dates. These dates have now been confirmed and are the same as on Susanne Chamber’s notice today. Please see below for the confirmed P.E times for each class. Class Weekly P.E lesson: Addition P.E lesson Addition P.E lesson EY2ES Wednesday 2:15-2:50 Monday 1 June […]
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Dear Parents and Carers, At DBIS we are extremely committed to supporting the social, emotional, psychological and physical development of all of our students. Coupled with this, our drive is to always provide the most robust and rigorous safeguarding and child protection procedures possible. Our EY 2 children started the PANTs program in Reception and […]
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Dear EY2 Families, We will have our EY2 Parent Teacher Conferences during the week beginning 30th November. Please click on this link to sign up for a Parent Teacher Conference with your child’s class teacher. 15 minutes has been allocated for each child to allow a transition time between each of the conferences. When it […]
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Dear EY2 Families, Thank you once again for all your support with the start of our EY2 online learning programme over the past couple of weeks. It really has been so lovely to see the children so engaged in our Google Meet sessions and with their Seesaw activities. We also thank our EY2 parents for […]
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Dear EY2 Parents & Carers, Thank you for your continued support with your child’s online learning. We thoroughly enjoy seeing all the children’s work and progress on Seesaw. Over the next couple of weeks we will be including some assessment tasks for the children to complete. As we did in Term 2, we will ask […]
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Dear Parents, Thank you for your continued support with our EY2 home learning. We have been really impressed with everyone’s great efforts during these unusual circumstances. Next week, we will be setting some independent Maths and Reading home learning activities (we’d like your child to attempt the activities by themselves). The purpose of these independent […]
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Dear EY2 Families, You may have heard from the children that we have been learning about time travel and periods of time in the past. We have planned an exciting Time Travel Day for all the children in EY2. They will travel to four different time periods and explore artefacts, they will learn to discover […]
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Information relating to your child’s Wednesday morning face to face learning time in school. We can’t wait to see them!
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Dear EY2 Families, We are so delighted to finally welcome you all properly to EY2 after a very unusual start to the academic year. We would also like to thank all our parents and carers who have supported the children with their learning since the start of the year. The children have engaged so positively […]
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Dear EY2 Families, Welcome to term 2! We hope you all had a relaxing break and wish you all a happy new year. As confirmed by the EDB, our term will begin with online learning from Monday 4th January. We are all really disappointed that we will not be able to welcome the children back […]
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Dear Parents, Firstly, I’d like to thank you so much for your support during this unusual time. It is wonderful to see so many children engaging so enthusiastically in their online learning. Unfortunately, due to the school closure, our Wetlands Trips next Monday 10th and Wednesday 12th February will be cancelled. The money will be […]
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Dear Parents and Carers,
The EY2 team is looking forward to welcoming you and your child to EY2 in August. We are excited to hear of your Hong Kong adventures and who you have spent your Summer holidays with.
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Sign up to join the first ever Family STEAM event at DBIS.
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Dear Primary Parents, As we come to the end of the 6th week of the school closure, I wanted to write to you all to check in on your family wellbeing. I know our Primary students are naturally curious and inquisitive learners, so I am sure they have all got many questions about the Coronavirus […]
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Farewell to our Early Years Librarian, Lori Tighe.
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Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Communications Forum on the 4th. A link to the slides can be found on the Hub HERE.
We have also followed up and actioned a number of items that parents brought up during the meeting. Please find a link to the feedback document HERE.
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Final message to Year 11 Parents
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The PTSA are looking for co-ordinators and volunteers to run the all important Country Food Stalls at the DBIS International Food Fair 2020 on Saturday 28th of March 2020.
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On Saturday 28th March, the DBIS Food Fair focus will be “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. We will be introducing new systems throughout the Fair, and entertainment for the whole family.
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Please help us make the friendship choices for your child’s class next year.
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Dear Parents of Secondary DBIS students, I am writing to update you on a couple of additional changes that we are making to support secondary students learning in school. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank parents who have reached out with their appreciation of the changes that we have made to […]
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‘Get Redressed’ fundraising: a non-uniform day for all students on Thursday 5th November.
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Google have a facility to allow parents to receive an email summary of their child’s activities in their Google Classrooms. This will allow parents in Year 3 upwards to see what work is set in the Classrooms and their child’s posts.
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Information about a new feature available to parents on Google Classroom.
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Hammerhead newsletter 2020 No.1
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Hammerhead newsletter 2020 No.2
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Hammerhead newsletter 2020 No.3
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A letter to the parents of Primary & Early Years students regarding the importance of bringing a hat and water bottle to school everyday and the procedure for students not taking part in PE lessons.
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Please do join Angela Moriarty, our Head of Learning Technology, on Monday 17th August at 3.30pm if you would like support with Google Classroom.
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Year 5 Hong Kong History Museum Trip 2020 on Wednesday 12th February 2020.
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IGCSE Options – Final Booklet, Jotform and Options Evening Q&A details
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Dear Parents/Guardians/Students, I am delighted to share with you the initial options booklet for IGCSE and BTEC Level 2 subjects for 2021-23. Please find the booklet containing subject overviews and all other options information HERE As mentioned in the booklet, initial options choices can be made from Monday 5th October; a Jot-form will be sent […]
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The following letter will be sent home with your child on Friday, 17 January, along with the information and consent/refusal forms for the upcoming Immunisation Clinic on 27 February.
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The following letter will be sent home with Year 5 girls on Friday, 17 January, along with the information and consent/refusal forms for the upcoming Immunisation Clinic on 27 February. Please note this is not applicable to Year 5 boys.
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Dear Parents of Early Years 1 students, The following letter will be sent home with your child on Friday, 17 January, along with the information and consent/refusal forms for the upcoming Immunisation Clinic on 27 February. SPRING Y1 MMR&MMRV Initial Letter
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A copy of the email sent directly to parents regarding arrangements for Term 2.
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Important information regarding Live Learning Session, Pastoral Support, and Student Engagement
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In 2018, the Centre for Health Protection launched the Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (VSS) for children aged 6 months to 12 years and attending primary school in Hong Kong. The VSS will be launched for the 2019/2020 influenza season in October 2019. The recommended composition of the 2019-20 quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine contains the following: - [...]
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Information In The Event Of A School or Class Closure
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Dear parents,
I hope you have all enjoyed a restful summer and are ready for an exciting year ahead. Did you know Brian May (Queen) is delivering Instagram lessons? Bassist Steve Whipple (Lady Gaga) is also one of many now embracing online instrumental lessons. I am delighted to see so many students have kept going with learning their instrument during these unpredictable times and am delighted to announce that instrumental lessons will continue online.
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I am pleased to announce that there will be 11 lessons in term 2 which commences on Monday 4 January, with the final lesson for term 2 being on Friday 26 March 2021.
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Background information around the rationale for introducing student set academic targets for secondary DBIS students and also the process that underpins this.
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Online information event for Year 12 parents
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If you were unable to attend this online event, you can find the relevant information from the session here.
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Brief introduction to the 2020-21 secondary senior and middle leadership team.
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The final chance to sign-up to the Junior Duke Award.
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If you have not already filled in this form, please do so this weekend.
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Message to parents from Year 11 YGL.
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Dear Parents “There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Welcome to the DBIS Library! Our gateway to all things books and reading is the library’s website. Please take a few minutes to visit the site and familiarise yourself with it and […]
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Borrowing for Nursery and Reception children.
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Families are warmly invited to borrow library books for the school closure and holiday period.
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Link for the Nursery Welcome Presentation for Parents
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Mandarin HSK Level 2 or Level3 vocabulary practice assigned to Year7/8/9 students during school closure.
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Important information for Year 11 parents/guardians regarding school re-opening.
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Click in for more information on the Junior Golf Camps (age 6-16) available this Mid-Term Break.
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Year 1 and 2s – it is now your opportunity to sign-up to the Mini Duke!
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We have been informed by the MTR Corporation that they have launched an online application platform for the MTR Student Travel Scheme. Details on the new system and how to apply can be found…
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Dear new DBIS families
Thank again to everyone who attended our New Families Virtual Coffee Morning at the end of November. We hope that we were able to answer your questions. Please feel free to contact any of the Senior Leadership Team if you have anything else to ask.
As mentioned in the meeting, we would be grateful if you were able to give us some feedback about your onboarding experience and your family’s early days at DBIS.
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Dear New DBIS Families
We are aware that it is especially hard joining a new school in the current circumstances and we wanted to reach out to give new parents the opportunity for a catch up with senior staff and enable you to ask questions and give feedback.
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Dear New DBIS Families
Welcome to DBIS. We are aware that it is especially hard joining a new school in the current circumstances and we wanted to reach out to give new parents the opportunity for an online catch up to enable you to ask questions and give feedback.
We are hosting a New DBIS Parent Online Coffee Morning on Wednesday 20th January at 9:30am. Our primary focus will be on ensuring that you are up to speed with our communication channels and to answer any technical questions.
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Information regarding who to inform in the event of student absence.
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Information regarding Term 2’s Discovery and online learning in Nursery.
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Dear Parents, We would like to invite you to sign up for a Parent-Teacher Conference on Tuesday 1st or Wednesday 2nd December 1:30 pm-4:45 to discuss your child’s development and learning. You can sign up at the following link: https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code?code=fybrt Kind regards, The Nursery & Reception Team
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Information on the Nursery and Reception Halloween dress up day for parents.
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Dear Parents “There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Welcome to the DBIS Library! Our gateway to all things books and reading is the library’s website. Please take a few minutes to visit the site and familiarise yourself with it and […]
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Dear Parents and Carers We are adjusting the provision of Mandarin from this week coming for our Nursery and Reception students. From now, your child will be having a least one, face to face mandarin lesson each week in class. Nursery students will have 1 face to face lesson as well as 1 recorded […]
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Information regarding snack for after half term.
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Dear Nursery Families, We would like to say a huge thank you to all your support with our Google Meets and Seesaw activities so far. As we start to get into the festive spirit, from Monday 30th November, you will find the Nursery Christmas Songbook on your child’s virtual classroom. We would love for your […]
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Dear Parents,
As a part of our ‘Sharing the Planet’ enquiry unit, the children will be exploring where they live in the world. To support our learning about our community, the Nursery classes will be going on a bus journey with their class friends around Discovery Bay. On the journey, the children will have the opportunity to show their friends where they live and special places around Discovery Bay. The bus journey will be around thirty minutes and we aim to pass by as many of the children’s homes as possible.
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Dear Parents
You are invited to join us for a Funky Fingers Stay and Play session in your child’s classroom during the week commencing 17th February 2020. This will give you the opportunity to experience how we support the children’s development of gross and fine motor skills to gain strength and confidence in using their body.
During the session you will enjoy a visit to the library with your child and for a storytelling experience with Mrs Tighe.
The session will begin at 9:00am and finish at 10:00am and the day will vary from class to class. Kindly, make special note of the specific day relevant to your child’s Nursery Class.
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Dear Nursery Families, As of next week, The Nursery online PE sessions will take place as a year group on Tuesdays at 2.20pm. The link to join the Google Meet will be shared as normal on your child’s virtual classroom via Seesaw. Mr Leo looks forward to seeing all the children for their online lesson […]
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Dear Nursery Families, Please check your class communication board as we have added a parental involvement letter. You can sign up to read a story at the end of the day or come in and share your occupation or cultural celebration with your child’s class. It is also a very exciting time in class as […]
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Questions and Answers which have arisen from the Nursery presentation as well as a link to the recording if you missed the presentation.
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Dear Parents, Thank you for your continued support with our Nursery home learning. We thoroughly enjoy seeing and hearing your child’s work and the progress they are making via Seesaw. As the Parent-Teacher Conferences will not go ahead this term, we would like to encourage you to continue to use the Seesaw communication tool when […]
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Dear Nursery Families, We are so proud of how all the Nursery children have taken to eating their own snack in school. Please can we ask any grapes are cut in half lengthwise as they are a choking hazard. Farm & Starlight eat their own snack at 10 am. Seaside and Rainforest eat their own […]
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A very warm welcome to all our students and families joining DBIS Nursery. It is going to be an exciting year, filled with interesting and fun learning activities that will encourage your child to blossom, grow and make friends with children from around the world. Please ensure that you regularly visit the Parent Hub as important information will be posted here.
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Dear Nursery Families, Thank you so much for all of your engagement on Seesaw this week! We have loved seeing videos and photos of all our Nursery friends engaging in their home learning. We feel like we are already getting to know them. It was nice to meet so many of you in our parent […]
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Dear Nursery Families, We hope you have had a restful Easter break. As we enter Term 3 we will begin our Discovery Unit of Storytelling. This week starts off with our DBIS Book Week. During the school closure, we are continuing our live Community Times, Monday to Thursday through Google Meet. Live Community Time are […]
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Nursery to Reception Transition Afternoon Dear Parents and Carers, In preparation for next year and to support your child in the transition from Nursery to Reception, we’d like to invite your child to a transition afternoon at the DBIS Early Years Campus. The transition afternoons will take place during Thursday 18th & […]
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Dear Nursery parents, We hope your children have enjoyed their first week in Nursery. The Nursery team have been very impressed with the way the children have adapted and settled into their new routines and new friendships appear to be forming. Please be reminded that next week the school day for our Nursery children will […]
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Dear Parents, In light of the school closure, Nursery will reschedule our Community Bus Trip and the initial start date for our Soft Start process. We want to thank Parents and Carers for their support during this time. It is great to see the home learning and engagement through Seesaw; please do keep sending in […]
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This bulletin contains full details of the home learning which will be available for our Early Years and Primary students from Monday 3rd February. Please can you read through this so that you are aware of how our students will be supported during the closure period.
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Dear Early Years Families We hope this finds you well and would like to thank each and every one of you for your continued support during these unprecedented times. We also thank you for your recent feedback in ensuring we are providing high-quality learning opportunities and would like to make you aware of some modifications to our […]
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Information for parents about online learning in the primary school from Monday 2nd March.
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Explanation of the online learning provision for supporting Secondary students at DBIS from the 2nd of March.
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Dear Parents,
We trust that your child has had a positive start to their online learning journey and that they have been able to access their learning with assurance this week.
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Online peripatetic instrumental lessons – Term 3
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Dear Parents, We are entering that exciting point in the academic year once again, where students in Years 9 and 11 start to contemplate the next steps in their learning journey; the options process. The options process plays an integral part in our mission to inspire and empower our learners to succeed in fulfilling their […]
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Dear Parents What a week it has been with our young learners completing their first full week of learning. Our Early Years has been buzzing with children completing exciting home learning opportunities and demonstrating their learning through Seesaw. I have really loved looking through the children’s posts on Seesaw and am so impressed with their […]
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Dear Parents It has come to the end of yet another busy week in the Early Years! Highlights of the Week It has been wonderful to see our Nursery children participate for the first time in their live Google Meet sessions and begin to form relationships with their new friends. It really has been fantastic […]
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Weekly update from the Early Years as well as some feedback from our parent focus group.
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If you would prefer your child to return home unaccompanied, please complete the linked form prior to your child starting back at school.
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Dear Parents
Throughout EY1 and 2, we have been focusing on positive interactions and positive play. In addition, we have been supporting the children with the development of positive conflict resolution strategies.
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The Family Health Service of the Department of Health Hong Kong provides vision screening for Pre-School children at 4 years of age or above by a registered optometrist/orthoptist. Please see the attached brochure for further information.
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Thank you for all your support in these challenging times. It has been fantastic to see so many of our Early Years and Primary children accessing their online learning. Please remember if you need any assistance with this please free to contact your child’s class teacher via Seesaw, or for technical help, contact our IT help desk, [email protected]
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Primary English Parent Workshop – Thursday 17th September 2020
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Please find here a link to the videoed Primary English Worksop for parents.
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Please find links to the Primary Maths Parent Workshop materials in this bulletin.
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We would be delighted if you could come and join us on Thursday 24th September at 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm to learn all about our approach to the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Years 3 to 6.
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Information regarding online home learning from Wednesday 2nd December 2020.
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Please find here the sign-up for a one to one meeting with your child’s class teacher. This letter also contains detailed information about the online home learning provision for our Primary students.
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Please find attached the links to the Primary official publications for 2020-21.
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Please find attached, information regarding Primary Term 1 Reports.
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This week’s stormy weather has not dampened the spirits of all in the Primary School this week…
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Please find a video for Primary families with information regarding the start of school.
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Jason Broderick DBIS School Wellbeing Coach will be presenting an online information session on September 11th, 8:30am – 9:30am on the following areas.
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Please arrange to collect your Y3 to Y6 child from school on Wednesday 24th June at 12.30pm.
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What a year we are having… The good news is that our kids will be heading back into school soon, which is wonderful to hear on so many levels #nomorehomeschoolingturnsoutIamnotateacher!
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It has been wonderful to see the fantastic and in depth engagement of our children throughout Reception and we thank you for your support.
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3rd April 2020 Dear Parents, Many thanks for your continued support with your child’s home learning over the last half term. The launch of our Google Meets have proven to be very popular and the teachers have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the children interact within this new platform. In order to make the Google […]
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We would like to invite you to sign up for a Parent Teacher Conference (PTC) with your class teacher.
These will be held on the Monday 28th, Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th September from 2pm onwards. If you cannot find a suitable slot, please get in touch with your class teacher.
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As of next week, The Reception online PE sessions will take place as a year group on Tuesdays at 2pm and a Friday at 2pm. The link to join the Google Meet will be shared as normal on your child’s virtual classroom via Seesaw. Mandarin will now be taught live in class.
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Dear Reception Parents/Carers,
What a wonderful start to term we are having! The children are into the full swing of school life and it is wonderful to see their relationships grow and confidence blossom.
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Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you for your continued support with our Reception home learning over recent weeks. We love seeing, hearing and reading about what the children have been doing and the progress they are making via Seesaw. Through our daily challenges next week, we will be setting a selection of short Literacy and […]
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A very warm welcome to all of you joining Reception! We do hope you had an enjoyable summer break and we are looking forward to meeting you all. To our new families, welcome to DBIS!
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Dear Parents, Please follow the link below to view key Reception dates for Term 2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MMdqPjV2O8ah84OkjUz0yUHv19nNpImcVbUNXmkTzlU/edit?usp=sharing Many thanks, The Reception Team
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Welcome back to Reception. Please find important information regarding your child’s learning for term 2 as well as online learning arrangements.
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Dear Parents, Reception students are invited to attend a trip to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts theatre to watch a performance of Tabby McTat, by Julia Donaldson. The performance is on Thursday 16th January 2020 at 12pm. The children are to arrive at school at the normal time and buses will depart […]
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In preparation for next year and to support your child in the transition from Reception to Early Year 1 (EY1), we’d like to invite your child to a transition afternoon at the DBIS main campus.
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Information regarding updates to the Reception home learning programme from next week (Monday 11th January).
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Dear Reception Parents,
We would like to invite you to attend our virtual Reception Welcome Session on Tuesday 6th October 2020 at 3pm.
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Dear Parents, We believe that promoting the health and well-being of our pupils is an important part of their overall education. One approach at DBIS we use is through our Learning for Life Programme (LFL). This looks at many topics including all kinds of relationships, physical/emotional health and living in the wider world. […]
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Dear Parents, If you intend to apply for the Student Grant 2020/21 but have not submitted the application yet, please do so, at the latest, on Monday, 3rd November. Thank you. DBIS School Office
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Information evening to explain the changes to DBIS student reports. This is mostly focused on the changes to reports for out Year 7, 8 and 9 students but parents of students in all Year groups are very welcome to attend.
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Dear Parents, Resumption of Primary Classes I am delighted to let you know that the Education Bureau (EDB) has confirmed that DBIS is allowed to reopen for face to face teaching for all our children from Nursery – Year 13. DBIS will of course need to comply with regulations and guidelines from the EDB and […]