QBS Newsletter - Issue 33

In order to reduce our carbon footprints we are going online with our Bus Applications for the next school year. We hope to save a few trees by saving the amount of paper being sent home in the bus application packs.

 

Points to Note:
• Bus Routes & Schedules List: please do look through this document carefully as some routes/stops have been revised/amended as well as timings changed to ensure a faster and prompt journey for riders to and from school. Some changes have been made due to traffic conditions en-route.
• Application Deadline Date: please adhere to the deadline date, which is 27th May 2011. All applications must arrive at the PTA Office with payment (either full year in advance; or Term 1- immediate payment, and post-dated cheques for Term 2 & 3).
• Incomplete Applications: Applications which are received as per our requirements will be given priority, on a first come first serve basis. All Incomplete applications will be sent home to complete the formalities.
• One Way Journey: is not offered unless seats are available.
• Priority:  will be given to all applications received with completed formalities; and to those paying full year in advance.
• All Bus Applications are approved on first come first serve basis.
• Bus Rules: All parents and students have to comply with our bus rules and safety requirements.
• Bus Escorts: All the buses have Bus Escorts who are in-charge of their respective buses and all students and parents are requested to follow any instructions given by them. The Bus Escorts are employed for the safety of all persons travelling on the school buses.

 

 

Keep watch and listen carefully to how you can win this surfboard and many more cool prizes.

 

 
This will be the final charity event of this school year. Raffle tickets will go on sale at the end of May. Tickets will be $10 each and will only be on sale at school in the playground for two weeks.

 
What ever you do, don't miss out!
ALL proceeds will go to Surfaid. Click here to find out more about Surfaid.

During the summer break we will be offering two Summer Programmes within our school that you may be interested in considering for your children. One is provided by 'Soaring Higher' and the other by ESF Educational Services. More information can be found by clicking these links above.
 
There are of course many other options in and around Hong Kong and although we cannot endorse or promote these external services it can be useful to share information with parents.
 
We recently received details from 'LEAP' that may be of interest to you, please click here for further information.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Last Friday our Drama Group, led by Mr Boon, performed an excellent rendition of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

 

 

It is no easy task to set the complex Shakespearian language in a modern day setting but the students did a superb job and the audience were engrossed.
Students in Year 5 have been doing report writing as part of their English work and they wrote some excellent reports following the performance. Here are some quotes from the students:

   “ The actors were frozen in what looked like an ordinary street – people on their phones, chatting to each other  -  anything you might see on a normal street. The hushed whispering grew into a quiet murmuring and by the time all the classes had arrived the hall was buzzing with excited chatter, but the audience fell silent as soon as the actors unfroze and the play started.”
                                                        Xiao-ke Lu, 5S

  “ Instead of an old-fashioned play, this act was made with old-fashioned speeches and with modern style to make an eye-catching, delicious dish for the audience to feast on. The actors made the ordinary school play look like an oscar-winning play instead”    
                                                    Michi Kang 5S