ANFIELD SCHOOL 安菲爾學校. Welcome to the Anfield School e-newsletter. Dear Parents,

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1 ANFIELD SCHOOL 安菲爾學校 The British Curriculum School in Hong Kong Welcome to the Anfield School e-newsletter Dear Parents, It is a pleasure to welcome you to the start of another exciting year at Anfield! Your children will be rested after their summer break and ready to be challenged in their studies. I hope that returning students will have taken note of the targets set for them in June, which will help them make maximum progress. Once again, I am reassured that the strong and effective working partnership between home and school will continue to the benefit of all students. Our focus on providing a healthy school environment ensures that you can be secure in the knowledge that the children are returning to a safe and healthy place of learning. For those of you who bring your child to school by private car or taxi, please remember that there is no parking or dropping off on the roads outside or near to the school. To avoid traffic congestion and the resulting dangers to the children, please park in the public spaces at World-Wide Gardens or else park well away from the immediate area. Your help in this matter is much appreciated.

2 Please remember that if you have any queries, however large or small, my door is always open. Vicky Davies Principal BACK TO SCHOOL Autumn term starts on Monday 27 th August Please note that for the week beginning Monday 27 th August until Friday 31 st August the children will finish school at 3.30pm. The compulsory extra-curricular activities every Monday and Wednesday will begin on 3 rd September when all the children have settled in. The Anfield School Official Facebook Page & Instagram We are delighted to share, and invite you to visit, our Anfield School official Facebook page at: The Anfield School Facebook page is filled with photos, videos and updates from Anfield. We will bring you, and your family, the latest events from within our Anfield community. Please show your support for our school by sharing our posts, spreading the word and reaching out to community members who are not yet connected with us. Also, check us out on Instagram!

3 UPCOMING EVENTS AND IMPORTANT DATES August 27 th Start of Autumn Term , Students Return September 3 rd September 7 th Bethune House Collection September 5 th International Day of Charity September 5 th Residential Camp Talk 3.30pm (for Year 4 6 parents) September 11 th Cheese and Wine Curriculum Evening ( pm) September 14 th Immunisation for Year 1 & Year 6 September 15 th Hong Kong International Schools Festival September 21 st International Day of Peace September 22 nd Briefing Sessions for General Public ( pm) September 25 th Public Holiday The Day Following Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival September 26 th September 28 th Residential Camp for Year 4 students October 1 st Public Holiday The National Day October 4 th School Picnic October 6 th Open Day for General Public (10.00am 12.00nn) October 10 th Growth Mindset Briefing for parents ( am) October 10 th Open Morning (Anfield School parents only) ( am) October 10 th World Mental Health Day October 10 th Mandarin Workshop pm (for parents) October 11 th Harvest Festival (2.30pm) October 11 th The Community Chest Dress Casual Day October 15 th October 19 th Mid-Term Break October 16 th World Food Day October 17 th Public Holiday Chung Yeung Festival October 22 nd Staff Development Day (No Classes) October 23 rd Students Return October 26 th Maths workshop (for parents) November 2 nd Sports Day November 6 th 10 th Diwali November 16 th Setting in reports to parents November 20 th Universal Children s Day November 22 rd Go For A Ride Day November 23 rd Parents Consultation Day (No Classes) November 26 th November 30 th Residential Camp for Year 6 students

4 SUMMER UNIFORM COMMUNITY TRAFFIC POLICE The Community Traffic Officer has informed us that the roads around Worldwide Gardens will be closely monitored by their department on a daily basis. Traffic Wardens will be issuing tickets to parents who park their vehicles in the area. Thank you for your attention to this matter. PARKING Please note that there is NO parking in school or on the roadside outside of school. To avoid traffic congestion and the resulting dangers to the children, please avoid parking close to the school. We have been informed by the Management Office of World-Wide Gardens, that the local police will be monitoring traffic near the school daily from 7.15 to 8.15am and also from 3.15 to 4.45pm to ensure that cars are not being parked illegally. Please follow our advice and do not park near the school as you run the risk of receiving a parking ticket! SCHOOL BUS If you have any enquires about school bus, you may contact Mr. Yim of the school bus on or Ms. May on Please ensure that the adult who is meeting your child is clear about the pick-up/drop-off point and time. The student pick-up card must be shown when collecting the child.

5 Please remember that on a normal school day, if you decided to collect your child from school instead of letting them catch the school bus home, then the Administrative Office must be informed by phone or at least 2 hours before the end of the school day, so that the relevant arrangements can be communicated to school staff and the bus company. STUDENT PICK-UP CARDS Please be reminded of the pick-up card arrangements. General procedure for collecting students from school Anyone collecting your child from school should present his/her Anfield School Pick-up Card to the teacher at the time of dismissal. If you cannot collect your child in person, the card should be passed to one of the persons named on our Release Authorisation Form. The teacher will release your child to that person but only upon presentation of the pick-up card (student card). In the case that you are unable to forward the card to anyone, you must call the school office on as soon as possible, to inform the school as to who will be collecting your child and by providing his/her FULL NAME and HONG KONG ID NUMBER (even if his/her name is already named on the Release Authorisation Form). If we do not hear from you, we will not release your child until we have contacted you and/or an authorised person comes to pick the child up. The school will call you for reconfirmation if we have any doubt regarding non-parental pick up. STUDENT TEMPERATURE RECORD SHEET Please take your child's temperature every day before they come to school. Parents/Guardians should record the child's temperature on the record sheet which can be downloaded from the school website and sign it daily. Children will have their temperature checked again as they arrive school. *If the temperature is over 99 o F or 37.2 o C, your child should not come to school and you should consult a doctor promptly. Please contact the school to let us know that your child will be absent. THE FRIENDS OF ANFIELD On joining Anfield, parents automatically become members of the Friends of Anfield Group. The Friends of Anfield will be contacting parents shortly to pass on information of interest/notifications of events.

6 ADDRESS The majority of correspondence from Anfield School is by . Please ensure that we have your primary contact address. Contact from the Friends of Anfield will be via the Administrative Office. Your address will not be distributed beyond Anfield School. NEWSLETTERS Newsletters will be sent to you by each Friday, keeping you up to date with what your child has been learning and also passing on general information and dates for your diary. However, if there are fewer than 4 school days in the week, no newsletter will be sent. Please spare some time each week to read this important and informative communication. JEWELLERY The wearing of jewellery at school creates a Health and Safety risk to all. Small stud earrings are permitted but no other jewellery should be worn. Earrings must be removed for P.E. lessons/ecas. NUT FREE SCHOOL Anfield School is a NUT FREE school as we have a number of students and staff with severe nut allergies across the year-levels. When someone is allergic to tree nuts or peanuts, the immune system overreacts to proteins in these foods. Every time the person eats (or, in some cases, handles or breathes in) a peanut or tree nut, the body thinks the proteins are harmful invaders. The immune system responds by kicking into high gear to fend off the invader. This causes an allergic reaction, in which chemicals like histamine are released in the body. This would cause the affected student to have a severe and possibly life threatening allergic reaction, in need of medication and possible hospital care. Children eat in a communal lunch room and so expose all children and staff to nut products if these are brought in. This includes chocolates such as Ferrero Roche and peanut butter products. Therefore we ask that you please be thoughtful and sensitive to this issue when making your child s snack/lunch and not allow them bring any nuts or nut-products to school.

7 SCHOOL CLOSURE & PROCEDURES FOR TYPHOON & RAINSTORM WARNINGS Parents should listen to radio or television announcements from the government when typhoons affect Hong Kong or in the event of rainstorms. Useful website: Education Bureau HK Observatory When in doubt, parents should consult the school website for clarification on arrangements in inclement weather. Please do not call the school in extreme weather unless it is absolutely necessary. The following general arrangements will apply and appropriate public announcements will be made: Typhoon Situation Before School Starts Whilst In Session School and school bus services Hoisting of No.1 or will operate as normal unless No. 3 Signal otherwise stated by the EDB. Pre-8 Signal¹ is announced by the EDB or, Hoisting of No. 8 Signal Lowering to No. 3 or No. 1 Signal School will close. School and school bus services will operate as normal unless otherwise stated by the EDB. School and school bus services will operate as normal. School will close. Students will NOT be sent home on c buses. Parents should collect their child from school as soon as possible once the pre-8 signal has been announced. If a child is not collected, the school will hold the child until the No. 8 signal is lowered. School and school bus services will operate as normal unless otherwise stated by the EDB. If a signal is raised while pupils are traveling to school, the school is responsible for receiving the pupils and holding them until arrangements can be made for them to return home at an appropriate time. ¹The pre-8 signal indicates that the Observatory expects to raise the No. 8 signal within two hours, giving school and families the opportunity to be prepared. Rainstorm Situation Before School Starts Whilst In Session Unless the EDB has made special Raising of Amber Rainstorm announcement on closure of Warning schools, school will operate as usual. normal. Raising of Red/Black Rainstorm Warning School will close. If the warning is raised at the time your child sets off for school,,he/she should stay at home. School will accept those pupils who arrive, and retain them until it is safe to allow them to School will close as normal at the end of the school day. School bus services will operate as School continues until the end of normal hours and pupils are retained until conditions are safe for them to return home. Students will NOT be sent home on school buses if the Red/Black Rainstorm Warning is still in force

8 Lowering to Amber Rainstorm Warning or the lowering of all warnings proceed home. School will operate as normal unless otherwise stated by the EDB. within two hours from the school finish time. In these circumstances pupils may only be released to a parent or designated responsible person if requested by a parent to do so. School will not request parents to come and collect their children in dangerous conditions. School will close as normal at the end of the school day. School bus services will operate as normal. When relevant observatory signals are lowered the emergency notices will be removed from websites, indicating a business as usual situation. SCHOOL HOURS Please see the information below as a reminder of the school hours during our Autumn Term 2018: School hours for the week 27 th August 31 st August: Day School hours Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

9 STAFF CONTACT ADDRESSES Please see below for staff contact details: CLASS TEACHER ADDRESS 1C Miss Camilla Fraser 1J Miss Jasmine Caines 2A Miss Anne Alford 2O Mr. Owen Kennedy 3J Miss Joanne Brown 3R Miss Rebecca Vicars 4L Miss Lisa Bower 4R Miss Rosie Doyle 5B Mr. Ben Hazelton 5R Miss Rachel Li 6A Miss Analiese Darninsuang Mandarin Miss Fatima Yam Mandarin Miss Irina Ma Mandarin Miss Ivy Guan Mandarin Mr. Sam Pan SEN Co Miss Maggie Duffield St. Bosco Centre Miss Amy Reid St. Bosco Centre Miss Samantha Wilson Spanish Miss Marta Prieto P.E. Mr. David Wallace Music Miss Sharon Wallis School Office Principal Vicky Vice Principal Miss Elise Rees Friends of Anfield Educating hearts and minds