Dear Parents of Y6 students of Peak School,
Island School PTA has requested to send a reminder for the last session of the “3-part Parent Speaker Series” with Dr. Mark Gandolfi. Dr Mark has over 40 years of experience in healthcare in psychology and wellness with expertise in counseling, coaching, training, and consulting for children, teens, families, individuals, and all types of organizations.
The first session of the 3-part series, Parental Wellbeing: Strategies for Self-Regulation took place at Island School on Thursday, Feb 29. In this session, Dr. Mark Gandolfi shared strategies for emotional regulation. The second session was on Parenting tips and strategies to boost student wellbeing.
The last session in this series is on Thursday, April 25, 6 to 7 p.m. Parenting to promote effective social media engagement
If you have not attended the first two sessions, you can still attend the third session. Please fill out this FORM to indicate your attendance. We will send the ZOOM link to the registered attendees two days in advance. The session will be engaging and insightful with a 15 min Q & A at the end.
Kind Regards,
Fatema Jangbarwala
On behalf of ISPTA
Dear Parents of Y6 students of Peak School,
Island School PTA is pleased to invite you for a "3-part Speaker Series" with Dr. Mark Gandolfi. We hope these sessions will offer valuable and enriching parenting tips to support children's well-being and education.
Dr Mark has over 40 years of experience in healthcare in psychology and wellness with expertise in counselling, coaching, training and consulting for children, teens, families, individuals and all types of organisations.
The first session of the 3-part series is Parental Wellbeing: Strategies for Self-Regulations and will take place at Island School on Thursday, Feb 29. You are invited to come at 5:30pm for coffee and snacks. The session will start at 6pm. ISPTA will arrange for buses for parents from Admiralty. This will be a nice chance to mingler with other parents and also meet Dr. Mark in-person. Followed by this in-person session the other two sessions will be on ZOOM for convenience.
The dates for the ZOOM sessions are
Session 2: Thursday, March 21
Session 3: Thursday, April 25
Please fill out this FORM to indicate your attendance for our smooth planning.
Kind Regards,
Fatema Jangbarwala
On behalf of ISPTA
Dear Parents,
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your active participation in our recent webinar on "Raising Resilient Hearts: Self-Esteem versus Self-Worth." Your presence and engagement contributed to the success of the session, and we hope you found it informative and valuable.
For those who may have missed the webinar or would like to revisit the content, we are pleased to inform you that the recording of the session is now available. Apologies to those of you who struggled to enter the webinar. You can access the recording by visiting here and find the Presentation slides from yesterday at this link.
In case you missed our previous webinar, we also want to remind you that the first session in our "Raising Resilient Hearts" series focused on understanding and supporting children's anxiety." If you were unable to attend, we highly recommend watching the recording, which can be found at Here (if required the passcode is: Peak_RRH24) and the slides can be found here. This session provides valuable insights into recognising and addressing anxiety in children, equipping you with practical tools to support their emotional well-being.
If you have any questions or need further guidance on the topics covered in the webinars, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We are more than happy to provide additional resources or clarify any doubts you may have.
Please find attached the Age appropriate chores PDF discussed in the webinar. We hope it's useful.
Once again, we express our gratitude for your active involvement and the trust you have placed in us. Together, we can create a supportive community that nurtures resilient, confident, and emotionally healthy children.
Warm regards,
Ashleigh Vilk
School Counsellor
Dear Parents,
Year 4 students will be learning to play the recorder in our next unit, where the central idea is: “Commitment is vital when learning new things”. The program will start next week (30/01/24) and will run for 11 weeks.
Recorder options
Borrow a recorder from school.
Last year, in an effort to be more environmentally sustainable, we offered the chance to borrow a recorder from school. This proved to be a successful initiative and therefore we will continue to offer this option to Y4. Students may borrow a recorder until the end of the unit, when they will be returned to school. All school recorders have been washed and sterilised by the site staff.
Purchase your own recorder.
If you wish to purchase your own, they are available at HK music stores, such as Tom Lee. If you do decide to buy one, please ensure it is the following type:
Soprano/descant recorder (these are the same type of recorder, but are called by different names depending on the country)- any colour is fine.
The recorder must be Baroque not German, as the holes are positioned in a different way.
Recorder books
Students will be sent home with a numbered copy of the recorder book we will be using. This should be returned at the end of term.
Karate Recorder assessment programme
In addition to the recorder books that will be sent home, the students will be assessed using the Karate Recorder programme. A coloured elastic band or “belt” will be awarded for each level that a student achieves. The resources for this will be shared through Google Classroom.
If you have any questions or queries about the recorder programme, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Jess McGraw
(Teacher of Expressive Arts)