As the academic year comes to a close, it’s a stressful time filled with assessments, mock exams, project deadlines, and report cards.

We are SHINE, a mental health club, and we will be hosting Origami Workshops over the next two weeks. Participants will be folding origami with motivational notes inside, which will be scattered around the school. We are recruiting student volunteers from Year 7 to Year 11 to take part in at least two of the following sessions:

• Tuesday, May 6th (lunch)

• Monday, May 12th (lunch) 

• Tuesday, May 13th (lunch)

• Thursday, May 8th (after school)

• Thursday, May 15th (after school)

Showing up for all the sessions you signed up for will be rewarded with a service minor. If you are in Y10-12, you can write for a specific person and hand-deliver the origami!

To sign up, please fill in this form before your chosen workshop date: https://forms.gle/H4uXhMvHgYhpRBYU8 

If you have any questions, please email chauc19@rchk.edu.hk,  lams62@rchk.edu.hk or yuy17@rchk.edu.hk 

The Junior Individuals Public Speaking Championships has been hosted for many years to foster the growth of new generations of public speakers in Hong Kong. This year, we are excited to announce that the annual Junior Individual Public Speaking Championships is scheduled to be an in-person tournament on May 17, 2025 (Saturday), held at Harrow International School Hong Kong. Please email sankers1@rchk.edu.hk to express your interest to participate in this upcoming competition by May 6th, 3 pm. Spots will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

As in past years, there are three compulsory categories, namely Persuasive Speaking, Interpretive Reading and Impromptu Speaking. Please refer to the attached slides for the exact time limits and rules of each category. 

In order to facilitate the competition, a registration fee of $200 will be collected from each competitor. Further details about payment will be forwarded after your registration is confirmed. Please keep an eye out for updates with further information about logistics on the competition day.

Are you curious about sewing but don’t know where to start? Or maybe you’ve tried it before and want to get better? This Sewing Club is just the place for you!

In this friendly and welcoming club, you’ll learn the basics of sewing, from threading a sewing machine and learning the basics about it. We’ll make cool mini-projects like mini fabric pouches or just design the basics one you want! You’ll get to add your style and creativity to every project. 

When & Where:

Every Thursday from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. after school in S310.

Our first meeting will be on the 8th of May.

No experience needed—just bring your enthusiasm and creativity!

All Year 7 students are welcome, but unfortunately, only 10 spots are available, so it is first come, first served.

Click here to sign up!

Thank you!

Arya Desai, Yashvi Mehta and Annie Lee (Yr8 students)

Hi everyone! PhysicsNet is back again with a workshop, this time with 100% more hovering CDs. With a super quick and easy hover disc experiment, you can witness Newton’s third law make things float!

Join us at

• In S504 (Mr Miller’s room) 

• On the 12th of May (Monday)

• During lunch from 1:10 - 1:50 pm

• Targeted towards Y8-11

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/S7CGHuvHE61YdpjcA

Monday, 28 April 2025

Dear Year 12 parents and guardians, 

Please be aware that the Further Education Three-Way Conferences (FE 3WCs) for all Year 12 students will take place from Wednesday, 14 May to Friday, 13 June 2025. The main purpose of these meetings is to continue to develop plans and strategies for the upcoming 2026 university application season. Parents can choose to have the meeting via Zoom or in person. 

We use the 'Youcanbookme' platform to schedule these appointments (linked below). Please note that each appointment is approximately 30 minutes long, and it is mandatory that Year 12 students and their parents/guardians attend.

Appointments can be booked with the following FE counsellors:

• Ms. Rossiter: Ming 12, Song 12 + Qing House family names A-E - [Booking Link]

• Mr. Van: Tang House + Qing House family names F-N - [Booking Link]

• Ms. Cheung: Ming 11, Song 11 + Qing House family names O-Z - [Booking Link]                 

If you have any questions, please email careers@rchk.edu.hk. 

Regards,

Further Education Team

Are you interested in showing emotion, story and meaning through art? Or are you looking for a friendly environment to develop your art?

Expression Through Arts club is the answer! We will be teaching technical skills, tips in composition, how to show emotions and story, how to create meaningful and interesting art in an open and engaging environment. There will be activities, time for free draw and lessons in meetings.

This club has sessions every Monday at 3:20-4:15 PM in Mr. Deakin' room (411) May 12th will be the first session. Click here (https://forms.gle/C4zHiAbMySgXFPcJ9) to sign up! The first meeting will take place on the 12th of May. Best wishes!

Sylvia

Day: Thursday

Time slot: After School (15:20-16:20)

Location: S406 

Are you struggling with writing clearly and accurately in English? Do you want to broaden your vocabulary? If your answer to either of these questions is 'yes', join this club and improve your confidence and ability in your written English. 

Sign up via this Google form: 

https://forms.gle/pMMWf2cY14Mh1qTJ8

Dear Secondary Students, 

April is RCHK's Joyful Fruit Month – a great opportunity to showcase your creativity and promote healthy eating! 

RAPT will host the "RCHK 2025 Master Fruit Chef Competition" and invites you to submit a 1-2 minute video of your signature fruit recipe. A step-by-step guide is included in the Google Form.

Important points and tips:

• be creative
• use more than 3 fruits of your choice
• include nutrition facts of your recipe

Submission deadline: 30 April 2025.

Best wishes,

RAPT Committee

ESF Art Exhibition 2025

Theme: Generations

Children born from January 1, 2025 are members of the new ‘Generation Beta.’ They will inherit a world vastly different from that which we occupy.  However, while each generation brings change, advancements and a new outlook, they are also building on that which has gone before them. The story of humanity has many chapters - and this is what we are looking to highlight this year.

‘Generations’ will be a celebration of people. It can be the people we live with now who are so important to us and how we live. Or it can be the people who have gone before us and have done so much to shape our lives and the world around us.

We can also look ahead to the people who will form our new Generation Beta. Who will they be? What will their world look like? What changes will they bring?

This is an exhibition for us and about us. Generations.

• We are eager to see photographic and other digital media works this year!

• We accept solo and group artworks. Any artworks created by a class of students will be handled as one submission

ARTWORK SUBMISSION:

Primary students - submit your artwork to Ms P or Mr Gadbury

Secondary students - submit your artwork to Mr Deakin in 411

ALL ARTWORK MUST HAVE the students full name written on the back of the work as well as the students Year group.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Wednesday 14th May - 3pm

Only 16 artworks can be submitted to the ESF competition from RC, therefore the VA department will select the most suitable artwork if more than 16 artworks are submitted.

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EXHIBITION DETAILS:

LOCATION: Exhibition Hall, 1/F, Low Block, Hong Kong City Hall (5 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong)

ART EXHIBITION PERIOD: 19 to 22 June - Free admission, open to public

TIME: 10am – 7pm (Daily), 10am - 4pm (22 June)

GRAND OPENING: 18 June, time TBC (BY INVITATION ONLY)

The small print:

1) We welcome submissions of drawings, paintings, collages, sculptures, pixel art, digital art, and photography that align with the theme of the art exhibition.

2) Parent permission and consent should be granted for the student’s artwork image or video and any information about the artwork, including name, school year and school name, to be shown publicly.

3) The artwork must be the student’s original work without infringing any intellectual property rights.

4) Each submission confirms that they consent to the use of the personal data for this art exhibition, such use to be in accordance with ESF's Personal Data Handling Policy and its related Personal Information Collection Statements (“PICS”). A copy of the PICS can be found on the ESF website (https://www.esf.edu.hk/).

5)  All images or videos and other information of artworks collected may be disclosed to third parties, including external service providers or website developers, for this art exhibition.

6) If a submission does not meet the requirements outlined above, we will contact the school for a resubmission prior to the artwork's display in the exhibition. The ESF Centre reserves the right to remove any sensitive content or artwork that may violate the law. Please be considerate of others and mindful of the content depicted in your submissions. 

Good luck!

Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are writing to you to inform you of an upcoming mandatory aspect of your child’s International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) experience. The Collaborative Sciences Project (CSP), formerly Group 4 Project, is a multidisciplinary activity which encourages IBDP science students to work together to develop an understanding of the relationships between scientific disciplines and their influence on other areas of knowledge within a global and/or local context.

The CSP is compulsory for any student who takes a Group 4 subject and full attendance is expected from all students. We write to you to respectfully seek support in assuring your child’s attendance is complete throughout the full schedule of tasks and activities. 

The CSP will be conducted in school and will take place from Monday, 23 June 23 to Wednesday, 25 June this academic year. Full details of the schedule will be shared with your child inclusive of times and expectations closer to the date. As you plan ahead, please ensure that your child is available to attend school on all these days.

If a student is not able to attend any part of the CSP they must contact Secondary Vice Principal, Ms. Jess Davey-Peel, as soon as possible. As this is a mandatory part of the IBDP, any student not in a position to fulfil this expectation may be required to make alternative arrangements at another ESF school to satisfy the academic requirement.

Thank you for your ongoing and continued support. 

Yours sincerely,
 

Ms. Mandy So

Head of Science

Ms. Phoebe King

Head of Design 

Mr. Lee Burns

Head of Physical and Health Education