Hillside News 4 January 2021
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| 4 January | First Day of Term 2 |
| 12-13 January | School Photos (Will be reschedule) |
| 20 January | Parent Webinar: I Can – I Will: Flourishing Life Skills for Children and Parents |
Head of School’s Message
Dear Parents
Happy New Year! And welcome to Term 2. A new year. A new beginning. We wish you and yours a happy and healthy 2021!
The Education Bureau (EDB) announced that face-to-face classes and school activities will continue to be suspended until Sunday 10 January 2021. We do not have any further updates at this time but we will keep you informed as soon as we have any new information.
At this point, the distance learning scenario isn’t new for us anymore. We have more information about what works well and what doesn’t. Yes, there were adjustments, challenges and frustrations, but we are all learning to be resilient. We will continue to work a balance between the online and offline learning based on your feedback and more importantly the children’s needs. Keeping the classroom connections alive will be our main priority.
We truly appreciate that families are taking on much more responsibility for the children’s learning than ever before. And we cannot thank you enough. We understand the challenges and even our teachers sometimes have trouble managing their own kids under these unusual circumstances! Let’s work together to make the best out of this school year!
Upcoming Parent Webinar
Title: I Can – I Will: Flourishing Life Skills for Children and Parents
When: Wednesday 20 January 2021, 1-2 pm
Please register in advance for this webinar – https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ve6NX_6SQ4Ca2ipWMVVbsg
We have invited Dr Mark Gandolfi, (PhD, MSc, MS, BSc) to host a parent session for the Hillside parent community. In this workshop, Dr Mark will share tools/strategies to help children (and adults) cope and be resilient during such trying times. These tools are practical and also transferable to many situations.
Speaker Notes: Dr. Mark Gandolfi has been a clinical psychologist, international school consultant and corporate wellness practitioner for over 30 years with his main practice in Hong Kong and Bangkok, Thailand. He has substantial clinical experience in working with children, teenagers, adults/parents in most areas of emotional well-being. Dr. Mark Gandolfi has been a lecturer for UK, US, Australia and Hong Kong universities and clinical supervisor for student and practising counsellors with Canadian, U.S., Australia, UK and HK universities.
Warm wishes
Audrey and the Hillside Team
Head of School
Inspiring Futures
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