End of Year Reports 2023/24 & Welcome Back to 2024/25 Information

We are really proud of our students, who are spirited and confident. On Friday, June 21st you will find your child’s end-of-year report on Engage, the parent portal. The report is based on teaching and learning, which started in September. It includes all curriculum areas and specialists. Your child’s report will be accessible and downloaded via Engage from 6 pm.  Assessment reports: ISPri_T3

Please note that those students who arrived in the second half of the final term will not receive a report.

Engage will be closed from July 2nd to July 5th so the IT team can update the system. Please ensure you access the system before this date. The system will be reopened on July 6th, so you can access reports and back-to-school information.

Curriculum Areas

The curriculum has been broken into four main areas: English, (reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, punctuation and spelling), Maths, IEYC/IPC and Specialist subjects. This breakdown aims to provide a more comprehensive and holistic report of your child’s progress across the curriculum. Our reports’ language is consistent with the IEYC,  IPC, and the current UK National Curriculum.

Assessment during the academic year in IS Primary

Our talented and supportive teachers use a combination of summative and formative assessments to assess the children’s learning progress in English, Maths,  IEYC/IPC and specialist subjects.

Formative assessment combines daily assessments of a child’s ongoing learning via Google Classrooms, Active Learn, online activities, quizzes, verbal discussions, success criteria, Google meets, and responses to feedback.

The summative assessment aims to evaluate student learning at the end of a unit or course by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. We use progress tests from GL Assessment to benchmark our judgements. GL Assessment has provided tests for schools for over 20 years. They benchmark the results across International and UK schools. In addition, we also use the end-of-unit assessment for learning rubrics for IPC units.

Using this data allows our teachers to assess our students’ learning in a holistic manner.

New classes for 2024/25

New class lists will be sent out via Engage on Friday, June 28th. Teachers hold transition meetings with the teachers the students are moving onto for the next academic year. At these meetings, the students are discussed individually, and information is shared on your child’s social and emotional well-being and academic abilities. Your child has had the opportunity to meet with their new year group teachers and find out more about their coming year.

First Day Back

Students will return on Thursday, 31st August at our CW, JL and TKO campuses. FIS dedicated back-to-school page on the parent portal  :

https://www.fis.edu.hk/pv/back-to-school-2024-25/#primary-checklist 

Welcome Meetings

You are invited to meet your child’s new year group teachers and learn more about the curriculum, the school day, trips and camps. These meetings are for parents and guardians only, please do not bring your children. 

IS Primary Parent Handbooks 2024/25

The Handbooks have been uploaded on the Parent Portal on two locations :

– Back to School 2024-2025 for easy access to parents

– MyLFIS  Learning > Primary > International Stream teaching and learning  (permanent location)

All handbooks have been revised for 2024/25. You will see that our annual overviews are consistent across our three campuses.

FIS Primary School Caps

Please note our FIS PE cap is now on the PE uniform supplier list and, from the start of the new school year, is mandatory for both FIS Primary streams. This cap is for student safety during breaks, PE, trips, and camps. Please ensure your child’s cap is labelled.

Primary Leadership Team

• Principal of International Primary – Mr Ross Armitage (Across JL/CW and TKO)
• Vice Principal of International Primary  – Ms Jane Wakeman (based at JL/CW)
• Vice Principal of International Primary – Ms Melissa Payne (based at TKO/CW)

New Staff joining International Primary

• Y6 TKO – Mr Adam Jones
• Y2 TKO – Mr Alex Sadler
• Y5 TKO – Mr Aman Sandhu
• Y4 JL – Ms Heather Wright
• Y3 JL –  Mr Connor MacKenzie
• Third PE Teacher – Mr Aron Ruzel
• New FLE Coordinator TKO – Ms Jalila Azizi
• Teaching Assistants – Ms Elaine York

New Roles for Existing Staff

• Third Learning Enhancement Teacher:  Ms Elizabeth Cooper
• Second Cover Teacher –  Ms Judy Hon

Staff Leaving

• Ms Emma Leung (Y6 TKO)
• Ms Manika Daswani (Y4 TKO)
• Ms Christine Llyod (Y1 CW)
• Mr Anthony Roast (FLE)
• Ms Virginie Chanclud (FLE Coordinator TKO)

We are looking forward to an exciting 2024-25 with our IEYC/IPC curriculum. Our spirited and confident students will experience new and updated units. We are also opening a third year four class at JL campus and our CW year 1 (2023/24) students will move in year two and will continue their learning on the JL campus.

A special thank you to all the IS Primary representatives and class representatives, who have given a great deal of support and helped us move forward with constructive feedback. 

On behalf of our Vice Principals Jane Wakeman and Melissa Payne and our IS Primary team, thank you to all parents for your continued support – Have a fantastic summer break, which begins Friday, 28th June. Next week, we will have lots of learning and year six graduations. 

Ross Armitage
Primary Principal (International Stream)