Embracing a Year of Growth: Welcome to the 2024/5 Academic Journey at FIS!

Our Students Spirited and Confident

On behalf of the whole of the IS Primary team at all three of our primary campuses TKO, JL and CW, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you for the  2024/5 academic year at FIS!  #ProudToBeFIS

It has been wonderful to welcome our new and existing students and families.  We have many exciting student and community events for term one and for the rest of the academic year. These include:

• Inter-school sporting events
• Sports days
• French and International shared projects
• Swimming
• Trips around Hong Kong
• Exit Points
• Gardening projects
• Overnight outdoor adventure camps for Y4 to Y6 a Day camp for Y3
• Kindness Week, Green Week and FIS Primary’s got talent

We will highlight events and learning on IS Primary Twitter,  and in Le Bulletin, plus year-group home learning letters.

Our Community Diverse and Engaged

MyLFIS IS Primary

Thank you to all the parents who have attended the welcome meetings at all three campuses so far. Once the welcome meeting has taken place, the slide decks will be placed on :

• My LFIS  Learning > Primary > International Stream teaching and learning

Here, you will also find

• Parent handbooks 2024/25
• A parent guide to IEYC/IPC personal goals at home
• IS Primary curriculum and policies
• Parent forum slides
• Parent workshop slides

School Policies (Whole School)

• FIS Weather policy
• FIS Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy
• FIS Anti-bullying Policy and Procedures
• FIS First Aid Management and Parent Communication

IEYC/IPC Personal Goals

Personal Learning Goals underpin the individual qualities and learning dispositions that citizens of the future will need to thrive in a demanding and ever-changing global society. They are embedded in all our learning activities and school events, from IEYC to MP3. The handbooks contain these goals, which are a lovely way to engage in conversations with your children at home about their learning at school.

Zones of Regulation

We use the Zones of Regulation to support the emotional well-being of our students in IS Primary. The Zones of Regulation is a program that helps students identify and regulate their emotions. We use this program to help our students understand their emotions, learn self-regulation, and promote positive behaviour. There will be parent workshops in term two!

Our teachers and school counsellors are here to help each student's well-being and development. Any questions or concerns you have please reach out and make contact.

Our team talented and supportive

Parent Teacher Conferences (PTC)

In term one, these will be online via Google Meet for Primary Years 1 - Years 6 the week beginning 21st November. Early Years NS and RC will be face-to-face on campus in term one.  In term two, the PTC will be all face-to-face on campus.  Some parents prefer online. Some prefer face-to-face. This way, all preferences are covered. More information will be shared in the coming weeks.

Parent Workshops 

• IEYC and IPC curriculum experience Workshops led by our campus teaching and learning coordinators
• JL [main canteen] on Monday 7th October 2024, 9:00 - 10:00
• CW [main canteen] on Tuesday 8th October 2024, 9:15 - 10:15
• TKO [main canteen] on Wednesday 9th October 2024, 8:00 - 9:00

This half term, we have parent workshops to help you learn further about teaching and learning in the IEYC and IPC. We will demonstrate and explain each part of the process of the IEYC and IPC from the Entry Point to the Exit Point and how students learn how to be a learner. We will cover how students and teachers use IPC assessment strategies and systems within our classrooms. In addition, we will explain how we use a range of classroom approaches with the IEYC and IPC.

• Reading and phonics support your child, led by our Learning Enhancement Teachers.
• TKO main canteen on Thursday 26th September 2024, 8:15 - 9:15
• JL/CW  main canteen on Thursday 26th September 2024, 09:30 - 10:30
• French language Education (FLE)  in IS Primary workshops led by our FLE coordinators
• TKO [main canteen] on Thursday 7th November 2024, 8:10 - 9:10
• JL/CW  [main canteen] on Thursday 7th November 2024, 8:40 - 9:40

Google sign-up forms are being sent via Engage.

Would you like to be a Class or Year Group Parent in IS Primary FIS?

Each year we ask that each class or year group, depending on the age of the students,  has one  Class or Year Group Parent.

If you are interested, please email

• Pascale Vincent, our IS Primary JL/CW  Secretary, directly by Friday, 29th September, [email protected]
• OR Marina Chong, our IS Primary TKO secretary [email protected]

The role of class or year group parent is primarily to help the teacher organise parents for class activities - it can vary a lot from class to class but could include setting up a rota for a regular activity, such as swimming lessons, to one-off volunteer support such as school trips or props needed for a school performance.

The teacher remains the main point of contact for class or homework-related queries, any issues relating to school policy or issues for individual students. But one of the joys of being a class or year group parent is getting to know the children and their parents, so be prepared for some "left field" requests!