EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

ECA activities enhance and build on children’s experiences and learning within the school. The activities will contribute to their intellectual, social, cultural and emotional growth. They will cater to a wide variety of needs and cultures within the school community and will be used to forge links with the wider community. Our expectation is that all students become involved in some form of regular activity outside of school hours for their general health and well-being.

Staff VOLUNTEER to offer activities in the areas of their passion and expertise. All efforts are made to keep costs to an absolute minimum, however, we do ask for a fee to cover basic costs such as materials specific to the activity, consumables and equipment wear and tear.

In addition, student-run ECAs will be offered alongside those taken by staff. Student-run ECAs are taken by secondary students, usually targeted to primary, and must be approved by the Student Council and had a teacher mentor to provide guidance. They will be advertised and priced in the same way as those ECAs taken by staff. If items are needed over and above the basic fee, this will be stipulated on the enrolment form.

Please note: no make-up lessons are offered due to sickness, inclement weather and suspension of classes or school closure.

  • Term 1: 5 October – 8 December 2022
  • Term 2: 1 February – 30 March 2023
  • Term 3: 2 May – 28 June 2023

Please Note: In order to allow as many students as possible to participate in an ECA, activities will be registered on a first come/first served basis, however, where activities are over-subscribed, students who are not enrolled in any other activity will be given priority over students who already have an assigned ECA. If you choose to sign your child up for more than one ECA, preferences will NOT be accounted for. It will be presumed that your child is happy to do any of the ECAs.

Registering for an ECA does not mean you/your child has been accepted (when the system shows ‘Registered’ or ‘Accepted’ beside the activity name, it does not necessarily mean your child has been enrolled). Students who are accepted and enrolled in an ECA will receive an acceptance confirmation letter. Activities Rules

  • Students may choose in which terms and in which activities they enrol.
  • Students may choose the same activity or change activities at the start of a term.
  • New activities may be added from term to term.
  • Activities that involve sporting competitions may require a commitment to practice sessions and competition fixtures, including uniform/travel expenses.
  • Students commit themselves to their choices at the start of the school term.

At the beginning of the year and at the end of term one, term two and term three an ECA activity list of all proposed activities for the next term is prepared and placed on the school website. It includes:

  • activity title and leader
  • age range of students
  • proposed term, day and duration, venue and cost of the activity
  • activity requirements and expectations

Students sign up and pay for term one activities by the end of week 1, term one. Subsequent term activities are signed up by the final week of the previous term. Note that those activities published are proposed activities only. The school reserves the right to change or cancel activities where it sees fit. Information regarding changes is published in The Explorer and on the school website.

  1. All enrolments are on a “first come, first served” basis. However, where activities are over-subscribed, students may be offered another activity and will be given priority over students who already have an assigned ECA. No waiting lists are carried over.
  2. As such, attendance once enrolled is compulsory. Students must notify the club leader if they are unable to attend an activity session.
  3. Successful applications will be flagged enrolment log. Payment of fee will be required upon acceptance.
  4. Activities will only take place if there is sufficient numbers to run the activity. In the event a co-curricular activity is cancelled due to lack of numbers.
  5. The school reserves the right to refuse an application or exclude a participant if his/her presence has a negative effect on the activity.
  6. In the event of cancellation of an activity, primary and secondary students will be contacted via their class teacher and automatically placed on school buses where appropriate. Primary student parents will be contacted to advise of activity cancellation.
  7. In the event of cancellation of activities make up classes will not be arranged.
  8. In the event of illness or injury, make up classes will not be arranged.
  9. In the event that a coach/tutor is unable to take their activity due to an unforeseen circumstance, KIS will attempt to make alternative arrangements.
  10. Students who have to wait for activities to commence must wait in the library unless helping with other activities.
  11. In some cases, to enhance student learning, the coach/tutor may request that parents are not present during classes. The coach/tutors discretion is final in such matters.
  12. Students are not permitted to enter any of the co-curricular activity areas unless their tutor is present

School trips are an important and compulsory part of our curriculum and each trip has been considered in depth as to how the experience will enrich and broaden the minds of our students. We strive to improve not only your child’s academic skills, but to also instill whole person development. We have included a variety of outdoor team building activities encompassing environmental conservation and community service to help students gain independence, self- confidence and a wider perspective regarding the world around them.

PRIMARY

Our Primary trips are organised in conjunction with Dragonfly and Treasure Island, two local outdoor education companies in which the school has had a long and successful association. They have excellent safety records and you can learn more information about them via their websites here:
https://www.treasureislandhk.com

SECONDARY

For all of our external overseas trips in the Secondary School we partner with educational travel and tour companies that have a proven track record in delivering: challenging, fun, effective and most importantly safe outdoor programmes for our students. Each of these trips has a clear purpose, often linked with Community Service with students developing a greater understanding of the issues and challenges faced within our region.

SPRINGBOARD

For all of our external overseas trips in the Secondary School we partner with educational travel and tour companies that have a proven track record in delivering: challenging, fun, effective and most importantly safe outdoor programmes for our students. Each of these trips has a clear purpose, often linked with Community Service with students developing a greater understanding of the issues and challenges faced within our region.