亲爱的家长们，

真不敢相信又一周快结束了。我很高兴地欢迎七年级的家长们参加我们与 Dr Kirk、Mr Banks 以及 Ms Wang 和 Ms Pritchard 的第一次午餐会。这是我们这学年的第一次家长们与老师们增进了解的机会，家长们可以借此机会了解学校的高级管理层以及我们出色的老师们，老师们始终是家长们的第一联系人。

本周，我们各位家长发出参与家长委员会的邀请，请阅读相关信息，并提名一位您认为可以胜任家委会工作的家长（也可以提名您自己）。家委会的成立是一所成功学校的重要组成部分，我非常希望家长们也认同这一观点。

此外，您还可以从课外活动的安排上看到，学校为学生提供多种的体育运动。我们鼓励所有学生进行各种形式的体育锻炼，因为这可以培养学生养成良好的生活习惯，使他们在以后的生活中能够健康地平衡工作与生活。

我们的许多教职员工都是运动健将，很多人都参加过竞技比赛，包括我自己。很高兴看到我们的教职员工成为学生的榜样。我们通过团队运动和学院活动来宣传 “8C价值观”。请参阅校历，留意您感兴趣的活动。

今年的冬季滑雪之旅将让我们的许多学生有机会尝试一项新的运动，到一个新的国家旅行，并享受在学校环境之外的乐趣。如果您想要了解关于滑雪之旅的更多信息，欢迎联系我们。

祝您周末愉快。

祝好，

Jane Arden

我们很荣幸地向大家介绍佛山霍利斯体育部的新老师—— Ms Sophie Smith。Ms Smith 主要负责预备部的教学，同时也会参与到中学部体育课和PSHE课程。

各位家长，大家好：

我是 Sophie，是佛山霍利斯新任的预备部体育学科主任。我很高兴能加入这个团队，而且十分期待在这里挥洒我对体育教育的热情。

我毕业于英国爱吉希尔大学（Edge Hill University），同时拥有体育与学校运动学士学位和体育硕士学位。我从事教学工作已有五年多，热衷于帮助学生学习和成长。我之前曾在英国的学校工作过，后来到莫斯科的学校工作了三年。

我的教学理念是通过与学生建立和保持良好的关系，来激励和支持他们成为有智慧、独立的人。我在领导和教学工作中始终秉持这一原则，以确保所有人都能积极主动地参与到各项活动中，并像我一样对体育充满热情。在参加体育运动时，学生们也能够在社交和文化方面有所收获。这能够促进学生发现自己的潜能和天赋，从而增强自我适应能力和自信心，立志在今后的生活中成为全面发展的公民。

闲暇时间，我喜欢打网球、游泳、旅游以及陪伴家人。

我很高兴能在今年认识你们和孩子们。大家有任何问题或疑虑，都可以随时与我联系。

祝好，

Sophie Smith

预备部游泳

对佛山霍利斯预备部游泳队来说，去年是短暂但成功的一年，我们很高兴地宣布泳队将很快恢复训练，我们出色的游泳运动员将继续成长和发展。4-6年级的学生将在游泳课上接受评估，继而进行训练。四种泳姿中有三种泳姿合格的学生将被邀请加入游泳队，如果学生愿意加入，他们将会在以下时段进行训练：

• 在课外活动期间每周训练两次

• 每周六上午的训练（11:00-12:30）

具体的训练日期和时间等信息将在近期发布。

我们希望今年能增加学生参加比赛的次数，第1次的比赛预计将于 11 月底前举行。

我们很自豪地跟大家分享，13年级的学生于今天下午向大家展示了她们的IPQ项目成果。感谢前来支持我们的教职员工、12年级的学生以及各位家长。所有人都对她们的表现给予了一致好评。我们的学生都表现出了超乎年龄的演讲风范，这对于她们未来的发展非常有帮助，因为在大学和整个职业生涯中，她们可能都有机会接触到演讲。参加IPQ项目不仅能增强学生的自信心，还能为雅思口语考试做好准备。

IPQ项目帮助学生深入了解研究方法和学术写作。学生需学会交叉引用资料，以避免涵盖虚假信息。看到她们以高标准严格要求自己，我也相信她们会在今后的工作生涯中能够努力做到这一点。在大学里，佛山霍利斯的学生将凭借他们的自信、天赋和能力进行一系列研究策略（定性、定量和纵向研究等）。佛山霍利斯首次IPQ项目取得了巨大的成功，学生们掌握了在生活中走向成功之路所需的技能。

我们为她们取得的进步感到自豪，并期待着明年再次开展这一活动。

英语部门这学年迎来了新的教师。Ms Nicole Homer 将与英语学科主任 Ms Mary Stevens 一起教授各年级的英语语言和文学。学习支持主任 Mrs Jenny Nelson 也将负责关键阶段三和关键阶段四的学习阶段的英语教学。Ms Abi Forrest 将负责教授新入学的 A Level 预科学生英语，并将在本学年重点支持他们向 A Level 阶段过渡。

这些新教师将会与 Mr David Richards 一起教授英语学科，Mr David Richards 也将继续帮助学生准备雅思等语言的考试。近期这些语言考试传来了好消息。我们在此祝贺 Sammy 和 Cheuk Yiu 在雅思考试中取得高分。上一学年，两位同学都在学校参加了雅思课程，这些课程帮助他们取得了理想的成绩。大多数西方国家大学要求雅思成绩达到 6.5 分或以上，每个单项不低于 6.0 分。这两名学生都达到了这一要求。这是一项了不起的成就，我们希望能够激励其他学生。

我们关键阶段三的学生们的文学创作正在顺利进行。七年级的学生们正在学习《侦探小说》，并将在学期末写出自己的悬疑故事。八年级的学生们正在学习《鬼故事》，和七年级一样，他们也将在学期末创作自己的悬疑故事。九年级的学生们正在学习诗歌和阅读与写作技巧。

在关键阶段四，10 年级和 11 年级的学生们在准备语文考试的同时，也在阅读规定的文学课文。这两门课都布置了课外作业，老师们在与学生一对一地讨论他们的兴趣和想法。我们 A Level 英文文学的学生已经开始学习田纳西-威廉姆斯的代表剧作《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》，以及 30 首诗歌，每首诗歌都出自不同的诗人之手。

英语+戏剧

在课堂之外，学生们还将在图书馆体验由我们的图书管理员 Ms Surah Li 开展的 "阅读之旅"。他们将利用课余时间定期阅读，并通过各自选择的书籍完成“阅读之旅”。最终目标是阅读 55 本图书！我们迫不及待地想看到他们在旅行中发现了什么。各班还将学习戏剧，所有关键阶段三的学生们都将在今年晚些时候考取 LAMDA（伦敦音乐和戏剧艺术学院）的证书。该证书旨在帮助学生提高口语、肢体意识、自信心和表演技能。

中学部游泳

对佛山霍利斯中学游泳队来说，去年是短暂但成功的一年。我们很高兴地宣布游泳队将很快恢复训练，我们出色的游泳运动员将继续获得成长和发展。7-11年级的学生将在游泳课上接受评估后，继而进行训练。四种泳姿中有三种泳姿合格的学生将被邀请加入游泳队。如果学生愿意加入，他们将会在以下时段进行训练：

• 在课外活动期间每周训练两次；

• 每周两次的清晨训练（06:00-07:00）

• 每周六上午的训练（09:00-11:00）

具体的训练日期和时间等信息将在近期发布。

我们希望今年能增加学生参加比赛的次数，第一次的比赛预计将于 11 月底前举行。

中学部触式橄榄球

在国庆和中秋双节来临之际，我们很高兴向大家介绍由广州华龙橄榄球俱乐部牵头引进的触式橄榄球课外活动。

触式橄榄球（Touch Rugby）是从橄榄球联盟运动中衍生出来的一项运动，在这项运动中，球员之间不互相擒抱，而是触碰对手。这最大限度地减少了身体接触，使男女球员可以一起比赛。它曾作为橄榄球联赛和橄榄球联盟的训练活动，但现在作为一项个人运动，在各个年龄段的人群中越来越受欢迎。

广州华龙橄榄球俱乐部是一家成立于 2003 年的橄榄球运动俱乐部。自成立以来，他们在全中国推广橄榄球/触式橄榄球及其文化，成为中国最具影响力的触式橄榄球俱乐部。

迄今为止，他们已成功举办了 50 场橄榄球比赛，培训了 5000 多名触式橄榄球爱好者，他们的球队已经参加过 10 多次国际比赛。

华龙橄榄球俱乐部已与 AISG、BISG 和 BASIS 等多家国际学校合作开展触式橄榄球项目。他们相信，通过触式橄榄球，学校可以拥抱全球体育文化，营造自己的体育文化氛围。

学校将在10月12日的第一节课外活动课中，向关键阶段三的学生们介绍触式橄榄球；关键阶段四/五的学生将在当天第二节课外活动课上进行了解。该项目将为佛山霍利斯的学生提供加入触地得分队伍、参加触地得分比赛，以及体育交流活动的机会。该项目将贯穿全年，让学生学得一种新的运动并参加多项比赛。

中学部篮球

随着新学年的开始，中学生们也迎来了新的运动机会。佛山霍利斯与本地一家篮球训练公司开展了合作，为我们的学生提供高质量的篮球训练。

学校将于 9 月 23 日（周六）为有兴趣加入学校篮球队的关键阶段三和关键阶段四/五的学生安排一次球队选拔赛。在选拔赛中，教练将根据学生的表现和团队合作能力，分别从关键阶段三和关键阶段四/五的学生中选拔 15 名球员。

国庆假期结束后，关键阶段三选拔出的球员将在每周二的课外活动时间参加 2 小时的专业训练，关键阶段四/五的球员将在每周一接受训练。更多信息将在近期发布。

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Dear Parents,

I cannot believe another week is nearly over. It was a pleasure to welcome our Year 7 parents to the first of our lunch dates with Dr Kirk, Mr Banks and tutors, Ms Wang and Ms Pritchard. This was the first of many opportunities for parents to get to know senior management, along with our amazing tutors who are always parents first point of contact.

This week we are asking parents to get involved in our Parent Committee, please read the information and either nominate a parent who you think could fulfil the role or nominate yourself. Creating a community is an essential part of a successful school and I vey much hope that you, our parents, agree.

Additionally, you will read about the many sporting opportunities we will be providing for students through our ECA programme. We encourage all students to enjoy some form exercise as this creates good habits that will enable all our students to go on to have a healthy work /life balance in adulthood.

Many of our staff are fine sports persons, many have played competitively, including myself for many years. It is great to see that our staff act as role models to our students. The 8c of commitment is promoted through team sport and House events. Please keep an eye out in the calendar for events that you can support.

The winter ski trip will give many of our students the chance to try a new sport, travel to a new country and enjoy getting to know each other outside of the school environment, if you would like more details about this trip, it is not too late to ask.

Have a good weekend.

Best Regards

Jane Arden

LEH Foshan is proud to introduce our newest member of the Physical Education department, Ms Sophie Smith. Ms Smith will work within Prep school and be involved with secondary PE and PSHE lessons.

Hello parents,

My name is Sophie, and I am the new Head of Prep Physical Education at LEH Foshan. I am excited to join this team and look forward to sharing my passion for physical education with the students here.

I graduated from Edge Hill University with a BA (Hons) in Physical Education and School Sports and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in Physical Education. I have been teaching for over five years and am passionate about helping students learn and grow. Since starting my career, I have worked in schools in the UK before moving to Moscow, where I worked for three years.

The basis of my teaching philosophy is to inspire and support students to become intellectual, independent individuals through gaining and maintaining good relationships with students. I hold the exact principles in my leadership and teaching to ensure all of those who I lead are engaged, motivated and support my passion for education. As a result of developing sporting opportunities, students can benefit through various social and cultural activities to mentor and set targets. This allows students to discover their own potential and talent to build upon self-resilience and self-confidence, aspiring them to become well-rounded citizens for the rest of their lives.

In my free time, I enjoy tennis, swimming, travelling to new places and spending time with my family.

I am excited to get to know you and your child this year. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely, 

Sophie Smith

Prep Swimming

Following a short but successful competitive year for our Prep swimming team, LEH is proud to announce that training will resume very soon, enabling our amazing swimmers to continue to grow and develop. Training will continue once students in Years 4 – 6 have been assessed during their swimming lessons. Students with competence in three out of four strokes will be invited to join the team if this invite is taken, students in Prep will be expected to:

• Train twice a week during the ECA programme and participate in Saturday morning training sessions (1100-1230).

Further information will be released shortly, including training days and times.

We hope to increase the number of competitions our students participate in this year, with the first potential competition taking place by the end of November.

We can proudly announce that the first group of IPQ pupils in the school’s history presented their vivas to the school community. The audience was comprised of supportive staff, Sixth Form students and committed parents alike. All were equal in their praise. Our students conveyed a sense of poise, well beyond their years. This bodes well for them in the future as presenting information will be expected at university and throughout their careers. Not only is it a confidence booster, but students who take the IPQ will also be making themselves ready for the IELTS speaking examination.

The IPQ has given our pupils a far greater understanding of research methodology and academic writing. Pupils appreciate the need to cross-reference materials to avoid including false information. They have held themselves to the highest standard possible, and I am sure they will endeavour to do this for the rest of their working lives. At university, out LEHF students will thrive with their confidence, flair and ability to conduct an array of research strategies (qualitative, quantitative and longitudinal to name some). The IPQ, at LEHF, has been a raging success, and the students are mastering the skills required to succeed in life.

We are proud of their progress and look forward to repeating the process next year.

The English department has welcomed new staff this year. Ms Nicole Homer will be teaching English language and literature throughout the year groups, alongside new Head of English, Ms Mary Stevens. The new Head of Learning Support, Mrs Jenny Nelson, will also be teaching English to Key Stage 3 and 4. Ms Abi Forrest will have responsibility for teaching English to our new PALS intake, and will focus on supporting their transition towards A levels during this year.

These new teachers join returning staff member David Richards, who will continue preparing students for second language tests such as IELTS. Recent results for these tests have been impressive. We would like to congratulate Sammy Tan and Cheuk Yiu for achieving high scores in the IELTS examination. In the last academic year, both students attended IELTS lessons at school and this preparation helped them to achieve their desired results. Most Western universities require an IELTS score of 6.5 or above, with at least 6.0 in each individual component. Both students met this requirement. This is a fantastic achievement, and we hope it inspires other students.

Our KS3 year groups are well underway with their creations in literature. The year 7s are studying Detective Stories and will write their own mystery tale – villains included! – towards the end of the term. Year 8 are studying Ghost Stories and, like the year 7s, will create their own masterpiece of suspense. Year 9 are studying poetry and key reading and writing skills.  

In KS4, the Year 10 and 11 pupils are reading their set literature texts alongside preparation for the language exam. Both require coursework, and teachers are talking to pupils one-to-one about their interests and ideas. Our A level literature student has embarked on her study of the iconic Tennessee Williams play, A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, alongside 30 Songs of Ourselves poems, each by a different poet.

English & Drama

Outside of these classroom topics, students will experience a Reading Journey in the library, led by our new librarian Surah Li. Reading regularly during class time, they will complete passports and activities around the books they choose individually. The final target is 55 books! We can’t wait to see what they discover on their travels. Classes will also dedicate some time to Drama, with all KS3 pupils taking a London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts certificate later in the year. This is designed to help improve their speaking, body awareness, confidence and acting skills.

Secondary Swimming

Following a short but successful competitive year for our secondary swimming team, LEH is proud to announce that training will resume very soon, enabling our amazing swimmers to continue to grow and develop. Training will continue once students in Years 7 – 11 have been assessed during their swimming lessons. Students with competence in three out of four strokes will be invited to join the team; if this invite is accepted, students in secondary will be expected to:

• Train twice a week during the ECA programme,

• Attend morning training sessions twice a week (06:00-07:00), and,

• Participate in Saturday morning training sessions (09:00-11:00).

Further information will be released shortly, including training days and times.

We hope to increase the number of competitions our students participate in this year, with the first potential competition taking place by the end of November.

Secondary Touch Rugby

Following the national holiday and mid-autumn festival, LEH is delighted to announce the introduction of a touch rugby ECA, led by Guangzhou Hualong Rugby Club.

Touch Rugby is a sport derived from rugby league in which players do not tackle each other but instead touch their opponents. This minimizes the body contact and allows both genders to play together. It used to be played as training activities for rugby league and rugby union but now exists as an individual sport as it is gaining more popularity among people of all ages.

Guangzhou Hualong Rugby Club is a rugby sports club founded in 2003. Since then, they have promoted rugby/touch rugby and its culture throughout China, becoming the most influential touch rugby club in China.

So far, they have successfully held 50 rugby tournaments and trained 5000+ people to play touch. Guangzhou Hualong Rugby club’s team has participated in 10+ international competitions.

Hualong has collaborated with several international schools on touch rugby programmes, including AISG, BISG, and BASIS. They believe that through touch rugby, schools can embrace a global sports culture, and build their own sports culture atmosphere. 

School will introduce the Touch Rugby ECAs on Thursday during ECA 1 for KS3 and ECA 2 for KS4/5 following the National Holiday. This programme will offer our students at LEH the chance to be part of touch teams, compete in touch tournaments and take part in sports exchange activities. This programme will run throughout the year, allowing students to learn a new sport and participate in multiple competitions.

Secondary Basketball ECA 

With the start of the new academic year comes new sporting opportunities for students in secondary school. LEH is working with a local basketball coaching company to provide our students with high-quality basketball training.

A team try-out is arranged for Saturday, 23 September, for KS3 and KS4/5 students interested in joining the School Basketball Team. During these try-outs, the coaches will select fifteen players from KS3 and fifteen players from KS4/5, based on their performance and ability to work as part of a team.

After the National Holiday, the selected players in KS3 will participate in a 2-hour professional training on every Tuesday during ECA time and KS4/5 will receive the training on every Monday. Further information will be released shortly.