Page 5 - Beacon Hill School Annual Report 2016-17

Vision Mission Values Message from the School Council Chair

Dear all,
Our Vision

It is with much pleasure that I write to you as the Chair of Beacon Hill School Council again
To be a happy, diverse and inclusive for this year’s annual report.

community where everybody has

confidence to aspire to be the best Much has happened over the past 12 months as our school continues to grow and meets the
they can be, now and in the future. challenges of contemporary HK society.

Educational development is a key message and value we often talk about at our school council

meetings and I am pleased to say there has been significant improvement in this sphere over
Our Mission the past year. We welcomed Andy Thomson into the Beacon Hill family as a Vice Principal in

charge of curriculum. He has overseen the continued improvement in the PYP curriculum.
• We create a safe, caring and supportive
environment enabling purposeful challenge Susan Chung one of our other Vice Principals has worked diligently to oversee the PIPS
through a dynamic and rigorous curriculum. (years 1 and 2) , INCAS (years 3 and 6) and ISAs (Years 4 to 6) testing. This provides the
• We inspire and develop creativity and academic school with valuable data about learning standards that assists the teaching staff in planning
potential.
• We encourage global and social responsibility. the academic year.
• We foster independence in thought and action.

Outside of the class room Beacon Hill has been busy celebrating it’s 50th birthday alongside

We strive to be: the English Schools Foundation. Many of the children have participated in extra curricula
activities that have celebrated these birthdays. Special ESF wide netball, football and an

• Motivated, life-long learners aquathon were arranged and BHS was well represented in all of these. We should all be
• Inclusive, open-minded collaborators proud and never lose site of how well the children represent our school when they attend
• Compassionate, globally-aware these types of functions. They are a credit to themselves as well as BHS.

citizens
Your school council has had a thorough and productive 12 months. I encourage you all to look
(Collaboratively produced by all members of the BHS
Community, Dec. 2014) through the minutes as they appear on the BHS website. The school remains
financially well placed. The next 12 to 24 months will not be without
Our Vision re-written by students it’s challenges but I remain confident that the school has the right

in ‘child-friendly’ language: structures in place to meet these challenges and most importantly it
provides a platform which allows the children to flourish and be the

• To be a unique and happy community best they can be.
• To work hard in a safe place
• To be brave and to try your best at all times
• To involve everybody in all parts of school life Best regards,
• To be different, be positive and strive to go beyond
your limitations
Malcolm Keys