Dear K1 Parents, 

We will be holding our parent-teacher meetings after the mid-term break. Please indicate on this form if you would prefer an in-person or Zoom meeting, as this will help me with the scheduling. The form will close for responses on 19th September. 

The CHP has reminded all schools of the importance of monitoring the health of all students as we enter influenza season. This will involve monitoring temperatures, maintaining our vigilance with our hygiene measures and informing the CHP if we notice an increase in flu symptoms in our community. Parents are reminded that children's temperatures should be checked at home and that children should stay home if they are unwell. 

Please note that we will break for the half-term holiday at end of day on Friday, 3rd October, and children will return to school on Tuesday, 14th October.

Monday, 13th October, is a professional development day across ESF and will also be the day our school will be hosting the community vaccination team for those families who are opting in. Please return consent forms by Wednesday, 17th September, if you are taking this option. 

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me directly.

I wish you all a wonderful week ahead 

Suzannah

Dear K2 Parents, 

We will be holding our parent-teacher meetings after the mid-term break. Please indicate on this form if you would prefer an in-person or Zoom meeting, as this will help me with the scheduling. The form will close for responses on 19th September. 

The CHP has reminded all schools of the importance of monitoring the health of all students as we enter influenza season. This will involve monitoring temperatures, maintaining our vigilance with our hygiene measures and informing the CHP if we notice an increase in flu symptoms in our community. Parents are reminded that children's temperatures should be checked at home and that children should stay home if they are unwell. 

Please note that we will break for the half-term holiday at end of day on Friday, 3rd October, and children will return to school on Tuesday, 14th October.

Monday, 13th October, is a professional development day across ESF and will also be the day our school will be hosting the community vaccination team for those families who are opting in. Please return consent forms by Wednesday, 17th September, if you are taking this option. 

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me directly.

I wish you all a wonderful week ahead 

Suzannah

Dear Parents, 

This year, our school will be supporting the Seasonal Flu Community Vaccination programme, with a medical provider in school administering the nasal flu vaccine. We will be facilitating the first dose on Monday, 13th October and the second dose on Friday 12th December. As these are CPD/Staff Meeting days and regular classes are suspended, children receiving the vaccine will need to be brought to school by an adult.  

Your child will come home with a green consent form in their school bag today. If you want to come to school to receive the vaccine, please complete and return the consent form. This form will then be collected by the external medical team, Union (Group) Investment Limited, who are administering the vaccinations on behalf of the Hong Kong Government/CHP.  

Of course, as parents, you can choose whether you want your child to receive the vaccine at TYK or choose your own medical provider. The CHP press release urging participation can be read HERE.

Please only return the form to us if you wish to bring your child to school to be vaccinated here. Forms must be returned before/on Wednesday, 17th September. You do not need to return the form if you are choosing another provider.

Kind regards, 

Suzannah

Dear K1 Parents,

Thank you for your cooperation and support for the first week of unaccompanied 2 hr sessions. We have all been very impressed with how well the children have adapted and settled. Next week we will move to our full 3-hour unaccompanied sessions, and K1s who have chosen to will begin to travel on the school bus.  I again thank you in advance for your patience as we adapt to the new arrangements. It will always be a bit slower in the beginning until we settle into our routine.

You may have heard that ESF will be opening a new Kindergarten in the Kornhill area of Hong Kong in August 2026. The new school will be directly linked to ESF Quarry Bay School and will offer students who can access a mainstream education a guaranteed place there in Y1.

For some of you, a Y1 place for your child in Quarry Bay School may be an attractive option for your family. Accessing this, though, would mean your child leaving our kindergarten at the end of K1 and enrolling in the new kindergarten in Kornhill for K2.

With that in mind, ESF is hosting an information session for interested parents on September 23 at 7 pm. This will be a chance for you to find out about the new school, which will be called ESF Quarry Bay School Kindergarten, and understand how you go about applying for a place.

We hope that your child loves being at TYK as much as we love having them. However, we know that securing the right Y1 place for your child is something that you may already be thinking about, so we want to make sure that you are aware of all the options that are open to you.

To register for the seminar, please click here.

Please feel free to reach out to me directly if you have any questions or concerns. 

suzannah.large@tyk.edu.hk

Kind regards, 

Suzannah

Reminder: Confirmation of School Place and Advance Fees for 2025/26 – ESF Tsing Yi International Kindergarten

To: Parents of ESF Tsing Yi International Kindergarten

Dear Parents

Further to our letter in May 2025, please be reminded that advance payment of September’s school fee will be debited to your designated bank account on 1 August 2025. Please ensure that there are sufficient funds in the account.

If you have already paid the fee, please accept our thanks and disregard this reminder. For details, please click here to view the letter.

The advance fee for K2 students in the next academic year (2025/26) is HK$9,870. The advance payment will be used to offset tuition fees for September 2025. If there is a revision of fees in the next academic year, the difference will be payable in September 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact us via email: billing@esfcentre.edu.hk

Yours sincerely

Billing Section

English Schools Foundation

Confirmation of School Place and Advance Fees for 2025/26 - ESF Tsing Yi International Kindergarten

Dear Parents

As we approach the end of the school year, we are writing to let you know the procedure to confirm your child’s place for 2025/26. If you will be withdrawing your child and have submitted the Withdrawal Notice to your school, please ignore this letter.

Every year, parents need to reserve a school place for their child for the following year by making an advance payment of September’s fees as a surety.

Advance Payment

The advance fees for K2 students in the next academic year 2025/26 are HK$9,870. These advance fees will be used to offset the tuition fees for September 2025. If there is a revision of fees in the next academic year, the difference will be payable in September 2025.

Please note that your child’s school place will not be confirmed if we do not receive your advance fees before the payment due date or if there are any outstanding tuition fees on the account without prior arrangement at the beginning of the next academic year.

Settlement

The advance payment will be debited from your designated bank account on 1 August 2025. Please ensure that there are sufficient funds in the account.

If you have not set up the direct debit authorisation yet, please complete the Direct Debit Authorisation Form and send it back to ESF Centre, G.P.O. Box 11284, Hong Kong by 1 June 2025 as it may take up to six weeks for the bank to process the direct debit.

If your monthly tuition fees are being settled by your employer directly, please make the payment by cheque on or before 15 July 2025:

1. Click here to download and complete the Cheque Payment Slip;
2. Send the cheque payment slip together with a crossed cheque made payable to “The ESF Educational Services Ltd” to “G.P.O. Box 11284, Hong Kong” on or before 15 July 2025. Post-dated cheques are not accepted.

Student Withdrawals

If you are withdrawing your child at the end of this academic year, please submit the student withdrawal notice via the ESF App by 1 June 2025. Otherwise, we will assume that your child is returning after summer and parents are liable for the tuition fees for September 2025 even if the student does not return to school.

Should you have any queries regarding the above, please contact our Billing Team at billing@esfcentre.edu.hk

We would like to thank you for your cooperation on this matter, and we wish your child every success in 2025/26.

Yours sincerely

Vivian Cheung                             Julie Wong
Chief Financial Officer              ESF Head of Admissions

Dear Parent

The ESF Board met this evening to approve our budget for the coming academic year.

Please click here to read a message from our CEO, Belinda Greer.