Archives for October 2014

PTA Scotty and Lulu

Scotty & Lulu show is Sold Out

The Scotty & Lulu show is now sold out. We…

Primary Parent Reading Session 2

Come learn with us – Register your attendance now

Parent learning at Discovery College aims to: • Inform parents…

Secondary DC-school-building

3-Way Conferences Years 7-13

Secondary 3-way conferences will take place on Thursday 13 November…

Whole College annual-report

2013-14 Annual Report now available

The Discovery College Annual Report for 2013-14 is now available….

Whole College Coffee Cup

Positive Psychology Coffee Conversation

All parents are invited to the next Coffee Conversations focusing…

Whole College DC-school-building

New Head of Primary appointed

I am delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Chris…

Whole College baron-matt

Farewell to Matt Baron

We are very sad to announce the departure of Matt…

Primary

Immunisation programme for Year 1&6 students

Forms regarding Y1&6 student immunisations have been distributed. The Department…

Secondary SecondaryAthletics-3

Secondary Athletics Day

Athletics day was another huge success as our Secondary students,…

Primary Class Captains

Term 1 Class Captains

Yesterday our Term 1 Class Captains met for the first…

Secondary

A request for soap

The Year 7 and 8 Community Engagement Captains are holding…

Secondary John Hopkins

JHU Centre for Talented Youth – School and College Ability Test

Registrations Close on Monday 3 November for DC test. The…

Primary

Golf success for Ryan Leung

Ryan Leung (6KHN) has had another great golf result this…

Cobra Sport

Black’s Link cross country

Our 80-strong team of Cobra cross country runners competed at…

Primary Y3-Halloween-Party

Y3 Spook-tacular Halloween party

The Year 3 CPRs (Class Parent Reps) organised a Halloween…

Whole College no-peanuts

Peanut Free School

We would like to remind everyone that Discovery College is…

Secondary

Y10 urban field trip

Year 10 Visual Arts students are about to embark on…

Secondary

Dr Tom Brown visits Discovery College

Dr Tom Brown will return to Discovery College on Friday…

Secondary

Higher Education News

For important information on an upcoming visit by a consortium…

Community Plastic Free Seas

The EPIC Swim Begins

On the morning of Wednesday 29 October Discovery Bay residents…

Whole College Y13 Film Comp

Y13s win DB video competition

Recently, Year 13 students Emma Yong and Nina Rossiter entered…

Secondary

Tie dye raises money for NAAC charity

On Sunday 19 October, a group of DC secondary students…

PTA DCPTA-Logo

Introducing the new DCPTA Committee 2014-15

Following the recent PTA Annual General Meeting, we are delighted…

Whole College

Dengue Fever Warning

You may have read in the paper this week that…

Secondary y13 Physics 02

Factors that affect resistance in an electrical circuit

Year 13 Physics students investigated factors that affect the resistance…

Whole College hkyoutharts

HK Youth Arts Foundation Performance

The Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation’s annual flagship musical, Charles Dickens’…

Secondary MacBook, Testing

Secondary Assessment and Reporting

The following documents are available on our website: The Secondary…

Secondary myp-logo

Assessment in the MYP parent workshop

An ‘Assessment in the MYP’ workshop will be offered on…

Secondary dp-logo

DP subject selection for 2015-17

The IB Diploma (DP) subject selection evening for Year 11…

Whole College yosemite_logo

Student Mac OS Upgrade

As many of you are aware, Apple released an upgrade…

Secondary Y11 Personal Project

Y11 Personal Project ‘Work in Progress’ Exhibition

Y11 students spent Blocks 3-5 on Wednesday showcasing their Personal…

Primary Year 6 Camp 1

Year 6 returns from camp

Y6 students returned today from their 3 night camp at…

Community F.O.C.U.S. concert

Charity concert to benefit F.O.C.U.S.

On Sunday 16 November a special event, ‘Music for Education…

PTA DCPTA-Logo

PTA committee changes

It was lovely to see so many parents attend the…

Secondary DP Visual Arts 1

DP Visual Arts visit Frog King exhibition

On Day Zero, DP Visual Art students spent the day…

Community swim challenge

75km swim challenge

There are some exciting opportunities for DB families who would…

Primary

Y4 students get spooky

The Y4 CPRs organised a Halloween party for the Year…

Community imi-logo

IMI Free Seminar

The Integrated Medicine Institute (IMI) is hosting a free seminar: ‘The…

Cobra Sport u16 Girls VB

U16 Girls Volleyball

The U16 Girls Volleyball team ventured to Hong Kong Academy…

Secondary

Calculating Gravity by Investigating the Properties of a Pendulum

By changing the length of a pendulum, and measuring the…

Community

Terry Fox Run

Co-organized by the Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong, the Canadian…

Cobra Sport

U13 Netball win

On 11 October the U13 Cobra Black netball team had…

Community

ESF Sports Camps and Clinics

Join us for our high-energy, fun-filled Autumn Sports Camps. Move…

Whole College Student-Directory-Cover

2014-15 Student Directories to be distributed to DC families next week

During next week, each family will be receiving their copy…

Secondary Staff professional learning

Secondary CPD – Wednesday 15 October

On Wednesday we have the second of our CPD mornings…

Primary PrimarySwimPreview

Swimming Carnival Results

Congratulations to all our Y4-6 students who participated in our…

Primary y3 Camp

Year 3 EPIC Adventure

On 8 and 9 of October the Year 3s embarked…

Secondary

News from the HEO

Please be reminded that the PSAT will take place in…

PTA DCPTA-Logo

130 families yet to pay their PTA and/or stationery fees

Please make sure you’ve paid your family’s PTA fees and…

Secondary

Hungry For Change

A group of year 11 students are campaigning for refugees…