Jamie Holden is a Teacher of Mathematics and Outdoor Pursuits Coordinator at ICHK

I had just completed a PSHE session with my Year 7 form group and the outcome was too powerful not to share.

We had been asked ito share a message with our students and I decided that I wanted to to use ‘Community’ as the main driver, but where the conversation went was much more than that.… Read more

Phil Morgan is Director of Creativity and Head of Human Technologies at ICHK

I used to have a poster on my classroom wall exhorting my students to “Think Outside the Box!”

I’ve taken it down and I’m not putting it back up.… Read more

Jon Rees is a teacher of English, Human Technologies and Theory of Knowledge at ICHK

In the last 11 months, Jon Rees took up the challenge of learning to ride a horse so that he could participate in the first ever Hong Kong Polo Beginners Cup in Tianjin, China.… Read more

Phil Morgan is Director of Creativity and Head of Human Technologies at ICHK

A few years ago I visited The Green School in Bali. In educational terms it is an almost-mythical ‘Shangri-la’ of a school – the world’s most beautiful and ecologically aware institution.… Read more

Ray Chan is Head of PE, Activities & Deep Learning at ICHK

As I reflect upon the year, my mind naturally tends towards the Deep Learning programme that we have initiated this year.  As the coordinator of this programme, I feel privileged to have worked with staff on a wide-ranging curriculum from Ark Eden, Bamboo Creativity, Cantonese Opera to Zombies and literally everything in between.… Read more

Phil Morgan is Director of Creativity and Head of Human Technologies at ICHK

The thing I appreciate most about working at ICHK is the uncommon attitude to risk-taking, experimentation, and the very real possibility of failure in the pursuit of learning.… Read more

Ross Parker is Director of Technology, Pedagogy & Assessment at ICHK

The process of becoming an adult is one of life’s main preoccupations: it takes a long time, and requires the investment of a considerable amount of personal, familial, societal energy.… Read more

Jamie Holden is a Teacher of Maths at ICHK

If you happen to visit ICHK and climb to the top of C block to visit c307, you may be lucky enough to see two things. The first is the amazing view over Starling Inlet, a view unique to ICHK.… Read more

Toby Newton is Head of School at ICHK. This was his greeting to the ICHK community in the Winter newsletter.

The year started with the news that we have been included in Cambridge University’s list of the 100 most innovative schools worldwide.… Read more

Ray Chan and Chris Holland are the ICHK teachers who led the challenge.

The 2017 CAS Week Adventure Challenge lived up to its name and then some this year. Undoubtedly, the week has been extremely tough which led Aoi to remark one evening that the week should not be named the Adventure Challenge but a Survival Challenge!… Read more