This article contains updates from all of the Student Council committees, including their achievements so far, and what upcoming plans they have.
Media Committee
The media team has started the process of updating and building on both of our key channels, being the Island Currents and Instagram. For Island Currents, many new articles have been put on the site, ranging from movie reviews to Island School event coverage! Additionally, you can now view the English newsletter and Capital Island on Island Currents. The Media channel has done an excellent job in collating images from different sports events, the Walkathon, and the Winter Fair. There are many reels up and coming, so keep an eye on our Instagram: @is.mediateam
Creative Arts Committee
Look forward to our school production: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on the 3rd, 4th, 5th of February!!
The recent interhouse junk fashion show held during the winter fair was also an immense success, with Fleming coming out on top.
Support our school production @cursedchild.is and stay connected with Creative Arts through @islandcreative_is on instagram!
Culture Committee
The culture team has worked to immerse the student body in holiday spirit through two major week long celebrations.
Most recently, we did our Lunar New Year celebrations, our school campus was enhanced with festive decorations. We also held daily activities in the courtyard, including making wishes at the wishing tree and trying their luck at the chinese fortune sticks. Additionally, we also planned a PTA and parent dance performance, a Fai Chun calligraphy workshop in collaboration with the creative arts team, and Lai See Lantern making. As usual, we also have our APC special lunch menu. In addition a LNY trivia interhouse for year 7s and 8s, and a lion dance with students being able to dress casually on the last day before LNY break.
Prior to this, we wrapped out the previous term with our animal Christmas celebrations. Highlighted by our candy cane and keychain delivery service. With the collaboration with Run your own business elements hosting the island marketplace, featuring students running their unique stalls and selling gifts and games. Besides, we also had a Christmas karaoke, and our yearly find the elf staff scavenger hunt, to sum up with a gingerbread decorating session and finally a student dressing festive to wrap it up.
English Committee
Over the last few weeks, the English committee has been keeping itself busy with finalising details for the Orwell essay competition and planning for Book Week! We’d like to thank our members for their lovely contributions and enthusiasm during meetings. In regards to the English newsletter, we’ve released the first two editions so far (the December and January issues). Our monthly Newsletters can be found through past Island School Newsletters, as well as on Island Currents! The February issue of the English newsletter is well underway too, so please keep an eye out in your inboxes for that. We can’t wait for you to see what we have in store for you during our upcoming events!
Social Action Committee
Hi Island School! The Social Action Committee has made waves of impact in the previous two academic terms hosting events such as the whole school walk where funds are directed to fund the Nicola and Kenneth bursary and a toy drive in collaboration with Kids4Kids to aid affected children in Tai Po. Turning our focus on a new term, the Social Action Committee has lined up more initiatives in the works. We are currently planning events such as our annual Pride Week and the Helper’s appreciation day. At the end of the school year we will also be hosting the annual Nicola and Kenneth bursary award ceremony where bursary winners will come to Island School and receive their cash prize for their standout achievement. On behalf of the social action team, we are ecstatic to bring forth these new initiatives and cannot wait for your involvement and participation.
Connected Communities Committee (Under Social Action Committee)
The Connected Communities Team is pleased to share that our Secret Santa Drive – Mother’s Choice x IS has been a huge success! We have successfully secured 50 gifts for 50 mothers, raising over 18,000 HKD in total.
Through our partnership with Mother’s Choice, we’ve made a meaningful impact this Christmas by providing these young mothers with gifts that will support their children and brighten their holidays.
Here are a few quotes from the mothers:
“Thank you for thinking of us this Christmas. My baby loved the gift, and I loved the sweet surprise too. Your kindness warmed our little family’s hearts.”
“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful Christmas surprise. It was such a joyful moment opening it, and I felt so cared for. Your generosity truly made this holiday season more meaningful, and I’ll remember this warmth for a long time.”
Finally, we’d like to give a huge thank you to all the donors who contributed to this cause, it would not have been possible without you!
Sports Committee
In the past two weeks, our typhoon sports teams have been extremely busy. The U20 Boys Football Team is getting ready for the prestigious Jing-Ying tournament, which is a major accomplishment and should be very exciting. Additionally, our U16 Boys Football Team recently triumphed over a strong Carmel team in a penalty shootout, as the team secured the ISSFHK championship title. Furthermore, the U20 and U14 Boys Tennis Team are gearing up for their ISSFHK Division I finals and we wish them the best of luck as they compete. And moving onto our basketball teams, our U12 Girls team has reached the ISSFHK finals, along with the U14A Boys, U14B Boys and the U20 Girls teams. Moreover our U16A Boys Basketball team has reached the semi-finals and the U20 Boys team is in the 3rd place playoffs match. These achievements over the past two weeks have been nothing less than outstanding, Go Typhoons!
STEM Committee
The STEM Committee has recently restarted the mentorship programs for the younger year groups, mainly mentoring for MYP science and math, with each program having about 20 mentees each and a 1:1 mentor-mentee ratio, ensuring quality mentoring for each mentee and student.
We are also in the process of getting ready for our STEM days in semester 2! Year 7, 8, and 9 STEM days are in the planning process, and the STEM committee is researching what can be done for these events. We will need volunteers for this as well, so keep an eye out in your emails, and we look forward to seeing what you can all contribute soon.
In terms of outreach and student engagement, we’ve already promoted several external opportunities, including the HKSSPC Competition and the CityUHK Summer Research Internship 2026. We are also preparing to launch school-wide promotion for the GIZMOS Eastern Asia STEM Competition in the coming weeks. A student interest form and promotional materials are currently being developed. The VEX IQ Robotics Competition is scheduled for later this year, and preparation will begin closer to the event.
Finally, our Instagram account is active and performing well, with regular biweekly posts and features highlighting STEM events and competitions. The publicity subcommittee continues to manage and plan our outreach effectively. We have posted some STEM-related competitions that can be signed up for on our instagram on @stematisland, so be sure to check those out!
Student Advisors Committee
Greetings from your Student Learning Advisors!
Following a series of meetings, we are excited to announce several upcoming initiatives. These include a school-wide anonymous feedback system, peer-to-peer workshops to support lower-year students, and a new Junior Elements Mentorship Programme. We also plan to revamp a recognition system that awards students based on their performance in different subjects, rather than an overall academic excellence award.
Additionally, we will be more active on social media platforms like Instagram, so stay tuned for more updates!
WANBO
Over the past 2 weeks, WANBO has taken many initiatives.
During the IS winter fair we established the recycling bin in front of the staff room, with our prompts many people to contribute to recycling their plastic bottles/cans. From our team, we had 37 people volunteer for the second-hand uniform sale and kitchenware sale.
The School Council presentation took place on 26/1, in which Chelsie represented WANBO and spoke to members of the school council directly. Together with Mr Burrough, they introduced the sustainable initiatives that take place in Island School, detailing the past, current and future work that WANBO has done, while also highlighting our ongoing partnerships with external organisations, such as TASS and Redress.
Our composting sub-committee all learnt how to manage the compost machine and have been regularly managing food waste at the end of most days. (so far we’ve successfully composted around 2 days’ worth of food!!)
Our design sub-committee has officially relaunched WANBO Weekly, which, as the name suggests, are weekly instagram posts created by the WANBO Design team members, promoting sustainability by bringing attention to certain aspects of their interest.
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