This page contains key resources, useful information related to our school operations and procedures and important forms for your completion. For a thorough guide to AISHK regarding everything from admissions and uniforms to catering, please refer to the Parent Handbook.
Please take the time to go through the items below carefully, making note of information that is particularly relevant to you and your child.
Term 1: 24 January 2024 - 28 March 2024
Term 2: 16 April 2024 - 21 June 2024
Term 3: 23 July 2024 - 20 September 2024
Term 4: 8 October 2024 - 13 December 2024
AISHK is pleased to share our new 'live' calendar. This calendar is fully functional and automatically updates with new events and changes. The calendar can be viewed in full, or filtered by Primary and Secondary items, along with a range of further categories, to suit your needs. It can be found on the school website’s Calendars and Key Dates page.
The Parent Handbook is a comprehensive, key parent resource which provides detail regarding school operations, procedures and guidelines. Please take time to read this handbook, which will answer many of your questions related to AISHK school life.
The Class Location Guide lists all classes, teachers and classroom locations on campus.
The AISHK Parent Portal (also know as the Parent Lounge), is a key destination for accessing information specific to your family.
It includes the following:
In the case of an emergency or severe weather warning, it is important that the school has a record of your consent regarding student dismissal procedures. Please read the following procedures and complete/update the related form as soon as possible.
Instructions:
The relevant division office will prompt parents at the commencement of each year to provide permission for your child to participate in all excursions.
Excursions include activities outside of the AISHK school campus throughout their enrolment at AISHK. Examples include, walking or travelling to points of interest such shops and markets, parks and gardens, museums and sports sporting facilities or schools as part of the physical education or extra-curricular programs.
Communication of Excursions
Parents will be notified in advance via one of the following ways, as appropriate for their age group:
Providing Permission
Please facilitate permission for your child to attend all excursions during the 2024 school year. The signing of further permission slips for each excursion or sporting activity will not be requested or required.
Instructions:
Maintaining accurate records is essential to providing quality care and protecting the health and safety of children while at school and away at off-site activities.
At the school, we allow parents to maintain the relevant records online through the Parent Lounge.
The Student Leave Application Form should be completed and submitted to the School to indicate any planned student leave.
The official AISHK news website, Dhanara includes messages from the School Executive and staff, event flyers and recaps, important reminders, year level newsletters, ECA notices, sports results and fixtures, career and alumni items and Parent Association news. A related Dhanara email digest highlighting the week’s news items is distributed to staff, students and parents each Friday afternoon during term time.
To ensure you receive timely alerts, important news and notifications, parents are strongly encouraged to download and install the AISHK App.
The school regularly produces a number of other publications on an annual or term basis. They are:
For more timely communication, email is regularly used. You will be sent emails on an as needs basis, from individual class teachers, Heads of Year, your child's divisional office, or the central administration office.
Please ensure that you have the following email addresses saved in your address book!
Our school is unique and the uniform has been designed to reflect this. It is distinctive, vibrant and changes with the seasons. A number of optional uniform items are available should families wish to purchase them. We believe that our uniform builds a sense of school pride and community. All students are required to wear the approved school uniform every day, as applicable to their division of the school.
The Uniform Shop is located on the 1st floor of AISHK. Until further notice, families may visit the Uniform Shop for fittings or purchases by appointment only. To make an appointment please contact Uniform Shop manager, Ms Shirley Cheng at midasuniform@aishk.edu.hk
The uniform shop regular opening times, 8:00am to 3:30pm, Mondays and Thursdays each week during school term time.
AISHK on campus uniform shop will be open during the January 2025 holidays for new families from 8.00am to 3.30pm on the following dates:
13 January 2025
16 January 2025
20 January 2025
23 January 2025
Please contact Ms Shirley Cheng at midasuniform@aishk.edu.hk for an appointment.
In addition to online order pickup, the Lai Chi Kok store offers in-store Sales Service, Sizing and Fitting (fitting rooms) and in-store Return & Exchange.
8F China Pacific Industrial Bldg
No 10 Wing Hong Street
Lai Chi Kok
Google Maps Link
Uniform items can also be purchased via the online shop. For details and directions to the online store, please click here. Online orders exceeding HK$600 qualify for Free Shipping!
Midas Uniforms provide SF express lockers, and door to door delivery service for “Industrial and Commercial Areas”. If customers have made any delivery order with residential address, please kindly provide the SF Express Service Point (Click here) or Smart Locker code (Click here) for self-pick up to our Email: midasonline@midasltd-hk.com. Delivery time is currently 3-4 working days once we receive your shipping details.
AISHK families have donated second hand uniform items to the school, from students who no longer require them. Subject to availability, AISHK can provide second hand uniform items, free of charge and available in the uniform shop. To enquire about second hand uniform items please email info@aishk.edu.hk.
During Holidays
Uniforms can be dropped off at the ninth-floor administration desk and will be sorted for parents to peruse during office hours.
During Term Time
Drop-offs can be made at the 1st Floor uniform shop or the 9th Floor administration desk.
We are committed to promoting sustainability and supporting our community. In light of this, we are pleased to announce that the rollover period for the school uniform has been extended until the end of 2025. This extension aims to provide additional time for families to acquire the necessary uniforms.
We understand that some parents have already purchased uniforms in anticipation of the original rollover period. We sincerely thank you for your promptness and support. To assist, families the use of second-hand uniforms available at our uniform shop until you are able to purchase the new items.
For full guidelines, please refer to the Parent Handbook.
We use a daily preference system so students can participate in the ECAs they want to across the week. There is no limit to the number of ECA’s you can choose, but as it is a preference system, there is no guarantee that students will get all their choices.
Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) – Additional before and after school activities that align and complement the school values and incur extra charges. Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) – Additional activities that take place outside of the classroom but compliment academic learning from the classroom and do not incur any extra charges. Kangaroo’s & Joey’s Sport – Aligns with ECA’s and includes social sports clubs and representative sports team training, with internal and external coaches. These all incur extra charges. Our Sport, ECA & CCA enrolment operates on a preference system (as opposed to a “first come, first served” approach), which facilitates a higher overall participation rate. Allocation by preference helps to ensure that all students have a better opportunity to participate in ECAs with a more equitable spread. There is no limit to the number of ECAs you choose, but as it is a preference system (per each day), there is no guarantee that students will get their choices. However, we hope that all students will get at least one of their choices.
Term 1 2025 Sport, ECA & CCA Timeline
Enrolment Dates for Term 1 2025/ SchoolsBuddy Signup System Parents new to AISHK in 2025 will have received an email with account setup instructions in late January 2025. Please contact us if you do not receive this email by 3 February 2025.The online system of enrolment, SchoolsBuddy, will open in late January 2025, parents will receive an email explaining the necessary steps to enrol.Please remember, that the Sport & ECA enrolments, are NOT “first come, first served” so there is no rush to make your choices.
Sport & ECA Sample Offerings
For the PDF version, please click to review a sample for the Sport & ECA Schedule. Links are included with a brief course outline to some of the ECA options so you can browse before the enrolment period begins.
CCA Sample Offerings
For the PDF version, please click here to review a sample of the CCA Schedule (Term 4, 2024). There are 4 CCA’s that need to be enrolled through SchoolsBuddy, while the rest are considered ‘walk up’ and can be attended by any student.
Squad Swimming Please note that swimming will be by invitation only.
All current squad members will be contacted by our Aquatics Manager, Mr Eric Yeung. If you are new to the school and/or would like to join the swim squads, please contact Mr Yeung at eric_yeung@aishk.edu.hk and he will arrange a trial for your child in early term 1. Please note that our squad swimming is training, and we do not run a Learn to Swim Program. If you need assistance, we can put you in touch with a Learn to Swim provider. Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the Sports and Activities Office via email at eca_sport@aishk.edu.hk.
As an extension of our school Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) Program, students from years 1 to 6 that register for Mini or Junior Duke Award, will be provided with a series of progressive life challenges including first aid, cookery, swimming, budgeting, fixing punctures, domestic duties and lots of other creative activities to expose them to the skills needed for the real world.
The award allows children to participate in a variety of new experiences and teaches them that it is good to ‘have a go’ and challenges them to learn new and varied skills from an early age. This helps them to develop the resilience they will need throughout their lives whilst rewarding them for their hard work.
The Mini & Junior Duke Award has been running in schools across the UK since 2007 and has helped thousands of children aged 6 to 12 to realise their abilities and, for some, to discover new talents and passions. It has now made it internationally and many schools here in HK are getting onboard. Could your child be next?
This program will run from August through to December, 2023, however an extension through to March 2024 is also available.
Enrolment this year will align with our Term 3 Sport & ECA enrolment, and can be completed through the SchoolsBuddy system.
| Enrolment opens: | Monday 19 June, 2023 at 10.00am |
| Enrolment closing: | Sunday 23 July, 2023 at 11.59pm |
| Course length: | August to December 2023 (or to March 2024) |
| Cost: | $400 |
| Enrolment link: | Mini & Junior Duke Award enrolment via SchoolsBuddy |
Following enrolment, we will be in touch regarding communications and when you can get hold of your Junior Duke Journal, which needs to be ordered once we know our participant numbers. We have keen staff members who will represent as the Duke Leaders to help guide our aspiring Mini and Junior Duke’s throughout the year.
The Performing Arts department would like to introduce you to our Instrumental Programme and Introductory Instrumental Scheme. These programmes are available to students in Prep to Year 12, and offer a convenient and varied approach to learning musical instruments during normal school hours. Lessons are provided on a one-to-one basis with the teacher for the following range of classes:
Piano, Violin, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Guitar, Drums, Voice.
Lessons will take place in our practice rooms on Level 2 of the AISHK campus on a rotational programme.
Full details about the programme and the online enrolment form link can be found here:
The school requires every student from Years 4-9 to purchase a school appointed laptop package. This includes the designated laptop, a wide range of software needed for learning and a complete support structure. Students studying in Years 10-12 have the option of purchasing a school appointed laptop package or using a "BYOD" (bring your own device) laptop computer.
Laptops will be delivered to students during the first week of school via the IT department. The cost of the laptop will be added to the parents account for the term of commencement.
For full details, rules, and procedures regarding school laptops, please refer to the following documents:
Students may bring their own food to school or purchase options from a varied and healthy selection of meals and refreshments provided by a certified catering service.
For students in Reception (full day) to Year 6, hot meals should be pre-ordered with the meal order form and menu below.
Secondary students from Year 7 to Year 12 are not required to pre-order their meals and may purchase directly from the cafeteria with cash or Octopus Card.
School Catering | Menu & Form
AISHK offers a bus service that is provided by Kwoon Chung Motors Co Ltd. Each bus is a 24-seater minibus with air-conditioning and a designated supervisor.
Buses will pick up students at various times between 6:40am and 7:50am each applicable school day and are scheduled to arrive at the school between 7:55am - 8:00am. All buses for the return trip will depart from the school at 3:00pm sharp.
Please note that Secondary students can only use the bus in the morning and should make their own way home after school in the afternoon.
For enquiries and details regarding bus schedules, pick-up and drop-off points, times and fees, please contact the bus company directly for assistance, email, ais@kcm.com.hk:
The AISHK Parent Association is a thriving community of parents who are dedicated to connecting members of our community through communication channels, activities, events and fundraising initiatives.
Any AISHK parent is automatically considered part of the AISHK Parent Association, and we encourage parents to take advantage of opportunities to support the school and make new friends and form networks.
The Parent Association comprises annually-elected volunteers who make up the Parent Association Executive Committee.
Read our Dhanara Newsletter for a recap of the wonderful work the AISHK PA has done for and with the School.
The AISHK Alumni Association network has grown from 25 students on its first day, to over 3,500 members, both student and staff today.
The Alumni Association brings together our former students, parents and staff who wish to stay connected with each other and the School, whether in Hong Kong, Australia or around the globe. Our community includes graduates who have embarked on diverse tertiary, career and personal pathways.
Australian International School Hong Kong is a non-profit foundation, founded by associations and individuals who have given of their time, commitment and passion to build the AISHK dream into reality. AISHK is truly a community school, and a connector for Australian and international families living in Hong Kong.
Please find the following links to our founding associations and related organisations.
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