Dear Parents,

I hope that you all enjoyed the mid-term break. It will be great to have the children back at Abacus tomorrow.

Just before the holiday, I wrote to you to inform you about some changes we are making at the school as a result of conversations with our insurers. Those changes have all been made, and the school is operating normally. Thank you for your patience and your understanding. We have relocated the libraries into the classrooms and have planned a regular rotation of books for children to share in class and take home. The new pantry can support cooking activities as usual, so very little will change for the children, except for a visit to the physical library space.

I also wanted to give you a further update on the future plans for Abacus. Abacus is in need of an upgrade to the facilities in the near future. This, in conjunction with the removal of the extra structures, necessitates that we begin considering a range of options for the school's future. To facilitate this, we will temporarily close the Abacus site at the end of June 2027 whilst we continue to investigate the range of options. 

We appreciate that this is big news - and therefore I want to assure you that there will be no impact on any of our current students. Everyone currently at the school will be able to remain here until they have completed K2 and are ready to move on to the next step in their ESF journey. 

To clarify, if your child is currently in K1, they will remain at Abacus for this year and next. The only change will be that we will not recruit any K1 students to join us at the current site in August. If your child is currently in K2, they will see out this year and move on to their chosen primary school.

ESF will be opening a new kindergarten in West Kowloon in August 2026, and this new school will temporarily have a direct transition to Year 1 at Clearwater Bay School. I appreciate that this new location may not be ideal for those of you with younger siblings who had planned on coming to Abacus in the future. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you would like to discuss any of this further with me, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I am available to answer any questions I can. A separate email has been sent to parents who have applied to K1 outlining their options for next year.

As always, thank you for your support. 

Frances Hurley