Last day of school.

 Just as a reminder: our last day is Friday June 10th and school finishes at 12:00 on that day!

Your Grade 2 Team

Sharing the Planet in PE

Today the students in second grade start their 'Sharing the Planet' unit in PE.
As last year we will try to come up with new games and existing ones.
The students are asked to bring recycle material from home and make balls, rackets, goals, etc.
In other words, they will have the make the toys they want to play with.
In order to make the toys the students need to bring recycle material from home.

Thank you!

Calendar Change:

“Please note that there is an error in the ISD calendar. May 27^th is a normal school day. This is not a conference day. We have already had our second conference day.”

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY

Dear Parents,

The Elementary School Library is using the month of May to prepare for its move upstairs.

There is going to be a lot of work to do and all of the Library's books and shelving must be packed into boxes by Wednesday the 7^th of June, just two days before the end of this school year.

Because of this there is going to be a change to this year's Summer Check-Out programme.  Summer Check-Out is the term used to describe the borrowing of books for the summer holidays.

This timetable shows the plan we have put in to place:

20 May 2011	All things borrowed by parents and by children must be returned to the Elementary School Library by this date.
23 to 25 May 2011	The Elementary School Library will be closed. In this time we will prepare the library for Summer Check-Out
26 and 27 May 2011	Summer Check-Out will take place over these two days

This is how Summer Check-out will work:

Summer Check-Out only applies to families who are returning to ISD in August and only if all of your family's library books have been returned.

Each family may borrow up to 15 items

Check out will take place from 8.15 to 9.30 and from 3.00 to 4.00 on both days and all books will be due back on 16 August 2011.

Books chosen in the morning will be available in the afternoon.  If you choose your books on the afternoon of 26 May, they will be ready on the afternoon of 27 May.

If you have any questions, please feel free to come and talk with either Mrs Dawber or myself.

Yours Sincerely,

Kirk Owen

Elementary School Library

18 March 2011

Dear ISD Families,

Spirit Week is coming soon!  This year Spirit Week will be during the week of 28thMarch-1^st April. Spirit Week is a time for ISD to increase our school spirit by dressing up.  Each day of the week has a theme.

Please see the Prep blog for their plans for Monday and Tuesday

The days this year are:                    

Monday – PJ Day

Wear warm night clothes.

Tuesday – Twin Day/Triplet day

2 or more people dress up in the same clothing. Whole classes could dress the same.

Wednesday – Dress up as your favorite sports team day or ISD team colors

Dress up in your favorite sport team colors or ISD lions shirts, jerseys and sweat shirts.  On Wednesday at morning recess we will have a fashion show.

Thursday – Dress up as you want day

You can dress up in your best clothes, as a clown, superman or anything else you can think of!

Friday – Career Day

Dress up as what you would like to be / a job that you think is cool.

Please encourage your child/children to participate in Spirit week!

Best regards,

Student Council

Elementary News - 2nd Edition

 

 

Please click on the link below to read our 2nd edition of the Elementary News

written by the Student Council Alternates.

Enjoy!

 

http://voicethread.com/share/1804234/

Parent Letter

                                                            February 25th, 2011

Dear Parents,

 

 

Here are some announcements to consider before we break up for Ski Week.

 

Math Open Day: Please join us on Wednesday, March 2^nd for our Mathematics Open Day. You are invited to join

• Prep to Grade 2 between 09:00 and 09:40
• Grade 3 to Grade 5 between 09:45 and 10:30.

The children will share some of the math games that are used during the school day.

 

Lost Property: Please check the lost property containers before we break up for Ski Week as everything will be donated to Frauenhaus during the holidays.

 

Elementary Extension: As many of you know, the construction of the new Elementary Extension will begin during Ski Week. This means that when we return from the holiday a significant section of our playground and car park will be fenced off. Half of the parent parking spaces will disappear temporarily so many of us will either need to park further away from the school or use the drop-off system.

 

From next week onwards, students who normally exit via the Art/Music room stairwell will exit down the central stairwell at the end of the day. I would ask that all parents wait in the playground to collect their children as it will be too congested inside the school at this time of day.

 

Even though we are temporarily losing some playground space, we will proceed with our plan to introduce table tennis tables (courtesy of the parent volunteer fund) and swing ball poles to enrich recess opportunities for our students. We will also use the holidays to secure the bicycle stands and re-arrange the playground bins into colour-coded re-cycling stations.

 

The construction project is scheduled to be completed in time to begin the new academic year in August 2011, however no internal work will begin until the end of this academic year. The extension will house our new fifth grade wing. The library will be relocated to where the current 5^th grade classrooms are, allowing Reception to move into the space where our current library is situated. We will become a 3 section school from Prep to Grade 3 and a 4 section school in Grades 4 and 5. In addition to this, there will be a multi-purpose room that can be used for movement, music and drama.

 

Sodexo Price Changes: After Ski Week Sodexo will be increasing the prices of their food and drink tickets. Upper Elementary Children (Grades 3 – 5) will only be able to use pink tickets. Lower Elementary Children (Prep – Grade 2) will only be able to use yellow tickets. Please remember that no money is exchanged in the cafeteria. All purchases are made with tickets. These can be bought at the snack bar in the front foyer before or after school. The food prices are as follows.

 

Pink (big meal) 3.50 euros

Yellow (little meal) 2.00 euros

 

The price of cappuccino in the front foyer will also increase to 1.50 euros. Please direct all inquiries to Mr. Andreas Tegeler. He can be contacted at isd.3107@sodexo.de

 

Thank you for your patience and understanding in the coming weeks. We will do all we can to ensure that the construction project has a minimal impact on our students' learning.

 

On behalf of all the teachers and staff at the school, I wish you all a relaxing and enjoyable Ski Week.

 

Warm regards,

 

 

 

Alan Lorenzini

Elementary Principal

International School of Düsseldorf