Year 10 Newsletter
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From our Elementary School Principal,
In the
Kindergarten and Elementary classes we are well into our first IPC Units for
the year! The IPC is our new International Primary Curriculum in the FIS
Kindergarten and Elementary School.
The Kindergarten
group’s first unit is called “All About Me”. The
students are learning about
themselves, their new friends in the class, and all about school. A
highlight of the unit was drawing beautiful self-portraits! Grade
One are “feeling their way” into their unit on “The Senses”. As well as
looking at optical illusions, taste testing with noses plugged, they have been
making string telephones and discovering all about sound! The students visited
the “Erfahrungsfeld der Sinne”
to get a real hands-on perspective. Grade Two are deep into their unit on “Ra
One aspect that the IPC stresses is the importance of “learning how to learn”. The teachers are striving to inspire their pupils to understand and improve their own learning: meaningful learning, through the interdisciplinary units where the students see how the subjects inter-relate.
Apart from the
knowledge, skills and understanding that the students will learn from the IPC,
a vital aspect are the core
values that the program instils in the students. Honesty, respect, cooperation, and sharing are the four core values of the
IPC. These values are at
the heart of all the IPC units and are also reflected by our own
Last year we had a very successful start with the
IPC. Feedback from the teachers and students has been very positive and no
doubt the rest of the year will see the students delving into many other
interesting units of inquiry as they strive to construct meaning from their
learning.
Middle School Info Night: Our
After School Activity
Program: Our popular
After School Activity Program will begin on October 1. The courses will run for ten weeks and
therefore end prior to the Christmas holidays. A list of offerings was emailed
home last week and should by now have been completed and returned. Letters
informing you about which activities your child has been placed will be sent
home in the next weeks.
Please remember that the ASAP will run from 3:30
until 4:30 on each respective day (3:40 until 4:40 in the Middle/High School)
and parents should be aware that students who take part in the After School
Activity Program need to be picked up from school at 4:30 (4:40 at the CC).
After a break in January and February, we plan to
have a second session in the program with some different course offerings,
which will run during the months of March, April and May.
ESL Welcome Tea: The ESL Team would like to invite all parents of ESL
students at the FIS (ES, MS & HS) to an
informational ESL Welcome Tea on Wednesday, October 10 at the
Dassler Villa (ES). We will start at
Parent Teacher
Conferences: The Parent Teacher Conferences will be held
on Tuesday, October 23 for the Kiga/Elementary School
and Wednesday, October 24 for the Middle/High School. There will
therefore be no classes for the Kiga & Elementary
School students on Tuesday, October 23 and no classes for the Middle & High
School students on Wednesday, October 24.
Students in Grades Two through Four are encouraged to join their parents
at the conferences. Attendance at the
conferences is mandatory for students in Grades Five through 11.
After School Activities will be cancelled
on Tuesday, October 23 for the Kiga/ES students and
on Wednesday, October 24 for the MS/HS Students.
Further information and sign up forms for the
Parent-Teacher Conferences are attached to this newsletter. Please complete and return one form per child by Monday, October 1st.
School Pictures:
Individual and class pictures will be taken on Tuesday, October 16 (Whole
School Photo, sibling portraits and Middle and High School class pictures and
portraits) and Wednesday October 17 (Kindergarten and Elementary School
students’ class pictures and portraits), by D.i.g.i.t.@.l
Schulfotografie.
Processing time will be approximately two weeks, after which the
pictures will be given to the students on a purchase or return option. If any families would like to have a special
sibling sitting for brothers and sisters, please advise Mrs. Potrykus or Mrs.
Wiegel by no later than Wednesday
October 11th, and we will schedule this as well. Please be aware that babies can only be included in sibling photos if the parent is also in the
photo holding the baby. We also require three parent volunteers to assist with
the sibling photos. Please contact Mrs. Potrykus at 09132-797910 if you are
able to help out.
The whole school photo will
be taken at
German Unification Day: The
Parking
at the FIS: Parking around both of our campuses has been
a problem for us during the past school years and has at times caused strained
relations with our neighbours, particularly at the Dassler Villa. Please note
that blocking the sidewalk and street is not acceptable and that the
neighbour’s driveways are not open to the public for turning or parking
purposes. The field located across from the Dassler Villa is also not a public
parking area. We ask parents to park
only in legal parking areas, even if they are a bit farther away from the
school, and then walk to the FIS .
Boy Scout Registration: Friday 5th October will be our kick off day for any new Cub Scouts. We
would like to invite newcomers to our pack from 1st to 5th grade to come
and join us at the Dassler Villa right after school on this day.
This would be an excellent opportunity for the boys to attend a Cub
Scouts meeting, participate in the activities if they so please to see if
they like it before they register. This meeting will last until roughly
3.15. Parents may come along for info packets and a brief discussion
about Cub Scouts, how it works and how you can help us help the boys. For more
information, please call either Kathleen
English Book Fair:
There will be an English book fair held in the art room of the Dassler
Villa on Monday, October 22. Please send
money with your children on this day if they are interested in purchasing
books. Parents are also welcome to
attend!
Volunteer Presenters Needed: Parents, would you like to share some
information about your career with the FIS high school students? As the
students are thinking more and more about what they will be doing after high
school, we would like to bring in speakers to talk about what they do in the
world of work. If you are interested and are available to attend our
Career Morning on Friday 7 December and speak about your career, the
training required, how you got your job, and what your day-to-day
responsibilities and life are like on the job, please contact
Request for Participants in a
Dogsitter needed: Is anyone
interested in looking after a 1.5yr old English Bulldog for 3 or 4 days during
Fall Break? He is very good with kids and other dogs. Please contact
For Sale:
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Grand Opening Today!
Lady’s Secondhand Bike Needed: Please contact Mireia Blanco
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Friday Sep 28 |
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