»SIS NEWSLETTER 9th SEPTEMBER 2011
PRIMARY PARENT-TEACHER MEETINGS
The Primary parents who could not attend the Parent-Teacher meetings this week may pick up the Primary Handbook at the office or it can be downloaded from our website. The Parent-Teacher meeting for the P6 parents will take place on Thursday, the 15th September in room 115.
E-REGISTER IN P5-P6
Since the e-Register is in official use, we would like to ask the P5 and P6 parents to login into the system on a regular basis to keep up to date with the necessary information.
PRESENTATION MIDDLE YEARS AND DIPLOMA
We would like to thank all parents and pupils for their participation in the presentation of the Middle and Diploma programme and the plans which took place yesterday. The Middle and Diploma parents who could not attend the presentation this week may pick up the Handbook at the office or it can be downloaded from our website. The Handbook is the official document and parents need to familiarise themselves with the contents.
CHANGES IN THE HANDBOOK 2011/12 FOR MIDDLE AND DIPLOMA
Please note that there is a change to the rule 3b, on page 27 in the SIS Handbook 2011/12.
Opposite to the Primary pupils Middle and Diploma pupils have permission to bring the named items unless this causes any problems with behaviour or the educational development of the pupils. Form teachers will then inform parents about the problems and discuss further actions.
INSURANCE
The school is offering insurance as it did last year – the yearly fee per child is: 36 PLN. Insurance covers accidents, injuries, broken bones and hospital services. It operates 24 hours a day, at school and outside the school, in the territory of Poland. The money should be paid to the office by Tuesday 27th September. The insurance will be valid from 1st October 2011 to 30th September 2012.
If your child has private insurance which covers accidents and you don’t want to use the school offer please send us an e-mail or bring such information on paper to the SIS Office.
NEWSLETTER
As in previous years each Friday we will issue our school newsletter with important information. It will be available on our website. To receive it by e-mail you have to enter our website and add your address in the section “subscribe to the newsletter”.
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
As a part of developing your interests we invite our students to participate in additional after school activities. If you are interested in participating in the below activities please inform the office by Thursday 15th September. More details will be given in the next newsletter, depending on the number of interested students.
PHILOSOPHY CLUB
hosted by Mr. Jason Streitfeld
What is beauty? What is justice? What is truth? Philosophy is the love of wisdom, but it is often practiced by questioning and challenging everything we know and believe. Each month in the Philosophy Club, will we discuss an important work or idea in the history of philosophy. Students can suggest specific topics, and all students are encouraged to share their own ideas. The primary goal of the club is to enjoy philosophy. The atmosphere should be relaxed and friendly, so we can all share ideas with respect and kindness, even when those ideas seem a little crazy or bizarre. Interested students can also prepare to compete in regional and national competitions. The best student philosophers in Poland will be invited to compete in the International Philosophy Olympiad. Even if you do not wish to compete, the Philosophy Club can be an opportunity for D2 and D3 students to explore issues raised in TOK class. For the rest of you, the Philosophy Club can be a fun way of introducing yourselves to philosophy.
Meetings will be held once a month.
ART. CLUB
Art Club for students from P5 and up. Thursdays (or Tuesdays) from 15:35 till 17:00. There will be different activities such as making occasional decorations, painting, modeling, etc - depending on the group level.
MUSIC CLUB
The Music Club will be held on the same days and time as last year i.e. Tuesdays for P6-M3 and Thursdays for P2-P5
RELIGION
The religion classes for Polish students will take place on Mondays at 15:30 for classes P1-P5 and on Thursdays at 15:30 for classes P6 and up.
