Thursday, January 25, 2018

Dear Parents,

Happy long weekend! For those travelling, be safe. We hope you all have a lovely extended time together.

  

ES Parent Coffee - KPA (Korean Parents) - January 30, in the Madras Hall at 8:45 am
Next Tuesday we have a parent coffee for all KPA representatives. Look for further information from the KPA Coordinator and we look forward to welcoming you all in the Madras Hall at 8:45am.

Field Days next week - Parents welcome to come support our students!

• Grade 2 and Grade 3 Field Day: Wednesday, January 31st, 10:15-12:15
• Grade 4 and Grade 5 Field Day: Thursday, February 1st, 10:30-12:30  
• EY3, EY4, EY5, and Grade 1: Friday, February 2nd, 10:15-11:45 

During Field Day the students will be participating in a variety of games, art activities, and water activities. We ask that the students come to school with swimming attire and a change of clothes on their Field Day.

  

Toddlers and under 6’s on the playground

You will see green signs indicating the safety requirements for young children on the ES Playground. The second half of the playground has safety restrictions that require an age of 6 years old to play on these structures. Regardless of whether parents are present, this area is only for those over 6. Please respect this and listen to the teachers and security guards who may remind you of this safety restriction. Under 6 year olds may enjoy the plastic structures before the signs. Thank you for your understanding.

Elementary Choir

Ms. Sarah Hassler has started the second session of Elementary Choir every Wednesday morning at 7:30am for students in grades levels 3,4 and 5. Kindly click here to sign up.

Meet AISC - Carl Knudsen - Elementary Design Studio Teacher

Originally hailing from Denmark, Carl is in his fourth year at AISC, and is joined here by his wife, Lori Newman, and his two sons Jakob and Ben. Carl loves ‘creating stuff with kids!’ and also chocolate. When Carl immigrated to Canada, he travelled by ship across the north Atlantic and the ship hit an iceberg! Sadly, his parents lost most of their possessions as the hold carrying their belongings was flooded. Carl would love to have super vision as a superpower.  Carl is leaving AISC at the end of this academic year to move to Tunis where he will be an Elementary Art teacher and also work to set up their Design Studio.

February Lunch Menu & Order links  

To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link.  

February Elementary Lunch Menus: (Grades EY- 3 Pre-order) and Grades (4 & 5 No Preorder)

Design Saturday - repeat announcement
To know more about our upcoming Design Saturday on February 10, 2018, sign up and payment details, please click here.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling and Lori Newman

Friday, January 19, 2018

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to the second half of our school year, and Happy New Year to each and everyone one of you! Children have been amazing this week, even those who were still experiencing some jet lag! I hope you all had a wonderful break, and were able to visit places and people dear to you.

I spent the break in Australia with both my family, who travelled from New Zealand, and James’ family. We had a lovely time exploring beaches in New South Wales and Victoria.

An enormous thank you to Emily Sahu (EY5) and Ashley Sahu (G3) who sent us a postcard from Toronto, Canada, and to Arthur Gautier (EY3) who sent his from France! We loved receiving your mail and learning what you were up to in your vacation.

A reminder that supervision in the morning begins at 8am. We are noticing several students are arriving at school early, and we encourage you to remember that there is no supervision before 8am and children are not allowed to be on the playgrounds before then.

Field Days are coming soon 

There will be three separate Field Days this year:

• ·       Grade 2 and Grade 3 Field Day: Wednesday, January 31st, 10:15-12:15
• ·       Grade 4 and Grade 5 Field Day: Thursday, February 1st, 10:30-12:30 
• ·       EY3, EY4, EY5, and Grade 1 Field Day: Friday, February 2nd, 10:15-11:45

During their Field Day students will be participating in a variety of games, art activities, and water activities. We ask that the students come to school with swimming attire and a change of clothes on their Field Day. 

If you would be interested in attending Field Day, either as a volunteer or to accompany your child, you can email your child’s teacher or Jack Bissonnette at bjack@aischennai.org.

Design Saturday - February 10, 2018

To know more about our upcoming Design Saturday, sign up and payment details, please click here.

Elementary Choir (Session 2) - From January 24, 2018

Ms. Sarah Hassler is starting the second session of Elementary Choir from January 24th for students in grades levels 3, 4 and 5. Kindly click here to sign up.

Pick up after ASA

Parents are requested to pick up their children at 4.45 pm sharp after ASA each day from the designated meeting points. Many coaches/activity leaders have noticed children are not being collected on time after the activity has completed.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling & Lori Newman