Dear Parents,
Our first full week of school is complete, and if you have an exhausted child at home this week, it is because they are full of new learning; learning new routines, making new friends and learning a lot within their classes every day. Enjoy this weekend to ask your child what they learned this week!
Our first full week of school is complete, and if you have an exhausted child at home this week, it is because they are full of new learning; learning new routines, making new friends and learning a lot within their classes every day. Enjoy this weekend to ask your child what they learned this week!
Home Learning
Home learning is well underway in the Elementary school. Our
students from Grade 1-5 are already bringing home reading books and should be
reading, or engaged in a reading related task every day. Other home learning
tasks will be starting in Grades 3-5 next week so please look out for these
tasks coming home and enjoy this learning with your child.
Back to School Afternoons - coming next week!
We have two separate Back to School afternoons this year
·
Tuesday 28 August - Grades 3-5
·
Thursday 30 August - Early Years - Grade 2
Both
sessions begin at 3:00pm in the Madras Hall. Following this curricular
orientation of all core areas and Specialist areas, you will be invited to
grade level areas for specific information pertinent to your child’s learning
this year. Each grade will run two different sessions during their afternoon.
If you have more than one child on the same afternoon you will be able to
attend one session of each!
·
3:00 - 3:35; Overview to the Elementary school and curriculum,
Madras Hall
·
3:45 - 4:15; Grade level session 1
·
4:20 - 4:50; Grade level session 2
We will be providing supervision for any child who is not in an ASA on these days. This will be in either the CIC or on the playground. At 4:45 all children will be gathered in the covered area for pick up by parents at 4:50pm.
First Learning Celebration
Next Friday 31st is our first Elementary Learning Celebration.
Children from Grade 4 and 5, as well as Student Council members and the
music team will be sharing learning from the beginning of the school year. Parents are encouraged to join us in the FAC. Parents can be seated from 2:30pm, children
will arrive close to 2:40pm and we will begin at 2:45pm. For safety purposes, strollers need to be parked and left outside in the FAC
lobby. If you do have your baby or toddler with you in the audience, if
they need a break, you can also use this lobby area if need be. Thank you for understanding.
For clarification about ordering group photos please see below
We are including a complimentary 5x7 group
photo print to those who ordered one of the three packages. If you would like a
different size of the group photo or order only the group photo, please contact
Raji Srinivansan at +91 98414 16519.
If you have not yet ordered photos yet and
would like a different sized group photo, please note “group photo” under the
Individual Print section and mark the size. The deadline to place orders is
August 30. Please turn in the envelopes to the Section Assistants.
If you have any questions, please contact
Shannon Zirkle at zshannon@aischennai.org.
Recycled supplies needed for Ms Anita’s Art Room
Please recycle the following items and deliver to 2150 -
thank you in advance for this!
- Toilet
Paper Tubes
- Small
Food/Cosmetic Boxes (empty). Approximate size: 5" tall x 3" wide
x 1" deep. Anything around this size will be fine.
- Yogurt-Type
Plastic Containers
- Large
Paper Shopping Bags (white or natural color.
- Colorful,
Plastic Lids off washing liquid, water bottles, etc.
- Small
size Juice Boxes. Please rinse out with water before bringing.
- Textured
items for my "Texture Box". Things that are furry, soft, bumpy,
ridged, rough, scratchy, slick, etc.
- Cloth
Ribbons
- Fabric
Scraps
- Straws
- Toothpicks
- Clear,
Plastic Water Cups, 5-6" tall.
ES Movie Night - Friday August 31
Please come join us with your children in the
BBT on August 31 at 3:45 to watch a wonderful movie named called Hugo! Hugo is
drama/fantasy movie about a young orphan who loves clocks and whose most treasured
possession is his late father's automaton. His mission is to find a key that
will get it working. The film won several Academy Awards. The movie is based on
a book called "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," which we carry in the
library. This is a free event and popcorn will be served. Hope to see you
there!
Maker Saturday – September 1, 2018
Timing: 9 am -12 noon
Facility: ES Discovery Studios (Rooms 2602/2603)
Eligibility: Grade 1 - 5 (a parent must accompany their
child)
The first session for 2018 - 19 school year:
We invite you to join this parent and child activity and challenge
yourself to be creative. For more details regarding activity & sign up,
please click HERE
AISC UN
International Peace Day, Parade of Nations - September 14, 2018
This year's UN International Peace Day celebration will be held on Friday, September 14. The Parade of Nations, where all of the student body parades in their national dress across the stage, will be held in the FAC Theater.
This year's UN International Peace Day celebration will be held on Friday, September 14. The Parade of Nations, where all of the student body parades in their national dress across the stage, will be held in the FAC Theater.
The early date this year was chosen, because high school students
start leaving for their Discover India trips on Friday, September 21 and we
wanted all students to be included in the event.
Because of this, and to be responsive to the developmental needs
of our Early Years students, our EY3, 4 and 5 classes will walk in this parade
as a grade level group. This allows our youngest students to both celebrate
their countries, as well as feel comfortable and familiar with their peers
during the parade.
Grade 1 - Grade 12 students will gather before the parade in the
gymnasium, and, once assembled under their respective national flag, will
proceed to the FAC Theater stage for the beginning of the parade. Early Years
students will then lead the school into the parade, followed by each country
group, and then exit the stage to assemble back in their classrooms to watch
the live stream parade.
Grade 1-5 students will parade with their country group and into seating in the auditorium to watch the short following program and hear speeches from the older student representatives.
Grade 1-5 students will parade with their country group and into seating in the auditorium to watch the short following program and hear speeches from the older student representatives.
The Parade of Nations will be followed by a normal school day.
How does
the parade work?
Grade 1 - 5 students will be marching under their citizenship of
record as listed in PowerSchool, our student information system, and as
indicated during the admissions process.
If you would like to make a change and have your child(ren) march
under a flag different from their citizenship, kindly send this information
directly to Sanja Ilić, Director of Admissions,
(admissionsdirector@aischennai.org). Admissions office will be accommodating
the aforementioned requests until August 31, 2018.
ASA Handover (repeat announcement)
If your child is involved in an ASA, you do not need to come to
meet them after school - we will get them to the ASA - and you simply need to
arrive into the ES Cafeteria to pick up your child at 4:45pm once the ASA is finished.
If you are early, you can wait in the ES Cafeteria from 4pm.
If your child is not in an ASA, then please come to the pick up
spot as usual at 3:30 p.m. We are trying to avoid unnecessary crowding in the
corridors after school finishes. Thank you for your understanding of this!
September Lunch Menu & Order links
To order a school lunch for your child, please
use this
Payonline link.
Elementary Lunch Menus: (Grades EY- 3 Pre-order) and (Grades 4 & 5 - No Preorder)
Have a
great weekend!
Warmly,
Warmly,
Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly