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NEWSLETTER

21 MAY 2014

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO KB AND GYEONGNAM BANK FOR THEIR SUPPORT We would like to take this opportunity to thank KB for their generous donation of w10,000,000 and Gyeongnam Bank for their dontation of a new coffee machine for the ISK staff. We appreciate their contribution to ISK and their interest in forging a positive relationship with our school and its community. Thank you!

ISK UPPER SCHOOL “SPRUMMER JAM” DANCE! This is a reminder to all students from Year 4 to Year 9 that this Friday, 23 May is this year’s Sprummer Jam Dance! Students will be required to pay w5,000 at the door to enter. This promises to be a fun-filled night with lots of music, dancing, and some healthy snacks. Show your spirit by wearing your brightest summer colours!

SPRUMMER JAM DANCE

Friday 23 May @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm ISK Cafeteria 5,000 won at the door Wear your spring/summer colours! See you all there! - ISK Student Council

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LADYBIRD CLASS

We have been learning all about “Transport” as part of our current IPC unit. For the past week, our focus has been on learning about the various types of ‘Land’ transport. To extend our learning beyond school, the Ladybirds decided to involve our extended Ladybird families in our very own ‘Box Car’ project. Each of us had a week to work on our ‘Box Car’ with our parents and families. We then had to bring in our completed ‘cars’ to school on Friday for our ‘Show & Tell’. Last Friday, there were some amazing ‘Box cars’ to be seen as our Ladybirds brought in their completed projects. Each car was unique and wonderfully made. Some even came with fully equipped (and working) headlights and brake lights! We all enjoyed sharing our creations with each other during our ‘Show & Tell’, demonstrating to our friends our knowledge of the different parts of a car and how to go about driving our ‘car’. We also shared who had been involved in the making of our ‘cars’. Later in the afternoon, we enjoyed driving our ‘cars’ around up on the school’s rooftop after our class picnic. It was a great afternoon for the Ladybirds and their families!

-Ms.Danielle

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YEAR 1 IPC ENTRY POINT

FLOWERS & INSECTS! The year 1's started their new IPC unit - Flowers and Insects. They went on a bug hunt

at the back of the school and found lots of interesting insects. They looked at them

under a magnifying glass and filled in a checklist of the bugs they found. They let them

go at the end of the day. It was a beautiful sunny day and lots of fun!

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PANDA CLASS - IPC ENTRY POINT

SHOPPING! The Panda class are exploring Shops as part of their IPC Unit, “Shopping”. Last week the Panda's walked to the local supermarket to buy some fruit! We first practiced writing shopping lists and decided what fruit we needed to make a healthy fruit salad. We noticed that all the food in the Supermarket was grouped together in different categories. This makes it much easier to find the food we need. When we returned we washed the fruit before each making a delicious fruit salad – the Panda's love to eat healthy fruit! On May 30th we will sing a shopping song at assembly all about the different food groupings in the supermarket!

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INTERNATIONAL DAY – GENERAL MEETING

International Day - General Meeting 8:40am, Monday 26 May 2014 ISK Cafeteria (B1) All are welcome! The meeting will primarily serve to provide information to parents who are interested or unsure about what the event entails. All of the country booths will be run by parents, so don’t delay – sign-up now to have your country represented! This could mean preparing national dishes to sample, offering activities and games for visitors to take part in, or providing interesting facts and information about your country! We currently have 17 countries, but I would love to surpass the “20” mark, so speak with your friends and neighbours and sign-up today!

https://docs.google.com/a/iskoje.org/forms/d/1E4tiRNgKXAR1YoC68Gel6K5q4V6dcwza7-QyCs2_PEI/viewform Here are some photos from last year’s International Day…

COUNTRIES SO FAR: 1. America 2. Australia 3. Brazil 4. Britain 5. Denmark 6. France 7. Greece 8. India 9. Indonesia 10. Korea 11. Malaysia 12. Netherlands 13. Norway 14. Philippines 15. Russia 16. Sweden 17. Vietnam 18. ???... 19. ???... 20. ???...

A huge thank you to all of the parents who have signed up so far!

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PTA SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE

Dear Parents, We have created a PTA School Safety Committee to help co-ordinate two main tasks:

To organise a rota of parent volunteers who can help provide a safer environment for our children when walking to and from school.

To channel communication about safety between the parents and the school. This Committee requires a Chairperson to head it and a meeting will be held with Mr Colin at the school tomorrow morning, Thursday 22nd May 2014 at 8.40am, to discuss these matters with those of you who are interested in helping out. Please request to join the new group to be kept informed about what is happening or please email us isk_pta@iskoje.org https://www.facebook.com/groups/755379941150101/

Principal’s Awards! Congratulations to all students who have been nominated for Principal’s Awards this week!

Principal’s Awards are presented at Friday assemblies and are awarded to students who clearly demonstrate one or more of our 8 ISK Personal Goals!

NAME: CLASS: NAME: CLASS: Arran Lee Haddow Butterfly Bennett Van Keuren Wolf

Charlotte Hartley Butterfly Ben Jackson Wolf

Ella Lucia Vidili Bumblebee Tracy Miranda Eagle

Maria Aanderaa Skogland Bumblebee Max Laney Crocodile

Riley Cappa Koala Isadora Leite Dragon

Maren Bjornfeld Panda Artham Bordoloi Dragon

Remco Veen Panda Jenny Glesnes Phoenix

Faith Heng Seal Theo Maillard Kraken

Cameron Pryce Seal

Dominika Kurek Kangaroo

Omar Collins Monkey

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RAINY DAYS AT ISK RAIN BEFORE SCHOOL Yesterday morning, it was evident that many children were not dressed appropriately for the rain. The school has, on a number of occasions, advised parents to dress their children in a rain-coat and rain-boots. An umbrella would also be desirable.

As stated in the Parent Handbook, all students are expected to remain outside and line up as they usually would on hearing the bell. However, we will continue to monitor this and inform parents of any changes that we make. AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ON RAINY DAYS We will no longer cancel outdoor After School Activities due to rain.

Often the school has some difficulty in contacting all parents about the cancellations. We also recognise that the cancellation of these activities can, in many cases, cause problems for parents who may need to reschedule their pick-up times. Furthermore, we are very reluctant for children to miss out on these activities.

From now on, all After School Activities will continue as planned. However, in the event of heavy rain, a suitable location will be provided indoors.

ISK CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MAY 15 House Day 22 PTA School Safety Committee -

meeting @ 8:40am 23 Pizza Day

Sprummer Jam Dance (Y4-Y9) 6:00pm – 8:00pm

26 International Day General Meeting 30 ISK & HFS Sports Day

JUNE 2 Science Fair 4 LS Summer Concert @ 2:00pm 5 US Summer Concert @ 3:00pm 6 Memorial Day (No School) 12-13 ISK Sports Days 19 House Day 20 ASAs Finish 26 International Day

For more dates please visit our webpage: http://www.iskoje.org/calendar--events.html