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The English International School

Website newsletter – May 2007

Summer has arrived at EIS, with the campus looking bright and green and with new arrivals, both  children and a pair of hoodie crows nesting next to the front door.  Also new is our prospectus, published in record time and ready for the new term.  Copies are available from school, or on line via the front page of this website. 

As an experiment, we are offering an extended day on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the better to fit in lots of additional activities:  play rehearsals, football team training, cookery, chess, gardening, tennis and photography, to name but a few.  The extra time is available for anyone in Y1-9, and we hope all will take advantage of this:  everyone is signed up and in a grip. The buses will set off for home at 1620.  If this works, we will continue next term; if the traffic makes it unworkable, we will look for another way of offering more.  As all the Y2s have been staying for care club, rather than going home, we have incorporated that time into the curriculum proper, and will do the same for Y1 in September.  Care Club will continue as an option for the Nursery and Reception.  There is no charge for any of these additional activities.

Due to changes in Russian public holidays, we will need to teach on Saturday 9 June but Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 are public holidays. My thanks to parents for an excellent turnout, with nobody missing other than for illness, on 28 April when we also had a working saturday. 

This term’s physical education programme includes senior swimming up to 19 June, as well as athletics (track and field), hockey, football, dance and gymnastics, and maybe even some cricket. 

Although it is a short term, there are a lot of events planned.  Amongst the special events coming soon: 

21 June             afternoon         school play “The Railway Children” – in the Hall with a large cast

22 June on                               school exams

4 July                afternoon         junior dance/drama display, followed by sports day for all

6 July                morning            Prize Giving ceremony and the end of term

9-20 July                                  Summer Club – optional and open to all 

The Summer Club is now on its way.  This is open to all 3-14 year olds, current EIS pupils and anyone else who wants some educational fun in the summer holidays.  Full details are behind the ‘Extra’ button on the home page.  In brief, we will offer three sessions of learning in the mornings, for example art, computing and creative English (with options for Russian and French tuition) and a double helping of sports and games each afternoon.  Groups will be age related, and not bigger than 15 (apart from team games!)

It promises to be an active summer.