English International School Newsletter of the 14th January 2022

Dear Parents,

We hope this letter finds you and your family well.

As you know, we are currently seeing spikes in COVID-19 cases around the globe and hearing about lockdowns, curfews and schools switching to remote learning in some regions. We thank our families for being considerate and transparent by reporting positive cases in their homes and sharing test results. We have been fortunate to maintain the rhythm of the normal school day with teachers remaining devoted to students who must temporarily isolate at home through Google Classroom / Meet.

As always, should you have queries, your consideration of teachers’ work day hours is appreciated. Teachers and I will do our best to answer emails and address any questions. As we keep in mind maintaining the health and safety of our school community, we continue to reinforce the sanitary protocol.

We certainly look forward to better days ahead, yet we stress seeing new teaching and learning opportunities under our current circumstances.

As we are now settled into our second term in school, please note the following information:

International Day – Friday, 27th January

We will celebrate our school’s cultures and traditions on this day as an internal event between classes, as was done last year.  Teachers and students will organise programmes for that day as they pertain to their groups.   There will be a full school day session on this day. More information will be forthcoming from class teachers.

Institut Français

For your weekend and evening entertainment, there are films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance performances taking place during the upcoming months. The programme of these vibrant cultural presentations, which take place under strict sanitary protocol, is available online on the Institut Français website.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Khelseau-Carsky

Head teacher