Parent Information Meeting Grade 5

Please help yourself to coffee and a treat!

Agenda

Domburg Schedule Questions

IPC: Growing Up General Overview Questions

Gr. 5 Promotion Student Ideas Questions Volunteers

1 - Domburg

When: June 8 - 11 Supervisors: Bela Kovach, Kaye Gustafson,

Roger Miller, Sonia GreeneGeneral Rules No electronics Lights out by 9:30 pm Communication through teacher Common sense Thoughtfulness

Domburg Schedule

Tuesday June 8th

8:30 Depart AIS Neeltjes Jan

Film Guided Tour Lunch Aquarium Boat ride

Rock climbing (Guided) www.zeelandbuitenland.nl Hostel (Stayokay) www.stayokay.com Dinner Team building

Wednesday June 9th Breakfast Bike ride (4 sections)

Ice-cream shop Lunch – Veere (kids get to

walk around town) Dutch pancake house Hostel

Dinner Disco/Quiz

Domburg Schedule

Thursday June 10th Breakfast Walk to the beach Sand castle building Lunch Walk/bike to water park De

Parel (Lifeguards) http://

www.roompotzwemparadijs.nl/vrijetijdscentra/domburg

Walk around Domburg Dinner Team building Bedtime

Friday June 11th Breakfast/Pack Kayaking (Guided) www.kanoa.nl 15:00 Arrival at AIS

Domburg - Other

Accommodation Girls/boys in separate rooms Still to decide room make-up

Communication with Parents Parents can call school or Matt Cox in an emergency No news is good news

Students will be bringing there own bikes. A special truck will drive the bikes up and bring them back. Students will need to have their bikes tuned up. They will also need to bring a helmet.

A letter will be sent home with all the particulars. A form for parents to highlight any medical or other important information will be attached.

3 IPC - Growing Up

Overview

Lifelines: life stages that we pass through

from infancy to old age

Puberty : changes for boys and girls

Reproduction: how an egg is fertilized

Gestation Period: 40 weeks

Relationships: circle of friends

Rites of Passage: rituals and customs to celebrate a persons’ change from childhood to adulthood

IPC- Growing Up

Children will be provided with pieces of paper to write questions confidentially each class. I will read them and answer them the following day.

Grade 5 Promotion

Tuesday June 15th from 7:00 – 8:30 Formal occasion Student-organized and run (with parent volunteers) Guests: family and friends welcome (students to be

responsible for inviting guests) Agenda:

Student speeches Student entertainment (class song and individual

performances) Slide show Food and drinks after in the foyer

Fund raising: Bake Sale (Thursday May 20th) Emy to liaise with parent volunteers