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 Supervisors: Bela Kovach, Kaye Gustafson, Roger Miller, Sonia Greene General Rules No electronics Lights out by 9:30 pm Communication through teacher Common sense Thoughtfulness

Domburg Schedule Tuesday June 8 th 8:30 Depart AIS Neeltjes Jan Film Guided Tour Lunch Aquarium Boat ride Rock climbing (Guided) Hostel (Stayokay) 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) s.nl/vrijetijdscentra/domburg s.nl/vrijetijdscentra/domburg Walk around Domburg Dinner Team building Bedtime Friday June 11th Breakfast/Pack Kayaking (Guided) 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 15 th 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