This event is being organized by: Dayna Gadzhieva,Yara Salem and Laia Sitjes Sole.

This blog post was written by: Dayna, Yara,Laia.

This Friday, 31 of August, we will be having a sausage cook-out to celebrate the beginning of the year together!

On Friday this week, we will head into the woods at 11:30. We will start the cook-out right away, so your child is able to have time to cook their sausages. After that, we will share some desserts and play a couple of games like capture the flag, fort-building and more…

FOOD

1. If your child gets cafeteria food every day, the staff have agreed to prepare sausages and bread rolls for your child.
2. If your child gets home lunch every day, please give  a sausage or two to them.(if your child cannot eat a type of meat, please organize them their own type of sausages.)
3. If you would like to bring extra snacks: chips, ketchup and mayo, marshmallows, easy vegetables (baby tomatoes, carrot sticks) desserts like muffins or fruits, graham crackers and chocolate (for s’mores).
4. if you would like to sign up to bring food here is the link
5. Please do not get anything other than sausages to cook over the fire.We are not able to cook chicken legs or steak

you do not have to bring anything but it would be nice if you do.

WEATHER

Currently, the weather is looking rainy for Friday so please keep your eye on the blog, if we need to cancel, we will inform you on Thursday evening.

We are very excited for our year together!

Hello 5R families!

Welcome to the new school year! Thank you so much to the families who attended Monday evening’s information session, and those who have completed the email questions regarding your child. For those who were unable to attend, please do let me know if you’d like to have a short meeting regarding the nuts and bolts of fifth grade.

I would like to take a minute to introduce myself and share a few details which were part of Monday’s Meet the Teacher presentations. I am originally from Toronto, Canada, but have spent the bulk of my teaching career overseas in Taiwan, Turkey, Japan and Tanzania. This will be my fourth year at Zurich International School. My wife Elif will be teaching Art to fifth grade as well, so your child will get to know her well!

I look forward to working with you towards providing a safe, exciting, and challenging environment in which your child will learn and grow as an individual. I believe in working together and providing the strongest support system your child will need to grow academically, socially, and emotionally.

In order to help us have a smooth start, please note the following logistical matters:

• PE will be on Tuesday and Thursday. Please send your child to school in his PE kit on those days with appropriate footwear. Library visits will be by default on Friday, but it is possible to return and borrow new books any day during scheduled break times. Ensemble music will be on Thursdays. Your child will need to bring their instrument if in band or strings.
• We will have snack each day at 10:10. Please remember to send in a healthy snack.
• We will keep reusable water bottles in the classroom. Please send in a well-labeled bottle for your child.
• All our students are required to have indoor shoes that are left at school. These shoes should also function as PE shoes. This means an athletic-type shoe with a light-coloured sole. No slippers or Crocs, please.
• All students will go outside for morning recess, regardless of the weather, and we will also spend time in the forest. Your child needs to be prepared with appropriate outdoor clothing.

Please keep an eye out for posts to the G5 newsfeed, the MPR presentation from Monday, as well as Torgon details will be posted this Thursday.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns at jraskin@zis.ch. I look forward to a wonderful year ahead!

All the best,

Jamie

Cycling in Alsace.