Primary Years (PYP 1-5) Welcome Information

First Day of School Timings: Tuesday August 15th, 2023

Drop-off and pick-up time:

• PYP 1-2 - 8:20 - 11:30 Drop off and pick-up at meeting spot in playground

• PYP 3-5 - 9:00 - 12:00 Drop off and pick-up at meeting spot in playground

*please keep the play areas in the playground free in the morning as students will have recesses between 10:00-11:30.

First Day of School Practical Information:

• PYP 1-5 classes meet outside in the playground.

• The Morning Club and ASCP are not provided on first day of school. The programmes will resume from Tuesday, August 16th at their usual times (Morning club: 7:00-8:15; ASCP until 17:00). We ask families to leave as soon as possible so as to reduce the number of people on the playground, and not remain in the school premises between drop-off and pick-up.

• Children should bring a water bottle and a healthy snack-box on the first day (school lunch is not served).

Online Parent Information Sessions (per class): 

These are required sessions. Save these dates in your calendar. The sessions will be online (invites will be sent at a later time):

• PYP 1-2 sessions are Friday 11th August, 14:00-15:00

  1. • PYP1 link: https://meet.google.com/nku-baif-gnj

     • PYP2 link: meet.google.com/njf-tkgz-mvz

• PYP 3-5 sessions are Friday 11th August, 15:00-16:00

  1. • PYP3 link: https://meet.google.com/njf-tkgz-mvz

     • PYP4 link: https://meet.google.com/ucd-ukzt-bmm

     • PYP5 link: https://meet.google.com/kco-wzdf-eim

Class Lists: 

You will receive this information a few days prior to the first day of school, via Toddle ( the communications platform that we use in the primary school - read more here!).

Nut-free policy at school: 

The Hellerup Campus is nut-free (details on the Wellbeing page).

Lunch:

The school lunch service begins on Wednesday August 16th.

Bring Your Own Laptop (PYP4-5):

PYP4-5 students are required to bring their own laptop from the first week of school (details on the Technology page).

Morning Club and After School Care Program (ASCP) Information: 

• For safety reasons, it is necessary to enroll to morning club (from 7am to 8.15am) and to ASCP (from school´s dismissal until 5 pm) if students needs to stay on school campus outside of school hours. 

• PYP 4-5 students can enroll to RYAC ( local youth club, from Copenhagen´s Kommune). 

• For PYP1-PYP4, the first day for Morning Club and ASCP is Wednesday, August 16th for the students who are currently already enrolled. The opening hours for Morning Club are from 7:00- 8.15 and ASCP is operative from 2:20 (13:30 on Fridays) until 17:00.

• New ISH families: it is possible to sign up for ASCP throughout the month of August, and start immediately. ONLINE FORM 

• If your child was enrolled for last school year, the enrollment will be automatically renewed. Please inform us about any changes.

• School closes at 17:00 sharp. Please remember to pick up your child on time (not after 16.55). In case of repeated lateness, a late fee of 200 DKK will be charged on the following month's invoice. 

For more information on the ASCP Programme, contact Ms Chiara Giani cgiani@ish.dk.