Primary Years (PYP 1-5) Welcome Information

First Day of School Timings: Monday August 12th, 2024

Drop-off and pick-up time:

• PYP 1-3 - 8:20 - 11:30 Drop off and pick-up at meeting spot in playground

• PYP 4-5 - 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 09:30-11:30.

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 13th 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 grade level): 

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 9th August, 14:00-15:00

  1. • PYP1 link: meet.google.com/iic-ydhp-tuo

     • PYP2 link: meet.google.com/sdm-rfhn-fvg

• PYP 3-5 sessions are Friday 9th August, 15:00-16:00 

  1. • PYP3 link: meet.google.com/gxb-oyek-hfy

     • PYP4 link: meet.google.com/fud-exqj-gjw 

     • PYP5 link: meet.google.com/hhu-mcds-gwb

Accessing Toddle***NEW INFORMATION:

In the primary school, we use a digital portfolio and communications tool called Toddle.  Toddle gives you learning samples, reminders, class news, photos and videos, homework information and information about you child's current learning unit. In addition, important messages from the primary school principal and the school office, including the link to the weekly Friday School Newsletter, are sent via Toddle. You can read more about the platform here.  To access Toddle, please follow these steps:

For Returning Families: You can log in using your usual credentials.

For New Families:

1. Download and open the Toddle Family app or webpage (https://www.toddleapp.com/).

2. Sign in with the email address you registered with on Open Apply.

3. Click on "Sign In."

4. You will receive a One-Time Password (OTP) in your registered email.

5. Use this OTP to log into the Toddle Family app or webpage.

The 2024-2025 School Year will be opened on Toddle on Thursday, 8th August when students can also find out their Grade level class group (A or B) .

Class Lists: 

You will receive this information a few days prior to the first day of school, via Toddle. We do not publish student lists. We encourage parents to sign up and use the app Classlist, where you can access student names and contact details of families in your child's class that have chosen to share this information on the app. You can read more about the Classlist App here.

Update 8th of August: Please note that the classes in the Classlist app are currently being reviewed and updated. The classes will be up-to-date by the end of the day on Friday, 9th August.

Nut-free policy at school: 

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

Lunch:

The school lunch service for PYP will begin on Tuesday, 13th August, which is the second day of school. 

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 & Resources 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 Tuesday, August 13th 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. You can find the ASCP enrollment form here.

• 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.