September 2016: Vol 5 No 2 Information Nights Autumn Holiday In the coming weeks there will be two information evenings. The first is for the those families about to We wish everyone a safe and happy Autumn start at Skt Josef’s and the other for those about to break. finish.

A reminder that the International School is closed The information night for Year 1 students that will on Monday 28th October. This only applies to start in August 2017 will be held at school on the international students, the Danish students return 9th November at 5pm in the Multisalen (small gym). to school on Monday. The SFO will be open all day Monday for SFO families that require care. And the second info night for studies post Skt Josef’s will be on 15th November. This evening for The reason for this is that the international students and parents in Year 10 and Year 11 will teachers will be attending the International Training provide information about Danish gymnasium and Day at Østerbro International School. Various the International Baccalaureate. international schools will be attending. There will be keynote speakers, discussion groups and workshops around the theme of peer-assessment International Assembly and feedback in education. Well done to Year 2 for a fantastic road safety Reminder: school starts again after the Autumn assembly and congratulations to those students break on Tuesday 25th October. awarded with Certificates of Merit.

Changes After the Autumn break, Tine Gregory’s role at the school will be changing. Tine will a development consultant working on strategic projects for the school. That means that she will no longer have direct contact with parents. Any future general questions and requests should be firstly directed to the class teacher or subject teachers. After that, more specific enquiries can be sent to either Dom Maher (International School Manager, [email protected]) or Kevin Goggins (Deputy Manager, [email protected])

Drama Club On the 30th November the drama club will be performing. They will do two performances, one in the morning at the International assembly and the other in the evening fro the parents. Save the date!

New Calendar Events* Progress Reports October Student Progress Reports will be sent home with the students on Friday 28th October. There will 11th ICT IGCSE exams begin (Yr 11) also be student-parent-teacher conferences during Yr 4-5 National Museum the following weeks.

13th Night Run (Yr 8-11) There has been a change to the format of both the report card and the conferences. 14th No school for students Yrs 8-11 The Autumn report card will be a simplified version 14th Exercise Day/Motionsdag (Yrs 1-7) from previous years. It will include an academic 17-21st Mid-term break grade indicating the grade the student would achieve for the year based on current performance 24th International Student Free Day (Year 1 and Year 2 are not given academic grades). It will also have an effort grade, which INSET day for teachers sometimes is the most important grade.

25—28th Focus Week This report card is only a small part of the 28th UN Day celebrations reporting process. This report is in conjunction with the student-parent-teacher conference. Progress Reports sent home The Autumn conference will be between the class 31st International Assembly teacher and the student with the parent/guardian. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the students progress in terms of their work habits, November effort and may involve goal setting. Prior to the conference students would have completed a self- 1st Year 11 Health Nurse visit evaluation of their learning using the schools Character-Values as outlines in last months Year 8 Student– Parent –Teacher newsletter. 2nd Year 2 Student– Parent– Teacher The Spring conference will be subject based Year 7 Student– Parent– Teacher where parents will have an opportunity to meet and discuss with their son or daughters main 2-3rd Year 10 Student– Parent– Teacher teachers.

3rd Year 3 Student– Parent– Teacher Of course, class teachers and subject teach may Year 4-5 Student– Parent– Teacher be contacted at any time throughout the year via Intra. Year 6 Student– Parent– Teacher

Year 8 Student– Parent– Teacher (Year 9 Student-Parent-Teacher TBA)

9th New future Year 1 Info Night

14-18th Year 10 Work Experience Week 15th Year 1 Student– Parent– Teacher

Year 10 and Year 11 IB International Education Info Night 18th DISNAC Volleyball U14, U16 30th International Assembly– Drama Club performances

* Please note, this is just a guide, regularly check Intra for notices and events* Harvest Service

The annual Harvest Service was held recently in The schools representative parent body, Skt Laurentii’s Church. The church was decorated the Forældaforeining , met recently to with fruits and bread. This cerebration is tradition- discuss many things including approving some special funding for the following: ally a gathering to give thanks for bountiful crops around the Autumn season. 1. Kr 12.000 for new reading mats for Y1-Y3 of SJI and for 0.a, 0.b, 1.a, 1.b, and the SFO. 2. Kr. 10.000 for new running shirts for DISN sporting events. At the same meeting, the parents committee approved: 1. Kr 91.304 for more stage units and mi- crophones for the Musical. 2. Kr 3.500 for washable yoga mats

PRIMARY NEWS

Year 4-5 Museum Trip DISN Sports Junior Cross Year 4-5 recently visited the National Museum in Copenhagen as part of their Danish studies. A Country great time was had by all. This year the DISN cross country event was split into junior and senior events. The junior cross coun- try was held in Odense with International Schools from all over Denmark attending. It was a wonderful day of fun and running. See the photos below and on the following page.

SFO Parents are reminded to talk with their children if they have special dietary restrictions so that they know which foods provided by the SFO they may or may not eat.

Year 3 Science Year 3 Religion Insect Hotels Symbol Hunt

Year 6 Sanglandet Camp

SECONDARY NEWS

Sleep over DISN Sports Senior Cross On the night before the senior cross country stu- dents from Esbjerg International School slept over Country at the school. Students from Skt Josef’s joined them for the night. This year the International Cross Country event was split into two events, junior and the senior. Skt Josef’s hosted the senior event this year with schools from all over Denmark attending. It was a very successful day for Skt Josef’s runners collect- ing 5 medals.

Notices

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Help Wanted

We are a very international family. Mother comes from Malta and father is Norwegian. At home we mainly speak Danish and English (but we also speak Maltese and Norwegian amongst other languages). We are a family of five. Mother is a professor in politics at Roskilde Uni- versity, father is director at the platform for performing arts in Copenha- gen. Our three children: John who is 6 (Year 2 at Skt Josef’s Internation- al section) and our twins Maria and Sebastian - who will be 4 at the end of Dec of this year, attend the nursery Skrænten also in Roskilde. We are looking for some help with the children – perhaps a pedagog trainee or someone preferably in their late 20s/30s with ex- perience with working with children. We live in Lærkevej 37, 4000 Roskilde.

Contact us if you are interested please at [email protected] Social Media

School Clothing

Several students and parents have inquired when the school's cool collection of school clothes are for sale again. It is happening now. The clothes are specially designed with a subtle logo and are of very good quality.

LIMITED EDITION

Available at the original price, from 17th August.

Payment

The clothes can be purchased either in cash or by MobilPay / SWIP: Tel. no. 53 39 32 29

T-shirt kr. 130,- : Dame/Herre str. 10-16 & S-M-L

Poloshirt kr. 190,- : Dame/Herre str. 10-16 & S-M-L

Sweatshirt kr. 200,- : Unisex str. S-M-L Coming English services in Roskilde Cathedral at 5 pm Sunday 13th of November Sunday 11th of December