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NURSERY AND PRIMARY CYCLE GENERAL INFORMATION BOOKLET 2016-2017 The mission of the European School Brussels I: To provide a quality education in a safe and nurturing multilingual and multicultural learning environment. Based on trust and respect, the school celebrates diversity and recognizes the value of effort, critical thinking and cooperation to achieve excellence. Orig.: FR AVENUE DU VERT CHASSEUR 46, 1180 UCCLE WWW.EEB1.EU Dear Parents, Welcome to the new 2016-2017 school year! In this booklet you will find useful and important information concerning all aspects of school life. Please read it carefully in order to ensure the best possible integration of your child in his or her class; if you wish to obtain additional information please contact the school. Regular updates and urgent messages from the Management are published on the school website www.eeb1.eu. We therefore advise you to consult it regularly. The priorities for 2015-2016 take into account the general objectives, namely to: offer a broad, high quality education from the nursery cycle to the Baccalaureate; reinforce a spirit of tolerance, cooperation, dialogue and respect both within and outside the school community; develop a high degree of knowledge in pupils’ mother tongue as well as in foreign languages; allow pupils to affirm their own cultural identity, the basis of their future development as European citizens; develop open-mindedness towards the outside world via participation in projects at local, European and international level. For this new school year, the most important task will be reintegrating the nursery and P1 classes on the Uccle site, on completion of the renovations made to the Fabiola building. This involves various issues: security, allocation of classrooms and the use of shared space, equipping the classrooms, and closer collaboration within sections. Additional priorities for the nursery and primary cycles are focusing on the wellbeing of pupils, strengthening learning, particularly through the development of differentiation and harmonisation, and maintaining high quality educational support. Your participation in the different bodies for policy advice and decision-making for our school (class representation, management meetings - APEEE, Education Councils, School Advisory Council, Administrative Board), as well as the actions of numerous voluntary parents, is very much appreciated. We hope that 2016-2017 shall be a fruitful year for you and your family and hope to have the opportunity to meet you at the various information meetings and special events held during the course of the year. Gian Luca LONGO Antonia RUIZ ESTURLA Deputy Director Director AVENUE DU VERT CHASSEUR 46, 1180 UCCLE WWW.EEB1.EU CONTENTS Calendar of the 2016-2017 school holidays p. 4 Access to school p. 5 School charges for the nursery and primary cycle p. 8 Start of the school year p. 9 School timetable p. 10 Educational trips p. 10 Absences p. 11 Communication between the different people involved in school life p. 12 Medical service p. 13 School insurance p. 14 Transport Office p. 15 CESAME Garderie (APEEE) p. 15 European Commission Garderie p. 16 APEEE p. 16 Contacts list p. 17 SCHOOL WEBSITE: http://www.eeb1.eu The school website includes up to date and detailed information on all aspects of school life. Important messages from the management will also be posted on the site in case of an emergency. Please consult the website on a regular basis. Une version française de ce document est disponible sur le site web de l’école. Eine deutsche Übersetzung dieses Dokuments ist auf der Schulwebsite verfügbar. AVENUE DU VERT CHASSEUR 46, 1180 UCCLE WWW.EEB1.EU CALENDAR OF 2016-2017 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Beginning of the school year : 05.09.2016 All Saints : 31.10.2016 – 04.11.2016 inclusive Christmas and New Year : 21.12.2016 – 06.01.2017 inclusive Carnival : 20.02.2017 – 24.02.2017 inclusive Easter : 10.04.2017 – 21.04.2017 inclusive Labour Day : 01.05.2017 Ascension : 22.05.2017 – 26.05.2017 inclusive Pentecost : 05.06.2017 Last day of school : 07.07.2017 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Please note the following points: The teacher training day will take place on Monday 7th November 2016. There will be no school for pupils on this day. Tuesday 8th November 2016 - nursery and primary pupils do not have school. The Nursery cycle’s Early Education curriculum organises two parent/teacher meetings. The school will organise the first meeting on Tuesday 8th November 2016. On this particular day you shall meet the teacher of your child to discuss his/her development and progress in relation to the various skills acquired in the new curriculum: ‘Me and my body, ‘Me as a person’, ‘Myself and others, ‘Me and the world’. Following the decision by the Board of Governors, the first part of the Primary cycle report consists of an individual meeting between the class teacher and the parents of primary pupils years 1 to 5. This meeting is held on Tuesday 8th November; the teacher verbally summarises the progress of each pupil to his/her parents. Version 15/07/2016 4 ACCESS TO SCHOOL Access to school by car is reserved for members of personnel only. Parents must park their cars outside the school. Cyclists and motor cyclists must dismount at the barrier and leave their bikes, mopeds and motorbikes in the areas provided to that effect. Bicycles, scooters, skateboards and rollerblades may not be used on site nor on the road going round the edge of the school during the school day. Outside normal school hours, pupils are not allowed in the school buildings or the playground unless under the supervision of a member of staff. Only parents who have an appointment with a member of staff may enter the site during school hours; the security guards shall require documentary proof of the appointment before letting the person enter. Parents will be issued with a visitors badge which must be worn visibly at all times. For the various evening events organised by the Management team, the entrance and exit is via Av. du Vert Chasseur unless otherwise stated in the invitation for the event. Parents will enrol on line in order to be able to participate in these events. May we remind you that parents attending school events outside normal school hours must supervise their own children at all times. The school cannot be held responsible for the children during this time. Reception of nursery and first year primary pupils: The pupils who arrive by bus will be welcomed by two assistants who will be present at the small gate on Chaussée de Waterloo. They will then take them to the Fabiola building. P1 pupils will go to the playground between the Fabiola and the Erasmus. Children will be supervised from 7.40 onwards. Pupils who arrive on foot accompanied by an adult (parent or brother/sister) will: either enter via Avenue du Vert Chasseur, from 7.55 onwards, and be dropped off in the Van Houtte hall, where two nursery assistants will be present to supervise them, then accompany them to the Fabiola at 8.10 (the pupils arriving with a brother/sister will be taken by him/her directly to the Fabiola building); or enter by the small gate on the Chaussée de Waterloo, as from 7.45, and be dropped off in front of the Fabiola hall. The first week of the school year, The parents of nursery pupils will be able to accompany their child to the classroom. The parents of P1 and P2 pupils will be able to accompany their child to the playground. The parents are then requested to leave school immediately. Departure of nursery and P1 primary pupils: Pupils who take the school bus will be accompanied by an assistant or a teacher. The pupils who are collected by their parents will be taken either to the small gate on the Chaussée de Waterloo or to the Van Houtte building where they will be collected by their parents at 15.45 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 12.30 on Wednesdays and at 12.00 on Fridays. At the beginning of the school year parents must inform the secretary (Ms Tellmann) and also put in the pupil’s agenda whether they will be collecting their child from the Van Houtte building or from the Waterloo small gate. This arrangement shall remain in place for the whole school year. Reception of P2-P5 pupils: Pupils who arrive by bus go immediately to their respective playgrounds. Pupils dropped off by their parents at the school gates go immediately to their respective playgrounds. Version 15/07/2016 5 Departure of P2-P5 pupils: Pupils who take the school bus go immediately to their respective buses. Pupils collected by their parents go to the small gate on Chaussée de Waterloo as soon as lessons finish. Parents who come to collect their children from the Commission garderie must show their European Union institution badge spontaneously to the guards. Opening hours of the gates for the nursery and primary cycles during term time and special arrangements: UCCLE OPENING TIMES ARRANGEMENTS Small gate – 07.45 – 08.30 For nursery/primary cycle pupils Chaussée de Waterloo 15.45 – 16.15 as well as their parents / 12.20 – 13.00 (Wed) brother(s) / sister(s) Visitors must present themselves to the guards at the main gate to obtain a visitor badge Vert Chasseur All the pupils and their parents as from 7.45 Visitors must present themselves to the guards to obtain a visitor badge SURVEILLANCE Surveillance of pupils on the Uccle site is organised from 7.40 (there is no surveillance before this time). Version 15/07/2016 6 Version 15/07/2016 7 SCHOOL CHARGES FOR THE NURSERY AND PRIMARY CYCLE Items Nursery (€) Primary (€) School agenda 4.00 4.00 Photocopies and printing 31.62 31.62 Intermath - 20.00 School insurance 6.50 6.50 Educational visits 75.00 75.00 The above tariffs have been approved by the School’s Administrative Board.