Welcome to IST ES Campus Activities

Karibu! and welcome to the International School of Tanganyika’s Elementary Campus Activities Information Site. Here you will find ongoing information about what is happening with activities including activity descriptions, schedules, student work and much much more. Please check back often and feel free to leave us a message with your ideas, links and good thoughts. Asante!

It’s coming……. The International Schools’ Sports Weekend

This tournament takes place on Saturday 25th May and involves children in Grade 1 to 5 Swim Squads and Grade 3-5 Football Teams. It  promises to be one of the most exciting sporting events of the year, with competing schools coming from Moshi, Arusha, Mwanza and Dar es Salaam. Children involved will be receiving information letters in the coming days. Schools will be competing in football and swimming competitions as follows:

Morning – Grade 4-5 Swim Gala and Grade 3 Football

Afternoon – Grade 1, 2 & 3 Swim Gala and Grade 4-5 Football

Approximate timings for the day are as follows:

7.45am	Children involved in morning competitions arrive
8.00am	Opening Ceremony in the hall
8.30am	Grade 4-5 Swimming Gala & Grade 3 Soccer Begin
11.30am	Lunch – children involved in morning sports collected
12.45pm	Children involved in afternoon competitions arrive
1.00pm	Grade 1, 2 & 3 Swim gala & Grade 4-5 Soccer Begin
4.30pm	Competitions End – All parents to collect children
6.00pm	Barbecue (supervision by parent group begins)
6.45pm	Disco in school hall
8.30pm	Disco Ends – children collected  from  hall

Children involved will need the following things on the day of the tournament:

• Appropriate sporting equipment for their event (team uniforms can be purchased from the PE Department)
• A hat and sunscreen
• Lunch (for those children involved in morning and afternoon competitions) and plenty to drink

If you are the parent of  a child taking part in the Sports Weekend, we would like you to become involved in supporting this event. Lynn Andrews will be coordinating the parent effort and will be contacting you soon.

After School Activities Session Three

Activities will start on Monday 15th April and run for a six-week period. The last day of activities will be Friday 24th May.

A reminder to parents that all children need to be collected from their activity at 2.40pm. Any children not collected by 2.45pm will go to the school office.

Did you miss activity sign up?

Any parents who missed activity sign up, can check the schedule in the right hand column of this website. Activities that still have space are highlighted in red, please contact me if your child would like to be included.

Session Three Sign Up

Session two activities will finish on Friday 22nd March. The same day at 7.20am will be the activities assembly, be there to see the amazing things our students have been doing in the last 10 weeks. Planning for session three has already started. Parents please take note of the following timeline:

Monday 25th March - Parents receive emails with use names and passwords. Schedule posted on ASA Blog for viewing

Wednesday 27th March - Sign-up opens (please use activities blogsite: http://istesactivities.wordpress.com/)

Wednesday 3rd April - Sign-up closes

Wednesday 10th April - Parents receive email with confirmed activities.

Monday 15th April - Session three activities start and run for six weeks.

Session Two Activities – January 2013

Session Two of After School Activities will start on Monday 14th January and run for a ten week period. The last day of Session Two will be Friday 22nd March. Most activities finish at 2.40pm and parents are reminded to collect children on time from their activity location. Children not collected by 2.50pm will go to the school office. Any children not in activities should go home directly at 1.45pm.

Please make sure your child has everything thing need for their activity:

• PE kit or sports gear for sports activities
• Spare T-shirt for messy art activities
• Snacks and plenty to drink as activity days are long!

 

 

Session Two Sign Up

Sign up for session two will happen before the Christmas holiday, with the following timeline in place:

Wednesday 5th December – Parents receive username/passwords and sign up information

Friday 7th December – Activities schedule posted on blogsite for viewing only (http://istesactivities.wordpress.com/)

Monday 10th December – Sign up opens on blogsite

Friday 14th December – Sign up Closes

Monday 7th January – Parents receive confirmed activity choices

Monday 14th January – Session two activities begin, for a ten week period.

More detailed information about sign up and ASA’s has been added to the blogsite, under the “Information for Parents” tab.

Last week of Session 1 Activities

End of Session 1 Activities

Monday 26th to Friday 3oth December will be the last week of Session 1 of our After School Activities. The ASA assembly will take place on Friday 7th December from 7.15am. A variety of groups will perform examples of their achievements during the first session. Be sure not to miss it!

Session 2 Sign Up

Already our minds our turning to session 2 of the ASA program. Sign up will take place before the Christmas break. More details will be announced soon.

After School Activities at IST

IST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES MISSION STATEMENT

In keeping with IST’s Mission Statement and Objectives, the Elementary School offers a diverse After School Activities program to enable students to develop their skills, talents and interests in areas outside our curriculum. Our mission is to develop confident and committed students that are enthusiastic and well balanced learners. The after school activities program is an integral and vibrant part of our educational mission as IST seeks develop our students into well rounded global citizens.

RATIONALE

At IST we believe that our After School Activity program plays a vital role in developing our students. Activities at IST provide:

• Opportunities for students to engage in safe and fun recreational activities that extend their educational experience.
• Opportunities to socialize with other children outside regular friendship groups.
• Avenues to work with and support the local Tanzanian community
• Opportunities to focus on the local environment
• Competitive and non-competitive sporting opportunities.
• Opportunities to serve the school community.
• New students with opportunities to help them cope with transition.
• Opportunities for all children to develop their confidence and self-esteem

Additional IST Activities Programme Information can be accessed from the Information for Parents tab above.