Noticeboard 20 May 2009

 SUMMER FEST - Sunday 21st June

3 Weeks to go!

The traditional Parents’ Association Summer Fest is taking place on Sunday 21st June at School. This is the highlight of the year and we are sure that everyone will enjoy themselves as there is much planned for the day –

• Refreshment tent with sausages, steaks, french fries, soft drinks and beer

• Canteen Café with cakes, tea and coffee

• Bouncy castle and (by popular request) human table football (first come first served)

• Full stage performances programme (by your children)

• A bike challenge course for final-year kindergarten and 1st class GS children

• Face painting

• Second hand-book stall

• Ice-cream stand

• Teachers’ band

But most important this is a fantastic opportunity for meeting friends and getting to know other parents at the school.

We also need your help.
Please bring a cake for the café and if you can spare a couple of hours to assist in the refreshment tent or in the canteen, please email us :

• Event and Activity coordinator - Cindy Van Velzen evesk@eskar.org
• Refreshment tent coordinator – Michel Messmer michel.messmer@gadz.org
• Canteen Café coordinator – Helene Hellmuth helene.hellmuth@gmail.com

Your contribution means a lot to us and will ensure that everyone has a wonderful day.
Thank you very much.

News from the New Canteen

Presentation from the new caterer on 4th June in Conference Room

We are even closer to our goal of offering the pupils freshly prepared food in a bright, new canteen. The new caterer, Scolarest, has now been selected and the Canteen Committee have arranged for them to present themselves and their automated ordering system to all parents on Thursday, 4th June at 5.30pm in the Conference Room in the administration building. If you cannot make it on the 4th June, do not worry as a full report of their presentation will be sent to all parents afterwards. We are really looking forward to having Scolarest in the canteen and we know that they will offer a good lunch experience for all the pupils in September.

Theatre performance in the Aula – 26th June

The ESK french Theatre Workshop is proudly presenting the comedy, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Molière in the original french, on Friday 26th June in the Aula at 7.30pm.

Dans une adaptation originale et divertissante de la comédie-ballet de Molière où se mêlent le théâtre, la danse et la musique, les seize jeunes acteurs mettent en scène le personnage burlesque de M. Jourdain , un bourgeois sot, naïf et ambitieux qui aspire à devenir « un homme de qualité ». Au grand dam de sa femme et de ses serviteurs, M. Jourdain engage donc toutes sortes de maîtres prêts à lui enseigner, tant bien que mal, leur art comme la danse, la musique, les arts martiaux et la philosophie. Parviendront-ils à éduquer ce bourgeois ignorant et vaniteux?

The 16 actors have been preparing for the play since the beginning of the school year and have put in a lot of hard work to ensure a successful evening for all.

If you are interested in going to the play please contact Stéphanie Villette [villette.stephanie@t-online.de] for further information. The tickets are FREE and there is also a complimentary glass of wine or juice for all the audience.

The Parents’ Association whole-heartedly supports all activities that take place outside the school’s regular timetable, both financially and with help and advice when needed. If anyone (parent or teacher) has an idea for an extra-curricula activity that may be of interest to any of the pupils of the school, please contact us at the PA.

New Gym and activity room for Kindergarten and classes 1 and 2 GS

From September there will be a new room for Kindergarten and classes 1 and 2 GS in Bau B. The old canteen has been completely transformed into a great area offering indoor space for sports/gymnastics/dance activities for all the children in these classes. There will be two changing rooms and a store room for sports equipment as well. The room will also be available for festival occasions for all children in the Grundschule.

SEN and mother-tongue lessons get new rooms too.
The former canteen staffroom has been changed into rooms for English SEN and other mother-tongue language lessons.

To all kindergarten parents:

Kindergarten Party, Friday 26th June, from 5.00pm – 8.30pm. Please contact your class rep for further details.

Holidaying in England?

Here is an opportunity to rent a family house in the heart of England.

My name is Eva Boothman. We are a family of 4 girls of the European School in Culham and we live in Oxford. Our house in the United Kingdom is available to rent during the summer months. The house is modern and has 3 reception rooms, 3 bedrooms, a well-equipped kitchen and a garden. It is ideally placed for touring the Midlands and is only 1 hour away from London. The house is well connected with public transport.

The house is free in July-August. 600 euros per week all inclusive. 12 miles from Oxford Town centre.
kitchen/(6.65m x 6.68 m) Living room (5.72m x 5.50m) Dining room (5.65m x 3.30m)
Study (2,85 m x 2.70m) Main bedroom (5.85m x 3.96m) En-suite (3 m x 2.75m)
Room 1 (4m x 3.86m) Room 2 (4 m x 3.5m) family bathroom (3,50 m x 2.65m)
If you are interested in the house please email aboothman@hotmail.com for more information and photos.
Au-Pair family in Germany
A Danish girl, Sophie Anna Bang Jacobsen, is looking for an Au-Pair family in Germany. She is 19 years old and is taking her baccalaureate in Denmark at the moment, with English and German as one of her main subjects. She would like to come to Germany and work as an au-pair for 6 months to 1 year. Her special interest is horses; she has her own horse and has learnt to train horses. She describes herself as an even-tempered and patient girl and these attributes are essential when working with horses as well as caring for children. Sophie can be contacted by email: sophie_chinook@hotmail.com. For further information on Sophie please contact Sarah Van Loon at ESK Sarah.van_Loon@eursc.org.
Au-Pair for English-speaking family

A French student, Sophie Iffrig (17) would like to help out an English family in July/August to improve her English. If you would like to have Sophie stay with you this Summer, please contact her directly. sophie092@aol.com

Summary report on the Primary School Education Council meeting,18th May
There have been many projects for the GS this school year. Here are just some of them:
The Harmonic Tower has been a focus point for the children with teachers, religion and ethic teachers all working together on topics such as school rules to improve the good feeling in the Grundschule. Social awareness was also encouraged through projects such as Christmas in a Shoe Box and the Burrundi projects.
Healthy life styles have been promoted through projects such as “Fit macht Fun”, the bike riding programme, the Garden project and a first aid programme for the older children.
Kindergarten have done a research project with support from Siemens and great work has been done by the choir ESKADO and all those working on EuroJunior which celebrates its 5th birthday this year.
The ESKAFilm project was started this year using IC technology and an art project by the pupils in collaboration with art teachers from the grundschule, oberschule and the well-known artist O.H. Hajek was unveiled at the beginning of June.
There have also been many events at the GS this year, including the sport fest, the Karlsruhe city marathon, the Light Athletic Championships, Swimming Championships, “Kinder laufen für Kinder”, concerts, theatre performances, the Autumn Festival and the Light Festival, an EU competition where some of ESK’s pupils won the state prize.
Well done to everyone!
The Grundschule received positive inspector reports this year. However due to continuing delays from the City building authorities, the development of the Grundschule playground has not progressed as we would have wished.
Plans have been approved to renovate the toilets in Bau B.
The representative from ITU said that they were keen to strengthen connections with the school next year by working together on school projects that benefit the children.
It was requested that the first step parents should take if they have any concerns or issues with the progress of their children, is to talk with the class teachers. Very often, this is the simplest way of resolving problems, but if it is then necessary, the parent class representative can be asked to mediate and matter can then be referred to the deputy director.
The table below shows next year’s class teachers
Class teachers 2009 – 2010

Class Teacher 
KG D Herr D. Herrmann
KG E
KG F M. T. Quéré

1 D Frau D. Gabriel
2 D Frau B. Braun
3 D Herr M.Zilly
4 D Herr B. Theisz
5 D Frau E. Kisker

1 E Mr J. Fitzgerald
2 E Ms C. Maddock
3 E Ms J. White
4 E Ms L. Abson/Frau C. Biffar
5 E Ms MacKenzie

1 F M. M. Culot
2 F Mme Mombaerts
3 F Mme G. Spenlé
4 F Mme S. Bialecki
5 F Mme C. Ravidat

4/5 NE Herr E. Voorneman

4/5 I Frau L. Vitale

Don’t forget: school finishes for primary school pupils on Thursday 2nd July
Many thanks to Frau Dana Pavlicikova and Eugene Voorneman for their input to this report.

Summary report on the PA committee meeting 26th May.
Cindy Van Velzen reported the success of the ESK stand for Europatag in the Marktplatz in Karlsruhe and she thanked everyone who attended for helping to make it such an enjoyable day.
New extra-curricula language club
There have been quite a few parents who have expressed interest in the language club extra-curricula activity and they have already signed up for the trial period in June.
Canteen
Ramil Nasyrow, the current president of the Canteen Committee informed the meeting that the financial auditors have been appointed to check the canteen’s financial situation. The contract with the new caterers, Scolarest can now be signed and the Canteen Committee has now obtained the necessary permits for the new equipment necessary for the kitchens. Everything is in place now for the introduction of new school lunches at ESK. Further information will be sent out to parents after the presentation by Scolarest on June 4th.
Mr Nasyrow will also be stepping down this year as president of the Canteen Committee. The committee has 4 parent representatives on the board (out of 7 members) and the PA would like to take this opportunity to highlight that next term there will be elections for representatives. If any parents are interested in joining the team responsible for ensuring healthy meals for our children, please contact us (evesk@eskar.org) .
New PA Website
After a very thorough tender procedure and a very close call in the final vote for a new webdesign company, the PA has chosen TACOffice Marketing to partner the PA in developing the new website. TACOffice has already worked with the school, and their team were responsible for the design and look/promotion for the EuroSport event. The PA are looking forward to a productive working relationship with TACOffice . The first stage of the website should be completed this summer in time for the beginning of term. We are looking for parents who want to assist us in managing the different parts of the website. Please contact us if you have a special area of interest and would like to join the website team.
Next meeting PA committee meeting – 10th June
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 10th June at which the final organisational details for the Summer fest will be discussed.
Don’t Forget – Exams in the Aula - please be as quiet as possible when you are outside the school.

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