GCS Weekly News

Term 1, Issue 23, 6 -10-2011

ECAs

School Lunches

School Timings

Please note that Tuesday we close the school at 1:15

for all classes. Otherwise timings are as follows:

KG1/KG2: 8:30am—2:30pm

G1-G5: 7:50am—2:30pm

G6-G12: 7:50am—3:20pm

PYP children with siblings finishing at 3:20 can be su-

pervised in the library until 3:30pm each day if required.

All students will need to pre-order and pre-pay for lunches one week in advance. Orders and payment will need to be made by Thursday each week and given to reception. Order forms will be available in the cafeteria and in the PYP classrooms from next week—please see below a letter from Dante explaining the process and the

menu.

Children will be notified of their successful ECA

choices in their diary .

Can you please make a note in your child’s diary on SUNDAY indicating that your children will be need-

ing to come home on the bus that day.

Many thanks,

Barry Burns

Lost and Found

Just a reminder to please make sure that all your child’s

belongings are labelled.

ONLY labelled items will be kept in front of the PYP

clinic.

All NON-LABELLED items will be sold at our second

hand uniform sale .

PYP Information Session

Presentation by Ms. Althea Edmondson, PYP Coordina-

tor

Date: October 10th 2011

Time: Morning session 8:00am / Evening session

7:00pm

Venue: Primary School

MYP Information Session

Presentation by Ms. Angelika Kuster, MYP Coordinator

Date: October 17th 2011 & October 18th 2011

Time: Oct 17th 13:30pm / Oct 18th 7:00pm

Venue: Secondary School

UN International Day - October 24th 2011

Principal’s Coffee Morning— 8am, October 27th, 2011

Venue: PYP Cafeteria

Upcoming Events

IB Workshops

Over the weekend 170 IB teachers from around the world participated in workshops on independence, leadership, multiculturalism and community service in schools, on campus here at Greenfield Community School. Angela Hollington, the principal of Greenfield Community School, said the workshops taught "international-mindedness". "Schools that want to gain IB status need to provide these professional development opportunities to their teachers," she

said.

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Admissions Team

Please note that we need to register your children with the Ministry of Education, therefore if you have not already

submitted the following documents, please drop them at reception;

2 Copies of student’s birth certificate (stamped and translated if not in English or Arabic and authenticated if

issued from other countries other than United States of America, Australia, Canada and West Europe.)

Copy of any diagnostic testing or educational assessment

Copy of last full year and most recent school reports, signed and stamped on the school’s letterhead

6 passport sized photographs

1 copy of mother/legal guardian’s passport and residence visa and 1 copy of father/legal guardian’s passport

and residence visa

2 copies of student’s passport and residence visa

Student medical record

Transfer certificate. For students coming from other countries other than United States of America, Australia,

Canada, and West Europe, the transfer certificate should be attested from the Ministry of education, the

UAE Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country from which the school certificate is is-

sued. For students coming from GCC countries, the Transfer Certficate must be stamped by the Ministry of

Education in the GCC country the student was at school in.

Language choice Questionnaire (please find on our website)

Medical information pack, this form must be completed so that our Nurse can log all students details in our

medical book. (please find on our website).

If you have any questions, please contact the Admissions Team on 04 885 6600 or at: admissions@gcschool.ae..

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Dear Parents,

Dante is at Greenfield Community School!

Our food is all natural, healthy, additive and preservative free and where possible, calorie controlled. We just want to provide sandwiches like the ones you would make at home for yourself. We don’t cut off our crusts (when you taste our bread you will see why) and we don’t cut corners when it comes to taste and nutrition. If it tastes like lemons it means it contains lemons; not some artificial lemon flavouring. The best way to control what goes into our food is to

make it ourselves; so we do. From the vegetarian delights to the roasted chicken; everything is homemade.

When someone suggested we provide food for kids we thought it was a pretty good idea. So here we are. We will always offer a range of sandwiches, salads, fruity things and healthy snacks to keep them going throughout the

school day (by the way tuna is great brain food so stock up before you have an exam).

All you need to do is order each week what your child wants for lunch and we will bring them their own packed lunch,

how cool is that?! Now Mum and Dad don’t have to get up extra early every morning to prepare school lunches!

How will this work? Well it is quite simple really!

1. Dante will send home an envelope with all students

2. Choose all your yummy selections for each day, or for select days, and fill it in on the envelope

3. Make sure all the correct details are on the envelope including name and class

4. Hand the envelope in at reception or at the class teacher by Thursday of each week. Make sure you seal it

with the money safely inside

And what happens next week, Will Dante send me another envelope?..........NO

5. Dante will have envelopes available at the school for parents or students to collect either from the cafeteria,

teacher or reception in order to reduce wastage.

MMMM, doesn’t this just look yummy!

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In the simplest terms DANTE is a wholesome fast food provider, but scratch beneath the surface and DANTE is more

than that:

DANTE food is not just ‘wholesome’ - it is delicious and of premium quality unrivalled in the UAE.

DANTE is not just ‘fast’ - we are convenient; natural food that is both comforting and within easy retail reach of our

consumers.

DANTE are not just ‘suppliers’ - we are passionate, dedicated individuals who believe in raising the bar when it

comes to school menus.

Our Food:

DANTE will consistently offer a superior range of sandwiches and savouries. What makes us different is that all our

food is additive and preservative-free, and being all handcrafted DANTE can guarantee its customers the quality and

freshness that is our trademark. (And we don’t like peanuts)

Where food comes from matters – how it was grown, what they added afterwards, and its environmental impact.

That’s why we pay attention to details. We’ve researched the origins of our ingredients and how they got here to give

you the healthiest, most sustainable product possible. For this reason we use organic products wherever we can.

Our sandwiches are both traditional and daring. We are innovative and adaptable but always with the emphasis on

what our customers tell us they want. With a close eye on seasonal availability we are able to produce all our food with

the ripest and most nutritious ingredients possible. We make it fresh and sell it fresh. Simple.

This is how the system works, cool or what?

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