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The ICS Donates To Charitable Society

International Community School donates to charitable society










































The International Community School (ICS) strives to offer the best British education provided by the most highly qualified teachers in Amman. The school is known for its strong belief in inclusion, which ensures that children, regardless of ability, are part of the mainstream classrooms and are made to feel that they belong. Through their work, then, they are thus engaged in and connected to the goals and objectives of their school.
Among the ICS’s activities are fundraising events, the responsibility of the Charity Committee, whose members are Tamara al Sabbagh, Willemijn Astro, Annemarie van Stormbroek and Yvette de Kreij-Journee. One such activity was the 26th Annual Food Fair, organized on April 16 on the school’s new campus in Umm Al Basatin. The fair is a collective activity that brings together students, staff and parents each year. Students and their parents, from roughly 48 different countries, made food that was sold in the school’s biggest fundraising event of the year. This year’s Food Fair was the most productive and witnessed a large turn-up from local and international communities alike. Most of the proceeds go to charity each year.

The Charity Committee organized, on May 5, a visit by a delegation of students to The Training and Rehabilitation Charitable Society for Girls with Disability in Jabal al Nuzha. During the visit the center received much-needed donations that consisted of cooking equipment and some hardware, as well as special paint for creating artwork. Each girl also received a goody bag to take home with her. The ICS students got to see and admire the products created by 25 mentally and physically disabled girls, who are taught how to sew, embroider and paint in order to give them self-esteem and help them find jobs that can sustain them in the future. After visiting the center, the girls from the society and the ICS students went on a day trip to the Amman National Park. The Charity Committee received the children at Al Haqel Al Akhdar restaurant, where everyone had lunch and the girls got to enjoy the playground afterwards.Ministry for Social Development representative Wessal Abu Rouse expressed gratefulness to the ICS for its donation and for organizing the event.
The ICS encourages these types of activities not only to help the needy, but also to involve its students in the community, to nurture their sense of responsibility towards the less fortunate and to show that the international community feels responsible for such causes as well.

Sun Safety Policy










Mission Statement:
Our mission is to provide the highest quality British-based education to the international community in Jordan, striving for excellence and achievement in all fields in a caring, diverse and inclusive environment.

Introduction:
At the ICS we acknowledge the importance of sun protection and want staff and pupils to enjoy the sun safely.  We will work with staff, pupils and parents to achieve this through:

EDUCATION - these measures are in place:
• Every March, during Healthy Lifestyle Month, each class will be taught about sun safety.
• We will talk about sun safety in PSHCE lessons, circle times and assemblies.
• Parents will be sent a letter explaining what the school is doing about sun protection and how they can help
• The school website will contain regular updates on sun safety for children and parents.

PROTECTION – this is an on going process

Shade:
• We will encourage children to sit/play in the shade, where it is available, especially during the hottest part of the day
• We will continue to plant more trees to provide natural shade
• We are researching appropriate sun shade canopies to install in certain areas around the school.

Clothing:
• Primary aged children are required to wear a hat when outside.
• Children will not be allowed to take off their t – shirts during P.E. lessons.

Sunscreen:
• Sunscreen will be encouraged during break times, after school activities and on all outdoor trips.

Monitoring:
We will monitor our progress and review the policy annually.


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