Principal's Message, 30 May 2025

30 May 2025

Principal’s News

I am pleased to announce that Jungle Toppings will be opening a second canteen on the North Campus / No 69 from next Wednesday 4th June. This canteen will allow High School students and staff who are on the North Campus at recess and lunch to buy or collect their snacks & lunches. Our maintenance team has done a lot of work in updating the canteen and upgrading the outdoor seating area. Justin Horner and his team from Jungle Toppings have worked closely with the school to set up the canteen including ordering a lot of new equipment so they can offer fresh and healthy snacks and meals.

I am looking forward to welcoming Mr Will Turner, a lecturer from Edith Cowan University’s education department to AIS next week. I have been working with Mr Turner to plan a teaching practice for twelve second year primary education teachers in training at AIS in November. This visit will take place through a grant from The New Colombo Plan (NCP). The NCP is a signature initiative of the Australian Government aimed at deepening Australia’s relationships in the Indo-Pacific region.

By supporting Australian undergraduates to undertake study, language training, and internships in the region, the NCP seeks to build a diverse cohort of Australian alumni with deeper Indo-Pacific knowledge, capability, and connections.

AIS Cats

I have worked with Ms Jill & Ms Jane who lead the Pejaten Animal Welfare (PAWS) CCA to relocate some of the cats that were in the canteen area on the North Campus. We rehomed some pregnant cats and those that haven't yet been sterilised or vaccinated to the CLOWS organisation in Bogor. The PAWS CCA continues to raise money to vaccinate and sterilise our cats to ensure they are healthy. The Jakarta Animal Aid Network advice is if we sterilise our cats, we will have a healthy population of cats who will protect our property from other feral cats. Cats are territorial, if you take them all away, new cats will just enter the area.

I hope that all families can support the upcoming PAWS Fund-raising Bake Sale at breaktime on Thursday 5th June. Donations of cat food are also gratefully accepted.

AIS School Uniform Survey

All parents are invited to complete our AIS School Uniform Survey. We will use the data collected to inform initial discussion as we look to update the AIS School Uniform. A separate survey for students will be shared at school.

Jungle Toppings Canteen Orders

Pre-ordering your child’s food for break time and lunchtime is the best way to order their food each week from our school canteen. If you cannot order weekly, you can order in the canteen or online each morning. Please click on this link to pre-order your child’s food for next week (Week 8).

Upcoming Events

Week 8
Monday 2nd June	AIS PS Soccer Gala Day
Tuesday 3rd June	Kitchen Chemistry Shows (Yrs 5 - 9)
Wednesday 4th June	Campus Advisory Council (CAC) Meeting
Friday 6th June	Eid Al-Adha Public Holiday
Week 9
Monday 9th June	Science Fair PnF Bake Sale
Wed 11th to Friday 13th June	Year 5 & 6 Camp to Sentul
Thursday 12th June	HS Swimming Carnival
Friday 13th June	0805. PS Assembly
Week 10
Sun 15th - Thursday 19th June	Yr 11 Camp to Hoi An, Vietnam
Mon 16th - Thursday 19th June	Yr 7 Camp to Yogyakarta Yr 8 Camp to Lombok Yr 9 Camp to Bali Yr 10 Camp to Sumatra
Mon 16th - Tues 17th June	Yr 3 & 4 Camp to Sentul
Friday 20th June	1200.Whole School Assembly 1230. Dismissal for End of Semester
Sat 21st June to Mon 14th July	School Holidays
Monday 14th July	Teacher Planning Day & Orientation Day for new students

Term 3 Week 1
Monday 14th July	Teacher Planning Day, Orientation Day for new Students & Orientation Day for New Teachers
Monday 15th July	First Day of Term 3 for all Students
Thursday 17 - Friday 25th July	Year 12 Mock Exams
Friday 18th July	PS Parent Session on Robotics & Coding
Week 2
Thursday 24, Friday 25 & Monday 28th July	Academy of Entrepreneurs BossYourFuture Day for Yr 9 - 11
Friday 25th July	PnF Welcome Back Morning Tea
Sunday 27th July	Islamic New Year Public Holiday
Week 3
Friday 1st August	International Day
Week 4
Monday 4th & Tuesday 5th August	School Photos
Thursday 7th August	Australian Maths Competition
Friday 8th August	PnF Meeting (TBC) Board Meeting
Week 5
Monday 11th August	AIS PS Basketball Gala Day
Friday 15th August	Indonesian Independence Day Celebration
Sunday 17th August	Indonesian Independence Day Public Holiday
Week 6
Monday 18 - Friday 22 August	PS Book Week
Week 7
Monday 25 - Wednesday 27 August	ACER AT Assessments
Thursday 28th August	PnF Cake Stall
Thursday 28 - Friday 29th August	Taipan’s Cup (TBC)