An admission form is obtained from the school, a minimum of 2 months to the beginning of a new school year to allow for early admission processes. Children eligible for admission will be subjected to written and oral test.
Admission offer letters will be sent to parents whose children are successful in the test and a list of successful children will also be pasted on the school notice board.
The school has a Homework Policy as part of Parents engagement strategies.
It is important for parents to know that learning can also take place at home. The child will return home with some work to do. Parents are expected to check for homework every day and give necessary assistance to the child to complete the homework.
Encourage your child to take school work seriously.
Children are to be dropped in the school at 7:30 a.m. The school will not admit any child coming later than the stipulated time unless a prior permission was obtained from the school.
School closes at 1:30 p.m. All children MUST be picked between 1:30 p.m and 2:00 p.m.
Children must be picked up only by their biological parents or representative duly introduced by the parents.
At any time the child is to be picked up by a representative, a written not from the parent MUST be presented to the school before being allowed to pick the child and the representative must be the one that the school has his/her passport photograph.
Picking a child late after closing hours is not accepted.
DIS pupil MUST come to school dressed in neat school uniform. Girls should weave their hair without attachment or wear low cut. Boys should wear low well-trimmed hair.
Enough snacks, fruits or fruit drinks and water should be given to the child every school day. A well-fed child is strong to learn and participate in all school activities.
Your child should not come to school without snacks. The school authority will contact the parent in writing if it is observed that adequate snacks are not provided to the child.
We have included Pre-nursery education into our school beginning 2014 / 2015 school year. Our pre-school curriculum is crafted to provide high quality programs that lead to improvement in children’s development in all domains with particular attention to cognition and language skills, and the social skills.
DIS aims to provide a safe and nurturing learning environment for your child and our qualified staff will provide the support and care for effective learning.
Children must be 2 years of age by September or will be 2 years before January of the next year. Admission forms are available and can be obtained from the Administrative Assistant at the school.
Please note that children are expected to come to school with one spare uniform should there be need for changeover.
Parents are required to drop-off children at 7:30 AM and pick-up at 1:30PM. A staff will be on hand to receive your child at the pre-nursery school reception area at 7:30AM.
At pick-up time, children will be organized to come out to the reception area of the pre-nursery and parents will wait at the reception to receive the children. Please note that parents keeping children at the school after 2.00PM is not acceptable.
The school does not provide meals to children. Parents are required to provide adequate and enough meals and drinking water for children to bring to school. Please note that bringing your child’s food to the school after 7:30 AM is not acceptable.
Children who are still using diapers should come to school with at least 3 spare diapers and all children should come to school with at least one changeover cloth.