PARENT ESSENTIALS

Find our most useful information and resources for parents to support your child's success at school.

Key Downloads

Whether you are looking for information on your child's school day, our uniform guidelines, or want to check our Term Dates, you will find everything you need to know in our Downloads here.

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Calendar

Please find here a Term Date overview, as well as more detailed school calendars.

Parent Handbook

Our parent handbook contains all the information about your child's school day.

DOWNLOAD PARENT HANDBOOK

Uniform

Download our uniform guides here. Back-to-school items are included.

Download your Uniform guide

Workshops and Webinars

PARENT ACADEMY

Every parent wants to support their child's learning. That's why we created the Parent Academy. We regularly host on-site parent workshops to help our parents engage in their child's learning. Virtual presentations complement our offer. Stay informed on our upcoming sessions and take an active role in your child's academic growth.

Find out more!

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PORTAL AND APPS

LCIS uses a range of technologies to enhance learning. Through carefully selected online platforms, parents can be fully involved in their children’s education.

SchoolsBuddy

Extracurricular Activities

To register your child for our extracurricular activities, as well as for our after-school-care, please log in to our SchoolsBuddy platform. Parents who are new to the school will need to create a login. In SchoolsBuddy, parents can find information about all the activities on offer.

Visit SchoolsBuddy

Tapestry

Early Years

Tapestry is a secure, easy-to-use online learning journal, where staff and families celebrate our Early Years students’ learning and achievements. Tapestry supports parents as they engage with their children’s education, and links to observations and assessments of students are shared with their parents on a regular basis.

Visit Tapestry

Seesaw

Primary

We use the web-based app platform Seesaw to create regular digital portfolios of our Primary students’ learning. We share these with parents, who can leave journal entries of constructive feedback about their child’s learning and development. The announcement feature enables teachers to share reminders of class events and the year group’s weekly newsletter, which summarises what the children have learned and what’s on the agenda for next week.

Visit Seesaw

ManageBac

Secondary

Our Secondary students use ManageBac to support their curriculum mapping: assignment setting, homework, and assessments, and tracking and reporting their progress. This unified system ensures a consistent platform, as well as a seamless and integrated experience for teachers, students, and parents to manage every aspect of the curriculum.

Visit ManageBac

Extracurricular Activities & After-School-Care

OUR EXTRACURRICULAR OFFER

At LCIS, we believe that extra-curricular activities (ECAs) play a crucial role in providing a well-rounded education for our students. Our exciting and diverse ECA programme for students in Year 1 to DP2 is designed to complement the core curriculum and offers a fun and challenging experience for your child. Furthermore, we offer after-school care from 15:05 to 18:15 for students from Foundation 1 to Year 6. Sign up through SchoolsBuddy to take advantage of these opportunities.

Learn more about our ECAs

On-site music TUTORING

PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS

In addition to music provision in class, we offer a range of private lessons for students who wish to learn an instrument or improve their skills. See our guide to external music teachers for information on how to contact the relevant teacher and arrange private lessons.

Download our guide here

Other Downloads

Please find other useful downloads here.

Pastoral Handbook

Emotional well-being is at the heart of our commitment to ensuring that our students can flourish at school.

Download our Pastoral Handbook

Primary Curriculum Handbook

Please find our Primary Curriculum Guides for download here.

Find our Curriculum Booklets here

Lower Secondary Curriculum Handbook

Lower Secondary students (Years 7-9) follow a curriculum programme that ideally prepares them for IGCSE and the IB Diploma Programme

Download our Curriculum Booklet

IGCSE Curriculum Guide

In Years 10 and 11, our students study for their IGCSEs, the world’s most popular international qualification for 14 to 16 year olds.

Download our quick guide here

IBDP Curriculum Guide

In Year 12 and 13, our students study the challenging and rigorous IB Diploma Programme, which is considered the gold standard in education.

Download our quick guide

KEY DATES: 2023-24

Here are the most important dates for your diary in the upcoming school year. The 2024/25 calendar can be found here.

Download a PDF version here

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Term 2 23/24 - Classes begin

Monday 08 Jan 2024

School closed - Pedagogical day for staff

Friday 09 Feb 2024

Mid-term holiday

Monday 12 Feb to Friday 16 Feb 2024

Spring holiday

Friday 29 Mar to Friday 12 Apr 2024

how to get involved

OUR PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION

When you join LCIS, you become part of a vibrant international community of more than 40 nationalities! Our parents play a supportive, proactive role in our school, making it a warm, inclusive place where everyone is welcome. Our fantastic Parent Teacher Association (PTA) organises regular social events to promote cultural awareness and communication and help build a strong network of families. Find out what's on here.

See all events here

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Fresh Food Cooked on site

SCHOOL LUNCHES

Our school menu is delicious, nutritious, and caters to everyone’s tastes and dietary needs. Meals are cooked fresh onsite every day, led by our internationally experienced resident Head Chef Robert and his great team. We teach students the importance of food hygiene, healthy eating, and exercising as part of a balanced lifestyle.

See our weekly menu

NEWS AND EVENTS

more news

Blog | Secondary School

Theory of Knowledge - Mathematics and Love

Our Theory of Knowledge (ToK) students spent a day diving deeper into how we can use maths to promote diversity, inclusion, and equality. And one of their challenges involved looking at how we can use maths to help us find, and maintain, romantic love and relationships.

Blog | Early Years | Primary | Secondary School

Inclusion for Every Child: Celebrating World Children's Day 2023 at LCIS

World Children's Day is dedicated to raising awareness about children's rights and promoting their well-being. This year, at LCIS we focus on UNICEF Sustainable Development Goal number 10: Reduced Inequalities.

Blog | Primary

Our Holistic Learning Journey in Primary

By combining two world renowned curriculums, the English National Curriculum (ENC) for English and Maths, and the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) for our main topics, we are able to offer a complete education to our primary children which supports their holistic learning journey.