As like most other international schools all over the world, the annual International Day is a large feature on the JIS social calender. Last year Iman was not well on the day so this year was our first formal International Day and with both Iman and Jack taking part we were proud to be there with them. Most students came into school wearing their national costumes/colours or dressed up as a famous person from their country. Parents are encouraged to participate by dressing up and also if wish talk to their child's class about their respected countries and cultures. For the Kindy kids only, parents were asked to have displays in the kindy playground. All the kids were given "passports" and as they visited each booth we put stamps in their passports. Most of what was displayed was wasted on them except if it had food. We displayed Irish books and hurleys and a slither which went down well with the boys. It was otherwise a fun day for us to chat with other parents that we don't usually get to chat to.
The day for the whole Junior school started with a parade and each class came onto the stage to introduce themselves and their different nationalities. With the exception of the kindy classes which are much smaller, most classes had on average between 8-12 nationalities in each class.
Iman made up her mind that because she would be carrying a mini Brunei flag, she would go in a baju kurung.
Jack was more than happy to have his Irish colours on
Iman and Natasha
Waiting for the parade to start
Iman's class
Iman and her girlfriends
Jack with his mates. Cody made a great James Bond!
Hajer from Tunisia with her son Abes looked great in their national dress
Jack at our Irish table
Donncha did great pasting with the stamps!
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