Lebaran Hamper Donations

All families received a letter requesting donations for Lebaran Hampers for our dedicated cleaners, drivers, maintenance team, gardeners, security, and support staff earlier in the week. Please click here to access the letter. 

If you would like to donate for the purchase of items for the approximately 110 hampers, please use the bank details below and email your proof of payment to jakarta.donations@ais-indonesia.com

Lebaran Hampers being presented to staff in 2024 by Indonesian Parents and School Leaders

Departing Staff

Mr Lachlan Wood, one of our High School Humanities & Environmental Systems and Societies teachers no longer works at AIS. We are grateful to Mr Lachlan for his contributions to AIS over the last 4 years including his leadership of our Global Citizenship and Year 11 - 12 Creativity, Activity, Services (CAS). He also supported a range of other school activities including camps, sport and other events.  Mr Jeremias will continue to teach Year 11 Environmental Systems and Societies for the year. Mr Hector, Miss Katrina and Mr Jeremias will continue teaching his other Humanities classes until our new teacher commences which we hope will be in early Term 2.

Ms Jeandri van Zyl, one of our Year 6 teachers will be leaving AIS at the end of the term due to family reasons. Ms Jeandri has taught Years 5 & 6 since joining us at AIS in 2024. In addition to her work in the classroom Ms Jeandri has supported a number of key primary school and whole school events. Ms Kourtney McCarthy will be joining AIS in Term 2 to take over teaching Year 6J. 

We wish both staff members the best of luck with their continuing teaching journeys. 

It’s a Small World

We had a wonderful small world story at AIS last week.  Chris Goldrick, father of Layla in Foundation recognised our new Year 5 Teacher, Mr Dan Fulton as his Year 2 teacher from 1996 in Canberra.

Mr Dan said, ‘I taught Chris in my 2nd year of teaching in 1996. He recognised me at the Assembly last week. A surreal morning. I remember him as a terrific student. It’s nice to see ex students doing well’.  Chris said ‘ It was pretty special to cross paths again after all these years’.

Three Way Conferences

I am looking forward to seeing parents and students at the school next Monday 18th March for Three Way Conferences. The canteen will be open for parents and students wishing to purchase snacks when they are at the school, but recess and lunch orders will not be taken as students will only be attending with their parents for their interviews.

Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad (SASMO)

We have 15 high school students traveling to BINUS School over the weekend to participate in the Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad (SASMO). SASMO is an international mathematics competition organized by the Singapore International Math Contests Centre (SIMCC) aiming to cultivate students' interest in mathematical problem-solving and develop their mathematical intuition.

Campus Advisory Council

We held our first Campus Advisory Council (CAC) Meeting for 2025 on Tuesday morning. This was a great opportunity to share updates with our staff and parent representatives and also to take feedback from them to consider for future planning and also to take feedback to our Board.

Mr Bart Clancy, our Primary School Parent Representative, will be leaving AIS at the end of next month, so we need another parent to take his place. If you think you may be interested in this role, please email me at craig.eldred@ais-indonesia.com to organise a time to have a chat about the role. 

Parents & Friends Association

We held our Parents & Friends Association Annual General Meeting yesterday. Our 2025 PNF Treasurer, Ibu Fenny gave her end of year report before all positions were declared vacant. The results of the elections which were held over the space of a week were announced with our new PnF Executive Committee being:

• Chairperson. Asnah Binti Abu Seman

• Secretary. Rishya Allan

• Treasurer. Eunyoung Jeong

• Social Coordinator. Maria González

• Media Coordinator. Shiho Hayashi

I want to wish the new PnF Executive the best of luck for a successful year (March 2025 - March 2026).

I want to extend a huge thank you to Ibu Fenny, Ibu Etha and Ibu Helena for all of their hard work driving the Pnf forward in 2025. I want to extend my thanks to the other parents who weren't on the Executive, but were supportive of the PnF and school throughout the year. The PnF supported and led many successful events throughout 2024 including Christmas Market, Halloween Party, Fathers Day Breakfast, Cake Stalls, and the High SchooL SRC Bukapuasa.

Teacher Professional Learning

A big focus behind the scenes at AIS is professional learning for our teachers and teaching learning assistants. Some of the recent on ongoing for our teachers includes

• 18 teachers participating in Teaching English in Multilingual Classrooms, a 27 hour internationally recognised course led by our qualified in-house trainers, Ms Rizkiyha, Ms Jane & Mr Cosi

• 45 teachers participated in face-to-face workshops about analysing our PAT Assessment data and using it to inform our teaching which was led by a trainer form the Australian Council for Educational Research

• A number of our learning support team attended a recent SENIA (SENIA is a support network for teachers and other professionals working with children with special educational needs in Asia) weekend conference & workshops.

• Ms Linzi and Ms Sinead have joined the AIS Bali Principal, Mr John attending the SENIA Regional Conference last weekend.

• A number of our Year 11 & 12 IB Diploma Teachers are undergoing a mix of online, virtual and face to face workshops on curriculum changes or for their initial training.

• 6 teachers will be attending the EARCOS (East Asian Regional Council of Schools) Teachers Conference in March 2025. Mr Robert, our Film & Media Studies teacher will be presenting at the conference. 

• Dr Beth & Mr Dave will be attending the IB Regional Conference later this month

• Most of our Primary Teaching Learning Assistants are currently participating in swimming lessons so they can better support our swim teachers if required.

• All of our teachers will be commencing their 2025 Teacher Appraisals this week and will be using the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers as part of this process as they set personal development goals for 2025 and 2026.

Canteen Ordering

Please click here to order lunches from Jungle Toppings for Term 1 Week 6 (Monday 18 - Friday 21 March)

Upcoming Dates 

PS = Primary School. HS = High School

2025 AIS Jakarta Calendar

Please click here to access a pdf version of the 2025 AIS Jakarta School Calendar

Open House

AIS will be hosting its next Open House event from 8:30am on Wednesday 19 March. We’d appreciate families sharing information about this event with any friends or colleagues who may be looking for a world class international education for their children.

Please click this link to access AIS Jakarta News: AIS Jakarta News 14 March 2025.

Craig Eldred,
Principal