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Back to school 2024 - 2025

Back to school 2024 - 2025

Primary school

Preschool

The welcoming of preschool children will be staggered over the first three days (August 23rd, 26th, and 27th):

 Class hoursMorning
Daycare
Afternoon
Daycare
Petite Section
(PS)*
Children born
in 2021
Friday 23rd August
9.00 – 11.00
 No No
Monday 26th August
9.00 – 13.00 (lunch at school)
NoNo
Tuesday 27th August
9.00 – 14.45 (repas et temps de repos à l’école)
 No No
Moyenne Section (MS)
Children born
in 2020
Friday 23rd August
10.00 – 14.30 (lunch at school)
NoYes
(end at 4:40pm)
Monday 26th August
8.30 – 14.45 (lunch at school)
Yes
(starting 7:45)
Yes
(end at 4:40pm)
Tuesday 27th August
8.30 – 14.45 (lunch at school)
Yes
(starting 7:45)
Yes
(end at 4:40pm)
Grande Section
(GS)
Children born
in 2019
Friday 23rd August
8.30 – 14.45 (lunch at school)
NonYes
(end at 4:40pm)
Monday 26th August
8.30 – 14.45 (lunch at school)
Yes
(starting 7:45)
Yes
(end at 4:40pm)
Tuesday 27th August
8.30 – 14.45 (lunch at school)
Yes
(starting 7:45)
Yes
(end at 4:40pm)
  • *Morning drop-off and afternoon daycare will begin on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 for the pupils in Petite Section.
  • Access to the preschool area is through the dedicated entrance at the corner of Bahren’s Gate and Oscars Gate.
  • Parents are invited to accompany their children to the classroom after removing their jackets in the cloakroom and ensuring they have used the restroom.
  • Each teacher will provide additional information during the welcome session.

Elementaire

The drop-off and pick-up for elementary school students will be through the Oscars Gate entrance.

On Friday August 23, children and parents will be welcomed in the courtyard in stages:

  • 8:30 am: CM2 / CM1 / CE2
  • 9:00 am: CE1 / CP

Signs with the name of the class and the list of pupils will be placed in the playground where the children are to line up. Pupils will be called up, and then each teacher will lead his or her class. Classes end at 2:30 p.m.

From Monday August 26, the usual timetable will apply to all elementary students:

Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Children will be dropped off at the Oscars Gate entrance (no parents on school premises).

Elementary students will be welcomed through the Oscars Gate.

Elementary classes will be dismissed at 2:45 or 2:30 pm:

  • for the CP and CE1 at the Skovveien entrance
  • for the CE2, CM1, CM2 at the Oscarsgate entrance

Classes start at 8.30.
If you are running late, please call the Primary school secretary on the following numbers: 406 45 443 / 22 92 51 24 / 22 92 51 25.

AFTERNOON STUDY SESSION

Elementary school children can take advantage of a paid afternoon study service from the first day of school at the following times:

  • Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday: 2.45pm – 4.55pm
  • Friday: 2.30pm – 4.55pm
  • Registration on Eduka is COMPULSORY. This operation must be completed between August 18 and 25, 2024.
  •  Children can be picked up from study hall at the following two times: 3.45pm and 4.30pm.

  • Parents wishing to collect their child(ren) before the end of the study period should send a request at least 24 hours in advance by e-mail to the secretary’s office at sortie@lfo.no, specifying the child’s name, class and desired time of departure.

  • A member of staff will then accompany the children concerned to the Oscars Gate at 3.45 or 4.30 pm. In the interests of organization, please let us know if you have a weekly or longer schedule of the times you would like to pick up your child.

Secondary school

Skovveien - 6ème, 5ème, 4ème

The 6e, 5e, and 4e classes will be welcomed at Skovveien 9 on Friday, August 23, 2024. Entry into the school premises is through the main gate located at the corner of Coljornsens and Oscar Gate.

 

Beginning

9:30

10:00

11:00

End

12:35

12:35

13:00

Start date following the schedule: Monday, August 26, 2024.

Welcome meetings

Welcome meetings with parents, head teachers and management will take place :

  • Monday August 26 – 7th grade classes at 3:30 pm in the secondary school gymnasium in Skovveien
  • Monday August 26 – 8th grade classes at 4:30 pm in the secondary school gymnasium in Skovveien
  • Monday September 2 – 6th grade classes at 15:30 in the secondary school gymnasium in Skovveien

On this day, students will receive their textbooks, stationery, timetables and image rights form. A reminder of the internal regulations will also be given.

We remind you that students have been asked to keep all notebooks that have not been completely filled in, as well as all their school supplies from last year!

First-term parent-teacher meetings

Parent/student and teacher meetings for the first term are scheduled for Monday September 23 with the teaching staff and management at Skovveien:

  • For the 6emes at 3:30 pm
  • For the 5emes at 4:30 pm
  • For the 4emes at 5:30 pm

Vulkan - 3ème, 2de, 1ère, Terminale

Classes 3è, 2nde, 1ère and terminale will be welcomed at Vulkan 11 on Monday August 26, 2024.
 
2nde
Tale
Beginning
9h009h3010h0010h30
End
12h3512h3512h3512h35

Classes start on the afternoon of Monday August 26, 2024.

At the start of the school year, students will receive their entry badges, textbooks, stationery (3eme), timetables and image rights forms. A reminder of the internal regulations will also be given.

We remind you that students have been asked to keep all notebooks that have not been completely filled in, as well as all their school supplies from last year!

  • 3eme meeting – Tuesday, August 27 at 4:30 pm in the Vulkan foyer with teaching staff and management
  • 2nde meeting – Thursday, September 12 at 4:30 pm in the Vulkan foyer with teaching staff and management
  • 1ere and Term meeting – Tuesday September 17 at 4:30 pm in the Vulkan foyer with the teaching staff and management.

Secondary school teachers' information and advice

To limit waste of stationery, we have ensured that materials that cannot be found in Norway will be ordered by the school and given to students from 6èmes to 3ème at the start of the 2024 school year. Otherwise, at the start of the school year, each teacher will provide a list of the materials he or she needs.

Supplies to purchase for 6e:

  • 2 pens with 4 colors or 2 sets of pens (blue, black, red, green)
  • 2 mechanical pencils 0.5 or 0.7
  • 2 erasers
  • 3 glue sticks, to be replenished throughout the year
  • 1 yellow highlighter

Supplies for 5th, 4th, and 3rd grades if the materials provided in 6th grade are lost or broken:

  • Geometry tools: ruler, protractor, set square, compass
  • TI Collège plus calculator

For productive vacations for 5e, 4e, and 3e :

  • In the iParcours workbook: review the lessons
  • Redo 1 or 2 exercises per chapter and/or complete exercises not done during the year.

For 3e:

  • Regularly consult English-language newspapers.
  • Read as much as possible, both fiction and non-fiction, based on their interests and reading level.
  • Listen to podcasts and audiobooks, and watch English-language films with English subtitles.
  • For those who need more practice, do online exercises on “Learn English teens” on the British Council website.

For other grades in high school:

  • Make sure to know the irregular verbs.

For all grades:

  • Take every opportunity to practice speaking, and traveling is a great way to do so!
Recommended readings

Telling love

  • Romeo and Juliet, W. Shakespeare
  • Cyrano de Bergerac, E. Rostand

Using fiction to question reality

  • The K, D. Buzzati
  • Dracula, B. Stocker

Individual and society: clashes of values?

  • L’Île des esclaves, Marivaux
  • Bérénice, J. Racine

Informing, being informed, deforming

  • Bel-Ami, G. Maupassant
  • Nellie Bly, V. Ollagnier

The city, place of all possibilities?

  • Au Bonheur des Dames, E. Zola, abridged version
  • Notre-Dame de Paris, V. Hugo, abridged version
Recommended readings

Here are a few suggested readings to get you started on the themes of the third year. These books will echo other works studied in class.

Telling your story, representing yourself

  • Une Jeunesse au temps de la Shoah, S. Veil
  • Persepolis, M. Satrapi

Scientific progress and dreams

  • Fahrenheit 451, R. Bradbury
  • 1984, G. Orwell

Denouncing society’s failings

  • L’Ecole des femmes, Molière
  • Regarde les lumières mon amour, A. Ernaux

Poetic visions of the world

  • Romances sans paroles, P. Verlaine
  • Calligrammes, G. Apollinaire

Acting in the city: the individual and power

  • Animal Farm, G. Orwell
  • Rhinoceros, E. Ionesco

It is recommended that future students in 2nde have read at least two books from the list below:

  • La Métamorphose ( Kafka)
  • Ravages ( Barjavel)
  • La nuit des temps (Barjavel)
  • Le Roman de Renart  version junior
  • Les Métamorphoses (Ovide) version junior
  • Le Dernier jour d’un condamné (Hugo)
  • En attendant Godot ( Beckett)

This list is not exhaustive; books must be purchased by families.

Subject: The novel and narrative from the Middle Ages to the 21st century

Complete works: Manon Lescaut, L’Abbé Prévost.

Lesson: Marginal characters, the pleasures of the romanesque.

Associated cursive readings, assessed in class:

  • La Dame aux Camélias, Alexandre Dumas.
  • Thérèse Desqueyroux, François Mauriac.
  • L’Etranger, Albert Camus.

Recommended:

  • Carmen, Prosper Mérimée.
  • L’Ecume des jours, Boris Vian.

Subject: Poetry from the 19th to the 21st century.

Complete work: Les Cahiers de Douai, Arthur Rimbaud

Theme: Creative emancipation.

Associated cursive readings :

  • Les Fleurs du Mal, Baudelaire
  • Alcools, Apollinaire

Subject: Literature of ideas from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Complete work: Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne, Olympe de Gouges.

Course: Writing and fighting for equality.

Associated cursive reading, assessed in class: Candide, Voltaire.

Recommended reading:

  • La Femme gelée, Annie Ernaux.
  • Thérèse Desqueyroux, François Mauriac.
  • L’Ecole des Femmes, Molière.
  • Terminale LLCER
    1- Mandatory reading

    The book will be part of your portfolio for the oral exam. You have to buy it. It is smart to read as much as you can before school resumes:

    • The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood, published by Vintage Classics
    • Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller, published by Penguin Modern Classics

     

    2- Back to school supplies list
    • A monolingual dictionary (required for the exam): Oxford, Collins, etc.
    • A notebook or a 3-ring binder
    • Ruled filler paper / loose-leaf paper
    • Pocket folders to store documents

     

    Premiere LLCER – AMC

    Back to school supplies list:

    • A notebook or a 3-ring binder
    • Ruled filler paper / loose-leaf paper
    • Pocket folders to store documents