School Life
Daily life at ISL
The ISL Pre-KG and Kindergarten (KG) classes’ school day starts at 7h30 (arrivals) and ends at 12:30 (dismissal).
The Pre-KG and KG daily schedules are organised, notionally, into the following sessions in this example daily schedule:
7:30AM - 8:00AM
Students’ Arrival
8:00AM - 8:30AM
Attendance and Personal, Social and Emotional Learning time
8:30AM - 9:00AM
Literacy, Communication and Language (French)
9:00AM - 09:15AM
Break/Toilet/Free play
09:15AM -09:45AM
Expressive Arts
09:45AM -10:15PM
Break Time
10:15AM -10:45PM
Numeracy (early mathematics)
10:45AM -11:30PM
Unit of Inquiry project time/ Understanding the World
12:00AM -12:20PM
Snacks, packing up and getting ready to depart
The ISL Elementary, Middle and High School day is as follows:
For Elementary, Middle and High school students, the school day begins at 7:30 AM (drop-off time) and ends at the following times:
On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, after co-curricular activities take place from 3:30 PM, the school day ends at 4:30 PM.
On Wednesday all students leave school at 12:30 PM. Teachers have weekly Continuous Professional Development and training activities.
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Students Arrival | |||||
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Registration/Home Room | |||||
| Period 1 | 8:15 - 9:00 | |||||
| Period 2 | 9:00 - 9:45 | |||||
| Period 3 | 9:45 - 10:30 | |||||
| Break | 10:30 - 11:00 | Mid-morning Break | ||||
| Period 4 | 11:00 - 11:45 | |||||
| Period 5 | 11:45 - 12:30 | |||||
| Lunch | 12:30 - 1:15 | Lunch Break | ||||
| Period 6 | 1:15 - 2:00 | Students' half day/teachers' CPD | ||||
| Period 7 | 2:00 - 2:45 | |||||
| Period 8 | 2:45 - 3:30 | |||||
| Sign Out/ Departure at 3:30 on Fridays | ||||||
| Co-Curricular Activities | 3:30 - 4:30 | Clubs and co-curricular activities (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) | ||||
Early
dismissal
Please note that on Wednesdays, all students, from Pre-Kindergarten through to High School, are dismissed at 12:30 PM. This early dismissal enables teachers to attend their Continuous Professional Development (CPD) sessions. Students will be assigned additional homework for the afternoon.


