The Study Group runs a bus service in the Cankaya, Gaziosmanpasa
and Oran areas. The bus service is door-to-door, with a maximum
of 15 children on each vehicle. A monitor is employed for
each bus. The bus service is entirely self-financing and fares
are set in September each year.
Parents are requested to ensure that they are outside at the
appointed time to meet the bus, as children will not be allowed
to get off the bus until they are met by a parent or other
designated adult.
The Study Group does not provide lunches. Children should
bring a packed lunch. This will be eaten under supervision
in the hall. The lunch monitors will try to ensure that children
make a good attempt at eating the food in their packed lunch.
In return, we ask parents to provide a lunch that they would
reasonably expect their child to eat. Water is provided. Any
drinks brought into school should be in unbreakable containers,
and must not be in cans. No fast or cooked food should be
sent in for children.
The Study Group's location within the Embassy compound means
that we have to adopt certain security measures. These especially
concern the issue of passes, which are issued to parents and
/ or maids and drivers of the Nursery class only.
The use of passes is regulated by simple rules:
- The guards are instructed not to let anybody in without
a pass.
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If you forget your pass, please be prepared to wait at
the gate until the guard telephones the school office.
- The present system relies upon the co-operation of the
Embassy.
Parents whose children do not go home on the buses collect
their children from the study group gate. No child will be
allowed to leave the grounds unless the parent, or a person
authorised by the parent and bearing the appropriate identification,
collects him/her from the gate.
If a child's arrangements for going home change in any way
parents should notify the office as soon as possible and by
2.30 pm at the latest. If there is any doubt and parents cannot
be contacted, the original arrangements will remain in effect.
During June the
study group is fortunate to have use of the British Ambassador's
pool. This is supported by a group of parent volunteers. If
you would like to volunteer to help in the pool (no qualifications
needed), please contact the office.
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