Parent Information

Students are expected to arrive at school on time to start the school day at 8:30. We start lining up outside the bootroom at 8:20. Do not enter the school building in the mornings unless your child is in SFO or you have a scheduled meeting.

We have staff supervision outside of school from 8.10. If students from grade 1 to 4 need to arrive before 8.10,  they can be enrolled to attend morning SFO.

If a student is going to be late or absent at a certain day e.g. due to a doctor/dentist appointment or sickness, parents/guardians must notify the school by 8:30 via ManageBac under the attendance excusal tab for MYP or via email to class teachers for PYP. Please inform the office if student is absent due to any infectious disease.

Students who arrive late at school have to report to the office first before entering their class. Failure to do so might result in being marked as absent.

Students are allowed to leave the school grounds for planned appointments with the written notices from parents. Parents must notify the school via ManageBac under the attendance excusal tab for MYP or by email to class teachers for PYP. 

AtB Free bus card
Students are entitled to a free school bus card according to the Norwegian law (Opplæringsloven §7-1 and Friskoleloven §3-7).
Students in grade 1 who live further than 2km from school are entitled to a free bus card and 4km for students from grade 2 and up. An application form can be found here for the English version and here for Norwegian version.
If your child lives in two different homes, this form needs to be filled out and submitted as well.

You can check the bus timetable and the bus stops here.

For detailed information about all the changes, please follow this link.

Other transport
Students with a disability, temporary injury or sickness can apply for other means of transportation if necessary. Parents can send a request to the school with a medical certificate and the school will forward it to Sør Trøndelag Fylkeskommune who will make the decision.
More information regarding school transportation can be found here.

How t:kort skole (bus card) works
The school card is a personal card with name and date of birth. The school card contains a computer chip where information about your travel rights is stored. Be careful with your school card and do not make holes in it or subject it to any other rough treatment.
The school card can be used all the years you have been granted a school transport.
The school card contains two valid trips per day. The total number of trips in the school card is individual and follows the right that each student has for school transport. For full school transport right, there are two trips per day in the 190 days of the school year. The school card can be used throughout the year, but will run out of travel if used more than the right indicates.
The school card only applies to the distance to and from the school.
The school card for the primary school is valid every weekday according to the school calendar.
The school card must not be used outside a valid area or time period. It is then considered misuse and the name and address are noted. In case of misuse, AtB will send information about the incident to the parents. 

To you who use the bus to and from school
As a student, there is a lot of new to get acquainted with, and getting to and from school is part of this. AtB and our operators want the students to have a good experience, and we want to make it a safe and good school route.
More in-depth information about school transport can be found on the websites of Trøndelag County Municipality, AtB and UDIR.

Free school transport
This is a right you can get if you meet different criteria. It is Trøndelag county municipality / your municipality of residence that manages this right. Contact your school if you need help along the way. Once the right has been decided, AtB orders and organizes the transportation in accordance with this decision. The transportation is carried out by various carriers that run on a contract with AtB. AtB and the schools work together to provide good and clear information about school transport to the students.

Remember that the right only applies to the section that is according to your decision.
This is regulated through a separate dimensioning regulation. (Lovdata)

One of the values of the school is respect and sensitivity to other cultures. This should influence the way students dress. Deliberately torn clothing, visible underwear, see through or display of offensive images or words are not allowed. If jewellery is worn it should be minimal, not offensive. We encourage student not to bring objects of value to school. The school is not responsible for lost personal property. Students that do not dress properly will be asked to change or cover unacceptable clothing.

During the autumn and spring months,  rain pants, rain jacket with hood or rain hat, and rain boots are important for outdoor play. In the winter students need good warm winter wear that allows them to be outside when it is -20 degrees Celsius. Students must be prepared for all weather.

Inside shoes must be worn at all times during the school day. It is expected that students change their clothes for Physical Education (PE) lessons. Students must bring appropriate clothing and shoes for these lessons each week.

A friendly reminder to parents that in the interest of student safety, the school parking lot is for staff use only. Please do not use the parking lot for dropping off and picking up your child.

The parking lot is a shared area for both Tomas School and THIS. The parking lot is controlled by Europark – we are not able to assist with any parking fines received.

We ask all parents who drive their children to school to drive carefully and take note of the direction of traffic flow that we wish to create (drive in through Haldens gate and turn right (parking zone on left hand side, for those who are dropping off pre-schoolers and 1st graders) or left (“kiss-and-learn” zone for drop-off of all other children). Please do not leave engine running while dropping children off.

We have a problem with students forgetting shoes, clothes, keys and other personal belongings. 
Lost and unidentified items are stored in the lost and found area in the school.  Any unclaimed items will be donated to a charity at the end of each month. 

*Please label all clothing and sportswear with the student’s name. 

ThIS Healthy Food Agreement
Packing healthy school lunches with fresh foods gives your child the energy to grow, concentrate, learn and play all day.
As a school community we want to help promote being balanced through healthy living and the choosing of a variety of foods to include within our school lunches.
No one food or food group provides all of the nutrients we need for good health.
Packing school lunches with many different kinds of nutritious food choices and minimal sugar is one important way to contribute to active, life-long learning and good health.
Please click here to view our ThIS Healthy Food Agreement.
Parents can order milk for their children at Tine skolemelk (www.skolemelk.no). This is a voluntary program administered by Tine melk.
The instructions on how to sign up for the school milk subscription can be viewed here.

Orders for a daily delivery of milk or juice can be placed directly online through the website of the local dairy, www.skolelyst.no.

Payments are made directly to the dairy and not to ThIS. Information about how the system operates, how to set up an account and place an order is available in English and Norwegian. Once placed, you can administer your own order, including changing the product ordered, cancelling for planned absences, etc. Orders can be placed at any time of the school year. Trondheim International School is registered as a participating school.

Apply online for leave of absence from here.

Click here to view the flowchart of the process.