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A student wearing a blindfold, reaching into a blue and purple box.

18/09/20242024-2025 School yearJK, Kindergarten, Pre-K, Who We Areby ISL

Searching with our Senses in Kindergarten

In their current Unit of Inquiry “Who We Are”, the Kindergarten students have been learning about the five senses. Recently, the Pre-Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten students participated in an engaging classroom activity designed to explore the sense of touch. Each student had to wear a blindfold and guess what was inside the mystery box, while only relying on their sense …

18/09/20242024-2025 School yearGrade 3, Primary schoolby ISL

Grade 3 Essential Agreement

The Grade 3s worked together recently to come up with 5 rules to make up their class’s essential agreement. They felt that it wasn’t too few or too many. They decided that too many rules would be hard to remember and follow, so they wanted just enough to help keep the classroom a fun and positive learning environment. You can …

11/09/20242024-2025 School yearCompetition, French, Grade 4, Primary schoolby ISL

Les Petits Champions de la Lecture

This year, Grade 4 French A and B+ will participate in a competition where their Eloquence and Fluency skills will be on full display. Participating students will choose a book extract and practice reading it aloud. Then, an internal selection will take place first and a candidate will be picked to complete in a local competition called “Les Petits champions …

27/06/20242023-2024 School YearExperiment, Grade 11, IB, Internal Assessments, Physics, Scienceby ISL

Grade 11 Physics Internal Assessments

The Grade 11 Physics class carried out the research for their Internal Assessment (IA) projects after the exams. These are worth a large part of their final result and have to be planned, executed and evaluated by the students themselves. We had a wide range of subjects this time, from the effect of string tension on the performance of tennis racquets to …

2 kindergarten students posing with their teacher in front of a sign reading "American Library"

27/06/20242023-2024 School YearCompetition, Events, Kindergarten, SK, Stories, Writingby ISL

Young Author’s Fiction Festival

ISL is proud to announce that we had 2 winners of the Young Author’s Fiction Festival (YAFF) this year. Congratulations to Leonardo and Lysander in Senior Kindergarten on their accomplishment! You can read more about their experience below. A special thank you to Anna Clow for organizing and for accompanying the winners to the ceremony in Paris!

27/06/20242023-2024 School YearEvents, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, High school, Middle school, Secondary school, Sportsby ISL

Secondary Basketball Tournament

In the recent Summer Sports Competition, the secondary students were fully engaged and fought hard for their Colour Teams. The Grade 6, 7 and 8 students had voted to play in mixed-grade teams and appreciated the challenge of playing against younger and older students. The Grade 9s played against each other and continued their fierce rivalries, fighting hard for every …

20/06/20242023-2024 School YearConcert, Events, Kindergarten, Middle school, Music, Performance, Primary schoolby ISL

ISL Concert 2024

On Tuesday 4th June, ISL held its annual music concert at the Salle L’Ellipse in Sainte-Foy. With over 120 students involved, spanning from Senior Kindergarten to Grade 8 students, it showcased a variety of musical styles, instruments, languages and types of ensembles. A testament that music is very much alive and celebrated within the ISL community, the concert also highlighted …

13/06/20242023-2024 School YearEvents, Kindergarten, PTA, SKby ISL

SK Reflection On The Summer Fête

On Saturday, the PTA organised our annual Summer Fête. This year we not only had a giant bouncy castle, but a burger and fries truck too! Students and families of all ages attended, enjoying the friendly atmosphere as well as all the games and activities that the PTA put on for us all. Leonardo in Senior Kindergarten reflected on Summer …

13/06/20242023-2024 School YearCAS, Geography, History, IB, School tripby ISL

IB Geography, History, & CAS Trip

Grade 11 Geography/History students travelled to Spain for the trip which also included CAS activities, organized by Mr. Dunn and accompanied by Mrs. Mannion. The group flew to Madrid and visited Madrid from the Bernabeu stadium to the historic centre. We then visited the half a million to a million year old limestone caves of Aguila before arriving at the …

A kindergarten student doing a yoga pose

07/06/20242023-2024 School YearJK, Kindergarten, Pre-Kby ISL

Yoga in Kindergarten

Yoga lessons in the Pre- and Junior Kindergarten class are always a joyful part of their Wednesdays. Linked to the current Unit of Inquiry, a thematic yoga lesson on transportation was enjoyed by the students. Using coordination, balance, and focus, the students practised various poses imitating different types of transportation. Here you can see some of their best poses!

Searching with our Senses in Kindergarten

Grade 3 Essential Agreement

Les Petits Champions de la Lecture

Grade 11 Physics Internal Assessments

Young Author’s Fiction Festival

Secondary Basketball Tournament

ISL Concert 2024

SK Reflection On The Summer Fête

IB Geography, History, & CAS Trip

Yoga in Kindergarten

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