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Students sitting on colourful carpets, looking at a dog and her owner

27/03/20242023-2024 School YearAnimals, Guest speaker, JK, Kindergarten, Pre-K, Presentation, Sharing the Planet, SKby ISL

Tand’Aime

Kindergarten recently had some very special visitors. Céline Gorin and her dog, Luna, came to ISL to talk about their work in Tand’Aime, where they provide animal mediation services. They taught us more about dogs and how to interact with them. The Pre-, Junior and Senior Kindergarten students participated enthusiastically in the activities, displaying great listening skills. They were caring …

2 students, 1 holding a trophy and both holding other prizes.

21/03/20242023-2024 School YearCompetition, Events, Geography, Grade 9, High school, Quiz, Secondary schoolby ISL

10th Annual ISl Geography Quiz

The champion of this year’s quiz is again, Filip, from Grade 9. The Runner-up was again, Lewis, also from Grade 9. The quiz took place at lunchtimes in March, designed and run by Mr. Dunn in the Geography department. Quiz rounds included Geography in the news, matching amazing worldwide homes to their countries, cities in different countries, countries and capital …

3 students working together to make a pom-pom with wool

07/03/20242023-2024 School YearGrade 1, Grade 2, How We Organize Ourselves, Primary school, Service learningby ISL

Making Pom-Poms with Grades 1 & 2

As part of our unit of inquiry “How We Organize Ourselves, where we are learning about clothing, the Grade 2 students recently collaborated with the Grade 1s in a service learning activity. The Grade 2 students were eager to share their newly acquired skill of pom-pom making and each of the Grade 1 students came away with a wonderful, handmade …

A service dog sitting on the lap of a volunteer from Handi'Chiens

07/03/20242023-2024 School YearPresentation, Primary school, Secondary school, Service learningby ISL

Handi’Chiens Visit

On 19th January we had a visit from some volunteers at Handi’Chiens, which is an association whose objective is to train and provide assistance dogs to people who require support. They were joined by Schweppes the dog, who demonstrated a whole range of tasks that he has been trained to do to support a physically handicapped person, including: picking up …

Students applying defibrillator pads to a first aid dummy

03/03/20242023-2024 School YearFirst Aid, Grade 11, Grade 12, High school, Secondary school, Trainingby ISL

Grade 11 and 12 First Aid Training

On Saturday 17th February, Grades 11 and 12 students were given the chance to take part in a First Aid training course. This intense 7-hour training led to a PSC1 certification and all 20 students graduated with success. They covered many aspects of emergency response, from dealing with bleeding to cardiac arrest and burns. The 3 instructors from the Croix …

2 students looking at each other while completing a math worksheet

16/02/20242023-2024 School YearGrade 1, Grade 2, Mathematics, Primary schoolby ISL

Grade 1 and 2 Math Buddies

Recently, the Grade 2 students teamed up with their Grade 1 buddies for some cool math lessons. The Grade 2 kids were the teachers, showing the Grade 1s how to regroup while adding large numbers. Everyone had a blast, and the Grade 1s listened really well to their big buddies. It was great to see everyone having fun and learning …

2 students seated in front of a screen with "Breaking News" written on it, 1 other student is standing next to the screen.

16/02/20242023-2024 School YearGeography, Grade 9, Humanities, Presentation, Secondary schoolby ISL

Grade 9 Earthquake Re-enactment Presentations

The two grade 9 Geography groups have been researching the details of a real-life earthquake and turning their findings into a re-enactment presentation of the key events. This included being ‘in the news studio’ and ‘live on the scene’ with a mix of maps, dramatic videos and images and interviews with survivors, rescue teams, hospital staff, etc. There were also …

Students posing with their "Vocal Colours" choir shirts before their performance at Ilymun, Lyon model united nations

08/02/20242023-2024 School YearChoir, Ilymun, Model United Nations, Music, Performance, Primary school, School tripby ISL

Ilymun Choir Performance

The ISL choir, Vocal Colours, opened the 2024 International Lyon Model United Nations (ILYMUN) ceremony on Thursday 1st February, presenting the freedom song ‘Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody’ which became an anthem during the American civil rights era, and the upbeat song ‘Freedom’, by Pharrell Williams, launching this year’s theme of Rights and Freedoms. Thank you to Ms. Vasset and Mme. Matrat …

collage of photos of students doing science experiments

08/02/20242023-2024 School YearExperiment, Grade 1, How the World Works, Primary school, Science, Unit of inquiryby ISL

Scientist of the Week

In our unit of inquiry ‘How the World Works’, G1 students have been enthusiastically engaged in our Scientist of the Week project, where each student presented a science experiment to their classmates. We delved into hands-on activities, exploring static electricity, experimenting with the interactions of acidic and basic ingredients, and exploring the properties of magnetic and non-magnetic items. The classroom …

Parents and staff gathered in a room, tables set out with cakes and drinks

08/02/20242023-2024 School YearEvents, PTAby ISL

Galette des Rois

Parents and teachers recently had the opportunity to share a slice of the traditional ‘Galette des Rois’ to celebrate Epiphany. Each year, the galette des rois – meaning ‘cake of the kings’, is made by bakers and pâtissiers across the country to mark this special occasion. Inside each of the galettes is a ‘fève’ or a trinket. The person lucky …

10th Annual ISl Geography Quiz

Making Pom-Poms with Grades 1 & 2

Handi’Chiens Visit

Grade 11 and 12 First Aid Training

Grade 1 and 2 Math Buddies

Grade 9 Earthquake Re-enactment Presentations

Ilymun Choir Performance

Scientist of the Week

Galette des Rois

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