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01/12/20232023-2024 School YearIB Learner Profile Attributes, Kindergarten, SKby ISL

Learner Profile Attributes in Senior Kindergarten

The students in Senior Kindergarten (SK) have been working on what makes a good citizen of the world by focusing on the IB Learner Profile attributes. They discussed what it was like to be Knowledgeable, a good Communicator, a Risk Taker, Caring, an Inquirer, Balanced, Reflective, a Thinker, Open-Minded and Principled and then wrote about each attribute and illustrated it. …

24/11/20232023-2024 School YearEvents, Grade 10, Grade 11, High school, Model United Nations, School trip, Secondary schoolby ISL

Berlin Model United Nations 2023

Experienced members of the Model United Nations (MUN) club participated in the Berlin Model United Nations (BERMUN), a prestigious MUN conference held in Berlin and attended by 700 students from around the world. Unintentionally, ISL sent an all-female delegation to the conference this year (Girl Power!). As always at BERMUN, our students made connections with others, sharpened their debate skills, …

14/11/20232023-2024 School YearFrench, High school, Kindergarten, Middle school, Primary school, School tripby ISL

La Semaine du Goût 2023

La semaine du goût (tasting week) is a week-long event that French schools organise each year in October. That week is an opportunity to celebrate and learn about many aspects of food. The Grade 9 and 10 students focused on chocolate this year. In their French lessons, they brainstormed what they knew about cocoa: its origins, its history, how it …

Kindergarten students building bridges with blocks and testing them with colourful teddy bear figures

14/11/20232023-2024 School YearHow the World Works, Inquiry, Kindergarten, SK, Unit of inquiryby ISL

Building Bridges in Senior Kindergarten

As part of their Unit of Inquiry under the transdisciplinary theme of How The World Works, the Senior Kindergarten students have been busy building and testing the strength of bridges. They have discovered many things along the way and amongst their huge successes, they have had many collapsed bridges too! Take a look at some of their stronger structures below.

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others

27/10/20232023-2024 School YearArt, English, Grade 8, Middle school, Readingby ISL

Animal Farm Propaganda Posters

In their English lessons, the Grade 8 students have been studying the novel Animal Farm, in which farm animals revolt against the tyranny of their human masters. Although the rebellion is a success, the freedom and equality the farm animals fought for are never realized. Instead, the pigs seize power through fear and manipulation (and the farm animals end up …

16/10/20232023-2024 School YearPrimary schoolby ISL

Nature Club Pumpkin Harvest

The Nature Club students have been hard at work and having lots of fun harvesting this year’s crop of pumpkins. Sadly we did not have time to plant as many pumpkin plants in spring 2023 so this year’s crop is smaller than usual, but we have a few different, tasty varieties and they will all be sold at the Halloween …

A screenshot from the Three Little Pigs animation showing a pig standing in front of a straw house

13/10/20232023-2024 School YearArt, How the World Works, ICT, Kindergarten, Reading, SKby ISL

SK’s Three Little Pig Animations

As part of Senior Kindergarten’s unit of inquiry “How The World Works”, the students have been learning about different building materials and their properties. They read the story of The Three Little Pigs, then used the role play area to reenact the story. Finally, they created their very own pig puppet shows on the iPads. They decided that the straw …

Secondary students standing on a stage, delivering a presentation about reducing waste using a projector

06/10/20232023-2024 School YearAssembly, Enrichment, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Presentationby ISL

Eco Club Presentation and ELISE Member Visit

ISL’s Eco-Club wanted to address the students at the start of the year to remind them about our mission of reducing waste at the school. We invited Magali from ELISE, a company we use to help us dispose of our recyclable waste, such as paper, cardboard, plastic and cans. She explained how her company recycles various materials, and how they …

Kindergarten students driving toy cars during their outdoor learning lessons

05/10/20232023-2024 School YearJK, Kindergarten, Outdoor learning, Pre-K, Primary school, SKby ISL

Outdoor Learning in Kindergarten

Outdoor Learning is a great time to put students’ learning into practice in a different setting, combining social and thinking skills with physical development. Some sessions are based on Maths or Phonics objectives, and some are linked to the Units of Inquiry. Lately, Kindergarten students have been practising their number skills during Outdoor Learning by counting leaves, building towers corresponding …

By the Grade 2 Shooting Stars: Teaching Peace

29/09/20232023-2024 School YearArt, Grade 2, Music, Primary schoolby ISL

Sharing the Planet: Teaching Peace

The Grade 2s have been learning about peace in their current inquiry unit “Sharing The Planet”. They 2 drew pictures to accompany the lyrics of this song, “Teaching Peace”. We hope you enjoy what they’ve created!

Learner Profile Attributes in Senior Kindergarten

Berlin Model United Nations 2023

La Semaine du Goût 2023

Building Bridges in Senior Kindergarten

Animal Farm Propaganda Posters

Nature Club Pumpkin Harvest

SK’s Three Little Pig Animations

Eco Club Presentation and ELISE Member Visit

Outdoor Learning in Kindergarten

Sharing the Planet: Teaching Peace

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