Tag: Primary school

22/11/20242024-2025 School yearGrade 5, Primary school, Service learningby ISL

Grade 5 Helping the Eco Club

A special thanks to Grade 5 for assisting the Eco-Club with the final paper collection before the October break on Thursday, October 17th! Since Monday wasn’t available for the Eco-Club and Eco-Reps to complete the task, Grade 5’s support in clearing our green boxes was greatly appreciated.

Pastries and juice arranged on a table with French flags as decoration

07/11/20242024-2025 School yearFrench, Grade 3, Grade 4, Primary school, Semaine du Goutby ISL

Semaine du Goût 2024

On Thursday, October 17th, during the “Semaine du Goût,” a French event that promotes tasting food and encourages balance, courage, and open-mindedness, some parents from Grades 3, 4, and 3/4 volunteered. They responded to an invitation to prepare a signature dish from their culture and to present it, allowing all Grade 3 and 4 students (and the French teachers, too!) …

2 students holding up a sign with their class rules

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 …

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 …

Student using over-sized scissors to pretend to cut his classmate's hair

24/05/20242023-2024 School YearKindergarten, Play, Primary school, Role play, SKby ISL

Hairdresser’s Role Play in Senior Kindergarten

The Senior Kindergarten students have been busy in their class hairdresser’s salon, as part of their role play this week. The salon offers a wash and blow dry, curling, dyes, wigs and styling and even beard and moustache trimming! The students have had to take turns being the hairdresser, write appointments on their booking sheets and keep the salon tidy …

A student looking at a liquid in a test tube, supported by a clamp and stand

16/05/20242023-2024 School YearEvents, Grade 5, Middle school, Primary school, Secondary schoolby ISL

Grade 5-to-6 Transition Day

The Grade 5 students recently had the opportunity to spend a day following the Grade 6 schedule in order to better prepare them for the transition from Grade 5 to Grade 6 next year. They experienced what it was like to move from class to class on their own, and got to meet many of the teachers they are likely …

07/05/20242023-2024 School YearArt, Events, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Primary school, Visionby ISL

Vision Day Stop-Motion Videos

The Grade 3s, 4s and 5s created stop-motion videos to show our school’s vision, “Building our Best Selves” as part of our recent Vision Day activities. There were 4 finalists, 1 from each of the 4 colour teams. Congratulations to the Blue team for winning the top spot! You can see the 4 finalists below.

07/05/20242023-2024 School YearArt, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Presentation, Primary schoolby ISL

Artist Tereza Buskova Inspires Primary Students

Recently, our grade 3, 4, and 5 students had an enriching encounter with the talented video artist Tereza Buskova. Tereza, known for her specialisation in films and printmaking, shared insights into her work, which is currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Lyon as part of the “Works from the British Council and the macLYON collections …

Students holding up the pairs of shorts that they made

11/04/20242023-2024 School YearGrade 1, Parents, Primary school, Projectby ISL

Sewing in Grade 1

As part of our unit of inquiry (How We Organise Ourselves), which focuses on the clothing we wear, the Grade 1 students participated in a sewing project, each making a personalized pair of shorts. The students had the opportunity to select their preferred fabric, adhere it to the pattern, and then cut out their patterns. They then sewed their fabric …

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Primary school

Grade 5 Helping the Eco Club

Semaine du Goût 2024

Grade 3 Essential Agreement

Les Petits Champions de la Lecture

ISL Concert 2024

Hairdresser’s Role Play in Senior Kindergarten

Grade 5-to-6 Transition Day

Vision Day Stop-Motion Videos

Artist Tereza Buskova Inspires Primary Students

Sewing in Grade 1

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