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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 …

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 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 …

Metal samples glowing with different colours

11/01/20242023-2024 School YearChemistry, Experiment, High school, Science, Secondary schoolby ISL

Electron Excitation in Grade 11

Grade 11 have been learning about the structure of atoms, including the effects of electron excitation. The colours in the image are produced as a result of electrons in metal ions becoming “excited” after taking on energy through a process called “absorption”. When the electrons lose energy again, they emit characteristic wavelengths of light and we can identify metals by …

15/12/20232023-2024 School YearGrade 4, Grade 6, Middle school, Primary school, Secondary school, Service learning, Unit of inquiry, Where We Are in Place and Timeby ISL

Service Learning with Grade 4 and Grade 6

Grades 4 and 6 recently joined forces to teach each other about different aspects of Ancient Rome as part of their current curriculum studies. Who knew that the Romans ate peacock brains and flamingo tongues?! Or that they marched their soldiers in formation for kilometre after kilometre before the battle even began?!

15/12/20232023-2024 School YearAuthor Visit, Book Week, Events, Presentation, Primary school, Reading, Secondary schoolby ISL

Book Week Author Visit

During Book Week we had a visit from Bali Rai, a famous author of books for children and teens. He talked to all groups from Grade 4 to Grade 10 on many topics, like diversity and multiculturalism, reading for pleasure and the importance of being open minded when writing. The students enjoyed the talks and asked Bali Rai many questions, …

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, …

30/06/20232022-2023 School YearEnglish, French, Grade 11, High school, Literature, School trip, Secondary schoolby ISL

Grade 11 Trip to Shepard Fairey Exhibition

The Grade 11 English and French Language and Literature classes ventured down to the Musée Guimet in Lyon to see the temporary Shepard Fairey OBEY exhibition.

Grade 7 students posing for a group photo in their costumes

29/06/20232022-2023 School YearDrama, Essay, Grade 7, Middle school, Secondary schoolby ISL

Grade 7 – An Inspector Calls

The Grade 7 class has finished their unit of study on the play An Inspector Calls. Eschewing the conventional form of a written essay, they were able to present a dramatic essay

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Secondary school

10th Annual ISl Geography Quiz

Handi’Chiens Visit

Grade 11 and 12 First Aid Training

Grade 9 Earthquake Re-enactment Presentations

Electron Excitation in Grade 11

Service Learning with Grade 4 and Grade 6

Book Week Author Visit

Berlin Model United Nations 2023

Grade 11 Trip to Shepard Fairey Exhibition

Grade 7 – An Inspector Calls

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