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A plate with some foods made out of play dough (egg, bread, peas, etc.)

02/10/20242024-2025 School yearArt, Kindergarten, SK, Who We Areby ISL

Sense of Taste: An Artful Exploration

As part of our “Who We Are” Unit of Inquiry on the Five Senses, the Senior Kindergarten students have been learning about how to use their sense of taste. They have tasted lots of different foods to map the taste buds on their tongues, and decided on foods they liked and disliked. In Art, we have made some tasty looking …

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!

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 …

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 …

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 …

A 3D cityscape made from coloured paper on a dark-blue background

07/12/20232023-2024 School YearArt, How the World Works, Kindergarten, Mathematics, SK, Unit of inquiryby ISL

Kindergarten Cityscapes

As part of our transdisciplinary theme on How the World Works and our studies on height and length in Maths, the Senior Kindergarten students made 3D cityscapes from paper and cardboard. They had to think carefully about the size of each of the buildings that they created when placing them in their cityscapes, placing the taller ones at the back …

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. …

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.

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 …

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 …

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SK

Sense of Taste: An Artful Exploration

Young Author’s Fiction Festival

SK Reflection On The Summer Fête

Hairdresser’s Role Play in Senior Kindergarten

Kindergarten Cityscapes

Learner Profile Attributes in Senior Kindergarten

Building Bridges in Senior Kindergarten

SK’s Three Little Pig Animations

Outdoor Learning in Kindergarten

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