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05/11/20242023-2024 School Yearby ISL

Empowering ISL Teachers with MagicSchool AI

We are excited to announce a new partnership between ISL and ISH Academy, which is run by The International School of the Hague, to bring our teaching staff the Magic Mondays workshop series. This initiative is designed to empower ISL teachers with cutting-edge AI tools from MagicSchool AI, helping to enhance lesson planning, student engagement, and professional development. Last year, …

17/10/20242024-2025 School yearICT, JK, Kindergarten, Pre-Kby ISL

PreK and JK Students Explore Programming with BeeBots

Pre-Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten students have been exploring BeeBots to learn basic programming skills. Using their thinking skills, they discovered how to give simple commands to complete tasks, such as moving a card from one side to the other. In the video below you can see two students who enjoyed playing with the Beebots so much that they continued the …

15/10/20242024-2025 School yearAnnouncement, Staffby ISL

New ISL Staff for 2024-2025

We are excited to introduce two new dedicated professionals to our ISL community, each bringing a wealth of experience and passion for education: Nikita Hošnová and Torie Dugat. Nikita Hošnová (Learning Support Assistant) – Nikita is originally from Prague, Czech Republic, where she earned her degree in Social Work and Social Pedagogy from Charles University. During her time there, …

Students sitting in chairs, playing recorders with their noses

11/10/20242024-2025 School yearGrade 8, Middle school, Music, Performance, Secondary schoolby ISL

Funny Discovery in Grade 8 Music

Although it is not considered very ‘authentic performance practice’, Grade 8 students were being true inquirers when they discovered they could play their recorders quite successfully by exhaling air through their noses! Articulation and playing fast passages might pose some difficulty, as would a runny or stuffy nose, but they have assured their music teacher that they will clean their …

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 …

Students sitting, playing string instruments

02/10/20242024-2025 School yearGrade 7, Middle school, Music, Secondary schoolby ISL

Grade 7’s Orchestral Adventure

Grade 7 have well and truly embarked on their orchestral journey this year, learning how to hold their instruments and beginning with pizzicato playing. They have already demonstrated strong listening and collaboration skills!

A student wearing a blindfold, reaching into a blue and purple box.

18/09/20242024-2025 School yearJK, Kindergarten, Pre-K, Who We Areby ISL

Searching with our Senses in Kindergarten

In their current Unit of Inquiry “Who We Are”, the Kindergarten students have been learning about the five senses. Recently, the Pre-Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten students participated in an engaging classroom activity designed to explore the sense of touch. Each student had to wear a blindfold and guess what was inside the mystery box, while only relying on their sense …

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 …

27/06/20242023-2024 School YearExperiment, Grade 11, IB, Internal Assessments, Physics, Scienceby ISL

Grade 11 Physics Internal Assessments

The Grade 11 Physics class carried out the research for their Internal Assessment (IA) projects after the exams. These are worth a large part of their final result and have to be planned, executed and evaluated by the students themselves. We had a wide range of subjects this time, from the effect of string tension on the performance of tennis racquets to …

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News

Empowering ISL Teachers with MagicSchool AI

PreK and JK Students Explore Programming with BeeBots

New ISL Staff for 2024-2025

Funny Discovery in Grade 8 Music

Sense of Taste: An Artful Exploration

Grade 7’s Orchestral Adventure

Searching with our Senses in Kindergarten

Grade 3 Essential Agreement

Les Petits Champions de la Lecture

Grade 11 Physics Internal Assessments

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