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On Wednesday, January 27th we held a Stage 2 PYP workshop for parents. Here our Primary Years Co-ordinator, Michelle Rich discussed the Units of Inquiry in more detail.INQUIRY-BASED LEARNINGThe IB Primary Years Program is a guided inquiry approach to learning and teaching. Inquiry-based units of study, known as Units of Inquiry, are the focus for learning in homeroom classes and when appropriate they are integrated into other curriculum areas. Students experience what it is like to think and act...

For the past year, some of our Dutch students and our Dutch teacher, raised 650 Euros.This is for an organization called ‘ Baan Phak Phing’, what means “house of refuge”. This organization is settled in the north of Thailand. Baan Phak Phing helps girls that are sexually abused or have been by a family member or even members. There are three houses with ten girls in every house. From the age 5-8 years old.For every house there are four women, that take the role as a mum. The girls go as ...

The Primary PYP Expo will take place in Campus 1 from 11:15-12:00 on Wednesday, December 16th. Our young students will exhibit and present their projects and work. Please join us on the day.

Dear Parents, Friends and PartnersAll children have wishes at Christmas time. Even for us at SBW and as passionate achievers, wishes continue to be worthwhile and valid for our time. My personal wish is one for more courage, risk-taking and acceptance, especially in a world restricted by the urge for more security. Let us walk with a hungry and open heart into the world. I am truly convinced that such a winning force is a strong value in our present time, to guide us into the future.Thank you so...

Thank you to all the parents and students who brought in gifts for our Christmas Boxes for Romanian Orphans program. My office was full today! In total ISN has provided 95 gifts. This means that on Christmas day this year 95 children will receive a wonderful Christmas gift from a friend at ISN. Thank you for your generosity!

Bingo in various shapes or forms is popular all around the world. Its a really sociable game, lots of fun and easy to play. At its very simplest bingo involves someone calling a series of random numbers usually found on small tiles or balls selected from a sack or by a bingo machine. Players have cards containing a set amount of numbers. If a number is called which matches one on their card they can cross it off. The first to cross off all their numbers (called a full house) wins.Congratulatio...

A very big "thank you" to Cecelia and the parent team who organised the Halloween party last Friday. It was a great success. Thank you also to the senior students who volunteered their time to help make it a really fun event.From Cecelia:The ISN Halloween Party was a total success!! Learning partners from Primary and Secondary school participated and had fun at the multiple game stations managed by our Secondary students. We enjoyed of a variety of delicious snacks donated by a multitude of pare...

We are proud of our ISN International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma & IGCSE results:The highest individual score was achieved by one of our graduate this year with 42 points! This corresponds to the German score of 1.0 which puts her at the top 1.2 % of all 67,000 International Baccalaureate diploma candidates that sat the exam this year and 1,300,000 DP graduates worldwide. All students who strove for the “Allgemeine Hochschulreife” have received their certificate. Our IGCSE results with an eq...

On September 18th the Primary School celebrated `Talk Like A Pirate Day´. Students enjoyed dressing up and talking like pirates whilst doing our usual curriculum, with a few pirate themed activities thrown in. It was a fun day for all – staff included!

In cooperation with the city of Neustadt, late last school year ISN students participated in a local art competition asking teenagers to draw a picture with a theme of ‘colourful instead of brown’. Various schools in Neustadt participated, and I am pleased to announce the following results have just been released:First place was won by Annabelle Herrmann, Maren Nied and Janne Volkland.Paul Biffar and Felix Schobinger won second place.Tabea Theis won the ISN competition.All the winning entrie...