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We are very pleased to be able to formally announce the opening of the International School Westpfalz. The school will open in August 2017 and will offer classes from Early Years to Year 6. Students from Year 7 onwards will continue to come to ISN via the school bus.We are delighted that after three year’s preparation we are finally able to open the doors of our new sister school in Ramstein-Miesenbach. We see a great many opportunities for collaboration for both schools – we are one concept...

DP2 have been carrying out a number of experiments recently, together with our new physics teacher, Dr. Kerstin Klein. The first experiment was about measuring the half-life and decay constant of beer foam. The learning partners were able to learn about decay processes in nature without having to handle radioactive materials.The second experiment was about calculating the heat capacity of different materials from stones to steel. Material physics is one of the most used topics in engineering.Wis...

At the beginning of the year, we discussed how and why bees are disappearing. Caring Year 3 LPs were surprised and saddened and decided they wanted to do something to help the bees. At first we wanted to write a letter to pesticide companies, but this may have presented a conflict of interest. We decided instead to create pictures showing flowers that help bees flourish, and Heike (our art teacher) took over and helped the children create masterpiece bee pictures, using different media. The resu...

"I don't remember my life without dance", says Maya Teeluck (14), who began ballet lessons at the age of 4. For a few days now, learning partners across the SBW schools and including the International School Kreuzlingen-Konstanz, International School Neustadt and from as far as the International School Ruhr (in Essen), have the unique opportunity to train under the guidance and leadership of international star-choreographer, Royston Maldoom: “Maldoom has his own special way: he has a good s...

From August 8th to 20th, 2016 the J.S.Bach Foundation with headquarters in St.Gallen offers SBW/ ISN students the exclusive chance to rehearse a special choreography under the direction of renowned star dance instructor Royston Maldoom. The event will be streamed internationally. Be courageous, train your self confidence, will power and join Maldoom`s team. All costs will be covered.The dance performance will also be broadcasted on youtube and shared with hundred thousands of viewers worldwide. ...

We had a very productive and interesting 10 days in China recently. ISN now has 5 sister schools in China. We met with officials from two regions in China and explored a number of collaborative options.We will be offering study tours at two of our SBW schools next year, and will be looking at running vocatioal programmes and teacher training programmes in Switzerland. We have also been asked to work on both private and State education projects in China. If we have enough interested students we w...

Partnership agreements could be implemented during the recent Chinese visit with no less than five private, as well as state institutions from Shanghai and Shenzhen. Other forms of cooperation are under discussion. For our own learning partners, this means facilitating exchange programs with these two booming cities. On the other hand, SBW IS Neustadt, SBW IS Ruhr, SBW ISKK and NET are pleased with the expressed interest of the schools themselves to send students to Germany and Switzerland. Firs...

The social evening "A Drink for a Cause" last Friday was a huge success. The students did a great job in presenting their work concerning areas of Creativity, Action and Service and managed to raise over 1000€ to support our Community work. Live music, delicious bites and Sekt rounded the evening off beautifully.

On Thursday, February 18th learning partners in Years 4 and 5 worked on designing and constructing towers. It is a part of a programme called “Kinder entdecken Technik” sponsored by BASF, who provides the woodwork and toolkits. The goal of the programme is to develop children skills in areas like engineering and construction promoting creativity and teamwork. The programme was linked to the UOI on force and motion. One of our mums, Pilar Salvá, supported the activity. The LPs had a lot of f...

On Monday, January 11th our ISN staff attended a first aid course run by the Red Cross. Though it was a serious topic, we did manage to have fun with it.We learned many basic skills which are essential within an educational environment in order to protect the safety of our students.