News from the IGS

The U6 and Primary schools presented some music and a play to each other’s mutual benefit. U6 sang “Durch Die Strasse” in its traditional musical setting. Their presentation was fresh and cherubic. This was followed by a rather jolly presentation of “Ich Geh mit meiner Laterne” and “Laterne, Laterne” sung a s a canon. Class five then acted out...Read More

For our alternative St Martin celebrations this year, classes 1 and 2 have been working hard-to-create large-scale lantern installations celebrating the light festival. Each student modified recycled cups and CDs to create imaginative flowers and snowflakes.Along with some beautiful transparent collages these were assembled to form two large lanterns, one symbolising the cold and loneliness of hard times, and...Read More

A beautiful tradition in the U6 area has become the fathers’ annual lantern handicrafts before St. Martin’s festival. For this reason, many fathers – and some mothers – met on Monday evening to design a lantern for their children. With bratwurst and a cool drink there was of course time for a chat. At the end of the evening,...Read More

Class 4 was allowed to test how a letter can travel around the world. The pen friends project was started with the primary school Markt Wald in Germany. The students of grade 4 opened the long-awaited letters eagerly. When answering, care was taken to apply the newly-learned criteria for a personal letter and of course to report on Vietnamese...Read More