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Sink or swim?

Posted on19 Jun 2020

After the success of the airplane competition, class 5 have continued their STEM Design challenge – experimenting with eco powered boats in the school pool! The students have a week to perfect their designs before the grand finale of the next art class.

Art and Physics

Posted on15 Jun 2020

Klasse 5 combined physics and art in the ultimate aerodynamic design challenge! Students were invited to present their paper airplanes before a panel of peers before the planes were judges on aesthetic, tricks and distance. After an intense competition team ‘Crystal Loop’ came first place after Mr.Wayman’s ‘Yuzu the Holy Lemon` .

Water analysis

Posted on13 Jun 2020

The project day “Water Analysis” took place for classes 8 to 10 this week. The water samples analyzed were taken at various stations during our ship excursion in December 2019 on the Mekong River In 3 hours at 3 stations these water samples were tested for pH, chloride content and ammonium ions. Our drinking water (I-on life) and the Saigon tap...

Give something back to your school community!

Posted on12 Jun 2020

As part of an ethics project under the topic “Give something back to your school community!” the class 6 students planned their own workshops for younger IGS classes. In the next two weeks, the students will offer a dance workshop with their own choreography, two painting courses, a computer games group and a table tennis workshop.The kick-off today was...

Virtual visit of the ZfA process supervisor

Posted on12 Jun 2020

All German schools abroad are supported in their development by the responsible German authorities. A productive cooperation with the German educational authorities is important to us. As at the Swiss-German School in Bangkok before, the IGS, too, had been virtually visited by the ZfA process supervisor. Questions of quality assurance, personnel supply, campus expansion and aspects of conceptual development...

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