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Shadow theatre artist and picture book illustrator – Patricia Thoma

Posted on21 Mar 2019

Even as a child I was fascinated by shadow theatre, which originated in India and also became popular in Germany in the 18th century. After the performance of my own shadow theatre “Die zertanzten Schuhe”, based on the Brothers Grimm, the students of grades 1-6 designed their own imaginative figures. From simple black cardboard arose dragons, princesses and monsters....

The Threat and Promise of the 4th Industrial Revolution

Posted on15 Mar 2019

Public Lecture: 25 March, 18:30 – 19:30, Villa H IGS-Campus (Entrance from the street) 4IR has emerged as a major talking point over the past few years. Much of the conversation has been over the ‘inevitability’ that it will transform the future of humanity. It is no surprise, then, that the challenged posed – or thought to be posed...

“Diercke WISSEN”. The geography competition

Posted on14 Mar 2019

25th place out of 6000 participants goes to Vietnam With over 310,000 participants, Diercke WISSEN is the largest Geography competition in Germany. A total of 6000 pupils in the German schools abroad took part this year. The school winner, Laudan Terence Hughes, took 25th place against the other German schools abroad. Congratulations, we are proud of you.

Philippe Roesler at IGS HCMC

Posted on12 Mar 2019

Former Vice-Chancellor Philipp Rösler and Head of Deutsches Haus, Horst Geicke visiting the IGS Campus. Philipp Rösler gave the opening speech at the foundation of International German School HCMC (IGS) in 2012.

Chemistry? What exactly is chemistry?

Posted on08 Mar 2019

This question will be set to students in class 4. As in medieval alchemy, our students will also observe and experiment. Our students will learn that substances can exist in different states of aggregation. When can gas freeze? Is that possible? Based on the weekly project lesson, the students will carry out experiments on the 4 elements and prepare...

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