News from the IGS

We’ve been exploring all things cartoon in the Kunstraum with the Class 2 students! From Lego to Pop Art there are so many topics for us to explore. Last week we worked together to create our own short animation, using 4 photo frames per student. We each pulled our best happy, silly, angry and scary faces, then decorated our...Read More

The little giraffes have been going to school for three weeks now and have learned a lot of new things. In our science lessons, we dealt with the topic of community using the picture book Das kleine WIR in der Schule (The little US in school) by Daniela Kunkel. The little US is a small, fuzzy green monster that...Read More

Over the past week Classes 3 & 9 have worked with the Art Department on a special top-secret project;  together, we created a celebration Piñata to be enjoyed by the whole school. What is a Piñata? A Piñata is a container, most often made of papier-mâché, pottery, or cloth, that is decorated, filled with candy, and then broken as...Read More

Were there punishments and why were there punishments? How did the children get to school? Did the children have school materials? Were there school uniforms? What did classrooms look like in the past? Were they different in the past than they are today? These were the questions the Class 4 children explored over the past few weeks. They researched...Read More

My first impressions of the IGS are wonderful! I was very nervous on the first day at school, but my classmates and teachers were very nice and welcoming. The food here is unique and there are many breaks. The way my teachers teach me here is different from my old school: it’s more fun! There are also some new...Read More