News from the IGS

A2 exams in German as a Foreign Language

Posted on03 Jun 2022
This week, the annual Internationale schulische Vergleichsarbeiten 2 (Engl: international school comparative exams 2) of the Central Agency for German Schools Abroad at level A2 (CEFR) took place for the students of the IGS Orientation Stage (grades 5/6) who have not previously had the chance to complete them. Not only did they show their abilities in listening as well...
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Pottery

Posted on28 May 2022
Journey into the Past: Class 3, Pottery Field Trip As part of the subject, Sachkunde, we are currently dealing with the topic “The Stone Age.”  In the last few weeks we have learned how humans developed, which weapons and tools they used, how they lived, what they ate, and what they did to make food last longer. To make...
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Simulation Games in Cooperation with Regional German Schools

Posted on26 May 2022
In cooperation with the German-Swiss International School Hong Kong and the Christian German School Chiang Mai, our grades 9 and 10 have taken part in an online simulation game over the past few weeks on the subject of “Changing Climate”. The games were conducted over three project days. Around 50 students took on the role of different interest groups...
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Grade 8 Photowalk

Posted on26 May 2022
This month we were lucky enough to uphold an IGS tradition and facilitate an analog photo walk for our K8 students around Thao Dien market. Joined by our photographer-in-chief, Herr Bernd, each student was loaned an analog camera and encouraged to shoot a roll of ‘street-style’ photography following some basic compositions and perspectives. As always this proved to be...
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Discovering Careers in the U6

Posted on20 May 2022
Firefighter, doctor, police officer and astronaut: no Friday it was the day of exploring professions in the U6 area! After a week of exploring various careers in class, the kids celebrated Career Day! Excited, the future doctors and scientists gathered in the schoolyard, from where they started a tour of discovery across the campus to find out what jobs...
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