News from the IGS

Along with the whole of Germany, last Friday we celebrated a special Reading Day entitled “Friendship and Solidarity”! Our students were able to take advantage of various reading challenges in different languages as well as implement their own reading activities for younger students. Our library team took this opportunity to present some ideas on online lending, including plans to...Read More

What do teachers actually do on pedagogical days at school? These took place at the IGS on November 12th and 15th, 2021. During this non-teaching period, the school staff worked on planning and organising larger topics for which there is usually simply too little time in everyday school life. In addition to the planning of various project days (Awareness...Read More

“What’s this I hear? Another IB Day? Aw come on! It was so much fun last year!” Every year the IB teachers spend a lot of time and energy designing activities aimed at creating awareness for the International Baccalaureate for grades 7 and up. The IB is the key which opens the great big locks on most universities world...Read More

Over this last term, Grade 9 have been learning about the major art movements from the 20th century- all through a series of self portraits! Starting with portrait studies inspired by the art movement called Realism, they are moving though weirder, more modern and more abstract styles as they study the timeline. We wanted to take a moment to...Read More