News from the IGS

Philosophy course

Posted on30 Apr 2021
Big questions for young people! Children can ask complicated questions to which adults often don’t always know the answer. In general, it’s not about how we answer these questions, but how we teach our children to ask questions and look for answers. Philosophizing helps train independent thinking and creativity, and foster problem-solving skills that we rely on as adults....
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Start of the side entry program 2021/2022

Posted on30 Apr 2021
This week our entrance exam preparation courses for new German as a Foreign Language students started. As in previous years, a new cohort of German as a Foreign Language students will join IGS Primary and Secondary School in the upcoming academic year. In order to be well prepared for inclusion into our multilingual community which uses German and English...
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Environmental project U6

Posted on30 Apr 2021
Environmental protection is everyone’s business! For this reason, the children of the preschool and flower group dedicated themselves for three days to the three big Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycling. At a workshop with Amy from GoGreen Vietnam, the children were able to turn a used plastic bottle into a feeding place for birds. Together with Ms. Schoechert, the children...
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Balance, coordination and balance

Posted on30 Apr 2021
This school year there is a multi-year-group circus project in the elementary school. You have already met the clowns and acrobats through our newsletter. It is time to see the students balancing. To train balance and body coordination, the balancing group took a trip to Gym Kraft, a gymnastics club for children. In a 90-minute workshop, various elements for...
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This is how I brush my teeth properly

Posted on30 Apr 2021
In preschool  Monday, 25 April was a special day. The students in Class 1 visited the preschool children. In a playful way, they led a discussion about  which food is healthy or unhealthy for the teeth. With the help of their lapbooks, the experts in Class 1 explained how to brush teeth properly, why you actually lose your milk...
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