Tag: Community

01/07/20252024-2025 School yearCommunity, Creativity, Film, French, Grade 7, Grade 8, Music, Projectby ISL

Grade 7–8 Create Film Inspired by Local Community

This year, the Grade 7–8 French B+ class worked on a movie project with an actor from the theatre company “La Clinquaille” from Vienne. We created a movie script inspired by pictures created by disabled adults from the ADAPEI in Ste Foy and some texts written by elderly pensioners from the résidence Beau Soleil, also in Ste Foy. Students worked …

Collage of photos showing student musical performances, instruments, and group singing

25/06/20252024-2025 School yearAssembly, Celebration, Community, Concert, Events, French, Music, Performance, Primary schoolby ISL

La Fête de la Musique at ISL

The primary school has been celebrating the start of summer with La Fête de la Musique, an event that has been rocking France since 1982! The school day began with the drumming circle waking up the neighbours with a lively selection of beats. To kick off lessons, we held a primary assembly featuring musical performances from many of our classes. …

The ISL students pose together at a park in Montchat

20/06/20252024-2025 School yearCommunity, French, Grade 3, International Mindedness, Penpals, Primary school, School tripby ISL

Penfriends meet at Ecole Condorcet

For three years now, the French B and French A students have been exchanging letters with students from another school in Lyon, Ecole Condorcet in Montchat. This year, Mme Delecourt, a Grade 3 teacher, welcomed us to her school. It was quite a journey—bus, metro and tram—since the school is on the other side of Lyon from ISL. Despite the …

Group photo of French teachers from ISL and visiting international schools, smiling outside ISL with colourful floral window decorations.

10/06/20252024-2025 School yearBilingualism, Community, Conference, French, Language, Professional Development, Teachers, Workshopby ISL

International French Educators Workshop

On Friday 6th June, ISL welcomed 11 teachers from various international schools in France, Belgium, and Portugal. The focus of the day was to discuss the challenges of teaching French as a first language in an international or bilingual school. The day began with a conference by Cathy Cohen, senior lecturer at INSPE in Lyon, who specialises in language teaching …

30/05/20252024-2025 School yearAssembly, Community, Exhibition, Grade 5, IB Learner Profile Attributes, International Mindedness, PYPx, Unit of inquiryby ISL

Grade 5 PYP Exhibition 2025

Congratulations to the Grade 5 students for an excellent Exhibition. Each student researched a global issue based on one of the United Nations Sustainability Goals. They prepared their stands in the assembly hall and invited the whole school community to share their learning. We were very impressed by their passion and knowledge. Thank you to all who supported the students …

08/01/20252024-2025 School yearCommunity, Enrichment, High school, Model United Nations, School trip, Secondary schoolby ISL

CLERMUN & BERMUN 2024

The ISL Model United Nations (MUN) Club had a busy November. New members of the club from Grades 9-11 traveled to Clermont-Ferrand to participate in CLERMUN, a 4 day conference focused on Climate Justice. They polished their debate skills, caught the MUN bug and are eager to attend more conferences. In late November, experienced members of the ISL MUN club …

29/06/20232022-2023 School YearCommunity, French, Grade 3, Grade 4, Penpals, Primary schoolby ISL

Corresponding with a Local School

The Grade 3/4 students have been corresponding with a CE2 class at a French school in Montchat called Condorcet. For their final message of the year, they wanted to share their

Community

Grade 7–8 Create Film Inspired by Local Community

La Fête de la Musique at ISL

Penfriends meet at Ecole Condorcet

International French Educators Workshop

Grade 5 PYP Exhibition 2025

CLERMUN & BERMUN 2024

Corresponding with a Local School

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