Tag: Grade 3

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 …

13/06/20252024-2025 School yearDesign and Technology, Earthquakes, Experiment, Grade 3, Grade 4, How the World Works, Inquiry, Natural Disasters, Primary school, Science, Unit of inquiryby ISL

Exploring Earthquake Science

As part of their unit on natural disasters (How the World Works), the Grade 3 and 4 students explored how earthquakes are measured. They investigated different types of tectonic plate movements and experimented with creating their own seismographs to observe how each type of movement produces unique waves. The classroom was buzzing with creativity and critical thinking as students designed …

05/06/20252024-2025 School yearBiking, Grade 3, Grade 4, Outdoor learning, Physical Education, Primary school, School trip, Sports, Zipliningby ISL

Grade 3 & 4 Adventure at Parc Miribel

The Grade 3 and 4 students wrote the post below about their recent trip to Parc Miribel: We took the bus to get to Parc Miribel. When we arrived at the park it was raining, but we didn’t let that stop us from having a great time! We were split into two groups. The first group did hockey, and the …

International Women's Day #ACCELERATE ACTION

09/04/20252024-2025 School yearGrade 3, Grade 4, Presentation, Primary school, Research, Womenby ISL

International Women’s Day Presentations in Grade 3/4

For International Women’s Day, our Grade 3 and 4 students researched influential women in history. They each created a single-slide presentation highlighting these women’s accomplishments and how they’ve made a difference in the world. Well done to everyone for your thoughtful work! You can see some of their slides below.

ISL students standing on a stage with their music teacher as conductor

09/04/20252024-2025 School yearChoir, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, ILYMUN, Model United Nations, Music, Performance, Primary schoolby ISL

Vocal Colours Choir at ILYMUN 2025

Congratulations to the ISL Vocal Colours choir for their wonderful performance at the 2025 ILYMUN opening ceremony, held at the Hôtel de Région, Lyon on Thursday March 13th. They opened the event singing ‘I have a voice’ (Frank Wildhorn & Robin Lerner) followed by ‘Power in me’ (Rebecca Lawrence), both songs reflecting on the importance of individual rights and having …

12/02/20252024-2025 School yearGrade 3, Grade 4, Primary school, Residential Camp, School tripby ISL

Grade 3 and 4 Winter Camp

Recently, our Grade 3 and 4 students had an unforgettable adventure in Peisey-Nancroix! They took part in avalanche and survival training, learning how to build fires and make igloos. A snowshoe trek led them on a search for animal tracks, and of course, there was an epic snowball fight! Beyond the fun, the trip was a great chance to develop …

Students raising hands while listening to their teacher

30/01/20252024-2025 School yearExperiment, Grade 3, Grade 4, Primary school, Science, Sharing the Planet, Unit of inquiryby ISL

Animal Adaptations with Grades 3 and 4

The Grade 3s and 4s recently had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience learning about animal adaptations in the school’s biology lab. As part of their Sharing the Planet unit of inquiry, they eagerly took part in an experiment demonstrating the effect of huddling in penguins. With the help of Grade 11 CAS students, the Grade 3s and 4s took …

Pastries and juice arranged on a table with French flags as decoration

07/11/20242024-2025 School yearFrench, Grade 3, Grade 4, Primary school, Semaine du Goutby ISL

Semaine du Goût 2024

On Thursday, October 17th, during the “Semaine du Goût,” a French event that promotes tasting food and encourages balance, courage, and open-mindedness, some parents from Grades 3, 4, and 3/4 volunteered. They responded to an invitation to prepare a signature dish from their culture and to present it, allowing all Grade 3 and 4 students (and the French teachers, too!) …

2 students holding up a sign with their class rules

18/09/20242024-2025 School yearGrade 3, Primary schoolby ISL

Grade 3 Essential Agreement

The Grade 3s worked together recently to come up with 5 rules to make up their class’s essential agreement. They felt that it wasn’t too few or too many. They decided that too many rules would be hard to remember and follow, so they wanted just enough to help keep the classroom a fun and positive learning environment. You can …

07/05/20242023-2024 School YearArt, Events, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Primary school, Visionby ISL

Vision Day Stop-Motion Videos

The Grade 3s, 4s and 5s created stop-motion videos to show our school’s vision, “Building our Best Selves” as part of our recent Vision Day activities. There were 4 finalists, 1 from each of the 4 colour teams. Congratulations to the Blue team for winning the top spot! You can see the 4 finalists below.

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Grade 3

Penfriends meet at Ecole Condorcet

Exploring Earthquake Science

Grade 3 & 4 Adventure at Parc Miribel

International Women’s Day Presentations in Grade 3/4

Vocal Colours Choir at ILYMUN 2025

Grade 3 and 4 Winter Camp

Semaine du Goût 2024

Grade 3 Essential Agreement

Vision Day Stop-Motion Videos

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