Tag: Kindergarten

4 teachers holding a colorful quilt created by students for ISL’s 20th anniversary

04/07/20252024-2025 School yearCelebration, Community, Creativity, Events, Kindergarten, Music, Primary school, Sportsby ISL

ISL Students Create Quilt to Mark 20 Years

To celebrate ISL’s 20th anniversary, the Primary and Kindergarten students collaborated on a beautiful giant quilt. Each student sewed a square depicting something they enjoy about school or being part of the ISL community. The quilt features many aspects of ISL life, including musical instruments, sports such as football, hockey and basketball, fruits and vegetables, and even a slice of …

The winning students posing with their certificates

27/06/20252024-2025 School yearCelebration, English, Events, Kindergarten, Library, Literature, Paris, PYP, Senior Kindergarten, SK, Stories, Writingby ISL

Quinn and Edward Shine in Paris Writing Festival

This year’s Young Authors Fiction Festival (YAFF) had more than 1,000 entries. Two Senior Kindergarten students, Quinn and Edward, earned two of the winning spots! We all travelled to Paris by train for the awards ceremony, which was held at the American Library in Paris, right next to the Eiffel Tower. Once we arrived, we sat in one of the …

17/06/20252024-2025 School yearCelebration, Gardening, Kindergarten, Nature, Outdoor learning, Primary schoolby ISL

Garden Harvest Celebrations

With the warm weather setting in, the Kindergarten and Primary garden are starting to yield their fruit (and vegetables). The Kindergarten have had a feast of strawberries, lettuce, and beetroot, and enjoyed turning these into wonderful treats for their end-of-year teddy bears’ picnic. The Primary have had lettuce, radishes, and strawberries. Radish tasting was less successful than strawberries, but it …

Kindergarten students sit at polka-dot covered tables creating colorful posters using paper and markers. A caption on the image describes how the students picked up trash on their own initiative and made awareness posters about recycling and keeping the school clean.

02/06/20252024-2025 School yearEnvironment, JK, Kindergarten, PYP, Sharing the Planet, Taking action, Unit of inquiryby ISL

Kindergarten Explores Recycling and Responsibility

As part of our unit of inquiry on food production and Earth’s resources, the kindergarten students were engaged in a hands-on provocation to explore the concepts of trash, residues, and recycling. They were presented with a tray full of rubbish, which sparked curiosity and questions about waste and its impact on the environment. After carefully cleaning the items, the students …

Exterior shot of ISL with students painting the windows

15/04/20252024-2025 School yearArt, Celebration, Kindergarten, Primary school, PTAby ISL

Spring Has Sprung in the Atrium!

The PTA Craft Committee has kicked off their Spring decoration project with our primary students. Over the next few weeks, the windows in the atrium will bloom with colourful Spring motifs.Each primary class, with a helping hand from the PTA members, will be in charge of decorating their own window. We would like to thank Marwa, Padmaja and the rest …

04/04/20252024-2025 School yearArt, Conference, English, JK, Kindergarten, Pre-K, SLCby ISL

PreK and JK Student-Led Conferences Preparation

The Student-Led Conferences in Primary took place on March 28th. The Pre-Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten students eagerly prepared themselves and their classroom for this special event. After discussing the day’s significance, they created invitations for their parents and made teacher badges to wear for the occasion. With teacher support, they replicated yoga poses to design posters, helping them teach their …

31/03/20252024-2025 School yearArt, Events, Kindergarten, SKby ISL

Celebrating Inspiring Women in SK

The Senior Kindergarten students celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8th 2025 by thinking of important women and girls that have enriched and inspired their lives. We discussed important women in history that have paved the way for other women to progress and succeed. The students drew portraits of the women they chose and explained the reasons for their choice. …

26/03/20252024-2025 School yearKindergarten, Nature, Outdoor learning, SK, Unit of inquiryby ISL

SK’s Wildlife Havens

During our outdoor learning sessions, the Senior Kindergarten Class engaged in an exciting project to create shelters for hedgehogs and insect hotels. Drawing inspiration from various pictures, students brainstormed the essential elements their shelters needed and carefully considered their placement. After constructing their designs, they reflected on their projects, identifying any aspects that could be improved and making adjustments as …

23/01/20252024-2025 School yearArt, Celebration, ICT, JK, Kindergarten, Pre-K, SKby ISL

Kindergarten + Tech = Party!

Our Pre-Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten students have been learning about celebrations and how to plan a party in their “Where We Are in Place and Time” unit of inquiry. They made beautiful invitations on Canva to share with their friends in Senior Kindergarten, and organized a special party. The big celebration was held on the last day of school before …

a ring of teddy bear patterns on a purple background

08/01/20252024-2025 School yearArt, How We Organize Ourselves, Kindergarten, Sewing, SK, Unit of inquiryby ISL

Teddy Bear Creations in Senior Kindergarten

The Senior Kindergarten students have made teddy bears as part of their Unit of Inquiry on Toys. Under the theme of How We Organise Ourselves, the students have been exploring how toys are made and how they move. They all worked hard at sewing their bears, learning lots of skills along the way. They had to learn how to do …

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Kindergarten

ISL Students Create Quilt to Mark 20 Years

Quinn and Edward Shine in Paris Writing Festival

Garden Harvest Celebrations

Spring Has Sprung in the Atrium!

PreK and JK Student-Led Conferences Preparation

Celebrating Inspiring Women in SK

SK’s Wildlife Havens

Kindergarten + Tech = Party!

Teddy Bear Creations in Senior Kindergarten

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