Tag: Secondary school

11/04/20242023-2024 School YearEvents, High school, Ilymun, Middle school, Secondary schoolby ISL

ILYMUN 2024

When we learned in September that our usual venue was not available, ISL’s Model United Nations (MUN) club members were determined that nothing would stop their work to prepare, organize and run our annual International Lyon Model United Nations (ILYMUN) conference, which is co-hosted with the Cité Scolaire Internationale de Lyon (CSI). Thanks to the unwavering support of the directors …

Students posing with their robot in front of a sign reading "Le Defi Robotique"

11/04/20242023-2024 School YearCompetition, Events, High school, ICT, Middle school, Project, Robotics, Secondary schoolby ISL

DEFI Robotics Tournament

The ISL Robotics teams took part in the French DEFI Robotics tournament last weekend. They competed against 58 other schools from France and around Europe. Well done to all of the team for their hard work over the last few months.

Card with "Mystery Exam Survival Kit" written on it

28/03/20242023-2024 School YearExams, Grade 10, IGCSE, Pastoral, Secondary school, Wellbeingby ISL

Exam Survival Kits

With the IGCSE exams approaching, Grade 10 students are starting their revision and the stress is slowly rising. As part of their pastoral lessons, the class was given the task to prepare an “exam survival kit” for one of their classmates. They put a lot of thought and efforts into it and the exchange was very successful. Stress balls, inspirational …

2 students, 1 holding a trophy and both holding other prizes.

21/03/20242023-2024 School YearCompetition, Events, Geography, Grade 9, High school, Quiz, Secondary schoolby ISL

10th Annual ISl Geography Quiz

The champion of this year’s quiz is again, Filip, from Grade 9. The Runner-up was again, Lewis, also from Grade 9. The quiz took place at lunchtimes in March, designed and run by Mr. Dunn in the Geography department. Quiz rounds included Geography in the news, matching amazing worldwide homes to their countries, cities in different countries, countries and capital …

A service dog sitting on the lap of a volunteer from Handi'Chiens

07/03/20242023-2024 School YearPresentation, Primary school, Secondary school, Service learningby ISL

Handi’Chiens Visit

On 19th January we had a visit from some volunteers at Handi’Chiens, which is an association whose objective is to train and provide assistance dogs to people who require support. They were joined by Schweppes the dog, who demonstrated a whole range of tasks that he has been trained to do to support a physically handicapped person, including: picking up …

Students applying defibrillator pads to a first aid dummy

03/03/20242023-2024 School YearFirst Aid, Grade 11, Grade 12, High school, Secondary school, Trainingby ISL

Grade 11 and 12 First Aid Training

On Saturday 17th February, Grades 11 and 12 students were given the chance to take part in a First Aid training course. This intense 7-hour training led to a PSC1 certification and all 20 students graduated with success. They covered many aspects of emergency response, from dealing with bleeding to cardiac arrest and burns. The 3 instructors from the Croix …

2 students seated in front of a screen with "Breaking News" written on it, 1 other student is standing next to the screen.

16/02/20242023-2024 School YearGeography, Grade 9, Humanities, Presentation, Secondary schoolby ISL

Grade 9 Earthquake Re-enactment Presentations

The two grade 9 Geography groups have been researching the details of a real-life earthquake and turning their findings into a re-enactment presentation of the key events. This included being ‘in the news studio’ and ‘live on the scene’ with a mix of maps, dramatic videos and images and interviews with survivors, rescue teams, hospital staff, etc. There were also …

Metal samples glowing with different colours

11/01/20242023-2024 School YearChemistry, Experiment, High school, Science, Secondary schoolby ISL

Electron Excitation in Grade 11

Grade 11 have been learning about the structure of atoms, including the effects of electron excitation. The colours in the image are produced as a result of electrons in metal ions becoming “excited” after taking on energy through a process called “absorption”. When the electrons lose energy again, they emit characteristic wavelengths of light and we can identify metals by …

15/12/20232023-2024 School YearGrade 4, Grade 6, Middle school, Primary school, Secondary school, Service learning, Unit of inquiry, Where We Are in Place and Timeby ISL

Service Learning with Grade 4 and Grade 6

Grades 4 and 6 recently joined forces to teach each other about different aspects of Ancient Rome as part of their current curriculum studies. Who knew that the Romans ate peacock brains and flamingo tongues?! Or that they marched their soldiers in formation for kilometre after kilometre before the battle even began?!

15/12/20232023-2024 School YearAuthor Visit, Book Week, Events, Presentation, Primary school, Reading, Secondary schoolby ISL

Book Week Author Visit

During Book Week we had a visit from Bali Rai, a famous author of books for children and teens. He talked to all groups from Grade 4 to Grade 10 on many topics, like diversity and multiculturalism, reading for pleasure and the importance of being open minded when writing. The students enjoyed the talks and asked Bali Rai many questions, …

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Secondary school

ILYMUN 2024

DEFI Robotics Tournament

Exam Survival Kits

10th Annual ISl Geography Quiz

Handi’Chiens Visit

Grade 11 and 12 First Aid Training

Grade 9 Earthquake Re-enactment Presentations

Electron Excitation in Grade 11

Service Learning with Grade 4 and Grade 6

Book Week Author Visit

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