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26/06/20252024-2025 School yearEngagement in Learning, Experiment, Grade 11, High school, IB, Internal Assessments, Physics, Secondary schoolby ISL

Grade 11 Physicists Explore Real-World Phenomena

On 19 and 20 June, the Grade 11 Physicists spent two days off-timetable working on their Internal Assessment (IA) projects for their IB Physics course. These projects contribute 20% of their final grade. Subjects for research this year were diverse, including determining the clay content of pencil lead using resistivity measurements, the relationship between temperature and the speed of sound, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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News

Grade 11 Physicists Explore Real-World Phenomena

La Fête de la Musique at ISL

Penfriends meet at Ecole Condorcet

Garden Harvest Celebrations

Exploring Earthquake Science

International French Educators Workshop

Grade 3 & 4 Adventure at Parc Miribel

Grade 5 PYP Exhibition 2025

Spring Has Sprung in the Atrium!

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