ISA’s cafeteria, George’s Place, has been awarded GOLD status by the Netherlands Nutrition Centre (Voedingscentrum). The Gold Plate certifies George’s Place as a cafeteria that provides healthy choices to students. “A healthy school cafeteria facilitates making healthy choices through its vibrant and healthy appearance, and by offering predominantly healthy foods.” Our thanks go to George […]
via The Lower School News Blog The ISA Green Team organised a beach clean-up for the first time on Saturday. A group of students, parents and staff participated, bringing together people from across our school. We’d been warned to dress up warm after a windy week and were fully prepared to brace ourselves against the […]
In the lead up to the darkest time of the year, the annual PTA Festivals of Light event took place on 17 November, with parents from our Israeli, Indian, Dutch, Spanish and Italian communities presenting information about their cultural events which celebrate light. An annual favourite, this event was open to the ISA community as […]
Always wanted to know what’s going on in your teen’s mind or how to discuss topics such as body image, social media or substance use? Ever needed help with promote resilience and self esteem for your teenager or his or her friends. These topics and more were discussed in the interactive and informative parent […]
The parent workshop ‘Introduction to the Primary Years Programme (PYP)’ was held for Lower School parents on 8 November. The half-day event gave parents who are new to the ISA PYP programme insight into the structure of the curriculum, the various methodologies employed by teachers and the overall holistic approach to learning that the programme provides. […]
Who is Sint Maarten? What are olliebollen? Why do children leave out a shoe for Sinterklaas? These questions and many more were answered at the Lower School parent information session on “Dutch traditions and celebrations” in November. Geared towards families new to the Netherlands, the session allowed newcomers to learn more about some of the […]
What would you do if you knew you would succeed? The ISA Upper School hosted a screening of the documentary film ‘The Empowerment Project’ on 2 November. The event opened with introductions from student leaders from ISA’s two student feminist groups – Like a Girl and Girl Up – outlining the role that today’s […]
Understanding the requirement for the IB Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) programme can be confusing to many parents, therefore the ISA CAS programme coordinator, Vlad Gogelescu, recently hosted a Q&A session on 31 October for parents of grade 11 and 12 students. CAS formally begins at the start of the Diploma Programme (grade 11) and […]
Reading Shapes Our World: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Read! The ISA Library Team would like to take this opportunity to announce Book Week 2016! The ISA Book Week 2016 slogan centres around a green theme, primarily sustainability and how libraries are proponents of this important way of living: Reading Shapes Our World: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Read! This year, […]
Dear Members of the ISA Community, I would like to take the time to celebrate with you this year’s final IB diploma results. In early July, we received the first IB exam results for the Class of 2016. After a few remarks over the summer, these results are now final. Once again they are something […]