News
International Festival 2015
On May 29th we held our annual International Festival. It was a fantastic celebration of the cultural diversity we love here at ISG - we have children and staff representing more than 30 nationalities! It was lovely to see the children so proudly wearing their National costume, singing to all the parents while waving their flag and sharing their country's food so lovingly prepared by their parents. Thank-you to our amazing Parent's Association and the school community who made the event possible. Have a look at a video here!
Classical music show!
Last week the pupils enjoyed an interactive music show by performer Stephen Baron. The Pre-Primary show was based on the story Barbar the elephant, while the Primary show was based on the music of Haydn. Both shows used many colourful props, included amazing piano playing by Stephen himself and were very entertaining. We also received this lovely feedback from Stephen following his performance: "What a lovely bunch of enthusiastic children, responsive, inquisitive, good listeners, helpful and exuberant - as happy children always are! Hats off to the teachers!". Thank-you Stephen! Parents can see more photos of the performances in the photo gallery.
STAM Museum find their mystery builder!
Over the last few weeks the Primary classes have been learning all about buildings and villages through their current IPC unit. After an Entry point visit to the STAM museum in Ghent, Rotem was inspired to return with his family. Part of the exhibition allows visitors to build with Lego blocks, and after many hours work Rotem built the Ghelamco Arena. Over the following days the staff at the museum were so impressed with his structure that they tried to find the mystery builder! After another class visit to the STAM today, Miss Jenny proudly told a staff member that Rotem had built the structure, without knowing about the search that had been going on! The staff were so excited to have finally found their mystery builder! Well done Rotem - it is a Lego masterpiece! See the story here
City of Ghent invests in ISG!
As ISG approaches the end of a third successful school year, we are looking forward to the future! The City of Ghent have recognised the importance of an International school here in the city, serving East and West Flanders, and have recently announced that they will invest €750,000 in our new school building! To cater for our growing numbers, our new school building promises to be a wonderful facility and a great environment and space for all children to learn.
Read the full article in Flanders Today: http://www.flanderstoday.eu/education/city-invests-eu750000-international-school-ghent and also in De Morgen
#WeHelpNepal
On Wednesday ISG had a coffee morning fundraiser. Following the devastating earthquake in Nepal we all decided that we would like to donate the money raised to helping the aid effort. The pupils were very happy to be able to do something little to help the Nepalese people. When he went home, Aryan also wrote this thoughtful note that he would also like us to send to Nepal. All in all, we raised €204.20. Thank-you to everyone who contributed. Parents can see more photos in the photo gallery.
School assembly
It was lovely to see all the children so happy and excited to return to school after the Easter break. Today we had our third ISG assembly. The two Headmaster awards were given to Matin and Vedant. They were both recognised for their thoughtfulness and hard-working attitude. Well done! Aryan's name also got pulled out of the Golden box! Aryan was spotted asking a girl who was by herself if she wanted to join in his game. Fantastic Aryan! Last of all, Arshita performed to the whole song. She had practiced a lot and learnt all the lyrics to the song 'Let it go' and she sang it beautifully. Parents can see more photos in the gallery.