Let There Be Peace

We jumped into the new year with the best of intentions, reminding ourselves to be wary of making promises to ourselves that might be difficult to complete - but it doesn’t have to be this way! Students came up with their own single word to make 2023 INCREDIBLE! Take a look at our word cloud below! What would your word for 2023 be?

Children read poetry written on the theme of Black Lives Matter, exploring the context and history through a range of writing. They explored poetry features using Michael Rosen’s secret strings, studying and performing poetry by established and up-and-coming writers of colour. Lemn Sissay’s ‘Let There Be Peace’ was the inspiration for a class poem that UP students then performed at assembly alongside their illustrations. Take a look at their presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/peaceupisg

The hot glue guns and staplers were out for this term’s IPC entry point into our new unit - ‘The Great, The Bold and the Brave’. In an afternoon students were challenged to become ‘classical architects’ recreated some of the famous and most celebrated buildings from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Can you guess which buildings were represented?

We welcomed new faces to our growing class too! Families from Poland and America as well as our intern from Spain Ms. Alexandra, became part of the ISG family and we have so enjoyed getting to know them.

The Dutch group also welcomed an intern, Ms. Romy from Belgium. Children in the bilingual group studied all about food and restaurants, and as a highlight they baked waffles in the classroom. We have also visited the public library (De Krook) and we joind the stip-it action again bullying (see picture with four dots on your hand). 

Best wishes for a restful and safe krokusvakantie!

Mr. Francis & Mr. Jamie