Author: isbeditor

Throughout history, the written word has both inspired and frightened people because language has the power to shape meaning and our reality. With the recent ban of one of the first graphic novels in Western literature, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, in […]

Late this term we were joined by two new students from Israel and Ukraine. It is amazing to celebrate the diversity of languages in our primary group. We have speakers of Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swiss German, Hebrew, Ukrainian, and […]

It has been an exciting end to term 2 and students are involved in lots of events.   The two Reconnect Events over the last two Saturdays were a big success. It was great to see so many parents and […]

Head, shoulders, knees and toes? Who doesn’t know these famous lines? Or even better, who knows them in French? Well, class 5 does. Last week, their task was not to create a song but create their own little monster, making […]

What holds an empire together? Perhaps it is faith, perhaps it is dependency or perhaps it is leadership. But the bigger they become, the more difficult they are to hold together…   In C5 students study about three ancient civilizations. […]

Maths and Science week at ISBe began with a very colourful start as class 6 taught class 5 about  indicators and colour changes. The students from class 6, dressed in their lab coats and glasses  showed how acids and bases […]

From the last newsletter, you may have noticed that Class 2 embarked on an exciting excursion to Chocolate Nation to further learn about the production of chocolate and learn even more knowledge and facts.  We were so inspired by the […]

Since we got back from half term break, the sound of music has been ringing through the school! Early Years are preparing for their virtual show which will include some Dinosaur songs, Space songs and even Science songs! Class 1 students are […]

Our first fortnight back after half term and the weather is a little brighter has created a real buzz around the school.   We started back with 3 new students joining the secondary school, one in each class: 10, 9 […]

The news of the Ukraine war has been all around us and our students are talking about it in school. We have tried to discuss this appropriately with our students as part of our PSHE curriculum but in a way […]