The ISP music program regularly brings in Prague professional musicians as visiting artists to inspire and coach our learners in the hard work of becoming a musician. We’ve had the fortune of having Andy Schofield, musician, composer and arranger, as a visiting artist for the past several years. Not only has Andy played professionally in […]
The first week of a school year can sometimes feel nerve wracking, chaotic or challenging for children and adults. When talking with teachers, students, and parents, both returning and newcomers, we have found a refreshing calm, curiosity sparked and powerful connections being made in our community this week. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need […]
Every year our Grade 4 learners wrestle with the complexity of human rights and responsibilities, inquiring into the questions of: Who decides what is fair? How do we decide what to do when people’s rights compete? What’s more important, rights or responsibilities? Why should I care about other people’s rights? In past years, students would […]
Excited to be back on campus and seeing the most recent enhancements to the outdoor learning spaces, Elementary students quickly “dug into” discovering all that Spring has to offer. Kerry Craig, our Outdoor Learning Coordinator (right) shares a few glimpses into the children’s curiosity leading them to build their understandings and skills as gardeners, scientists, […]
“I am just happy to be able to provide our students a chance to sing and feel connected again!”A highlight of learning and belonging this week was the ES Music Choir Performance of “Pass It On To You.” Please take a few minutes to listen to this heartwarming video. “I found an amazing program that […]
As we approach the one year anniversary since COVID first surfaced in Europe and started impacting our ISP community, we collectively celebrate the persistence in continuing to look for creative solutions to the unprecedented challenges extended Distance Learning poses for students, parents, and employees. In broad strokes, based on feedback from all parts of the […]
Literacy is the foundation for becoming powerful thinkers and communicators. Building the knowledge, skills, and understandings to become a great reader and writer is extremely complex. Literacy learning at ISP involves children developing these skills through enjoyable, varied, personalized, and authentic engagements as they learn to understand others’ ideas and express their own. ISP is […]
As 2021 launches, we’re thrilled to have our youngest learners here on campus. They were not only excited to reconnect with their teachers and classmates, but they greatly enjoyed their time in the Idea Lab with ES tech coach, Pat Frape, meeting the “spaghetti tower” challenge ( left). The most exciting part of the week, […]
As 2020 draws to a close, we all recognize how challenging it has been to maintain learners’ sense of safety and belonging while navigating between Distance and Hybrid Learning settings. We have, however, an amazingly resilient community where everyone is committed to finding creative ways to keep our unique ISP community connected. Annual Whole School […]
During the past few weeks there has been a huge interest in digging in our ECF5-Grade 2 playground. The availability of several trowels and buckets, combined with an avid interest in finding special rocks and crystals, has sparked this initiative. As much as this was encouraged, the playground was beginning to look like we had […]
A Fairy House is just as it says, a house for the fairies. This is a wonderful way for children to let their imagination run wild outdoors and it also gives them a sense of perspective as they create miniature versions of household items and furniture for little “people”. It’s amazing that even children who […]
Although all of us in the Elementary School are disappointed not to be at school together, we are delighted everyone has successfully transitioned to Distance Learning. Here a few snapshots of the learning happening online from the first couple of days. We want to give a HUGE thank you to the teachers for all their […]
Reflecting a belief that people’s beliefs and passions can inspire and sustain learning, connecting them to the wider word, Grade 5 students at ISP engage in the Personal Inquiry Project (PIP), which is an independent inquiry into concepts and topics which have been chosen by each student. The purpose of the project is to celebrate […]
Elementary Gatherings Assemblies are perhaps something that everyone remembers from school. However, what is different in ISP Elementary Gatherings is that they are entirely student organised and run! The ISP Elementary Community refers to these bi-weekly times together as “Gatherings” over “Assemblies” because students are not simply sitting and being spoken to, but rather actively […]
This project allows Grade 3 to think about the city where they live and are introduced to concepts such as diversity, change and social organisation in the context of what makes Prague and other places the way that they are. Students are asked to consider the factors that influence the development of a place over […]
Elementary and Middle School Students produce weekly news shows for student, parent and teacher audiences! The bulletins are shown on Elementary and Middle School Falcon Student News Youtube channels, and are shared around the school and beyond by email and social media. The news shows are almost entirely student devised, filmed, produced, and presented. […]
The purpose of this project is to stimulate curiosity in Grade 2 students on forces and motions, on how forces change, and how energy is produced through forces. At the outset of the project the students research and experiment how forces work and what influences them. One example of how they do this is through […]