Our preschool children have been busy and enthralled during their first topic of the year 'The Farm'. This theme was rounded off with the children hosting a brunch for their parents at which they shared their learning, singing and the bread, jam, cheese, quiche and juices they had made in class.
Genaues und sicheres Arbeiten im Labor sind die Hauptpfeiler aller Versuchsabläufe. Unsere Sekundarklasse erarbeitete daher zu Beginn des Semester die Grundtechniken des Trennens von heterogener und homogener Stoffgemische. Soeben erlernen sie die Extraktion eines homogenen Gemisches durch Erhitzen.
In art lessons, primary intro have been exploring primary and secondary colours. They have been mixing the primary colours, blue, red and yellow to make their very own colour wheels. They have also experimented with different mediums, testing out watercolours, pencils, felt tip markers and crayons.
Our holiday club has enjoyed a fabulous week of crafts, visits and fun. The mixed age children have enjoyed one another and the various activities on offer to them.
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Die Wochen vor den Sommerferien waren genau der richtige Zeitraum, um uns mit dem Thema Garten zu beschäftigen. Die Kinder lernten Pflanzen und Tiere aus unserem Garten besser kennen. Natürlich gehörten auch Geschichtenerzählen und kreatives Arbeiten zu diesem Thema dazu.
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Following an initiative by our student council we trialled today a break time kiosk in order to see whether this is something our students would enjoy, what sorts of snacks our student population might be prepared to buy and whether we could make a financially viable proposition for this in the future.
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In den letzten Wochen haben sich die 3. und 4. Klasse mit zahlreichen Sachtexten sowie Steckbriefen über den Bär, den Luchs und den Wolf informiert. Ebenso sahen sie sich Dokumentationen an und haben sich anschliessend darüber unterhalten. Wir fragen uns dennoch, wie die Tiere in Wirklichkeit aussehen und wie sie sich verhalten.
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Pablo Picasso has said that every child is born an artist. In Kindergarten, we are currently teaching an “art and artists" unit. Children explore their artistic talent and feel a sense of emotional satisfaction whilst making art and independently develop their creative abilities.
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Im laufenden Schuljahr gehen die Intro- und die 2. Klasse einmal monatlich während eines Vormittags in den Wald. Wir möchten den Kindern ermöglichen, sich einerseits in der Natur und an der frischen Luft zu bewegen und die Jahreszeiten erleben zu können.
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The New Year has begun with much excitement and enthusiasm for Primary 2 here in Rotkreuz! We have just begun our unit of enquiry on Ancient Egypt and the class are absolutely gripped by the stories and information they are hearing about.
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Die Schülerinnen und Schüler der 2. Sekundarklasse fuhren im Rahmen des Deutschunterrichts mit ihrer Lehrerin ins Theater Rigiblick nach Zürich, um sich die Theateraufführung des Kultromans „Tschick“ anzusehen.
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The students have undertaken a new major project in technical design in Grade 5. The common goal is to create a pencil holder made of wood. It is not just about creating a respectable holder with a little skill.
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Kürzlich fand an unserer Schule eine richtig gruselige Halloween-Party statt. Schülerinnen und Schüler feierten gemeinsam ein Fest, das allen in Erinnerung bleiben wird.
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Our secondary students have started the year off strongly in ICT. Following on and building their coding knowledge from last year, the students quickly gained several certificates in block coding from code.org.
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Im Rahmen unserer Unterrichtseinheit „Wir schauen gut auf uns“ durften die Kinder an einem Mittwochmorgen einen speziellen Bewegungsunterricht erleben. Die Mutter von einem unserer Schüler unterrichtete eine Lektion Aerial Yoga. Den Kindern bereitete diese Yoga-Art viel Spass!
Die ersten Tage im Schuljahr können sehr herausfordernd sein, besonders wenn man neu an der Schule und erst vier Jahre alt ist. Unser einfühlsames Lehrerteam, die aufgeweckten Kinder und die tollen Spieleinrichtungen tragen viel dazu bei, dass man sich bei der SIS Swiss International School Rotkreuz-Zug innert Kürze wie zu Hause fühlt.
Project week was a huge hit this year. On the theme of ‘health and fitness’ students across the age groups undertook activities in things such as yoga, smoothie making, healthy body, mindfulness and food and fitness. Such project weeks add breadth to the children’s learning and afford them the ability to choose their own paths to follow and collaborate with children out of their own peer group.
Kürzlich besuchte unsere Primar-Intro-Klasse die Feuerwehr in Rotkreuz. Was die Kindert dort alles erlebten und lernten, lesen sie im Erfahrungsbericht. Achtung: Es wird heiss!
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Heute haben wir gelernt, auf was man im Verkehr mit dem Fahrrad achten muss. Zuerst haben wir während des Theorieunterrichts alle wichtigen Teile der Fahrradausrüstung und die Verkehrsschilder kennengelernt.
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Our most recent unit in kindergarten was based on fairy tales. The children had a lot of fun dressing up and creating characters, settings and storylines based on familiar texts. The enjoyed acting out their own versions of stories and have learnt all about the structure of a story through this unit.
Seit Oktober 2016 erfreut sich die SIS Rotkreuz-Zug an ihrem hauseigenen Schülerzeitungsklub, dem „L.J. Lies Jetzt!!!“ Momentan bilden elf Schülerinnen und Schüler von der 3. Klasse an aufwärts das Redaktionsteam.
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Maths does not have to be answering question after question in an exercise book. In grade 3, we have been working with word problems. As a class we went through a selection of word problems using Kahoot, a game-based learning platform, where we identify the key words or sentences that told us what mathematical action we needed to apply to the numbers.
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Am 31. November begaben sich die Kinder aus dem 2. Kindergarten nach der Pause in den Kreis. Dort wurden sie vom Verkehrspolizisten Herrn Kempf und seinem Plüschaffen Louis begrüsst.
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The bilingual concept in the classroom is clearly defined: one class, one teacher, one
language. But how does the concept morph at the times of the day when students are free to choose their language of communication?
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Brigitte Schär got our Book Week off to a fabulous start with a presentation of her books. Explanations, singing and performing elements of her work kept the children entertained and enthralled as she explained the writing process and then the production process of her latest book.
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Als Teilnehmer am Projekt Ship of Tolerance von Ilya und Emilia Kabakov haben wir, die ehemalige 3. Klasse, mit vielen anderen Klassen aus der Umgebung Zug im gemeinsamen Tun das Thema Toleranz und Respekt in Form unserer bunten Segel zum Ausdruck gebracht.
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We cordially invite you and your children to visit SIS Rotkreuz-Zug on 26 October 2016 and experience our international
school atmosphere. Feel free to bring your friends along and observe
learning in preschool, primary and secondary classes.
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Students at SIS Rotkreuz-Zug really played their part last weekend, helping to make the PEA (Parent Eltern Association) welcome brunch an enormous success. Basking in the sunshine Wyatt and Noemi ran the parents’ and children’s raffles with the former being won unashamedly by Ms Warner, our kindergarten teacher! Student prizes included games, lego, chocolate and that old classic cuddly toy!
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Für viele Kinder begann am Montag der Kindergarten-Alltag. Zu Beginn waren einige noch etwas schüchtern oder vermissten ihre Eltern. Doch schon während der Pause auf unserem tollen Spielplatz war all das vergessen und neue Freundschaften wurden geknüpft.
Recently secondary students spent the morning at the SBB station in Zug interviewing commuters about inspirational people they have in their lives. Students noted that not enough people actively take part in volunteer work and inspiring others to do the same. This work saw students reflect on how people can inspire change.
For three days in May, Noémie Lenglet, Maxwell (grade 3) and Mason Ember (grade 6) attended the Junior European Mental Maths Championship at SIS Zürich-Wollishofen. They received many tips from the twelve time world champion Dr Dr Gert Mittring prior to the competition with Mason achieving third place in his age group.
Ab dem 10. September 2016 verbindet das Ship op Tolerance am Zuger See symbolisch Menschen aus verschiedenen Kulturen und Kontinenten. Unsere 3. Klasse hat die Ehre, Teil dieses besonderen Projekts zu sein. Am 1. Juni haben wir uns mit dem Malen unserer Segel verewigt. Die Kinder senden auf diese schöne Weise ihre persönliche Toleranz-Botschaft in die Welt hinaus.
Unsere Viert- und Fünftklässler beschäftigten sich neulich im technischen Gestalten mit der Uhrenherstellung. Sie genossen dieses handwerkliche Projekt, wo sie ihre Fingerfertigkeit auf innovative Art schulen konnten. Unter der Leitung des Klassenlehrers, Herr Nemeth, entstanden tolle Produkte.
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At SIS Rotkreuz-Zug we have a very active and supportive Parents/Eltern Association (PEA). Each grade level has a parent representative. As a group they meet regularly with our principal, acting as a supportive and proactive voice for the wider school community.
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"Festivals of Light" was a wonderful unit through which we embraced the cultural diversity of our student body, integrated into our local community and celebrated the many festivals which occur during the dark autumn and winter months.
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We are aware that we as a school share an important role in the development of tomorrow’s leaders. We have the responsibility to equip students with the tools to become citizens who can make a very real and positive difference in their local and global communities. We’d like to think our school lives by the things we hold dear to us. Respect, responsibility and safety are three themes that stand out when values are discussed at our school. These three words represent our school rules and typify the areas we look to develop, celebrate and reflect on regularly.
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It is always great to get positive feedback from parents about how their child enjoys coming to school to learn alongside their peers. It is also nice to know that some students look forward to the release of the upcoming holiday club programme so they can convince their parents that they should be inscribed.
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