On Friday February 10th the Vorschule went on a field trip to the Cantor Center of Arts in Stanford. This field trip is part of our unit "How we express ourselves - in the footsteps of the great artists." The children had a lot of fun and enjoyed the exhibit, especially the sculptures outside

Why should my child go to an IB School?

First and foremost in an ever changing fast paste 21st century it is important to find a balance between physical, social-emotional development and academic work. Skills like critical thinking and communication are essential for on-going learning. Students at our school are actively involved in exploring themes that have national significance and are internationally transferable (e.g. explore the Native Americans, but making connections to the indigenous people of other countries). The IB provides the school with high standards around a written, taught andassessed curriculum. To ensure the quality of the program the school undergoes a rigorous evaluation process every 5 years. Teachers are required to be trained in best practices from around the world. This includes mandatory reflections on how to improve student learning. Over the last few years the teachers have collaborated in developing a well-balanced program of inquiry that integrates the social studies and science components of international significance. These are taught in six units per grade level and build on each other from year to year. The high international standards combined with the collaboration and sharing of ideas and best practices amongst teachers is what makes this program outstanding. These are just a few reasons why you should send your child to our IB School.

The animal unit is coming to the end and the preschoolers are showing off their end-of-unit projects (summation assessments). Each child in the 'Murmeltiere class' chose an animal, spent some time researching facts in class and with their parents at home about their animal, creating the animal and its habitat and presenting at first to their own classmates and then showing off their knowledge to the older vorschule children. The end result was quite impressive. The children demonstrated enthusiasm, creativity, thinking skills, research skills, communication skills and much pride in their work.  Thank you to the parents for their collaboration. Other classes worked on similar projects to conclude the unit.

This unit we will be focusing on soccer, which means that we will not just play soccer all the time. We will also be playing a lot of different little games in which the kids will learn how to be social, fair, well organized, good leaders. I think especially at this age the kids should learn these manners before becoming great soccer players! The will learn that losing is a part of playing sports, that teams are not always equal, but also that winning makes you feel great and it is important to stick to rules to have a fun game going. Playing soccer is a great opportunity to teach a lot of skills but also a lot of social manners! 

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You, too, can go to the ball with this beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical adaptation of the classic fairy-tale! The production at Mountain View Center of Performing Arts runs from March 3 - 11 and GAIS alumni Lauren Waite was casted as Herald in the Broom cast. For tickets follow this link.