Secondary

Last week, four of our Grade 6 girls put on their dancing shoes, quite literally, and represented the FIS in the finals of the FUSE Cup Just Dance EU competition. This was an EU-wide eSports tournament using…

On Thursday last week, Grade 11 students visited Waischenfeld for their first activity day – a fun and challenging canoeing session, followed by a sunny hike in the heart of Franconian Switzerland (Fränkische Schweiz). The…

Introduced in Grade 11 as a mandatory component of the IB Diploma Programme (DP), Theory of Knowledge (TOK), together with Extended Essay (EE) and Creativity and Service (CAS) represents the core of the DP curriculum. A big part of TOK…

To understand Global Perspectives, which is part of the Secondary School curriculum and is introduced as a stepping stone to TOK, we spoke to Carlos Rico, Global Perspectives and Theory of Knowledge Coordinator at the…

Grade 8 students have been busy printing 3D models in their Design classes. The corresponding unit, focused on the UN Global Goals, links to the following inquiry question: What inventions exist in a community which…

Over the last weeks, we’ve been celebrating students and staff demonstrating one of the ten attributes of the IB Learner Profile. To get an overview of what the Learner Profile means, the purpose of the Learner…

Being a “caring and compassionate community” is at the core of who we are as a school. Especially as we emerge from COVID, opportunities to come together and connect beyond the classroom are important. This…

As part of the Diploma Programme, the Geography students actively engaged with outdoor learning to collect primary data from Indianerschlucht, (sunny) Uttenreuth for their Internal Assessment. This is a core part of the Diploma Programme syllabus…