What is Poem in Your Pocket Day? It’s a day to enjoy and share poetry. It’s very simple at IST. Carry a poem in your pocket, or take one from the many poetry pockets posted around school today and this week. Read it aloud to a friend, then listen to his or her poem. You [...]
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The IST Librarians’ 8-1-1 Challenge
April 5th, 2012 · 1 Comment · General Topics
As part of our celebrations for Poetry Month, we IST librarians have accepted a challenge posed by Matthew Winner of The Busy Librarian blog to read every single book in a particular section of the library. Since April is Poetry Month we decided we’d try to read every poetry book with the call number 811. [...]
Register for December 7 library database workshops
November 29th, 2011 · No Comments · General Topics
We are offering three short workshops on Wednesday, December 7 from 8:05 – 8:25 in the library. Please complete the form below if you would like to participate. PowerSpeak Languages: We will have a basic introduction to this language-learning database which supports students of Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. We will learn to log in [...]
Japanese School Cultural Exchange
November 15th, 2011 · Comments Off · Elementary Topics, General Topics
“Konnichiwa! This means “hello” in Japanese, a phrase that will be heard throughout the morning on Friday 18 November. Why? On this day, IST will host a Culture Exchange Day with Grades 1 through 6 and 200 students from Tianjin Japanese School participating. This event will begin at 8:45 am and end at 11:45 am. [...]
International School Library Week Coming Up
September 26th, 2011 · 3 Comments · General Topics
See what we have planned for International School Library Week, 14 to 24 October. Join us to celebrate our wonderful library and our wonderful international community.
First Week of School 2011
August 19th, 2011 · No Comments · General Topics
We’ve had a lovely first week of school here at the IST library. It’s been great to see the library fill with students coming in for scheduled library sessions, for research or for the sheer enjoyment of reading. We thank all the students who have returned their summer checkout books. It’s not too late to [...]
April is Poetry Month
April 13th, 2011 · No Comments · General Topics
Celebrate Poetry Month! Read a poem out loud. Recite one to a friend. Check out a book of poetry. Pack a poem with your child’s lunch. Come to the library and create a poem on our enormous magnetic poetry board. Collect all nine “Poetry Lives” unique trading cards.
Panda Book Voting This Week
February 14th, 2011 · No Comments · General Topics
Time to vote! Voting on the Panda Book Awards starts today at IST and will continue throughout the week. The Panda Book Awards is an initiative started by a group of international schools in Beijing and by IST. The aim of the Panda Books is to promote reading for enjoyment and to build community. There [...]
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Elementary Student Council Elections
September 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Elementary Topics, General Topics
The elections for officer positions in the Elementary Student Council were held on Friday. There were 20+ candidates running for President, Treasurer, Secretary and Communications Officer. Each candidate was required to present a 1-min speech explaining why they felt they were the best for the job. I have been a teacher at IST for 10 [...]
Exhibitions
June 1st, 2010 · No Comments · General Topics
Congratulations students—grade 5 and grade 10— on successful exhibitions! Well done.
