International Schools Blog

Building resilience in students begins in the classroom. It is the key to making young people stronger and more assertive – here we share five ways to do it.

In this article, Anita Chamberlain, Visual Arts Coordinator at The British International School in Stavanger, Norway shares her experiences of running an art project with a group of children with learning difficulties and how, through the medium of art, children can express their ideas, opinions and feelings.

In January, Branksome Hall Asia were crowned International School of the Year at the 2021 International School Awards. We caught up with Dr Terry McAdams, Director of Technology, Research, and Innovation at the school to find out more about their award-winning school and the project that also earned them the Community Initiative Award this year.

11 February is International Women and Girls in Science Day – a day to show students just how exciting a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) can be. And it gives all of us the chance to encourage young girls to pursue a career in one or more of these subjects.

There have been just a few(!) changes in teaching in the last twelve months. We’ve all been part of or have witnessed the move to online teaching. And linked to that, we’ve also seen a number advances in educational technology. At the same time, diversity and inclusion has been a big focus for schools, publishers and teachers – as has mindfulness in the classroom.

Sue Bastian, the architect of the original Theory of Knowledge curriculum, has devised a series of lesson plans to help you familiarise yourself and your students with the four elements of the new compulsory IB Knowledge Framework.

The winners of the International School Awards 2021 were announced on Monday 18 January 2021, in a live-streamed ceremony. Pearson is delighted to support these awards and offer our congratulations to all of the winning schools, who were selected from 264 nominations from international schools in 62 countries.

Alongside the many other events of 2020, we also released our new core English, Maths and Science courses for learners aged 11-14. Inspire English International, Maths Progress International and Exploring Science International are designed to support an age group we all too often overlook – and a school stage that some educationalists have called ‘the lost years’.

The biggest change since the Industrial Revolution is unfolding in the global industrial sector. To equip themselves for this new world, today’s learners are realising that in order to stay in the race for employment, they must grow, demonstrate and evolve their talents. Educationalists acknowledge that, to help them do this, education systems across the world must evolve rapidly to support them.

Setting New Year’s resolutions is a popular tradition. They allow us to reflect on the previous year, and optimistically move into the year ahead. Perhaps your students didn’t meet their goals for 2020. But this January, we all have an opportunity to start afresh.