Today we announce the arrival of one more school in our group, the Escola Nova by SIS Swiss International School in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. With 950 students on a modern and efficient campus, Escola Nova, as well as SIS, has the mission of developing global citizens prepared to positively impact the world around them.
Our new website for SIS Swiss International School Brazil is online! Learn more about our schools in Brazil, our international and bilingual group and the opportunities we create for our students to develop as global citizens. The site is much more intuitive, fully responsive, perfect for navigating and getting to know our educational concept.
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We are pleased to announce the release of this years edition of our magazine emphaSIS with the main topic "Day School Community". To meet the needs of modern families and working parents, our day school offers a structured and challenging programme. Using examples from our schools, we provide an insight into our bilingual everyday life and our all-day structure. Enjoy reading!
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...SIS Zürich-Wollishofen. In a spectacular finishing effort, SIS Zürich-Wollishofen came away as the overall winner. In second place is SIS Regensburg and coming in third is SIS Zürich.
The next SIS Cup is going to take place at SIS Pfäffikon-Schwyz on 19 and 20 May 2022 and organisation is under way. On-site, many details have to be taken into consideration so that everything runs smoothly over the two days and to ensure that students can show their full athletic potential.
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Having friends around the world is great. When one SIS Basel teacher transferred to work at SIS Brazil, the enduring friendship between the two became the catalyst that inspired a pen pal exchange between their Primary 1 classes. The children love the reward of writing actual letters to real children like themselves living in another country, and their faces light up with joy every time they get a response.
Annually, we collect stories from the SIS network and merge them to create the SIS World publication. Find out about facts and figures about each school and read interesting contributions written by students, teachers or principals. Enjoy reading the latest SIS World!
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Each year, students from SIS Swiss International Schools participate in an intercountry activity with the aim to activate the global network and connect all 17 schools. After the isolation forced upon many of us by the coronavirus pandemic, the idea of a parcel swap to reconnect with each other was born. Classes who opted into the activity were partnered with a class of a similar level from another SIS school in a different country.
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At SIS Swiss International School, students enjoy equal shares of teaching in English and the national language and are taught by two mother-tongue teachers. This form of teaching is enriching and challenging for students and teachers alike. What is it like to teach in a bilingual setting? Get an insight by one of our German-speaking primary school teachers. As the author is German-speaking, the article is in German.
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Six years after it was founded, SIS Swiss International School Kassel primary school has received full recognition by the state. It is therefore now equal to state school in every regard.
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Congratulations to the winners of the first three places of this year's SIS Best Essay Award 2020! First place goes to Charlotte from SIS Basel, Switzerland, second place to Beatrice from ESB Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and third place to Debora, SIS Zürich, Switzerland. All three essays display an in-depth study that exceeds expectations. We are proud of the students’ commitment and passion that culminated in these excellent papers.
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All SIS students and teachers are staying home in week four of distance learning. Until March 2020, teaching with online learning and collaboration tools was used for selected projects throughout SIS schools. Not just recently, but especially in the last three weeks when online applications have increased in importance, our teachers and students have benefited from this.
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Due to the current situation, the SIS Maths Day, which was planned to happen on 17 March 2020, is postponed. A new date will be set in the future. The SIS Maths Day is this year's interschool activity. This event, demanding speed and logical thinking in solving mathematical problems, connects all 16 schools to strengthen the SIS network. Groups from grades 1 to 10 will play simultaneously using the “Mathletics Live” platform.
SIS Swiss International School closely monitors the reports regarding the Coronavirus (Covid-19) of the competent authorities in Switzerland, Germany and Brazil. We comply with the recommendations and preventive codes of conduct of the authorities and we continuously inform parents, students and employees about the latest developments and actions in our schools.