ISL Board of Governors Policy Manual

The Board is currently reviewing the ISL Board of Governors Policy Manual adopted in 2017. It has recently changed sections 1 and 2. Please find the current version of the document here. 

U-14 and U-16 ISAZ Netball

ISL Wild Dogs Netball teams on Friday and Saturday participated in the ISAZ Netball tournaments. Kabulonga Trust School hosted the U-14 tournament on Friday, Feb 25, but LICS - U-16 tournament on Saturday, Feb 26.

U-14 Netball team - Coach Mrs Tembo and Mr Munsanje

Year 11 Exams Information Evening

In order to keep parents up to date on the latest developments with the 2022 IGCSE exams, ISL will host a virtual Exams Information Evening on Wednesday 2nd March 2022 from 18:00 to 19:00.

Mother Tongue week

 We celebrate Mother Tongues this week! 

Children for a better world conference

The third international online conference 'Children for a Better World' conference on the theme of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) was held by Century Integration International school on the 11th and 12th of February. The two day conference featured speakers on topics such as Ocean Plastics, Climate Action, Affordable and Clean energy.

IGCSE Mock Exam Timetable

 

The timetable for the IGCSE March 2022 Mock Exams has been published. Candidates and parents are kindly requested to check Managebac. 

A copy of the timetable can also be found here: IGCSE MOCK EXAMS TIMETABLE

Mock exams will take place from Monday 14 March to Friday 25 March. Please note that there are two papers for Maths and English Literature which are sat earlier during lesson time. This is indicated on the timetable. 

Coding Without Borders – Ambassador Program for ISL girls

After the collaborative success of the Society Of Women Coders initiative in October 2021, we are pleased to share with you all an exciting opportunity: “Coding Without Borders – Ambassador Program” for our young girls to develop their coding skills.

ISAZ Jr. Swimming Gala

 On Friday, February 18, AISL hosted the final round of ISAZ Division 1 Jr. Swimming Gala for U-13, U-11 and U-9 teams. 

6 schools participated in this Gala - ISL, AISL, Baobab, Martin House, Musikili, and LICS. In each race 2 swimmers from each school took part and points were given based on the place swimmers got. 

ISAZ U-19 Netball

Rhodes Park School hosted the 2022 ISAZ U-19 Netball Qualifiers on February 19, 2022.

U-19 Netball team - Coach Mr Munsanje

9 teams participated this time divided in 2 groups, ISL girls were in Group A (4 teams) with Rhodes Park School, LICS, and Mary Queen of Peace School.  

Y6 PYP Exhibition

Catch up on all the latest that’s happening in Y6 for the PYP Exhibition. This week students have started collecting data. They may need your help by completing a survey or two! Click on the link below. https://ibpypexhibitionisl.blogspot.com/

Convo's and Canapes: Year 12 and 13 univerity prep discussion night

As Year 12 and 13 parents prepare to send their children out into the world, we recognize there may be a lot of questions that come to mind and things to prepare for. We'd love to help you as you prepare for this journey by inviting you to join our Convo's and Canapés discussion next Friday, February 25th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm on our campus (all covid protocols to be observed).

U-14 ISAZ Football

 On February 12, 2022, AISL hosted the 2022 ISAZ U-14 girls football tournament, but Baobab College - U-14 boys football tournament .

U-14 Girls Football team - Coach Mr Munsanje

8 teams participated in the U-14 (2008) girls tournament, ISL girls were in Pool 1 (4 teams) with Banani, Baobab College, and Mary Queen.  

U-11 & U-13 ISAZ Netball

 Martin House hosted the 2022 ISAZ U-11 and U-13 Netball tournaments on February 12, 2022.

U-11 Netball team - Coach Mrs Anna Tembo and Mrs Mwansa Luambia

12 teams participated in the U-11 (2011) event, ISL girls were in Pool B (6 teams) with Martin House 2, Musikili Primary 2, Woodford School Lsk, Baobab College, and Rhodes Park.  

ISL Student Support Services (SSS) Online Workshops: Connecting with Parents to Support Students Better

The ISL Student Support Services (SSS) is pleased to announce a series of online workshops for parents from our Counseling and Learning Support team. The workshops will run from February 2022 to May 2022 and cover a range of themes in the hope of empowering parents with knowledge and strategies to help support their children. All the workshops are virtual and begin at 18:00 hours. Save the dates and join us for the following:

Tuck shop Online Ordering Guideline

The tuck shop has set up an online pre-order system for placing orders for food. It is further offering cashless ways of paying for food using mobile money or e-wallet with the view of going cashless. Please click on the link added here to view how to pay for tuck shop orders in a cashless way.

Calendar for school year 2022-23

Please click here to view the board-approved calendar for school year 2022-23; click here to see all recent calendars.

Yr 12's successful Duke of Edinburgh Gold Qualifier Expedition

Our year 12's successfully completed their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Qualifier Expedition.They weathered the rain and overcame their fatigue to navigate a distance of nearly 45 kilometres with their heavy back packs. Well done students, we are very proud of you. 

           

Secondary reminders: Registration, Attendance, Lateness, Homework, After School Academic Support

Here are a few important reminders that I thought I'd share with Secondary parents and students as we move into our  third week back at school

ISL Alumni - Class of 1992 gives back to ISL!

 4 Buddy benches donated by the class of 1992 to ISL with messages!

COVID Response Level One

This week's meeting of the COVID Task Force (CTF) authorized the school to return to COVID Response Level One which allows the following:

School Enterprise Challenge

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the International School Enterprise Challenge at ISL, which is a globally recognised entrepreneurship programme for high school students. Over the course of this semester our students in Year 10 will learn how to build teams, create their own product or service, and finally design and set up their own business. 

The ISL Careers Fair

It is incredible to look at the landscape of occupational opportunities both here in Zambia and globally. The ways in which we are able to contribute to our world and the drive for progress is not only vast and wide, but also caters to a multitude of skill sets! As part of our desire to help equip our students to become the leaders of tomorrow across the globe, we will be hosting a Careers Fair from March 29th to April 1st, 2022 and we would love for you to be involved!

The Year 6 PYP Exhibition journey has begun!

The PYP Exhibition in Y6 is a culmination of the PYP programme. It is a celebration of the students' PYP journey in the Primary school. It is an opportunity for the students to showcase their knowledge, skills and attitudes that they have develpoed throughout their Primary School experience. Hopefully this will lead to students taking some form of action in a global or local issue they feel passionate about in order to make the world a better place.

To get more information on how the Y6 journey is progressing, please click on the link below which will take you to the Y6 Exhibition Blog. Well done to all the staff and Y6 students on their progress so far and good luck with your research.

Y6 Exhibition Blog

In America they call it survivor, in Africa we call it camping

In what feels like the ancient pre-Covid wave past, we had planned to set out for our Bronze Level Duke of Edinburgh Expedition Training sometime in November. Despite the delays, waves, storms and rain our students rose to the challenge in true DoE spirit and were finally able to complete this last week.