IGCSE Exam Strategy and the Road Ahead

With IGCSE Mock Exams now complete, I would like to remark on how thoroughly impressed I have been by all Year 11 students. This is an incredibly stressful two weeks for students but every single one rose to the challenge and then some! They were consistently focused, organised and confident - a true testament to their hard work and the dedication of their teachers over the last two years. 

U-19 ISAZ NATIONALS

On March 25 and 26 ISL Wild Dogs netball and football teams participated in the ISAZ U-19 National tournaments hosted at Baobab College. This year both of our girls teams qualified for the National tournaments. 

Girls Netball team - Coach Mr Gift Munsanje

Thinking and Learning Differences: Understanding Reading Difficulties Parent Workshop

On Tuesday 15 March 2022 the Student Support Services held a parent workshop that focused on understanding reading difficulties. The workshop is part of a series of workshops aimed at unpacking the different learning difficulties that we may come across at the International School of Lusaka.

Thinking and Learning Differences: An Introduction to Learning Difficulties Parent Workshop

On Tuesday 22nd February 2022 the Student Support Services held a parent workshop to affirm, confirm and give insights on learning and thinking differences. The workshop is part of a series of workshops aimed at unpacking the different learning difficulties that we may come across at the International School of Lusaka. This particular workshop served to give an overview of what learning and thinking differences are as well as gave parents a practical experience of the challenges one might encounter when faced with circumstances that challenge learning. Three main areas of student focus were

Dealing With Exam/Test Anxiety Parent Workshop

Recently, the School Counselor Beverley Bloem took parents through some steps to help support children dealing with exam or test anxiety. Participation was great as Ms Bloem engaged parents in discussions around what their own feelings were towards their child facing imminent exams or tests. The workshop also took participants on the journey of discovering the different stages of dealing with stress as an insight to the process children could be undergoing. Finally, strategies to deal with stress were shared. One good take away was learning to deal with disappointment after an exam or test by learning from it and letting it go so that one can move on. Helpful resources: 

Francophone week celebrated next week at ISL!

Every year, the International francophone week is celebrated during the month of March and provides an opportunity for French speakers around the world to celebrate the French language in all its diversity. On this occasion, the Modern Languages Department is proud to present a selection of activities celebrating the French language which will happen next week. Here are these activities:

ISL Careers Fair! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday next week!

The time has come for our Annual Careers Fair! A chance for both our students and parents to interact with a variety of company and business representatives to find out what careers in their fields are really like! 

Pi Day at ISL

March 14th (3.14) is Pi Day - a day where the wonder and brilliance of Mathematics is celebrated around the world. At ISL we celebrated with a week of Mathematics Competitions. On Pi Day itself STUCO ran a 'Pi off' during break where students wrote down as many digits of Pi as they could. All the participants were impressive but astonishingly Tomoki in year 10 correctly wrote out 75 digits! After school that day the Mathematics Department, ably assisted by an excellent group of year 12 CAS students, ran an Interhouse Competition for years 6 to 9.  Each house fielded 3 teams of four, with each team being made up of a mixture of year groups. The competition consisted of two rounds. The first one was a crossnumber challenge (like a crossword but with numbers) and the second round was a nail biting relay round involving some speedy running to pick up the questions and extremely focussed problem solving. Whilst all this was taking place one of the year 12s was tasked with circulating around the covered area identifying which students really stood for their Maths and team working abilities. It was such a pleasure to see the students so focussed and working together across year groups. All of the students were very impressive but a special mention must go to Shristi (year 8), Luka (year 8) and Luthando (year 9) who caught the year 12's attention. 

Peter and the Wolf: Thursday 24th March Auditions are Open!

Secondary students are encouraged to sign up and/or put themselves forward to help out in the upcoming production of Peter and the Wolf. Students may take on acting roles, stage management, wardrobe, musical accompaniment and even set design…there's so much you can do! Please see Mr Holdway for details.

U-16 ISAZ Football

On March 19, ISL Wild Dogs Football teams participated in the ISAZ Football tournaments. Baobab College hosted the boys tournament, but ISL - girls.

U-16 Boys football team - Coach Mr Daniel Banda

IGCSE Mock Exams - IMPORTANT TIMETABLE UPDATE

The Zambian government has declared Friday 18 March a public holiday due to the passing of former President Banda. Therefore, as per Mr. Patterson's email the school will be closed on Friday. 

Please note that due to the expected heavy congestion during the state funeral on Thursday 17 March we have delayed the start of the Biology Paper 3 and 4 exams to 07:45. Students should aim to be on campus by 07:30. 

Please note that we have postponed the IGCSE Chemistry Mock exams, which were supposed to be held on Friday 18, to Monday 28 March. The timings for each exam have also changed. 

Please see the updated timetable below: https://docs.google.com/docume...

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch with 

Mr. Ivanov on 0967871411. 

Careers Fair Presenters: last call!

It’s Not Too Late! With the Careers Fair quickly approaching, we just wanted to extend another invitation to anyone who would be interested in representing their industry/organization during this special time for our students and parents. 

U-19 and U-9 ISAZ Football

ISL Wild Dogs Football teams on Friday and Saturday participated in the ISAZ Football tournaments. Baobab College hosted the U-19 boys football regionals on Friday and Saturday (March 4-5), AISL hosted the U-19 girls football regionals on Saturday (March 5), and Italian School hosted U-9 boys football festival on Saturday (March 5).

U-9 Boys football team - Coach Mr James Nyirenda