DFB Junior Coach Training at ISR

Wednesday, 07 July 2021

Last week, 13 enthusiastic soccer students successfully completed the DFB Junior Coach training at ISR. Under the guidance of Karsten Baumann, Head of the ISR Sports Department – a former Bundesliga player and coach, the students trained to become licensed junior coaches.

During the week, the students learned the theory of what it takes to be a trained coach by means of various case studies and also spent many hours on the sports field, putting the theory knowledge they acquired into practice. The training, which has been taking place at ISR for several years now in cooperation with the DFB, paves the way for the students to pursue a career in coaching.

At the end of the successful week, all participants received their certificates, which were presented to them by André Lengsfeld, who works at the commission for schools and daycare centers in the Rhein-Kreis-Neuss. Also represented on site were Nicola Ludwig, Junior Coach Mentor of the FVN, Wera Grumpe and Marie Weingenter, employees of the Youth and School Football Association and Leon Michalski, Commissioner of School Football Rhine District Neuss.

Congratulations to our 13 successful participants, who are now trained C coaches through the DFB Juniorcoach training – You’ve all done an amazing job!

We wish to thank everyone involved in this great cooperation and are looking forward to training more participants next year!

by Thomas Römer

ISR Kindergarten Meerbusch BBQ

Monday, 05 July 2021

Today we had our first BBQ together in our new Kindergarten in Meerbusch. The families, teachers as well as staff members had the chance to get to know each other better and to exchange ideas in a familiar atmosphere.

For our little guests we organized a special highlight – two ponies were on site to surprise the children! The children were allowed to feed them, stroke them and ride on them. The beaming children’s eyes spoke for themselves and we are happy that our first get-together was so successful!

We are looking forward to our cooperation in the future and are proud that we are now distinguished by another kindergarten, which complements our kindergartens with its German-speaking offer!

by Thomas Römer

ISR Kindergarten Düsseldorf: Kick-Off-BBQ in Neuss

Monday, 05 July 2021

Our ISR Kindergarten families, teachers and staff from Niederkassel gathered at ISR in Neuss to successfully conclude the first kindergarten year and celebrate it with a BBQ yesterday. Many delicious goodies were available for our guests and for the children. An especially big surprise were the two ponies on site, which the children were allowed to pet, feed and ride! The children were overjoyed when they saw the ponies! We are happy that we were able to host the families at ISR after a long time of not being able to host such events.

In order to give our families, the chance to exchange ideas and get to know new families of the ISR community, we are planning more BBQs for ISR in Neuss after the summer holidays. We are excited to once again have the opportunity to plan smaller outdoor events for our families and look forward to having the opportunity to see everyone in a safe environment!

by Thomas Römer

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Ava

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Ava

Friday, 2 July 2021

This week, we spotlight our third-grader Ava, who joined ISR last year. When Ava and her sister joined ISR, they quickly settled in and won over their teachers. Ava has a lovely character and is characterized by her friendliness and her bright personality. Her classmates have taken her directly to their hearts and she has been able to make friends quickly. She is interested in the art and science classes, and she also incredibly enjoys reading.

One of Ava’s great strengths is that she is incredibly inquisitive, in class she questions a lot and can’t know enough. Her teacher Ms. Schmidt says about her “Ava was new to ISR this year but is already part of the family. Ava is a kind and loving member of the 3C team. She is a genuine and friendly student, who is well liked by her peers. Ava takes great care and effort in producing excellent work. She is a talented writer and very creative student. Ava always has her nose buried in an interesting new book, so if you ever need advice on what to read, please ask Ava. She is definitely an asset to our class!“

We are very proud to spotlight Ava one of ISR’s many outstanding students!

Every Friday, our Student Spotlight Project aims to highlight one of our outstanding students who represent our school motto, “we enable great minds and strong characters”. No matter if it is academic success, special commitment or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.