ISR Mock Trial
ISR Mock Trial
Thursday, 29 April 2021
This week on Tuesday, our students Maria, Alex, and Jonathan from Grade 11 organized a mock trial for their Grade 11 peers.
A mock trial is a simulation of a lower-court criminal trial, where each student gets the chance to delve into a different role and experience what it is like to work in a courtroom. The roles range from attorneys, judges, and clerks to photographers and witnesses, so everyone can experience a unique role. Not only do students practice their ability to formulate arguments and hone their public speaking skills, but they also empathize by putting themselves into the position of others.
In this trial, a police officer, was accused of attempted murder of a high school student. Two teams of attorneys were responsible for defending or prosecuting the convicted and their cases were judged by a jury that ultimately decided he was guilty. Furthermore, to add to the authenticity of the trial, a clerk oversaw any exhibits provided by the attorneys as well as swearing all participants in. The bailiff on the other hand made sure everyone in the courtroom was well-behaved.
As this event was a major success and all the students enjoyed it, Maria plans on planning another trial on an even larger scale for all our upper school students. Another great chance to engage with others as well as to improve important communication skills!
Teams der internationalen Schule ISR Neuss/Düsseldorf siegen im TV bei SAT.1-Sendung „Luke – die Schule und ich“
Teams der internationalen Schule ISR Neuss/Düsseldorf siegen im TV bei SAT.1-Sendung „Luke – die Schule und ich“
Monday, April 26, 2021
Insgesamt acht Schülerinnen und Schüler im Alter von 8 bis 15 Jahren haben am Staffel-Finale teilgenommen – ISR-Schulgemeinschaft entscheidet über Verwendung des Preisgelds von 13.313 Euro – Wettbewerb mit Team prominenter TV-Moderatoren und Entertainer
Schülerinnen und Schüler der ISR International School on the Rhine Neuss/Düsseldorf (ISR) haben in der SAT.1-Sendung „Luke – die Schule und ich“ das Staffel-Finale gewonnen. Die acht Schülerinnen und Schüler der ISR im Alter von 8 bis 15 Jahren sicherten sich den Sieg bei der am vergangenen Freitagabend im Hauptabendprogramm ausgestrahlten Sendung. Im Wettstreit mit dem Prominenten-Team – der Schauspielerin und Moderatorin Sophia Thomalla, Comedian Atze Schröder, Entertainer Riccardo Simonetti and Popsänger Álvaro Soler – setzte sich das ISR-Team aus Grundschule und Mittelstufe bei Wissenstests, Rätselaufgaben, Experimenten, Sport oder Geschicklichkeitsprüfungen beeindruckend durch. Dafür gab es viel Lob von Moderator Luke Mockridge und ein Preisgeld von 13.313 Euro, je zur Hälfte erspielt von den Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern beider Altersklassen.
„Auch ohne den Sieg wäre es ein tolles Erlebnis und ein riesiger Spaß gewesen, an solch einer professionellen TV-Produktion mitzuwirken. Aber so ist die Freude für die Kinder noch größer“, sagt Annika Poestges, Marketingleiterin der ISR. Eine tolle Erfahrung sei auch gewesen, wie am Freitag die Schul-Community der ISR mitgefiebert und in einem gemeinsamen Video-Meeting mitgefeiert habe.
Über die Verwendung der 13.313 Euro Preisgeld soll die ISR-Schulgemeinschaft entscheiden. Poestges: „Das soll etwas sein, was den Schülerinnen und Schülern nutzt und sie an dieses Erlebnis erinnert. Das haben sie sich durch ihre gute Leistung im TV-Wettstreit verdient.“
Hiweis: Bei allen Castings, Wettbewerben, Gesprächen und sonstigen TV-Aufzeichnungen wurden selbstverständlich die jeweiligen Corona-Auflagen mit Tests und Abständen beachtet.
ISR students won the TV show "Luke - die Schule und ich"
ISR students won the TV show “Luke – die Schule und ich”
Friday, 23 April 2021
Today, the TV show “Luke – die Schule und ich – Vips gegen Kids” was shown on TV! In this season finale, eight ISR students and four students from the Leipzig International School successfully competed in different knowledge games against actress Sophia Tomalla, actor Atze Schröder, entertainer Riccardo Simonetti and singer Alvaro Soler.
To support our students and cheer them on, we offered our community the chance to watch the show with us virtually! At our virtual ISR Movie Night, everyone was super excited to support our primary and middle school students during the many thrilling scenes. In the end, the students prevailed and won together against the celebrities! We are very proud of our students who not only represented ISR in the best possible way but also showed courage by participating in this television show.
We wish to thank the whole Brainpool team, who supported our students in every possible way and made them feel comfortable in the studio, as well as their parents for the outstanding support and preparations that went along with the participation.
Of course – last but not least – we thank our successful and committed students Hannan, Pia, Lasse, Benjamin, Gioya, Kevin, Jolina, and Mathias for their amazing performance and courage as well as Leo, Cornelius, and Jacob, who actively supported our Team ISR and showed great team spirit.
IT’S COOL TO BE GOOD!
© SAT.1/Steffen Z Wolff
Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Luna
Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Luna
Friday, 23 April 2021
This week, we spotlight our sunshine Luna from grade 5, who joined ISR in 2019. Luna is a delightful student who has bundles of energy and passion. Luna is well-liked by her teachers and classmates, and she is an excellent role model for her classmates and peers. “She performed extremely well this school year and received several awards in English, Science and Social Studies as a result of her hard work and dedication,” says her Academic Coordinator Ms. Brand.
Luna is very determined and conscientious. She is always on time with her work and willing to help the other students to understand hard topics. Mr. Urban, Luna´s Social Studies teacher adds, “Luna is an always friendly, good-humored, inquisitive student. I especially like her open nature. She is very communicative and always follows the lessons attentively. She designs her social studies projects with a lot of creativity and attention to detail.”
Supervisor Mr. Mo adds “Luna is our angel. She is extremely polite and always smiling. One of her strengths is that she can adapt to situations superfast. She is a wonderful student who positively affects everyone around her.”
We are very proud to spotlight Luna 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.
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Girls' Future Day
Girls’ Future Day
Thursday, 22 April 2021
Ask young girls what they would like to become when they grow up, and their answers are – fortunately – very diverse! Whether they want to become policewomen, cooks, ballerinas, mothers, or vets – today’s world has taken a great step forward in encouraging girls to be anything they want to be in life!
At ISR, we will always support them in achieving their dreams!
Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Siddharth
Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Siddharth
Friday, 16 April 2021
This week, we spotlight our fourth grader Siddharth, who joined ISR in 2019. Siddharth is a highly motivated learner and tries to understand the world around him at all times. He is distinguished by his empathetic and helpful nature and is a very friendly and polite student who acts independently.
His emotional and social development is already very pronounced, and he has a strong sense of justice. His open character makes it very easy for him to make friends at ISR and he maintains these relationships very well. Siddharth understands what is behind the term team spirit and he enjoys working with his classmates. At the same time, he stands by them and supports them in finding solutions.
His academic coordinator Ms. Ghica adds, “Siddharth is a joy to have around, is very inquisitive and funny. He is always helpful, motivated, and eager to do well. He exhibited great focus, patience, and flexibility during the online learning period and we are looking forward to seeing him again in real life. His smile and presence light up a room!”
We are very proud to spotlight Siddharth 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.
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Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Lawrence
Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Lawrence
Friday, 9 April 2021
This week, we are proud to spotlight our musical six-grader Lawrence, who joined ISR in 2017. Lawrence has developed outstandingly in the past few years and already feels very comfortable at ISR. He has a friendly and helpful nature and his classmates particularly appreciate his strong character and his loving personality. He is always very respectful and friendly towards his teachers and is grateful for any advice he can get. Academically, he is therefore very determined and shows great interest in all subjects.
Lawrence’s great passion is music. He is an extremely talented piano player and learns incredibly fast. To develop his talent in this area further, Lawrence has been attending music lessons at Musicbox Oxana in Meerbusch. Musicbox Oxana is a music school that has its branch at ISR and has been successfully teaching ISR students for many years and prepares them for national and international competitions.
Lawrence successfully attended this year’s regional music competition “Jugend musiziert” and, together with his duo partner, won an outstanding special prize for the best interpretation of contemporary work, donated by the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhine. By winning the first prize with 24 points, Lawrence and his partner successfully qualified for the NRW state competition and achieved excellent results.
Lawrence’s music school teacher, Ms. Koppers, proudly adds: “Lawrence has an amazing musical talent and is practicing tirelessly! He is already one of my best piano students in his age group, he has an incredible grasp and learns new pieces of music in a very short time – very impressive! I am extremely proud of these great achievements.”
We are very proud to spotlight Lawrence 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.
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Virtual Jura Career Talk with Dr. Schröder-Frerkes
Jura Career Talk with Dr. Schröder-Frerkes
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Today, we had the great honor of introducing our students to Dr. Schröder-Frerkes, a distinguished lawyer and partner at Bird & Bird, an international operating law firm. Within the framework of a virtual discussion, our middle and upper school students had the opportunity to ask specific questions relating to law, Dr. Schröder-Frerkes’ professional profile as well as his experience in practicing law. During that discussion, our students gained insight into the complex everyday life of a lawyer in a lively Q&A round.
Dr. Schröder-Frerkes has more than 25 years of professional experience as a corporate and M&A lawyer and offers his domestic and foreign clients extensive expertise in the areas of M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, MBOs, group valuations, restructurings, and re-organizations as well as joint ventures. In the course of his career, he has achieved numerous notable successes and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the former German Federal President, Mr. Horst Köhler, for his commitment to the development of German-American relations. Since 2008, Dr. Schröder-Frerkes has also served as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce (NRW) and on various advisory boards, including ISR.
We are pleased to be able to offer our students the opportunity to have extensive interactions with highly qualified and inspiring individuals. These opportunities have far-reaching benefits to our students as they can learn from their experiences and successes and focus on their future plans.
We would like to thank Dr. Schröder-Frerkes for taking the time to show our students exclusive insights into the work of a lawyer. Interactive lectures like these create considerable added value for our students at both schools!
Enriching Learning Concept in Our Kindergartens
Enriching Learning Concept in Our Kindergartens
Monday, 22 March 2021
Our Kindergartens in Neuss and Düsseldorf are governed by a unique concept that promotes learning through play from an early age, thus successfully preparing children for Primary School. It is important for ISR that play and fun are not neglected and that the children at ISR are introduced to learning content in a playful way. We are convinced that learning content with fun is worth much more than pure theory!
A few impressions of the last weeks from our Düsseldorf location:
Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Christina
Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Christina
Friday, 19 March 2021
This week, we spotlight our ninth-grader Christina who joined ISR in Grade 1. Christina is characterized by her friendly, helpful, and also witty character. She is well-liked by her classmates and her outgoing nature makes it easy for her to meet new people. Christina is very ambitious, and this is also reflected in her academics. She has gone above and beyond in the past few months and has made great progress, as her Math teacher, Mr. Hammad, also confirms. “She has been working really well in mathematics over the past couple of months. Although she has been in lockdown like everyone else, she was always on time, actively participating in the class and constantly helping others.”
Christina is not only convincing in Mathematics but across all subjects. Her Science teacher Ms. Vig, says that she has many wonderful qualities including being kind, funny and friendly: “the best thing about Christina is she will accept, reflect and act on all the feedback I give her, which is why teaching her is such a pleasure! You’ve got this Christina!”
Supervisor, Mr. Mo, who has known Christina for many years, concludes, “Christinchen, as I call her, is the youngest of her siblings, and she is very intelligent. Christinchen already knows exactly what she wants to achieve, and she is an asset to the ISR community. I am always there when she wants to talk, and it fills me with pride that she puts her trust in me. I am very proud of her personal development.”
We are very proud to spotlight Christina 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.
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