RWTH Aachen University visit

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Last Monday, a group of Grade 10 and 11 students, accompanied by Ms. Wacker and Ms. Dickers, attended the RWTH Aachen open day. The students enjoyed a full day of informative talks about the various STEM degree courses offered at the university and were also able to visit departments and see some of Aachen.

At ISR, it is very important for us to regularly visit different universities with our students. We do so in order to show our students all the options that are available to them even it means visiting institutions across borders. This summer, some of our students will have the incredible opportunity to visit different Universities in the US for this very reason.

Field Trip to Museum Kunstpalast

Thursday, 24 January 2019

Last Wednesday Grades 4 A and B visited the museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf. They participated in two different guided tours: First one was called “Achtung Kunst-Viren!” (Warning! Art Virus).

During this tour, the students were provided with an overview of artworks from different countries in Europe, Japan and the Islamic art realm. The overview demonstrated exciting signs of cultural transfer and intercultural dialogue.

The second guided tour was called “Chemie der Farbe” (Chemistry of Colors) and showed how artists and painters can turn into chemists and scientists. The old masters of painting have always experimented with different ways of obtaining colour. This time around, it is the students’ turn to try their hand at candle wax painting using elderberry juice, lemon juice and salt.

The whole museum visit showed students that art is in no way boring but a lively experience and an interesting way of expressing oneself.