International School students and students from Savremena Gimnazija participate in a joint eTwinning project together with their peers from Serbia and Croatia. The project, aimed at developing entrepreneurial competencies, brings together sixteen teachers and 59 students from different cities.
After participating in the Erasmus project “Girls Go Circular”, the International School once again justifies its success! This time, we are empowering our teachers to go above and beyond and create new teaching strategies using technology.
The International School decided to remove language barriers using French cuisine! We’re celebrating March, a month dedicated to the Francophonie.
International School’s Year 11 and Year 13 Biology and Chemistry students had an amazing Friday. The teachers took them to the Zoo, and instead of staying in the classroom, they enjoyed the sunny weather outdoors. The purpose of the visit was for the students to get to know different species and their distinctive characteristics and…
Yet another interesting lecture was held at the International School as part of the Parents Teach This Week project led by Parent Support Coordinator, Ms Tatjana Koluvija. This week’s lecturer was Maja Žeželj, Lena’s mum and successful journalist, who talked about media content, collecting and checking information, the final product presented on TV, and journalism…
International School’s students – Maša Mitić, Mia Van Doren, Uroš Jež and Luka Conolly – participated in the Wharton Global Youth contest and achieved great success among 1000 teams from 35 countries. The International School team was trading with shares on an online student platform, while learning how to analyse the stock market trends. The…
On Monday, 22 February, International School Year 10 and Year 11 students visited the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, the supreme representative body and the holder of constitutional and legislative power in the Republic of Serbia. A protected cultural monument Our guide showed us the inner workings of the assembly and the work…
After collecting warm clothes back in December, International School Year 10 and Year 11 students joined forces to buy hygienic supplies for the children from the Drop-In Centre.
After the first term, the International School published a Mid-Year Report – a document containing the most important information about the programmes offered at our school, overview of extracurricular activities, results of a student survey, as well as the most successful achievements of our students in the first term. As a Cambridge secondary school, the…
On Friday, the International School welcomed Svetlana Vrzić Petronijević, who held an informative lecture as part of the “Parents Teach This Week” project run by Parent Support Coordinator, Tatjana Koluvija. This time, the lecture was mainly about reproductive health. Svetlana Vrzić Petronijević, Milica and Milan’s mom, is a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics and a…
On Friday, a group of Year 10 students visited Primary School Savremena as part of their Global Perspectives group project called “Food and sports make us strong”. International School students delivered presentations to their younger peers in order to raise awareness about the importance of healthy eating habits and sports. The benefits of physical activity…
Having in mind how much the students enjoy our long list of clubs, and knowing how important it is to de-stress and focus on something besides academics, we decided to add three more clubs. Art Club – Enhancing creativity For all those art lovers, we prepared the Art Club, where the students, together with their…
An interactive workshop on how to write European Erasmus+ projects took place at the International School during the last week of winter break. The training was held by the representatives of the Institute of Contemporary Education, Nina Stojanović and Aleksandra Borović. At the workshop, teachers learnt how to develop project ideas, analyse project problems using…
School day on Wednesday ended quite interesting for Year 10 students. Accompanied by their Chemistry and Geography teachers, they visited the Museum of African Art and learnt about the traditional arts of a number of West African societies. In addition to the permanent display based on significant examples of primarily West African art, the students…
Is it fair to say that our Year 11 students Tea Ćulibrk and Anja and Mina Kaljević had plenty of success in December? Well, we would call twelve gold medals and nineteen in total super success. The State Championship of Serbia in swimming took place 17–20 December 2020 at the Milan Gale Muškatirović sports centre…
International School continues to push boundaries when it comes to modern education. This school has officially become a Brainfinity Problem Solving School, meaning that this unique institution implements an innovative problem solving approach to teaching that develops students’ cognitive capacities, critical and creative thinking, and teamwork skills. International School received this prestigious accolade by meeting…
Remember how proud we were of the fact that Y12 student Petar Tomić showed amazing results and qualified for the final round? Well, Petar achieved an amazing result in the final round and has obtained the Overall Examination Result: Pass with Merit. Global Hippo Association The Hippo English Without Borders competition is an international competition…
International School students once again showed their kindness and generosity by helping the children who need it the most. In the past few weeks they collected warm clothes and everything they thought could help them feel loved and cared for. Since the students attend the school online due to the epidemiological situation in our country,…
The International School provided its students with an opportunity to express their knowledge and compete with their peers from around the world. Year 10 student Mina Pavlović took part in the Owlypia online competition and accomplished amazing results. Mina was ranked 3rd in the world in her age category, which means that she won a…
International School’s students know how important promotion is in the marketing mix and they decided to apply their knowledge of product positioning and repositioning of local brands with well-known advertisements. Business teacher, Tatjana Vilček, assigned a simple task – to create an advertisement for a local brand that our students are already familiar with. Each…
Among fierce competition, the International School has been selected to participate in the important European project “Girls Go Circular”, whose objective is to increase the number of women in the digital industry and entrepreneurship in general. The project is a part of the larger “Skills for the Future” initiative, under the auspices of EU’s “Horizon…
The International School has always nurtured creativity, innovations and student’s individuality. We know that our students have different learning techniques and approaches to the lessons. Nonetheless, the mutual agreement is that creative lessons are something that we all enjoy! 11 November is celebrated as Armistice Day, in memory of the day when armistice was signed…
The challenging health situation in the world did not stop our students from triumphing in international swimming competitions! In the city of Burgas, Bulgaria, Anja Kaljević entered the international swimming competition which lasted for three days 6–8 November. Despite the challenges – qualifying round in the morning and competition races in the afternoon – she…
The International School has taken part in Global Education Week (16-20 November) through numerous activities! With the help of their Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science teachers, students created a series of social media pages made specifically with the idea of spreading awareness about air pollution. International School’s students against air pollution During the week, students…
We are all aware of this year’s unusual epidemiological situation. Nonetheless, the International School nurtures tradition and a Halloween party has always been a very important event at our school. This year, we waited after the half-term break to surprise our students! Something happened at our school! Students’ favourite, Computer Science teacher, has gone missing!…
After five rounds held this year, the Serbian Amateur League came to a close. Once again, International School’s golf stars were the best. Did you expect it to be different?! This year has seen five rounds of the Serbian Amateur League, a series of tournaments that gives the best players an opportunity to place and…
The first lecture as part of the “Parents teach this week” project by Parent Support Coordinator, Ms Tatjana Koluvija, took place at the International School. The school’s guest was the mother of Year 11 student, Petar Janjanin, Ms Lidija Janjanin, a medical doctor and clinical research manager. This week’s topic was about drug testing and…
International School students took part in the Brainfinity problem solving competition, where they used the knowledge gained at school in a real-life environment. Communication with aliens Supervised by the Physics teacher, Ms Ana Vlašić, and Mathematics teacher, Mr Andrej Bunjac, two teams from Year 10, the LITT team (Lana Lukić, Isidora Šušović, Teodora Beatović and…
Business teacher, Tatjana Vilček, decided to bring a little bit of excitement to a regular revision lesson. They were revising Marketing but in a fun way. Yes, revision can be fun. What’s the odds of Marketing crossing your mind when we say trash cans? There isn’t one, right? Or maybe… Ms Tatjana divided Year 13…
On Friday, 16 October, International School’s executive manager and school counsellor were the guests of honour at an event organised by our partner institution Via Academica. This year, many universities have changed their practices and the entry requirements set for their future students. The International School was one step ahead of everyone – in cooperation…
While most of the International School students enjoyed the beginning of the half term break, Maša Mitić, Luka and Dejana Trunić, Sara Čučaković, Aleksandra Ivanović, Iva Pavlović, Iva Jevtić, Anja Gajić and Luka Vortić stepped away from their parents, moved outside their comfort zones and faced new challenges and adventures. After the physical activities, the…
Last week, as part of their Art & Design activities, Year 12 and Year 13 students visited the National Museum. The visit enabled the students to get a wider view of art throughout history, and see the greatness in the works of the best artists that is not easily notable on screens or in photos.…
French teacher, Marija Panić, gathered Year 10 and Year 11 students who are taking French to talk about the delicious French cuisine. The talking wouldn’t do much without tasting it – and yes, Ms Marija thought that through. Since the UN International Day of the Eradication of Poverty was approaching (17 October), Ms Marija informed…
Yet another fun and interesting interdisciplinary lesson was held last week at the International School. Chemistry and Digital Media and Design teachers joined forces and gave Year 11 and Year 12 students a unique opportunity to explore the topic by testing cations and anions, as a part of an alternative to practical preparation for chemistry…
Last Friday, Year 12 and Year 13 International School students participated in interesting activities dedicated to the inclusion of children. The students took part in the Children’s Week, an event organised by the humanitarian organisation Children’s Heart. Through cooperation and solidarity, students and activists of the humanitarian organisation showed once again that there is so…
The BIMUN 2020 conference was officially opened on Friday, 9 October, and, as you probably already know, the International School had its participants. The topic of the plenary discussion was “The future we want, the UN we need”. Despite the changed circumstances due to the pandemic, they’ve managed to find a way to organise BIMUN…
We have lost count of how many times the International School golfers made us proud. Have you? Insert happy emojis here because this time, we have even better news! On 5 and 6 October, the third round of the National Matchplay Qualifications was held and International School students shone. In the girls’ competitions, Year 12…
The International School, a member of the LINK Educational Alliance, has adopted an education strategy. The strategy is based on the best educational and psychological practices implemented by globally renowned education systems that have proven to be highly successful in developing different teaching methods and solutions. In addition, a distinctive feature of the strategy is…
Something sweet came from the International School. When you hear someone telling you about the law of diminishing marginal utility, would you think of something tasty? No, right?! However, our Year 13 students would beg to differ. On Wednesday, 23 September, Economics teacher Marija Milić and Year 13 students investigated consumer behaviour and the law…
The National Amateur Golf Championship of Serbia took place this weekend at Ada Ciganlija, and the International School has a lot to be proud of. Our Year 12 and Year 10 students took part in this championship and blew the competition away. Magnificent results Year 12 student, Lara Todorović, obviously rules the golf course –…
The International School prepared various activities for its students in the previous week to spice up the beginning of another school year. The students’ “classroom without walls” was a great chance for making friends and for getting to know the sights of the city we all live in. Creative workshops On Wednesday, our students participated…
Yet another truly different school year in every sense has officially started. On 1 September, the International School organised a reception for its students and welcomed them after months of not seeing each other in person. The teachers met some of them for the first time and, without any doubt, it was exciting for both…
It has become a tradition for the students of the International School to participate in the Global HIPPO English language competition and this time the International School takes pride in the fact that Y12 student Petar Tomić has shown amazing results and has qualified for the final round that will be held online starting from…
It seems that no one receives the amount of love the mentors get at the International School. Our mentors are always ready to give love, grace and genuine care to the students who trust them and look to them for guidance. After all, mentors never know how much their actions and reactions will impact a…
In a survey conducted in the final two weeks of the third semester (22 May–5 June), the students evaluated the performance of the teachers and mentors, showing a high level of satisfaction with online lessons, while special focus was placed on the overall quality of the International School curriculum. The test comprised 5 units: the…
The International School keeps providing you with positive and exciting news these days. One of International School’s super-achievers, Jana Marinović, got accepted to University of Toronto, one of the world’s top research universities, driven to invent and innovate. A transformative education Jana’s record of achievements has distinguished her in a pool of highly accomplished applicants…
The COVID-19 epidemic and the declaration of the state of emergency in our country have confronted our teachers with a great challenge – how to make online teaching interesting and interactive. Fortunately, the International School has an answer to this question. The Distance Learning System has enabled our students to follow instruction from their homes.…
Even with all the digital resources at our disposal, teaching mathematics in an online setting is a challenge for two main reasons: The ability to present problem solving skills without a board to write on. The ability to check the students’ work as they develop their competencies. Given how quickly the new situation struck, teachers…
Although not physically present at the school, the students of the International School are equally as dedicated to their education. With the help of their teachers, who give their best to facilitate the learning process, and all the technological tools provided by the school, the students have understood the importance of their participation. Excellent tools…
After the wonderful success of Elena Ćuća and Una Ivanović, who were winners in the first round of the exciting international online competition Owlypia, we are sharing good news again! 10 students won medal certificates The second round of the Owlypia online competition was held on Saturday, 14 March and ten of our students showed…
