In the last 2 weeks of August our amazing teachers took part in some hands-on professional development sessions focused on boosting student engagement and learning. Through interactive workshops, they explored fresh teaching ideas, swapped tips, and learned more about creating inclusive, lively classrooms. These trainings help keep our staff up-to-date with new teaching methods, ensuring our…
On Wednesday, the 21st of February, we hosted another one of our parent workshops. This time around, we dove into the world of ‘Jolly Phonics’ – the phonics scheme we use. We looked at the five basic skills of Jolly Phonics and discussed ways and ideas how parents can support children at home. Thank you…
This festive season, for the first time, preschool teachers put on a Christmas Show for the children, based on a famous poem by Clement Clarke Moore ‘Twas a Night Before Christmas’. It was a great opportunity for the children to see their teachers in completely different roles. And for the teachers to bring joy and happiness…
Dear BISG families, It is traditional at BISG that we support families at Christmas time through a Polish program called Szlachetna Paczka. This is a Poland wide program aimed at helping the most desperate families at this time by buying them the essential items they need. At BISG we support four families – one for each site and one shared…
On Wednesday, the 15th of November, we started a series of workshops for the parents. The first one was ‘EYFS curriculum for parents.’ Its aim was to get the parents familiar with the Early Years Foundation Stage, a non-statutory guidance for teachers and practitioners, which we follow at BISG. Thank you to all the parents who…
Following the great success of our first student chess competition, we decided to take a step further and organize an open tournament for the whole BISG community! Students, their siblings, parents and teachers are invited to show off their chess skills and have great fun together. To sign up, please email Mr Paweł, the chess…
We have a pumpkin carving tradition at Preschool. Each class will receive a pumpkin and create their own design. In addition, there is a pumpkin carving festival for families. If you would like to share your design, this will run from Monday to Thursday (23rd- 26th). You are to place your pumpkin by your child’s class…
Last Sunday, a student from the Preschool, Pola Gieda-Smerża, took third place during the Gdańsk Half Marathon in the 200-meter run in her age category. We congratulate Pola and wish her further success.
The city of Gdansk and I have officially begun talks which are intended to lead to a city wide implementation of the social program that I run called the Crohn’s Card program. In the image below, Gdansk’s deputy president for social development and equal treatment (Monika Chabior) is seen holding the card that my program gives…
On April 3rd we will be raising awareness about autism at BISG by hosting our third Autism Awareness Day.
