International School of Tallinn

BODY BALANCE

This week, Ms. Maarja took Grade 9 students to MyFitness to do Body Balance training: tai chi, yoga and pilates. 🧘‍♀️🤸‍♂️

#healthylife
#myfitness
#internationalschool

PYP EXHIBITION

As a culmination of their PYP studies, Grade 5 students presented their projects at the PYP Exhibition last Thursday. All groups worked on the same transdisciplinary theme, "How We Express Ourselves", developing different projects across this unit of inquiry and showing the results of their research in live presentations, displays, animation and interacting with the exhibition guests. IST is very proud of the outstanding work shown by all Grade 5 students!

We would also like to thank all the parents, students and teachers who took the time to visit the exhibition - we hope all of you have learned something new with our PYP 5.
#pypx2022

PERSONAL PROJECT EXHIBITION

We are excited to share with you IST's very first Personal Project Exhibition, an important milestone at the end of the MYP. The Personal Project is an opportunity for our grade 10 students to share a creative product of their own choice. Many of our students have learned a new skill or designed something to present their ability to take initiative, think critically and present effectively. They engaged, discussed, and had a conversation about their journey with everyone during the exhibition last Thursday. We saw many amazing projects: well done, MYP 5!

#MYPX2022 #mypx2022

Happy Easter! 🐰🐣

This Week, Early years 1 students did many fun Easter activities:

🐰Making an Easter bunny basket
🐣drawing a bunny, chick, and egg all by themselves with the guidance of Ms. Nabila
🐣 Easter egg hunting at the park across the school
🐰Making a paper-plate bunny hat
🐣 Making a marble painting egg
🐰 Watercolor egg painting
🐣Fun Easter theme sensory tub

Constructing bird feeders

PYP 2 and 4 students worked together to create bird feeders. We used recycled materials available at school to complete our projects. Next, the school provided us with the seeds, and we hung the feeders in the nearby park.

#internationalschool #IST #ibschool #schoolproject #futurecity

Visit to Tasca Portuguesa

PYP 4 students continue to learn about businesses and volunteering opportunities. ‘Tasca Portuguesa’, a lovely restaurant in Old town Tallinn, warmly welcomed our students to visit their premises and obtain some real-life experience. The owner kindly answered all the questions that students had about conducting a restaurant business in Estonia. The highlight of the trip was getting tasty Portuguese treats. Yum!

This week Early years 1 learned about How to grow a plant & what plant needs to grow?

🪴They learned that to grow, plants do need air, space to grow, water, soil, and sunlight
👩🏻‍🌾They planted so many plants such as petunia flower, thumbelina flower, morning glory flower, daisy flower, and herbs plants!
🪴They also have a wonderful garden theme Sensory bin where they can explore soil and plants like a real garden

International School of Tallinn is proud to announce that we are now officially accredited to deliver the IB Diploma Programme.

IST is now part of a select group of IB Continuum Schools, delivering PYP, MYP and DP.

This milestone comes as a result of years of hard work and dedication by our staff, students and parents.

We wish to thank our school community for the support and say we are excited for what the future holds for IST as a fully authorized IB School.

https://ist.ee/apply-now/

International School of Tallinn updated their information in their About section.

International School of Tallinn updated their information in their About section.

Visit to the Mainor Company

PYP 4 students have been learning about society, business, and volunteering during our UOI 4.

We have received an invitation from The Mainor Company to visit their office premises in Ülemiste city.

We paid our respect to this amazing offer on the 31st of March. Our students were welcomed by the wonderful professionals from Marketing and Sales Teams who gave us a tour around their offices, and explained the nature of their work.

Students took this opportunity to learn from the best specialists, as well discussed some possibilities for future collaborations.

Learning 3 D shapes in mathematics

The students of grade 8 had a project in French subject, where they gathered clothes for the people affected due to the Ukraine crisis.

Service as action is ideal to help the community. This idea was combined with Mathematics subjects and hence students created a variety of boxes for storing clothes.

Students used their knowledge of volume and surface area to create artistic boxes. Such activities help students apply academic, personal, and social skills to improve the community. Develops an awareness to make a positive difference in the lives of others.

We all belong to one community! 🤗

Bird House Project 🐦

The students of grade 6 created birdhouses.

They combined the knowledge and working methods of one discipline and applied them to another discipline to provide a broader perspective and a deeper learning experience.

It was also a Service as action activity which clearly demonstrated that the Students at IST respect and value the IB Mission statement and try to make this world a better place to live.

You can check the birdhouses in the Ülemiste City

#IST #ibschool #bestschool #international #InternationalSchoolTallinn #ulemiste #ulemistecity

ACHIEVEMENT🏆

We are proud to share with you about our Garde 9 student Grisha's achievement.

Grisha got second place in the Grappling tournament in Vigor sports club.

Well done!👏

Volleyball Tournament 🏆

🏐In the month of March, students in grades 6-12 and teachers were invited to join a volleyball tournament during recess time.

🏐This tournament was organized by Kuzey and Vladimir (grade 11) as one of their Community Service projects to promote sports and healthy competitions.

We congratulate all the players for their great effort throughout the games and we would like to thank all the teachers who volunteered to join, especially Ms. TracyAnne Wenzinger for being the referee and Ms. Maarja Jõgi for the overall support and supervision.

The teams will be given certificates and awards in a ceremony next Monday morning, during an assembly led by Mr. Olavi Otepalu.

Well done everyone! 👏

Chemistry Field Trip to Tallinn University

🧪Students from 10th, 11th, and 12th grade Chemistry classes were in the lab at Tallinn University on Tuesday morning.

🧪The students completed a lab testing the reactivity of alkali, alkaline earth and transition metals.

🧪They also performed an organic chemistry lab creating different esters from various alcohols and carboxylic acids.

🧪This was one a series of visits to Tallin University which allows IST students the ability to experiment in a university lab setting.

🧪The students were supervised by IST‘s Chemistry teacher Dr Helmi Kreinin and IST’s Head of Science and Maths Tracy Anne Wenzinger.

Hello Spring! 🌷

These beautiful butterflies are ready for Spring! 🦋

#IST #ibschool #preschool #englishspeakingschool #internationalschool

Today in Early Years 1 did a Superhero Roleplay!

They scouted the hallway to find someone in need💖

They are Sweet and amazing Risk Taker superheroes! 🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏼🦸🏻‍♂️🦸🏼‍♀️

FIELD TRIP

MYP2 students visited to Holocaust Memorial on Klooga.

✅The class met early in the morning at the Balti Jaam and then proceeded by Elron to Klooga Aedlinn to visit the Holocaust Memorial.

✅The camp is located in a beautiful woodland setting and includes a number of monuments with explanations to help visitors understand this chapter in Estonian history.

✅The class spent several days studying how the Holocaust took shape in Estonia.

✅By the end of the trip we all agreed it was a very educational experience and students expressed a keen interest in organizing a variety of field-trips to other memorable and educational locations in the future.

#IST #ibschool #internationaleducation #internationalschooloftallinn #fieldtr

FIELD TRIP

🔎The 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students visited Bauroc AS in Andja, Estonian for a STEM field trip.

🔎Students learned how aircrete i.e. autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is produced.

🔎Bauroc products are used in construction of over 6000 homes in Estonia and may building projects such as the National Estonian Museum.

🔎Afterwards students visited the near by town of Rakvere.

#IST #ibschool #bestschool #fieldtrip #learningbydoing

Happy Saint Patrick's Day ☘️

Today Early years 1 had so much fun & colorful activities in the classroom.

They did :
☘️a Paper plate Leprechaun mask
🌈a Pot of gold & rainbow craft
🍀"I am Lucky because.." worksheet! Teacher Nabi asked each of the us a questions related to being Lucky and what will We do if We found a pot of gold? 🤔🌟🌈☘️

#IST #ibschool #preschool #earlyyears1 #international #internationaleducation #englishspeaking #bestschool

ACHIEVEMENT🏆

We are proud to share with you our Grade 6 student Isabel's achievement!

🏇In Finland Isabel has been qualified to the Show Jumping 80cm area coaching circle with both ponies Pancho and Rose.
🏇She got placed 2nd with her Pony Rose in “Ypäjän Hevosopisto kauden avaus” 80cm competition in Finland in February.
🏇In Estonia she got placed 15th (out of 60) in the Pony Cup “Ponikarikas” in 75cm with her pony Pancho.

We wish Isabel good luck in her future competitions!😊

We are hiring! 📢

International School of Tallinn (IST) is hiring a part-time Spanish and French language teachers.

Feel free to apply or share!
#IST #ibschool #internationalschool #internationaleducation #tallinn #wearehiring #JoinToUs

ACHIEVEMENT!🏆

🥋At the end of winter, on February 26, after 2 years of quarantine, the Estonian Taekwondo Championship (ITF) was held in Narva city.

🥋More than 170 athletes from all over Estonia fought for the right to be called the best in the country.

🥋Danila , (coach Kazbulat Shogenov from the Katleri Shogen Club) won a silver medal in the Tul category in his age category. This is the second high award for Danila this academic year.

🥋A few months earlier, he became the bronze medalist of the international tournament Baltic Cup also in the Tul category.

IST is proud with Danila's achievement and we wish him good luck in his Taekwondo journey.

#IST #ibschool ##internationalschool #englishspeakingschool #internationalschool #internationalschooloftallinn #achivements #taekwando

Meet our MYP Individuals and Societies Teacher:

Tokay Ahmadov

Tokay Ahmadov is from Azerbaijan and lives in Estonia since 2018.

He holds two diplomas of higher education in Social Sciences and has rich experience in management and coordination.

Tokay started his academic journey in 2017 by passing the certification on Regional Development and Innovation Policy at the Alcide De Gasperi University of Euroregional Economy in Jozefow. Later in 2018, he graduated from the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA University) with the bachelor’s degree in State and Public Affairs.

Right after the graduation, Tokay got admitted to the MA program in Democracy and Governance at the Tartu University in Estonia. During master studies, he was also admitted to the Jagiellonian University of Poland and passed special courses on EU Policy and Decision Making.

In the period of higher education studies, Tokay also used to work as a teacher and coordinator of one of the leading NGOs that fostered integration of local youth to Europe.

He used to design curriculum and taught social studies for 6th –11th grade pupils within the state educational framework. At times he was a research and teaching assistant at ADA University as well as taught language courses to the diplomats of the Baltic States in Azerbaijan.

Besides gaining degrees of higher education in Social Sciences, Tokay participated in various trainings and courses in the fields of public governance and policy making in Azerbaijan, Estonia, Germany, Poland, North Macedonia, and Turkey.

Tokay is also a musician and has many compositions in symphonic and pop genres of music.

Let's give a warm welcome to Tokay!