EIS Moscow South-West

At EIS Scrabble club this term children have enjoyed playing against one other, as well as playing against AI. A few highlights were Barbara from Y5 beating the AI as well as making a word using all her letters, earning more than 50 points. Sharjil from Y5 also made the word AUDIENCE, using all his letters and scoring about 80 points on the board. All in all, it was an exciting half term for the young ‘scrabblers’!

This term primary students have a great opportunity to work on a knitting machine. The club has been conducted by a primary student from Year 4. The club was very popular. Children could make stuff with their own hands. It is always exciting experience. And they had a lot of fun using the machine. Additionally, the instructor is a professional who shared her skills with a huge enthusiasm.

Calligraphy club welcomed a couple of newcomers this term and even one more on the last week of clubs. Its growing popularity means a lot. Young ladies who attend the club love working with feathers, ink and lines and improve their handwriting every clubtime we have. Calligraphy is not only the visual art, but a relaxation technique. Staying focused on the fine lines and curves helps in relaxing your mind, which was proved by scientists. Girls enjoy themselves while doing the calligraphy.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everybody! Stay happy, safe and challenged!

This term's Play-Doh Club has been a great success. Play-Doh allows students at EIS to acquire skills and learn how to make simple shapes that will later help with making numbers and letters plus build those fine motor development muscles necessary for good writing. These skills will be of great importance to students later in their school journey.

The winter holidays present a wonderful opportunity to create special, fun, and festive pieces of art. At Pottery club we decided to create colourful clay ornaments that can be hung on the Christmas tree or used to decorate the house. Using cookie cutters, the children made many different shapes such as shining stars, cool circles and snazzy squares. Hand made from the clay, which the crafty students then decorated with various colours of vibrant paint, paint pens, or different stamps. The students that attend the Pottery club have experienced their first time using air dry clay to create beautiful ornaments as a collective, and they turned out fantastic!

EIS Winter Concert. It was an amazing performance in an amazing venue with an amazing audience. EIS's 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens. Not only valuable from a curriculum perspective but for the festive spirit and the driving message about wisdom, redemption and goodwill to our fellow humans.

This week in PE EIS primary children continued to explore the exciting world of football. The practiced fundamental skills such as passing, dribbling and shooting, worked on game strategy. They were introduced simple strategies such as spreading out and anticipating teammate’s movements to help them think tactically during matches.

Christmas Cheer in Primary Art Class!
This week, our art activities were filled with festive fun as students across all year groups worked on creative Christmas – themed projects. Here’s a glimpse of the amazing work happening around the school. 🎄🎄🎄

The Year 4 Coffee Morning performance on Friday went well and children were very pleased to see many parents who joined for this occasion. Thank you! The children performed twice - once to their parents and then during our assembly. We all are very proud of the children for learning their words the acting and performing on stage.

EIS Winter Bazaar vibe ⛄️⛄️⛄️

This Friday we handed out the exam certificates during our official Certificate Award Ceremony for EIS older students because we are extremely proud of their achievements. The results this year were very impressive with the vast majority achieving above predicted grades. As a school, you cannot ask for much more than that. As usual, we had parents attend the ceremony and it is always a warm and welcoming atmosphere because we all want the students to succeed and we all celebrate their achievments. Congratulations to the students, Secondary teachers and, of course, to Mr. Reddy whom worked extremely hard for those results.

This Thursday we had our Year 5 and 6 winning a football tournament against a neighbouring Russian state school - on the surface it is just a game of football, but when you dig deeper it is a lot more than that. We beat a school 4 - 0 (!) despite them having around 500 students to choose from. The boys will be awarded special certificates and will be handed them in assembly next week. Well done, lads! ⚽⚽⚽

A big shout out to EIS Y4 and their colosseums that they completed with Ms. Sonya in Design & Technology (DT). They had been working on them since the beginning of the school year and have now completed them. Excellent attention to detail in these exhibits, in some cases blood on the sand of the gladiatorial pit. For those who excel in DT, we salute you!

Friday was Pyjama Day which is, basically, a children's charity day to support Speransky Hospital. A big thank you to parents for your support in this area. We are sure the severely burned children in that hospital will benefit from all we do. We look forward to feedback from a representative in the hospital.

This week has been Anti-Bullying Week at EIS and we have been reiterating why we have such a well-knit school and very low incidents of bullying. We mentioned the word respect a lot this week and that ties on nicely as it's the tagline for this year's Anti-Bullying Week - 'Choose Respect'. Wednesday it was Pink Shirt Day. Such quirky days are a good way to raise awareness about bullying, and for us to celebrate our fine record of this area. In the classrooms of both Primary and Secondary, students have been learning poems and completing various activities relating to the content.

In Geography EIS Year 7 students were creative in presenting their home-made Anemometers and testing them out in our outdoor learning space. Following the practical engagement, students then wrote a reflective report about their design.

In Biology EIS Year 10 is looking at the light microscope and its use. They are learning how to prepare a slide and how to stain a sample to see more clearly under the microscope. 🔬🔬🔬

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