Thanks go to the Student Council for organising a disco with games and pizza, in aid of Sports Relief. They raised £67.44 for the charity. Parents also joined together during the evening for a social and supper. Everyone had a really good...
Students in Year 7 and 8 were getting ready yesterday to see what virtual learning will look like in French, They created an account to use the website Seneca Learning. It’s a great tool to revise or pre-learn vocabulary and grammar. They will also...
First stop - the fitzwilliam As part of their themed project on food and drink, the pupils enjoyed visiting the Feast Fast exhibition at the Fitzwilliam. They saw a range of artists who depict food as a theme in their art, as well as observing treasures...
Year 10 and 11 spend weekend debating global issues Our eight Model United Nations delegates experienced three fantastic days at Cambridge MUN 2020! It all kicked off on the Friday afternoon of the 6th March with a lobbying session. Each delegate had to present...
On Wednesday 4th March, CIS celebrated World Book Day. This is an opportunity for the whole school to celebrate books and reading for pleasure. Once again, the student body impressed the staff with a multitude of characters, including: The Tin Man (Aidan-Yr 10) from The Land...
This week, Year 9 students are focusing on learning how to talk in the Past Tense in Spanish. First, they learned lots of new vocabulary, then began the activities, learning how to conjugate regular verbs. But what about irregular verbs - the ones that don't...
This week, our first ever inter-house Taskmaster competition began in earnest, with several pupils receiving the trademark Taskmaster letters. These give instructions for tasks to be completed in order to score points for the recipient’s house, Odysseus, Achilles and Athena. So far, pupils have competed to...
Following on from the success of last year, CIS enjoyed Number Day 2020 raising money for NSPCC. Students took part in their houses to ‘Get into Shape’ where they had to work as a team to create the shape , both 2-D and 3D, that Mrs...
What an amazing Languages' Day we had! There was a great buzz, and the level of engagement about different cultures, food, and languages was inspirational. Languages' Day is truly a reflection of what we do daily at CIS: building bridges between cultures, celebrating languages, fostering...
Continuing our assembly theme on parents' careers, on Wednesday, CIS welcomed the mother of Yektaa (Year 8), Mrs Shahla Bakhtiari, to talk to students about her successful career as a midwife. Mrs Bakhtiari works as a specialist midwife at Cambridge University Hospital, known to many...
