Years 8 and 9 all enjoyed a wonderful day at the University of Cambridge Botanic Gardens. The rain held off and we completed a full range of activities, which included an observational walk identifying certain species, using simple techniques to measuring the height of selected...
Our trip to Iceland was everything we had hoped it to be: absolutely fantastic! During our 5 days we visited many sights on the famed Golden Circle Route, and every day offered opportunities to refer to what students are studying in class. We crossed the rift between...
On the 2nd of October, the CIS community spent some time reflectlecting and remembering Will Gillespie, our beloved chef, who died very suddenly this past summer. Will was an amazing chef, caring person, and a natural poet. He had a love for life...
Year 7 Biology & Year 10 Chemistry The Year 7 class are studying the differences between animal and plant cells and understanding the functions of the different organelles. This is an easy and fun activity that allows the students to correctly prepare a slide for a microscope...
'If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.' Mark Twain On Wednesday 2nd October, we celebrated National Poetry Day and the theme this year was 'Truth'. Students had spent the previous week studying a poem on truth and gave a rehearsed reading to...
The Royal Horticultural Society Big Soup Share is a chance to celebrate work done during the Gardening lesson, by harvesting our crops and whizzing them up into a delicious soup and sharing it together for lunch. Our CIS garden provided us with courgettes, tomatoes and parsley,...
Hands-On Geography for Java The past few weeks, Java has been studying the coastline by recreating one using cardboard, paint and sand. Their work has resulted in a model that can be referred to while continuing to study the topic Coasts. ...
A quick look at what our artists are doing this term Year 7 have been studying the artist/architect Hunderwasser who was inspired by nature and created colourful semiabstract and dreamlike landscaped. Pupils are working on their own imaginative responses towards a mixed media creation! Year 8/9 Art...
We combined European Day of Languages with Macmillan Coffee Morning Yesterday, we celebrated European Day of Languages with language activities and a bake-off with cakes representing students' home countries. The cakes were enjoyed during a coffee morning for students and parents, with donations going to...
On Saturday 3rd August, Mrs Hobbs left Cambridge to fulfil the pledge she made during one of the Geography lessons: reducing her carbon footprint by visiting family and friends in The Netherlands by bike and not by plane. Wearing a t-shirt designed by Sarah from...
