Five pupils from Year 6 represented CIS at the Cambridge Schools Sports Partnership Quicksticks Hockey tournament. The tournament was held at Trumpington Community College under a cloudy but dry sky. The five pupils, Elisa, Sam, Rebecca, Yuta and Maya faced opposition from 12 different teams. Each match...
CIS is thrilled at its student's success in the recent Vocal Express "Global challenge" competition. More than 300 schools around the globe took part in the competition that started on Wednesday 7th March and lasted 6 days. We competed in the "Genius cup", which adds...
On Wednesday 28th February, The Infants and Juniors were treated to a visit from Freshwater Theatre Company for an interactive Spanish storytelling session. The performance was part of the school’s World Book Day celebrations and helped the children learn about the art of storytelling, not just in...
On Tuesday 27th February, all the Reception to Year 6 children, Mother Tongue Teachers, parents and class teachers at Cherry Hinton Hall celebrated International Mother Language Day, in an special hour-long assembly in the new Okes Hall. The 14 mother tongue groups; Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese,...
U9 Netball V Dame Bradbury (Away) The under 9 girls had their very first experience of a netball match, playing away at Dame Bradbury School. The conditions for playing were tough, with the girls facing persistent rain and cold temperatures. Despite this, the under 9 girls...
This week, we welcomed a group of children from the Affiliated School of Luo Fu Shan Sinology Academy near Huizhou, Guang Dong, in China. Year 7 have written about the visit: 'On Monday 5th February, a group of Chinese children came with their teachers to visit our school....
Thursday evening was the grand opening of the refurbished building at Cherry Hinton Hall and the first event to be held in the new Okes Hall. We were delighted to welcome so many of the people who had been involved in the planning, design and...
On Friday 26th January, Coral and Caribbean Classes (Years 1 & 2) visited the Shuttleworth Collection as part of their topic on Transport. The children loved the visit and learned a great deal during their time there. While there they had the opportunity to look at different...
Sunday 10th December was the day planned for the 'Friends of CIS' Christmas Fair. Weeks of planning, by both the school and a committee of parent volunteers, were to culminate in a celebration of Christmas from around the world and provide the whole school community the...
On Monday, the Infants finally got the opportunity to perform their Nativity show, 'Hey Ewe'. They were supported by the choir, which contained all of the Junior school children. Hence, the show involved all of the Primary School children and was performed at The Temple...