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A fabulous time was had by all our students, in a wide variety of costumes on Friday 9 February.  ISL celebrated Carnival in full force with games, crafts, painting and delicious pancakes for everyone!  

January brought unusually heavy snowfall for Leuven which, of course, meant plenty of fun filled snow play during recess.  The students delighted in snow angel and snowman making as well as the obligatory snowball or two! 

Our students were delighted to visit our neighbours, WZC Home Vogelzang to perform a selection of songs from our winter concert, ‘The Nutcracker Suite’. This was a fabulous opportunity for our students and the older generation loved seeing their enthusiasm and talent on full display! What a joyous occasion 🙂

On December 6, Sinterklaas made his annual visit to ISL.  The children were delighted he knew to come to our new building!  They had prepared songs, letters and cards for him.  Sinterklaas was especially pleased to hear the children sing all the special Dutch songs they had been learning and practicing for him. Sinterklaas was

Our 6th Graders had another triumphant entry in to this years FIRST LEGO League competition earlier this month.  Our young engineers  demonstrated their fantastic team spirit and coding skills to be awarded the top prize for innovation for the second year in a row.  A big thank you to Teacher Barbara who was such a

As part of STEAM week, our grades 3-6 were delighted to visit the Lim Lab at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research.  Here, they got to see first hand how a working Lab operates as well as getting to participate in fun and interesting experiments.  They learnt so much we now have a

Recently, ISL was delighted to participate in the ‘Expatival’ event which was held at International House in Leuven.  This was a fabulous event that showcased all Leuven has to offer with experts to give advice and helpful tips to the many international families now living in lovely Leuven!  As part of this event, our students

Our first Halloween in our new school was a fantastically spooktacular event!  The students had a wonderful time dressing up and creating some impressive jack o lanterns to compete in the annual ISL pumpkin carving competition.  The day ended with a party and some sweet treats for everyone!  Happy Halloween! 

This week our students paid a visit to our neighbours, WZC Home Vogelzang to collaborate on a wonderful new art project.  Our students practiced their Dutch skills and thoroughly enjoyed their time spent with this different generation of learners.  It was wonderful for our students to see creativity never stops! 

Earlier this week, our students from Grades 5 & 6 were granted permission by the city of Leuven to dress the statue of Fons Sapientiae, (or Fonske as he is affectionately known in Leuven) in an ISL t-shirt!  This was a very proud moment for our students as the statue represents Leuven’s abundant student life.