IGCSE and IB exams in the pandemic 2020/21
Keeping our IGCSE and IB students motivated and prepared for their qualification exams in the pandemic.
E-learning and Online Classes in our Bilingual Primary School
Distance education: E-learning, online classes and independent off-line study Innovation and technology in the CIS/IFK Bilingual Primary School Since the first lockdown due to the Corona pandemic in March 2020, there have been significant changes to teaching and learning throughout Cologne International School – Internationale Friedensschule Köln – and especially in our primary section. While […]
Adapting Classroom Music in the Pandemic
From instrumental to iPad-based music creation: Adapting classroom music during the pandemic All successful music curricula are divided into three key areas: 1. Music Theory and History 2. Practical Performance 3. Composition At the International Secondary School we have always done well at ensuring all three components are covered in detail, which has been reflected […]
Jobs of the Future in Times of a Pandemic
As I am writing this post, my tickets to a concert with today’s date on them, are collecting dust on the office shelf. This was the concert that my family and I were looking forward to, but thanks to COVID, like many other events, had been cancelled. While upsetting, cancelled concerts, football matches, or even […]
The Magic of the Mask
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts William Shakespeare, “As You Like It” Face masks have become the cultural item of 2020: more or less every person on the planet has had to […]
Return to school in the Coronavirus pandemic
We’ve all been holding our breaths, anxiously awaiting the start of the 2020/21 school year. Will classes really be held on-site?
