Once again, the books are flying off the shelves as Year 2-7 are taking part in the biennial reading challenge. Our thanks to all staff for encouraging this wonderful initiative to help the students improve their reading stamina, fluency and comprehension in English and Swedish. Get ready for less screen time and more time spent with real books.
Reading is the key to everything.
Daniil from Year 6 travelled to Vienna in December to help other scouts from the Ukraine and around Europe with the ceremony for the Bethlehem Light Of Peace. This is a tradition that started in 1986 with the flame travelling around different countries and ceremonies.
In December, we enjoyed our first Nobel Day in F-9. We awarded prizes in English, Maths, Swedish, Sciences, Social Sciences, The Creative Arts and of course a Peace Prize. We had a special lunch on that day, and the Year 8’s did a great job of serving the children in F-3.
Year 5 got to take part in an event called “Levande Frågelådan” at Gothenburg University. Year 5 students were invited to ask any question related to science and mathematics to a panel of researchers who did their best to answer. Two questions were chosen from ESG students to be read out during the sessions.
Our congratulations to Vidhun who is following in big brother’s footsteps as a fantastic chess player. They both competed in the same section for 5–8-year-olds at the Swedish championships in Kalmar. Vihaan came second place out of 38, Vidhun, who was competing against children three years older than himself came 17th, having won 6 of his 11 games.
As a school community, we feel we are getting better at cooperating to protect the children from dangers in social media and on the internet. We recently had a speaker from Nexpo Utbildning, Niclas Ottosson, visit the school. He held lectures for students in Year 4-9, and we had one where all parents were invited to join.
Previously in our efforts of communicating healthy habits to our families, we have focused on the importance of diet, sleep, and exercise. These talks focused more on what online harassment can look like, and the possible legal consequences of social media use.
Sadly, Alan J White recently passed away. Alan was formerly the British consul in Gothenburg as well as a long-standing board member of The English School. There will be a memorial service in November, and the school will pay tribute to Alan there.
Before the summer, Ayantika, Mia, Miranda, and Gurridham, all now in Year 6, attended a coding course organised by Chalmers. They created pieces of music through coding, which were then performed in a concert at Folkhuset at the beginning of June.
Mr Hultén’s Y8 German group have sent letters to pen pals in Bavaria to practice their German, and their German counterparts have written back to practice their English.
Year 5 competed well in the football Energikicken competition recently. Many of our students took part in Göteborgsvarvet this year in various age groups. All of the older students have been to Ruddalen doing their orienteering tests, both Year 9 classes have been climbing, and we have several sports days happening.