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Selected materials for forward-thinking educators
Global Home Cooking (amazon.co.uk)
From Australia to Venezuela, and many countries in between, Global Home Cooking is a compilation of recipes from the International School of Lausanne’s annual International Day. In celebrating different cultures, parents shared 140 family-favourite recipes from 41 countries after the event and combined them into one cookbook. Proceeds from sales of Global Home Cooking go towards the International School of Lausanne’s IB scholarship programme, which sponsors students to attend the school if they do not have the means to do so. Thanks to the scholarship programme, two students from Tanzania are currently studying the IB Diploma Programme. The Imitation Game (FilmNation Entertainment)
Hailed as the man who significantly shortened World War II, this film, directed by Morten Tyldum, provides an insight into
the life and work of Alan Turing, the genius British mathematician and computer scientist who cracked the Enigma code. Turing, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, is recruited by MI6 to join Britain’s top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park. He and his team race against time to crack the German Enigma machine, which was used to encrypt Nazi messages during the war. If You Build It (Long Shot Factory)
Following designer, Emily Pilloton and architect, Matthew Miller to Bertie County, one of the poorest areas in North Carolina, this film explores a radical and innovative approach to education. The pair lead students through a year-long, fullscale design and build project that teaches basic construction skills, and also shows 10 teenagers how they can rebuild their own futures. Kahoot!
that allows educators to create quizzes, discussions or surveys and project them onto a screen. Students are encouraged to join in via their personal devices and answer questions in real time. Not only does this allow educators to get an overview of the current knowledge levels of their students, it creates a fun, sociable and game-like environment. Kodable (www.kodable.com)
Making coding fun, Kodable is a game for students aged five and over, which teaches the basics of any programming language. Available as a free app, it helps students code with confidence, as well as develop their problem-solving and critical thinking – essential skills for life beyond the classroom. You don’t need to be a coding genius to use the game as the learning guides and class organization tools make teaching with Kodable easy.
(www.getkahoot.com)
Described as easy-touse, inclusive and highly engaging, Kahoot! is a free app
GeoGebra (www.geogebra.org)
Ideal for all levels of education, GeoGebra
is free, dynamic mathematics software that collates geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics and calculus into one easy-to-use, visual package. Enabling teachers to customize interactive learning materials as web pages, they can create lessons that they know students will find interesting with GeoGebra. What’s more, teachers can download the software to their tablet or computer instantly. Fierce Conversations (www.amazon.co.uk)
Can a single conversation really change your life? Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott reveals how to have highly effective discussions that can do just that. Offering tips and techniques to confidently approach a difficult or sensitive situation, this book promises to revolutionize the way you communicate with people. Packed with exercises and questionnaires to help you have the best dialogues possible, Fierce Conversations can help you achieve success at school and at home, one conversation at a time.
Proud performance in Perm The great work of classic Russian playwrights re-enacted by students Students had the rare opportunity to perform with professional opera singers and musicians for the premiere of their theatrical project, Children on the Opera Stage. At the 12th IB Schools Association of Commonwealth Independent States’ outdoor theatre festival, also known as the ‘Prikamskaya miracle’ in Perm, Russia, students interpreted classic and contemporary works by the Russian composer Mussorgsky and the poet Pushkin. Students from the International School of Almaty in Kazakhstan, Moscow Economic School (MES), XXI Century Integration International Secondary School and Perm (School
7, School 9 and Lyceum 10), in Russia, performed songs from the opera Boris Godunov, including TheWalls of the Novodevichy Convent and At St. Basil’s Cathedral. Students were proud to be part of the production, which attracted hundreds of people. MES MYP student Denisova Elizabeth, says, “The premiere was great.We were overwhelmed with great joy and pride, excitement and true happiness.” Months of preparation and hard work went into the project.Teachers and students organized meetings with the production cast, and the music teachers attended a training course entitled To the Heights of Musical Art.
Students take to the stage
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