ple of how empathy radiates throughout our ISA community and leads to new friendships as well. Once inside, Huyton led the students in a dance to start the day with fun and a happy step, before diving into the day’s activities. Working under the theme, the Jungle, the students from ISA and Van Koetsveld were grouped into eight colour-coded animal groups to move around the activity circuits. A special thanks to grade 2 teacher and Lower School Green Team leader Martha van der Meer, who lent many Green Team and second grade resources for decorating. The effect was amazing. As in previous years, we also had a group of student helpers from the city of Maribor, in Slovenia, who visited with their Diploma Programme coordinator from the II Gimnazija Maribor school. They arrived on the Friday before the event to help set up and were partnered on Saturday with ISA students to help the children move around the activities. ISA has had this collaboration running with the II Gimnazija Maribor school for three years now and looks forward to continuing it in the future. It Takes a Village While the students organise most of the events themselves, there are always those behind the scenes who help make the magic happen. A sincere thank you to Dr. Greene, for kindly donating ISA teddy bears, water bottles and ISA lunch bags for the children of the Van Koetsveld school as a memento of the day and to NIKE for donating sport t-shirts over the years for all involved. Additionally, thank you to the maintenance team, who were there to help with setting up various areas and the music system; to the ISA bus drivers for giving their free time on a Saturday to drive the children and to Jackie van Teijlingen for organising this with the bus company; to the PTA, who donates funding to make this event happen year after year; to Loretta Isherwood and Anita Lieftinik for onsite nurse supervision and to ISA parent Michelle Goller for coordinating a wonderful group of parents to help facilitate the lunch for the day. Lastly, a huge thank you to fellow co-organiser, Rosa Middendorf for her hard work and dedication.
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