AISA Board Retreat
This past weekend the AISA Board met in Nairobi for our annual retreat. It was a highly generative time together where, with the help of our friends from NoTosh, the Board entered into a Design Thinking approach to explo...
ARIS News Page 74
Stories from Around the World
Stories are everywhere, all around us. The current Unit of Inquiry that our Early Years Reception class is covering is "Stories". Students' inquiry is an integral part of every unit, which means that they are encouraged...
IBDP 1 Ecology & Geology Trip to Mole National Park
Last week was an exciting one for our IBDP Students. IBDP is full of new experiences and adventures, whether they are academic or otherwise.Our IBDP Students, for their CAS and ESS Projects, went over to Mole National Pa...
ARIS Language Collaboration
Languages are a big part of our curriculum here at ARIS. Not only do we offer 5 different foreign languages with students being given the choice to take two languages, but we also celebrate as many cultural events as we...
ARIS PYP How We Express Ourselves Arabic
At ARIS, we love to express ourselves, freely and creatively. Likewise, language classes are fun as it gives students a chance to express themselves, especially in the "How We Express Ourselves" unit.Yesterday in the Ara...
Dance Mania 2019
Dance is a universal language; a form of expression that unites. Dance makes us happy!Every year, ARIS organizes a Dancemania, a dance competition between all the classes from Year 1 to Year 6. It is a great way to get e...
ARIS Child Protection Workshop
ARIS has a strong and ever-growing Support and Counseling department, headed by Dr. Funke. Two years ago, this department also developed the formal Child Protection Policy document and upholds the stipulations of it to e...
Evidencing Learning Assessment Workshop
One of our star PYP facilitators, Ms. Rouba, went to Greece recently to attend a workshop on "Evidencing Learning Assessment". In true collaboration, this morning she held a workshop on this with the rest of her PYP Team...
Float Your Boat 2019
This weekend was a busy one for ARIS. Not only did we have International Day but we also had our IBDP Students take part in the annual Float Your Boat Competition that is organized by Environment360.Float Your Boat is a...
ARIS PSA International Day 2019 Festivals & Folklore
Our much-awaited, annual PSA International Day was this weekend and it was a blast! As a growing international community with now 50 different nationalities, we pride ourselves in taking every opportunity to celebrate th...
PYP Early Years Fancy Hat Day 2019
It's always fun to express ourselves. Every Friday for our Early Years classes is a day where all the kids come in different colors and props, for example - Rainbow Day, Pink Day, Yellow Day and so on. Today was Fancy Ha...
ARIS PYP Exhibition 2019
The capstone of learning in the PYP is the Exhibition. Students get in groups and do extensive research for 6 weeks on topics that they are passionate about, and by research, we mean from inside classroom discussions to...
ARIS is a Community that Prioritizes Collaboration
ARIS is a community that prioritizes collaboration. As a school offering PYP, MYP and the DP across the IB Continuum, and soon the IBCP as well, it is important to keep track of what is going on across each programme in...
Primary Coffee Morning Summary
If you are an ARIS Parent, you surely are familiar with our frequent Coffee Mornings with our Director and Heads of Schools to get you up to date with our developments and our future goals, both short and long term. ARIS...
PYP Celebrates Turkish Children's Day
23rd April is National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey dedicated to all children around the world! Turkey celebrates children's agency by allowing children to take seats in the parliament on this day, each year....