On Wednesday, 24 April, the Primary 3 classes performed their musical, "Rumpus in the Rainforest" for families and friends. They shared important facts about the rainforest while celebrating teamwork and friendship. It was a fantastic evening of song celebrating lots of hard work by P3!  

Kristin Jones, Music Teacher

"Ich fand es supercool, dass wir ein paar antike Sachen in die Hand nehmen konnten. Und wir haben von Herrn Hofmeier erfahren, wie die Burgen bei den Kelten gebaut wurden." Niclas, Gym 1b

"Wir hatten alle sehr viel Spaß, denn wir durften viel Praktisches machen." Isabelle, Gym 1b

"Das Museum hat ein kleines Quiz für uns vorbereitet, damit wir mehr lernen konnten." Nima, Gym 1a

"Über das Essen der Römer haben wir einiges erfahren." Eric A., Gym 1b

"Ich fand es toll, dass wir viele Sachen selber machen konnten - Mehl mahlen, Knochen ausbuddeln, Vasen zusammenbauen." Antonia, Gym 1b

"Wir durften echte römische Gegenstände anfassen, der Museumsführer war sehr nett." Heidi, Gym 1b

"Es war interaktiver als andere Museen: Dass wir zerbrochene Töpfe zusammensetzen konnten, fand ich sehr toll." Nora, Gym 1b

"Wir haben selbst Mehl gemahlen, Herr Hofmeier war sehr nett und lustig, ich habe viel gelernt." Tianfang, Gym 1a

"2000 Jahre alte Vasen durften wir berühren!" Liv, Gym 1a

"In einer Kiste haben wir - wie echte Archäologen - nach Knochen gesucht." Eric V.D., Gym 1a

"Ich fand es megatoll, dass wir antike Sachen anfassen durften! Wir konnten sogar eine Amphore aufheben." Berenike, Gym 2b

"It was super interesting - Latin is the best subject!" Amy, Gym 2b

"My friends told me how cool the archaeology museum was. I couldn't come that time, but I hope I can come next time! We always go on great excursions with Frau Herres and I can't wait for our next trip. We go on very diversed excursions based on Roman and antique culture to learn more about the Latin language. I love our excurions!" Aoife, Gym 2a

"This journey to the museum was such a fun experience and I learned so much. One of the most exciting and interesting things was the making of flour." Isaiah, Gym 2b

"It was so great! The teacher and Frau Herres were so nice and explained everything very well. We also did some fun activities to understand what it was like at the time. It was very fun and very educational. We love Frau Herres!" Laura, Gym 2a

Das literarische Programm der Gym 5 traf im März auf Ballett und die fleissigen Scholaren kamen in den Genuss einer außerordentlichen Darbietung im Theater. Die Veranstaltung gehörte zur gemeinsamen Analyse der derzeitigen Lektüre "Der Sandmann" und beinhaltete ein Kennenlernen des Ensembles, eine Frage- und Antwortrunde sowie den anschließenden Besuch einer Generalprobe.

Nina Herres, Deutschlehrerin
 

This year the SIS schools have set the goal to be climate neutral by 2028 and to initiate projects in the field of education for sustainability. We are happy to have such a great opportunity to implement the topic of sustainability at SIS Basel.

The objective in the SIS schools is to encourage the students to analyze the current situation, evaluate possible solutions and derive concrete projects. Thus, in the past few weeks, both the students from the primary level and the secondary level have been thinking about which areas at SIS Basel should be tackled first. The children in the primary level wrote and drew their ideas and in the secondary level, the students identified areas from the topics of nature, energy, resources, water and social issues, which could be translated into current projects, using an extensive questionnaire.

First Measures

One area emerged as the top priority across the school: resources. Tangible measures are now being compiled in a project to recycle more resources such as paper, plastic and other materials, to focus on reuse and to use resources more efficiently in general.

In second place is the area of energy. Here, all lighting will be converted to LED and intelligent controls in the coming year. There is greater potential for savings in the area of IT, and with simple measures we will also exploit the potential in the area of heating. 

Another wish was to have more plants in and around the school: plans are now being made for ecological enhancement with plants in the surrounding area. Ideas on how to expand the design of the rooms with plants are forthcoming.

Sustainability Team

In the secondary school, almost 40 students have agreed to participate in the planning, design and implementation of these projects in the Sustainability Team. This team will now put together the actual projects and bring them to the classes. The secondary level’s questionnaire also showed that the social aspect of sustainability has a high priority for students, which is why a student council will be formed from this group as well.

The various projects will be part of a longer-term plan for sustainability at SIS Basel, which will now be implemented by the students in the coming years. The Sustainability Plan will become more and more visible over the years. Further ideas, initiatives and projects are always welcome and the goal is to make a growing contribution in the area of sustainability.
 

Adrian Bürgi, Vice Principal

On May 3rd and 4th, Trevor Kilbey will once again host a book fair at our school. He has sold his English books at our school before. We are happy that we can host a book fair again, especially as the school gets 10% of the sales in books for the libraries. We recommend that the parents give their children an envelope with their name on it and some money for a book inside it. The teachers will be able to sign up their classes, so that the they will be with the younger students when they visit the fair. 

On February 8th, 28 students, 2 Volunteer parent chaperones (who paid their own way!) and 1 Teacher boarded the night train to Amsterdam to attend FAMUN23, a Model United Nations Conference in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. This was the first major overnight excursion for the MUN club at SIS Basel since before the pandemic. The school had attended previously in 2020.

The contingent was well prepared and a number of students remarked that even as Year 8s they had attended more conferences than other Year 10 & 11 delegates in their committees. A number of students won delegate awards and all enjoyed evenings out on excursions to Utrecht and Amsterdam during the trip. We also celebrated a Birthday on the train coming back.

The MUN club would especially like to thank Heike Geiling and Paola Calevo for their support, without which the trip would have been impossible.

Grayson McCready, History Teacher