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Leadership in Action: Six Voices, One Purpose

In this blog post, Mr. David Lambert, Leader of Learning in Primary reflects on the concept of leadership.

Our City is becoming Our Classroom

This blogpost summarises the impact that the evolving outdoors learning program that is being developed at our North Campus is having. This blog showcases the impact that attending the ECIS & ISD Outdoor Learning Conference had on our secondary team.

From “Small to Big”- Elements of concept-based inquiry in Early Years 1 

In this blog post, Ms. Aarthi shares how concept-based inquiry may happen in Early Years.

Building a Culture of Care: Reflections on Our School-Parent Partnerships

This reflection summarises the impact that the school's efforts towards creating a safe environment for all stakeholders is having on the community.

Exploring Knowledge: Highlights from Our First TOK Exhibition

In this blog post, Ms. Christina Anghelina, our DPC, describes our first TOK Exhibition.

Visions in Bloom: A Celebration of Imagination, Voice, and Artistic Freedom

This blog post describes the meaning of Visions in Bloom the first visual arts exhibition at the north campus.

We have adopted our neighbourhood

This blog post describes the actions we are embracing as part of our partnership with the Mooimakers movement in Flanders, Belgium.

The Transformative Power of Concept-Based Inquiry in Language and Literature

This blogpost shares insights on the impact of the concept-based inquiry model in Language and Literature courses in Middle School and High School. We firmly believe that the concept-based inquiry approach truly prepares students for the IBDP.

Learning About Transportation and Safety in Early Years

In this entry, Ms. Aarthi shares a snapshot of the way play-based learning and discovery can empower children in Early Years to engage with memorable experiences.

Connecting the Dots: Well-being and Performance in PE

In this blog post, Mr. Roberto Duro, Chair of Subject Collaboration and Head of the PE Department, shares insights on the patterns he has notices in our Middle and High School learners.

A Wave of Color: Uniting Students Through Art and Expression

In this blog post, Ms. Parinaz shares the outcome of a community engagement that resulted in an art installation that now finds its home in our North Campus.

Kindness: A Form of Universal Language

This article is an invitation to reflect on the language of kindness- the unifier of a diverse community like our school.

Meaningful experiences with parents

This blog post describes a reflection by Ms. Olga, an educator in our Early Years team. Ms. Olga narrates her observations on working with parents during the first day of school.

Introducing Primary Students to the Design Mindset

This blog post describes the way Middle School design students involve students in primary in their design journey.

One School, Two Campuses: The First Steps

This blog entry describes the cross-campus collaboration between Bogaerts International School North and South Campus.

The Journey of Starting a Responsible Enterprise

In this blog entry, Ms. Caitlan Nys describes the power of inquiry and action as students investigated the process of a social enterprise, how social enterprises consider purpose and needs and wants, the market forces that influence decision making and positive social impact.

Gamifying phonemic awareness in Early Years

In this entry, Ms. Aarthi shares her experience using different approaches to enrich the phonemic awareness process.

Nurturing a Reading Community at Bogaerts International School

Mr. Bruno shares a reflection of the agency his students in the third grade of primary displayed while planning and leading their assembly.

Young Designers Investigate and Collaborate with their Target Audience

Mr. Fadi Alsulyman shares a snapshot of the design experience in the first year of Middle School at the North Campus.

Journalists, Detectives and Pattern Finders

This blog entry summarises the experience Middle School students are having in the research classes at Bogaerts International School North Campus.

Healthy Sports Culture

In this blog entry, Mr. Roberto Duro shares a few insights into the healthy sports culture at BIS North Campus.

Not Leaving Learning and Growth to Chance

This entry describes a decision that BIS North Campus made in order to design intentional pathways from secondary to IBDP.

P1 students bring to life the story of “A Christmas Carol” with a display of confidence

Ms. Phoebe Demetry shares her experience supporting students in the first year of primary to stage Ebeznor Scrooge's A Christmas Carol.

The Power of Intention

This blog entry shares a brief insight into a design experience in which our Middle School students evaluated the impact of a toy they produced for our students in Primary.

Unleashing the Power of Gamification and Technology in Mathematics

This blog post describes how Ms. Katrijn Ganne integrates gamification and technology in her mathematics classes in secondary.

Creating Connections beyond the Walls of our Classroom

This blog entry shares the experience our P2 students had as they connected virtually with a school in Turkey.

Exploring different art forms and emotions in Brussels

This blog post recalls the experience Ms Phoebe designed for our P1 students at Happiness Expo at Mont des Arts.

Learning that creates memories

This blog entry addresses the experience our students in the second grade of primary had interacting with and learning from a real-life scientist.

Displays of Students' Learning supports their Learner Identity Formation

This post captures highlights of the first design and entrepreneurship exhibition in Middle School for the academic year 2023-2024.

Praise and Acknowledgement for my Team's Contributions

This blog post is a reflection of the way the BIS North Campus teaching team is shaping the culture of teaching and learning that we aspire to have.

Student Council as a Demonstration of Skills and Conviction, not Popularity

This blog post describes the culture for selection of the student council members at BIS North Campus

Our library is a bridge that brings us closer to voices, stories, perspectives, and peoples

This blog post is a brief reflection on the role our library plays in our community.

Building Learning Bridges between School and Home

This blog post shares an examples of the role parents play in the teaching and learning process at BIS North Campus.

Exploring meaning through participation

This blog post is a reflection on the importance of harmonising the language among teachers and students.

Welcoming Thinking in our Reading Experiences

This entry discusses what BIS North Campus beliefs on reading as a learning habit.

Plogging, active life style, citizenship and community impact

BIS North Campus aspires to authentically integrate service learning into our students' lives and in the experience we offer them to grow as learners and citizens.

Young Learners Model Responsible Practices for our Community

Ms. Olga Ntina, lead educator in Early Years 2, shares an appreciation of the way her young learners took action on a matter of personal impact, and shared their learnings with students in other classes.

Global Positioning System: A new Opportunity in Physical Education

This blog post shares the way Mr. Roberto Duro integrates GPS technology in an exploration of the geographical location of our campus.

A Celebration of Curiosity

Mr. Arturo Viola, lead educator of the 5th year of our primary program, shares a reflection on the learning journey in which he accompanied his students as they sought to design a presentation to share the outcome of their personal inquiries with the school community.

Can maps help us to track movement, change and interaction?

Mr. Georgios Giannakopoulos, BIS North Campus Integrated Humanities teacher, shares a reflection on the power of addressing literacy-related aspects in his subjects, while making a connection to students' personal lives.

Measure, calculate, discover: can math transform everyday objects into mathematical marvels?

Mr. Bruno Fernandez, lead teacher in the 3rd year of our primary program shares a mathematics-related inquiry with his students.

Can board games help us to learn about past civilizations?

In this blog post, Mr. Georgios Giannakopoulos, BIS North Campus Integrated Humanities lead, shares his experience designing assessment experiences that move beyond essays and presentations, and incorporate elements of gamification.

We value learning, but we also value happiness

Bogaerts International School North Campus is a truly family-oriented institution. As such, we create opportunities for families to spend quality together and to share their positivity and enthusiasm with the community.

How Can the School Environment Serve as a Detonator of Creativity?

This blog post is an invitation to reflect on the following question: How do architecture and interior design give context and meaning to art intentions?

Science is Wonderful

Bogaerts International School North Campus primary and secondary students take part in Science is Wonderful, an exhibit organized by the European Union.

The benefits of Slowing Down the Additional Language Acquisition Process

Why should language teachers exercise patience to identify what students cannot understand and provide them with tools that can help them achieve this goal? What is there to lose in the acquisition process of a language by slowing down, instead of aiming for coverage?

A celebration of design thinking and creativity

This entry celebrates Middle School Year 1 students' design project presentation. Our community came together to support MY1 students' unit culmination, and to try the toys they created.

Primary Years Dodgeball Tournament Awards Ceremony 2023

Mr. Roberto Duro, Head of PHE, champions our primary students who participated in our very first dodgeball tournament.

Preparations for the Primary Years Celebration

Arturo Viola, lead educator in our Primary Program Year 5, welcomed parents to explain the meaning of the culminating experience for their children, as well as the role they play in this process.

Bake Sale for World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

BIS North Campus Early Years 3 takes action and raises funds to protect the habitats of the animals they love.

Student well-being device-free style

BIS North Campus continues to support a learning journey in which well-being is naturally around us, screen free, and away from being just a buzzword.

Young Designers Investigate their Target Audience

MY1 Design students visited the early years in order to learn about children's interests and skills, in order to determine their future toy's features.

Our Young Authors Read to their Audience

BIS North Campus supports learning across grades levels.

The BIS North Campus community continues to grow

The BIS North Campus student council welcomes our newest community members.

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Our PY2 lead educator, Monica Gheorgue, narrates their adventure at the Horta Museum.

Identity and commitment

Bogaerts International School North Campus is 4 months old now. Walking along the corridors framed by white walls and seeing shades of brown at the bottom, and letting our eyes wander along with the displays of students learning confirm that we are indeed growing.

Intentionally International, Diverse by Design.

We are thankful for knowing you are hosting our learning community. The growth and reputation of our South Campus empowers us to believe that we are able to create a thriving learning experience for students and their parents.

International Day

On November 19, 3 months after our doors open to welcome our community for the first time, We at Bogaerts International School North Campus finally celebrated our first international day

What is a Concept-Based Education?

At Bogaerts International School North Campus, we believe that in order to achieve our aspirations, all stakeholders need to develop a deep understanding of the elements which are part of our teaching and learning community

What brought the BIS North Campus founding team together?

I believe that when putting a team together, the individuals leading a school should be fully aware of the way the new members will role model cherished values and practices in the organization, while enabling new developments and opportunities

The Playground

We can fill up walls with posters about school values. We can share glossy photos about the aesthetics of our school. We can show off a buzzword-filled, creative description of a school facilities. We can display hundreds of samples of authentic students work.

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