The International School
Jagielska 2, Warszawa, 02-886, Poland - view map
Traditional, Academic
English, Polish
PS/Kindergarten (6 years) to Gr. 8
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About IS
The objective of our institution is to create learning environment that stimulates a child's development, teaches a child the systematic and thorough work, teaches how to overcome own limits, and guarantees high pedagogical competence. The main responsibility of our highly qualified teachers is to assist a student in exploring the world and to motivate a child to achieve success which is measured in many ways.
Bilingual formula based on full immersion.
Highly qualified Canadian and Polish teachers
Innovative projects (e-learning, IXL platform, e-twinning)
Individual programs for talented students.
Interdisciplinary projects, workshops, trips.
Our Take: The International School
The International School is an international primary school in Warsaw which offers students an educational program whose aim is to teach them the most important competences in the world of today, which are bilingualism, knowledge, and social skills. The concept of school work is based on two foundations - the core curriculum of the Polish school and the requirements of the Canadian program, implemented in the province of Ontario. Children learn English via the full immersion method, i.e. by speaking, listening and interacting during classes with language, mathematics, experimental subjects and humanities as well as in practical and arts classes. The school is based not only on the methodology of the Canadian school, Canadian books and interactive programs, but also the knowledge and experience of licensed teachers from Canada and the United States with experience in teaching ESL in a multicultural environment. At the end of subsequent stages of education, students receive report cards and certificates confirming their progress in learning, and at the end of the year, Polish certificates.
The schooks offers special support for gifted students and provides everyone with an individual approach and participation in interesting interdisciplinary projects, workshops and trips.
Our Kids interview: Get to know the International School
Our Kids speaks to Anna Rokicka, school principal of the International School
Here we interview Anna Rokicka, principal of the international school in Poland. We discuss many topics, such as teaching, languages and the school's character.
Jagielska 2, Warszawa, 02-886
Podstawowa Szkoła Międzynarodowa The International School
Działkowa 34, Warszawa, 05-509
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Curriculum: Traditional/Academic
Preschool/K Curriculum: Academic
Academic Culture: Rigorous
Special needs support: Not provided
Gifted learner support: Not provided
Primary Curriculum: Traditional
Traditional curricula tend to be very content-based and rooted in the core disciplines. It is a structured approach that involves the teacher delivering a unified curriculum through direct instruction. Uczniowie najpierw zdobywają wiedzę podstawową i teoretyczną, aby później stosować ją w praktyce. Students usually learn by observing and listening to their teacher, studying facts and concepts in textbooks, and completing both tests and written assignments - which challenge students to not only demonstrate their mastery of content but their ability to analyze and deconstruct it critically. Class discussions are also used to create critical dialogue around the content of the curriculum.
Secondary Curriculum: Academic
What IS says: The aim of our facility is to create an educational environment that stimulates the child's development, teaches him the systematic and persistent work, teaches him to overcome his own limitations and guarantees high pedagogical competence. The task of our highly qualified teachers is to support the student in learning about the world around him and motivating him to achieve success, which we measure in many ways.
Preschool/K Curriculum Academic
Preschool/K Curriculum approach at IS : Academic
IS has an Academic approach to Preschool/K Curriculum (as opposed to Play-based, Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio Emilia approach).
[Show: About Academic?]
Academic-based preschools and Kindergartens are the most structured of the different types, and have a strong emphasis on math and reading readiness skills. These programs aim to expose children to what early-elementary school is like. While time is still allotted to free play, much of the day is built around explicit lessons guided by the teacher. Classrooms often resemble play-based ones (with different stations set up around the room), but at an Academic program the teacher leads students through the stations directly, and ties these activities to a whole-class lesson or theme.
What IS says: This information is not currently available.
Academic Culture Rigorous
Academic Culture approach at IS : Rigorous
IS has a Rigorous approach to Academic Culture (as opposed to Supportive approach).
[Show: About Rigorous?]
A school with a "rigorous" academic culture places a high value on academic performance, and expects their students to do the same. This does not mean the school is uncaring, unsupportive, or non-responsive -- far from it. A school can have a rigorous academic culture and still provide excellent individual support. It does mean, however, the school places a particular emphasis on performance -- seeking the best students and challenging them to the fullest extent -- relative to a normal baseline. High expectations and standards - and a challenging yet rewarding curriculum - are the common themes here. Keep in mind this classification is more relevant for the older grades: few Kindergarten classrooms, for example, would be called "rigorous".
What IS says: We take into account the educational needs of a given group of students, thanks to which students effectively and in the most appropriate way assimilate the knowledge and skills needed at the next stage of education.
Secondary Developmental Priority: Intellectual
Academically strong, creative, and critical thinkers, capable of exercising rationality, apprehending truth, and making aesthetic distinctions.
Special needs support Not provided
Gifted learner support Not provided
Curriculum delivery: This information is not currently available.
Foreign Language Club
Musical theatre/Opera
Outdoor Club
Poetry/Literature club
Day zł1,870 / month zł2,000 / month
What IS says about their tuition: This information is not currently available.
PS/Kindergarten (6 years) to Gr. 8 Varies
Karolina Obarzanek, Dyrektor
I have been fulfilling my passion for years - I am primarily a teacher - a Polish philologist - a Polish philologist.
And by birth, and mentality, I am a native of Wielkopolska, mother of two: Julianka and Daniel.
Polish studies, which I graduated from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, gave me not only the necessary competences to teach the subject, but also tools - so immaterial - to read secrets hidden in words.
For many years I am the examiner of the Polish language of the District Examination Board in Warsaw and appointed teacher. Many times I accompanied my students on the way to their great successes - many of them received the titles of laureates and finalists of important competitions and olympics. However, the measure of success for me is always the statement of my young people that Polish is the "coolest subject".
For six years I have been performing management functions in bilingual and international schools: high schools and junior high schools. As a school head, I deeply believe in transnational teaching, in international education and the exchange of spiritual and intellectual goods between nations, across borders. I believe equally strongly and constantly in people, in the team and work together.
Privately, I am fascinated by life in all its manifestations.
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