Monday, March 10, 2014

Pre-Move Countdown

Thank you to the Subject Heads who have already started (Mr Stefan Kronbach) and completed (Mrs Barbara Müller) weeding!

We are grateful to Mrs Brandt-Dammann, our Principal at GSIS for reminding all Subject Heads to check which outdated books can be weeded before our move to the Middle Building summer 2014.


Here in action:

Dr Friederike Ungefehr


Our two decade old kick-step proves to be ever so useful.

Friday, March 7, 2014

IBOB, and the morning after our sleepover 8.3.2014

Such a pleasure to have witnessed our students competing with three other schools.




Before the countdown, the adrenaline rush very much created an inner fire that kept us warmed up and perspiring, in spite of the chilly night outside the senior library in the lower building.





Y8 Intellectuals; no, not all book lovers are antisocial, on the contrary, we are a thoughtful, fun loving and caring team.

Score sheet:

The enthusiasm and team spirit of our nineteen students plus four staff members kept everyone awake long after the battle.



Thanks to our 'seniors" and team leaders Christine Ra, Alice Gunn, Julius Mayer and Luke Shaw for stepping up and leading our IBOB team.  Nicola Sharp, Sophie Ng and Justin Kui for bidding for your special responsibilities to help us succeed.

More gratitude to Mrs. Catriona Woodrow and Mr. Philip Moore for being library lovers and sacrificing their Friday evening to support our students and library team.





Staying focussed and calm during the battle


Thank you to our Senior Management for your trust and facilitating our sleepover. We learnt a lot and enjoyed the opportunity to expand our skills and knowledge; to take risks and accepting the challenge to battle against British School in Ecuador, American School in Honduras and French International School in Hong Kong.

Merci beaucoup Monsieur Bryant McEntire of French International School.  Your commitment to make your "baby" work and hosting our battle from an island outside Hong Kong is much much appreciated.Our students benefited from your swift and clear guidelines. Honduras and Ecuador, keep up the good work, and as we say in Cantonese: "gar yau" meaning something like "step up and continue to give more speed", your courage to participate from afar makes us all winners.



Morning after sleepover; Mrs. Hirt, the first parent to join our special breakfast and share our happy feeling of achievement.


Sunday, March 2, 2014

IBOB Friendly March 7, 2014

You are cordially invited to an evening of excitement with our students (see below) battling against students from the American School in Honduras, the British School in Ecuador and the host school French International Hong Kong.


You can follow the battle by sending your Skype name so we can add you to our chat room, or, if you want to come in person, we are

Officially meeting for practice at 8 pm
Our friendly starts around 10 pm - 11 pm
Physical Venue : Senior Library, Lower Building 207 at GSIS

Participants signed up for this challenging battle:

Alice Gunn (s) (L)
Arushee Kadam (s)
Christine Ra (s) (L)
Elina Rawat
Hannah Tsang
Isabella Hirt (s)
Jacqueline Wu
Julius Mayer (s) (L)
Justin Kui (s)
Luke Shaw (s) (L)
Neha Beri
Nicola Sharp (s)
Pranali Yoshi
Ruth Scharf-Han
Sanvritti Singh
Sophie Ng (s)
Trevor Chow
Trisha Rai
Valerie Hung (L)



Please RSVP, either by sending me your Skype account or if in person, as there will be some snacks (pizzas).

Phil, Catriona and Ida

P.S. Our Senior students (L), Catriona and I will be hosting a sleepover (s) for the students staying overnight