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Our ISW community met up last Sunday to enjoy the annual tradition of “Wandertag” (hike day). This is a wonderful opportunity for both new and old families to meet up, take a stroll through the wonderful Pfalzer forest and grab some delicious food. This year, three tours of differing difficulty were offered to families all leading up to the Nanstein castle ruins in Landstuhl. Once up at the castle, our P&F committee Gretchen, Susan and Kristina did an amazing job of coordinating an excellent...

“Wage, wovon du träumst!” or in English “Dare to do what you dream” is the title of the SBW claim - a strong challenge that we as a management team are passionate about pursuing and lies at the heart of our education. The whole aspect of following our dreams was reviewed, discussed and “lived” during our spectacular SBW Alpha meeting. From the captain who gave up his career in professional ships to working on board a solar ferry on Lake Constance, providing visitors an environmental...

ISW welcomed it’s growing community of 219 students from over 30 nationalities back to school this week. It was really wonderful to see familiar faces from our returning students and to welcome our 74 new students joining our community this year.In particular, our year one students had a wonderful experience of celebrating the German tradition of the “Schultüte” – a beautifully decorated cone filled with gifts, stationary and sweets presented by parents to their child in order celebrate...

From 29th August until 1st September all of our ISW teaching staff have been engaging in an “In Service Training” in order to prepare for the return of our students on 4th September. This gave an excellent opportunity for both new as well as returning staff members to engage in a number of collaborative workshops providing a great basis for teamwork.
Focus of the week was given to the implementation of the Cambridge International School Curriculum within the context of the Vision and Miss...

The SBW philosophy “Dare to do what you Dream” has always driven Jodi’s deep seeded values and passion as a mother, daughter, educator, leader, and mentor. It was no surprise that she was naturally drawn to the position of School Principal at the SBW International School Westpfalz in Landstuhl, Germany, coming all the way from Australia!
During her 28 years of experience in education that spans many continents, her passion as an educational leader, coach and mentor has always been to

Today was a very memorable day for our ISW community in many different ways. For the first time ISW celebrated this show on our own school grounds of this wonderful former nunnery – the central square providing a perfect location for this event. Our 200 strong students provided a wonderful musical performance for their families and attendance was in abundance. Thank you to all Learning Partners for your incredible performances.
It is amazing to think that our small community of just 38 stud...

Our ISW Student Council ended their year with a fabulous service learning project and fulfilled their mission statement – “To develop responsible leaders within our ISW school community”.
Over this past year the ISW Student Council has been raising funds to support a service learning project to assist the local Children’s’ Home and the Senior Living center. Service-learning embodies the belief that knowledge is not merely transmitted from teacher to learner, but rather is gained by...

On 5th July Years 7 & 8 performed their own unique version of Alice in Wonderland for our younger LP’s in Primary. This performance was the result of many weeks of preparation and the effort has been extraordinary, with lower secondary LP's showing great skills in terms of acting outside the box in this wonderfully creative performance.
Many of our LPs were involved in the actual production on stage, whilst others were busy creating the set and background which truly carried our audience o...

On Wednesday, June 21st, Year 7 students at ISW launched their summer sale of jewelry produced through their Personal Project company: Destiny Jewelry. These students came up with a business model for their 3rd term Personal Project and as a team, created affordable and beautiful jewelry using rubber bands, cords, jewelry clasps, and beads and shells. The students have been advertising this jewelry throughout the school and at off campus community events as well, taking orders and presenting buy...

In June, Years 8 & 10 went on a joint 4 day/ 3 night expedition to Houffalize, Belgium as part of their Duke of Edinburgh International Bronze Award. This trip was a follow on from the Year 9 expedition to Echternach, Luxembourg which took place earlier in the year. For many students, this element of the award scheme provides the greatest challenge, but also the greatest fun.
In order to prepare, Learning Partners (LP’s) learn orienteering skills, first aid, and other outdoor skills. They ...