On June 7,8 and 9th European School and the Georgia-based Georgia’s Youth Entrepreneurs are organizing a Startup Camp Youth Startup Camp is a 54-hour weekend event during which groups of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, and more pitch ideas for new startup companies, form teams around those ideas and work to develop a working prototype, demo, or presentation. The winning teams will get various money prizes and certificates

On May 31, the European School held its annual TEDx event. The theme of the event was Chain Reaction. Students from all three programmes presented talks from a wide range of subjects: children's rights, the importance of learning phycology course, making chess popular, environmental issues, animal rights, personal development and positive effects of entertaining activities. The speakers shared new ideas and ways of solving global problems. The ideas inspired the audience and sparked conversation. We hope, ideas presented at our TEDx event will be spread like a chain reaction not only inside the school community but in a broader community as well.

On May 27th children’s poet Mariam Tsiklauri paid a visit to the European School. She met students from PYP grade four and two and talked with them about their units of inquiry. Second graders read the poems written by Mariam and created posters about ecosystems. Fourth graders asked Mariam questions about ecology and wrote a poem. “If we pay attention and listen to the world, it will tell us what bothers it…” said Mariam. During the meeting with the famous poet, students realized that if we walk in the nature, see forests and rivers, listen to the birds and silence, we won’t throw any garbage on the ground; we won’t waste paper and won’t leave water taps open when we don’t need them; we will walk instead of using cars all the time. Together with the poet students wrote a poem using the words connected to their topic, ecology.

Friday, May 31 13:00 pm European School - Main Hall

In May 18-20, the MYP students travelled to Baku and held the premiere performance -Place for Two at the British School and Donya IB School. The ES students and the students from Baku exchanged memorable presents as symbols of gratitude and cultural exchange. On the day of departure the ES students sent the letters of appreciation to the hosting schools. The students' efforts were reawarded-the premiere had a success in Baku and all the students returned happy and excited to Tbilisi.

For the past two months grade 4 A students have been working hard to prepare for the stand-alone unit assembly. They have been working together with their drama teacher to stage a short play based on Oscar Wilde’s tale “The Selfish Giant”. Together with the teacher they wrote the script, modified it and chose roles. With the support of the music teacher, students chose songs to sing for the performance. Art teacher helped students to create costumes and decorations for the play. On the 24th of May, students performed in front of their parents and teachers. They enjoyed the whole process of staging a play and were happy to share the result of their hard work with their families.

On May 22, the charity exhibition and drama performance -Place for Two were held at the ES. The MYP students played this performance on the school stage several times and presented it to students at the international schools of Baku as well. The performance followed the charity exhibition where beneficiaries of the Youth House sold handmade pillows, handbags, and bracelets decorated with Georgian ornaments. Money collected from the sold tickets will be given to the Youth House.

European School (PYP Grade 1-5) “Student-Led” conferences was held on Wednesday May 22, 2019 from 9:00 – 17.00. This was an opportunity for students to share their learning, and for parents, to gain an insight into the variety of work your child has been doing. Students have organised samples of work in portfolios, reflected on them and identified strengths and areas for improvement.

The PYP students from grade 3 visited the office of PR and Marketing Division. PR Manager Nino Kusrashvili informed them about different aspects of public relations: PR strategies, marketing campains, and event management. The students learned about the topic from the secondary sources as well. Later, they received homework from the PR manager-to write a piece of short news about the event. Several days later, the students submitted the homework and expressed the wish to participate in PR campaigns in the future.