On February 7, during the homeroom class and the following Russian language lesson, grade 3b homeroom teacher Marika Mchedlidze introduced a new topic- Bacteria. Later, the theme was summarized in Biology Lab together with colleagues Manana Jhamurashvili and Asmat Akhvlediani. During the lesson, teachers showed a video about bacteria, conducted different activities, and provided insight into the functions of helpful and harmful microbes. They informed students about the importance of hygiene measures in avoiding bacterial diseases. In the end, kids examined bacteria through microscopes.

On January 31, Georgian Program students from grades 7-8 debated on George Orwell “Animal Farm” and Totalitarianism. They discussed important topics as violence, ideology and repressions, power and illusion of happy life. Debates were moderated by Keti Gotoshia, Temo Tvauri, Giga Kikalashvili and Taso Gobianidze. At the end of the debates, the students expressed their wish to hold similar meetings more frequently and discuss various topics.

Raising responsible global citizens is one of the missions of the European School. Our students explore global issues from early childhood. On January 23, during the homeroom class, G1g students learned about air pollution and effects of greening the environment. They engaged in problem solving and took action to improve the environment. After the lesson, students visited the school green house, planted different plants and learned how to take care of pot plants.

Department of Arts at the European School conducted a special workshop where teachers and administration of our school had an opportunity to relax, have fun and express their creativity by painting New-year themed artworks. In the end, participants were surprised by the outcome and were excited to appreciate each other’s beautiful creations. They expressed their wishes to have more such events in the near future.

On December 23, Pushkin's Club at the European school presented a film "Once in Tbilisi or after 1000 years". This project was initiated and executed by Ms. Natalia Mikeladze and Ms. Eliso Adamia. The roles in the film were played by our pupils from the Pushkin's Club. The event was attended by the filmmakers, the actors and their parents, the school management team and invited guests. The film received rave reviews from the audience and our little actors and production team were commended for their great work.

On December 14, fun sports games were held involving our Georgian Program 1st graders. Participants showed their athletic abilities and achievement motivation. Children did their best and demonstrated an adequate level of physical readiness.

On December 11, European School FabLab held "Sumo Bot Challange", the first-ever robot-sumo competition in Georgia. 6th Graders from our school were competing against each other. Their main engineering challenge was to program the robot in a way so that it was able to find its opponent and push it out of a circle (in a similar fashion to the sport of sumo). Several areas were set up by our teachers and only the best participants made it to the final. Under fierce competition, the robot with the most accurately programmed bot won and became "SumoBot of the year 2018".

Students of the European School are participating in a football tournament, which is organized by the Caucasus University. Within the tournament, teams from public and private schools of Tbilisi are competing against each other for the trophy. Despite fierce competition, our school's team successfully qualified for the finals and made it to the Top 8.

On December 8-9, a 2-day educational conference about technologies was held at Teacher's House. Teachers of the European School were actively participating in this event. Shorena Abesadze, Head of the Department of Information Technologies and Innovations at the European School, spoke about teaching programming using computer games, and David Nozadze, our ICT and robotics teacher, gave a presentation about "Teaching Robotics at School". Within this event, an exhibition was organized where our pupils proudly displayed achievements of their robotics club to a wider audience.