Dr Benedikz presents flowers to the cast

The cast of ten took on a multitude of roles as they brought Brecht’s parable about Grusha, a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than the boy’s parents, to life. Set in Grusinia in the Caucasus, the play is a magical meditation on the nature of community and parenthood.

Linn Eriksson was outstanding in her role as Grusha, whilst Isabella Babbit, dressed in shocking red, was spellbinding as The Singer who weaves the play together.

Thomas Ghebremeskel’s Azdak, the drunk judge, captured the humour and wisdom of the role and Filip Dahlquist’s Corporal had incredible stage presence. Panteha Nickhoos’s Monk and Old Woman showed a deft comical talent whilst Stephanie Gilbert excelled as Simon, the object of Grusha’s love, and Hanna Salter’s Governor’s Wife was a worthy villain.

“It’s impossible to single out any one actor,” said IEGS principal Dr Benedikz. “I thought all the cast were excellent. They’ve worked incredibly hard to put together such a professional performance. Ms Lindström (the director) and Ms Greisman (production manager) did a wonderful job bringing the very best out of our drama students. Mr Glasser’s music really helped set the tone of the show.

“I encourage students and staff to definitely go along and see Wednesday’s performance.”

Wednesday’s performance starts at 19.00. The doors open at 18.00. Tickets are available on the door.

Come along on Monday May 14th OR Wednesday May 16th to see The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

IEGS drama students are performing the play, written by Bertoldt Brecht.

The venue is Fylkingen, Münchenbryggeriet, Torkel Knutssonsgatan 2.
The nearest T-bana is Mariatorget.

Tickets are 50 SEK and available at IEGS.

Doors Open 18.30 and the show begins 19.00

IES RICOH Challenge Cup, August 26, 2012
Stockholm

If you would like to compete as and individual or as part of a team, please let Ms Gavin know by May 18th

Staff and students needed to compete

Also volunteers to help with the organising of the IES teams.
Mrs Gavin

This week’s Internationella Engelska Gymnasiet podcast is a guest show called Nerdology by Gustaf, Filip, Yazan and Samir from Text & Communication.

T&C students have been making podcasts over the last few weeks and this is the first example.

Enjoy the show!
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IEGS students will be competing in the annual Chinese competition held at Stockholm University.

Ms. Xu writes:

2012 års nationella Chinese Bridge-tävling i kinesiska den 5:e för gymnasister kommer att hållas den 29 april i Aula Magna på Stockholms universitet. Schemat och kartan bifogas. Alla elever och lärare är välkomna att komma och stöda vår lag.

Estimated schedule agenda
12:30–12:35 The competition begins
12:35–12:38 Introduction of the judges
12:38–12:42 Introduction of the gymnasia teams
12:42–13:37 HIGN SCHOOL students SPEECH
13:37–14:19 COLLEGE students STORY TELLING
14:19–15:14 3.HIGN SCHOOL students PASSING WORDS
15:14–16:00 te paus
16:00–16:30 4.COLLEGE students ANSWER QUESTIONS
16:30–17:25 5.HIGN SCHOOL students PERFORMANCE
17:25–18:00 the Chinese ambassador’s speech and prize giving

The whole thing takes place on Sunday!

Good luck.

Are you thinking of applying for studies at Oxford or Cambridge University? Then you don´t want to miss when representatives from these Universities visits IEGS in May.

This is a great opportunity to get valuable information of what they are looking for in the applicants, get tips & ask questions! This could be also valuable even if you are going to apply to other Universities abroad.

You, your parents and friends (even outside school) who are interested are welcome to come!

Please contact Ms Mällberg, putting Oxford or Cambridge (or both) in the subject field,if you intend to attend!

Thinking of Studying in the UK? Meet staff from top British Universities.

Oxford University

Date: Wednesday May 2,
Time: 19:00
Where: Aula

Cambridge University

Date: Monday May 7
Time: 19:00
Where: Aula

Last weekend students from IEGS were invited to participate in an inter-school debate competition, held at Kungsholmen, and fought in English and using the same international schools debating rules that we use in our debate club and IHC debate.

“I am delighted that, having beaten Victor Rydberg in the semis, our team of Siri Nylund (c), Mattias Ahlgren and Andreas Gustaffson beat Kungsholmen in the final, opposing the motion ‘This House believes in state funding for religious schools’,” says Dr Whiteley. “We can be very proud.”

For this week’s podcast we interviewed Siri Nylund about the competition and what the debating means to students at Internationella Engelska Gymnasiet.

Listen to the show:

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Internationella Engelska Gymnasiet students reading Spanish recently spent a few days in Vejer de la Frontera, a village in the south of Spain, near Cádiz city.

Most of the students involved were those who are currently studying Spanish 5: i.e. third year students that have been studying the language for three years at our school). A few of them were second year students from S2D, who are taking the Languages program).

All in all 17 students and 3 teachers visited Spain between March 10-17th.

“The students stayed with local families who are involved in an exchange program– one or two students per family,” explains Ms Bejar, who teaches Spanish at IEGS. “They attended lessons in the morning between 09:00 to 12:50 and in the afternoons they had different kinds of cultural and sports activities.”

“A couple of times they were able to enjoy a wonderful beach called El Palmar,” says Ms Bejar, admitting that it also happens to be one of her favorites in Spain.

After school activities included surfing, volleyball and trips to the beach to enjoy the sunshine.

“Another day we visited the city of Cádiz city and spent some time at the beach there as well,” says Ms Bejar.

IEGS students also spent time with secondary school students in Vejer de la Frontera, talking in Spanish and spending time together. The students also played a “Spain vs Sweden” football match.

“The trip was undoubtedly a success,” says Ms Bejar. “It was, definitively, a great success for all people involved. Not only for us, the teachers, or our students, but for the Spanish families and school staff in Spain as well. They were really delighted working with our kids.”

The benefit of this kind of trip for students is that it gives them a chance to use their Spanish in Spain.

“Our students could see what it’s like in real life to put their knowledge of Spanish into practice,” says Ms Bejar. “Out of traditional classrooms they really needed to make an effort and try to communicate with people in Spanish, the majority of whom can’t speak English or Swedish.

“A language trip is also a way to develop a strong connection with a foreign language, which is a key component of their motivation to keep on studying,” says Ms Bejar.

“It was also a very positive experience for the students in Spain. They enjoyed helping our students speak in Spanish and were excited to see how sporty Swedish students are. Young people in Spain don’t practice sport as much as in Sweden. It was great to see the interaction between our two cultures.”

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The first and second year drama students at Internationella Engelska Gymnasiet are hard at work preparing to perform a play written and directed by Ms Lindström and Ms Greisman.

In this week’s podcast we talk to three of the students involved Negin Hamedi, Agnes Westergård and Nadya Albertsson and Ms Lindström.

If you’d like to come along to the performance which takes place on April 4 at 18.00, talk to the students or contact Ms Lindström.

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