Last Week the Stockholm District Championship in Chess took place. Futuraskolan International Bergtorp came third and made it to the Swedish Nationals in May, Congratulations!!!
Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm teams, which are totally new to the chess scene, ranked 4 and 5 and Futuraskolan International Stockholm ranked 15.
We are so very proud of all of our teams! Well Done!
🥳🧠🙌 Happy International Brain Awareness Week! Two of Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm’s 9th graders, Aarav Pandey and Canon Lucai-Sample, have made an excellent 10-minute video on neurodiversity, including an interview with our own learning support specialist teacher, Jessica Carlson. In the beginning of the film you will see a Brain Awareness poster that one of our Global Citizenship Program students created in highlighting this week’s topic. ✨
Fieldwork Education Interviews Futuraskolan International’s Maria Koutsoupaki
We are proud of Maria Koutsoupaki, English teacher and IMYC Curriculum Coordinator at Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm.
The Knowledge Harvest is a pre-assessment that takes place in the early stages of each unit both as part of the IPC and the IMYC. It gives the students an opportunity to reveal what they already know about a subject. The teacher can, through this, more effectively plan how to go further teaching the students about the unit on an individual and group basis.
Here you can listen to her talk about The Knowledge Harvest in Practice:
Futuraskolan International Introducing Fieldwork’s IPC & IMYC Curricula!Introducing Fieldwork’s New IPC & IMYC Curricula!
We are so very proud of Principal Nicole MacDonald and her team of teachers and students at Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm!
Fieldwork Education have produced new films describing their IPC and IMYC curricula, what they are about and how valuable they are in maximizing students’ learning experience.
In November they came out to Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm interviewing and filming our students, teachers and Principal. Everyone did an outstanding job! We are so proud of our team here at Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm speaking so passionately about the curricula and representing our Futuraskolan organization in such a professional manner.
In the IPC video Futuraskolan International is featured together with a Danish and a UK school.
In it, you will see Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm’s:
- Grade 1 Teacher and IPC Coordinator, Ms. Katie Rulapaugh starting at 1:09 minutes, she returns later in the film.
- Grade 3 Teacher Ms. Rachel Harris starting at 1:18 minutes.
- Grade 5 Teacher Ms. Florentine Jenster starting at 2:47 minutes
In the IMYC video our Futuraskolan teachers are the ONLY ones showcasing the curriculum, they’re not sharing the stage with any other school!
In the IMYC video, you will see Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm’s:
- Music Teacher, Mr. Matt Earnshaw starting at 0:09 seconds, he returns later in the film
- English Teacher and IMYC Coordinator, Ms. Maria Koutsoupaki starting at 0:14 seconds, she returns later in the film
- Principal, Ms. Nicole MacDonald starting at 0:25 seconds, she returns later in the film
- P.E. Teacher, Ms. Anna Seitanidou starting at 1:27 minutes, she returns later in the film
Again, we are super excited and grateful to our students, teachers and Principal Nicole MacDonald at Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm, thank you so much for your hard work and smiling faces!
Introducing the IPC:
Introducing the IMYC:
Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm Students in Semifinals!Our Grade 8 students from Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm made it to the semifinals in the Sigma 8 competition!
Sigma 8 (SigmaÅtta) is a mathematics competition for school classes in Sweden and in the Nordic countries. Both 8A and 8B had successfully completed the first round as a class and were qualified for the second round. Out of 30 municipal schools in Sweden our 8A has reached the semifinals with 37 points out of 40. They are 3rd in the whole of Sweden. Two boys and two girls will now represent the class for problem solving in KTH on 28th and 29th April.
More Good News – Pythagoras Quest Semifinals!
Our Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm Middle School students also participated in another competition called “Pythagoras Quest” where students from all over Sweden had participated. Three students, Arnav Limba, Harkirat Singh and Rafael Corrocher from grades 8 and 9 in our School, will be participating in the district level competition on March 9 at Danderyd gymnasium.
Below are the points for Pythagoras Quest:
Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm 45p -Yay!!!!
Täby Friskola 44p
Edsbergsskolan 42p
Spånga Grundskola 42p
Grundskolan Metapontum 41p
IES Täby 41p
Mörbyskolan 41p
Best of Luck to our Futuraskolan International School of Stockholm Students!
We are so proud of you and rooting for you!!!
It’s Survey Time!🗣 It’s that time of year! 👀
Teachers and Guardians, check your inboxes in the weeks to come for links to our annual Organization Surveys. Survey links are open until February 28th! 🚦💯✅
🎯 Your Opinion Matters! 💪
Thanks for helping make Futuraskolan International Schools and Preschools the Best Stepping Stone for Future World Citizens!🏆
Have a read about why our guardians have chosen Futuraskolan International Preschool and School for their children by clicking on image below! A big thank you to our families in the article for sharing your experiences and stories with us!
Special Visit From Former Student and Former Prime Minister
As part of our celebrations of ✨5️⃣0️⃣✨years, we had the honour of Fredrik Reinfeldt visiting Futuraskolan International Bergtorp. Being a former student, he spoke to the grade 9 students about his time at our school, his role as Chairman of the student council and his life in politics. It was much appreciated by the students! 🥳 Thanks Fredrik Reinfeldt for visiting us!
Good News!
Futuraskolan Bilingual Stockholm Grade 5 has won 1st place in a coding competition organised by Kodcentrum and Chalmers!!
The students have been creating their projects on Scratch and the topic for this year’s challenge was “Digitala lösningar i pandemins spår” (“Digital Solutions in the Wake of the Pandemic”).
Grade 5’s project ‘Fido’ was chosen among 130(!) other projects in Sweden! 
The Jury’s Motivation for the winning entry:
The winning entry in “The Code Challenge” has a creative story and a clear idea that could solve several societal challenges in the wake of the pandemic. The contribution has innovative coding and technical height, a concern for the individual and an interaction between man and robot. The jury sees a great solution that can aid many as well as give them joy.
(in Swedish) Juryns motivering till vinnarbidraget:
Det vinnande bidraget i “Kodutmaningen” har en kreativ berättelse och en tydlig idé som skulle kunna lösa flera samhällsutmaningar i pandemins spår. Bidraget har nytänkande kodning och teknisk höjd, en omtanke för individen samt ett samspel mellan människa och robot. Juryn ser en fin lösning som många skulle kunna få glädje och hjälp av.
Read the announcement on Kodcentrums website: https://www.kodboken.se/start/kodutmaningen
Here is the link to our winning project on Scratch (public): https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/582701864/
Congratulations Grade 5 Stockholm, we are proud of you!
This December at Futuraskolan International Bergtorp we have some special events going on.
The first event is our Grade 8 concert that will take place on December 8th in the school dining hall at 18:30. The students will present their own written and composed music that they have created this fall term. Fika will be available.
On December 15th at 18:30, our Music Classes will hold the Annual Lucia & Christmas Concert in Tibble Teater. Tickets for both events can be purchased at the door and all proceeds will go to grade 8’s class trip. All welcome!
Also, Fredrik Reinfeldt the former Prime Minister of Sweden as well as a former student at Bergtorp, will be inspiring the Grade 9’s, speaking to them on December 14th.
We are looking forward to this December 2021!
