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CIS students take on UK Intelligence Service workshop

CIS students take on UK Intelligence Service workshop

(Posted on 20/09/18)

Keen linguists from years 11 and 13 are just back from a fascinating workshop with a team from GCHQ, part of the UK intelligence service.Designed to inform students of the wealth of opportunities studying a language at a more advanced level can bring, and to encourage learners to think about taking up some of the less commonly studied languages, we were treated to a great session to learn some basic...

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Publication success for CIS chemist

Publication success for CIS chemist

(Posted on 10/09/18)

Congratulations to our very own Dr Alex Lawrenson, whose research into antimalarial drugs has been published in a recent issue of the Journal of Molecular Modeling.Nearly half the world’s population are at risk of malaria, which kills half a million people each year. The drug chloroquine is widely used to treat malaria, but there are many strains of malaria that are now resistant to chloroquine...

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CIS Garden - August

CIS Garden - August

(Posted on 04/09/18)

Following the defeat of our garden from the summer sun, our mission this August has been to resurrect our outdoor space.We have replanted our hanging baskets and they have given our garden the splash of life and colour that it needed to get us back onto the path to recovery.We have also been planning the gardening elective that we will reinstate in September. The start of the new school...

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New Electives starting September 2018

New Electives starting September 2018

(Posted on 04/09/18)

Enrichment electives are a vital aspect of the learning curriculum at CIS. Staring the new school year this September means there is a whole new selection of acitivties to chose from. Students will select two different options for the semester; one from the 'Creativity and Community' category and one from 'Health and Wellbeing'. Unless students wish to partake in Duke of Edinburgh,...

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Welcome to CIS Visual Arts 2018/2019!

Welcome to CIS Visual Arts 2018/2019!

(Posted on 04/09/18)

Lindsey Bennett is very excited to be joining CIS this academic year to begin teaching visual arts across the school.This week marks the beginning of the visual arts creative journey for our year 10 and 11 students. We launch our G.C.S.E/MYP programmes in Art and Photography this week and Lindsey has been busy collecting items over the summer months to help get the teaching and learning of the...

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Students at CIS spend summer in local businesses and community projects

Students at CIS spend summer in local businesses and community projects

(Posted on 26/07/18)

Students at Chester International School (CIS) finished lessons earlier than all other local schools this summer to experience working life around Chester and take part in various community projects.One community project involves an Oxfam upcycle mission; where 5 students are organising donations to the local charity shop, finding preloved items to upcycle, and selling them on the online shop set...

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