ACTIVITIES

We have plenty of activities at IST including residential outward-bound weeks, trips abroad, museum visits, outdoor activities and ski days. We offer also sports, physical fitness, design, painting, dance, music and theatre.

In addition to English and Norwegian, our students learn Spanish as well. We work on exciting projects, presentations, and make friends with others locally, elsewhere in Norway and Nordic Europe, and further afield.

You can also work with groups, in classes, or on your own, and enjoy exciting ways of teaching from all over the world.

We have great science, art, design and maths facilities, and we are constantly looking to develop and extend our international learning environment. The school building has been recently completely updated and refurbished. Our new state-of-the art library is a central focal learning point, as are our innovative Ideas Gardens used for group work, reading, projects and discussion. The Early Years section is a safe, stimulating and creative learning environment where children learn to play, socialize, gain life skills and develop a deep love of education.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

The IB offers a world class academic and social environment with programmes at IST, fully authorized by the Norwegian Directorate of Education and Training (Utdanningsdirektoratet). Students can continue with the IB at diploma level at either Porsgrunn Upper Secondary School (Vgs) or Skagerak International School. Because the IB is flexible and prepares students so well, your child can go on to any national system with confidence and skill. Many of our students study further at prestigious and forward-thinking universities in Norway, the UK, the USA, Europe and the rest of the world.

We support parents as educators and have very positive, productive partnerships between home and school. IST believes in lifelong learning for all, and our students and parents benefit from the richness and opportunities that come from being here.