The EB Blog
Topic: Bilingualism, Preschool
Date: Saturday, April 13, 2019
By: Magali Noth, Preschool Director
"Un Livre," translated as “Press Here,” is by Hervé Tullet, a French artist, performer, illustrator and children's literature author who has written over 80 books. His 2010 book Press Here has been translated into twenty-seven languages and remained on the The New York Times Best Seller list in the... read more
Topic: Bilingualism, Lower School
Date: Friday, April 12, 2019
By: Maggie Schoon, English Curriculum Coordinator and Instructional Coach
Three vital concepts in a bilingual school are collaboration, harmonization and co-teaching. This article is the third part of a three-part series examining those three ideas. The first part is about co-teaching, which refers to sessions with students when both the French and English teacher are... read more
Topic: Middle School
Date: Friday, April 12, 2019
By: Aurelia Filato, History and Geography teacher at the middle school
All 6th grade students went on an immersive day trip to explore Asian culture and art in San Francisco in March. Mandarin, history and art teachers all worked together to prepare this multidisciplinary field trip.
In the morning, students explored the galleries of the Asian Art Museum and they... read more
Topic: Lower School, Middle School, Preschool, Social and Emotional Learning
Date: Friday, April 12, 2019
By: Mirza Kopelman, Director of Enrichment and Camps
Between after school clubs, organized play-dates and other extracurricular programs, children are engaged in more activities today than ever. This is a result of a popular trend among parents; in order to fully support your child and their development, your child must be engaged in a multitude of... read more
Topic: Arts, Lower School
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
By: Sebastien Robert, Lower School Head
Watching a play is one thing, but writing and performing one in front of an audience is another thing entirely. That was the challenge that our third graders were tasked. With their French teachers, Luc and Elodie, as their guides, the third graders embarked on a journey through theater, role play... read more
Topic: Community Service, Middle School
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
By: Sue Campbell, English teacher
EB Middle School students visited and volunteered at the Alameda Food Bank last week as part of our annual effort to support the county’s nonprofit. The Food Bank through food and dollar donations feeds over 300,000 people a year.
It was founded to help Alameda residents in need by providing... read more
Topic: STEM, Lower School
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
By: Sebastien Robert, Lower School Head
Being creative will no doubt be one of the most highly-valued skills in the future. Creativity, as well as thinking out of the box, is not only a talent, it’s a skill that can be taught. Our first STEAM event on April 9 at the Lower School embraced this concept.
Throughout the different... read more
Topic: Arts, Lower School
Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2019
By: Cecile Gregoriades, Director of Communications
Author Claire Clément explains her approach when writing a children's book.
All Lower School students enjoyed the week-long presence of two artists from France: author Claire Clément and illustrator Matthieu Maudet. In 4th and 5th grades, the two French artists guided students to write and... read more
Topic: Arts, Lower School
Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2019
By: Anne Kuhry, Music Teacher
Students from grades 2 to 5 performed a wide array of songs from France, the US and Africa during their annual Spring Concert on April 5. The repertoire included Christophe Maé, Bob Dylan, Pierre Perret as well as traditional songs from Ivory Coast and Togo. Many of the songs included a group dance... read more
Topic: Arts, Lower School
Date: Monday, April 8, 2019
By: Marion Tobie, French teacher in 5th grade
Le Printemps des Poètes is an annual celebration of poetry in France during the month of March. In school, students learn poems and march around campus to deliver them to others in what is called Brigade D’Intervention Poétique (also known as “BIP”, or Poetic Response Brigade).
For a couple of... read more
Topic: Middle School
Date: Monday, April 8, 2019
By: Jennifer Hammond, Social Studies teacher
Every year National History Day (NHD) celebrates and supports students around the world to conduct historical research on a topic of their choice. The annual theme frames students’ research within a historical theme. The theme is chosen for the broad application to world, national, or state history... read more
Topic: Arts, Middle School
Date: Monday, April 8, 2019
By: Maurice Charriere, Drama teacher
6th graders performed different "teledramas" at their fictional K.I.D.S. T.V. station on March 14 on the stage, at Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley. The theme for the evening was "La télévision en folie" (“Television Gone Wild”) and they sure provided their audience with, if not tears, at least laughter... read more
Topic: Preschool, Social and Emotional Learning
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2019
By: Rebecah Freeling, Coach and trainer at Wit’s End Parenting
Those of you who have been through one of my coaching programs know that a big piece of my work involves helping kids to share in the responsibilities that come with family life. Usually I frame this in terms of “chores.” Cleaning a shared space, washing the dishes… yardwork… taking out the garbage... read more
Topic: Web Radio
Date: Monday, April 1, 2019
By: Sebastien Robert, Lower School Head
Émission 7 :
Animateur : Darien
Techniciens : Cameron et Hugo
Au programme:
Interview de Bruno Eldin
Reportage sur le tournoi de Basket
Lecture de poèmes par Zia
Le festival de théâtre des CE2
Blagues
Chronique sur les escargots
Poème d'Adam
Un élève interviewe Bruno Eldin,... read more
Topic: Web Radio
Date: Monday, March 18, 2019
By: Sebastien Robert, Lower School Head
Emission 5 - February 5, 2019
Animateur : Savanna
Technicien : Grayson et Sam
Au programme:
Reportage sur le show du Roi Lion par Aveline
Publicité de Divya et Savanna
Chanson toi e moi par les CE2
Reportage sur les dauphins par Elaine
Mini Saynetes sur les résultats scolaires par les CE2... read more
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