Amanda White

Library Ambassadors busy setting up a Blackout Poetry display & workshop they will run this week. #blackoutpoetry #PoetryMonth #studentagency #istafricalearns – at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

#Asialibrarians with @juditeguambe20

Wrapping up Friendship Week with #twinday. Introducing IST’s Library Triplets

#teachersteachingteachers So much expertise, knowledge and experience at IST. Love learning from each other. #istconnects #istafricalearns

Audiogram- Speech Banana. Understanding how hearing effects language acquisition and social interactions. As educators, there are so many things we can do to make learning environments safe for our hearing and listening partners #istconnects #istafricalearns

Students exploring & reflecting on what makes a good reading spot for them. #istafricalearns #Flexibleseating #Studentagency

Scholastic Bookclub Orders are here! IST families can make orders online until Oct 7th. world-schools.scholastic.co.… #istafricaleaens #scholasticbookclub

3 minutes after the school opened and a mad rush to the library, there is a lineup to checkout the new books! Extravaganza Checkout Day has begun! #newbooks #istafricalearns – at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The Book Tasting Extravaganza is here! Stop by the ES library until Sep 22nd to peruse the new additions. #istafricalearns #newbooks

New Spanish Books have arrived thanks to our very supportive parent community! Fiction and some amazing looking non-fiction books.

Grade 4 deep into their #research on ancient civilizations.

Down, down, down the rabbit hole into a wonderful book! #aliceinwonderland opening night at ES IST!! Will it be better than the book?! Come see!

“Why do they get to pick what the people can read?” Big questions and rich discussions on values and censorship happening in this week. #bandedbooksweek – at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Adventures had at Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Nature Pugu Hills Centre. Learned about the complexities of tree planting, met two other R&S Clubs and went on an amazing hike! Thanks to the upper school R&S club for organizing it all. #rootsandshootstz #puguhills #servicelearning

Today we welcomed our first visiting author in 2 yrs! Maria Biswalo shared her new book, #mamasmagicalkanga, with the EC/KG students in English and Kiswahili. #kangayamama is a little girls ode to the kanga. After, fun imaginatively playing with kangas! #hadithizamama #tzculture

During the week celebration of our diversity of language and culture, students checked out more than 100 books from the Home Language section! #WomensHistoryMonth #mothertongue Huge shoutout to all our parents who have helped to build our collection! Asante sana!!

The grade 5 PYP Exhibition is afoot! Wonderful to see students interact with several inspiring people in our community as they consider what passion they will inquiry into. #pypexhibition #provocation #communityconnection #rangigallery

Building connections with our local community. Had a wonderful visit with Nafasi Art Space. Great discussion with local artist about sharing their passions and integrating with our curriculum. Exciting opportunities! #nafasiartspace #pyp

A fun day in the library reading stories in our #homelanguage. Thanks to our guest readers who delighted us with stories in Hindi, Swedish, Kiswahili and Spanish! #mothertongue