Learning a foreign language is at its most efficient when it is fun and when it simulates real life situations. This is why at Savremena International School’s foreign language lessons the students are encouraged to participate in the conversation as much as possible, thus mastering the language as if it were their mother tongue. To…
DetailsOn Friday, the 4th of March, Savremena International School welcomed primary school students who wished to find out more about the teaching approach employed at Savremena and the way it operates. The curious young minds who would like to join the next generation of Savremena’s students were greeted by our friendly coordinators who extended a…
DetailsThe best way to ensure that the students adopt the knowledge and not forget it the moment they receive a mark for it is to present it in an interesting way, which will inspire them to think and explore the field in question. To present different leadership styles to the students of Savremena International School…
DetailsThe teachers at Savremena International School continuously strive to improve the quality of their teaching and find innovative ways to impart knowledge to their students in the easiest and most interesting way possible. In order to help her students understand how to use euphemisms, their role in communication and know how to read between the…
DetailsWith International Women’s Day fast approaching, as we await the 8th of March, the more we think about the position of women in societies across the world and above all our own. In search for an answer to the inquiry, Savremena’s students visited the “When women became citizens” exhibition on Wednesday the 2nd of March…
DetailsOn Wednesday, 23 February, Savremena’s basketball team participated in the municipal basketball competition, reaching the quarterfinals where they played against the team from the Third Belgrade Secondary School. After a very intense half-an-hour game on the court, the final score was 25:18 in favour of the rival team. Shooting for the stars This was the…
DetailsSavremena International School hosted the Eco-quiz held on Wednesday, 24 February. Five best-ranked eco-school teams from all across Serbia competed, and Savremena’s students welcomed the participants at their school. The Eco-quiz is one of the activities that combine education and entertainment to promote environmental values; the organisers of this year’s competition also included the Environmental…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 23rd of February and Thursday the 25th of February, Savremena International School Students had the opportunity to visit the Mihajlo Pupin exhibition at the Historical Museum of Serbia entitled “Pupin – from physical to spiritual reality”. The unique and interactive exhibition enchanted our students with its level of originality for which…
DetailsOn Monday, 22 February, the students of Savremena International School used mini-debates and exercises in search for answers to relevant questions pertaining to the importance and preservation of one’s mother language. This was their contribution to marking the International Mother Language Day, celebrated each 21 February since 2000. This day, important for every nation, was…
DetailsIn oder for students to understand the various kinds of consequences cyber bullying can have and to learn how to protect themselves from them, it is important to be fully informed on the matter. Savremena’s students learned about cyber bullying and delinquency during a lecture given by inspectors at the Belgrade Criminal Police Department’s Unit…
DetailsVisits to cultural events are a key aspect of the school life of Savremena’s students and they are also a unique opportunity for students to learn and experience new things. As true theatre lovers, Savremena’s students were happy to visit the Zvezdara Theatre and watch the Mr Nušić’s Birthday play. This interesting drama with elements…
DetailsAt Savremena International School, teaching is conducted in a way that follows the global trends in education as well as in other relevant spheres. Thus, the topics we cover at school are always up to date with current events. During Global Perspectives lessons, students explore different subjects and learn how to combine their knowledge in…
DetailsSavremena’s students actively work on improving the community and society they live in. Through a number of initiatives and competitions, students promote and spread positive values. The How to be cool online? competition is a great way for Savremena’s students to take part in a campaign against cyber bullying by sending a creative message to…
DetailsOn Thursday, the 28th of January, as part of their business studies course Savremena International School students visited the famous Doncafé – Strauss Adriatic coffee-producing company where they were able to learn about the business operations of their interesting host first hand who boasts one of the most famous coffee brands in the region. This…
DetailsOn Wednesday, the 27th of January Savremena International School students marked the Saint Sava day upholding the long Serbian tradition of veneering the patron of schools which dates back to the 19th century. Savremena’s students once again had the opportunity to do something fun and truly different. Through a set of interactive activities which were…
DetailsOn Thursday the 28th of January, to their great pleasure Savremena’s students reprised the Forgive me, Catherine play for their friends, peers from Belgrade primary schools, their parents, teachers and of course all of those interested who missed the premiere of the play during the New Year’s performance. Savremena’s students enchanted us in December with…
DetailsThe best way for students to master a subject is for them to study and apply it in a practical way. In order to learn about rural villages, a topic they covered in their geography class in an interesting way, on Wednesday the 26th of January Savremena’s students set off to the village of Pudarci,…
DetailsHave you ever wondered how forensic scientists solve cases in crime shows? Sometimes, it’s like they visit the crime scene, wave a magic wand and solve the case. But what truly lies behind that magic wand of theirs and what happens behind the scenes at the laboratory? These and many other questions, Savremena’s students were…
DetailsBecome Savremena International School’s Tuber! On Friday, 15 January at 2:30 p.m. at Savremena International School’s Learning Centre, there will be an audition for SGTubers who will devise and shoot a show about their life at Savremena International School, backed by LINKeduTV. All Savremena International School’s students can apply. Every day with your friends is…
DetailsOn Wednesday, the 30th of December Savremena International School students had a truly different holiday celebration. Given that in the previous months our students have put in a lot of effort and have successfully overcome each challenge they were faced with, they marked the beginning of the winter holidays in style, with a lot of…
DetailsBy attending the workshop ” How the media influence our behaviour” Savremena’s students learnt about the effects of the media and expressed their views on this topic. Together with the school psychologist they analysed what drew their attention on television, what they searched on the Internet, whether they edited their profiles on social networks or…
DetailsThe theatre of the Children’s Belgrade Cultural Centre was a place to be at on the 18th of December 2015. On that night, many of the parents, siblings, grandparents and friends of our students gathered at the theatre to attend the first performance of the students of Savremena. Our students prepared a play to mark…
DetailsInternational Women’s Club organises Christmas Charity Bazaar every year at Belgrade fair grounds, and this year students of Savremena IS also took part in this event. On Sunday, December 6th, students of IS were in Hall 2 of Belgrade fair in order to join in the organisation and help realising this charity manifestation. What does…
DetailsChristmas and New Year holidays are time reserved for creative activities that boost the spirit of fellowship. This was the exact atmosphere which ruled in Savremena International School on Wednesday, 9th of December, after the seventh period when students and teachers, headed by our Arts teacher, Miss Ana Manojlović, made decorations to decorate the Christmas…
DetailsDuring the previous week, students of Savremena International School had a chance to acquaint themselves with the life and work of one of the greatest world’s inventors and scientists of Serbian ancestry, a man who was argued to have “illuminated the planet”. As you can guess, we are talking about the visit to Nikola Tesla’s…
DetailsSavremena International School swimming team, led by their PE teacher, Stefan Radojičić, had a debut on Wednesday, 9 December, at the city high school swimming competition. The sports center “11 April “had the opportunity to host the students of Belgrade high schools. Savremena International School swimming team consisted of the following students: Tara Ćulibrk, Aleksa Popović,…
DetailsThe students of Savremena International School, Anđela Despotović, Mina Kovačević, Una Grzunov and Viktor Anđelković represented their school at a rhetoric competition. All of them delivered the orations they wrote themselves, leaving a strong impression on the audience and achieving a noteworthy success. ‘An imagined word is a thought! A spoken word is a speech!…
DetailsStudents of Savremena International School conducted interesting experiments with holograms within their physics lessons and thus began celebrating the Science Festival within the school premises. Our physics teacher, Tijana Marinković, designed a truly different lesson where students use light effects in order to holograms with the logo of their school. This seemingly difficult task rapidly…
DetailsStudents of Savremena International School were some of numerous visitors of the Science Festival held under the slogan “Miracles are everywhere” on Saturday, December 5th. What is the Science Festival? The Science Festival has expanded into the greatest scientific event in the region of southeastern Europe over the past eight years. For the first time…
DetailsOn Saturday, 28 November, our students visited the exhibition entitled “The border is closed” in the Museum of African Art. Especially for this opportunity, they prepared a short film and a presentation about the oldest residential area in Belgrade. The aim of the exhibition The exhibition “The border is closed” in the organisation of “Group…
DetailsRecently, the Savremena International School celebrated the International Day of Tolerance. On that occasion both the school’s learning support consultant and the psychologist organised a workshop which aimed at raising awareness of our students towards some groups or ethnic minorities. The result of the aforesaid workshop demonstrated a high level of intolerance of Savremena’s students…
DetailsThe students of Savremena at the play ‘Anna Karenina’ On Saturday, 28th of November the students of Savremena International School had the opportunity to see the play ‘Anna Karenina’, which has been included in the repertoire of the opera house and theatre ‘Madlenianum’ as of last year. Why is this play so current? This dearly…
DetailsLast week, the students of Savremena International School played squash during their PE lesson. This sport is ideal for all ages. Why is squash the healthiest sport of all? According to the well-known magazine, Forbes, squash was declared the healthiest sport in the world ahead of swimming, rowing and basketball. Squash engages an important number…
DetailsIt is a well-known fact that Jovan Cvijić is Serbia’s most famous geographer, scientist and academic, but did you know that it was thanks to him that the words ‘field’ and ‘valley’ found its place in world’s dictionaries. At the exhibition ‘The Belgrade Atlas of Jovan Cvijić’, the students of Savremena International School had the…
DetailsThe International Day of Tolerance is celebrated on 16th of November globally. Consequently, the entire week in Savremena International School was dedicated to this topic. Why do we celebrate the International Day of Tolerance? The grounds which make us different from each other have no significance whatsoever. If we are tolerant and willing to show…
DetailsOur students engaged in analysing this very epic last week within their Serbian language and literature lessons. Our Serbian and arts teachers, Mirjana Vasic Adzic and Ana Manojlovic made an effort to make the artistic images from this epic reverberate in their minds for a long period of time. They connected the contents of their…
DetailsIn collaboration with the Pedagogic Society of Serbia, Savremena International School has prepared a seminar on 13 and 14 November with the topic of Professional development of associate experts meant for the specialising psychologists and learning support consultants. Psychologists and learning support consultants from more than thirty primary and secondary schools from Belgrade and Pancevo…
DetailsHave you ever heard of “geo-chemistry”? In Savremena, our students don’t find this science unfamiliar, because interdisciplinary lessons are rather frequent here. Connecting information from various subjects is utterly important for acquiring functional knowledge, and that is why one lesson combined geography and chemistry. By conducting experiments our students learnt about the destruction and decomposition…
DetailsThe Savremena International School celebrated last week the International Education Week under the slogan “My International Journey”. On that occasion, the students and teachers of Savremena International School organised different activities thus contributing to this important international event. In addition to having learned a lot through games and fun time, the students had the opportunity…
DetailsAfter the first trimester, our students showed with their hard work and excellent marks that they were true students of Savremena. Among all of them, there were the ones who excelled. Our teachers in Savremena take pride in their students’ success, whereas their classmates try to follow their examples. Our Teachers’ Council decided to give…
DetailsSavremena’s geography teacher, Ivan Matejic, in collaboration with colleagues from other areas, published a textbook and a workbook for Nature and society subject for the fourth grade of primary school. The aforementioned books are part of a set authorised by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development in Serbia and published by Novi Logos…
DetailsConsidering the fact that every lesson in Savremena is different, on 2 and 5 November our students visited one of the hotels in our capital with their business teacher, Tatjana Vilcek. This hotel was “Constantine the Great” and they visited it with the purpose of witnessing managerial operations in business firsthand. Interaction with successful people…
DetailsOn 4 November our school received a special guest. A renowned author, a long-time proofreader and the editor of “Kreativni centar”, Violeta Babić, visited our school. The encounter with the author After our students’ successful visit to this year’s book fair, Savremena gave its students an opportunity to meet Violeta Babić and attend her novels’…
DetailsOn Saturday 31 October, Savremena International School organised a Halloween party for its teachers and students. Preparations for Halloween Last week in Savremena was characterised by Halloween preparations. In the school’s dining room, our students carved pumpkins with their arts teacher and designed decoration for the party, while scary music that teachers used to contribute…
DetailsSavremena’s students had a chance on 26th and 28th October to either show or discover their skills and hidden talents in the bowling alley “Žabac” in Zemun Sports Centre “Pinki”. The students acquired new moves, learnt a lot of interesting facts about bowling, competed in teams and, above all, had good time! They are quite…
DetailsLast week, Savremena International School celebrated Halloween in such a way that all lessons were dedicated to discovering new details regarding this holiday. Among the typical ways of celebrating Halloween, our students also had a chance to discover historical and geographical concepts of this holiday and perceive it from various different angles in order to…
DetailsOn Thursday, 29 October, Savremena organised a visit to this year’s 60th anniversary of the Belgrade book fair which is held under the slogan “What would be if it weren’t?” At this year’s fair, Savremena also had its own stand and presentation, and so one of the stops along the way was the stand of…
DetailsArts classes in Savremena are not meant only for the talented students. Each class is designed in a way that all students can take a peek into the world of arts and feel its beauty and significance. As true high school students, our students learn the history of arts in an original and interesting way,…
DetailsTeaching at Savremena International School is truly different and so are the PE lessons. We want to enable our students to test their skills at various disciplines, develop a variety of skills and to achieve sports results in addition to academic. For this purpose, on 19th and 21st October, as part of the PE lessons,…
DetailsStudents chose class presidents and vice presidents on democratic elections. On Wednesday, 20 October, the first electoral results regarding class presidents and vice presidents were announced in Savremena. Students circled two names on a sheet of paper which they afterwards put in a box, reflecting the style of real elections. After counting the votes, the…
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