Pi-Day on March 28th

Organized by our Math Department, MYP1–DP1 students will celebrate Pi Day on 28 March. The event will include interactive math games, explorations, and even a math dance. Plus, there’s a chance to see a teacher take a pie in the face—all for a good cause! Get ready for a fun and engaging way to experience math!

Science Camp Electric Car Project

During the February school holiday, our grade 4-6 students had an exciting opportunity to take part in a Science Camp focused on sustainable technology. Throughout the camp, students engaged in research, created presentations, and deepened their knowledge of electric cars. The highlight of the project was assembling an electric car, which was specially ordered from the UK-based company Greenpower.  

This hands-on experience was made possible through the support of the Environmental Investment Centre (Keskkonnainvesteeringute Keskus – KIK), which funded the project. After completing the build, students eagerly took the car for test drives, enjoying both the thrill of driving and the pride of seeing their teamwork come to life.  

The journey doesn’t end here! We will continue to use the car as a valuable learning tool for our students, inspiring future engineers and innovators.  

MYP students will soon launch a food drive to support the Estonian Food Bank, helping individuals and families in need. This is a great opportunity for our school community to come together and make a meaningful impact.

We kindly encourage donations of non-perishable food items, which will go directly to families, including many with young children. Every contribution, big or small, can help provide comfort and nourishment to those facing food insecurity.

Stay tuned for further details, including the collection dates and drop-off locations. Let’s come together to support our community!

This month, two groups of students have had the opportunity to participate in exciting MUN conferences!

From March 7–9, IST students, accompanied by Ms. Alice and Mr. Nabeel, took part in the TBS Model United Nations in Warsaw, hosted by the British School of Warsaw.

From March 17–24, Mr. Tokay is leading a delegation to New York, where they are representing IST at MUN Estonia – New York on the global stage.

These events provide incredible opportunities for students to enhance their leadership skills, engage in meaningful global discussions, and proudly represent IST at an international level. Wishing them all the best in their diplomatic journey!

International School of Tallinn has recently moved into a new building, the diploma program 2 student Torm Helde saw this as an opportunity to create a school basketball team since the school now has its very own court and equipment. Torm started asking students from MYP 4 to Dp 2 to join the basketball team, which he was very successful in as many students throughout the school joined without hesitation. The basketball club had set practices every Friday, but for Torm and the other club members, this wasn’t enough.

After practicing for a couple of weeks with the team, Torm had some very exciting news, he had managed to set up a friendly game with the International School of Audentes. This was great news for the whole team but also very daunting since the team had little to no match experience and Audentes basketball team was seen as one of the best in the whole country of Estonia. But the team did not give up as led by Torm´s charisma they had no doubt the game would end in their victory. The match was set to be in late January, the 9th of January, so with no time to waste the team was on the court practicing constantly.

As the game was only a couple of days away. Torm had to make the choice of who would make the starting 5. Aside from himself, he already knew his younger brother Karm Helde would be in the team as well as his teammates Grischa and Truls, but who would be the 5th man?

After trying many different combinations, he finally came to the conclusion that it would either be Misha or Mark who would fill in for the remaining spot on the team. However, only a week before the game, a new student enrolled in the school, Ensi Põdra. Ensi was a natural at the game, he grew up in the US playing basketball and despite his short height ended up taking the 5th spot on the team.

When the day of the game finally came everyone was so excited for the game they couldn’t sit still, but the excitement didn’t last long. The game ended in a devastating loss for IST and a crushing victory for Audentes, even though it was just a friendly game, the players didn’t take it well. 

Truls Gratschew

Behind the scenes of IST | Interview with Mr. Olavi

As per tradition, the Estonian Language Institute, Eesti Emakeeleõpetajate Selts, and Vikerraadio are organizing an E-dictation in Estonian.

We welcome everyone who wants to test their dictation writing skills!

The competition is divided into different categories based on mother tongue and B-language, as well as different age groups.

📌 The dictation starts at 10:25, and we will be welcoming participants in the audience from 10:10.

If you want to participate, please register using the link below and bring your laptop.

See you soon!

Save the date—April 10th! We invite everyone to explore the PYP Exhibition and MYP Personal Project Exhibition.


• PYP 5 Exhibitions will be open for visitors from 10:00 to 12:00.
• MYP Personal Projects will be available from 12:30 to 15:00.

Come and check out the wonderful projects created by our students!

Don’t forget—April 10th, Valukoja 9, IST!

Homeroom Student Led Experience

The homeroom session is designed as a Student Led Experience, not a traditional parent-teacher meeting. Each time slot is 30 minutes long, during which students will lead you through a series of learning experiences in their classroom. At any given time, 3-4 families will be engaged in different activity stations in the classroom. We hope you will enjoy seeing your child take on this leadership role and share their learning journey with you.

Signing Up for a Timeslot

To participate, please sign up for a suitable time slot by adding your child’s name and grade to this schedule: link

Meeting with Single Subject Teachers

For those who wish to discuss student progress with single subject teachers, 10-minute slots are available for individual meetings.

We look forward to seeing you at the Student Led Conferences and hope you enjoy this meaningful experience with your child.

Please note that this is not a school day and there will be no lessons on this day. For PYP families requiring supervision for their children, we will keep a supervision group running from 9:00 to 14:30, and aftercare will be open as usual.  Please fill in this form to register your child.

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