Secondary News

The International School of Seychelles played host to the annual prom which took place one star-stricken evening. It was decided by vote that the theme for the prom would be ‘candy land’ and a huge amount of work was put in by the Sixth Form to transform the school into something of a sugar coated wonderland.

For two weeks, students from years 11-13 all worked together into transforming the school into a candyland. Our goal was to create a prom never before seen at ISS.
To our delight, we managed to get our hands on a candy floss machine as well as sugar popcorn. In our initial brainstorm of possible decorations, we considered the idea of a chocolate fountain with floating apples in, but were soon disillusioned.
After abducting the art room, we managed to create an arsenal of colourful decorations, including a giant gingerbread man, two massive gummy-bears, and an array of smaller pieces to embellish the hall. Nina, our head girl, was able to arrange a car-load of florescent helium balloons which we tied alongside the steps leading up to the hall, creating a magical, floaty feel to the dance floor. Alex and Sophie-Anne created a swirling backdrop, embedded with real lollipops that people could pluck off – kind of like a candy growing tree. Drapes of bright colours hung from the ceilings, which added effect to an already exuberant evening.

Upon arrival, couples would have their photograph taken and would then be directed up the red carpet and into the hall. After a few hours of dance, talk and photo-taking, dinner was served. With thanks to our wonderful waiters, an enjoyable atmosphere circulated smiles in the English rooms, providing our photographer a perfect opportunity to capture dazzling images. Once everyone had had their fill, votes were collected, tallied, and ready to be announced.
Our Head Boy and Head Girl won Prizes for Prom King and Queen; Joss and Alex J as Prince and Princess respectively; the award for cutest couple went to Nanias and Nina.

The presentation was followed with a very entertaining performance by two acoustic guitars and a vocalist. Alex, who played the leads, Jean-marc, who played rhythm, and Enrico, who did the vocals, all performed “Drive – Incubus” and to be honest, it was quite spectacular.

The prom committee put a phenomenal effort into this event and all the attendees were extravagantly dressed making this year’s prom definitely one to remember.

Nina Reinschmidt Gibran Rizvi Year 12

The fundraising club at ISS is the first of its kind amongst the schools of Seychelles, and when we were offered the opportunity to help at the DSA International Bazaar the members jumped at the chance.
The DSA fete was organised by the Diplomatic Spouses Association Seychelles (DSA) which was formed in 2010 by the spouses of diplomatic Heads of Mission in Seychelles. The DSA supports local charitable causes by fund-raising through organised activities, and on December 4th, they organised an International Bazaar where stalls from all countries were set up and sold indigenous goods. It took place at the national library and more than twenty stalls were set up and more than ten countries were represented.
All members of the ISS fundraising club gave up their Saturday and worked from 9 to 4 ready to complete any job thrown our way. We sold. We sold Christmas cards made by all children of the school and incredible pieces of artwork also by students. We advertised. We advertised the charity box, ensuring all visitors donated, forcefully if needed. We painted. We offered face-painting as part of the Maldives stall and created a range of posters to entice visitors to the various stalls. We refreshed. We sold drinks and refreshment to encourage people to spend money and give to charity. We had fun. We got to give back to society and enjoy ourselves along the way.

All in all, a truly enjoyable occasion where an amalgamation of countries and cultures occurred and the students of ISS were able to not just watch but experience. The party thrown for the fundraising club by the DSA is not all we were rewarded with, but the satisfaction that came with doing a good deed, and giving back to the society that has given us so much.
Nandita Nair Year 12

AN ARCHIVE ENTRY FROM 2009
The cross-section creative writing initiative is continuing this academic year. We will share some outcomes with you soon!
In 8a English we have been studying the structure of stories. Mr Adams kept emphasizing audience then one day he revealed that we were going to write a story for a real person – not a teacher. First we went to visit Miss Lorna Cedras’ Y2 class. We were paired up with a partner who read to us. We then asked them about the stories they liked reading. We had two weeks to write a story for our partner. It was hard work but we knew we would have to meet our deadline or we would have a very unhappy child.