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As every year, summer is also quite a busy time at a school. It is the time for painting, refurbishing, reflecting on how we can be a better school and new teachers and staff begin.

We have also collaborated with Hägersten stadsdel and hosted two of their events, a music camp and a craft/design camp. 

This year we have painted corridors and classrooms. Mr Jartén and Mr Dalton have, with the help of some summer workers, moved an art classroom down to level 4 for better light and space. A new classroom has been built on level 6 and a classroom with the possibility of craft activities for junior school has been created on level 2, next to the main craft room. We have also moved our administration office to level 7 so that our new assistant principal can have his office on level 4 and be closer to the students and the day to day events. Earlier this spring, Mr Nortcott also moved down to level 5 for the same reasons.

We have refurbished the library so it will be more user friendly and ordered some new furniture for level 2 and the Senior School common room, which we chose to call it. Ms. Torquato, who is going to work in a student room, has planned activities for breaks and  touched up the white lines for games such as King.

We have also met and talked about what to do to get a more active Student Council and an involved parent association, and suggestions will be made at the parent meetings at the start of the term.

Next week, our new food supplier, Kleins, will install in the premises, and we have been  looking forward to that for a long time after having  a supplier who could not deliver on what they had  promised.

This week a few new teachers will start, I will present them in more detail on SchoolSoft. They will have a few hectic days before all teachers return on the 13th of August, after their summer vacation.

We are really looking forward to this academic year together and to making this school better and better!

Som varje år är även sommaren en ganska hektisk tid på en skola, det målas, putsas, möbleras om, funderas över hur vi blir bättre, hur vi gör skolan till en tryggare plats och nya lärare börjar.

I år har vi målat korridorer och klassrum, Mr Jartén, Mr Dalton har med hjälp av några sommarjobbare flyttat ett bildklassrum ner till plan 4, för bättre ljus och utrymme. Ett nytt klassrum har byggts på plan 6 och ett klassrum med möjlighet för slöjdaktiviteter för junior school har inretts på plan 4.  Vi har också flyttat upp vår administration till plan 7, så att vår nya biträdande rektor kan ha sitt kontor på plan 4 och vara närmre händelsernas centrum. Tidigare i våras flyttade även Mr Nortcott ner till plan 5 från plan 7 av samma anledning. Städarna har storstädat hela skolan och polerat alla golv.

Vi har möblerat om i biblioteket så att det ska bli mer användarvänligt och beställt lite nya möbler till plan 2 och the Senior School common room, som vi valt att kalla det. Ms Torquato som ska jobba i student room har planerat aktiviteter för raster och fräshat upp kingrutorna och målat en till kingruta.

Vi har också pratat om hur vi ska göra för att få ett mer aktivt elevråd och en involverad föräldrarförening, och förslag på det kommer vi att komma ut med i samband med föräldrarmötena vid terminsstart.

I nästa vecka kommer vår nya matleverantör, Kleins, att installera sig i lokalerna och det ser vi verkligen fram emot efter en för lång tid med en leverantör som inte kunde hålla det de lovat.

Nu i veckan börjar några nya lärare, jag kommer att presentera dem närmare på School Soft. De kommer ha några hektiska dagar innan alla lärare kommer tillbaka efter sina sommarlov, den 13/8.

Vi ser verkligen fram emot det här läsåret tillsammans med er och att tillsammans ha siktet inställt mot att göra den här skolan bättre och bättre!

/Annakarin Johansson

Rektor

Students, teachers, parents,

Thank you for the academic year of 2017/2018 , my second year as principal of IES Liljeholmen. What year it has been! Together we have learned so much, assumed so many challenges, and put so much effort in together. Some events that I think have been extraordinary are that we managed to collect 34,000kr to the Children's Cancer Foundation by walking around the sports ground for an hour, well done everybody for receiveing so many sponsorships! We have also had theme days, from World Book Day to Ugly Christmas Sweater day.

Our year 5 students have participated in the football tournament, which IES Täby was hosting for, and our girls won all their matches, and the guys the whole tournament! The 5s has also been to Skansen and learned more about Sapmi, Sami and Sami traditions. We have had a career week for year 9, where they went to lectures, meet Mentor Sweden and I had the chance to lecture about writing a CV and what to consider when looking for a job and going to interviews. We also received a visit by Middlesex Cricket Club, the oldest cricket club in the world! We also had a team in Lego Robotics who went to Oslo after winning competitions in Sweden.

So much has happened, but it is also important to mention that we had an Autumn Fair together with PTA which was incredibly well-attended. The year 9s had the opportunity to go to Kungsberget for skiing on a snowy day in March, and it was incredibly fun to see the progress of our students in the slopes, some went from never having skiied to flying down the red slopes! Now in June we hosted an Inter School Sports Day where students from different IES schools competed in athletics, even here the victory went to IES Liljeholmen!

We are now switching food suppliers to Kleins, they will come in during the summer and spice up the dining rooms so that we all together know that it will be a fresh start. We are building a new classroom so that we fit properly. While our administrators are moving up to floor 7, some of the management team will move down to floor 4 and 5 to be closer to students and the action. We will work intensively with our quality work during the summer, and especially focus on the surveys that students, teachers and parents fill in to see what we can improve. We will also take the surveys back to teachers and students for suggestions on how we can improve our school together.

I wish you all a fantastic summer, and I will see you all back on the 20th of August! 

Annakarin Johansson

Principal 

Photo by Joakim Hall

Elever, lärare, föräldrar,

Tack för läsåret 2017/2018, mitt andra år som rektor för IES Liljeholmen är nu slut. Vilket år det har varit! Vi har tillsammans lärt oss så mycket, antagit många utmaningar, och kämpat tillsammans. En del händelser som jag tycker har varit extra roligt är att vi lyckades samla in 34 000kr till Barncancerfonden genom att promenera kring idrottsplatsen i en timme, bra gjort att ni fick så många att sponsra! Vi har också haft tema dagar, allt från Världsboksdagen till Ugly Christmas Sweater day. Våra åk 5 elever har deltagit i fotbollsturneringen, som IES Täby var värdar för, och våra tjejer vann alla sina matcher, och killarna hela turneringen! 5:orna har också varit på Skansen och fått lära sig mer om Sapmí, samer och samiska traditioner. Vi har haft karriärsvecka för åk 9, där de fick gå på föreläsningar, träffa Mentor Sverige och jag fick chansen att föreläsa om hur man skriver ett CV och vad man bör tänka på när man söker jobb och går på intervju. Vi fick också besök av Middlesex Cricket Club, den äldsta cricket-klubben i världen! Våra elever fick pröva på att spela tillsammans med dem, så roligt. Vi hade även ett team i Lego Robotics som åkte till Oslo efter att ha vunnit deltävlingar i Sverige. 

Det har hänt så mycket, men det känns också viktigt att nämna att vi hade en Autumn Fair tillsammans med PTA som blev otroligt välbesökt. Åk 9 hade möjligheten att åka till Kungsberget för att åka skidor en snöig marsdag, och det var otroligt kul att se våra elevers framsteg i backarna, några gick från att aldrig ha stått på ett par skidor till att susa ner för röda backar! Nu i juni var vi värdar för en Inter School Sports Day där elever från olika IES-skolor tävlade i friidrott, även här gick segern till IES Liljeholmen! 

 Inför nästa läsår byter vi nu matleverantör till Kleins, de kommer att komma in över sommaren och piffa upp matsalarna så att vi alla tillsammans känner att det blir en nystart. Vi bygger ett till klassrum, så att vi får plats ordentligt. Samtidigt som våra administratörer flyttar upp till våning 7 kommer en del av ledningsgruppen flytta ner från våning 7 för att vara närmare elever och verksamheten. 

Vi kommer att jobba intensivt med vårt kvalitetsarbete under sommaren, och titta särskilt på den undersökning som elever, lärare och föräldrar fyller i, för att se vad vi kan förbättra. Vi kommer även ta den tillbaka till lärare och elever för förslag om hur vi kan förbättra vår skola tillsammans. 

Jag önskar er en fantastisk sommar, och vi ses den 20 augusti igen! 

Photo by Joakim Hall

This week we are celebrating World Book Day. Both in classrooms, during breaks and in the library, different events are going on. On Friday the 27th the year 6 will host different events reconizing this day. The English Department together with the teachers has had a little competition for the students where they get to guess who the reader behind the book is! It has been a very popular competition, and hopefully it has inspired some students to read new authors. Can you identify the reader behind the book? 

IES Liljeholmen is a year 4-9 school situated around Telefonplan in Hägersten, not far from Stockholm City. We started this school in 2014 and has grown to our full potential this school year (2017/2018) with five parallell classes in each year group. We believe strongly in the IES Ethos, in a bilingual, safe and orderly school envrionment where students can learn and teachers can teach. 

Our teachers comes from all over the world, but they have in common that they teach in their first language. Our students have the privilage of being taught by a native speaker, in English, Swedish, Spanish, French and German for example. We also offer a wide range of home languages through Omniglot. 

I came to IES Liljeholmen in June 2016, after 12 years at IES Enskede. I started off as a teacher in Swedish, SO and Maths, I was a mentor for many years, and Head of Department and Head of Year. The last three years at IES Enskede I was the Academic Manager. I sometimes jokingly say that I am born and raised IES as this is were I have worked for almost 14 years now, almost a third of my life. 

IES Liljeholmen is my first school as a Principal, and my vision of this school is one of a well functioning school, where students can reach their goals, and learn for life. My goal is that all our students will be able to get in to Gymnasiet after year 9. That the grades they get is reflecting reality and are in following LGR 11, the Swedish curriculum. Which means that my vision also is of a school where all teachers are in line with LGR 11 when teaching, planning lessons and grading. I believe in grit, and an open mindset when it comes to learning. I believe in learning from mistakes, and not giving up even when it is hard. To be able to ask for help, and new ways, when the old ways don't lead forward anymore. As a wise person once said, “The greatest teacher, failure is.”

I wish you all a fantastic 2018! 

Best regards, 

Annakarin Johansson 

Principal 

Thank you all for making this year a wonderful experience for me! It has been quiet a journey with our first inspection by Skolinspektionen, our first year 9s having their national tests, and being able to offer our students the opportunity to take the IGCSE tests.  Though the journey has had it's ups and downs it has been a very learning experience, and I am looking forward to next school year when we reach our full potential of 5 parallell classes from year 4-9 and finally also being able to expand up till the 7th level of the building. 

  A big thank you to all the students, guardians and of course, members of the staff for making this year fantastic! 

Today our caps and gowns for our first year 9s graduation arrived! I couldn't resist to try them on. I am really looking forward to see our first year 9's graduate in the blue gowns of IESLH.

As last term, our Development talks were really successful. It is such a great opportunity for teachers, students and parents to meet and set goals for the future. Some classes took the opportunity to sell fika to the visiting parents, which was very much appreciated. And on the second day, we were visited by English children's books in Sweden, who are an independant Usborne book organiser. It was very appreciated by students, parents and staff, and we will invite them again!

Thank you all, students, parents, mentors and staff for making the Development Talk Days so very valuable!

I am sure we have all gotten a lot of very useful feedback, I sure know I have. Next step for all of us is now to think about that feedback, and how we are going to act on what we were told. Maybe we decide to take an earlier bus to avoid being late, maybe we decide to change how we explain difficult things we teach, maybe we decide to work a little harder to reach a goal we set up?

Soon we are off on Autumn break, a well deserved rest for students and teachers! And those of us still here during next week will make sure that the school is nice and tidy when you get back, some painting, some moving and some notice boards will be put up! And when you, the students, get back, we will need your support to make sure that the school stays that way for a long time! 

And a huge thank you to the students providing fika for our guests! 

Take care, 

Ms Johansson 

A new school year has finally started. The building is yet again filled with students and teachers and what it takes to make it in to a school, not just an empty house.  It has been an intense start for all of us, but now pieces are falling in to place. We have had the opportunity to meet the parents and guardians during the first full week back, and that was great for all of us. 

 Our Heads of Houses, and House Captains and a few extra students went on a camping and team building trip to Ängsö last week and had a fantastic few days that will benefit all our students. The extra curricular activities such as the Robotics Team and the Running club has already started, with lots of enthusiastic students signing up. Our librarian is hosting a scavange hunt in the library this week and lots of other activities going on out side the lesson time. I have already visited a few lessons, and their is real learning taking place. Today a year 7 class went on an science excursion to look for creepy crawlies! They found some leaches and snails, but no frogs this time. 

We have a Cross Curricular theme for the whole school this year, and that is Juno, the space craft Juno going to Jupiter! Have look at the Youtube clip below for more information. 

This will be a great school year! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU1CH6p1Tf8&feature=youtu.be