Thursday, 21 March 2024

Calvana Donation by Alex C-M

 Pietro Debolini of grade 10 created a poster about wild horses and started a fundraiser to save the wild horses. Pietro says:" They are wild horses, however the most common species in Italy are the Bardigiani, Maremmano and Murgese." The horses are located near Florence in a set of hills where the horses live freely. Not many horses are left because many people hunt them to sell them as meat and many horses die in incidents. You can look further on this website https://www.calvana.it/i-cavalli

When you donate you give money to the charity that after buys medicine to save injured horses just like it happened for Neri (a horse) https://www.calvana.it/salviamolavitadineri. Pietro says:" I decided to save horses because they are my passion since I could remember, my parents both rode horses and I started riding when I was 4, since then I always rode at least 2 times a week until today. Horses for me are the major part of my life and when I heard that these horses where getting killed I wanted to help out raising awareness."

Save the horses by scanning the QR code and donating from the website.





Thursday, 14 March 2024

10 Tips to Win at Fortnite Battle Royale by Niccolò

 Fortnite, one of the most famous games in the world, a battle royale game where players fight each other in a map.It is also one of the most difficult games to win, the storm, the pro players, the types of weapons, building, the rarity of the weapons and etc.

These are 10 tips to win at Fortnite Battle Royale:


1) Decide trustworthy places

In Fortnite, you might die because of the place that you chose to land, You need to decide some places that have good loot but not so much players because if you decide to land in a place with a lot of players you might die as soon as you land or you could be partied. Don't go to giant towns or cities and don't go in the middle of nowhere. The best choice would be to land in small cities or in a small group of houses.

2) Don't challenge pros

In Fortnite, some players are more experienced/better than others, these are called pros, players that are good with weapons and have lots of building skills. If you see a pro killing other players and you know that you don't stand a chance vs him, hide and don't just try to fight him because you believe in yourself. If you think that hide is stupid or it's embarassing, sometimes hiding could save you from a killing spree pro.

3) Collaborate with other players/friends

In Fortnite, collaboration is the key to win, if you can't beat challenging players you don't need to worry because your team will always help you. If you die your team can resurrect you and you can come back in the game, Fortnite would be nothing without friends that support and collaborate with you. Also this could also improve friendships and you know that you could always trust your friends no matter what.

4) Bombs

In Fortnite, bombs could be deadly and if thrown with skill it can also kill more than one player. Bombs have special effects in Fortnite for example sticky bombs stick on a player or a wall until it explodes. Other bombs can make you jump high without fall damage, others can heal you, others can destroy shields and of course there are normal bombs. Bombs can be very dangerous because even if you throw it, it can also hurt yourself. Players do combos with rifle and bombs or other players with throwing skills use them for kill players (a lot of players). Bombs can also save you by bringing you out from a fight.

5) Buildings

In Fortnite, building is essential, players are very good at Fortnite because of their building skills, building can trick players, can make you take cover and can also make you hide better and take time for you to heal. Pros are experts of building but they are very skilled because they trained and improved for years. So if you are not very good in building, don't be angry or nervous, it takes time, a lot of time, people can also take even forever!

6) Train everyday

If you want to win at Fortnite and improve yourself, you need to train/play everyday. You need to look at your mistakes and only like this you can become a master pro. Don't expect that in two months or at the end of the year you become a master pro. It takes years, a lot of years to become master pros, it depends on how much you play or improve. If you see a master pro killing everybody and you want to become like him, that master pro probably took 5 or 6 years to become a killing spree player. So if you want to become a master pro, you will need to play Fortnite for a long, long time.

7) Weapon's rarity

In Fortnite, your goal is not just to kill everybody, but also to get good loot otherwise how are you gonna keep up with other players? There are 7 rarity of weapons: common(grey): the most basic ones and especially the first weapons you get normally, non-common(green): The best ones to start with, rare(blue): powerful and perfect if you want to stay with middle rarity weapons, Epic(purple): rare and they can be commonly found in legendary chests and really rarely in common chests, Legendary(orange-yellow): Second-best weapons, they are really powerful and they are just found in legendary chests, Mythical (yellow) The number one rarity of weapons, mythical weapons are connected to characters in the battle pass and every mythical weapon is different and unique, Exotic (cyan) weapons are really are and they can be found in some seasons and chapters, they are really few types of exotic weapons.

8) Get highground in fights

In Fortnite fights, all players wants the highground and not be noticed. If you have highground, you could kill or damage players by surprise. In highground, players are confused because they don't know where the shots come from. Players took like 2 or 3 shots for see where the shots come from and even if they know where you snipe them, you have an advantage because for you it's easier to hit them and for the enemies is much more difficult to hitting you.

9) Bring heals with you

In Fortnite, heals are one of the most important things. Heals generate your health bar and if your health bar goes out you're dead. Even if it takes a box from your inventory, it will come to you useful and could even save your life. Don't be like a man and just go vs a lot of players without a cure, because you will certainly get killed easily. Bring with you also shield that can give you a shield bar that can protect you, it's like a second health bar.

10) Have fun!!!

Remember that the most important thing in Fortnite is to have fun, after all it's just a videogame. Play with your friends, go vs powerful enemies, combat bosses with a squad, discover secrets/ easter eggs around the map! But always remember, the purpose of Fortnite is to have FUN!!!


I hope that these 10 tips will be useful for you and that will help you to improve on Fortnite battle royale. If you are asking if my articles will always say 10 tips about a game, it's not like this at all, I will create articles of reviewing games or things that are in games (for examples the brawlers of brawl stars) or 10 best bla bla bla. The important thing is that it talks about a videogame, write in the comments what games I should do next and what should I talk about this game. See you next time!


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Places to visit in your lifetime! by George

Here are some very good places to visit that I have visited too, ranked from 1 to 3.

3 - London

London is a very interesting city, as it has many tourist attractions and many museums for you to visit. They are filled with amazing artefacts, especially the natural history museum. 

2 - Rome

Rome is a very interesting place, as there are many places to visit. you can visit the Colosseum and the Vatican. 

1 - Athens

As Athens is one of the cities that are rich in culture and history (and my hometown). there are many landmarks, including the Pantheon. You can go climbing up the hills for the best views of Athens.

Ideas for sports by Elisabetta Uematsu and Ambra Cisek

 If you are stuck in finding a sport try these sports that ISS students suggest.


Tennis 

- "it's funny and most importantly you make mussels.

"Because you are against easy opponents and hard ones."

- "Because it is fun and you are not in teams"

- "Because I like the colour of the ball"

Football

- "Because you run."

- "Because it's fun playing together."

- "Because I like kicking the footballs."

- "Because I know how to tackle people"

- "Because I like the net"

- "Because you win cups"

Horse Riding

- "Because sometimes your in mixed teams."

- "Because you have animals."

- "Because I love my horse Budino."

Rugby

- "Because you can get revenge."

- "Because I like my teacher."

- "Because I started when I was little like a baby."

Basket 

- "There is not much contact"

-"Because I like the lines"

Gymnastics

- "I like doing handstands"

- "I like doing cartwheels"



Friday, 8 March 2024

Some Jokes for Today by MADDLY LENNE .

1. WHY WAS THE MATH BOOK SO SAD ? IT WAS FILLED WITH PROBLEMS.
2.WHY DID THE TEACHER WRITE ON THE WINDOWS?SHE WANTED HER LEsSON TO  BE PERFECTLY CLEAR.
3. WHAT FLIES AROUND THE SCHOOL AT NIGHT? AN  ALPHABAT.
4. WHY DID ECHO GET  IN TROUBLE AT SCHOOL? SHE KEPT ANSWERING BACK.

1v1.lol: The Unknown Game by Edo C-M

 1v1.lol is an unknown game that is like fortnite and is very fun.


In recent years, online gaming has seen significant changes, with 1v1.LOL standing out for its intense 1v1 battles. Players duel on various maps, using weapons and structures to kill opponents. The game blends shooting, building, and strategy. Its vibrant community gathers on forums and social media.

Hockey Unit by Alex C-M

This week we have started a new unit for gym which is hockey. In this unit we are going to learn about hockey. For hockey we use hockey sticks to dribble and shoot. This unit will be very fun because we are going to learn how to play hockey. In the gym lesson we did many games and exercises. Floor hockey is a game where there are 5 players and a goalie. 


Mr. Thompson Cycles the "Strade Bianche 2024" - by Elisabetta Uematsu and Ambra Cisek


Strade Bianche Grand Fondo, on Sunday 3rd of March 2024, Mr. Thompson cycled 140 km. There were 2,200 meters of elevation and there were sectors of Strade Bianche which amounted to 40 km. He completed it in a time of 5 hours and 38 minutes. 

When asked about how he felt about his performance in this year's race, Mr. Thompson replied, "The race was incredibly tough as the terrain was very hilly. But the scenery was beautiful and to be surrounded by so many fellow cyclists was inspirational. I also did it with my good friend and former IS Siena teacher Mr Warner." 

The History of Strade Bianche

This event is called Strade Bianche because it goes
through the whole of Tuscany and Tuscany has loads of  elevation, unpaved roads which makes it harder to cycle and cycling on Tuscany's white dirt. Therefore, it is called Strade Bianche. In 2017, the Strade Bianche was included in the UCI World Tour which is cycling's highest level of professional races. This year, Tadej Pogačar won the Strade Bianche 2024!!!!




Thursday, 7 March 2024

International Women's Day! by George

 On Friday the 8th, it is International Women's day. MYP will be able to write on some posters created by
the Grade 7's about their gratitude. Also, MYP have to bring some accesories in green, purple or white to honor these women. They will be on the glass corridor and PYP can write on them too. On this day, it is also a half-day so we will leave school at 1 o'clock. 

Book week 📚 by Giulia Michelucci


Hi guys today I will  talk about book week.

  • So Book Week is a international week that make you read. 
  • DEAR = Drop Everything And Read
  • It goes like this: that music goes on and you need to get a book and read 
  • Then when the music turns off, we need to stop reading.  
  • Did you understand? 
  • Here are some books