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Inside Nucleus

Weekly updates, school news, camp recaps and monthly highlights, written for our parents and for everyone curious about life at Nucleus.

Latest issue · The People Behind Nucleus, part 1

“I Am Just Not Good at Maths”: Meet the Physicist Who Teaches It at Nucleus

Rajif has an M.Sc. in Materials Physics and a PhD in progress, and he teaches mathematics to our students in Addis Ababa. In the first issue of The People Behind Nucleus, he explains why no child is born bad at maths, and what he asks a student who is stuck.

Read this issue2 September 2026

Nucleus International School Summer Camp 2026 · Part 5

Inside Our Summer Camp Closing Ceremony in Addis Ababa: Five Weeks, One Stage

Five weeks, one stage. Our first summer camp closed on 14 August with singing, speaking, drama, a taekwondo demonstration, an art exhibition in the classrooms and a Certificate of Participation for every camper. The final issue from Nucleus Summer Camp, Addis Ababa.

14 August 2026

Nucleus International School Summer Camp 2026 · Part 4

What Children Take Home From a Summer Camp in Addis Ababa

Confidence, communication and the nerve to try again. Week four at Nucleus Summer Camp: robotics that fail before they work, sparring in full pads, handprints held high, and a closing celebration in sight.

7 August 2026

Nucleus International Schools Teachers’ Capacity Building Training · Part 2

Why Ethiopian Graduates Feel Lost After Graduation, and What Schools Must Teach Instead

Our founder built a school because of one moment he kept seeing: a young Ethiopian celebrates their graduation, then wakes up the next morning with no idea what to do with their life. Issue 02 of our teacher training newsletter, on the gap Nucleus exists to close.

3 August 2026

Nucleus International School Summer Camp 2026 · Part 3

How Summer Camp Turns Shy Children Into Leaders: A Week in Addis Ababa

31 July 2026

Nucleus International Schools Teachers’ Capacity Building Training · Part 1

Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom: Why the Best Teachers Read the Room First

28 July 2026

Nucleus International School Summer Camp 2026 · Part 2

Kids Learning to Code Robots in Addis Ababa: A Week of Coding, Art and Guitar

How do children actually learn to program a robot? Campers built the sequence block by block, made bold mosaics, picked up guitar, and went from shy on Monday to leading games by Friday. With video from the robotics lab at Nucleus Summer Camp, Addis Ababa.

24 July 2026

Nucleus International School Summer Camp 2026 · Part 1

Inside a Week at Summer Camp in Addis Ababa: Robotics, Art, Sport and Music

What does a week at a kids summer camp in Addis Ababa actually look like? Campers built moving Shape Men, met real robots, made musical shakers, and learned taekwondo, running and soccer. Week one at Nucleus, in pictures.

17 July 2026

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The People Behind Nucleus

The teachers, specialists and staff who make a Nucleus classroom what it is. Each issue is a long conversation with one of them: where they come from, how they think about their subject, and what they are building with our students in Addis Ababa.

2 parts

Nucleus International Schools Teachers’ Capacity Building Training

The professional development newsletter of Nucleus International Schools. Each issue documents one module of our Teachers’ Capacity Building Training: the practical tools, global strategies and pedagogical thinking behind every Nucleus classroom in Addis Ababa.

5 parts

Nucleus International School Summer Camp 2026

Weekly recaps of Nucleus Summer Camp 2026: photos from our campuses, what campers built and learned each week, and takeaways from our staff and camp teachers.

What you will find here

Inside Nucleus shares weekly updates from our classrooms and campuses in Addis Ababa, recaps of programs like Nucleus Summer Camp, monthly school highlights, teacher takeaways and practical information for parents. New issues are published every week during term and camp season.

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Taekwondo Classes for Kids in Addis Ababa: What Parents Should Look For

Taekwondo is one of the most common activities parents in Addis Ababa sign their children up for, and the quality varies enormously. Here is what a good children’s class looks like, what your child actually learns, what to ask before you enrol, and photographs of it happening.

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How to Teach Critical Thinking and Problem Solving to Children in Ethiopia

Ethiopian classrooms reward memorisation, and it shows on the morning after graduation. Here is what critical thinking actually looks like at primary age, how to tell whether a school teaches it, and what parents can do at home.

parent resources

How Summer Camp Builds Confidence in Children: What Six Weeks Changed

Parents are told camp builds confidence. Almost nobody shows the mechanism. Here is what actually changed in our campers over six weeks, why it works, and how to tell whether a camp will do it for your child.

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