Classroom Spotlight | Be A Word Wizard – Handwriting Program

At the beginning of the year, BIS adopted a new handwriting program. This program is based upon Getty-Dubay, a program that has been around for 40 years. Students in grades KG-5 are learning both manuscript printing and cursive. To learn more, we asked Mr. Brian Wallace, Grade 2 teacher, for his insights and experiences into

BIS Future Ready | Part III & IV– MYP & PYP

MYP plays an important role as a bridge between PYP and DP. How do we apply MYP here at BIS? What skills are students expected to master during MYP period? Let’s find out the answers in our BIS Future Ready series – Part 3: Middle Years Programme. Part 3 – Middle Years Programme PYP builds

FIND BIS – Phonics Lays A Solid Foundation of English

As one of the most popular English teaching methods throughout the world, Phonics is recognized as the most efficient way for children to develop language ability. Phonics is now also widely applied in schools among China. What is Phonics? What’s the difference between Phonics and a phonogram? Today, we visited the Phonics classes in our Elementary School to have

G2 Sleepover Night

On Thursday 7th January, Grade 2 braved the cold weather and had a sleepover in school. The purpose of the sleepover was to build friendships in the class, and also to learn more about part of our school community: our boarding students. The Grade 2 students transformed their classrooms into a space for sleeping, with

Read and Travel Through Fantasies in Book Week!

The annual Book Week is back on campus! During this week, various kinds of activities and fairs related to reading were held. Let’s have a look! 01 Character Parade On Friday, November 20th, our readers celebrated the magical, the fantasy, the out of this world, and the lands they dreamed of by playing their favorite roles in