Weekly Events Review

by BIS / 2020.10.24 Saturday / Published in news & event

Coffee with Counsellor

On October 19th and 20th, Mr. Carlos Arboleda, our Student Services Director and College Counsellor held two sessions of Coffee with Counsellor with primary parents and secondary parents separately. Carefully listened to every parent’s concerns and questions, Mr. Arboleda gave his points of view on the family education of early years and adolescents.

Mr. Arboleda talked about the topic from theory to practice with some examples. He also involved all parents to share their experience and learn from each other, which was very inspiring.

Parent Workshop – IBDP: Core

On October 21st, Mr. Matt Kirk, our DP Coordinator gave a Parent Workshop themed on IBDP: Core. Before the speech began, Mr. Kirk encouraged parents to think about how the world change throughout our past life does, which explained why STUDENT is at the center of IB education.

Then he went on with IBDP core, which is composed by Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Extended Essay (EE) and Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS). He gave parents an overview on all of the three parts and then detailed explanations.

The next session of Parent Workshop will be held on October 28th by Mr. Carlos Arboleda. Welcome to sign up.

Elementary Assembly – Mid-autumn Festive Art Works

How do our elementary students celebrate Mid-autumn Festival? In addition to eating moon cakes and getting together with their families, they created and designed different kinds of artwork, ranging from paintings, computer designed posters and models.

On October 22nd, elementary school held an assembly to award those who created great art works. Some of the works were very innovative, some displayed their heartful thoughts of goodwill, while some demonstrates elaborate painting skills.

G2 – Role Models

Grade 2’s Unit of Inquiry is about role models and how we can influence others. Grade 2 are now the role models for EY3. Our students were paired with a buddy to help with snack and recess time for a few days. All the students were so excited to meet and help their little buddies. G2 students took their hands and helped them down the stairs, gathered snack and some of them even helped wipe their mouths and wash hands, through which demonstrated their caring and communication skills.

Cross Country Race

On Saturday October 17th BIS hosted a cross country race featuring 5 other schools throughout Jiangsu Province. 81 runners, ranging from Grade 5 up to Grade 12. We were happy to welcome all students from across Jiangsu Province and to cheer for their sportsmanship and persistence.