G7-9 Creative Mind New Media

3D Art – Kusama Pumpkin In Creative Mind New Media students are learning about Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and her use of optical illusion art. Students have defined art vocabulary in their journals that relates to Kusama’s methods and are now creating their own optical illusions with their very own Papier-mâché pumpkins. First students watched

Global Citizenship – Charity Events for Movember and KIVA

The IB framework is committed to developing students who will make a meaningful contribution to the world, both during and after their education. As the ONLY IB Continuum School in Wuxi, Boston International School always encourage students to devote into community services and charity events, which cultivates their spirit of international citizens. During last week,

G8 Mandarin

异“曲”同工（Poem） 8th grade Mandarin students are working on the unit 异“曲”同工 to learn the poetry of ancient China, focusing on the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The key concept of this unit is Creativity and the related concepts are Self-expression, Theme and Style. Students choose a Chinese ancient poet they are interested in, then make a

G6 Drama/ G7-10 Design Cycle: Theatre Production

Tableau and Mime/ Stage Design G6 have been learning about physical storytelling through methods of mime and tableau. This unit focuses on using non-verbal communication to tell stories that could be understood and enjoyed across cultures. Pictured here, students are rehearsing for their mime performance in the upcoming MYP Winter Concert and collaborating with their

Pursuing Lifelong Learning – IB Workshop

The world has experienced spectacular growth in the last years with exponential technology advances. The challenge for teachers is prepare students to a more complicated yet unknown future. Thus, IB teachers must be given access to: · high quality professional development that encourages critical thinking, self-reflection and dedication to lifelong learning and continuous improvement ·

Weekly Events Review

Winter Book Fair It is the time of the year when your favorite activity is cuddling up with a great book. It is also this time of the year when you start thinking for the perfect gift to offer to your beloved ones. The Winter Book Fair was there for you! It was a continuous effort initiated by our School

G7 I&S

Causes of the First World War/ Fighting the First World War One of the summative assessment tasks that the Grade Seven I & S class were asked to prepare was a research project and presentation on colonialism. This involved preparing awritten summary explaining pre-colonial existence, the effects of invasion by a colonial empire and presenting pictorial

G11-G12 Science

Physics and Chemistry: Energy Unit G11 and G12 Physics and Chemistry and AP students visited the Chinese Renewable Energy Exhibition on November 8. As part of the energy unit students studied sources of clean and renewable energy. They also studied the impact of fossil fuels on the environment. The students had a chance to see

G12 English Language and Literature (HL & SL)

IOC – The Awakening, Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the poetry of Langston Hughes Grade 12 students, from the beginning of the school year, have been studying their necessary texts for their Part 4 – Literature: critical study. For many, part 4 is especially daunting because the assessment for this part is the Individual