Human Resource Management The BIS business students truly hold the characteristics of entrepreneurship. Their newly formed international school, the “Real BIS”, is ready to soar as the young, dedicated sprit within the organization. This week they interviewed BIS Head of HR, Ms. Zhu, to learn the essence of human power management. From human resources planning,

Christmas Cookies What would the Christmas season be without homemade cookies? To bake Christmas cookies during Advent season is very traditional in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The students got to know two Christmas cookies recipes. They prepared the dough, baked the cookies and decorated them. During this activity they listened to German Christmas songs

The Folk Tradition Students are learning how folk music is an aural tradition in which songs and dances are adapted and arranged according to the resources, stylistic interests of the performers and the occasion. This unit explores: use and arrangement of traditional melodies and dances; songs and dances learned aurally; use of pentatonic and modal

Travelling The topic of Unit 2 in Grade 10 is travelling throughout Germany. In this unit the students learned in German how to make a plan for a trip, preparing things for travelling, how to make a reservation in German, how to ask the ways or prices. They learned a lot of vocabulary about countries

Short Novel Students adapted the novel they studied, “莫泊桑拜师” into a play, adding the appropriate characters and a detailed description to create their own script, according to the theme, in a team. The Unit title is “文字的力量”, to learn the short novels which can influence people’s feeling and thought. The Key Concept of this Unit

Clock Time vs Psychological Time Students read the story “Clock time and Clock in Our Psychological Mind” in class and learned that there are two types of “clocks” we use in our life on a daily basis. Some people’s clock go faster than others depending on their mind and environment; The story reminds us to keep

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

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

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