BIS Joint-Mini Fair with US Universities
2019.09.19 Thursday
On Sep 17th and Sep 19th, admission representatives from 6 US universities visited Boston International School. Students and parents are given opportunities to communicate with them face to face. University of Oregon The University of Oregon (also referred to as UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public flagship research university in Eugene, Oregon. The university
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Wuxi Education International Communication Center Visited BIS
2019.09.19 Thursday
On the morning of September 18th, Mr. Xu Weidong, the Deputy Director of Wuxi Education International Communication Center Visited Boston International School, accompanied by BIS Executive President Ms. Sue Su, Executive Principal Mr.Rob Stewart, etc. During this visit, firstly Mr. Xu had a campus tour and visited the primary classrooms, the secondary classrooms, the early-year classrooms, canteen
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G11 English Language and Literature (HL & SL)
2019.09.19 Thursday
A place of thoughts, feelings and songs! Grade 11 is entering the last week of their first unit, titled, “Thoughts and Feelings”. In this unit we have endeavored to understand some major concepts including identity, representation and communication. Writer’s style, especially, has been focused on. Excerpts from Hamlet and Pride and Prejudice have been used. Cognitive science, specifically; “Theory of Mind”, has been
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G8 French
2019.09.18 Wednesday
Ms Triphonie Sibomana My family As their learning experience, students use basic French for basic greetings, names of family members, number skills, to introduce themselves and their family members. They start editing related texts referring to the learned sentence starters; they also make their family tree, label it and share the information with the whole class.
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G8 Theatre
2019.09.17 Tuesday
Ms Janine Bezuidenhout Improvisation During this week, the year 8 students are focusing on collaboration and taking suggestions from peers as part of the lead-up to their improvisational performance learning. This has been scaffolded to allow for an embodied experience of what it means to listen to one another, take peer suggestions and work together.
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BIS Teacher Won Honorary Title of District Excellent Teacher
2019.09.12 Thursday
Warm congratulations go out to Dr. Youngmin An who is an English/ELL teacher for MYP and a psychology teacher for DP Program of Boston International School on winning the honorary title of Excellent Teacher of the Year 2018-2019 in Wuxi XinWu District. As a member of faculty team from Boston International School, Dr. Youngmin An has
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Weekly Events Review
2019.09.12 Thursday
01 Japanese Summer Festival As an international school, we respect and embrace different cultures. Aug 31st marks a lovely weather at the end of summer and the start of autumn. We celebrated with Touwaen Serviced Residence for a Japanese traditional summer festival. We set up a booth that offered Japanese traditional games and everyone had a lot
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What Makes an IB Teacher? Teacher In-Service Session in BIS
2019.09.05 Thursday
The IB system embodies the spirit of life-long learning. Thus, it is also essential for IB teachers to develop themselves. As the only IB Continuum School in Wuxi, our teachers are given access to trainings and workshops from both outside and inside the school. IB Teacher High quality professional development that encourages critical thinking, self-reflection and
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Theatre Makes Versatile Students
2019.09.05 Thursday
Theatre is a practical subject that encourages discovery through experimentation, the taking of risks and the presentation of ideas to others. It results in the development of both theatre and life skills; the building of confidence, creativity and working collaboratively. It gives students the opportunity to make theatre as creators, designers, directors and performers. It
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Embark on A Journey with Renowned Artist David Reid
2019.08.30 Friday
The IB Organization believes that visual arts course encourages students to challenge their own creative and cultural expectations and boundaries. Supporting the IB mission statement and learner profile, the course encourages students to actively explore the visual arts within and across a variety of local, regional, national, international and intercultural contexts. Through inquiry, investigation, reflection
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