Archive for June, 2009
WISS play host to its annual sports carnival
Friday, June 26th, 2009By Luke Griffin, Head of Phys. Education Department
On Tuesday June 23, the students and teachers alike at WISS spent the morning participating in a variety of games and activities such as ping pong ball relays, “egg and spoon” relays and other such games. The Primary students enjoyed making good use of the new gymnasium facilities which […]
Read more »Part of the Team
Thursday, June 25th, 2009School News, CityWeekend Parents & Kids, June 18-August 4, 2009
With another successful year complete and a new fall semester just over the horizon, Western International School of Shanghai is getting set to welcome a new face to the team. The WISS school board recently announced the appointment of UK native Fiona Johnstone as the […]
Read more »WISS Book Week
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WISS Parents Go Back to School
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Are schools solely for students? Not the case at WISS. Recently, over forty parents converged at WISS, attending a workshop about the IB Primary Years Program (PYP). WISS has been running a stream of Parent Info Sessions since last September, covering various areas such as Early Literacy, English as an Additional Language (EAL), Get Reading […]
Read more »Kindergarten Design T-shirt for Global Giving Project
Thursday, June 11th, 2009Last week WISS Kindergarten children were engaged in fundraising for the Global Giving Project, which helps provide clean water to children’s hospitals in
China.
The fundraising is part of the “Water Conservation” drive initiated by Kindergarten students, during their exploration of how water is an essential resource and how it is shared by all living […]
Grade Three Host Expo
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009By Kevin Yoshihara, G3 teacher
On May 29 the Grade 3 classes hosted an Expo to celebrate our current Unit of Inquiry in the Primary Years Program (PYP), which captured the central idea “People have developed ways for harnessing and using renewable and non-renewable resources”. The theme for our Expo was Energy and how it is harnessed. […]
Read more »Kindergarten Revel in Celebrating Dragon Boat Festival
Monday, June 8th, 2009On May 28 children and staff in the WISS Early Childhood Program joined together in the Community Room to mark the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in China.
Juliet Zhu, Early Childhood Chinese Coordinator, unveiled the celebration by bringing festive ornaments for the students […]
WISS students live out Mathematics learning
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Children’s Day Supplement, Shanghai Daily, June 1, 2009
By Renee Peitsch, G2 teacher
Shoppers at Carrefour Xu Jing were in for a surprise recently when groups of Grade 2 students from Western International School of Shanghai (WISS) were spotted exploring the isles with calculators and notebooks in hand. In a flutter of excitement and a flurry […]
Read more »WISS Celebrating International Day
Monday, June 1st, 2009WISS hosted an International Day celebration on May 22, paying tribute to over 26 nationalities and cultures represented in its diverse learning community.
With ample space to accommodate over 450, the new gym/theater provided an excellent venue for the celebration, which presented an array of elaborate costumes, delectable food, beautiful music, unique artifacts and other distinct […]
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