Archive for October, 2009
Girl Scout Assembly
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
An extra special assembly for parents of girls who are members of the Girl Scouts at WISS took place yesterday in the Community Room. The girls took part in a ‘bridging’ ceremony during which they received their new uniform and, of course, they did so with great pride.
Thank you to Mrs Heather Foley (WISS parent […]
Buddy Classes
Friday, October 23rd, 2009This academic year one of the many new initiatives in place at WISS is the set-up of “Buddy Classes” in Early Years and the Primary School.
It was wonderful to see our older students pair up with the younger ones during lunchtime in the past few weeks. Our Primary students were delighted to visit the […]
CISSA Soccer Days
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009By Luke Griffin, PE Coordinator
Last week saw PE and class teachers and students from Grades 3, 4 and 5 travel to the Shanghai American School to represent WISS at our first ever CISSA sporting event. The game was soccer (football) and the aim was to have fun!
Each class was divided into two teams and we played 3 […]
International Buddy Class
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009By Renee Peitsch, G2 Teacher
Before the October break, Grade 2 Blue prepared letters of introduction to send to a Grade 2 class at Mentone Girls Grammar, Melbourne Australia. Meanwhile Australian students and their teacher, Ms Clarke prepared a similar package of letters, a travel buddy and a journal to accompany the travel buddy across the Ocean! […]
Read more »Phuket 007
Friday, October 16th, 2009By Sohail Kalia, G9, published in Cityweekend Parents & Kids, Oct.8-Dec.2
Thailand is a very fascinating country. It has a slightly conservative culture which doesn’t interfere with the development of the country. There is a diversity of historic and modern sights to see. In Bangkok, the Wat Pho Temple is the birth place of Thai massage. […]
Continuing to Upgrade
Friday, October 16th, 2009
School News, Cityweekend Parents & Kids, Oct.8-Dec.2
Phase two of the Western International School of Shanghai’s ongoing expansion project is now complete. As a result, new science labs, classrooms and an extensive library have been added to the school’s existing facilities. A 130 sq. meter sustainable greenhouse atop the science wing is also nearing […]
Dianshan Lake Festival
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009By Cameron Gribbon, Kim Kerremans and Mieneke Jongert, Grade 5 students
On Monday, September 28th, we went to the Dianshan Lake Festival to do a performance with our class. After school we got dressed in our clothes for the dance and practiced in the gym. We wore a blue expo shirt with dark pants and gloves […]