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« Previous EntriesThe Third Annual WISS Sports Carnival
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010By Luke Griffin, Health and Phys. Ed. Coodinator
June 12th, 2010 played host to the third annual WISS sports carnival. Students, parents and teachers alike spent the morning participating in a variety of games and activities such as ping pong ball relays, “egg and spoon” and “sponge” relays and other such games.
The afternoon saw the entire school […]
Ming Zhu Migrant Kindergarten in Xujing Receives Much Needed Donation
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Migrant children at the Ming Zhu Migrant Kindergarten in Xujing recently received a much needed boost to their play time. An initiative by You Dao partner school Western International School of Shanghai in Qing Pu saw several hundred toys donated by parents and children at the international school and delivered to children who normally would […]
Read more »Book Week: “Open the door to reading!”
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Congratulations to everyone on their active participation in a fantastic Book Parade Friday March 5, which added the finishing touch to our Book Week. The students and staff all joined in the spirit of Book Week by dressing up in the most creative and spectacular costumes!We were entertained with three presentations of well-known stories by […]
Read more »Celebrating the Year of the Tiger
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Parents, students and staff gathered together at WISS on Wednesday February 10th to celebrate the Year of the Tiger.
The Tiger is the third sign in the Chinese Zodiac cycle, and it is a sign of bravery. Like the lion in Western culture, the Tiger is the proverbial King of the Jungle, admired for its […]
WISS Christmas Show
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Much of the excitement of Christmas centers around the children and their joy at the magic of this particularly special time of the year. What better way to celebrate than to watch the children sing and dance on stage!
This year’s Christmas Shows tell the story of the first Christmas using the children’s beautiful voices to […]
My City
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Cityweekend Parents & Kids, Dec.3-Feb.4, 2009
by Reina Fukushima, G10 student
Shanghai has developed tremendously, and it has become very beautiful and modern. Next year, it is going to hold the world EXPO, so many people all over the world will pay attention to Shanghai. I’m very lucky to live in a place like this. My […]
Pre-K Friendship Picnic
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009On Friday November 6 Pre-K RED and Pre-K BLUE ventured out to Zhu Di Park to complete their ‘Friendship Unit’ with a friendship picnic. Parents also joined their children for fun, food and frivolities. The favorite parts of the picnic included: * eating, eating and eating* playing with the giant parachute* riding the biggest school […]
Read more »Halloween Parade
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009What a busy day we all had last Friday, beginning with our Halloween Parade! Well done to all of the children and the teachers for dressing up in their wonderful costumes and for taking part in the fun of the parade with good humour and enthusiasm! There was such a happy atmosphere from the […]
Read more »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 […]