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« Previous EntriesCelebrating 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 […]
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 […]
Back to School
Monday, September 7th, 2009WISS held its Orientation Day for the new school year in the college gymnasium on August 27.
Director Todd Flanagan extended a warm welcome to both returning and new families and shared with the community members the latest developments at the school. The new Arts and Science wing is expected to be finished in a few […]
Grade Twos Take Action to Promote a Green Garden Wonderland
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009By Renée Peitsch, G2 teacher
On Saturday June 13th the Grade 2 students from WISS were welcomed at URBN Hotel’s Green Garden Wonderland to educate guests on issues such as sustainability, recycling and environmentally friendly practices which the Grade 2s have been investigating in their Unit of Inquiry. URBN Hotel is China’s first carbon-neutral hotel, using […]
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