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We would like to invite students to participate in the upcoming Performing Arts recitals on Monday 1 March – Thursday 4 March.

Now that we have reached the end of Term 1, I would like to take this opportunity to explore and celebrate different aspects of what we have achieved together during this time.

Our department mission was and continues to be, to create an environment that fosters a life-long love of sport through participation, and to provide opportunities to develop, succeed and excel.

We are the Eco Club and we want to improve our community’s approach to the environment. We are going to be promoting and organising activities for the future of the planet.

There have been a number of questions regarding the lunch provision in school and we want to reassure our parents that we take this feedback seriously. There has been a meeting with John (our Head Chef and Catering Manager) who is keen to provide a good service and he will be feeding back to his staff about the specific questions and concerns about food preparation and how this can be improved.

As many of the cast and staff will tell you, BISS Puxi has a reputation for putting on fantastic productions. While the production teams may vary, and the students may change, the quality of Performing Arts remains consistently excellent. This has been especially true over the past few years due to the collaboration between our school and Juilliard.

On Friday 6 November, all students at BISS Puxi had the opportunity to dress up in animal costumes, safari-themed clothes, or Tanzania flag colours to fundraise for the charity Seeway Tanzania.

We would like to confirm our dates and show times for Seussical. Due to the current restrictions we are still unable to invite parents onto the site to watch the show. As such, we have arranged for two performances to be streamed live, with each performance starting at 14:00 with an expected ending time of 15:15.

On Friday 25 September we celebrated the European Day of Languages 2020. This year our focus at BISS Puxi was on Italian!

Though it is longer than I care to admit, I remember walking into my reception classroom in Sydney with not a single word of English. It was daunting, stressful, and uncomfortable.

Every year, on the third Tuesday of September, the Dutch government announces their plans for the upcoming year. To celebrate this special event called ‘Prinsjesdag’, consul-general Mr van Wijngaarden traditionally visits Shanghai Dutch School. This year we had the honor of receiving a personalized video message.

It’s great to be back. The school is starting to feel like the BISS Puxi of August 2019, before all of the quarantine and supervision rules and staggered leaving times. It has been a long summer with many people working hard to ensure the school has taken all of the necessary steps to ensure we were able to open again safely.

Students from the Native German classes received their Principal's Commendations this week in the Secondary foyer.

In order to help keep our community connected we invited students, parents, and teachers to participate in regular 'Virtual Choir' rehearsals. This was made possible thanks to the use of Microsoft Teams which we introduced to families through our NAESVE programme. We welcomed over 90 members to the choir which included established singers, and those new to singing!

Anyone in our community can get involved at any time, just watch the video until the end for instructions.

It has been great to see students from across the school get involved! Here are a few of our favourite clips from this week. It's not too late to get involved, just follow the instructions at the end of the video.

Now, as in life we are all faced with challenging moments. Through no fault of our own we find ourselves facing ambiguous situations, challenging relationships, worries and fears. The COVID-19 situation has required us to study and work at home and thrown us out of our usual routine. It has deprived us of some of our usual coping mechanisms such as going to the gym or getting a quick bite with friends. This can be extremely unsettling. However, this is the challenge we are all facing and we need to rise to it. During this difficult time Mr. Marlon Devonish shares 6 top tips for staying positive through challenging times. This week is his take on ‘N for Never Giving Up

Olympic Gold Medalist and BISS Puxi Elite Performance Coach Marlon Devonish, talks about motivation. There are times for all of us where we need to dig deep and find some motivation from somewhere to achieve our goals.  Marlon shares some of what he learnt on his journey in understanding motivation.

Learning never stops. In fact, you could say that after you leave school there is even more to learn than ever before. However, the earlier we start to engrain a philosophy of lifelong learning into our young people, the better. Professional athletes make lifelong learning a habit from an early age because they know that they cannot reach peak performance without it.

The BISS University Fair 2020 will be a great opportunity for students to meet with university representatives from around the world and learn about what their universities have to offer, what universities are looking for in their students, and how best to prepare effective applications. A selection of presentations delivered by university representatives will also be taking place on the day.