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On Friday 21 January, our Year 12 students enjoyed a series of enrichment workshops. We started the day by looking at how students can maximise their success in the IBDP – this mirrored the parent workshop that ran on Monday 17 January.
The focus of the student session was to encourage the students to reflect on their own practice. What kind of students are they? They then had the opportunity to talk to their peers about the strategies that they use to make notes, review lesson materials and to revise. Students are often very creative and to gift them the time to share is always a valuable experience. The last part of our first session was to remind the students about Carol Dweck’s work The Growth Mindset.
We then introduced the students to the Higher Education timeline and talked briefly about how they can get started with this process – they need to address two key questions initially - ‘where to study’ and ‘what to study’. We gave the students some key considerations and suggestions to get started with their research. This term, they will experience a 1:1 interview and be asked to complete a detailed self-assessment to inform their future university applications.
Before lunch, we introduced The Extended Essay. It can be a daunting piece of work but it doesn’t have to be. The key to success is planning and organisation, and so, we talked students through some common pitfalls and communicated the long-term timeline. We asked the students to explore some of the resources available to them and encouraged them to begin to organise their electronic files. They were sent away with the task of deciding on their subject area.
The last session of the day was led by Ling Coong and Jessie Lee who talked to students about their CAS portfolios. Again, the students were given time in their busy schedules to work on improving the quality of their reflections and to ensure that their projects have been completed and administered properly.
The BISS Ball, held at the W Hotel in Shanghai, was a dazzling affair, combining elegance with purpose. As guests entered the venue, they were greeted by the enchanting ambience that set the tone for a fantastic fundraising evening.
Charity is particularly poignant at Christmas - so what better way to mark Thanksgiving and the beginning of Christmas this year than to celebrate and support our school animal charity PAWS2? So, on Friday 24 November, that is exactly what we did!
On Wednesday 27 September, the Secondary EAL Department held a parent workshop for all parents with students in Secondary EAL in Years 7-10. The purpose of this event was to allow us the opportunity to meet our parent community, introduce the EAL Department and what we do as well as answer any questions.
To welcome our Year 7 students to their Secondary School life, a milestone in their learning journey, they undertake a project called “Myself and My School”. The students complete this work in their first two weeks in the Secondary School.
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