Whole School Events
The primary school team has been busy with our curriculum updates. Our Early Years Team has been reviewing the learning outcomes together, ensuring the vertical articulation from Nursery to P1 are in line with the students’ developmental growth. The Mandarin Team has been reviewing the language acquisition and language and literature outcomes to reflect a skills progression that matches that of language learning. The P2 – P6 Team has been crafting new science units that would include the revised Ontario Science learning outcomes. This includes building new units of inquiry that have a science focus, starting in the 2025-2026 academic year.The secondary learning principles identify feedback as a key factor in student learning in the division. Working on these lines, the secondary explored feedback from assessments, characteristics of good feedback, strategies for giving effective feedback and using feedback as a learning tool. Different departments considered this from their perspectives, followed by sharing ideas across departments to check for best practices.
02. Korean Online Open Day
Our Korean Online Admission Open Day was scheduled for Thursday, 10th April. This was a wonderful opportunity for parents to explore XLIS. On this virtual journey, parents engaged with our senior leadership team, asked questions, and gained valuable insights that would help them make informed decisions about their child’s educational future.
03. PTA Core Member Meeting
On April 22, 2025, XLIS held its monthly PTA meeting chaired by Ms. Chengna Wang. Three key topics were discussed.
1. PTA Safety Reminders: Focus on parking guidelines for parent cooperation.
2. Parent Cafeteria Committee Meeting: Updates on committee engagement and feedback plans.
3. 2025 Summer Fair: Initial planning discussions and next steps.
04. ACAMIS Spring Leadership Conference
The 2025 ACAMIS Spring Leadership Conference brought together education experts from around the world to engage in a variety of keynote speeches, round-table forums, and workshops. The core objective of the conference was to deepen cooperation and exchange among the 93 member schools of ACAMIS, and jointly explore how to leverage the power of the international school community through innovative practices to promote the well-being and inclusion of global education. This year’s conference attracted about 450 principals, vice principals, and other senior management personnel from member schools to share experiences, exchange ideas, and work together to promote the prosperity and development of education.
Primary School Events
01. Primary Parent Workshop
Title: How to Conduct Effective Chinese Reading Practice led by Ms. Faustina Wen and Ms. Winnie Huang.
Description: This workshop explored how effective reading strategies are taught in the classroom through the inquiry cycle. Parents gained insights into how these strategies support students’ reading development and discovered practical ways to extend and reinforce their children’s reading skills at home. This workshop also encouraged parents to share experiences and ideas and became active partners in their children’s reading journey.
02. PYP6 Exhibition
In the final year of the Primary Years Programme (PYP), students engaged in the PYP Exhibition, an important inquiry that allowed students to apply the knowledge and skills they had developed throughout the PYP while exploring real-life issues of interest. They presented their research and actions to the school community through engaging exhibits, hands-on models and written reports, showcasing their understanding of real-world challenges and innovative solutions. Topics for this year’s exhibition included deforestation, teamwork and collaboration in K-Pop groups, the impact of smoking addiction on health, and the use of robots and smart homes.
Secondary School Events
01. Secondary Parent Workshop
On April 30th, the Secondary team led a workshop on ‘Assessment & reporting and managing exam stress’. This was led by the Secondary Principal and the coordinators. The workshop considered forms of assessments, how they are reported and used for learning. The team talked about strategies that could reduce examination stress and how learning could be made more effective in that stage.
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