April Updated Events

Whole School Events

 

1. The 2022 Youth Science Forum 

On the morning of Saturday April 9th, 2022, XLIS set the stage for a unique intellectual exchange for students from various schools, to reflect and present their understanding of the UN SDGs, in the context of “carbon peak and neutrality”. The forum was organized into two interconnected phases consisting of an opening session featuring keynote speeches by leading researchers, and the second phase showcasing speeches by local and international students.

 

During the first half of the conference, Dr. Guangxi Li, Dr. Dubkova Olga, Dr. Jiayin Wang, Dr. Ali Shirvani and Dr. Pingping Luo shared their insights on the global issues taking center stage at the forum, while also exploring new initiatives to achieve China’s  “dual carbon” goals.

 

During the second half of the event, more than 50 students from Xi’an Gaoxin Experimental Primary School, Xi’an Foreign Language School, Xi’an No.2 Foreign Language School, Xi’an Tie Yi High School, Xi’an Gaoxin No.1 Middle School, High School Affiliated to Xi’an Jiaotong University, The International Department of SSDFZ (SSFBC), and Xi’an Liangjiatan International School, fervently shared their thoughts on sustainability and achieving China’s carbon peak and neutrality objectives.

 

2. PTA Core Members Meeting

Mr. Zhang Hui, the Chairman of PTA, and Mr. Brian Lalor, the Primary Principal, conducted training on the “Duty of the PTA members” and the “Child Protection Policy” respectively at the monthly PTA core member meeting. Besides, Ms. Jia Tiantian, PTA active member shared her experience in home-school communication among grade groups.

 

Primary School Events

 

1. Assemblies – Fridays

 

02. PYP Parent Coffee Morning

Exchange of Mandarin Study Methods for Native Chinese Speaking PYP Students

 

This workshop was delivered by our Head of Mandarin, Ms. Nancy Jing. She gave parents suggestions on how to support students whose mother tongue is Chinese at home. The main goal of this session was to teach some effective operation methods to help improve the effect of Chinese learning.

 

03. PYP Graduation Exhibition

On April 15 our P6 students shared their PYP exhibition with the school community. Students had been working in small teams to inquire into a global issue. They were drawing on their learning through all of the elements of the PYP which some of them had been learning since they were three years old, to make a positive impact on our community through research and action.

 

Secondary School Events

 

1. DP2 Mock Exams

This was the final day of the 5-day exams for our DP students. The mock exams prepared the DP students for their final exams in May.

 

2. Secondary Sports Day

The Middle and High School students were competing in Dynasty groups. A fundraiser to support students in Uganda was run by SA, CAS students & student council.

 

3. MYP Parent Coffee Morning

The MYP coffee morning focused on IB ATL (Approaches To Learning) and ATT (Approaches to Teaching). Parents were provided with information about the skills students would gain over their years of IB and the skills that were explicitly taught by teachers.

 

4. IBDP Exams Commence

The IB Diploma Programme exams last for three weeks. Our DP students demonstrated their learning across subjects in these culminating exams. Students will receive their IB DP results on July 6th and results will be sent to universities as requested by students. We wish all of our DP students the best of success.

 

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Author: XLIS