XLIS Extra Curricular Activities
Each ECA that we offer is structured to provide experiences designed to enrich the intellectual, social, physical and emotional growth of your child. Opportunities for learning and enrichment are prepared in accordance with your child’s grade level and interests in mind.
Bridge
Serve as a bridge between home and school, offering enrichment rather than simple instruction.
Growth
Promote the balanced growth of each child by providing developmentally appropriate activities.
Skills
Enhance play skills, increase social competence, and cooperative thought and action.
Friendship
Provide appropriate peer contact according to each student’s wants and needs.
XLIS Extra Curricular Activities
XLIS provides all students the opportunity to join our ECA programs with over 20 ECA subjects to choose from, there is something for everyone.
Each ECA that is offered at XLIS is structured to enrich the intellectual, social, physical, and emotional growth of all students. Our ECA program is designed to give all students opportunities to learn something more than traditional classroom learning and to give students something your child will enjoy with their friends or with students across other grades.
Extra Curricular Activitives
01.
PYP Basketball
ECA for primary basketball team (not open to anymore students, team has been picked by trials). Develop basketball skills and compete against other schools.
02.
Secondary Volleyball Club
A club to learn the skills of volleyball and develop a joy for playing the game. This club will lay the foundation for the development of a volleyball team in September 2021.
03.
Soccer Team
Become a Blue Dragon and represent XLIS as a member of the school’s soccer team in matches against other international schools in Xi’an.
04.
PYP Baseball
Opportunity for primary students to learn and play baseball in a relaxed environment.
05.
Swimming
For those confident and not so confident in the pool, this activity is packed full of games and activities to play in the pool.
06.
Fitness Club
CAS Students will lead group and with teachers, they will exercise together.
07.
Table Tennis (Primary)
Learn table tennis from a former New Zealand national team member and play matches against other international schools in Xi’an.
08.
Table Tennis (Secondary)
Play table tennis under the supervision of a former New Zealand national team member and play matches against other international schools in Xi’an.
09.
Tennis
Develop students’ interest in tennis. Have a clear understanding of tennis. Cultivate excellent competitive sports spirit. Select and train the team members who can represent the school.
10.
Early Year Movement & Dance
Children will get to explore making rhythms and beats with their bodies and hand instruments. They will learn basic dance movements that will help them to develop their gross motor skills, body coordination and rhythm while having lots of fun!
11.
XLIS Primary Choir
Audition required ensemble group which represents XLIS for school events and other performance.
12.
Arts & Craft
The Arts & Crafts Club filled with FUN projects, we will be exploring a variety of art mediums through exciting hands-on art making experiences- creative painting techniques, sculptures and mixed media collages.
13.
Visual & Critical Studies
Students will have the opportunities to create personal work each class session, spend time on one or several pieces, or develop a body of work (a series).
14.
Drama
Student will learn basic acting skills including singing and dancing. Students will have a chance to perform at Summer Musical Gala on May.
15.
Ballet Dance
We will follow the Royal Academy of Dance course to give students the very basic dance practice and prepare the program for the events.
16.
POP Dance
Pop dance is a chance for students to learn choreographed movements with popular music. They will develop body coordination, rhythm and team-work while having fun!
17.
Drum
This class will help students learn and understand musical Notes, rhythm pattern and drum scores. Also, studying drum can help students balance their bodies.
18.
Creative Cooking
Students will be able to tell what healthy and balanced food choices they can make everyday. In the meanwhile, students will be able to use a few kitchen tools and explain how the tools made our life easier.
19.
Mandarin Debate
Students will learn basic strategies of debate, how to write debate script and how to organize debate structure.
20.
eSports
eSports introduces students to the world of competitive, organized video gaming, and takes video gaming to another level, governed by its own strict set of rules and guidelines. Parent approval required.
21.
Lego Robot
Students can improve practical ability and logical thinking ability through this ECA.
22.
3D Printing
The purpose of 3D printing intelligent programming community is to realize ideas into concrete objects through software and hardware and to materialize abstract concepts through innovative teaching models such as visualization.
23
Model Airplane
Studying in our club, the model aircraft you can make: Hand thrown airplanes Rubber band airplanes Electric free-flying airplanes Line controlled airplanes Radio-controlled airplanes and so on.
24.
STEM Club
The ECA is a project-based learning program in STEM area.
25.
MUN
Model United Nations is an event organized specifically for young people by official and civil organizations around the world.
26.
Read to Success
Students will do activities where they will be able to identify and manipulate individual sounds to form words.
ECA Contact Form
If you need support or have any questions regarding our ECA programme please use the contact form.
Our dedicated ECA team will contact you very soon. Thank you.
Our ECA Team
Mr. Alex Rambaud
Director of Whole School Cultural Activities
“Mr. Alex Rambaud, Director of Whole-school Cultural Activities and Dormitory, enthusiastically oversees the ECA program at XLIS along with Mr. Lee Li (Director of ECAs), and Mrs. Lena Chen (Vice Director of ECAs).
Together, they gather student data to design an exciting program, each semester. Mr. Alex hopes to provide students at XLIS with a myriad of choices and meaningful learning opportunities to extend their learning in a fun and engaging way.
The ECA program at XLIS promotes the continuous development of our students’ physical fitness, artistic understanding, and academic expertise. XLIS offers over 40 courses per semester and encourages students to chose their classes according to their interests and age group. The XLIS ECAs aim to prompt students into discovering their unique interests and enhance their abilities and creativity.
Me. Lee Li
Head of ECA Curriculum
“Mr. Lee.Li, Director of ECAs at XLIS strives to design high-quality courses for children to have fun, explore their interests, and enhance their learning and social interactions. Through the ECA program, Mr. Lee Li hopes to contribute to the growth of each child as active members of the school’s community”.
Lena Chen
ECA Curriculum Officer
“Mrs. Lena Chen, Vice-Director of ECAs, expresses her passion for nurturing students’ talents and fostering a vibrant extracurricular community though the XLIS ECA program. She believes that these activities play a vital role in creating enriching, experiences beyond the classroom.