June Updated Events

Whole School Events

 

1. Summer Holiday Duration

Friday June 17th, 2022 marked the last day of the 2021-2022 academic year. The academic year of 2022-2023 starts on Monday August 15th, 2022, at regular times.

 

2. End of ECAs

Our ECA program ended on June 2nd, 2022. The new program starts on September 1st, 2022. Thanks to all of you who supported us with this endeavor!

 

3. PTA Core Members Meeting

In the monthly PTA meeting, our PTA members reviewed the collaboration between family and school in 2021-2022 academic year, reflecting aspects that need to be improved currently. Meanwhile, the school senior leadership team shared and discussed new initiatives to be implemented in terms of family-home cooperation in the coming school year. We do hope that we can further strengthen the connection between family an school to help promote our students development.

 

4. Semester 2 Reports

Semester 2 Reports had been released on Managebac.

 

5. ACAMIS Chinese Conference at XLIS

From June 25th to 26th, the Chinese Conference of the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools was successfully held in our school. This is a knowledge feast where ideas and wisdom collide, and it is also a personal professional development training for educators to reflect on themselves and embrace change in the context of the new curriculum reform and the post-epidemic era. In addition to the educators from 20 schools with an international curriculum background in Singapore, China Macau, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, etc., who participated in this academic event, the teachers and students at our school also carried the unique positive spirit as an XLISer to engage in the conference.

 

Primary School Events

 

1. ECEB Graduation

Our ECE students will make the transition to P1 in August. We celebrated this transition with some songs, speeches and sharing of memories.

 

2. PYP Graduation

PYP students has finished their time in primary school. On that day we celebrated their journey and wished them the very best in our MYP program.

 

Secondary School Events

 

1. SDG Project Celebration

On June 2nd, the MYP 1-5 students presented their final Sustainable Development Goals culminating projects to the secondary students and teachers. The event was live streamed to show our students’ projects, dedicated to the SDG’s.

 

2. PYP-MYP Transition Event

On June 6th, we welcomed the PYP students and their parents to a special event where they found out about the MYP. All questions were answered.

 

3. Korean Parent Coffee Morning

We welcomed our Korean Parent community to learn about our Korean program at XLIS and to find out about the road to university with Mr Keonseung Yang and Ms Kate Yu.

 

4. DP1 TOK Exhibition

Our DP1 students have been exploring the wonderful world of knowledge in their Theory of Knowledge (TOK) classes. They created an exhibition which was a visual representation of their learning. MYP students and Secondary teachers visited the event and learned about TOK.

 

5. META Project Exhibition (MYP1-MYP4)

Throughout the year our MYP1 -4 students have worked on their META “passion” projects for one hour per week during their homeroom classes. The students have explored a wide range of topics and undertaken research of their topics. From 8:30- 9:25, our MYP One and Three students shared their projects with the MYP Two and Four students. From 9:30-10:25, the MYP Two and Four students shared their projects with the MYP One and Three students. This was a great opportunity for sharing and for our students to demonstrate their Creative and Critical Thinking and Communication Skills. We are proud of our students for demonstrating Twenty First Century skills and for managing time and organizing projects quite independently. Teachers have been mentors and guides on the side.

 

6. MYP Celebration

We celebrated our MYP5 students from 12:30 -3:25. The students had a special lunch in the courtyard and received their XLIS MYP Certificates. In the afternoon, students celebrated with games and music in the black box theatre.

 

7. Kindness Day

This was our sixth year of running Kindness Day in the secondary. The Middle School Student Council planned some special entertainment and we invited everyone in the school to wear pink and perform random acts of kindness.

 

8. Secondary Subject Awards and Learner Profile Awards

On June 15th, we celebrated all of the students who had demonstrated our SLO’s, (Schoolwide Learning Outcomes) the Learner Profile attributes. There were awards given out in each subject area in each year group and special awards Educational Growth, International Mindedness, Student Leadership. The community also joined this event by live stream. 

 

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Author: XLIS