November Updated Events

Whole School Events

 

01. XLIS Book Fair

On Thursday and Friday (November 25-26) XLIS hosted a book fair supplied by Share Kids Books of Beijing. Students and teachers alike were excited at the opportunity to acquire some new reading material. Total purchases came to over 40,000 yuan. This allowed our library to acquire 4,000 yuan of titles from the book fair offerings that will soon be available for students to borrow. More information about Share Kids Books and online purchasing can be found at https://www.sharekidsbooks.com/.

 

Primary School Events

 

02. Primary Swimming Tournament 

XLIS held the 2nd “Blue Dragon Cup” swimming competition on November 2nd, 2021. This event saw a total 157 primary students competing fiercely in our Olympic-sized swimming pool, to the exhilarating cheers of their peers. P4C, P5B and P6A were all crowned as first-place winners in their year levels. Through participating in these types of standardized swimming events, students experienced the charm of competition and the fun of sports, while also discovering the spirit of teamwork. Click here for more details: The 2nd “Blue Dragon Cup” Swimming Competition at XLIS!

 

03. PYP Parent Coffee Morning 

This workshop was led by Maria Trujillo our Enhanced Learning Teacher and Michelle Taylor our Whole School Counselor. They gave introduction into the support systems available to our students at XLIS.

 

Secondary School Events

 

01. MYP Coffee Morning 

The workshop was focused on how we encourage students to lead the learning in the Secondary.

 

02. Mental Health Awareness Day Led by MYP and DP Students

November 17th saw the first ever XLIS Mental Health Awareness event. Our students have resoundingly said their mental health and wellbeing are important and the pressures faced by students require attention.

They have been brainstorming the common issues and how best to support their peers in SA (Service as Action) and CAS (Creativity, Activity and Service). The event took place on campus at various locations chosen by the students. Each student signed up to two 30 minute workshops / sessions based on their interests and needs.

These workshops / sessions including peer mentoring, brother-sister systems, snowball activity, music, art, exercise, and meditation were just a few of the sessions on offer. Anxiety, stress, depression etc. were issues that effected us all and this event was an important step in making these topics part of daily conversation.

 

03. Learner Profile Assembly

Our bi-annual assembly to recognize students who exemplify Learner Profile attributes took place in the Blue Dragon Theater on November 24th.

 

04. The Giving Tree

The student council was leading the Giving Tree assembly and each homeroom class was assigned one or two migrant children to buy gifts for the children who need help. We shared the child’s age, name, shoe and clothes size, hobbies, favorite color, etc..

 

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Author: XLIS