News
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Student Reporters Launch Chongqing Times
Recently, the YCIS Chongqing Newspaper club published the first issue of Chongqing Times. The newspaper is written by student reporters under the guidance of Secondary English teacher Helen Weir and Primary EAL teacher Matt Borengasser. Official newspaper club members are: Amy Jung, Derek Chen, Michael Chen, Sherry Zeng, Sisy Wei, Wendy Wu and Alex Jung.
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Mindset Mathematics
From the Beginning of Semester 2, members of the Primary Teaching Team have been taking part in ongoing professional development in Mathematics. They are meeting regularly to discuss their professional learning and how it can be further implemented within the school.
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Programming in Action
This year students from Years 7 and 8 have been enjoying developing their programming skills. Their analytical, algorithmic and logical skills are being challenged and learning in these areas supports students’ understanding of core subjects such as mathematics.
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Year 2 SeaLife Centre Trip
As part of our topic "Oceans & Seas", the Year 2s had a classroom visit from staff of SeaLife Centre and also visited the SeaLife Centre in Chongqing.
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Live Report of Cambodia Trip
After our successful Cambodia trip in the last 2 years, we are once again pleased to offer a cross-curricular international trip to our Year 10, 11 and 12 students this year from Feb 25 to Mar 4.
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2019 SCISAC Volleyball Tournament
Over Feb 21 to 24, YCIS Chongqing hosted one of the most exciting sports tournament over the year: 2019 SCISAC Volleyball Tournament! The tournament comprised of five other international schools from Southern China, Xiamen International School (XIS), Hong Kong Academy (HKA), The International School of Macau (TIS), Ivy Collegiate Academy in Taiwan (ICA) and Nanjing International school (NIS) with players from all over the world competing.
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New School Building to Break New Ground
Right after celebrating the Chinese New Year, YCIS Chongqing is incredibly excited to announce the ground-breaking of our new building! Designed by a top international architectural firm that specializes in educational designs, this modern, innovative structure will allow our school to move beyond traditional notions of instruction defined and limited by the traditional rectangular classroom.
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Top Tips to Gain Admission to Your Target School
As winter slowly winds into spring, our year thirteen students, wrapping up their coursework and reflecting on the outcomes of their mock exams, will soon be expecting to receive news from the universities that they have applied to.
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Masquerade Merriment – A Year 13 Reflection
On Friday, February 15, 2019, the YCIS Chongqing Student Council’s Annual Winter Ball was held in the Great Hall. Each year, this event is hosted by the Student Council and all Secondary students are invited to shed their school uniforms and don a tuxedo to enjoy the music, dance and the many surprises!
