News
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Today we are in PINK!
YCIS Chongqing held it’s annual PINK SHIRT DAY on Friday 26th February. Each member of our school community was encouraged wear pink (or a similar colour) to symbolize that we do not tolerate bullying and recognize the importance of showing kindness to everyone.
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Year 11 Cancer and Health Awareness Initiative
At YCIS, we believe it is vitally important for students to have the opportunity to ‘do good’ and support their local community. Alongside this, we also want to provide learning opportunities so that students are ‘educated’ about an issue that effects millions of lives across the world.
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Options Afternoon – Year 9 & Year 11
In order to prepare and support our students for their pathways into the IGCSE and IB programmes of study and guide them in the right direction for their future career aspirations, we held an options afternoon on Wednesday 24th February in the Great Hall. Due to the current restrictions, this event was only for students; we would usually invite parents, instead we have shared the relevant information via the students through our curriculum booklets and other information. It was great to see all our Year 9 and Year 11 students attend this event.
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Chinese New Year Celebrations at YCIS Chongqing
As the Year of the Ox approaches, our students were eager to start the celebrations early. No matter what is going on elsewhere in the world, our focus was on providing a memorable day of celebration to honor the Spring Festival and welcome in the New Year.
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UKMT
On 1 Feb, several Year 8, and all Year 9-Year 11 YCIS Chongqing students competed in the United Kingdom Mathematical Trust (UKMT) – Intermediate Maths Challenge.
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Stepping into YCYW Alumni Network
Technology has shortened the distance among people and connects them like never before. Like-minded people can now share views, information and useful resources. They are also using social media platforms to share their talents, support study and research, for others it’s a way to find career development or new employment opportunities
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YCIS House Assembly
On the 22nd of January, after some successful House activities in Semester one, we held our first House assembly of the Year. After partnering up as buddies, our four Houses gathered in areas of the school to complete a number of activities designed to help students unpack and understand the Learner Profile traits. This assembly was focused on the traits of Communicator and Reflective.
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Why so many qualifications?
A highly qualified teaching team is the backbone of any highly respected International School and this is what we offer at YCIS Chongqing. Working for YCIS means that you want to be part of a culture that blends Eastern and Western cultures together as one team with our unique Co-Principal and Co-Teaching models.
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What is a Learning Conference?
Waiting for mum and dad to get home, worrying about what teachers might have said, would I be greeted with a smile or anger when they arrived home? Those were my feelings many years ago when I was at school. Thankfully times have changed.
