News
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Little Leaders in the Making
On Thursday, June 13, 2019, the ECE children celebrated their accomplishments in our annual Graduation and Awards ceremony. We had been practising shaking hands and posing for photos all week, and when it came time for the real thing, the children all performed perfectly – almost no stage-fright!
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Lip Sync Battle
This year, on June 8, the Physical Education Department showcased student skills in a Lip Sync Battle. As our charismatic hosts, Olivia Choi and David Zheng, explained at the beginning of the show, "lip-sync" is a simple concept. A team of students choregraphed, rehearsed and performed a dance, whilst inviting a teacher to "sing" the lyrics. Yes, a simple concept. But one that, without a doubt, it was taken to a high standard.
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Exploring P4C in Practice
Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a programme that gives our children the opportunity to think and reason about how themselves and others relate to the world around them.
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Congratulations to YCIS Chongqing's First Cohort of IBDP Graduates
The YCIS Chongqing community, with students, staff, family and friends, united together to celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2019 in the Great Hall on June 6, 2019. This was a particularly special year for the school as this was our first graduating cohort who completed the newly introduced International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
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Group 4 Project – Scientific Solutions to the Plastic Problem
The Group Four Project (G4P) is a graduation requirement for the IB diploma programme which aims to nurture the personal skills that our students will need as potential future scientists. For the G4P, students had the task of designing their own research projects and carrying them out to collect data and then presenting their findings to a real audience.
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Celebrating Duanwu Festival
The annual Duanwu Festival, also called Double Fifth Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the most important events on the Chinese calendar. In the week of June 3–6, students in Year 7–9 participated in Dragon Boat Races and a Duanwu Puzzle Competition to celebrate this traditional Festival.
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Staff Appreciation Lunch 2019
Each year, a delicious Staff Appreciation Luncheon is organised by our Parent Organisation to express their thanks for the dedicated work offered by the entire YCIS Chongqing staff throughout the year. This event has become a tradition that all staff really look forward to on the school calendar.
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Celebrating Talents and Sharing Love
On May 31, 2019 YCIS Chongqing students and staff gathered together to celebrate our talents and share love with some special guests from XingLeShu school for our 2nd annual Celebrating Differences Day!
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A Chengdu Celebration！
On Thursday, May 23, 2019, the Year 5 Learning Community presented their Chengdu class trip learning celebration in the Great Hall. Beginning at 10.30 a.m., each year level from Year 1 to Year 6 was able to visit the Great Hall for a class period and take part in the various activities the Year 5 Learning Community had created based on the activities that took place while in Chengdu.
