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Premium international schools group Nord Anglia Education offers a transformational education to students, which focuses not only on ensuring academic success but also on inspiring students to positively impact their individual communities and the world at large. As part of Nord Anglia Education’s collaboration with UNICEF, students across the globe have been raising awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through projects at their schools. The SDGs are a collection of 17 goals set by the United Nations regarding social and economic development issues. Each year, the capstone event with UNICEF is when students from Years 10-12 visit New York for the NAE-UNICEF Student Summit. Premium international schools group Nord Anglia Education offers a transformational education to students, which focuses not only on ensuring academic success but also on inspiring students to positively impact their individual communities and the world at large. As part of Nord Anglia Education’s collaboration with UNICEF, students across the globe have been raising awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through projects at their schools. The SDGs are a collection of 17 goals set by the United Nations regarding social and economic development issues. Each year, the capstone event with UNICEF is when students from Years 10-12 visit New York for the NAE-UNICEF Student Summit.

MUN provides students with an opportunity to learn about formal debate procedures, research and current international issues with a focus on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Number 4 (Quality Education) and Goal Number 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions).

Early Years staff hosted over 30 eager parents interested in how the International Early Years curriculum (IEYC) works for their children.

Last week marked the first opportunity for Léman International School (Chengdu) to host a Nord Anglia Global Games event, with the U15 Volleyball Tournament.

MIT’s Professor Anette Peko Hosoi is challenging our students to explore the unique qualities animals possess and how it can enhance human ability or solve human problems in the Super Natural MIT Challenge.

We were graced by Juilliard’s top-notch choreographer Ms. Hilary Easton who has been a faculty of Juilliard since 2012 where she teaches dance composition.

At Nord Anglia Education, there’s always something new and exciting happening across our global network of schools. This is especially true thanks to Global Campus, which allows our more than 53,000 students to connect virtually. Read more about ongoing Global Campus initiatives that our students are involved with in this academic year so far, including World Children’s Day on 20 November.

It is that time of the year again where the students at Léman International School are busy competing in challenges and competitions provided through Nord Anglia Education. This year we are pleased to have the students participate in many existing and new challenges such as Creative Writing, Photography, STEAM, Visual Arts and the Global Challenge.

Nord Anglia Education (NAE) schools inspire confident, creative global citizens who have a thirst for knowledge and a vision to change the world for the better. We also believe that students with a global worldview will have competitive advantages in our increasingly interconnected world. Our education offer provides unique learning opportunities to enable our students to become truly globally-minded and globally-active citizens.

It’s been another fantastic sporty week for our Léman Red Pandas!

Known for inventing boots for astronauts to walk on Mars, Professor Leia Stirling at MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics wants students to explore the world of wearable technology in the Epic Identity challenge and discover how gadgets are used to measure and enhance or help human performance.

This week we have been very excited to kick off our MIT collaboration STEAM challenges for the year. We started with the Epic Identity challenge in grades 3 - 5.

For the IPC unit 'Express Yourself' in Grade 4 we have been learning about emotions, feeling, interactions with others etc. There is a science component as part of this unit where we look at the structure of the human body and some of its functions.

Mrs. Cheryl Heryes and Mr. Ben Lepp were on their way to New York City to once again attend a professional development opportunity that focuses on the Juilliard Dance Program.

As part of Nord Anglia Education’s collaboration with UNICEF, student ambassadors from our schools around the world will visit New York from 6-13 July to demonstrate how their schools are working to meet the United Nation’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development, including through the annual Global Challenge.

Léman International School celebrated the graduation of our Grade 5 students. The ceremony was held to celebrate the next step for our students as they moved from the 5th grade to the 6th grade. This is a big step for our students as they are leaving primary and moving to a whole new world of secondary education.

We are delighted to announce that as a whole school, we have managed to raise a total amount of 7,856RMB for the Read to Feed programme. The money raised will be sent directly to Heifer International to help rural families within the Chengdu area to become more self-sufficient and help them to sustain their livestock.

May 30th, our entire student body performed and showcased their talents and skills in music, dance and drama. We are very proud of the outcome of our performances.