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News image A little bit of magic - a-little-bit-of-magic Blog | homepagefeaturedarticle | Featured on Homepage | NAE Stories | Student Stories
A little bit of magic
It’s great to be back. The school is starting to feel like the BISS Puxi of August 2019, before all of the quarantine and supervision rules and staggered leaving times. It has been a long summer with many people working hard to ensure the school has taken all of the necessary steps to ensure we were able to open again safely.
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Native German Principal's Commendations
Students from the Native German classes received their Principal's Commendations this week in the Secondary foyer.
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Our Virtual Choir
In order to help keep our community connected we invited students, parents, and teachers to participate in regular 'Virtual Choir' rehearsals. This was made possible thanks to the use of Microsoft Teams which we introduced to families through our NAESVE programme. We welcomed over 90 members to the choir which included established singers, and those new to singing!
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News image Music Challenges: Week Two - music-challenges-week-two Blog | Juilliard
Music Challenges: Week Two
Anyone in our community can get involved at any time, just watch the video until the end for instructions.
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Music Challenges: Week One
It has been great to see students from across the school get involved! Here are a few of our favourite clips from this week. It's not too late to get involved, just follow the instructions at the end of the video.
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News image Marlon Devonish Elite Performance A to Z.  Never Give Up 加油! - marlon-devonish-elite-performance-a-to-z-never-give-up- News | category11 | News From Our Schools
Marlon Devonish Elite Performance A to Z. Never Give Up 加油!
Now, as in life we are all faced with challenging moments. Through no fault of our own we find ourselves facing ambiguous situations, challenging relationships, worries and fears. The COVID-19 situation has required us to study and work at home and thrown us out of our usual routine. It has deprived us of some of our usual coping mechanisms such as going to the gym or getting a quick bite with friends. This can be extremely unsettling. However, this is the challenge we are all facing and we need to rise to it. During this difficult time Mr. Marlon Devonish shares 6 top tips for staying positive through challenging times. This week is his take on ‘N for Never Giving Up
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Marlon Devonish Elite Performance A to Z: Motivation
Olympic Gold Medalist and BISS Puxi Elite Performance Coach Marlon Devonish, talks about motivation. There are times for all of us where we need to dig deep and find some motivation from somewhere to achieve our goals.  Marlon shares some of what he learnt on his journey in understanding motivation.
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News image Marlon Devonish Elite Performance A to Z:  Lifelong Learning - marlon-devonish-elite-performance-a-to-z-lifelong-learning News | category11 | News From Our Schools
Marlon Devonish Elite Performance A to Z: Lifelong Learning
Learning never stops. In fact, you could say that after you leave school there is even more to learn than ever before. However, the earlier we start to engrain a philosophy of lifelong learning into our young people, the better. Professional athletes make lifelong learning a habit from an early age because they know that they cannot reach peak performance without it.
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University Fair 2020
The BISS University Fair 2020 will be a great opportunity for students to meet with university representatives from around the world and learn about what their universities have to offer, what universities are looking for in their students, and how best to prepare effective applications. A selection of presentations delivered by university representatives will also be taking place on the day.
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News image NAE STEAM week @ MIT for Year 6 Students - nae-steam-week-mit-for-year-6-students News | category11 | News From Our Schools
NAE STEAM week @ MIT for Year 6 Students
We are delighted to announce that as part of Nord Anglia’s partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 104 students from 26 schools will once again have the opportunity to travel to MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, to participate in the annual STEAM week @ MIT.
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News image European Day of Languages: Russian! - european-day-of-languages-russian Blog | GlobalClassroom | Global Campus
European Day of Languages: Russian!
On Thursday 26 September, students in our secondary school celebrated the European Day of Languages with a special focus this year on Russian!
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Competitive Sports Opportunities
The BISS Lions Sports programme offers a multitude of exciting opportunities to take part in sports events within Shanghai and further afield in China and Asia. There is usually a charge for these events, which covers transportation, accommodation, food and entry fees.
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Our Sports Programme
At the beginning of a new school year, it is always an opportunity for a fresh start, one for all of us. That is especially the case in the international school setting, when we often spend our summer holidays travelling around the world.
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The Ode for a Goose
“An Ode to the Goose” is a short poem written during the Tang Dynasty by Luo bin wan
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Behaviour & Social Graces
An introduction to our Behaviour and Social Graces programme by the school Principal, Kevin Foyle.
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“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
The subject quote by Robert Collier is one of my favourites. It encapsulates the positive attitude of our students and I am fortunate enough to see this day in, day out at the school. In recent blogs, both my colleagues and I have made references to the success of our students in many different ways: from their academic achievements with IB and IGCSE examinations, to their sporting success in volleyball, rugby, swimming and netball.
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The 3Rs and now the 4Cs – Educating Children for the 21st Century
It is predicted by the US Department of Labor that 65% of the children being educated today will at some stage of their adult life be working in jobs that have yet to be created.  
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Wishing You a Great Break
It is always a great pleasure to see the sea of faces of young children, happily making their way at the end of term to the many exciting destinations and experiences that await them during their summer holidays.
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Intelligence without Ambition is a Bird Without Wings
This quote by Salvador Dali was used by a number of Key Stage 3 students this week in their assemblies, which were based around the theme of ambition.
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Nursery Children Learn About Asking Questions…At The Fire Station
The Nursery children have spent the last couple of weeks thinking about 'people who help us', throughout the whole school and into the wider community, and this culminated in a very exciting trip to the local Fire Station.
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