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students had fun making cut-out puppets and using shadows to tell their own tales, including a look at the story of Nian during the Chinese New Year festival.The Magic City,It’s been another exciting year in Drama at BISS and I have been very impressed with the dramatic output of our students. We have continued to expand our collaboration with Juilliard and looked at another ‘core work’ in Year 7 involving puppetry and based on the theatre company Manuel Cinema who use mixed-media to create thrilling theatrical spectacles. Based on their work
The lockdown didn’t stop students’ creativity as they explored the many monologues that are in the play and investigated different ways of becoming the characters in the famous tale of love and conflict.Romeo and Juliet.Linked to their work in English, Year 8 had a look at Shakespeare’s
Aladdin.One of the many highlights in Year 9 has to be their pantomime. Understanding the conventions of this British art form offered many challenges to the students but they had fun dressing up and entertaining our Year 2 students with their festive silliness in scenes from
Our IGCSE cohort have also had a busy year, producing a variety of monologue performances for their coursework including Chekov, Shakespeare and many 21stcentury playwrights including Tom Wells’ comedyAbout a Goth.Their group work took them to the edgy playDNAby Dennis Kelly which contrasted with the light comedy of Oscar Wilde’sThe Importance of Being Earnest.Variety again has been a feature of their work!
A huge congratulations to all our students for their wonderful improvisations, creativity and many, many laughs in lessons!
The team set off to Chengdu to compete in the first NAE Multisports games since 2019. Twenty-one boys and girls, from Years 4 and 5 were looking forward to competing in a two-day tournament of athletics and football. For most of these students, this was their first sports tour and there was a great deal of excitement, sprinkled with a touch of nervousness.
"One of the things we valued most about BISS when deciding on Logan’s enrollment was the school’s commitment to providing equal educational opportunities to all prospective students. Initially, we worried about potential gaps between students and even felt anxious about Logan’s own shortcomings. But in the end, with the teachers’ support and encouragement, he has grown step by step with sincerity."
As our Year 13 students prepare for IB exams, they continue to receive exciting university offers from around the world. New additions to our list include renowned institutions such as New York University (Shanghai and New York), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy), and McGill University (Canada). Students applying to the United States have earned acceptances from respected universities like New York University, Tufts University, University of Southern California and University of California San Diego.