Parent Essentials

DAILY INFORMATION

Here’s what you need to know for your child’s day-to-day attendance, preparation, and success at Léman.

Lunches

A healthy diet is essential for good learning at our school. Our cafeteria provides a full lunch meal to students daily. Léman’s aim is to provide nutritious and balanced meals for our students of different age groups.

Uniforms

Our LIS school uniform is designed to give our students a sense of identity. A variety of options within our school brand promote safety, ease of identification, equality, school pride, positive behaviour, and the unified development of our community.

After-school clubs

Whether your child wishes to learn to code, to paint with watercolours, to play for a school sport’s team, or simply have fun swimming, we provide a wide variety of experiential learning through our clubs.

Buses

LIS offers transportation to students through buses equipped with seatbelts and a bus monitor. We run over 20 school buses in many major areas where expatriate families live in Chengdu. We also offer transportation for the after-school clubs at 4:30 pm.

Buses

Our safe and efficient bus service strives to ensure our students spend the least amount of time travelling to and from school.

Students under 1.3 meters will be required to sit in a car seat.

There’s no extra fee for students to take the school bus.

Léman Family Association

Parents are the necessary backbone of any education system to succeed and with an organization such as the LFA we can work together in making this possible.

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Safeguarding Policy for Visitor

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children refers to the processes of protecting students from harm, preventing the impairment of their health and development, ensuring that we seek to improve the general health and well-being of all students in our care. Child Protection is the core element of safeguarding and is defined as the responsibility to protect children who are suffering or likely to suffer from harm as a result of abuse or neglect. One principle should always underpin everything we do in our engagement with children: “The Child’s Welfare is paramount.”

Learn more

Link: LIS Safeguarding Policy- Abridged for Visitors

Student Council

The council is comprised of peer elected representatives who are eager to support and represent their classes, to positively shape the Léman community

Student Health and Well-being

Your child's happiness and safety is our priority. We ensure your child’s health and safety through dedicated safeguarding and regular health measures, policies, and procedures.

Student Health and Well-being

Health and Safety
Léman’s secure, fully enclosed campus uses a state-of-the-art security system which has been evaluated and approved by major multinational corporations in the city. On-campus guards monitor an advanced security-camera system 24 hours a day.

We also have a Health and Safety Committee which consists of school leadership team member, Facilities and Operations Manager, School Nurse, and representatives of teachers and parents to monitor and review the health and safety policies and procedures on campus. There are also regular emergency evacuations or drills on campus.

Child Safeguarding
Our school has a very robust system of background checks. As part of the Nord Anglia Education group, we require non-criminal records of all employees as part of our pre-employment conditions.

Additionally, all new teachers are required to have two references from their previous employer. We only accept referees who have worked with the individual in a professional capacity. An important and statutory requirement of the written reference is a set of questions specifically about their knowledge of accusations or offences relating to the safety or well-being of students.

Finally, all our staff complete a formal programme of Child Protection Training, recognised by the NSPCC in the UK, which helps them to monitor children in our care for signs of abuse or neglect from any source.

Air Quality
While the AQI readings at our school are consistently better than they are at the city centre, each of our classrooms is fitted with a centrally controlled high-volume air filtration system. Our classroom air quality is computer-monitored and maintained to a very high standard.

Nurse's Station
We have a full-time qualified nurse at our Nurse's Station on campus. Our school nurse provides emergency medical attention as well as preventive care and early detection tests of health problems that are common in schools. She monitors chronic illnesses; supervises vaccination records and medical check-ups; and administers medicines to students.

Child Safeguarding Policy

School and their staff form part of the wider safeguarding system for children. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families and carers has a role to play in safeguarding children. In order to fulfil this responsibility effectively, all professionals should make sure their approach is child-centred. This means that they should consider, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.

Learn more

Download LIS Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy

Preparing for Success

Here are the programmes, activities, and services you need to know about – so your child will meet and exceed their academic and personal ambitions at Léman.

Support services and languages

We offer several learning programmes to boost your child's progress towards their goals. These include Learning Support Services, English as an Additional Language, and Native and Foreign Language Classes.

Support Services and Languages

Learning Support Services
Learning Support is an integral part of Léman International School’s commitment to academic excellence – both with standards-based learning and differentiated learning for all students.

Learning Support helps students throughout the school who may have individual learning needs and differences – from basic skills acquisition to personalised gifted programming and support.

English as an Additional Language
Our qualified team of EAL specialists support students with little or no English language through a combination of in-class and pull-out sessions. Their language development is monitored constantly, and their learning of English is within the context of the curriculum and functional use.

All our teachers are experienced in teaching EAL students, and their experience is reinforced through Léman’s professional development programme as well as Léman’s commitment to providing differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all our students.

Native Language and Foreign Language Classes
LIS teaches Mandarin to all students from Pre-Nursery to Year 13.

Pre-Nursery–Reception: Emergent Chinese language learning classes.
Years 1–6: Native language classes and non-native language classes.
Years 7–11: MYP Language Acquisition and MYP Chinese Language and Literature.
Years 12–13: DP-Ab initio, DP Chinese B, and DP-Chinese ALL
Korean language and literature classes are available for Years 5–13

The Léman approach to language learning is one of additive bilingualism: as our students gain strength in English, we also work with families to ensure that they maintain strong skills in their other languages.

Tuesday after-school clubs

At Léman, our after-school clubs are opportunities for our students to get active, be creative, have fun, partake in service activities, practice their language skills, or delve into STEAM.

Tuesday after-school clubs

Name	ASA	Day of Club	Years
Craig Cox	Reading club (with parents)	Tuesday	N-R
Yuki Fang	EY STEAM	Tuesday	N-R
Shirley Yang	Creative Creatures	Tuesday	N-R
Thomas Gilchrist	Our World	Tuesday	Y1-3
Ailsa Carr	Puzzle Club	Tuesday	Y1-Y3
Amy Xia	Chinese Chess and Calligraphy	Tuesday	Y1-Y3
Jody Zhou	Mindfulness and Wellbeing	Tuesday	Y1-Y3
Oscar Nowak	Fun Football	Tuesday	Y1-Y3
Silvia Zhang	String Orchestra -	Tuesday	Y1-Y6
Robert Bradley	Philosophy for Children (P4C)	Tuesday	Y3-Y6
Mazhar Ghaffar	Dodgeball	Tuesday	Y3-Y6
Robert Dolan & Tracy Connor	LIS Theatrical Society	Tuesday	Y4-6
Karamjeet Mann	U11 Football	Tuesday	Y4-Y6
Lucy Wang	Chinese fables	Tuesday	Y4-Y6
Judy Li	Origami	Tuesday	Y4-Y6
Gemma Devitt	Wellbeing club	Tuesday	Y4-Y6
Joe Cho	Aviation Club	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Monica Webster	Band workshop	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Hannah Si	Animation and Cosplay	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Jarrett Brown	Student Council	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Hannah Lee	Felt craft (sewing)	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Cristiano Mariotti	Song Writing	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
James Drake	Math Club for ASDAN mathematics events and competitions.	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Thomas Ainsworth	Student Council	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Mandi Bezuidenhout	Analogue Photography Basics	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Patrick Meersman	MUN	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Paul Traynor	Lights, Camera, Action	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Ivy Ji	Chinese Language Learning Support	Tuesday	Y7-Y13
Jojo Wang	Recyle Upcycling Workshop	Tuesday	Y7-Y13

Thursday after-school clubs

At Léman, our after-school clubs are opportunities for our students to get active, be creative, have fun, partake in service activities, practice their language skills, or delve into STEAM.

Thursday after-school clubs

Name	ASA	Day of Club	Years
Katie Cornish	Busy Fingers	Thursday	N-R
Liven Li	Our Game World	Thursday	N-R
Ariane Erasmus	Guided Drawing	Thursday	N-Y2
Mo Susanto	Entreneurship	Thursday	Y11-Y13
David Muir	Fun Football	Thursday	Y1-Y3
Bree Huang	Twinkl Original Story Club	Thursday	Y1-Y3
Jonathan Rodrigues	EAL (Invite Only)	Thursday	Y1-Y3
Andrea O'Keeffe	Coding Club	Thursday	Y3-Y6
Jill Ling	Cross embroidery	Thursday	Y3-Y6
Rachel Cui	Chinese reading club	Thursday	Y3-Y6
Betty Zhu	Chinese Calligraphy	Thursday	Y4-6
Chelsea Yang	Chinese Classical Dance	Thursday	Y4-6
Sheena Chan	Augmented Reality - Animate a favourite storybook or picture using Adobe Aero	Thursday	Y4-Y6
Terry Mcallister	U 11 Football	Thursday	Y4-Y6
Scofield Guo	Fun Swimming	Thursday	Y4-Y6
Tina Chen	Student Journalists	Thursday	Y6-Y11
Savetta Yaduv	Knitting	Thursday	Y7-13
Alexander Blood	TRPG - Tabletop Roleplaying Games	Thursday	Y7-Y13
Katherine Hwang	K-pop dance	Thursday	Y7-Y13
Nicholas Zoumbaris	Martial Arts Club or Self Defense Club,	Thursday	Y9-Y13

FEATURED EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

At LIS Chengdu, your child has many opportunities beyond the classroom – whether they want to learn to code, to paint, be a musician, to play for our Red Pandas sports teams, or to simply have fun swimming. Here are some of our most popular activities.

Sports and athletics

Your child can participate in a wide range of sports and physical education programmes hosted on our impressive athletic facilities – the most expansive in Chengdu and southwestern China – for competitive and recreational levels.

STEAM challenges

Your child will immensely benefit from our collaboration with MIT, which puts ‘design thinking’ at the heart of our approach to problem solving, inspiring creativity and curiosity through challenges and projects.

STEAM challenges

Performing arts

Your child will develop their talents through our performing arts curriculum in collaboration with Juilliard, where our music, dance, and drama lessons are boosted with best-in-class resources from our teachers.

Performing arts

Our Julliard-inspired performing arts offerings of music, drama, and dance are built into our curriculum across all year groups at Léman. Our curriculum gives your child the tools to think creatively, to innovate, and to appreciate diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Our unique Primary Instrumental Programme allows students from Year 1 to Year 6 to learn an instrument, with space built into the timetable to give every student the opportunity to join.

All our students learn different instruments, like guitar in Year 5.

DAILY INFORMATION

KEY TERM DATES

Preparing for Success

FEATURED EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

PARENT ESSENTIALS

DAILY INFORMATION

KEY TERM DATES

Preparing for Success

FEATURED EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

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