The PYP Exhibition
For the IB Primary Years Programme Exhibition, QAIS students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 have built their own units of inquiry around the theme of Sharing the Planet. In small groups, they developed their own central ideas and unit questions, researched their topics, and made arrangements to visit sites around the city for research. […]
The PYP Exhibition: Taking Action
The final week of The PYP Exhibition is upon us and the students are intensely focused on the conclusion of this process. Their presentations are almost complete, and attention is turning to the spoken word. Grades 5 and 6 and collaborating with their peers in Grade 4 to put together a summation of their findings […]
2015 QAIS Family Fun Run
What an amazing Saturday! The 2015 QAIS Family Fun Run was blessed with perfect weather, an unbeatable venue, and a joyful, generous community of supporters and participants. We raised over ¥10,000 for Nepal earthquake relief; we made kites, paintings, and medals; we ran 5km beside beaches, tidal pools, and sculptures; we danced like crazy; we […]
The PYP Exhibition: Refining the Message
“Put the message in the box, put the box into the car, drive the car around the world until you get heard.” Brian Kennedy The PYP Exhibition process continues and the students had a busy week reviewing their journals, summarizing their findings, and arriving at a message they wanted to share. Then came the manner […]
Mother’s Day With Toddlers!
Celebrating Mother’s Day With Toddlers This Mother’s Day, Toddlers in the Montessori Children’s House at Qingdao Amerasia International School welcomed their mothers for an afternoon of crafts and songs! It was a fun time for the children to show mommies a little bit about life in their classroom, from serving their own snacks and juice […]
The PYP Exhibition: Summarizing Findings
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.” It started with passions, areas of genuine interest and a desire to take action. The process, that is The PYP Exhibition, is nearing the heart of its journey, in many ways. Students have researched intensely, reflected often on the process and are at the end […]
Middle Years Students Explore Chengdu
From April 21st to 24th, Middle Years Programme students in Grades 7 and 8 trekked to Chengdu, the heart of China’s Sichuan Province. Chengdu is most famous for its panda sanctuary, and is packed with cultural sites dating back thousands of years. Students visited the ancient irrigation site at Dujiangyan, experienced the beauty of Mt. […]
QAIS International Trip to Paris
On April 17th, 2015, QAIS students in Grades 9 and 10 took off for a school trip to Paris! On Saturday we the beaches at Normandy, with the bunkers and craters left by Allied bombs before the liberation of Europe. On Sunday morning, we watched an hour-long introduction to Paris called The Paris Story. Then we […]
Hundred Museum – Student-Centered Math
Students in Grade 1 at Qingdao Amerasia International School have been exploring what 100 is – what it looks like, and how it is made. They recently read a book, From One to One Hundred, that showed groups of objects corresponding to numbers between one and one hundred. To deepen their understanding, students created a […]
PYP Grade 1 Visits Qingdao Observatory
Last week, our first graders drew real-time sunspots and observed the power of concentrated sunlight in a visit to China’s oldest modern observatory! The Qingdao Observatory was first built under the German administration in 1898, and in 1924 became the first modern observatory to be managed by Chinese nationals. The 16cm-aperture German-made telescope has been […]
