Spring Festival Celebrations 2015!
Throughout QAIS, students participated in traditional Spring Festival activities, preparing for the Year of the Ram. Grades 1-10 spent Friday afternoon working on calligraphy and Chinese riddles, and making lanterns and dumplings. The Bamboo Cottage welcomed parents to participate in mask painting and dumpling making, with the toddlers sharing songs and dances. Early […]
Music Circle in the Bamboo Cottage
(Apologies, this video requires YouTube!) Montessori Toddler Teacher Emilie La Roux has played clarinet with symphonies back in Michigan, USA, but recently her favorite collaborators are her students in the Bamboo Cottage at QAIS! Ms. Emilie has been bringing her clarinet to Circle Time, demonstrating how she puts it together, and playing familiar songs. The […]
Student Newspaper!
In English, Chinese, and Korean, for the edification of our international readers 😉 The Student Newspaper is produced entirely by the Middle Years Programme students of Qingdao Amerasia International School. Volume I, Issue 3 Volume I, Issue 2
We are Grade 4, 5 & 6 at QAIS
“The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the […]
Mother Tongue Activity – Korean
Last Monday, our Korean mothers in PYP came in to share a glimpse of their culture with our Elementary students. The children enjoyed a traditional story, read in Korean; they learned about Korean national dress; and ate rice flour treats. As an International Baccalaureate World School serving families from 24 countries, QAIS is committed to […]
MYP Language Acquisition – Creativity and Innovation
The MYP Language Acquisition Phase 2 students are studying a unit on “Technology” with a focus on innovation and creativity. These contexts and concepts provide the basis for students to develop research and creative thinking approaches to learning. Their aim is to inquire about the benefits and problems of different technologies. Students address the inquiry […]
How We Express Ourselves – Unit Presentations
On Thursday, January 22nd, Elementary classes in the Primary Years Programme celebrated the culmination of their units of inquiry in the theme of ‘How We Express Ourselves’, inviting parents and friends to share their new understanding through poems, posters, and presentations, in English and Chinese. We are proud of the courage that these kids have […]
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
Margaret Fuller was the author of this quote; an American journalist, critic and active participant in the women’s right movement in her day. Whether or not we have a class full of future leaders, the value and enjoyment of accessing literature is key to so much of what we do in Grade 4,5 & 6. […]
QAIS Ski Trip 2015
We have a much-loved (if rather improbable) tradition here at Qingdao Amerasia International School: every January, all of the kids from Grade 1 up spend a day skiing with their teachers and classmates. The annual Ski Trip has grown out of our emphasis on holistic development, building physical skills, raising awareness of recreational activities, and […]
