Newsletter for 14 September 2012 - Nord Anglia Education

Shunyi PA BBQ 

Secondary Geography field trip 

PRIMARY Victorian Day! 

Sanlitun At the water’s Edge 

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PRIMARY 

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SECONDARY 

September 

Sanlitun PA 

Fish & Chip 

Night 

Roundabout 

Book Fair 

U14 Football 

Exchanges 

WAB Tiger 

Baseball 

BSB IA 

Expedition 

(DofE and 

IGCSE) 

Student Service 

Programme 

starts 

Yrs 3&4 

Pastries with 

Parents 

Open Morning 

Primary School 

Baselines 

Assessment 

week 

Yrs5&6 Pastries 

with Parents 

ISAC Staff 

Football vs ISB@ 

BSB 

SANLITUN 

From the Executive Principal 

D ear Parents, 

We are currently looking forward to the rest of year and taking stock of what has gone very well, 

and what needs improvement in the new school year. 

Our bus situation for ASA students is one area that we do need to address after the first week 

as some students have arrived home late. This situation will be remedied and we will be adding 

extra resource over the weekend. 

We are also looking at the deployment of TA’s within the school and will of course always make 

sure that they are deployed in the best way for the benefit of students. 

On the positive side of course we have had a great deal of positive feedback on the sports 

programmes and the work that the students are taking part in through the school. 

The schools community activities has been incredible successful with Roundabout having their 

most successful book fayre ever. Chatterbox has reported a great start and all the Pastries with 

Parents events have been a pleasure to attend. 

No school is perfect, but we will make sure that ours comes as close as possible. 

Have a great weekend. 

Michael Embley 

OPEN HOUSE 

SWIMMING GALA 

BSB SECONDARY 

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WEDNESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 

Open to all Secondary Students 

8.40am to 10.40am 

U14 and Open races 

Any swimmers interested please sign up 

with your Head of House

SHUNYI 

PRIMARY 

SHUNYI 

SECONDARY 

SANLITUN 

From the Vice Principal 

Dear All, 

Mahatma Gandhi once said “the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”. Nothing could 

be closer to the ethos of this school, where putting others first is at the heart of what we do. Sometimes it is the small 

things that count the most; students holding a door open for their peers or greeting the ayis and thanking them for 

cleaning the floors. These little acts are what makes our community special and a place families want to be. 

This week I would like to thank the Parents’ Association for organizing a wonderful barbeque last Saturday. This 

involved a huge amount of work but did much to cement new friendships for new families and to provide children 

with a magical evening. I know that my own children were reluctant to leave the long line of bouncy castles which 

were ably supervised by our fantastic Teaching Assistants. 

The theme of service has run through the secondary school in two ways this week. First of all, the Prefects have been 

appointed from the Sixth Form; we will be expecting a lot from them in terms of their contribution to the School. 

Secondly, the first International Award expedition is taking place this weekend at Silver Pagodas. Fundamental to the 

ethos of the International Award (linked to the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme in the UK) is developing oneself 

through serving others and, as any teacher will tell you, the best way to learn something yourself is to show another 

person how to do it! 

The motto of Nord Anglia Education is ‘Helping others to be the best they can be’. We at BSB are proud to embody 

that ethos in all that we do. 

Have a successful and fulfilling week. 

Yours, 

Nigel Fossey 

Latin and Ancient Greek 

Latin GCSE 

This is a chance to learn Latin to GCSE standard and sit the examination. It is open to anyone in any secondary year 

group. Some students have been asking to do Latin, but their year group is not on my timetable, so this is the chance 

to get a classical education. There will be two lessons per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays in room B406 during 

ASA time. See Mr. Pryer if you are interested. 

Ancient Greek GCSE 

Here is an opportunity to learn Ancient Greek to GCSE standard and sit the examination. It is open to anyone in the 

secondary school . There is probably no other school in China offering this subject, so if you really want to complete 

your classical education, here is your big chance! There will be one lesson per week on Wednesdays in room B406 

during ASA time. See Mr. Pryer if you are interested. 

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SHUNYI 

Shunyi Secondary 

From the Head of Secondary 

Thank you to all parents that supported the Parents Association Barbeque, it was a lovely event and would not have 

been a success without the planning and hard work of the Parents’ Association. This week in BSB we have had a Key 

Stage 4 assembly, the start of the morning PE programme, the continuation of the sports programme and now the 

launching of ASAs. 

The Sixth Form students have already had their first introductions to University life and the application process but 

they will be listening to Universities and other organisations speaking to them about the application process and how 

to stand out. The University of British Columbia started off this process and came to speak to students on Thursday 

in the new sixth form centre. 

Year 11 have also had the opportunity to go to Miao Liang and study many aspects of their Geography Fieldwork as well 

as learn more about the environment there. The expedition is being led by the Head of Humanities Edward Thomas. 

Key Personnel 

Many of you have asked for clarification of the new roles in Secondary School. 

General Concerns 

If you have concerns about your child the best person to contact is the Tutor as they will be best placed to answer your 

concerns. 

Key Staff 

However, should you wish to contact other staff in School, we have attached a list of some of the key personnel. 

Head of Secondary – Rob Hewett 

Overall responsibility for Secondary School, day to day organisation, staffing and strategic planning. 

Secondary PA – Serena Zhu – assistance to the Headmaster and administration. 

Secondary Deputies 

Charlotte Yearn – Deputy to the Head of Secondary in his absence. Head of Pastoral Care and Child Protection 

Amelie Azeem - Deputy Head. Head of Learning and Teaching, learning strategies, additional education needs and 

Raising Achievement Day 

Tim Brightwell - Director of Studies and all matters academic, including grading, reporting, setting and options. 

Key Stage Coordinators 

Lisa Scoots - Upper School or Sixth Form Coordinator responsible for the day to day running of year 12 and 13, their 

options, study programme and additional courses or programmes, including university applications 

Dan Holiday - Lower School Coordinator responsible for the academic progress of year 7, 8,9,10 and 11, GCSE options 

and additional courses or programmes. 

Andy Rigione - University and Careers Counsellor responsible for directing and guiding students in their choice and 

application of universities. Organises lectures, talks and visit from and to Universities from around the world. 

SHUNYI 


Heads of Year – Pastoral and Academic overview of the year group. Responsible for coordinating the Tutors in that 

year group and organising year events including the Residentials. 

Year 7 – Alan Foster 

Year 8 – Jim Hartland 

Year 9 – Sue Edwards 

Year 10 - Daff Thomas 

Year 11 – Dan Holiday 

Suzanne Robare – Charity Council. Her role is to develop the leadership potential in our students to run and organise 

a series of events and raise money for a variety of charities. 

Naomi Taylor - Counsellor – available to talk to students about any issues that may be troubling as well as speaking to 

students on a regular basis. 

Iain Massie - Head of Outward Bound – Adventure and Activities – working alongside Nick Bourne Iain has overall 

responsibility for the outdoor education and the Residential programme. 

Nick Bourne – Head of Outward Bound – Services - working alongside Iain Massie has overall responsibility for the 

International Award and the BSB Service programme. 

New Staff 

With the expansion of the Secondary School we have a large number of new and highly qualified individuals: 

Adam Worlsey Physical Education 

Andrew Davies Mathematics 

Anna Numela Finnish 

Benjamin Halder Teaching Assistant EAL/SEN 

Chiara Gilpin Mandarin 

Colin Joseph Humanities 

David Mark Lea Economics 

Emma Fossey Science Technician 

Flora Xu Mandarin 

Gary Cairnes English 

Heidi Arnold Drama 

Jeremy Gilpin Physical Education 

John Wade Music 

Lenia Fragoso German 

Maria del Pilar Mateo Sagasta Science Technician 

del Arco 

Michael Pryer Science + Latin 

Nicola Hemming Science 

Robert Preece English and English as a Second Language 

Yvonne Duennebier German

Pastoral Social and Health Education (PSHE) continues with a regular programme followed by Tutors and delivered to 

the students every week. This includes talks, lectures, assemblies and other events to promote these themes. 

Canteen 

Year 11, 12 and 13 now enjoy a separate lunch space allowing them to queue for less time and for some take a working 

lunch and spend more important time discussing educational matters, talking to the careers and university counsellor 

or having a break on the field or the multi gym. 

Expeditions, International Award 

This Sunday, year 10 will be undertaking one of the expedition training days under the guidance of Mr Bourne. 

Students have already received the information and should have emailed Mr Bourne the relevant information. If 

students or parents require additional information they may contract the Secondary Office or Nick Bourne direct – 

nick.bourne@britishschool.org.cn. 

The residentials are approaching and parents have been sent information about these, including the copies of 

information that is required (including passport copies and completed medical questionnaires). As these expeditions 

are being organised by Insight Adventures, parents have also been sent website logons for entering key information 

on to the expedition website. 

MUN (ASA) 

The Model United Nations ASA has commenced and I have seen many vibrant students discussing some key issues as 

well as the upcoming dates for the competitions. Anyone else interested in the MUN should contact Susan Edwards 

- susan.edwards@bitishschool.org.cn. 

Service 

The sixth form will also have the chance to choose the type of Service which they provide for the School. Forms have 

already been sent out and students should complete these and bring them to the meeting on Monday 17th September. 

Morning Fitness 

The British School of Beijing will be running a Fitness and Training Programme each morning at 7:30am from Monday 

to Thursday. The programme started on 10th September, but students keen to attend should, in the first instance, 

contact Sian Evan – sian.evans@britishschool.org.cn 

Winter Uniform 

A reminder that winter uniform will start after the half term break and now would be a good time to purchase any 

items. The uniform includes blazers for both girls and boys and black tights for the girls, guideline can be found on the 

website: http://www.nordanglia.com/beijing/images/doc_library/bsb/UniformGuide.pdf 


Looking ahead 

Sat 15-Sep-12 International Day of Democracy 

Sun 16-Sep-12 BSB IA Expedition 

Mon 17-Sep-12 Student Service Programme starts 

Tue 18-Sep-12 09:00-10:00 

14:30 

Wed 19-Sep-12 

Thu 20-Sep-12 

Fri 21-Sep-12 World Peace Day 

World Alzheimer’s Day 

Sat 22-Sep-12 World Car free day 

Sun 23-Sep-12 

Open Morning 

Roots and Shoots Environmental Meeting with Form Reps 

Mon 24-Sep-12 World Clean up Day 

KS4 ICT field trip supported by Yr12 & 13 

Tue 25-Sep-12 18:30 Staff football vs ISB 

Wed 26-Sep-12 08:30 Pastries with parents 

Thu 27-Sep-12 17:00 Year 7 Parents Evening with Form Tutors 

Fri 28-Sep-12 10:55 

12:00 

Faculty vs student. KS4 + 5 in attendance 

Noon finish for half term break 

Mon 08-Oct-12 Winter Uniform starts 

Tue 09-Oct-12 18:00 Residential meeting for parents 

Wed 10-Oct-12 

Thu 11-Oct-12 

Thu 12-Oct-12 18:00 Ski Trip Meeting

SHUNYI SHUNYI 

Geography field trip 

WORD OF THE DAY 

Tutors nominate a student to deliver the word for that day – they can give a meaning and an example of its use. 

WORD OF THE DAY WEEK BEGINNING 17th of September 

To new parents and teachers - each day we have a new word for the students to learn to spell and to learn its meaning. 

You will find these words in the students planner and I encourage you to talk about the Word of The Day with 

them each day. Please note the word for each day is in your child’s planner on that day. 

Here are the words for next week. The words are from English but of course they are used in other subjects as well 

Monday consonant 

Tuesday dialogue 

Wednesday exclamation 

Thursday expression 

Friday genre 

Thanks for continuing with this very simple idea to support the student’s spelling. 

Matthew 

Year 11 Geography students starting their field trip at Miao Liang. More detail to follow next week! 

SECONDARY BSB SECONDARY OPEN AUTUMN GOLF DAY 

GOLF DAY 


TUESDAY WEDNESDAY JUNE 12th 17th OCTOBER 

Open to all Secondary students 

The price will be 550 RMB per person without club rental & 750 RMB 

The price will be 550 RMB per person without club rental & 750 RMB 

per person with club rental. Limited number of clubs to rent. Price 

per person with club rental. 

inclusive of 18 hole green fees/caddie. 

Limited number of clubs to rent. 

Price inclusive of 18 hole green fees and caddie. 

Venue - Beijing Country Golf Club: www.bccgolf.com 

We will be playing at Beijing Country Golf Club: www.bccgolf.com 

Please sign up on the sheet outside the gym if you are interested or 

see Mr. Washko in the PE office or Mr. Coulstring to sign up before 

Any questions see Mr Washko or Mr Coulstring. 

25th May. Money is due no later than 4th June.

SANLITUN SANLITUN 

Sanlitun Primary 

From the Headteacher, Sanlitun 

Dear Parents, 

We have had yet another busy week this week with quite a heavy focus on food. On Tuesday we had a fantastic turn 

out for our first ‘Pastries with Parents’ event of the academic year, and even though the rain did threaten to dampen 

our pain au chocolat, we quickly moved indoors to continue our morning refreshments. It was wonderful to see so 

many of our parents join their children for breakfast and have yet another opportunity to chat and mingle with other 

families as well as members of staff. 

Yesterday we were extremely lucky to have our very own live cooking show ‘On your marks, get set, cook!’ Two teams 

of pupils battled it out on stage to cook their very own balanced meal which I was then incredibly lucky to taste. 

Chef Darren Tickler, from the UK, hosted the contest before our KS1 and KS2 pupils who were able to answer lots 

of questions about different food groups and healthy eating. The children also took part in judging the best dish by 

displaying either a green card for the green team or red card for the red team. Whilst I had chosen the very tasty ‘flashfried 

meatballs’ by Mr Breaden’s red team as my favourite dish, the winner, chosen by the KS1 and KS2 pupils, was Miss 

Watt’s green team who cooked oriental salmon fish cakes. It was a fantastic way to start our day and we hope to be able 

to display the recipes used in the show in case you would like to try them out at home. 

Continuing the food topic, we look forward to welcoming new and returning Sanlitun families to our Family Fish and 

Chip night this evening. We would like to remind families that the event starts at 5pm and finishes at 8pm. Please do 

not forget to bring your ticket which will enable you to get a serving of fish and chips. 

Wishing you a wonderful weekend. 

Lisa Milanec 

Head teacher Sanlitun Campus 


Foundation Stage, Sanlitun 

Yummy food 

This week in Pre-Nursery and Nursery 

This week, in Pre-Nursery we have been busy exploring farms, the animals that live on them and the noises they make. 

We have also been practicing a lot of farm related songs such as ‘Old Macdonald’ and ‘Baa baa black sheep’. What a 

noisy week! 

Many of us have started to eat and sleep at school. Everyone is adapting to the extended routine beautifully and 

enjoying the yummy food! 

It has been the final week, in Nursery, of our topic Áll About Me’. The children have been talking about feelings and 

what makes them happy and what makes them sad. Thankfully all the children said that they felt happy because they 

were in school playing with their friends!

SANLITUN 

Foundation Stage, Sanlitun 

Monster mad! 

This week in Reception 

We’ve been going monster mad in Reception! We have been reading ‘The Grufallo’ and doing all sorts of learning 

around the story. We loved role playing in the woods and acting out the parts of the different woodland animals 

avoiding being The Gruffalo’s dinner! We’ve also made our own monsters out of junk and given them names and 

special powers. 

EAL, Sanlitun 

Full swing 

The EAL children in San Li Tun have been very busy this week and are in the full swing of coming to EAL classes. 

Year 1 and Year 2 have been learning about school subjects, places around the school and describing their school 

routine. They are also learning how to express their immediate needs, how to tell their teachers when they are hot, 

cold, tired or thirsty for example. 

Some of Year 3 have been practising phonics and sentence construction and other groups have been talking about 

school routines.Year 4 were writing fictional stories this week about pirates and acting the stories out as were Year 6, 

they had great fun! Year 5 have also been talking about school and expressing their likes and dislikes. Year 5 and 6 are 

all doing well on their reading plan and we all ove discussing their books. Keep working hard children!! 

SANLITUN 


Key Stage One, Sanlitun 

The Big Red Bath 

This week in Year One 

This week Year One started their Literacy unit on ‘Stories with familiar 

settings’. We read the story of The Big Red Bath together and talked about 

the setting and the characters. We looked out for language that repeats 

itself and even did some role play of parts of the story using toys and 

puppets. The children also wrote some describing words for how it feels 

to be in a bubbly bath. 

On Tuesday it was Miss Darke’s birthday and as a special surprise we were 

able to make our own birthday cookies. Not only were they beautifully 

decorated but they also tasted delicious! 

As part of our Marvellous Me topic, the children talked about their 

favourite colours this week. On Wednesday all the children came in 

wearing their favourite colour. We then made a giant pictogram with the 

children in the playground. The results looked absolutely amazing! The 

children then used the pictogram to find out information about Year 

One’s favourite colours.

SANLITUN 

Key Stage Two, Sanlitun 

At the Water’s Edge 

This week in Year Four 

This morning Year 4 set out to explore the habitat of the Liangma canal. It was definitely our lucky day as not only 

was the sun shining but we saw a record number of different species along the canal.Before we even arrived there we 

had spotted three different types of butterfly, several sparrows and a magpie. Our excitement grew as we arrived at 

the water’s edge to spot a breeding ground for pond skaters. We were also treated to a close up view of a spectacular 

red dragon fly. We were struggling to keep up with drawing all the different plant and animal species on our sketch 

maps, but we tried very hard to include the spiders, ants, green fly and fish. Before we left we spotted mushrooms and 

a mysterious egg-like growth on the leaves of the willow trees. It has been a fabulous introduction to our topic on 

habitats and we never expected to see such a variety of life right in the centre of Beijing. 

SANLITUN 


Key Stage Two, Sanlitun 

Robinson Crusoe 

This week in Year s Five and Six 

It has been another incredible week in year 5 and 6 at the Sanlitun campus. 

In literacy year 5 students have continued to learn all about the adventures of Robinson Crusoe. We used drama 

work and games to explore how Robinson might have felt being stranded on a deserted island. We then created a 

map of what we thought Robinson’s island looks like based on all that we have read. We will use all of this to help us 

as we start to write our own chapters of Robinson Crusoe. 

In numeracy we began by looking at sequences of numbers and trying to identify any patterns. We learnt how to 

work systematically and methodically to find patterns and work out the next steps. By the end of the week year 5 

students discovered how to use written methods of addition and subtraction to answer questions with 3 or 4 digits. 

In topic year 5 learnt all about healthy living and how that can have an effect on the lungs, heart and brain. We found 

out what makes a balanced diet and why it is so important to eat right. Continuing with our brain waves theme the 

children created a cartoon about what a neuron is and its functions. 

Chinese, Sanlitun 

Chinese 

This week Sanlitun children had leant a lot of things in different Chinese classrooms. 

In primary Year 1 Heritage group children learnt eight Chinese characters including人口目木禾竹马鸟 with 

images. 

Year 3 children in Group B continue to learn about time. They reviewed the vocabulary about telling time. They 

practiced to write time in Chinese and played games to practice the vocabulary as well. 

Children in Year 6 learnt a new topic about travelling. They reviewed and learnt the transportations such as train, 

truck, bike, car, bus, subway and so on. They also practiced the sentence pattern like ‘Beijing is far away from Shanghai.’ 

‘ I go to school by school bus.’ 

Reception children talked about family members. They learnt a rhyme about taking care of little brother and had been 

told a story about a little mouse and his family.

SANLITUN 

PE, Sanlitun 

Club Football 

Both last week and this week, pupils in KS1 & 2 at Sanlitun have been lucky enough to have part of their PE lessons 

taken by Club Football. The coaches from CF have played fun games with the children and have been teaching them 

all sorts of football skills to improve their technique. 

Football and Health-Related Fitness have been taught in KS2, with plenty of competitions coming up to practice for! 


is holding a 

Family Ceilidh & 

Dinner 

(SCOTTISH DANCING) 

On 

Saturday 22 nd September 

3.00pm – 8.00pm. 

At 

The British School of Beijing – Sanlitun Campus 

5 Xiliujie, Sanlitun Road 

Chaoyang District 

中国北京市朝阳区三里屯西六街 5 号, 邮编 

(Directions posted at www.britishschool.org.cn ) 

Don’t worry if you’ve never done Scottish dancing before, we’re all there to 

have fun and all the dances are walked through and called. 

Tickets: 

80 RMB – Children (under 5s free) 

120 RMB – Adults 


Available from: 

beijingcaledoniansociety@gmail.com 

OR 

Belinda Prince 13552999060 

Shunyi Parents’ Association 

BSB PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION OUTING 

Day hike in the Mi Yun area 

Thursday saw the first Parents’ Association outing of the year with a trip to the Beijing countryside near Mi Yun. 

24 intrepid hikers set out and all returned after a beautiful walk along a river and a picnic lunch. It was good to 

be out of the city for a few hours and even a short rain shower didn’t dampen peoples spirits.


SHUNYI PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION EVENTS 

Dates for your diary 

Parents’ Association Meeting 

Friday 21st 11am in the Boardroom 

Parents’ Association Charity Ball 

This is our biggest event of the year and we need to get started NOW! Anyone who is 

interested in helping with this event out first meeting is on Monday 24th at 9.30am in 

Chatterbox Cafe. There are many ways to get involved; Entertainment, Sponsorship, 

Decorations and much more. Please come along if you are interested or email 

bsbpashunyi@yahoo.com if you’d like more information. 

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION TALK 

On Wednesday 26th September a paediatrician from Beijing United Hospital will come to 

the school to talk about health issues in Beijing, specifically children’s health. This talk will 

be in the Boardroom at 9am and is open to all parents who are interested. 

International Day is on October 19th 

On this day we celebrate the cultural diversity of our school. Currently we have over 

60 different nationalities at our school but many countries do not yet have a stand at 

International Day. Make sure your country is represented! email: Jana Bures: jana.bures@ 

yahoo.com to see how you can get involved. 



Come listen to BJU pediatrician discuss 

Wednesday, September 26 th 

9:00am 

Boardroom, British School of Beijing (Shunyi) 

Dr. Leila Sabet, MD MPH 

Dr. Sabet is from the USA. She completed her bachelor’s degree summa 

cum laude at the University of Florida and has a master’s degree in Public 

Health from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins 

University. Before joining BJU, Dr. Sabet worked at Howard University and 

the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C. 

Dr. Sabet speaks English and intermediate Spanish.


Parents’ Association BBQ 

Thank you to everyone who attended the Parents’ Association BBQ on Saturday. It was great to see so 

many new and returning families and everyone seemed to be having a great time. The children all had a 

wonderful time on the bouncy castles and having their faces painted. A huge thank you to all the members 

of the Parents’ Association who helped organise this event, it was a great achievement. 


Shunyi 

A Visit to a Migrant School 

On Monday 10th September Dawn Ross went with Helen Boyle, the Director and Founder of the Migrant 

Children’s Foundation, to one of its schools in Fangshan. The purpose of the visit was to handover equipment 

and materials bought with the money raised through bake sale, non uniform days and other fundraising 

events held in the last academic year by the Primary Charity Committee. 

On arrival at the school, we were greeted by many of the teachers and by some of the children there. They 

were delighted to receive the sports equipment, football goals, basketball nets and badminton sets. As well 

as this the money raised had paid for much needed stationery, paints and notebooks. The younger children 

were given several boxes of foam building blocks as well as small wooden tables and chairs. 

After all the goods were unloaded Mrs. Ross took a walk around the sparse but welcoming classrooms 

and was greeted by smiley children having lessons there. We hope that strong ties can be forged between 

the British School and the Migrant School’s Foundation, so that we can continue to help these children.

SHUNYI 

From our Head of Primary, Shunyi 

Coming to life! 

Dear Parents, 

Another extremely busy week has flown by here at BSB with the school truly coming to life in all areas. We have had 

special events in year groups, events for the Parents and collaborative events involving the entire Primary school. The 

week started with a lovely celebrations assembly for the Primary school. These are a new feature and bring all the 

children together to celebrate their achievements. We gave out house-point certificates, announced uniform awards, 

shared our stars of the week for each class. Please do send in any badges or cups achieved outside of school on a 

Monday and we will celebrate all our children’s achievement together. 

This week we were proud to introduce our new house captains for 2012-13. The house captains are; 

Romans – Sophia Leow and Ben Robinson 

Saxons – Ella Taylor and Luca Cabon 

Vikings – Victor Melander and Julia Kobiolka 

Normans – Seline Choi and Lucas Park 

Very well done to those children, their peers voted for them above a great many others, I am sure they will serve their 

houses well. 

Tuesday saw a great turn out at pastries with parents for Key Stage one. It was fantastic to see so many faces, old and 

new and we hope for an equally impressive turn out this week for the same event for the Parents of Years three and 

four. Today there have been numerous events around the school. It began with a fantastic assembly by 3SF based on 

teeth and healthy eating. All children performed well and spoke clearly, a great job by all. Year 5 had a Victorian day 

today as a ‘WOW’ experience to enter the topic. The children looked great dressed in Victorian attire as too did the 

staff. I had the pleasure of a guest appearance as a Victorian Headmaster and managed to scare myself with how mean I 

had to be! This afternoon 6 lucky student from years 5 and 6 were lucky enough to take part in a fun with food cook off. 

A guest Chef was here from the UK and educated all of year 5 and 6 about healthy eating and how to cook a balanced 

meal. This was a great event and I am sure all of the children enjoyed it. 

Lastly Miss Rutter has created a star of the week display in the Primary foyer area to celebrate the achievements of our 

children across the school. Each week the stars will have their name placed on the board and they will, as always, have 

their badge and certificate. Please make sure you take a look and share the successes of others. 

Have a lovely weekend, 

Christian 

Chinese, Shunyi 

Chinese 

It was an excellent week for the Chinese department! The students now know where their Chinese classes are and all 

have clear idea about their teachers’ expectation. Non-native speakers are trying their best to practise pronunciation in 

class by doing group work, playing games and doing drama. Their pronuciation is getting better and better. We are very 

happy to hear from some of the parents that their children are even helping the parents with their own pronunciation! 

In our native speaker group, the students have already started reading at home. Lots of them can’t wait to share the 

stories they have read. What a wonderful week! 


Foundation Stage, Shunyi 

Over the hills and far away 

In Shunyi Foundation Stage, we have been enjoying our exciting new playgrounds! There were squeals of excitement 

as the children ran over the colourful, hilly ground and got busy role-playing in the new play houses. All the children 

have been challenging themselves by climbing, balancing, swinging and sliding on our new equipment! 

Teddies 

In Teddies, the children have done of wonderful job of getting more settled in their classrooms. They have been 

gaining confidence in exploring each classroom area and have been using their hands to explore; including for handprinting, 

feeling the texture of sand and splashing in the water tray! 

Nursery 

In Nursery, children have been using their voices to make lots of different animals sounds and to see if they can 

recognise sounds their friends make. They have been having fun with instruments and practising being a conductor. 

The children have also been counting using the number song ‘5 currant buns’ and counting out and finding different 

numbers of objects. Their focus activity has been all about how things feel when we touch them: they have had lots of 

fun with shaving foam and spaghetti! 

Reception 

Reception children have been learning about the letters ‘s’, ‘a’, ‘t’ and ‘p’ – they have had fun using lots of sensory 

materials to practise writing these letters and have been playing sound games to help them recognise each sound. In 

Maths, the children have been ordering numbers to create a number track, which they have been jumping along to 

find treasure! In English, the children have been sharing ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear’ and have done a wonderful job of 

repeating all the phrases in the story. Finally, each class has been creating a quilt of squares to illustrate our golden 

rules: these will help everybody to gain special gems for our class treasure chests!

SHUNYI 

Key Stage One, Shunyi 

Globes and Atlases 

This week in Year One. 

The children have settled into Year 1 routines and have experienced their first week of homework, writing and ASAs. 

In English the children have been working on sentence structure and handwriting. They have also been illustrating 

stories and writing. 

Maths has been very active this week with outdoor ball games, bean bag games and board games. The children have 

been learning to count on and back in ones. They have also practised correct formation of numbers as well as begin 

to self-correct numbers when recording answers. 

Topic has been very exciting this week where the children have continued to learn about the seven continents through 

singing, ICT and books. They are very keen to build on their mapping skills using globes and atlases. 

Odd and Even 

This week in Year Two. 

It has been another busy week in Year 2! 

In English, this week the children have started writing their own stories with a familiar setting. Most of the children 

have written about a story set at the seaside. The description and detail the children have used is wonderful. 

We have had great fun in topic looking for bugs in the school grounds. The children used special containers to trap 

any bugs they found, before making observational drawings and returning the insects to the garden. 

In maths the children have been learning about odd and even numbers. Some of the children played an odd and even 

game which they really enjoyed. 

SHUNYI 


Key Stage Two, Shunyi 

Another great week! 

This week in Year Three. 

This has been a very busy week in Year 3. The children have started using the Thesaurus to find exciting synonyms to 

help them improve their ocean poems. They are also busy finishing their amazing 3D ocean creatures’ sculptures in 

paper mache. The children are doing a brilliant job and the result will surely be excellent! In the pictures you can see 

some of the amazing giant fish collages they have made! 

This week in Year Four. 

In Year 4, the children have written some inspiring poems with similes. Based on the Topic Kings and Queens, they 

have once again proven that they are a creative year group. Great effort was also made in Maths where they worked 

with negative numbers. They have also played the teacher during the Reading Buddies visits and are making full use 

of the computers in the class. Another great week!

Shunyi 

Pastries with Parents 

Pastries with Parents. 

On Tuesday this week we held the second of this year’s Parent morning 

events where Parents are invited in for a croissant or cake with a cup of 

coffee. These provide time in the morning for Parents to share time with 

their children and other Parents, and have a chat. These have been hugely 

popular in the past, last week the EYFS parents had a good showing and 

this Tuesday was no exception. A huge turnout of Key Stage one Parents 

were there and it was lovely to see many new faces being introduced to 

our hugely supportive Parent body. This coming Tuesday we have the 

same event for Parents in years three and four, we look forward to seeing 

many of the Parents there. 


SHUNYI SHUNYI 

Key Stage Two, Shunyi 

Year 5 stepped back in time To experienced a day in a 

Victorian school! 

On Friday children in year 5 came to school dressed as Victorian school children. They prepared for the experience 

throughout the week studying the past and role-playing some schoolroom scenes. They have drawn a lot of inspiration 

from the text ‘Street Child’ and begun to empathise with Jim, the main character. Teachers enjoyed taking on the role 

of authoritarian, perhaps a little too much! 

The MPR was transformed into a traditional schoolroom. Boys and girls sat separately and were given strict 

punishments for misbehaving. They had to use slate boards during the handwriting exercise, say the Lord’s prayer, 

rote learn Geography facts and experience reading in a room full of 100 students with only one copy of the text. The 

headmaster (Mr Bishop) came by to inspect the school and test the students mental arithmetic knowledge. He found 

that the students were learning well which meant that the teachers were doing a fantastic job. 

In the afternoon classes competed against one another in Victorian sports day events such as, egg and spoon races, 

sack races and 3-legged races. 

The day was a fantastic authentic experience and one that will be remembered for a long time. 


Shunyi 

BSB Baby Group 

BSB welcomed our youngest visitors on Thursday morning at the Baby Group. Running every week at 9am, babies and 

young children enjoy space to play whilst mums and dads can have a coffee and get to know each other. Look out for 

in the near future: Baby Singing, introducing Baby to Music, Baby Dance and Heath Topics.

This year it’s changed to 

Weekday Swimming 

program @BSB 

for all levels 

Monday & Wednesday 5pm- 

For more details please email: learntoswim@britishschool.org.cn or see Mrs Barnsley in PE office 


BHAEEC : Dog of the week 

Xiao Xi (*2007) is looking for her forever home. She is a very 

loyale and very friendly dog. She already was adopted but came back 

just before the holidays started because she was too scared by the small 

children in the family. Therefore Xiao Xi would love to go to a family 

with older children. She loves to go on long walks and is housebroken. 

Xiao Xi and soo many more dogs and 

cats are looking for forever homes. 

For more information: 

info@animalschina.org 

www.animalschina.org 

186 1843 4010 (English / German) 

137 1005 5778 (English / Chinese)

REGISTERING FOR THE 

SAT TEST 


SAT® 

The next available test date at the British School is 

November 3 rd 2012 

Students wishing to register for this date should 

collect a registration form from the University 

Counsellor. 

All registration forms must be completed and 

returned to the University Counsellor no later 

than Friday September 14 th 2012. 

Andy Rigione, University Counsellor, Email: andy.rigione@britishschool.org.cn 

University Presentation 

2011 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking - 22 

2011 The Times Higher Education World University Ranking – 34 

QS World University Ranking - 1st in Asia 

STUDY OPTIONS AT HKU 

Architecture Arts 

Dentistry Science 

Education Engineering Business & Economics 

Social Sciences Law 

Medicine 

Wednesday September 19 th 2012 

9.40am 

Room C302a (6th Form Study Room)

2012 China Annual Conference for International Education 

批准单位/Approved by: 

University External Event 

China Education Expo 2012 

Sharing the Diversity of Global Education 

国际教育 • 多元共享 

October 20–November 3, 2012 

Beijing Xi’an Chengdu Shanghai Wuhan Changsha Guangzhou 

www.ChinaEducationExpo.com 

主宾国:德国 

Country of Honour: Germany 

中华人民共和国教育部 

Ministry of Education, PRC 

主办单位/Sponsored by: China Education Association 

for International Exchange 


China Education Expo 2012 

This is an excellent opportunity for students and parents to acquire information and initial introductions to universities 

and colleges from around the world. This is a national event starting in Beijing and anyone interested in visiting 

can do so. There is no need to pre-register for any of these events. 

1 

Sharing the Diversity of Global Education 

国际教育 • 多元共享 

10.20-21 Beijing 

20-21 October, 2012 (Saturday-Sunday) 9:00-16:00 

China World Exhibition Hall, Beijing 

2012年10月20日至21日 (周六-周日) 9:00-16:00 

北京国贸展厅 

2 

2012 Exhibition Tour 

巡回展览 

Face-to-Face Opportunities 

in 7 Cities of China in 2012 

Tens of thousands of visitors will meet face-to-face with 

school representatives in Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu, Shanghai, 

Wuhan, Changsha & Guangzhou from 20 Oct. – 3 Nov., 2012. 

China Education Expo 2012, the 13th edition, will 

serve overseas schools for: 

- Brand building with visibility in the 7 leading 

markets in China 

- Liaison with quality students and parents 

- Insight and inspiration from the field trip 

- Exceptional face-to-face connections 

成都 

Chengdu 

西安 

Xi’an 

武汉 

Wuhan 

长沙 

Changsha 

广州 

Guangzhou 

北京 

Beijing 

上海 

Shanghai 

7 

6 

10.23 Xi’an 

23 October, 2012 (Tuesday) 13:00-17:00 

Shangri-la Hotel Xi’an 

2012年10月23日 (周二) 13:00-17:00 

西安香格里拉大饭店 

3 

4 

5 

10.25 Chengdu 

25 October, 2012 (Thursday) 13:00-17:00 

Shangri-la Hotel Chengdu 

2012年10月25日 (周四) 13:00-17:00 

成都香格里拉大酒店 

10.27-28 Shanghai 

27-28 October, 2012 (Saturday-Sunday) 10:00-16:00 

Shanghai East Asia Exhibition Hall 

2012年10月27日至28日 (周六-周日) 10:00-16:00 

上海东亚展览馆 

10.30 Wuhan 

30 October, 2012 (Tuesday) 13:00-17:00 

The Westin Wuhan Wuchang 

2012年10月30日 (周二) 13:00-17:00 

武汉万达威斯汀酒店 

11.01 Changsha 

1 November, 2012 (Thursday) 13:00-17:00 

Empark Grand Hotel Changsha 

2012年11月1日(周四) 13:00-17:00 

长沙世纪金源大饭店 

11.03 Guangzhou 

3 November, 2012 (Saturday) 11:00-17:00 

Guangzhou Dongfang Hotel 

2012年11月3日 (周六) 11:00-17:00 

广州东方宾馆

University External Event 

The University of Hong Kong 

will be hosting an information session on 

Admissions to HKU for Students with International Qualifications 

中国人民大学 

公共教学楼3205 

北京市海淀区中关村大街 59 号 

on Saturday, September 22, 2012 

2:00pm – 4:00pm 


Renmin University of China 

Public Jioaxue Building 3205 

No.59 Zhongguancun Dajie, Haidian District 

Beijing 

Please visit http://www.hku.hk/international to register 

or email international@hku.hk for more information 

Hong Kong University Admissions Event - Beijing 

The University of Hong Kong, in addition to visiting the school on September 19th, will be hosting a Public 

Information Session on Saturday Sept. 22nd. All parents and students are invited to attend this external event and 

can do so by registering beforehand. To register please visit: http://www.als.hku.hk/admission/intl/news-andevents/690

Daily Dental Care 

OASIS HEALTH TALKS 

Wednesday, September 5 

11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. 

By Dr. Grace Lee (English) 

14 SEPTEMBER 2012 ISSUE 03 

Our dental team explains how to care for your 

teeth, and your children’s teeth, so they’ll be strong 

and healthy for years to come. 

First Aid & Family Medicine 

Cosmetic Surgery 

OASIS INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL 

9 Jiuxianqiao Bei Lu 

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015 PRC 


11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. 

By Dr. Sonia Bourreau (French) 

This lecture in French covers what to do for fevers 

and gastroenteritis as well as in emergency 

situations. 


11:00 A.M.– 12:30 P.M. 

By Dr. Li Yanni (English/Chinese) 

北京明德医院 

T 400 UR OASIS 

北京市朝阳区酒仙桥北路9号 

W oasishealth.cn 

Is it really invasive? Dr. Li shares what cosmetic 

surgery can do and how it’s done. 

OASIS Health Talks are interactive seminars to promote health awareness 

in the community. Health Talks are free and open to the public. Kindly 

RSVP to events@oasishealth.cn.

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