zhuhai international school parent information evening 19 april 2012

Zhuhai International School

Parent Information Evening19 April 2012

Zhuhai International SchoolQiao Island, Tangjia WanZhuhai, Guangdong, China

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Our Vision for 2012-13

Committed to the journey of developing a quality IB World School where students are

at the centre of all we do.


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ZIS

People:StudentsParents

Staff

Place:Environment

FacilitiesPhilosophy:

IB Learner profile

Programs:PYP, MYP

IGCSEDP


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Milestones for 2012-13

IBO World School accreditation across all 3 IB Programmes (PYP, MYP, DP)

3rd PYP Exhibition

First MYP Graduates

First IGCSE exams sat

Commence construction of new multi-purpose facility (gym/hall)

Dedicated Early Childhood Centre


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ZIS Academic Structure

Zhuhai International School Head of School: Hilton Munro.

Master of Education - Administration, Bachelor of Education - Primary, Diploma of Sports Coaching and Administration, IBO PYP Schools Trainer and

Workshop Leader

Early Years Centre(Nursery & Reception)

- IB Primary Years Programme

Primary School (Year 1 to Year 6)


School-wide Specialist Subjects

(Year 1 to Year 13)

Art, Music, PE, Library, Chinese Langauge & EAL

Secondary School(Year 7 to Year 13)

- IB Middle Years Programme - ICGSE

- IB Diploma Programme(commencing in 2013-14)

Summer Camp(Ages 6 years plus)

- 2-week optional program in June/July


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Early Years CentreZhuhai International

School

Early Years Centre(Nursery & Reception)


Primary School School-wide Specialist Subjects

Secondary School Summer Camp

NurseryMs. Henny McBurney:

Bachelor of Education, Early Childhood

Reception Ms. Deborah Vermeire:

Bachelor of Arts


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Primary SchoolZhuhai International

School

Early Years Centre Primary School (Year 1 to Year 6)


Primary Principal: Hilton Munro

School-wide Specialist Subjects


PYP Curriculum Coordinator Ms. Rachel Loveridge:

Bachelor of Teaching and Learning, Advanced Diploma of Teaching,

TESOL Certificate.

Year 1 Ms. Emilie Knight

Bachelor of Education

Year 2Mr . Kristian Brodie

Bachelor of Arts, Master of Education.

Year 3Ms. Betty Nelson:

Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching.

Year 4Mr. Julian Knight:


Year 5Ms. Tania Gollins:


Year 6Mr. Matt Gollins:

Bachelor of Education, Diploma of Teaching

Chinese LanguagePYP Chinese Coordinator:

Ms. Shirley HuiBachelor of Science, Education.

Ms. Sally Wen Ms. Kelly Wang Ms. Lisa ChengBachelor of Arts Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Education

Undergraduate Certification

Ms. Marie Liang Ms. Myra Bachelor of Management Bachelor of Arts

Ms. Esther Lin Bachelor of Chinese Language and Education


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Secondary SchoolZhuhai International

School

Early Years Centre Primary School School-wide Specialist Subjects

Secondary School(Year 7 to Year 13)

- IB Middle Years Programme, ICGSE & IB Diploma Programme (commencing in 2013-14)

Summer Camp

MYP Curriculum Coordinator & IGCSE Coordinator

Mr. Mark Williams:Higher Diploma of Teaching

Teaching: Math

Ms. Janice Lee -Language B Coordinator:

Certificate of Liberal Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education

Teaching: PE, English

Ms.Ginny Drislane Bachelor of Arts, Master of Foreign

Languages, PhD - Linguistics

Teaching: Humanities, Science

Ms. Sherry Van Hesteren Bachelor of Education, Honours Bachelor

of Arts, Master of Arts

Teaching: English, Language A

Mr. Marc Vermeire: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science

Teaching: Science

Principal & DP Coordinator

Mr. Cameron Woods: Bachelor of Applied Science, Graduate Diploma of

Education

Teaching: Math, Business Management

Mr. Matt Broughton:Bachelor of Science, Master of Education

Teaching: Design technology

TBA

Teaching: Language B

Lina ForsterBachelor of Performing Arts

Teaching: Drama, Music Performance

TBA

Subjects: Language B Specialist


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School-wide Specialist SubjectsZhuhai International

School



ArtDr. Nick Catalano

Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Art, PhD in Art

Music

Dr. Nick Catalano: Year 7 to Year 9Ms. Janice Lee: Primary

Year 3Ms. Betty Nelson:

Ms. Sally WenBachelor of Education

Special Education Needs

Ms. Rachel Loveridge

PE, Sports & Outdoor Ed

Mr. Tim NickelBachelor of Arts, Master of Education

Ms. Janice Lee

After-school activities

Coordinator: Mr. Tim Nickel


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Summer Camp




Coordinator: Mr. Kristian Brodie

Ms. Lisa Cheng


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Teaching Staff Qualifications

Across our 27 Teaching Staff there are:2 PhDs

10 Masters Degrees

27 Bachelor Degrees

5 Diplomas, and

Many other and varied certifications, of which there are too many to list here!


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Facilities Development

Early Childhood CentreDedicated building and play areas for Nursery and Reception.

Installation of shade sails over play areas.

New sandpit and play equipment.

Relocation and renovation of Nursery sleeping room.

Overall increase in classroom resources.


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Primary SchoolRelocation of Year 1 classroom into the main building.

Relocation of Year 2 classroom to second floor.

Computer Room is being replaced with a portable bank of laptops for use across the Primary School.


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Secondary SchoolSecond Science Laboratory.

Secondary Library.


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Whole of SchoolCommence construction of Phase 1 of the gymnasium, cafeteria, swimming pool project

• Phase 1 (December 2012) – gymnasium and multi-purpose hall

• Phase 2 (August 2013) – cafeteria• Phase 3 (TBA) – swimming pool

Painting outside of main building.

Expansion of the adventure playground.

Note: The commencement of

Phase 2 and 3 is conditional on student enrolment numbers: minimum of 200 and

220, respectively.


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School Fees Policy

New fee structure for 2012-13 academic school year:

Fees broken-up into Tuition, Miscellaneous and Transport Fee.

Sibling Discount and Early Bird Discount available.

Tuition fee increase capped at 2-3%.

Miscellaneous Fee & Transport Fee at cost.


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School Fees Policy

Updated Fee Policy includes information on: 3-year projection of fees

Tuition, Miscellaneous and Transport Fee

Discounts available

Schedule of payment options

Invoicing

Refunds


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Milestones for 2012-13

IBO World School accreditation across all 3 IB Programmes (PYP, MYP, DP)

3rd PYP Exhibition

First MYP Graduates

First IGCSE exams sat

Commence construction of new multi-purpose facility (gym/hall)

Dedicated Early Childhood Centre


Secondary School Organisation 2012-2013


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Our ProgrammesIBO Middle Years Program (MYP)

(Years 7-11)

The Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)

(Years 10-11)

IBO Diploma Program (Years 12-13)


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Major Organisational Changes

20 minute longer day (School to start at 8.40)

10 day week


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Homeroom (pastoral care)

10 minutes per day(8.40 - 8.50)MentoringBuilding relationships and rapportApproaches to LearningSocial issuesNotices2 staff per homeroom group


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Area of Interaction

3 lessons per cycle.

Interdisciplinary learning and action.

Interaction with the community service.

Collaborative planning.

An opportunity to be creative.


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New Subject offerings

As an MYP school we must offer the following subjects:Language ALanguage BMathematicsScienceHumanities (Business Studies) The ArtsPhysical EducationTechnology


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Music Performance

2 times per cycleGuitarChoirEnsembleDrama PercussionDance


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House Time (sport)2 lessons per cycle

4 house groups competing in a variety of sports and activities.

SoccerBasketballSwimmingTouch Rugby

Sporting interchange with other schools.DebatingChess


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Mother Tongue

1 lesson per cycleJapaneseKoreanFrenchGermanEnglishChinese

More than 90% of Secondary students speak one of the Languages above.


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SubjectsSubjects

Classes during 2 weeksYears 7-9 Years 10-11

English 9 10

Mathematics 9 10

Science 9 10

Humanities 9 8

Chinese 8 8

Physical Education (Health) 6 6

Visual Art 5 5

Drama 1 1

Music 1

Design Technology 5 4

Area of Interaction time 3 3

Music Performance 2 2

House time (Sport) 2 2

Mother Tongue 1 1

Total Lessons 70 70

Homeroom (10 minutes per day) 100 minutes 100 minutes


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Further Language Developments

Slight changes to the structure of Language A and Language B classes.

Intensive English - for new students requiring this.

Alternate Language - French - (Question & Answer session on

Thursday April 26 at 4pm)

Language B (Chinese) - 5 phases ( 3 classes)

Year 7/8 English 3 classes - Core and Extended.


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Intensive English


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Secondary School Staffing 2012-13Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

EnglishLanguage B – To Be ConfirmedCore – Ms Janice LeeExtended – Ms Sherry Nickel

Ms Sherry Nickel Ms Sherry Nickel Ms Sherry Nickel

Mathematics Mr Mark Williams

Mr Mark Williams

Mr Mark Williams

Mr Cameron Woods

Mr Cameron Woods

Science Ms Virginia Drislane

Mr Marc Vermiere

Mr Marc Vermiere

Mr Marc Vermiere

Mr Marc Vermiere

Humanities (business studies)

Ms Virginia Drislane



Mr Cameron Woods

Physical Education

Ms Janice Lee Mr Tim Nickel Mr Tim Nickel

Visual Art Dr Dominic Catalano

Dr Dominic Catalano

Dr Dominic Catalano

Dr Dominic Catalano

Music Dr Dominic Catalano

Dr Dominic Catalano

Dr Dominic Catalano

Design Technology

Mr Matt Broughton

Mr Matt Broughton

Mr Matt Broughton

Mr Matt Broughton

Drama Ms Lina Forster Ms Lina Forster Ms Lina Forster Ms Lina Forster

ChineseLanguage A Lower Secondary. Language A Higher Secondary - To be confirmed Language B - Three classes covering 5 phases. Phase 1-2, Two teachers. Phase 3-4, Two Teachers. Phase 5, One Teacher.


ZIS Community Survey2012-2013


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What was the survey for?

“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns…there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns.“There are things we don't know we don't know.

Source: http://benjaminday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/donald-rumsfeld.jpg


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Thank you!1. Approx. two-thirds of our families responded2. One-fifth responded to the Mandarin survey3. Overall the survey worked well5. Positive and constructive feedback6. Annual event, but not the same each year7. What we’ve found out…


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The things that are important when choosing an international school

•There were 4 choices – Very important, Quite important, Somewhat important and Not important

•When combining Very important and Quite Important for any one choice:

•All choices were over 50%•English as language of instruction – 93%•Culturally diverse – 80%•IB Programmes – 76%*•IGCSE was well over 50%


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At the Parent Information evening I would like to find out more about…

1.Long-term plans – 91%

2.Facility/Capital development plans – 89%

3.Staffing and structure for both PYP & MYP – over three-quarters

4.Curriculum and approach to education for both programmes – around 70%

5.IGCSE and DP – around 50%


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EYP learning environment and curriculum

•Most parents are happy with the: learning environment (77% - Strongly agree or

Agree),

and curriculum (67% - Strongly agree or Agree)

•However there is cause for us to look further into this.


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The PYP

• Over 80% feel they know enough about the PYP Curriculum.

• Well over 80% are at least satisfied with the English literacy program.

• Just over 50% were satisfied with the Numeracy program.


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The MYP

• Almost 80% feel they know enough about the MYP.

• Three-quarters are at least satisfied with the amount of communication they receive about their son or daughters subjects and progress.

Few parents ‘strongly agreed’ with the statements about communication, so we need to look further into this

• Homework – most agreed it was about right, but a third thought it was less than expected.


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After-school activities program

• Over 70% are satisfied with the program offered this year. Comments reflected a desire for more variety, but also an

understanding that despite limitations the program is growing

• Around three-quarters said ‘yes’ to a year-long, once-per-week program.

• Around three-quarters said ‘yes’ to paying more for this if required.


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Improvements you would like to see

①Facilities (gym, multi-purpose, performance) (9)②Language diversity in the curriculum (7)③Concerns about staffing – qualifications,

commitment④A few things tied here:

I. Inter-school/Competitive sportsII. Expanded music III. Library, shade, drama (Secondary)


Thank you for your time.You can find a copy of this PowerPoint on the web at:

http://zischina.com/parent-information-evening-2012/

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