Written by Mr Jonathan Knibloe, Year 5 Teacher On June 10th, our Hanova Xi’an International School hosted the first school Carnival at our new campus. With the world now returning back to pre-pandemic conditions, it was the first carnival since 2021 and it was wonderful to see our Hanova Community show up to support each […]
Year 7 Museum Display
Year 7 Museum Display – written by Mr Luke Harris. For the past fortnight our Year 7 students were busy creating a Museum Display Summative for their Individuals and Societies class. For this assessment, the students were tasked to create a fictional civilization and create two primary source objects from their chosen period of time. […]
Hanova Community Cup Football 2023
Written by Mr Paul Robinson, Director of Sports On Saturday 20th May we had the pleasure of hosting a team of parents to join our staff and U19 footballers for the first ever Hanova Community Cup competition. Despite the “competitive” edge the idea was to create an environment where fun and enjoyment were the main […]
A Celebration of Secondary Sporting Success!
Written by Mr Paul Robinson, Director of Sports On Friday 19th May Hanova held its first ever Hanova Hawks Colour Awards, where we acknowledge and recognize those students who have represented the school in inter-school competition. We were delighted to say that approximately 50% of the secondary student population has been a Hanova Hawk during […]
Year 12 Theory of Knowledge Exhibition
Year 12 Theory of Knowledge Exhibition – Written by Mr John McGovern, MYP & DP Humanities. The DP1 class successfully held the TOK Exhibition, the first internal assessment of their diploma programme. For this exhibition each student had to choose three objects to display in the exhibition, linking each of them to one of the […]
Girls footballers win inaugural Secondary Chan Ba trophy
The girls also took part in the first-ever girls secondary school Chan Ba Trophy with XIS and XLIS. This was a 5-a-side tournament and was under threat because of pitch conditions that would have been detrimental to the girls footballing development. Fortunately, we are blessed with a fantastic facility here at Hanova so we made […]
U14 Boys footballers win the Chan Ba trophy
We recently held the U14 Chan Ba Trophy for boys at the Hanova campus. In conditions that were significantly worse (if that was possible) than the U19 Chan Ba Trophy tournament the team under the guidance and tutelage of Mr. Dušan played some scintillating football racking up some really big victories. Playing in the rain, […]
MYP 4 Geography field trip to Sha Jing Cun urban village
MYP 4 Geography field trip to Sha Jing Cun urban village – Written by Mr Gary Wood, MYP & DP Humanities. As part of the Geography unit on urban development and city limits, the MYP 4 students took a trip to Sha Jing Cun urban village. This was a great opportunity for students to witness […]
Year 6 Exhibition 2023
Empowered to choose 22 different Topics, Year 6 students presented their Exhibition on May 4 and May 5. Students created the theme for Exhibition, Our Choice, Our Voice, Initiate Action. They lived up to the theme by engaging in Principled Actions to improve our local and global community. Students not only had individual responsibility to […]
Year 11 Humanities EOTC
Year 11 Humanities EOTC – Written by Mr John McGovern, MYP Humanities. As part of their studies in 20th century history the MYP5 students went on a school trip to Huaqing Palace. This is not only the site of ancient Tang Dynasty hot springs, enjoyed by the Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei, but also the […]