Xianease article. One of our Y11 students has written an article which was published in the Xianese in this April edition. It was about life in an international school, comparing it to other education systems and was written by May Lee. She experienced the stresses of having to hit deadlines and receiving changing requests concerning […]
Secondary Thailand EOTC 2013
Maekok River Village Resort in Chiangrai, Thailand Parents and students might have noticed that quite a few students and a few teachers were not at school last week. This is because 20 of our MYP and Senior students were on an educational trip in Thailand. They were away from Xi’an for a full week and […]
Hanova’s Secondary students travel on Thailand EOTC
Trip to Thailand. Maekok River Village Resort in Chiangrai, Thailand Parents and students might have noticed that quite a few students and a few teachers were not at school last week. This is because 20 of our MYP and Senior students were on an educational trip in Thailand. They were away from Xi’an for a […]
Hanova student body continues to grow!
Growth of the school. Following an Admissions Panel meeting approval has been given for 6 more students to join us in the next 3 or 4 weeks, bringing numbers into the 80s. We have had a number of parents visit our school as well as companies looking to recommend appropriate schools for their expatriate employees. […]
Mission statement and school aims meeting
Mission Statement and School Aims Meeting. On Saturday we were fortunate to bring our community together again to brainstorm ideas about our school’s guiding statements (namely our mission statement and vision.) About 30 of our community members (parents, students, support staff, teachers and our Board) reviewed three separate categories with reference to our beliefs, achievements […]
Hanova community playgroup to begin 19 March
Playgroup. We are happy to announce the start of our first Playgroup. This will be held every Tuesday from 2pm until the end of club time (4:30pm). Our first playgroup is planned to take place on Tuesday 19th March. This is a great opportunity for your child to play with other children and take part […]
Hanova celebrates ‘Author Day’ on Dr. Seuss’ birthday
Author Day. We had a super day last Friday celebrating Author Day on the day (or nearly) of Dr Seuss’ birthday. It was lovely to have so many parents (and older students) in to read to classes, then all of the activities during the morning including making Cat in the Hat hats. The afternoon snack […]
Nursery & Reception field trip to Hilton, Xi’an
Thanks to the Hilton Hotel and particularly Mr and Mme Roger for the 5 star treatment of our Nursery to Y1 students on their trip this week to investigate how spaces within buildings are used to serve the needs of people, linking to our Unit of Inquiry. Look out for a report on this in […]
Hanova to pursue CIS and WASC accreditation
Welcome back friends, parents and students, both new and old. I hope you had an enjoyable Chinese New Year and hope the students all return refreshed and ready to apply themselves to this, our second semester. This week we welcome 11 new students and their families to the Hanova family. These newcomers enter classes between […]
First whole school Art Exhibition opens
Art Exhibition. Hanova’s first whole school art exhibition was opened on Monday, 4th February to an audience of parents and students. This exhibition in the school foyer shows off the artistic talent of students from 3 to 18 years of age under the guidance of our art teacher Mrs Carrie Varjavandi. Many people besides the […]