Our third year concludes. Our third year has been memorable and has seen us gain authorisation as an IB World School for the Diploma Programme and make great strides towards authorisation for the MYP and PYP.  There have been so many rewarding, enriching and memorable times for all of us this year.  You can be […]

Hanova's Annual Spring Carnival 2015. This year’s Hanova carnival was played out in fantastically warm and sunny weather.  Last year we raised a record 18,000rmb for charity, which was comfortably surpassed by this year’s 20,000rmb.  This was a fantastic effort from the students, the staff, the Board, but most of all the parents and community […]

Personal Project Presentations. Last Friday the Year 11 students held a series of presentations to celebrate their completion of the Personal Project.  MYP students, parents and teachers in Secondary were all invited.  Students had around twenty minutes to take their audience through the Personal Project process and then have a ‘Viva Voce’ style question and […]

Cambridge International Exams (CIE). After our successful IB authorisation for the Diploma earlier this year, it is with great pleasure that we can report on the CIE Inspection Visit that took place on Tuesday. Whilst this was not as rigorous as the Diploma Verification Visit, a lot of work went into the documentation and preparation […]

Personal Project Presentation Ceremony. On Friday 29th May, students from Year 11 will be sharing with all Hanova Middle Years students and the wider school community, their experiences of the Personal Project. The Personal Project is a compulsory 6-8 month activity that students in Year 11 must undertake in order to complete the MYP.  This […]

IB Open Day at Hanova. A successful International Baccalaureate (IB) Open Day was held in school on Monday.  Parents and students considering enrolling in our IB Diploma Programme (DP) as well as interested members of the public were able to take part in a full day learning and sampling the IB DP, after being given […]

IB Open Day for Y10-12. There is an International Baccalaureate (IB) Open Day at Hanova on Monday, 11th May.  The morning will consist of an introduction to the school and its academic programmes in the Secondary and a tour of the facilities.  There will then be an opportunity to ask the management staff and students […]

PYP Read-a-thon. You should have received a letter from the homeroom teacher about the PYP Read-a-thon.  This Read-a-thon is a reading challenge for our PYP students to get them reading more books at home and to foster a further love of reading. It will run from April 24th through to May 22nd.  The students will […]

Sports Day. A lovely day was had by just about everyone at our Sports Activity Day last Friday.  Although the forecast had not been good it turned out to be a perfect day for outside activity – may be except for the light wind which caused a little difficulty in the balloon activity for the […]

Book Fair. Beijing Star Kids Children's Bookstore are returning to run our annual Book Fair.  They will set up books for purchase on Monday, 20th and Tuesday, 21st April. They provide an easy way to get access to good English books for parents that you can actually select and look through yourselves. The Book Fair […]