International day. A great day was had during International Day yesterday despite the rather cool weather.  The rain (representing the British Isles) held off long enough for the day to start with a colourful parade of the countries represented at Hanova with the 22 student countries and our staff’s 16.  So many of the children, […]

2015-16 School Year. Plans are well underway for 2015-16 School Year – the first school year where Hanova will teach the Diploma Programme as an IB World School! Student numbers. A number of our year groups are full or nearly full so parents will soon be asked about whether their children are staying at Hanova […]

International Baccalaureate Research Project. Hanova has been invited to take part in an Educational research project commissioned by the International Baccalaureate on “Teaching the Theory of Knowledge in IB World Schools”.  The purpose of the study is to investigate teacher views of TOK and to document school implementation practices to inform the ongoing development of […]

Author Visit. On Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th March, we are very lucky to have joining us Trevor Kew, an author for teenagers.  Trevor is Canadian, and as well as being a published author with six books to his name, is an IB English teacher in Yokohama International School.  His novels are for 11-14 year […]

Staff appointments. I am pleased to tell you that we have three new teachers that have joined us in the last week of last term or in the first week of this.  Melissa Biglands PYP Coordinator Ms Biglands joined Hanova as our Primary Years Programme (PYP) Coordinator in February 2015.  She already has 7 years […]

Chinese New Year. We are celebrating Chinese New Year in style.  Events are taking place both today (Primary) and tomorrow (Secondary) to see some of the talents of our community and students and to celebrate the culture of our host country.  The Primary celebration was played out to a packed hall and performers came from […]

IB Diploma Celebration. We celebrated this landmark achievement in Hanova’s history on Tuesday. The Board were delighted to host this event, and to welcome parents and students from Y10 and 11 along with the teaching and support staff who have done so much to enable the school to attain its status as a World School […]

Primary Reports. All parents of students in the Primary should have received their child’s report by student post on Tuesday this week (20th January).  We hope you found these informative.  We intended to send them by email but the computer programme we use for the reports cannot email out.  If you need a soft copy […]

New Staff appointments. Owing to the development of the school and our continued determination to make Hanova a top quality international school with the extensive teaching and support staff to deliver programmes of the highest quality, we have 4 new teachers who have joined us since Christmas or who are joining us this month. We […]

A Happy New Year to you all - families of both returning and new students.  I hope you had a lovely Christmas (if you celebrate it in your family or culture) or at least you were able to enjoy some parts of the holiday with your children. Hanova is an IB World School for the […]