The School Newsletter is the official news publication of Xi’an Hanova International School. Since Hanova began in 2012, our school has regularly communicated to the Hanova Community about what has been happening inside and outside the school classrooms.
November 1, 2021
Written by Elijah Smith, Y12 The Day of the Dead, or “Día de los Muertos” in Spanish, is a holiday that remembers loved ones that have passed away. The day of the dead is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, mostly in Mexico, but also nations where there is significant Mexican influence. As a Spanish […]
October 27, 2021
Written by Richard Gallerno On Wednesday, 27th October, the Year 12 DP English B students shared part of their cultural identity by hosting a special lunch with invited teachers. An important part of English B class is that students study a selection of 5 topics that are required by IB. One of these prescribed topics […]
September 25, 2021
Written by Emma Tidmarsh Part of our curriculum at Hanova is extra curricular activities (ECAs). This semester, teachers chose to run a specialised club designed to complement to an area of interest within the curriculum. This year we have a new PYP club: The ECO Warriors. Students from Reception to Year 6 who were keen […]
September 21, 2021
Written by Amy Hou Since 2019, Hanova school has established a stable relationship with Chun Education Foundation. And we’ve donated 40,000 RMB to support the “Library Project” in rural areas in Shaanxi Province. Our donation was used to build up 6 library corners in a primary school in Baishui County in Weinan City. The funds […]
May 22, 2021
Written by Sam Quan On 22 May, 2021, the players of our PYP Football Academy participated in two friendly matches against Xi’an Bodi School. We played “6 vs 6” for Years 3-4 and “8 vs 8” for Years 5-6 by age group. The students performed very well and devoted themselves to the game quite a […]
May 7, 2021
Written by Petra Vejvodova This year our PYP Exhibition was held on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th of May. We had seven groups presenting their topics under the transdisciplinary theme: ‘Who we are’. 1. People need rules to create safe roads by Eugine and Jihoon 2. Our treatment of animals helps us to create a […]
May 1, 2021
Written by Jennifer Lazareck, MYP Performing Arts teacher MYP Performing Arts students were given a summative assessment task to engage them in creating a poster to promote their upcoming performances, and encourage their audience to attend. The poster needed to reflect the ideas, theme, or setting of the play or music genre. Plus, the information […]
April 26, 2021
The finals in the 2020 Super Chinese Cup, a Chinese language competition for international Chinese students from all around the world, were hosted on 16th January through the platform of Zoom. Students spoke about and expressed very unique ideas about a vast variety of topics such as environmental protection, future development, education and many more. […]
April 23, 2021
Written by Gerardo Nájera, Head of Mathematics 1st Pi Day at Hanova. Pi Day has been celebrated around the world on 14 March at 1:59pm since 1983, the date when the US Congress adopted it. This coincides with the birth of Albert Einstein in 1879 and the death of Stephen Hawking in 2018. It is […]