Written by Petra Vejvodova Year 6 is busy working on their Exhibition. The students came up with many great ideas for meaningful and authentic actions that show we are caring life-long learners. Our Exhibition groups inquire into current global and local issues such as Environmental pollution, Road safety, Animal abuse, Human rights, Air pollution, Human […]
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Primary House “Football Shooting” Competition
Bruce MacGregor, Year 5 Teacher Vying for top position in the House ranking, teams brought to bear skill and strategy in a brave attempt to dominate the football shooting competition on Friday, March 12. Players had three choices. An easy direct shot on an open goal for a sure easy point, a tricky shot through […]
Primary House “Tug-of-War” competition
In November 2020, Hanova’s Primary house competitions heated up with a “Tug-of-war” activity. All four of Hanova’s houses – Tang, Song, Qin and Han – participated against each other in an exciting and energetic battle for first place. Hanova’s houses promote healthy competition, but also a sense of well-being and teamwork inside and outside the […]
PYP Costume Day & House Activity 2020
Welcome to the third issue of the School Newsletter of 2020-21. In this issue, we look forward to sharing with you: News from the Principal News from Primary School News from Secondary School Forthcoming Events News from the Principal New Campus Construction Up-date. Construction on the new school campus proceeds apace! According to the latest […]
Hanova’s Primary students play in city football league
Over the course of five weekends in October and November, Hanova’s Primary students played football in a local city Football league. After announcing the opportunity, we received such a supportive and wonderful response from our parents and students that Hanova was able to submit three full teams into the league! We are proud of all […]
Primary Reading Buddies
On Friday, 18th September, our PYP staff organised ‘Reading Buddies’ – a programme in which younger and older students are paired up for reading together throughout the school year. Reading Buddies helps build a community where students can read together and respect one another, regardless of age differences. The ‘Little Buddies’ benefit from: – hearing […]
PYP Winter Concert 2019
The stage decoration for this year’s Winter Concert was mostly student-driven. The Year 1 to Year 6 students spent time in their art classes discussing what they were going to produce and then created components for the design. Once we had all the components, I put them all together in a cohesive manner to create […]
Primary Halloween Celebration 2019
On Wednesday, 31st October 2019, our Primary students celebrated Halloween with a costume parade! They paraded through the classrooms in the morning showing off their costumes and then proceeded outdoors to enjoy a costume contest. The secondary students finished the day with a special assembly to give “best costume” awards and play games together.
House cultural activities and international lunch
On Friday, 25th October 2019, our staff, students and parents celebrated our school’s cultural diversity at Hanova’s annual International Day event! The celebration began with a flag parade. Groups of teachers and students proudly carried their nation’s flags around the football field. The day continued with crafts, activities and games from various cultures and a […]
International Day 2019
On Friday, 25th October 2019, our staff, students and parents celebrated our school’s cultural diversity at Hanova’s annual International Day event! The celebration began with a flag parade. Groups of teachers and students proudly carried their nation’s flags around the football field. The day continued with crafts, activities and games from various cultures and a […]