International Day Celebrates Diversity and Community
Saturday, November 1st saw a celebration of our community and cultures here at Qingdao Amerasia International School. Parents and friends brought food and activities (and appetites as well!), and students performed songs and dances from around the world. Use the links below to see highlights on this page. Performances Activities Group Pics Performances The Vocal […]
This is where we draw the line!
This week in Grades 4/5/6, we have been “Tuning In” to our new unit on how cities can change over time. One of the activities we enjoyed doing was looking at the work of Geoff Slater, a Canadian artist who is famous for his line paintings. Geoff has created many fantastic landscapes using a single […]
Celebrating, Sharing, and Reflecting
The theme of our fist unit of inquiry in Grade 3 was Who We Are, and as a class we explored the central idea of how people’s cultural background has an impact on their beliefs, values and actions. This past Friday we invited the parents in to share and celebrate the completion of our newspaper […]
International Day of Peace 2014
Qingdao Amerasia International School is proud to dedicate every day of every year to the cause of building peace. As we guide children in rigorous programs of study, helping them to develop their skills and nurture a ravenous appetite for learning, we do so with Peace as our method and as our ultimate objective. During […]
Lotus Cottage – August 2014
Here are some pictures of activities which have captured the interest of some of our new students. Zimo and Odin are working with the Cylinder Blocks. Neale is looking at picture cards for Types of Transportation, and Benita is looking at Things We Find in a Bedroom. Anielka built a tower out of the bead […]
MYP Design: Building a Brighter Future
MYP Design students recently participated in “The Marshmallow Challenge”, which is a remarkably fun and instructive design exercise that encourages teams to experience simple but profound lessons in collaboration, innovation, and creativity. The task is simple: in eighteen minutes, teams must build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of […]
Grade 3 – Omani Perspectives
In the IB Primary Years Programme at QAIS, Grade 3 is investigating how culture has an impact on people’s beliefs, values and actions. The class had expert speaker (and mother) Zoe Gradwell come to the class and share stories, artifacts, and memories from the time she spent growing up in Oman. Mrs. Gradwell lived in Oman […]
Toddlers Transition!
The Toddlers spent their first week of school adjusting to their new environment, with parents joining them in introductory activities. As a group, they focused on learning each other’s names, and some of our classroom routines and procedures. Toddlers took home a book with names and pictures of all of their teachers and school office […]
Instrumentalists Perform at QAIS
As we expand our instrumental music offerings here at Qingdao Amerasia International School, we invited award-winning performers to treat our Secondary students to the sounds of Trumpet, Flute, Clarinet, Trombone, Saxophone, Violin, Guitar, and Piano. Through individual and ensemble performances at QAIS Auditorium, these artists let our kids see and hear these deeply-expressive instruments for […]
First Day of School!
The 2014-2015 year got off to a running start! Here are some photos from around the school.
