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Thank you to everyone for coming to help us celebrate Bonfire Night and Diwali on Sunday.  It was another wonderful evening as we gathered together around the fire and enjoyed a range of food & beverages from our vendors under the dark evening skies, thankful that the wild weather from earlier in the weekend had well and truly dissipated.

Last week, eight students from the China Region, including our student Lorna from NAIS Pudong, had the thrilling opportunity to visit the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, USA.

Recently we were pleased to welcome Year 5 student, Alice C's, grandparents to speak to some of our native Mandarin Primary students. The discussion served as the first event of the Mandarin department's new annual program, "Living Legacies."

The campus felt rather quiet over the past few days as students from across the school took part in Enrichment Week.  Students and teachers have been exploring different cities across China, discovering knowledge and skills beyond the classroom.

This week’s PE lessons focused on the Global Campus Sports Challenge, an activity in which students from various Nord Anglia schools around the globe compete to log as many miles as possible through walking, running, swimming, or cycling activities. In sessions here at NAIS Pudong, students from Years 1 to 6 dedicated one lesson to running and another to swimming. Together in PE lessons, they covered a truly impressive total of 320 miles on foot and 20 miles in the water!

On 21st and 22nd October, NAIS Pudong had the privilege of hosting the first of our Juilliard link staff, Music Specialist Mr Brian Drye, from New York. Over the course of his visit, Mr Drye engaged our staff and students in a series of dynamic and creative sessions, showcasing Juilliard’s innovative approach to music education.

The Options Marketplace event offered an invaluable opportunity for our Year 9 and Year 11 students to explore their IGCSE and IB subject choices in a supportive and engaging environment. Teachers from all subject areas were present to guide the students, offering insights into how their subject selections can align with their academic strengths and future aspirations.

This week, we had the pleasure of hosting Jason Chang from Apple Inc as part of our Industry Expert Talk series. Jason has been an Operations Project Manager in the New Product Introduction (NPI) division at Apple Inc. since 2017. Before that, he worked in similar roles at Foxconn and Lenovo, accumulating over 17 years of experience in the tech industry.

This week, students and staff across the school showed awareness of their own self-care and demonstrated support for their friends, classmates and colleagues by wearing yellow items for World Mental Health Day.

The summer trekking expedition of the year returned this month when a group of our students headed into the Swiss mountains for the experience of a lifetime!

We’re delighted to launch our brand new NAIS Pudong charity Advent Calendar for 2024, and you can pre-order yours now!  The advent calendar is a centuries old tradition that helps with the exciting daily countdown through December to the Christmas celebrations on 24th and 25th.  These days many calendars – including ours – contain delicious chocolates to be enjoyed each day.

We were excited to restart our Industry Expert sessions this week, offering a wonderful opportunity for specialists from a variety of professions to speak to our senior students about both their individual pathways and their specific industries. Our first session this year saw Dr Jeorge Ducha - a paediatrician with almost 25 years of clinical experience and part of the Parkway healthcare group in Shanghai – talk to our students about his career, his current employer, and the medical profession in general.

Following a rigorous selection process including letter-writing, public-speaking, a student vote, and individual interviews with the Heads of Schools, we are delighted to announce the appointment of Leia and Jeffrey as this year’s Primary Head Students, and a group of students in this year’s student leadership programme in Secondary.

In our continued drive to improve both our uniform provision and our community ties, we delighted to announce an official partnership with WildChina Education as sponsors of our competitive sports kit.

This summer, Happy earned Grand Honours/SET at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, excelled in the "The Edible World" course, and shone artistically in a Chinese theater production at the Huangpu Theatre, demonstrating his remarkable academic and artistic talents, leadership, and collaboration skills.

Monday saw the eagerly awaited return of the After School Activities (ASA) programme, commencing Season One which will run through until January 2025.

Staff Appreciation Day was held again this Tuesday on Teachers' Day to thank all the staff at the school who provide a wide range of teaching, services and other support to the children.

The Tiger Cubs program has restarted , offering music, movement, and play activities led by Miss Kirstie on Tuesday afternoons and Saturday mornings, with limited spaces available for registration.

We are delighted to launch our brand new Shanghai Guide to help support our families and staff as they consider moving to this wonderful city.

The Parents & Community Association (PCA) kicked off the year with a successful movie night and Welcome Back Picnic.