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We're exploring just some of the activities from school this week, and the academic journey began with a world of wonder and creativity!

In the realm of early childhood education, our Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) provision has emerged as a beacon of excellence. From their very first day at NAIS, every child in our care benefits from our shared vision: Together, we develop creative, confident and considerate learners prepared for their futures.

Excited students and their parents spent Tuesday afternoon choosing their after school activities (ASAs) for the coming season which commences on Monday 11 September.  A wide variety of vendors attended the event, providing detailed information about each activity and how it could benefit our students.

Congratulations to our Year 11 Class of 2023 for their hard work and resilience during their IGCSE studies over the past two years!

On Monday we return to the core business of education and providing the best possible provision and opportunities for our students, but alongside the traditional teaching and learning activities, the sometimes unsung heroes who make up our Parent & Community Association (PCA) also restarted their important work in their roles as conduits between the school and the community as a whole.

As we get ever closer to the official first day of the new academic year on Monday, it was wonderful to be able to open the campus today to welcome our new students and their families for an orientation morning.

We are excited to announce that the school facility renovation project is entering its final stages, and we warmly welcome all students back to campus. The diligent efforts put into revitalising our school's infrastructure have transformed the campus into a vibrant and upgraded learning environment.

At Nord Anglia International School (NAIS) Shanghai, Pudong, while our campus is very well equipped with a wide range technically advanced classroom features and a number of excellent sporting and activity facilities, our school at its heart is one built around community, personalisation and with a warm and welcoming environment.  We are proud to be able to offer our students a‘home from home’and a setting in which they are known by everyone and where they will always feel comfortable and confident.

When it comes to international education, the British curriculum has earned a reputation for its excellence and effectiveness, and at NAIS Pudong we are proud to be the longest running British curriculum school in Shanghai, entering our 22nd of operation this year. From the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) through to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) programmes (and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for our Sixth Form), our students are well prepared for life beyond compulsory education.

We are thrilled to share the progress made in renovating our school facilities, which are now on the brink of completion. As we eagerly anticipate the return of our students, we are proud to welcome them back with a fresh and rejuvenated environment that will enhance their learning experience.

Share your summer experience with us and win some great mystery prizes. The opportunities are truly endless!  Try to be as innovate, creative and unique as possible, but always stay safe while taking the photograph!

Writing is a critical part of the Primary curriculum at NAIS Pudong; it helps children to become better communicators and to express their thoughts and ideas in a clear and structured way. At the end of last term, we held a student showcase to demonstrate the outstanding progress our students make across the course of a single academic year. Parents were invited into the school to help them understand more about how their children learn and were given presentations by the students in various formats.

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long been a hot topic of discussion across the fields of technology, the introduction and rapid development of ChatGPT and similar applications has stoked new debate about how much we should be incorporating this kind of technology into education.  Our Principal, Diane Vaughan, recently sat down with Shanghai Daily’s education team to discuss these issues further, with the text of the article found below.

For the first time since July 2019, Nord Anglia is beyond excited to be able to bring students together in person for collaboration and exploration activities across New York City as part of the NAE-UNICEF Summit.

While all of our students and academic staff started their summer vacation, we wasted no time in starting on a wide range of improvement projects around the school.  As well as investment in upgrades to teaching & learning spaces right across Early Years, Primary and Secondary school, and to our catering facilities as part of the change to a new catering company, workers immediately got to work dismantling the old libraries ready for installation of all new facilities.

As we reach the end of this extraordinary school year, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the journey we have all been through together. The challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic tested our resilience, patience, and adaptability in ways we could have never imagined. However, despite the hardships of the past three years, we have all made it through, sent our students to university, taught our children in and out of the classroom and welcomed back our youngest to the outstanding teaching and learning spaces across the campus.

The Senior Drama Club performed Dennis Kelly’s dark humoured play: DNA on the 19th June 2023; a dark and mysterious play that follows the turmoil and repercussions of a group of teenagers dealing with a prank that goes wrong. The cast were Year 9-11 students and each student took on a role that challenged and pushed them to consider the deeper emotions and trauma these characters are dealing with and the ways in which they are coping. After bullying and pranking a peer, the group believe they have accidentally killed him. The audience watch as their lies and emotions eventually take control.

As we gradually return to normality following COVID, it was wonderful to be able to open the campus to a wide range of parents as part of our Learning Showcase. The school was buzzing with activity as our whole community came together to acknowledge our students’ successes and achievements from across the year.

Through our collaboration with MIT, our STEAM programme helps students develop their creativity and problem-solving skills by tackling interdisciplinary challenges around issues facing the world today. In a remarkable achievement, two exceptional students from our school, have triumphed in the MIT Hack-the-Tube challenge.

Premium international schools organisation Nord Anglia Education today announced the launch of its all-new education podcast called Learning Explorations.