Coronavirus and Us The questions in the image are certainly difficult and probing, perhaps you think these are only answerable by experts, but they are precisely the questions our middle school students have been working on during this epidemic. In the past days, some of our students have gotten together into groups to think further […]
Singing to the Front Lines Recently, a video rendition of ‘Let the world be filled with love’ has been warming the hearts of the many medical staff fighting on the front lines of the epidemic. The wholehearted expression of admiration and thankfulness for those heading into the fray is clear for all to see. This […]
Love from BWYA Students to Wuhan This poster design has 2 giant Chinese characters: Jia you, which means: stay strong.Finally, in the center of this poster, “Stay strong, Wuhan” was written in red. This indicates the target audience of this design and deliver the message of supporting the people in Wuhan and the medical staff. […]
On Saturday 7th December, seven international schools’ speech and debate teams gathered at BWYA to speak, perform, and debate against each other. The competition was fierce; each round of performances was stronger and more brilliant than the last. But in the end, BWYA prevailed – our middle school and high school teams both won first […]
Half a century ago, American writer Eldridge Cleaver famously stated, “You either have to be part of the solution, or you’re going to be part of the problem.” So we must ask ourselves, on the international-educational road, facing all the challenges of the future, how are we equipping our children to be solution-finding problem solvers? […]
As part of our innovative curricula, our primary school students have recently had two more unusual and challenging learning experiences. The first being the dramatic Fairy Tale Showcase, and the second, a visit from musician and teacher, Mr. Nicky. At the Fairy Tale Showcase, Grades 3-5 and many visiting parents were treated to a number of fantastical performances by the […]
BWYA’s Scholarship Winners Bubble Yu: Up, Up and Away “Climbing, symbolises an upwards force.” Bubble Yu BWYA Special Talent Scholarship Winner Amidst the musical excitement, Bubble Yu, wearing her Beijing-red kit, cheekily pulls a peace sign on the podium. It was August of this year, at ‘The 2nd Youth Games of the People’s Republic of China’ climbing competition. Now in the 10th grade, Bubble […]
Wolves First-Season Roundup As the wintery weather comes to Beijing, the BWYA Wolves-spirit is anything but cold. With some exciting results from recent tournaments and matches, our wolves continue to prove themselves a force to be reckoned with! Additionally, in the primary school cross-country competition, our LPC boys took first place, with the LPC girls coming in third. […]
After the recent TEDx event hosted at our performing arts centre, we had some time to meet up with the four event organisers, Hannah Xu, Natalie Fang, Esther Yang, and Spring Xia – all students in the final year of the DP programme. The event, first organised by Hannah last year, brought together a number of students and staff from international schools around Beijing, as they grappled with the […]
BWYA’s Scholarship Winners Cherry Yan: Balancing Academia and Interests In the second part of our new series focusing on the Special Talent Scholarship winners, we had a conversation with DP1 Student, Student Council President, member of countless clubs and recent winner of both Academic and Special Talent Scholarships, Cherry Yan, as we seek to learn […]
