What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Guizhou? A poor place with dense jungles and sinkholes? But now Guizhou has undergone a sea change, it has become the fastest growing province in China, with a 10-year increase of nearly 300%.
Guizhou has undergone such a dramatic change, one is the country's emphasis on the development of the southwest, and the second is to seize the big trend of information technology, these years Guiyang in the big data industry to focus on, take the lead in the creation of the national big data industry development cluster area, has become the forefront of the development of the industry.
To develop high-tech industries, it is natural to have relevant supporting resources to retain cutting-edge talents. In response to the national call for the development of Southwest China, BOSL Education Group (the former Guangdong BIG Education Group) came to Guiyang with the education concepts precipitated by Guangdong BIG School for many years, and founded Huaxi BIG International School, which is committed to promoting and improving the development of international education in Southwest China, and bringing the talents of high-tech industries rooted in Guiyang area to Guiyang, which is the first high-tech industry cluster area in China. It is committed to promoting and improving the development of international education in Southwest China, and bringing high-quality and advanced international education resources to the high-tech industry talents rooted in Guiyang area.
Guizhou Huaxi Park International School implements PYP kindergarten, elementary school, middle school and international high school, and introduces the "inclusive" IB international education program.
Guizhou Huaxi Bi Gui Yuan International School
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Integrates IB PYP education concepts into the national compulsory education curriculum
Creates new-age talents who learn to think interdisciplinarily
Six months after primary and secondary school started, Huaxi Bi Gui Yuan International School became an IB PYP candidate school, and on July 5, 2018, it could formally receive the IB PYP authorization, becoming the only IB PYP school in Yunnan and Guizhou.
IB PYP Authorization Certificate
PYP program, the abbreviation of The Primary Years Programme in English, the core of which is to form an understanding of important concepts (concepts), to form positive attitudes (attitudes), to master the basic knowledge and skills (skills) and to take responsible action ( action.)
The ten IB learner profiles and the twelve attitudes are developed throughout the inquiry. The PYP program is committed to fostering internationally minded people who recognize the spirit of fraternity that exists in all human beings and share the responsibility of protecting the planet; the development of attitudes toward others, the environment, and the learning process will be conducive to the development of the students' personal, physical, mental and collective well-being. collective good, thereby helping to create a better and more peaceful world.
The PYP program is a curriculum for kindergarten and elementary school students that incorporates a variety of competencies into the teaching and learning process, and does not require students to learn by rote. That's why the PYP is not a lecture, but rather a thematic inquiry.
Big Cinnamon International School in Huaxi, Guiyang City
The PYP is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on six themes:
1. Who We Are
(Who We Are)
2. Where We Are in Place and Time
3. p>3. How We Express Ourselves
(How We Express Ourselves)
4. How the World Works
(How the World Works)
5. How We Organize Ourselves
(How We Organize Ourselves)
6. ***Sharing the Planet
Six other subject areas will be addressed in the inquiry process:
1. Language
2. Social Studies
3. Personal/Social/Fitness Education
(Personal/ Social/ Physical Education)
4. Mathematics
5. Arts
6. Science & Technology
Inquiry in the PYP program is a student- or teacher-initiated process that allows students to develop from their current level of understanding to a new, deeper level of understanding. Inquiry is, on the one hand, active engagement in the social and natural environment to learn about the world and, on the other hand, reflection on the connections between practical experience and the information gathered.
The development of inquiry activities focuses on the interconnectedness of the six themes horizontally, and on the connection and application of students' knowledge and experience at different ages vertically.
The everyday classroom
But the PYP program is geared toward children in the early elementary years, so can a child that young successfully complete a curriculum that spans such a wide range of subjects?
Take a look at what the students at Huaxi BGIS have accomplished:
Topic of Inquiry l Guizhou Tourism
Guizhou Tourism Inquiry
The children not only took us on a tour of Guizhou's colorful tourist scenery, including the famous scenic spots of the Huangguoshu Waterfalls, the Qingyan Ancient Town, the Fanjingshan Mountains, the Small Seven Holes, the Zunyi Conference Site, the Longgong Palace, and the Xijiang Thousand Households' Miaomiaozhai, but they also explored the historical background and the economic impact it has brought about.
Topic of Inquiry l Ethnic Minority Clothing in Guizhou
Exploring Ethnic Minority Clothing in Guizhou
Guizhou is a multi-ethnic settlement, and ethnic minority cultures attract tourists from home and abroad. The students of this topic took us together to appreciate the costumes of Miao, Buyi, Dong, Bai and Tujia ethnic groups and to explore the historical origins behind them. To explore more y, the students actually went to an ethnic minority folk workshop to visit and learn about the production of batik, wax panel painting, tie-dye and so on.
Guizhou minority costumes
You can see that the students have been expanding their knowledge in various subjects around a topic, and the summaries they made are illustrated in the boards, which are very impressive. If you don't tell me, would you know that these summaries are from the hands of the fifth-grade students of Huaxi BGIS?
This is the result of PYP education. At Huaxi Bi Gui Yuan International School, teachers use the national compulsory education curriculum as the backbone of the curriculum, and incorporate the IB PYP model of subject inquiry into the form of instruction, so that students can conduct interdisciplinary investigations into topics while studying the national compulsory education curriculum.
During the inquiry process, the teacher will provide necessary guidance and assistance to the students, and more often than not, the students will be inspired to think on their own and search for information to carry out the inquiry. In the process of inquiry, students cooperate with each other, think about the direction of the subject of inquiry, independent search for information and take the initiative to seek outside help, students can harvest knowledge from each link, exercise skills, and finally the results of the inquiry to organize and report, in the process of deepening the knowledge of the mind and solid, the formation of a virtuous cycle.
The teacher leads the students to explore the topic
The students go out to explore the topic
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Emphasis on teacher training
To build a high-quality teaching staff
The form of teaching in IB PYP, the teacher in the classroom may seem to be very easy, but in fact, this is the teacher has a very high demand.
First of all, the school has very strict requirements for the selection of teachers: BOSL Education Group selects and sends teachers who have trained students who have been admitted to Tsinghua University, Oxford and Cambridge and other prestigious schools as the core management team and backbone teachers of Huaxi PYP International School. More than 25% of the front-line teachers have master's degrees, and more than 10% are foreign teachers. When the school examines the teachers, character is the first key factor, the teacher's character should never be biased;
Secondly, the teacher's education should be high, the teaching ability should be good, good at inspiring and guiding the students; thirdly, it also requires that the teacher himself should have a strong willingness to take the initiative to learn.
International Exchange and Sharing Activities for Primary School Teachers
Because of the interdisciplinary nature of IB PYP, it is determined that the teacher teaches not only a single subject in the classroom, but also links to the knowledge of other subjects. As we all know, in a normal Chinese school classroom, different subjects are taught independently by different teachers. But at Huaxi Bi Gui Yuan International School, it is clear that teachers who only know a single subject are not qualified to teach the PYP classroom.
For this reason, Huaxi Bi Gui Yuan School has organized many training activities for all teachers on the IB PYP curriculum project, both by inviting professional IB trainers to come to the school for training and by organizing internal exchanges and sharing among teachers. In the daily work, teachers of different subjects will assist each other in lesson preparation so that every teacher can become a competent and professional PYP teacher.
Inviting IB trainers to the school to train teachers
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Dozens of special courses in sports and arts
Diversified choices for students to grow up
In ordinary schools, some non-subject sports and arts courses are only electives for students to choose from, but in Huaxi PYP International School, there are mandatory and elective courses for students to choose from.
The school believes that helping students and parents to explore students' interests and specialties, and stimulating students' interests and knowledge will have a positive effect on students' application to foreign universities, as well as on their life and career planning. Therefore, when setting up the compulsory physical education program, in addition to considering the interest of the program to be suitable for the age group of the students, we also take into account the role that the program may play in the future life of the students.
1. Physical Education:
Tennis is included in the regular physical education program. Lower grades practice breakdown moves under the guidance of professional teachers, and upper grades master sparring skills.
Tennis lessons
Swimming lessons are compulsory for grades 1-3 and optional for higher grades. The indoor heated pool is professionally coached by national swimming champions.
Swimming Lessons
If tennis lessons are simply a way to build up the students' physique, swimming lessons, in addition to having a strengthening effect, can also play a role in self-protection and self-rescue at special times. Learning swimming skills in elementary school will benefit students for a lifetime.
2. Arts:
The arts program is designed to develop students' aesthetic sense.
Piano lessons are mandatory for grades 1-3 and optional for the upper grades, and students learn at least three pieces per semester. Under the guidance of professional piano teachers, students have participated in many large-scale school activities piano solo, accompaniment, skillful and exquisite performance.
It is worth mentioning that, in Huaxi BGPS, the piano students learn is definitely not only the level of "flower fist fist", as long as the students have the will to continue to further study, the school will provide professional teachers, professional venues and facilities, to meet the students to the deeper level of the development of the will.
Piano lessons
Dance lessons are mandatory for the whole school, and through dance, students are able to shape their bodies and cultivate an aesthetic sense of fun.
Dance Performance
With the combination of both physical and artistic programs, students not only develop a strong body, but also an advanced sense of aesthetics. Combined with the cross-curricular thinking established by the PYP program, students will become well-rounded individuals who are able to adapt to global trends.
In addition, Huaxi Bi Gui Yuan International School offers more than 20 special courses for students to choose from, including dance, piano, tennis, swimming, calligraphy, art, and other sports courses, as well as courses that take care of students' individuality, such as children's modeling, roller skating, ice hockey, drumming, archery, etc., all taught by professional teachers, to ensure that every student's interests are taken care of. These programs are taught by professional teachers to ensure that each student's interests are taken care of and to provide multiple choices for students to develop their comprehensive skills.
Soccer program
Students performing drumming at the festival
Children modeling at the festival
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Four Years of Achievement
Parents' Word of Mouth
Students come from both home and abroad
The school has been open for only four years, and it has already received official authorization from the IB PYP, as well as being a member school of the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) Board (a nationally accredited school). Commission on International Examinations of the University of Cambridge (CIE) member schools (authorization code CN248), "Cambridge English School", in fact, Southwest international education a rising star.
In 2019 alone, the students of Huaxi BGIS who took part in the Cambridge International AS&A Level and IGCSE, gained 1 person with 6 A*, 3 people with 4A*, 5 people with 2A*, AS candidates and 90% of the IGCSE candidates achieved 3A or more excellent results.
IGCSE is currently recognized as the most mature secondary school curriculum in the world, with tens of millions of students worldwide studying it every year. The IGCSE is not only internationally accepted, but also provides students with a pathway to study around the world and is widely recognized by universities and colleges in more than 120 countries, including Cambridge, Oxford and Harvard.
This international examination compares the school's A and A* results in various subjects with the global level
Because Huaxi BGIS is a one-stop international education school for kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school and high school of the international department, and adheres to the characteristics of Guangdong BGIS and its education philosophy, students who graduate from the elementary school can choose to go straight to the junior high school and senior high school department, and even if they don't go straight to the junior high school and senior high school department, students of Huaxi BGIS are always the best students when they leave the school. Even without the helicopter, the students of Huaxi BGIS are the "meat and potatoes" of all the famous schools, so the parents in the southwest region who pursue high-quality education are especially willing to send their children to Huaxi BGIS.
While the school is located in Guiyang City, through word of mouth among parents, the school's students are now not only from Guiyang City, but also from Hunan, Guangzhou, Beijing, and even Hong Kong and South Korea parents send their children to Huaxi BGIS, and every year during the season, the school's school places are short of capacity in a very short period of time.
As the only IB PYP school in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, the school's executive principal, Mr. Zhang Chenglin, said that in addition to giving each student good grades, Huabi focuses on cultivating independent and complete human beings, which is also the root of the school's development. Speaking of future plans, Principal Zhang said that in the next five years, Hua Bi will continue to actively practice and research leading international educational concepts and teaching methods, practice student-centered education, and make every effort to tap into the potential of children to provide them with the most suitable educational environment.
Teaching Building
If you want your child to be an active inquirer, a knowledgeable person, a diligent thinker, a good communicator, a person who sticks to principles, an open-minded person, a person who is brave enough to try and take risks, and a well-rounded person, and you are interested in the educational philosophy of BOSL Huaxi Huayu Bijie International School, you may want to visit or pay attention to the school information.
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Address: Huaxi Bicentennial International School, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province