On the evening of November 9th, the SUIS Qingpu Theater was brightly lit, and the Middle School Curriculum Introduction lecture, it’s theme of “Learning for the Future, Teaching for the Future”, kicked off. The lecture, conducted in a blended online and offline format, was hosted by Ms. Helen Liu, Campus Assistant Principal and Head of the Primary School. Co-Principal Ms. Sunny Huang ， Campus Vice-Principal Ms. Flora Zhang and Ms.Demi were invited to give comprehensive introductions to our middle school programme.
Ms. Demi Liu from our High School division introduced the high school curriculum, sharing on recent university admissions offers received by our Grade 12 students from the University of Manchester and several other overseas universities. The offers received were for a variety of courses such as biomedicine, mathematics, management, sociology and music production. These diverse majors confirm that our provision of a holistic education has served to benefit and meet the needs of all our students.
Ms. Flora Zhang then introduced in detail the curriculum and achievements of the middle school from the aspects of educational goals, curriculum highlights, and further education paths. The unique middle school curriculum at SUIS Qingpu has the features of modularity, staircase-shaped teaching, and pyramid-shaped teaching. In addition, each subject has its own features. For example, the English subject attaches importance to academics and adopts international assessment examinations; mathematics attaches importance to international mathematics competitions such as the Kangaroo Mathematics Competition and AMC8; the museum course makes full use of Shanghai’s rich and thematically-designed museum resources. Moreover, our school provides a K12 through-train education that harmoniously develops the integration of both Eastern and Western practices. The middle school has set up pioneer classes with a common foundation, and the eighth and ninth grades are further subdivided to form test waiver classes (high school), Cambridge assessment classes and high school entrance examination classes.
Using the question, “Should I choose swimming or shotput for my physical education test?” as an example, Co-Principal Sunny Huang helped to provide guidance to the students (and their parents) who are about to enter secondary school: By recognizing their children’s strengths, emphasizing their strengths and helping them avoid their weaknesses, parents can better help their children prepare for the future.
In the final part of the lecture, parents and members from our team actively interacted both online and offline, raising issues such as how classes were divided, the number of students in the high school entrance examination class, and the allocation of students. Our principals ensured that all questions were answered in detail.
As a K12 school, we will further improve in home-school communication and strive to meet the common needs of all parents, while doing a good job of providing individual guidance for each and every student to help them best prepare for their future education and development.