Good Day Kunyung Families!
I have just returned to our wonderful school after spending 5 days at the Western Academy of Beijing (WAB) located in Beijing, China. I conducted an IB Workshop for 36 participants from across the Chinese Region.
As always, I learn from these experiences and bring back to Kunyung more ways to improve us all to be the best we can be! This is becoming increasingly difficult as, the more I see, the more I know that our teachers are among the best in Asia Pacific. I do not say this lightly nor with ‘rose coloured’ glasses on! I say this because it is what I see and, after spending 3 days at a wonderful school that has facilities beyond belief and a reputation to match, I left their classrooms seeing the teaching and learning that we have at Kunyung and, in many cases, I saw classrooms that haven’t yet reached the level of teaching and learning that you see on a tour of our school.
Through conversations with many of the International teachers and leadership team members participating in the workshop, the pillars that we have at Kunyung are closely aligned with WAB and many other International Schools. These schools are all focussed on areas similar to ours- Learner Agency, Personalised Learning and Inquiry and are at the beginning of a journey we have been on for a few years! Sharing ideas and best practice was a highlight of the workshop and using many examples of what we do at Kunyung was of great interest to many participants in the course.
The Western Academy of Beijing have a saying……. ‘This is my WAB’………..as I travelled home, I thought- this idea so suits our school!! So…….. ‘This is my Kunyung’ has been born!!!! I love it because it doesn’t matter if you are a student, staff member, parent, family member, community member, volunteer or a past student….we want everyone to feel that………….
‘This is my Kunyung!’
Cheers and have a great week!
Kim
Please see below for our final 
‘Units of Inquiry’ for 2016!
As always…..please see your child’s class teacher if you would like to be involved in any way!
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