Debate Spirit at BWYA

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 […]

21st Century Problem Solvers

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? […]

Creative Learning at the Primary School

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

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

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. […]

Ideas worth spreading with TEDx at BWYA

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

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 […]

BWYA Community’s Generosity

At this year’s May Fair, thanks to all your openness and generosity, an amazing amount of 180,000RMB was raised – 50,000RMB more than last year. This money was passed on to our two long-term charity partners, Roundabout Special Fund, CCAFC, and Chunhui Children’s Foundation. On the 11th and 17th October, our PTA Liaison Officer Ms. Pauline Wong, alongside representatives […]

BWYA’s Scholarship Winners | George Gao: Robotics, Engineering and More

BWYA’s Scholarship Winners George Gao: Robotics, Engineering and More After our recent scholarship award ceremony, we had time to catch up with some of the award winners. In this new series, we will be focusing on the Special Talent Scholarship winners, learning more about what our students have been doing in, as well as outside […]

Primary Picnic Parties

Way back in September, our primary school had some fun in the sun with the primary school picnics. With fantastic food, great games and a real community spirit, it was brilliant to see the BWYA primary school family coming together.  As the summer warmth now finally leaves us, we thought we’d share some of the highlights from these beautiful days! […]