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The halls of the Primary School came alive with excitement, creativity and entrepreneurship as our Years 4, 5, and 6 students proudly hosted a new initiative: BISS-ness Day. What began six weeks ago as a mathematics project centred around financial literacy transformed into a vibrant marketplace filled with innovation, determination and student agency.

Our Year 12 Biology students recently travelled to the DNA Learning Centre in Suzhou for an exciting and enriching two-day experience in modern genetics and biotechnology. Affiliated with the world-renowned Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a leading biomedical research institution since 1890 and home to eight Nobel Prize winners, the centre provided students with a unique opportunity to experience advanced molecular biology techniques firsthand.

The 2026 NAE Regional STEAM Festival, hosted at BISS, was an exciting celebration of creativity, innovation and collaboration, bringing together students from across the Nord Anglia Education region to tackle one big question: how can humans survive and thrive on Mars?

In a world full of AI answers, will your child learn how to think? In a world full of AI answers, will your child learn how to think? AI is already transforming how we learn, work, and solve problems. Answers are faster, easier, and everywhere. But when answers are instant, something else matters more than ever: your child’s ability to think independently, question thoughtfully, and adapt with confidence.

Nord Anglia Education, the leading international schools organisation, has published the final report from its two-year Metacognition Research Project, one of the most comprehensive studies of metacognition in schools to date, in partnership with the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College.

Avenues New York and Avenues São Paulo join the Nord Anglia Education family of international schools. The two Avenues schools have exceptional reputations for teaching and learning innovation, with students graduating as accomplished global citizens. This takes our global family to 87 schools across 33 countries.

Students from the Native German classes received their Principal's Commendations this week in the Secondary foyer.

Olympic Gold Medalist and BISS Puxi Elite Performance Coach Marlon Devonish, talks about motivation. There are times for all of us where we need to dig deep and find some motivation from somewhere to achieve our goals.  Marlon shares some of what he learnt on his journey in understanding motivation.

Learning never stops. In fact, you could say that after you leave school there is even more to learn than ever before. However, the earlier we start to engrain a philosophy of lifelong learning into our young people, the better. Professional athletes make lifelong learning a habit from an early age because they know that they cannot reach peak performance without it.

We are delighted to announce that as part of Nord Anglia’s partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 104 students from 26 schools will once again have the opportunity to travel to MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, to participate in the annual STEAM week @ MIT.

Senior students at the British International School Shanghai, Puxi Campus once again shine in the IB Diploma examinations.