December 2014
Well done, ACCS boys and girls! Our school had a great success in the 2014 Talent Contest on the Chinese Culture. Six pupils from our school were shortlisted after the semi-final (Scotland). They are He Lisha, Li Yijiao, Li Yuchen, Zeng Tianxiang, Deng Zichu, Shen Yu. In December, they flied to Xiamen, China as members of the British team and took part in the finals of the Third Overseas Chinese Youth Talent Contest in the Chinese Culture from December 19 to 30. During the 11-day contest, they competed against over 200 peers from the world in knowledge of Chinese culture, instrumental music, recitation and dance. Zeng Tianxiang (Class 8, 13 years old) performed well in the speech contest, finished third and won a prize of ¥2000. Li Yi Jiao (SQA class, 16 years old) won the sixth place in the intensive competition in Chinese instrumental music. They made a history for the British team to won awards for the first time.December 7-8, Dr. Zeng Zhiqiang , Secretary of the School Committee, attended ” The Third International Conference on Chinese Education” in Beijing. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council organized the conference. More than 500 representatives from home and abroad attended the meeting. The opening ceremony was held in the Great Hall. 38 overseas Chinese schools around the world including our school, were awarded ” Model Schools of Chinese Education ” plaques. During the two days of the conference, the delegates took part of group discussions, forums and other forms of information exchange and discussion with the theme “Promoting Chinese education, revitalizing Chinese schools”.December 13th, the school invited alumnus Mr Tai ZiHao, who is currently studying medicine at Oxford University, to come and give a talk on university application. The talk was very informative, the process of application, interview skills and personal statement preparation, etc. are all well articulated. Over 30 pupils and parents attended the talk and the Q&A session afterwards.
November 2014
On 8th of November, Consul General Pan Xinchun and Consul Shen Dechun, from the People’s Republic of China Consulate General in Edinburgh, paid a visit to our school. Mr. Pan had a short meeting with members of the School Board of Trustees and the School Management Committee. Headmaster Dr Li Ke gave a brief on the history, teaching, facilities and achievements of our school. Mr Pan expressed his appreaciation to our efforts in teaching Chinese language and Chinese cultures despite of limited resources. He encourged our school not only to spread traditional Chinese culture, but also to introduce the remarkable achievements of modern China to our young generations. After the meeting, the Consul general toured classrooms and met some teachers and students.
October 2014
From 24th to 26th October, an autumn camp with the theme of Fujian culture took place at our school. During the two and a half days, children from the Alba Cathay Chinese School, Edinburgh Chinese School, Glasgow Chinese School and Dundee Chinese School experienced and appreciated the Fujian Culture by attending the “Chinese Painting and Calligraphy”, “Fujian paper-cut,” “Southern Shaolin Martial Arts”, “classic reading ” and “Fujian tea appreciation” classes. This autumn camp was organized by the Foundation of Chinese Education of China, the Centre for Overseas Chinese Education of Fujian Province and the UK Association of Promotion of Chinese Education (UKAPCE), It was hosted by the Alba Cathay Chinese School.
August 2014
The school resumes on the 6th of Sept. Admission of new pupils is now closed. Registration for existing pupils is now open. For registration, please use this link.
July 2014
On July 20, twenty children from ACCS performed the dance “Terracotta Army” at the Opening Ceremony of Edinburgh Festival 2014.
May 2014
ACCS co-organised the UKAPCE annual Reading competition in Scotland. 68 of our pupils participated total 30 events, together they’ve won 10 First Class Winner Certificates; 25 Second Class Certificates and 33 Third Class Certificates.
April 2014
To add to the celebration of the school’s 20th anniversary, ACCS has been given the prestiges award of “Model School for Chinese Education” by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the PRC State Council. On the April the third, ACCS headmaster Dr Ke Li accepted the award from the Counsel General Pan at the Chinese Consulate in Edinburgh. This award is the recognition of the school’s achievements in Chinese education in the last 20 years and will greatly boost our efforts in building a better school.
Feburary 2014
ACCS is holding a Chinese New Year and 20 years anniversary celebration party at Central Hall on the 8th of February 2014. Deputy Consul General Mr Zhang Huazhong and other honorable guests from the local communities came together to enjoy the special time and great performances put together by our pupils and friends. 20 years of commitment of the parents, children and countless volunteers. In this great anniversary, we are celebrating not only the great accomplishments achieved by the hard work of our children and teachers but also the spirit of giving and sacrifices which bound us together so well for so long. May the year of horse bring everybody good health and every success you worked hard for. May it also bring energy, prosperity and most of all, great spirits and harmony to our community.
December 2013
ACCS “HuaXing” library is formally open to the teaching staff. HuaXing library has reference books, multi-media materials and Chinese literatures, which will help us deliver high quality, most effective Chinese learning experiences to our pupils. HuaXing library include all the books sponsored by the Chinese Affairs Office of the PRC State Council and Confucius Institute in Edinburgh University.
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