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2014 Field Day held on November 15

NEHS 2014 field day was successfully held on a bright and sunny November 15 (Saturday). Every sports competition ran smoothly. The ceremony began with the introduction of athletes that wore creative class t-shirts and held a diversity of props, showing the enthusiasm of NEHS students. The Kindergarten Department's tiny athletes' cuteness attracted parents with cameras. The alumni also attended, making the atmosphere more upbeat. After the inaugural ceremony of the new PTA president, the next program was the power dance by the Elementary Department. Beginning with the traditional warm-up exercises, allowing teachers and parents to reminisce their childhood memories. Then, they transitioned into dancing to pop music, showing off their youth and energy. At the end, they assembled themselves to form the number 32 to celebrate the school's 32nd field day. After the power dance was the IBSH cheerleaders' performance. In the morning, competitions such as the 6th grade, middle school, and high school track finals were conducted. The audience's cheer was neverending. In the afternoon, the faculty games and relay took place, brightening the atmosphere of the field. The closing ceremony ended with awarding ceremony filled with laughter and cheer. This field day's special focus was the helicam that flew around the field, filming various competitions. Thank Foxconn Technology Group for the donation and the crowd for the attendance.

NEHS Breaks New Records in the 16th National Problem Solving Contest on Internet

On December 6, exceptional students from NEHS displayed their programming talents and earned many honors in the National Taiwan University hosted competition, 2014 National Problem Solving Contest on Internet (NPSC). 12A Brian Chen, H303 陳禹樵, and H302 廖康喬 formed a team to win first place in the high school division. Meanwhile, two teams consisting of H305 黃文璁 and H105 何達睿, and H204 林瑋毅 and 葛家聿, each won the award of excellence in the high school division. In the middle school division, M302 何凱鈞 and 黃品諭 and 8A Jacob Chen and Nicole Chen had outstanding results, winning the award of excellence.NPSC is mainly focused on algorithms, with elimination rounds to select 25 teams to advance into the finals. Teams that advanced are then required to solve six to eight complex problems in less than five hours. While the competition allows teams of two to three people, each team can only use one computer. Not only are the contestants individual programming capabilities being tested, but also the contestant  teamwork and time management.

Ms. Liu won the MOE “Education Group Cooperation Award”

Ms. Ling Shou Liu of the Experimental Department, Professor Ming Yen Lee of the National Changhua University, and student teacher Li Bing Wang won the Ministry of Education ducation Group Cooperation Award, and they were the only group to win the cooperation award. Ms. Liu and Professor Lee focused on nurturing the an Teach, Able to Teach, and Want to Teach aspects of teachers. They used geography class as the central point and also incorporated learning integration, cross-border cooperation, and subject ability in student teacher Li Bing Wang  internship at NEHS. Combining Ms. Ms Liu  insights on teaching practices and Professor Lee perspective on academics, the pair cooperated closely in developing educational practices and cooperative teaching. They brainstormed new educational ideas, allowing the site of education to move from normal classrooms to outdoors, even to everyday life. An effective, interesting class requires the teacher to go beyond the textbook; Ms. Liu reorganized the class schedule, returning the learning initiative to students. In creating new education practices, the vivid descriptions of the seasonal environment in Vivaldi he Four Seasons concerto acted as the introduction to the first geography lesson, about weather and climate, sparking the interest of the students in the class and successfully tying geography with the humanities. Other than this, the most characteristic part of the curriculum planning was the Model United Nations eastern Asia water resources summit conference. Using geography class as the central focus, Ms. Ling Shou Liu integrated the subject  concepts with current world events. Students were guided to act as the delegates from different countries to model a summit, letting students self-study related concepts and inspiring the imagination of the students.

Elementary Department Hosts “Elementary Olympiad Science Game and Creativity Competition”

The third lementary Olympiad Science Game and Creativity Competition of Hsinchu City was held on November 26 (Wednesday) at the NEHS gymnasium. 250 students from 18 elementary schools, public and private, formed 42 teams, with 28 teams participating in the Science Game competition and 14 teams participating in the Science Creativity competition. This year, the Science Game organizers designed 9 stages that students had to play through with cooperation and careful thinking in order to obtain victory.The Science Creativity teams designed, assembled, and presented their logical and creative projects based on the theme of  cientific Heart, Safe Construction, and Creative Future to display three aspects of Hsinchu City: science, safety, and creativity. The event also included a Science Game Competition for Instructors, a newly introduced section this year, to allow all teachers to personally participate in the event and learn alongside students as well. Because the Elementary Department hosted the competition for two years in a row, Director Jiang of the Hsinchu City Education Department gave special thanks to the school and administrative team of the Elementary Department for their efforts and dedication in his opening speech. The goal of the competition is to foster elementary students interest in science as well as to integrate it with middle-school olympiad science games, so that students scientific skills and ambitions could be sustained throughout their schooling experience.

IBSH Hosted the Third TEA conference

Taipei City Education Group Attends Seminar at NEHS

To enhance the development of elementary English education in Taipei City, bolster the expertise of the teachers, and raise future standards of English education, the Vice Director of the Taipei City Education Bureau and more than 170 expert English teachers and scholars attended an English education seminar at NEHS on November 25. Starting off the seminar, Principal Huang welcomed the esteemed guests. Then, the teachers of the Elementary Department demonstrated their methods of teaching classes while the attendees looked on. Afterwards, Dean Lee of the Elementary Department conducted the discussion, as teachers shared their thoughts and experiences as well as curriculum designs and teaching materials. In the afternoon, Professor Chou from National Hsinchu University of Education gave a speech about cooperative teaching, in hopes that the teachers and experts will be able to improve the quality of English education through discussion and collaboration.