Excellence,Developmentment,and Innovation The 7th meeting of the 5th Teaching Congress of WFLPS ended successfully

On September.20th, 2024, the 7th meeting of the 5th Teaching Congress of WFLPS was successfully concluded in a warm atmosphere.  With the theme of “Pursuing Excellence in Integrity, Inspiring Wisdom for Development and Appreciating Brilliant Innovation”, the conference was opened from June 28th , 2024 to September 20th, 2024.

The closing ceremony of the conference was presided over by Mr. Zhaojie, the vice chairman of the school union. Ms. Zhang Yueying, the principal of WFLPS, first made an in-depth interpretation of the SWFLPS  draft action plan of development of the comprehensive supervision and rectification plan. The plan was based on the supervisor’s report on the school’s education and teaching work from 2021 to 2024. It was aiming to consolidate the school’s brilliant achievements and leading advantages and at the same time rectify the shortcomings. 

Under the guidance of Principal Zhang, the delegates took an active part in the discussion and jointly reviewed the draft of the Comprehensive Supervision and Rectification Plan for the development of WFLPS. Yang Hua and Zhang Yi were responsible for collecting the review forms and carefully counting the results of the review. After a secret ballot, the conference finally approved the plan with more than two-thirds of the votes in favor. The result of the vote was more than 50% in favor, zero against and zero abstains, indicating a high degree of recognition and support for the rectification plan by all delegates. 

After that, Ms. Lu Suying,chairman of the union of WFLPS read out the resolution of the congress. The resolution called on all the WFL staff to continue to carry on the WFL traditions. They want them to take the advantages and strengths, by developing the good points and avoid or improve the weakness. We want them to pursue their dreams and move forward, by working together to enhance the strength of WFLPS and create new innovations.

In the satisfaction assessment session of the teaching congress, delegates expressed high satisfaction with the organization and content of the congress.

Ceremony of the International Department of the school, marking a new step on the road of international education.

WFLPS Primary Years Department (PYP), applied for international status through the Xuhui District Education Bureau, and the Shanghai Education Commission The PYP International Department was formally established in July 2024. The PYP International Department will start enrollment in 2025, recruiting school-age children with foreign status. The former WFLPS Integration Department will not be accepting enrollments by the lottery  system in 2025. The 2025 enrollment method for local and bilingual classes will remain unchanged. 

The success of this conference not only points out the direction for the future development of WFLPS, but also further inspires the sense of mission and responsibility of all the staff. All of us will work hard to contribute to each chapter of the school with more enthusiasm and a firm commitment towards improving education for the students in our care.