Principals’ Delegation to Schedule 10 April – 21 April 2017

Monday, 10 April

02:15 G1: Arrival in (Heidi and Jan) 04:10 G2: Arrival in Beijing (Andy, Hayden, Megan R., Lisa, Megan W., Bruce and Yezhu) 07:00-11:00 Breakfast, Visit (天坛公园) 12:00-14:00 Lunch, Hotel check-in (Ming ri wu zhou Hotel, 北京明日五洲大酒店 Add: No.16 Maliandao Rd, , Beijing Phone：+86 10 63325555 14:00-18:00 Free Time, Dinner

Tuesday, 11 April

9:00-11:00 Visit Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters（汉办/孔子学院总部） 9:00 Meet Zhaoxi (manager) at gate. 9:00-9:40 Group photo, visit the Chinese Cultural Experience Centre, exhibition of textbook, etc. 9:50-10:50 in meeting room with officer, manager of Hanban 12:00 Lunch 14:00-17:30 Visit Beijing Jingshan School Yuanyang Branch（北京景山学校远洋分校）

Proposed Delegation Visit Program:

14:00 Arrival at school 14:00-15:00 Visit school campus 15:00-16:00 School Introduction by the Principal, exchanging souvenirs, group photo 16:00-16:40 Visit some school club activities 16:50 Departure from school 18:00 Dinner

Wednesday, 12 April

09:00-11:00 Visit Beijing No.13 middle school（北京十三中）

Proposed Delegation Visit Program:

09:00-09:10 Meet at school east gate, group photo 09:10-09:30 School introduction 09:30-10:10 Visit school laboratory, exchange with students 10:10-10:50 Observe gym classes 10:50-11:30 Communication discussion

12:00 Lunch 14:00-17:30 Visit The Imperial Place（故宫）& National Museum of History（国家历史博 物馆） 18:00 Dinner

Thursday, 13 April

09:00-12:00 Visit Western Academy of Beijing (北京京西国际学校)

Proposed Delegation Visit Program:

9:45-10:15 Meet & Greet the Director, Dr Courtney Lowe, in ES 2/F Conference Room 10:15-11:30 Tour by Admissions Office 11:45-12:15 Meet NZ teaching staff, Deputy Director and 3 Principals - light snacks will be provided at the HS Study Room Courtney Lowe - Director John D'Arcy - Deputy Director Casey Cosgray - ES Principal Marina Frias-Gavidia - MS Principal Melanie Vrba - HS Principal)

12:30 Lunch 15:30-17:30 New Zealand Embassy in China （新西兰驻华大使馆） Alexandra Grace Regional Director – Greater China and North Asia, Education New Zealand Counsellor (Education)，New Zealand Embassy，3 Sanlitun Dongsanjie Chaoyang District，Beijing 100600, People’s Republic of China T +86 10 8531 2727 E [email protected] 18:00 Dinner 17:00-20:30 Acrobatic Performance Friday, 14 April

09:00-15:00 Visit the Juyongguan Great Wall（居庸关长城） 17:00-19:30 Visit Street（王府井步行街）

Saturday, 15 April

09:00-12:00 Hotel Check-out, Visit Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, Shopping 12:30 Lunch 16:10-19:05 Fly to Xiamen, Check-in (Huaqiao Hotel 厦门华侨大酒店: Add: 70-74, Xinhua Road, Siming District, Xiamen,Fujian Province 电话 (Ph)：+86 592 2660298; 2660888 )

20:00 Dinner (Huaqiao Hotel)

Sunday, 16 April

08:00-18:00 Cultural Experience: Visiting Nanjing Tulou（南靖土楼）(Including Lunch) 19:00 Dinner (Huaqiao Hotel)

Monday, 17 April

09:00-11:00 Welcoming Ceremony & Visit Siming campus of Xiamen University 12:00 Lunch 14:30-17:30 Chinese Class 18:00 Dinner (Huaqiao Hotel)

Tuesday, 18 April

09:00-11:00 Xiamen Municipal Education Bureau 12:00 Lunch 14:30-17:30 Cultural Experience: Gulangyu Island (鼓浪屿) 18:00 Dinner (Huaqiao Hotel)

Wednesday, 19 April

09:00-11:00 Visit Xiamen No. 1 Middle School

Proposed Delegation Visit Program:

09:00-09:05 Welcome and group photo at the new school campus gate 09:05-09:25 Visit ground track field、Swimming pool & Basketball arena 09:25-09:40 Visit Invention and innovation base, Biological experiment base 09:40-09:50 Visit students’ TV station and studio 09:50-10:00 Visit Wall of Honor at the first floor of Jingxing Building 10:00-11:00 Communication discussion

12:00 Lunch 14:15-16:30 Visit Yanwu Primary school (演武小学)

Proposed Delegation Visit Program:

14:15-15:50 Visit Group Activity Class in Multi-Function Hall 15:50-16:30 Visit school campus, exchange, group photo

16:30-17:30 Visit Nanputuo Temple（南普陀寺） 18:00 Dinner (Huaqiao Hotel)

Thursday, 20 April

09:00-11:00 Visit Xiamen University Affiliated Keji High School (厦大附属科技中学)

Proposed Delegation Visit Program:

09:00 Catch up at the West Gate 09:05-09:25 School introduction 09:30-10:00 Observe break-time activity 10:05 Observe Classes (Art\ Music\ Physical education) 11:00 Departure

12:00 Lunch 14:30-17:30 Visit Jimei Aoyuan（集美鳌园） 18:00 Dinner (Huaqiao Hotel)

Friday, 21 April 09:00-12:00 Free Time, 12:00 Lunch 14:00 Hotel Check-out and fly to New Zealand 15:05 G1: CX 5603: depart: Xiamen (Terminal 3); Arrival Hong Kong INTL (Terminal 1); CX 5603 21:05 depart: Hong Kong INTL (Terminal 1) 20:30 G2: CA 1816: depart: Xiamen (Terminal 4); Arrival Beijing Capital (Terminal 3) at 23:25; CA 783 1:05 Beijing Capital (Terminal 3) (the transfer time is very tight!)