老师，您好 Meet Our Teachers - Hannah O'Brien 小学老师 Primary Teacher

Hannah O'Brien

小学老师

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Hannah来自澳大利亚，本科毕业于拥有150年历史的澳大利亚天主教大学，专攻小学教育，获得了小学教育学学位。Hannah在小学教育方面非常擅长，拥有5年以上在多元学校教学的经验。她不仅教学有方，并且热衷于学校的社区建设，参与组织协调学校的筹款活动，图书周，笔友项目，早餐项目等校园活动。

在教学上，Hannah志在高远，她希望从每天的教学中鼓舞孩子们去发展自己的潜能，引领他们充分地挑战自我，发挥无限的创造力，并收获满满的学习成果。Hannah在教学和生活中都乐观幽默，教学之余，她喜欢旅行和运动，网球，体操，篮球和游泳都是她的强项。

Hannah：我真的很期待在NACIS宁波教书。我以前从未在澳洲之外的学校任教，甚至从未去过中国。然而，NACIS宁波有很多吸引我的地方。其中最重要的就是学校采用了个性化的教学模式，每个孩子都是独一无二的，有不同的天赋，学习的速度也不一样。因此，按照他们的发展阶段来教育学生，而不是只根据学生的年龄采用传统的、规定的方法。诺德安达在对学生的个性化教学上是非常成功的——三分之一的诺德安达学生进入了世界排名前100的大学深造。

另一个因素是诺德安达的学校为学生的全方位发展提供多种可能。NACIS宁波的茱莉亚表演艺术项目，与麻省理工学院合作的教授STEAM的新方法和丰富的课外活动都让我印象深刻。我真的很兴奋能加入这样一个给学生最好的学习机会的学校!

Hannah：我对双语教育的理解是使用双语(中文，英文) 的教学语言作为教学媒介，而不仅仅作为学科。独立地教授语言(词汇、语法和结构) 通常依赖于死记硬背的学习和翻译，这样对于学生来说，无法与所学得语言建立深层次的联系。在双语的环境下，通过语言学习，使学生能够更容易、更迅速地建立自己与所学语言的联系，从而理解和运用该门语言。经过这几年的教学实践，我发现，通过其他学科领域的语言学习有助于学生集中注意力和增强学习的主动性。我还发现，通过语言学习，学生在尝试不同表达方式的时候都能够自信从容地表达自己。进行双语学习还有很多好处，不仅能说两种语言，还能增强批判性思维，解决问题的能力和记忆力。

Hannah：在数学和信息技术的课堂教学方面我有着极大的热情与自信，我希望我能把我的专业知识融入到这两门课的教学中，同时，我也希望我能言传身教，用我自己对学习的喜爱去影响学生们，让他们感受到学习的乐趣，并且能在每天的教学互动中收获满满的知识与灵感。我希望帮助学生发展他们的才能，开放他们的思想，让他们认识到自己的潜力。

Hannah：在NACIS宁波教学将是我第一次出国执教。我选择申请前来NACIS宁波除了学校本身特别吸引我，还有一个原因是我喜欢旅行。当我在亚洲、欧洲和南美旅行时，我遇到了一些志同道合的朋友，品尝了当地令人惊艳的美食，体验了不同的历史和文化，还参观了当地叹为观止的地标。我真的很期待在宁波的生活，可以沉浸在中国源远流长的文化和语言里，还可以体验琳琅满目的美食!

Hannah：我相信与中方老师合作是我们把课程变得独特和吸引人的关键。协作提供了一个分享专业知识、新想法和资源的平台。我们可以通过小组讨论的形式来加强沟通与交流，并确定统一教学进度。我相信，老师间的合作可以帮助大家明确教学目标和努力方向，从而发展出以学生学习为中心的教学，比如采用不同的授课风格和丰富的教学层次，让每个学生都能有丰硕的学习成果。

Hannah O’brein

Primary Teacher

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Hannah was born in Australia and gained the Bachelor Degree of Education (Primary) from the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. She is specialised in primary personalised teaching and has more than five years teaching experience. Hannah is interested in contributing to the greater school community, and she has been involved in coordinating social justice initiatives and fundraising events, Book Week productions, pen pal programs, school events and breakfast programmes.

Hannah’s goal is for students to want to come to school each day and get excited and inspired by what we are learning in class as well as to help students develop their talents, open their minds and give them a sense of their own potential. She has a good sense of humour, and loves traveling and playing sport gymnastics, tennis, basketball and swimming.

Hannah: I am really looking forward to teaching at NACIS Ningbo. I have never taught at an international school before or even been to China. However, there were many things that appealed to me about the school and drew me to apply. Perhaps the biggest factor was that the school adopts a personalised teaching model, acknowledging that each and every child is unique, has different talents and learns at a different pace. Therefore, it is important to teach students in accordance with their stage of development- rather than adopting a traditional, prescriptive approach, dependent only a student’s age. It is affirming that this approach adopted by Nord Anglia is successful- with one out of three students across the schools attending the world’s top universities.

Another factor was the holistic education through a multifaceted approach. I was impressed with the extensive opportunities on offer at NACIS Ningbo, including the Performing Arts Programme, the collaboration with MIT to teach STEAM subjects and the extra-curricular activities. I am really excited to join a school which gives students the best learning opportunities for success!

Hannah: My understanding of bilingual education is using and teaching language as the medium of instruction rather than just the subject. Teaching the language (vocabulary, grammar and structure) in isolation often relies on rote learning and translation, making deeper connections more difficult. Learning through language provides a context for learning English, allowing students to make connections and acquire language more readily and rapidly. At my previous school, I found that immersion in the language through other subject areas helped focus attention and increased motivation. I also found learning through language gave students confidence to experiment with the language without the fear of being incorrect, which ultimately helped them be-come more confident, fluent English speakers.

There are also many benefits of bilingualism, extending beyond being able to speak in two languages but can result in enhanced critical thinking and problem solving skills and memory retention.

Hannah：I have a passion for both mathematics and incorporating ICT into the classroom and hope to bring my knowledge and expertise to this role. I hope to bring my love of learning to the students at NACIS. My goal is for students to want to come to school each day and get excited and inspired by what we are learning in class. I hope to help students develop their talents, open their minds and give them a sense of their own potential.

Hannah：Teaching at NACIS in Ningbo will be my first experience teaching abroad. One of the reasons I chose to apply was because I love to travel. Whilst traveling throughout Asia, Europe and South America, I have met some of my closest friends, sampled incredible cuisines, experienced diverse cultures, gained an appreciation for history and visited some breath taking landmarks. I am really looking for-ward to living in Ningbo and immersing myself in the incredible culture, food and language that China has to offer!

Hannah: I believe working collaboratively with co-teachers is the key to delivering a unique and engaging curriculum. Collaboration provides a platform to share expertise, new ideas and resources. I hope to use team discussions to develop consistency, I believe it is important that co-teachers share the same expectations of students and have clear and attainable objectives. Working collaboratively often develops conversations focusing on student learning, such as how to teach to different learning styles and levels, ultimately providing a greater sense of accountability for student success.