What We Offer
Who We Are
Rivendell Education Shanghai was founded by a parent-teacher partnership in Shanghai in 2018. Our mission? To give top students the quality of education and attention that they deserve.
From our first small classes in a rented office in’18, we have grown to become an international education company that matches teachers and students from across the globe. As we have grown, we have added new classes like Mathematics and most recently World History, but we have never let our standards slip, in fact we think we are only getting better!
At Rivendell, our goal is to build better people, through education. Our students are typically top students in their classes, but we see that as only a byproduct of their passion for learning, not a goal in itself.
our courses
English Language Arts
After following the U.S. Common Core Curriculum for three years, this year we have decided to change to the British National Curriculum which has a number of key benefits over the Common Core:
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Greater focus on writing style including advanced sentence structure and vocabulary
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Availability of sophisticated assessment guides and learning materials
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Focus on a wider variety of writing forms (narrative, script, essay, report etc.)
Ros Wilson is the author or co-author of most of the materials that we use. Here's what she has to say
Reading
In our regular classes, we use selected books from the Oxford Origins X series (not available in China). The chosen books are all written in natural style (ie. not written especially for learning), so they include many common English ideas and phrases that students otherwise often don’t have access to.
Each semester, students will read 3-4 books in both fiction and non-fiction, including adaptations of classics for the upper levels, on a wide variety of topics. In Winter and Summer holidays, we also guide students on intensive reading of original classics to help them experience the masterpieces of English literature firsthand.
Each book typically offers the students an opportunity to practice about 4 skills from the British National Curriculum standards and have writing tasks included which supplement the writing curriculum.
Writing
Our writing classes really are an adventure. Through videos, emails and interactive activities, each semester students will carry out one writing mission. Students will be introduced to characters who have a special requirement, like writing a play script, or creating a travel brochure and through discussion activities, homework and longer “Big Write” activities, hone their writing and master the skills required for each level.
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Reading
In our regular classes, we use selected books from the Oxford Origins X series (not available in China). The chosen books are all written in natural style (ie. not written especially for learning), so they include many common English ideas and phrases that students otherwise often don’t have access to.
Each semester, students will read 3-4 books in both fiction and non-fiction, including adaptations of classics for the upper levels, on a wide variety of topics. In Winter and Summer holidays, we also guide students on intensive reading of original classics to help them experience the masterpieces of English literature firsthand.
Each book typically offers the students an opportunity to practice about 4 skills from the British National Curriculum standards and have writing tasks included which supplement the writing curriculum.
Reading
In our regular classes, we use selected books from the Oxford Origins X series (not available in China). The chosen books are all written in natural style (ie. not written especially for learning), so they include many common English ideas and phrases that students otherwise often don’t have access to.
Each semester, students will read 3-4 books in both fiction and non-fiction, including adaptations of classics for the upper levels, on a wide variety of topics. In Winter and Summer holidays, we also guide students on intensive reading of original classics to help them experience the masterpieces of English literature firsthand.
Each book typically offers the students an opportunity to practice about 4 skills from the British National Curriculum standards and have writing tasks included which supplement the writing curriculum.
Reading
In our regular classes, we use selected books from the Oxford Origins X series (not available in China). The chosen books are all written in natural style (ie. not written especially for learning), so they include many common English ideas and phrases that students otherwise often don’t have access to.
Each semester, students will read 3-4 books in both fiction and non-fiction, including adaptations of classics for the upper levels, on a wide variety of topics. In Winter and Summer holidays, we also guide students on intensive reading of original classics to help them experience the masterpieces of English literature firsthand.
Each book typically offers the students an opportunity to practice about 4 skills from the British National Curriculum standards and have writing tasks included which supplement the writing curriculum.
Reading
In our regular classes, we use selected books from the Oxford Origins X series (not available in China). The chosen books are all written in natural style (ie. not written especially for learning), so they include many common English ideas and phrases that students otherwise often don’t have access to.
Each semester, students will read 3-4 books in both fiction and non-fiction, including adaptations of classics for the upper levels, on a wide variety of topics. In Winter and Summer holidays, we also guide students on intensive reading of original classics to help them experience the masterpieces of English literature firsthand.
Each book typically offers the students an opportunity to practice about 4 skills from the British National Curriculum standards and have writing tasks included which supplement the writing curriculum.
Reading
In our regular classes, we use selected books from the Oxford Origins X series (not available in China). The chosen books are all written in natural style (ie. not written especially for learning), so they include many common English ideas and phrases that students otherwise often don’t have access to.
Each semester, students will read 3-4 books in both fiction and non-fiction, including adaptations of classics for the upper levels, on a wide variety of topics. In Winter and Summer holidays, we also guide students on intensive reading of original classics to help them experience the masterpieces of English literature firsthand.
Each book typically offers the students an opportunity to practice about 4 skills from the British National Curriculum standards and have writing tasks included which supplement the writing curriculum.
Reading
In our regular classes, we use selected books from the Oxford Origins X series (not available in China). The chosen books are all written in natural style (ie. not written especially for learning), so they include many common English ideas and phrases that students otherwise often don’t have access to.
Each semester, students will read 3-4 books in both fiction and non-fiction, including adaptations of classics for the upper levels, on a wide variety of topics. In Winter and Summer holidays, we also guide students on intensive reading of original classics to help them experience the masterpieces of English literature firsthand.
Each book typically offers the students an opportunity to practice about 4 skills from the British National Curriculum standards and have writing tasks included which supplement the writing curriculum.