Don't Miss It: beijingkids/JingKids International School Expo, Jan 24-25

Got kids? If you do, then you probably have schooling on your mind. And the Beijinger's sister mags beijingkids (English) and JingKids (Chinese) have just the ticket: their annual international schools fair, which gathers the cream of the crop of international schooling options under one roof.

The Beijing International School Expo (BISE) 2015 will be held at the Kerry Hotel on January 24-25 from 10am-4pm. Beijingkids has a preview of the partial list of exhibitors who will congregate to give you the chance to pose questions to admission teams and learn what each school can offer. Here the schools and education centres that will be in attendance as well as the event sponsors:

Schools
3E International School 
AOJI International School
Aurora Academy International
Beanstalk International Bilingual School
Beijing Changping New Oriental Foreign Language School
Beijing City International School 
Beijing Collegiate Academy
Beijing Huijia Private School  
Beijing International Bilingual Academy 
Beijing Limai Foreign Languages School
Beijing New Talent Academy
Beijing No.4 High School International Campus
Beijing SMIC School
Bejing Haidian International School 
Bejing Royal School 
British School of Beijing 
Candian International School of Beijing 
Daystar Academy 
Dulwich College Beijing 
Etonkids International Bilingual Kindergartens
Haileybury International School
Harrow International School Beijing
House of Knowledge International School & Kindergaten
International Department of Beijing No.4 High School 
Ivy Schools
Keystone Academy 
Maple International Academy 
MIK International Kindergarten
National Institute of Technology 
Peide School 
Springboard International Bilingual School 
Tsing Hua International School  
Yew Chung International School of Beijing
Yew Wah Infant and Toddler Education Center
Yew Wah International Education School

Education Centers
Acorn Inetrnational Camp Education
Capstone Education
Chuchuguo
Due West Education
Diligience & Delighted Gifted Program Center
Ipony International Youth Cavaliers Academy
Stateside Adventues
The Edge Learning Center
The Learning Center
UCCA Creative Studio

Event Sponsors
HealthPro (our title sponsor)
The Westin Blue Bay Resort

They'll also have plenty of play options to keep the children occupied. There are three kids areas to be set up, each manned by different organizations. The kids area will be near the exhibitors booths in the Kerry Sports Centre. The good news is that all the areas are free but there will be a maximum number of admittance to the activities to let the kids get the most out of the whole experience. Here is a breakdown of each area: 
 

Kids Area A: Hosted by Ipony International Youth Cavaliers Academy for kids age 4-15 years old. The area can accommodate 10-20 kids who can choose to take 3D photos, get their faces painted, make equine-themed flour dough ornaments or paper wreaths. Expect a lot of horsing around.
 

Kids Area B: This area will be hosted by the Ivy Schools Group and Daystar Academy for kids age 2-12 years old. This area can accommodate 20-30 kids with the option of reading in an open space or taking part in the building of figurines using Lego, lead by a Lego master and teachers. This will be a quiet area for kids to take a breather and just learn or read something different.
 

Kids Area C: This is hosted by the UCCA Creative Studio for kids age 2-11 years old. The area can accommodate 10-12 kids who can choose to take part in various art-based activities such as creating a zoetrope (kids 4-11 years) and recreate famous paintings using special paints that when dry, transform into super-flat gummy paintings that can be stuck on surfaces. Unique creations will be the order of the day. 

Photos: Courtesy of UCCA Creative Studio, Ivy Schools, Ipony Academy,and file footage