Primary Leadership

Sandy Venter was born and raised in South Africa, where she also obtained her bachelor’s degree in teaching. After teaching there for several years, she and her family decided to broaden their horizons and she took up a teaching position in Botswana, where she first encountered the PYP. The time spent in Botswana prepared her for more adventures, and after four years took up a position in Guangzhou, China, where she was an ICT Coordinator and Administrator and also taught IGCSE 1, Information Technology. She lived in this vibrant city for two years with her husband and two children.

Sandy then took up the role of PYP Coordinator and Senior Leader at a start-up school in Moscow, Russia, and loved sharing her passion for the PYP with all her colleagues and the school community. She has completed several IB courses to improve her knowledge about the programme and enjoys sharing this newfound knowledge with her colleagues and parent communities by hosting workshops and Professional Development sessions. With more than 15 years teaching experience (8 of these in IB schools) she is looking forward to returning to China to join and contribute to the Hanova community.

Ms Bi joined our school in 2014 and is now mainly in charge of office issues. She gained her Bachelor degree in Chinese Language and Literature and later her Masters in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (MTCSOL) from Xian International Studies University. Ms Bi taught Chinese to foreigners for a year before joining us.