PYP House Event Results
PYP Tech Challenge Results
Last Friday’s Tech Challenge was a hard fought challenge involving making and flying paper planes, lots of chalk and a magical 10 point bonus square. After close analysis of the scores, the final results were:
1st – Wutaishan
2nd – Taiping
3rd – Xuanwu
Current scores are:
Xuanwu 125
Taiping 165
Wutaishan 195
Next event is the Tug of War to be hosted by Wutaishan.
Lost and …
There has been a small amount of money found on the floor in front of my office. If a student (probably PYP) tells you s/he lost some money yesterday, have them come and see me.
An invitation from the Purple Duck Team
Dear Trip Week Travelers,
We hope you had an enriching week away, discovering China. We’ve already heard some tales; inspiring, compelling, surprising, traumatising, hilarious, worrying and unbelievable. We’d love to include some of them in the 5th Annual Purple Duck Magazine.
Send us a:
Limerick
Short Story or paragraph
Photograph with a story or caption
An illustration
A Quote
Or anything else…
Please send submissions to Diana or Juan: dianaandrasyova@nanjing-school.com or juanandradecalderon@nanjing-school.com
We can’t wait to read them.
Love from the P.Ducky Team
CSR Poster Competition: Vote!
Dear NIS Students,
As you may know, NIS students have entered a range of posters for the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) competition.
The foci for this year’s competition were: air, water, food, environment and sustainability.
Please click on the QR code below to vote through WeChat. Voting will continue until October 22 at 23:59.
Thank you,
Mrs Tyoschin
CSR Poster Voting Online Now
Dear All,
As you may know, NIS students entered a range of posters for the Corporate Social Responsibility competition.
The foci for this year’s competition were: air, water, food, environment and sustainability.
Please click on the QR code below to vote through WeChat. Voting will close October 22 at 23:59.
Thank you,
Arden
12 Days and counting until
Movember and Move begin!
What’s Movember? Movember is a movement where during the month of November, men around the world become more incredibly good looking by the day by growing mustaches to help raise money and awareness for men’s health issues.
What’s Move? For those that can’t grow a mustache (and those that can), everyone can help to raise awareness and money for male health issues by pledging to exercise EVERY SINGLE DAY during the month of November. You can help raise money and awareness AND feel great!
If you would like to sign up, donate to, or find out more information about Movember and/or Move (and Team Nanjing), please talk to Mr. Fischl, Mr. Buhler, or visit http://moteam.co/team-nanjing
Parents, students, and teachers are all welcome to join! 
Local School English Tutors – C&S – Last chance to signup – C&S
We still have vacancies for G8-11 students to sign up for the Local School Tutoring group. We go to the school next door on Wednesdays after school and give short and informal English classes to their grade 7 students. Please sign up for this activity on Veracross – it is a core activity for G9 and 10.
SCISAC Soccer@NIS – C&S / CAS Opportunity
On Tuesday at 0800 signups will open for the SCISAC Soccer event at NIS. Thirty helpers are needed over Thursday, Friday and Saturday. In total over these 3 days there are 8 sessions and you will be required to help in 3 or 4 of these sessions. If you are available on all of these three days then please sign up on Veracross. There will be a meeting with Ms Weatherly at lunchtime on Tuesday 27th Oct in the Blue Gym to decide what sessions you will help in. The event will be held on:
Thu 12th : 3pm – 7pm
Fri 13th : 8.30am – 7pm
Sat 14th : 8am – 7pm
OWC and PingAn monthly visit on Oct. 21, 2015 (Wednesday), 11:30 ~ 16:00 @ H301 Centre
Dear overseas staff,
Please be informed that the OWC and PingAn monthly visit will be on Oct. 21, 2015 (Wednesday), 11:30~16:00 @ H301 (Dance Studio) Centre.
Best wishes,
Clara
Well done!
Congratulations to teachers for reducing their printing in September by 32% compared to September of last year. It is almost 16,000 RMB less than last month too. And well done to students for cutting their printing by 13% relative to September 2014. Onwards and greenwards! Thank you, from the Eco team.
ACAMIS Volleyball this week
The attached list of students will be representing the school at the ACAMIS Volleyball tournament in Shanghai from Thu to Sun this week. Apologies for the lateness of this notice. They will miss Thu and Fri Day 4 & 5.
Accreditation Preparatory Visit
Our visitors from CIS, NEASC and NCCT will be in school all day from today until Thursday. They are; Helena Sobulis CIS, Bak Fun Wong NEASC and Sophie Che and Summer Li from NCCT.
I am attaching the final schedule below. If there has been a change to your time or room you should have been notified. However I have made other changes such as to the person you will be meeting with. Therefore please use the schedule attached.
If you need cover please notify Stine.
Field Test
Hi Everyone,
We had a great turn out for the first field test for the ETC 2016! Thank you all for those who came and your feedback! There are 3 more field tests coming up in Week 11. It will be wonderful if you can come and support the awesome teachers who are sharing about their presentations.
Please let me know if you can come to any of the sessions. It will be helpful to know the numbers so I can prepare the materials.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Thanks!
Grace
| Monday (10/26) | Wednesday (10/28) | Friday (10/30) |
| Making Things Better: Design Thinking in the Classroom | Time Lapse Documenting: Student film themselves to focus and reflect | Cultivating Empathy in the Drama classroom |
| Location: 2nd Floor Design Center | Location: 2nd Floor Design Center | Location: Drama Classroom |
| Time: 2nd Lunch (1:20) | Time: 2nd Lunch (1:20) | Time : 2nd Lunch (1:20) |
Scrooge! rehearsal reminder
All Scrooge! cast check your rehearsal schedule. And a reminder that everyone needs to come Sunday!
College and University Visits this week
A reminder that the following Colleges and Universities will be here this week:
Monday 19th (today)
9.00 Counsellor’s Office
Boston University
10.20 – 10.40 MYP LGR
Widener University, Western New England University, College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John’s University, University of La Verne, Northern Kentucky University, Loyola University Chicago
Seminars scheduled 10.40-11.30
Wednesday 21st
12.50 Counsellor’s Office
Webster University, Netherlands