Category: •Parent

Lunchtime timings reminder

Advisors, please will you remind students of the new lunchtime timings? Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students may not be in the upstairs hallways or classrooms during lunchtime.

Bags may not be taken into the Cafeteria.

G7 Extended Advisory Today Block 1

Dear Everyone, Grade 7 students are returning to campus today. They will begin their regular schedule in block 2 as they will have time in block 1 to get a safety procedures update and a chance to reconnect with each other. Thanks for your patience.

Sora – ebooks and audiobooks online

Students, parents, and teachers can access ebooks and audiobooks in Sora from anywhere in the world! Download the app today! To log in, use your NIS ID number as username and password. Parents might need to contact me at nislibrary@nanjing-school.com for access. As always, contact me with any questions!

 

Class of 2020 Mug

Dear teachers of the class of 2020,

If you are interested, the class of 2020 will be ordering mugs. These will have their names AND the names of the Grade 12 teachers and EE supervisors. We need to order a minimum of 50 of the same design to get them for the low, low price of 20 rmb each.

Click on the link if you are INTERESTED: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=6uQay-F6SkCIg5HQRu5GRqVvLfTOQ-VGqxkpjJgL5fZUNzNUWU82OVFWRUlTNlpFMjZQNlhMMTJZWS4u

Where can I be during lunchtime?

Middle and Upper School Students here is a quick reminder of the spaces open and closed to you at lunchtime.

Open: You can go outside or into the Cafeteria (Grades 8-10) or the Cafe (G11 and 12) or you can play games in the Gym.

Closed: You may not be in classrooms or in the upstairs corridors, the library or the PAC foyer

Please remember to place your bags in your lockers during lunchtime.

Flipster app for digital magazines

There is now a Flipster app to look at our digital magazines! Click on Flipster App Instructions . Did you also know you can do a keyword search in different magazines? Think of the research possibilities, especially with those science magazines!

As always, email me at angelaromero@nanjing-school.com with any questions!

These titles are now available:

How It Works
Sports Illustrated Kids
Ask
Boys’ Life
Discover
Girls’ Life
Lonely Planet Traveller
Popular Science
Runner’s World
Scientific American
Scientific American Mind

 

Transition Time: Leavers and Stayers

Last week grade 12 reconnected after the Covid quarantine and today the grade 12 students prepared to transition and have healthy closure by building a RAFT:  Reconciliation, Affirmations, Farewells and Thinking Ahead.  Just as important to leave well, we have to stay well.  We are a mobile community with people in transition.  Take some time to build a RAFT if you are preparing for a move.  If you are staying, take some time to affirm your relationships, celebrate others and take care to build your day with people and activities that are meaningful to you.  Here are a couple of websites for leavers and stayers, whether you are a student or adult:

https://globallygrounded.com/2017/02/28/6-steps-towards-being-a-successful-stayer-in-an-international-school/

https://internationalschoolcommunity.com/blog/2016/06/04/10-ways-help-students-say-goodbye/

Friday Schedule

Hi Everyone,

It’s Friday and we are back to our Friday Schedule … otherwise known as Freaky Friday or Funky Friday!

So … the day looks like this:

  • Advisory: 8am – 8:40am
  • Block 1: 8.40am – 9:40am
  • Block 2: 9:40am – 10:40am
  • Break: 10:40am – 11am
  • Block 3: 11am – 12noon
  • Block 4: 12noon – 1pm
  • Lunch will go from 1:00pm – 2:20pm. Please be sure to check the BTT schedule, particularly the lunch allocations.
  • Block 5: 2:20pm – 3:20pm

Lunchtime Updates

Hello ‘On Campus Students’!

Today (April 7th) we will begin a new plan for eating lunch.

G11 and 12: lunch in the Cafe

G8 and 9: Lunch in the Cafeteria in Lunch 1 (12.50 – 1.20)

G8 and 9: In Lunch 2 you can go to the Gym or go outside. Enjoy yourselves!

Podcast on Grief and Finding Meaning

Good morning all,

In honor of Tomb Sweeping holiday here is a podcast by Brene Brown hosting David Kessler, a grief therapist.

The first 20 minutes discusses the experiences of loss and grief and the second half of the segment has a focus on the pandemic and our collective experience of loss.  I thought of our NIS community quite a bit through this podcast.  I could think of so many stories, feelings and emotions that have been shared over these past several weeks.  Sending you my best.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/david-kessler-and-bren%C3%A9-on-grief-and-finding-meaning/id1494350511?i=1000470046138

Goodbye, Tuesday Schedule!

Hello Students,

Because we missed you so much, we’ve decided to add a little time each Tuesday for the rest of the year. Starting tomorrow all, Tuesdays will run on the normal schedule. This means the school day will finish at 3:00pm. There is NO CHANGE to the Friday schedule.

Welcome back and have a great day!

 

 

Assembly Music Performance

If you are interested in being in the next assembly music performance, please contact Miss Keus ASAP (as soon as possible).

If you have an instrument at home, you can play it!

If you don’t have an instrument at home, you can clap your hands or hit some pots.

You could sing… you could do a TikTok dance while others are performing.

This needs to be quick, though, so we’ll pick the music this weekend, we’ll send in our videos Monday and Tuesday, and I’ll edit it and get it to Mr. Lance by Wednesday.

This should be super cool! The first bunch of people to respond get to help choose the song!