Category: Staff

DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES

The Legendary “Nanjing International Club” Welcome Back – Membership- Family BBQ will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel on Saturday, September 26th from noon onwards. This year the Club is celebrating its 30th Anniversary.

Free for NIC Members.

Non members welcome to attend – see QR codes below for payment.

Sign up on the sheet in the Staff Lounge or let Sue N know if you are coming as we need numbers.

Overnight stay details to follow in next post.

Sue – Admissions

Suenorthcott@nanjing-school.com

Dear All,

THE SAMPLES WILL BE REMOVED FROM STAFF LOUNGE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY AND RETURNED

THURSDAY PM UNTIL FRIDAY LUNCH TIME.

ORDERS WILL BE CLOSED FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

There will be a chance next week to order the much sought after navy NIS hoodies with your child’s name on the back, as well as other items from the PTA Shop.

The hoodie samples will be in the Staff Lounge from Monday – please do not take them away – bring your child into the nearby zone and they can try them on in the vicinity.  If they go walk about – I may be on a plane home…

The order forms will also be in the Staff Lounge. You can pay cash only to the Cashier, Angie on the 2nd floor of the Centre and leave your completed order form with her.

Therese Turesson’s email is on this poster – so if you have any questions please follow up with her.

hallbergtessan@hotmail.com

Sue N

Don’t forget to sign up for Community Actvities. Please check the newly updated Community Activities catalog on Veracross.

Community Catalog: https://programregistration.veracross.com/App/nis/ProgramRegistration/community/Programs/Browse

Sign ups are now open on Veracross.

Community Activities Sign Up Link: https://programregistration.veracross.com/App/nis/ProgramRegistration/community/Landing/Auto

Your Community Activities Coordinator

Christine Ge

Dear all,

Are you interested in flu vaccination at local community clinic this year? If yes, please register online by August 24^th: 2020 Flu Vaccination Registration

Child aged over three, they will take the same flu shots as like adult. If your child is younger than 3 years old, please consult with your doctor. If you have any queries, please contact with me via mailto:nurse@nanjing-school.com

I’m very pleases to let you know that Swim Lesson for staff is back!. We are able to offer three different courses on Wednesdays afternoon 4.30-5.00pm.

• Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes:Improves participants’ proficiency in basic aquatic skills and the basic swimming strokes. Teach skills and concepts needed to stay safe in and around water and to help themselves or others in an aquatic emergency. (American Red Cross, Adult Swim -Improving skills and swimming strokes – prerequisites: Participants must ble to perform strokes that can be recognized as front crawl, breaststroke and back crawl, each for 15m)
• Swimming for Fitness: Refines participants’ freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke strokes and turns and builds endurance. Teaches skills and concepts needed to stay safe in and around water. (American Red Cross, Adult Swimming for Fitness– prerequisites: Participants must ble to swim 25m for 3 different recognizable strokes)
• Learning the Basics: Helps participants gain basic aquatic skills and swimming strokes. Teaches skills and concepts needed to stay safe in and around water and to help themselves or others in an aquatic emergency. (American Red Cross , Adult Swim -Learning the Basics – no prerequisites)

Session 1 starts on September 9th: Sep. 9th/16th/23rd/30th and Oct.14th/28th. Sign ups will be open tomorrow on Veracross. Please feel free to contact me with your questions.
Your Community Activities Coordinator

Christine Ge

Dear All,

Please note the the hot weather is applies to all students now. Please let your student know about it and let your students know where they could go for hot weather indoor lunch recesses.

Hot Weather Protocol at NIS

Where can PS student go during indoor hot weather break.

Lunch 1 :PS eating in the Cafeteria

Lunch 2: Library , G3-5 Green Gym ,All Classrooms

Where can MS/US student go during indoor hot weather break.

Lunch 1:Gaming room, Gyms, Second floor of Cafeteria (Tech free), G11-G12 may use the center CAFÉ, Library

Lunch 2: Second floor of Cafeteria (Tech free), G11-G12 may use the center CAFÉ, Library, Gaming room (only opens for the hot weather indoor break)

Xiexie!

Dear All,

Only one day left for signing up Staff Party, please RSVP by 4pm today (Thursday, August 20).

X-Block, Friday, Block 3 Locations

Block 3 on Friday, Grade 6 X-Block students meet in the Large Group Room where you will be met by our fabulous grade 7 & 8 Ambassadors and taken to your new locations ready to start planning your next steps. Thank you to Bryce, Julia, Kayla, Kijana, Eric and Rosy.

Grade 7 & 8 move normally to your x-block locations

Science/Cooking – Science Lab

Design.Service.Tech – Design centre

Sport – Gym

Art/Craft – Art

Computers/No idea and special projects – D247

Make sure you contact your mentor.

Kindest regards,

Sarah Merrylees

Middle School Teacher