Day: August 11, 2015

School Bells

Each week’s school bell is a 15 – 20 second song clip that is chosen by a different homeroom and advisory group. Classes that choose to submit a bell will hear their clip sometime in the upcoming 36 school weeks. If there aren’t enough bells submitted, then individual / teacher bells are also accepted. If your class would like to submit a bell, please drop it onto the server at the following address:

Studentlargestorage / Music / School Bells.
Name your file like this: ClassName – Title – Artist.mp3

Here’s some rules / advice:

1. All lyrics must be appropriate.
2.The file should be high quality (not taken from a crackly YouTube video, e.g.)
3. The file must not have a GarageBand metronome ticking in the background. (If you need help turning it off, then please see Miss Keus)
4. The song must be less than 20 seconds long (15 seconds is preferred).

You can see when your video will be played, or find the name of the current week’s song, at the following link.

For more information, please see Miss Keus.

TILT Skills Today – 12:55 PM – Strategy Room

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Today, bulk up on your graphing, tabling, and sorting skills in Microsoft Excel. Bring your laptop and a sample spreadsheet, if you have one.

 

Just a reminder of the schedule for the next couple of weeks:

These will be held in the Strategy Room (C115), starting at the beginning of Lunch, and run for about 30 minutes.

Wednesday, August 12 – Functions, Tables, and Graphing in Microsoft Excel – Emily
Thursday, August 13 – SmartBoards – Tom
Friday, August 14 – Designing Presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint – Emily

Monday , August 17 – Creating and Sharing Documents in Microsoft 365  -Emily
Tuesday, August 18 – iPads- Seesaw – Tom
Wednesday, August 19 – Creating and Sharing Spreadsheets and Forms in Microsoft 365 – Emily
Thursday, August 20 – iPads- Seesaw – Tom
Friday, August 21 – Organizing your life with OneNote – Emily
We hope to see you there!

Any questions, let me know. emilyjohnson@nanjing-school.com

 

 

Language Acquisition

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The Language Acquisition post will look at different language related topics.

What’s the most important thing I should know about the ELL/English B students I teach?

Who they are! It is essential to know which of the non-native students in your class are ELL/English B students and what  level they are at. This will give you some idea how much English they know and will help you to have realistic expectations of what they will be able to understand and do in your lessons.
Making a list of the  ELL/English B students (with their respective level) is a good way to identify these students. It is also useful to note  the name of the ELL/English B teacher . This can facilitate the liaison that is a very important aspect of our joint effort to support ELL/English B students as effectively as possible.

At the right hand side of the Teacher Portal page of Veracross there is a link “My Students- ELL and English B”

In grades 1 to 5 students who are beginner English language learners are placed in “ELL”

In the MYP programme students are in either EngBP3,4 or 6 (details of each level will follow)

In the DP programme, weaker English language learners are in EngB HL, more competent ones Eng A Lang/Lit.

Decluttering

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  • Publication date August 11, 2015
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Dear all,

Please refer to Laurie’s message below.

Lucy

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It is great to see how many teachers are creating uncluttered space for learning in their classrooms. Please do not put furniture out in the hallway that you want removed without filling in a yellow form and leaving a message (in Chinese is best) that it is to be removed. As teachers creatively use the PYP corridors as extended learning space the Yadong cleaners need help in discerning what stays and what goes. For empty boxes, please do this at the end of the school day so the corridors are not blocked during the day for our students and colleagues. Let’s continue to be thoughtful. Students back at last!

Laurie

General Reminder about Banking and FA PIAO

Passport Update for Banking –  for those who updated your passport, please update your passport at the bank counter. Please take the old passport, the new passport, the expert certificate and your bank card to the BOJ for it.

Chip Card & SMS function – Our bank, the BOJ, recommends strongly, for those who have not done these,  to replace the old BOJ card （magnetic card) to a chip card and SET THE NOTICE FUNCTION OF SMS at the bank counter ASAP.

FA PIAO&Receipts – For reimbursement objective, please always ask for FA PIAO within China. Please glue the FA PIAOs&official receipts at the back of the request form evenly. Neither staple nor clip please.

ASA – Survey Monkey

Please ensure you put the ASAs you plan on running in survey monkey by the end of Wednesday. We need all the information to prepare the schedule for publication. Thanks.

ASA Survey Monkey link

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASA1516