“GIVE IT A GO” Pre Season Swim Meet
Have you signed up? If not, check Veracross or sign up in the pool office.
Takes place Friday 14th August 3:15 – 5:15pm.
Don’t miss out!
SAT testing
I am looking for someone who has experience of SAT testing. We need a ‘secondary’ SAT coordinator. On October 3rd, a Saturday, we are due to run the SAT tests, but I shall be out of the country. If you have this experience and would like to help out, please let me know, asap. Thanks.
Contribution to Staff Social Club
Contribution to Staff Social Club – ONE contribution of RMB100 for overseas and RMB50 for host country to be taken directly from your Aug pay. Social Club will use the fund to send flowers to colleagues who are either sick or celebrating an important event (e.g. birth of baby, marriage) and other social events. For anyone doesn’t want to join, please email me ASAP. Thanks!
Best Wishes,
Holly
MacBook Imaging Schedule
August 13-24 Tech Free
This week we will image student computers. When we image the computers, we will erase your hard drive and install new software. This year, we are upgrading to Yosemite and installing Microsoft Office 2016. We will pick up your computers from your Advisory groups and take them to the IT Bat Cave. We are planning to complete the process by 3 pm. Please pick up your computer after school from the Apple Store.
Please remember your hard drive will be ERASED. IT department will not back up the hard drive. Please make sure to back up the hard drive before the pick up date.
SCHEDULE for 10-12 Advisory Group (MYP Schedule will be posted next week)
Aug. 14th (Friday)
| Teacher | Room |
| Kay, Andrew |
cafeteria (upstairs) |
| Morin, Francis | Design Centre |
| Marsh, Robin | Design Centre |
WEEKEND
Aug. 17th (Monday)
| Teacher | Room |
| Hornell, Darren | D201 |
| Clarke, Ruth | D220 |
| Cofer, Bob | D241 |
| Hutton, Bronwyn | D242 |
Aug. 18th (Tuesday)
| Teacher | Room |
| Coad, Malcolm | D243 |
| Wiggins, David | D246 |
| Keus, Amy | M252 |
| Ham, Katie | D341 |
| Fox, Angela | D348 |
CISSA touch rugby
Training is on today at 3.10pm on the field for anyone in Grade 5-8 wanting to take part in the CISSA touch rugby this year. Also, please remember to sign up to the team on Veracross. See you out there, coach Marsh, Kay and O’Brien.
Duties…please read and check both documents
Thanks for a smooth day 1 yesterday. Most people were on time to their duties 🙂
A polite reminder of the schedule and a short explanation of times and other bits.
Cafe use for MYP/DP Students
Due to a shift in our approach to Cafe use, only students in Grade 10 and up are allowed use of the Cafe without parental supervision. This means that MYP students in Grades 6-9 MAY NOT use the Cafe during break or lunch (nothing new), or after school without THEIR parent with them.
This means that the only time a 6-9th grade student should be in the Cafe is with their parent, not their friend’s parent… not someone’s friend’s, buddy’s, cousin’s, aquantance’s parent… their parent.
The downstairs portion of the Cafeteria, however, is a cool, comfortable, climate controlled area that IS available to MYP students until 4:15pm each school day for those that need to remain for ASA’s.
Please see Mr. Bratton with questions.
Steadicam Merlin
A Steadicam Merlin is missing from the Design Centre (see photos).
Would the person who has it please return it as soon as possible. Many thanks.
Changed access to the Café after school
Dear Students,
Please remember that only students in Grades 10-12 may access the Café in the Centre after school. Students in Grades 5-9 who are registered for an activity that starts after 4:00 may wait on the first level of the cafeteria.
Thank you,
Mrs Tyoschin
Wendy CHEN, New TA@G1B, Starting 17-Aug-2015
Wendy Chen, new TA for G1B, will start from Monday 17 Aug 2015. Let’s make her feel welcome!
Updates: Amy Yang
Amy Yang will come to attend the MYP Assembly at 2:30PM Fri Aug 14. She is going to receive the Certificate of over 10 Years Service together with other 15 colleagues.
We will also take this opportunity to send her our greetings for her birthday on Sat Aug 15. I’ll put a birthday card in the Staff Lounge at lunch time today for all of us as her friends at NIS Community to sign.
Language Acquisition
MYP English B Phases
Phase 3
Phase 3 students understand and respond to simple spoken and written texts. They interact and share information in a limited range of familiar situations, using basic language appropriate to a limited range of contexts.
Phase 4
Phase 4 students understand and respond to a limited variety of spoken and written texts. They engage in conversation and write structured text to express their ideas, opinions and experiences in a range of familiar and some unfamiliar situations.
Phase 6
Phase 6 understand and respond to a variety of spoken and written texts. They engage in conversation and write structured texts in a range of contexts. They can communicate substantial information containing relevant and developed ideas.
At NIS we have a couple of students in some MYP grades who have not yet reached the standard of Phase 3, but who are assessed against the criteria for phase 3 and as such are on Veracross as phase 3 students. A list of these students will be distributed to the relevant teachers by the end of the week.
News from Ann Dong – It’s a Girl!
Ann Dong’s 2nd baby girl was born on 1-July-2015. Now she has two lovely daughters.
Smartboard Training Today!
These will be held in the Strategy Room (C115), starting at the beginning of Lunch, and run for about 30 minutes.
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 us know: tomjohnson or emilyjohnson
Student MacBook Imaging
August 13-24 Tech Free
This week we will image student computers. When we image the computers, we will erase your hard drive and install new software. This year, we are upgrading to Yosemite and installing Microsoft Office 2016. We will pick up your computers from your Advisory groups and take them to the IT Bat Cave. We are planning to complete the process by 3 pm. Please pick up your computer after school from the Apple Store.
Please remember your hard drive will be ERASED. IT department will not back up the hard drive. Please make sure to back up the hard drive before the pick up date.
SCHEDULE for 10-12 Advisory Group (MYP Schedule will be posted next week)
Aug. 13th (Thursday)
| Teacher | Room |
| Moen, Cheryl | D213 |
| Usman-Snyder, Minza | D215 |
Aug. 14th (Friday)
| Teacher | Room |
| Kay, Andrew | Design Centre |
| Morin, Francis | Design Centre |
| Marsh, Robin | Design Centre |
WEEKEND
Aug. 17th (Monday)
| Teacher | Room |
| Hornell, Darren | D201 |
| Clarke, Ruth | D220 |
| Cofer, Bob | D241 |
| Hutton, Bronwyn | D242 |
Aug. 18th (Tuesday)
| Teacher | Room |
| Coad, Malcolm | D243 |
| Wiggins, David | D246 |
| Keus, Amy | M252 |
| Ham, Katie | D341 |
| Fox, Angela | D348 |