Day: September 8, 2015

Language Acquisition

Review and repeat important concepts and vocabulary.

MYP / DP Advisory Groups – Managebac login

We are looking forward to all grade 9, 10 and 11 students making their first login to Managebac. At this stage the following numbers of students have not logged in.

G11 – 9 students; G10 – 24 students; G9 – 36 students

All students should have received an email from Managebac. Search your mail folders to find this email then follow the instructions to log in. If after searching you cannot find the email, please send me an email and tell me. Every journey starts with the first step, including the C&S / CAS journey.

Nurse Contact Details

Good morning,

Please see and save the cell phone number for contacting Nurse Lilian during school hours:
139 5161 7072
Please also remember that Lilian can be contacted by teachers and parents through the email:
nurse

Arden

35 small notebooks needed for Discover China trip week

Dear Colleagues,  35 small notebooks are needed for Discover China trip week for students to write field notes and other lesson information. If you have some old notebooks and would like to declutter, I would happily take 35 of them off your hands. Please let me know or I will be ordering some new ones. Thank you.

MYP Tech Challenge Results

A fun and exciting Friday afternoon ended with a very tight house race in the MYP Tech Challenge.

The grade 6 winners of the Gliders was Taiping.
The grade 7 winners of the Dominos was Wutaishan.
The grade 8 winners of the Catapults was Wutaishan.
The grade 9 winners of the Rocket Sleds was Wutaishan.
The grade 10 winners of the Tower was Taiping.
Overall Winners of the points from every activity results in a with Wutaishan in first, Taiping in second and Xuanwu in third place. Congratulations to all the students for their participation and enthusiasm.

Inter-House Table Tennis

The Inter-House Table Tennis competitions will take place next week; Grades 9 – 12 on Tuesday lunchtime and Grades 6 – 8 on Wednesday lunchtime. Each House will need a team of two girls and two boys for each of these days. If you are interested in playing in one of these competitions please see your House captains or House leaders as soon as you can.

IE University, Spain

A representative from IE University will be visiting on Thursday. Please come to the Counsellor’s Office @ 12.50 if you are considering studying in Europe in English!

A great opportunity to find out about a range of courses taught in English in a truly international environment, with tuition and living costs substantially below those of the US, UK and Australia. Click the image below for their website.

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Grade 12 US applicants

If you are applying ED or EA to the US, please come and see me tomorrow, Wednesday 9 September at 10.20 in my office. Thanks.

 

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Science Trolley Missing . . . please help =)

Have you seen a blue trolley like this one. It has gone missing from Steve B’s old room/Dan S new room over the summer and is needed back in the Science department. Please contact Russel or Dan if you have any information. Thank you.blue science trolley

Table Tennis Sign Ups are open

The Table Tennis season starts next week. It is open to students in Gr6 – Gr12. If you are interested in participating, please sign up on veracross and attend the first practice on Tuesday 15th Sep at 4.15pm in Green gym. Practices are Tuesdays at 4.15 – 5.30pm and Fridays 3.15 – 4.30pm. Spaces are limited due to number of tables available so selections will be made.