Grade 12; the deadline for the final Extended Essay is in December. Will you meet it? To help you with this goal I will be running Extended Essay workshops in the Library every Thursday until December 7th. All Grade 12 students are welcome. This is an opportunity for you to work in a quiet place with help on hand to answer questions or to keep you focused. See you later..
Garden Plots
Some people may not have seen the first posting so I have extended registration. If you have already completed the surveymonkey you can ignore this message. If you want a garden plot please fill out the survey below.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SY7C6J6
International SOS webinar: The latest information and advice from Tianjin
Dear all,
Please see the attachment.
Best wishes,
Clara Xi
International SOS webinar: The latest information and advice from Tianjin
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First Aid Training on Oct.25th 2015 (Sunday)
Dear All,
Kindly be informed that the ISOS First Aid Training in English will be scheduled on Oct.25th 2015 (Sunday).
This training limited to 12 seats, first come, first served. If you would like to attend, please send an email to dorali before am12:00 August 28th 2015 (Friday).
Best wishes,
Dora Li
HR Officer
Service Activity: NIC BBQ Sunday Sept 13th
Nanjing International Club BBQ – Sunday Sept 13th@NIS
Students helpers from Grade 6 and above are required for three time sessions – 11.00- 3.00, 12.00-4.00 and 1.00-5.00pm.
Students may signup for one of these time slots. There are maximum of 10 places for each time. Please note that only students who sign up on Veracross will be able to help on the day. If your parents are NIC Members and join on the 13th, your lunch is included in the family membership. If they are not members there is a charge for your lunch of RMB100. Please check this out with your parents beforehand and bring money with you if necessary. You will be given designated tasks and need to make sure you arrive on time and stay for the four hours with 30 minute break for lunch. We look forward to having you with us as our Ambassadors as the school opens its doors to the wider community and welcomes over 500 guests for this annual family event. If you have questions or you want more information please see Ms Sue Northcott in the Admissions Office.
Copies of passports and Visas for Discover China Week
Passports and Visas for Discover China Week
All MYP / DP students should give a copy of your passport and current visa to your Advisory teacher by this Friday (Aug 28th).
Birthday Cupcakes -August Birthdays TODAY
PTA is giving out Birthday Cupcakes today (Wednesday) at morning break, in the foyer in front of the Library. Happy Birthday all August Babies!
MYP/DP Production Audition – TODAY
A reminder to all those auditioning for the MYP/DP Production to go to the Theatre first lunch (12:55).
Good luck!
Creating their own word banks
After students have been introduced to key words have them create there own word banks in a notebook with a definition in English, an example sentence, a translation in their home language and a symbol/picture for the word.
SET minutes: Aug
Good morning,
Please see the attached minutes from Aug 19.
Set Up Your School Email on Your Mac
If you have NOT set up school email on your computer yet or if you have problem with checking your school email, please follow the steps to set up your school mail:
1. Open “System Preference” from Apple Menu
2. From the system preference window, please open”Internet Accounts“.
2. You will see the following window pop up. Please select “Exchange” which is our mail account type.
3. Please enter:
Your school email address: your school account@nanjing-school.com
Your school account is your first name last name, all together and all lowercase.
Password: your email password.
Then no matter what message shows, please click “Continue” to move on.
4. Then please enter the following information:
User Name: your school account@nanjing-school.com
Password: your email password
Server Address: outlook.office365.com
Afterwards, please click “Continue” to move on
5. You will see your account summary. Please click “Continue” to move on.
9. Please make sure you check “Mail” and “Contacts” then click “Done” to finish.
Now if you open your “Mail” application, you will be able to check your school emails.
Announced Evacuation Drill on 27 August 2015
Kind reminder for the scheduled Evacuation Drill on Thursday 27 August, 2015@11.30am.
Important Announcement for MYP/DP students
Have you had your computer re-imaged? Frustrated you lost all your data because you didn’t back it up? Can’t figure out where things are? Don’t know how to sign into Microsoft 365?
If so, then you may be eligible for some free tech help!
Learn amazing new skills, like how to set up your email, printing, accessing your email online, logging into Microsoft 365, backing up your computer, and more!
Join Ms. Johnson in the gaming room (across from the Macquarium) this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday during the first half of lunch for some introductory lessons on computer basics. Bring your computers, your hard drives, and any questions/problems you may have.
RFG Christmas Market preparation
Only 10,526,470 seconds until Christmas!
Calling North American Christmas/Holiday-folk! This year will be the first RFG Holiday Market!
Purpose:
-To bring some more Christmas spirit to our ex-pat life here in Nanjing
-To have a lot of fun
This is a call for people from North America to help out with building, choosing items to sell, sourcing, and selling.
There will be about 10 stalls, one which is for us, from NORTH AMERICA.
Dates: November 28, 29
Times: Current open times are 3pm -10pm Saturday and 3pm – 7pm Sunday
Stall Size: about 2.5m x 1.5m Stall Location: They will be lined up in RFG near to each other, like a German Xmas market
Please contact Tom Johnson if you would like to help with the North American stall
or Robin Marsh if you are keen to help with all things else.
PYP Student Council update
Thank you very much!
FYI: PYP Student Council 2015-2016 |
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Grade 2 |
2A Khai Brown (Semester One) and Reuben Chandler (Semester Two) |
2B Sagnik |
2C Yeongsuh Seo (Sem One) Konrad Karner (Sem Two) |
Grade 3 |
3A Elijah Smith (Semester One) Eunbin Chang (Semester Two) |
3B Will Felton |
3C Jamie Attard (Semester One) Clara Theret (Semester Two) |
Grade 4 |
4A Max (Semester One) Calidore (Semester Two) |
4B Matilda Paradisis |
4C Saelyn Hwangbo |
Grade 5 |
5A Fiona Stolze and Xixi Xia |
5B Casey and Suyoung |
5C Chiara Stumpf and Angele Wei |
C&S / CAS Signup on Veracross
The C&S / CAS signup link on Veracross is now open. Activities that require student helpers will be advertised on the daily bulletin during the year and you can signup at this link. You may like to periodically check if there are activities to signup for.
Upcoming C&S Activity
NIC BBQ – Sunday Sept 13th: Students helpers are required for three time sessions – 11.00- 3.00, 12.00-4.00 and 1.00-5.00pm. Students may signup for one of these times. There will be a maximum of 10 places for each time. Please note that only students who sign up will be able to help on the day as no additional helpers will be able to signup or help on the day of the BBQ.