Year: 2015

Wolves 0 – Forest(ers) 1

Well, it was a jolly scene on the stage of the NIS theatre last night, when, in a cheery, upbeat medley of your favourite folktales and mine, the foresters proved the heroes of the evening. No sooner had one member of our Union expertly removed a random bear’s liver and kidneys with one beautiful, swift upper cut that was a joy for any forestry professional to see, than another sterling representative of our venerable organisation had coolly gutted a wolf in full view of the admiring audience, thus heroically releasing a naive young girl and her alcoholic, cake-addicted grandmother. Their sheer professionalism was a joy to behold, especially compared to the amateurish attempts by other cast members at removing their own toes and poisoning their frankly rather dim step-daughters. As we say in the trade, if you want the job done cleanly, get a strapping forester in to do it! A marvellous night’s entertainment was had by all.

The Daily Acorn: Magazine of The Amalgamated Union of Foresters, Woodcutters and Other Jolly Hunting Types

Parental Advisory! Parents of wolf cubs, stay away from the NIS stage, where a thoroughly depressing saga has been performed at the expense of the very lives of fellow wolves. Yes, a wolf is sacrificed nightly to the feral demands of a rampant human audience who constantly fail to see beyond the ancient stereotypes that enforce the usual discrimination against us wolves. Little do humans realise that we are currently the demographic that consumes more conditioner and shampoo than any other mammalian consumer of household products (apart from the bear, another grossly misunderstood fellow sufferer, one of whom was gruesomely disembowelled on stage in the same cruel performance last night)*. When will this exploitation end, brothers and sisters? When will humans realise that a wolf never ate a grandmother and a small girl all in one sitting? When will they understand that this is not even possible, and show a more realistic scenario, in which suburban wolves return home via a pamper session from the supermarket in their family saloon and unpack frozen human body parts to store in their basement freezer like any other family? These old folktales must be updated! Boycott this show in protest, fellow wolves! You enter the theatre at your peril.

The Weekly Wolf

* The Economist, May 2014

Grade 5/6 Meeting Slides

Hello Again Grade 5 (future Grade 6) Parents,

Thanks for your time, attention, and great questions at our meeting yesterday. Please click here for the slides from the presentation.: 5-6 Transition Parents   Again, a friendly reminder to submit any outstanding course choice forms to your student’s HR teacher as soon as possible if you have not already done so. We are building classlists as we speak!
Thanks again,
Kasson

Bake Sale – Grade 10 Mandarin Class

Come to the foyer this Friday break and lunch. We will be selling brownies and nutella rolls for 5 kuai each! All donations go to the Amy Yang foundation. See you there!

– Ebba, Ilaria & Anabel

Come to the foyer this Friday at break an lunch. We will be selling chocolate cupcakes for 10¥ and will be hosting a cake raffle so come down to get a chance to win an entire carrot cake. Raffle tickets will be 5¥. All proceeds will be donated to the Amy Yang Foundation. Hope to see you there!

– Sophia, Freja, Raphael, Ryan

This Friday, in the foyer, come visit Sweet Street for some wonderful treats. We will be selling pink lemonade for 5¥, lemon bars for 10¥, cookies for 10¥ and cake pops for 5¥. We can’t wait for you all to come and enjoy our delicious sweets. All of the procedes will go to Ray of Light Cambodia so don’t wait to come down and support us!

– Lauren, Megan, Sanjana

WELL DONE!!!

A HUGE well done done to cast and crew involved in Grimm Tales!! You were all amazing!

Last night was fantastic, let’s make tonight even better!

‘The Devil’s Chord Has Been Sung’

‘Atonal. The devil’s chord – never to be played or sung – has been sung on stage at NIS tonight. I have never experienced such a play of flattened fourths’. Amy Keus

‘Stunning costuming, big 80’s hair. I felt right at home.’  Simon leBon

‘A shocking depiction of the evil that lies at the heart of all students. I gnawed off my own toes in agony’  Aleister Crowley

Grimm School Drama Shock!

PARENTAL ADVISORY!!!

Parents beware! If you cherish your childhood memories of Disney fairy fantasies, where the prince gets the girl and the monsters are cute and lovable, keep your children away from the latest NIS school production! Murder follows murder, eyes are pecked out, toes are cut off, hearts are eaten live on stage, witches are boiled alive, queens die painful deaths in blood-filled cast iron dancing shoes. The whole auditorium resounds to the deafening sound of screams and shrieks – and that’s just the actors. It’s horrible, parents, horrible! No child should be allowed to witness such terrors! Keep them at home tomorrow night and show them Barbie!

The place to stay away from is the school theatre, the time to avoid is 7pm. Those who make the mistake of arriving early will be unlucky enough to get a seat with a full, uninterrupted view of the hideous events unfolding on stage.

Puckeridge, The Times

Tech Committee Meeting

Join us for a Tech Committee Meeting Friday June 5th at lunch (location to be confirmed). This informal group meets occasionally  to discuss NIS Tech topics and help plan for the future of Tech @ NIS.

All interested staff are welcome/encouraged to attend.

Topics on tap for this week:

  • Technology and Information Literacy
  • Yosemite updates
  • Microsoft Office roll-out INSET
  • Acceptable use guidelines
  • Minimum vs. recommended

Green Card Invitation

For those who are confused: By placing the green card on your classroom door, you are inviting other teachers to drop in. By creating a culture of sharing best practice, we will create a culture of learning from each other in informal and unexpected ways.

Please do drop in to other people’s classrooms even if just for a minute or two.

You have been invited!

Green Invitation

Sign up for Computer Upgrade

Please use the following link to sign up for a time to have your computer upgraded.

http://share.nanjing-school.com/ict/?p=374

We will back up your computer for you, but suggest you complete your own backup as well.

All staff computers must be upgraded to Yosemite and have Microsoft Office installed before the start of the 2015/2016 school year, so we appreciate your help in making this happen.

If you have questions, please email help@nanjing-school.com

 

FREE Sweets! Interhouse PYP music competiton

Hi PYP Taipingers, Wutaishaners, and Xuanwuers,

Now that we have your attention, we will have our PYP music interhouse competition in about two weeks. We need singers, musicians, and cup beat keepers. The more the merrier! Come to our practice sessions in the music rooms after lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Hope to see you there!

ps. There will be SOME sweets. First come, first serve.

 

“It was a dark and stormy night…”

What: Authors choose words with intention…what were they thinking? Come and deconstruct opening sentences with us.

When: Wednesday June 3, 13:20 – 13:50 (second half of lunch)

Where: Library picture book corner

Audience: all K2-G12 literature teachers (English, Mandarin, German, Spanish, French)

Why: Jacqui P. and Marina would like to share a learning experience

 

 

Grade 5-6 Transition Day

Today the Grade 5 students will be introduced into MYP life by the Grade 6 students and teachers. You will see them in the MYP LGR, on a tour of upstairs and in the cafeteria.

They will have the opportunity to eat with the G6 students during MYP lunch.

Please make them feel welcome!

GAMMMME DAY!!! Will return…

Next week. Due to some scheduling conflicts, there will be no game day today. Next Friday, we will have a HUGE return with games galore. Be ready.

“And sure enough even waiting will end….if you can just wait long enough.”-William Faulkner

MYP/DP Student Council

I’m looking for a colleague to run SC with me next year.

Nickie is leaving and has been the powerhouse behind SC this year, with me tagging along and learning the ropes.

We meet once a week (with a few exceptions) and run the Talent Show and the Art Auction amongst other events. Student Voice!

This covers your entire ASA requirements….

 

Please let me know if you are interested.