Month: September 2016

Reminder at 8:15 today we will meet on the field for a all-school photo organized by the yearbook committee. Primary classes – go with your homerooms. Secondary – meet in the PAC as usual at 8:00 and you will go from there.

Please have another word with your students about looking at, but not man-handling, the frogs in our grounds. It is not acceptable to catch them by hand or in plastic bottles; too many are dying.

Please also remind students they are responsible for putting their litter IN THE BIN.

Thank you.

I am planning a  weekend trip to Jingdezhen the ceramic capital of the world  on 4/5/6th November.

These are the rough details so far – if you are interested please email me as soon as possible

suenorthcott@nanjing-school.com  or drop by and see me for more details

I do not have precise costings – you will need to trust me to get you a good deal depending on whether you are going to share a room in the hotel, and the group price we can negotiate

• Leaving on night sleeper train around 21.00 on Friday 4th from Nanjing Station. Eat beforehand
• Arrive Jingdezhen, Jianxi Province 07.0o on Saturday 5th
• Coach from station to boutique hotel – check in and breakfast
• Off to artisan market and then shopping and ceramic studios till c14.30
• 5* tourist pottery site , dragon and dumpling shaped kilns, potters at work, woodland walks, shopping and coffee shop in central Jingdezhen
• Back to hotel by coach for swim, relax and dinner
• Sunday 6th – breakfast , check out and visit to Imperial Kilns archaeological site and museum + guide
• Light lunch nearby
• Coach depart Jingdezhen 13.00 arrive  c19.00 Xianlin + all your shopping on board !
• Cost to be determined by number signing up – need 30 adults.
  Not suitable for students 
• Copy of your passport picture page (hard or soft copy ) and your mobile number NEEDED NOW TO SECURE SLEEPER TICKETS
• If not enough staff sign up-  will open up to parents
• Hope we can make this work – if you have not been it is a must do ” china in China!”

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This is a polite reminder to all teachers in MYP/DP to  post assignments, tests, projects, home learning, etc  on Veracross with a description of the task and any relevant handouts by 4:00 pm the day they are assigned.

Good morning,

Yesterday afternoon you will have received an email addressed to parents about typical seasonal gastro-enteritis.  ISOS and Raffles have communicated that this is a common illness at this this time of year, and there is no cause for alarm.

In terms of teachers actions at school, please be extra vigilant about reminding students to wash their hands regularly and thoroughly.  If you have students who come to school unwell, please send them to the nurse.

Thank you,

Arden

The Burst the Bubble – Goose Chase for Friday

is Postponed.

Details will be provided for the new date and details

Please enjoy the PTA welcome at Manhattan.

The Social Committee 🙂

Greetings fellow academic-practitioners,

• Do you bask in the perusal of readings, plus those suggested and referenced in said articles as well?
• Do you love finding new ways of thinking?
• Are you comfortable with cognitive dissonance?

If so, starting TODAY, and continuing every
Thursday, in the Strategy Room
at Lunch
we will create a:
Learning Alchemists* Environment

We will:

• Survey current, seminal, and even abject books on education, learning, and the periphery;
• Analyse, elucidate, and debate Peer Reviewed articles;
• Reflect on TED videos and the like;
• Criticise and appraise current practice, gadgetry, and trends;
• Share Ideas and “best practice";
• Create an ongoing agenda as a group.

You need to:

• Update your iPhones
• Be prepared for controversy and aha moments
• Bring a lunch (Maybe we’ll order in sometime)
• Do prior readings – or watchings (if called for)

You do not need:

• To come every week or for the whole of lunch (You can drop in and leave any time)

For our first encounter, we will watch a video,
comment on and critique it,
and create an agenda of items, readings, and videos for the next few meetings.

Come one, Come all.
Nihil Sine Causa (or is there?)

Contact Tom Johnson for more details

*Alchemy – "a power or process of transforming something common into something special”

Reference
Alchemy. (n.d.). Retrieved August 30, 2016, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alchemy