Month: September 2016

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 on September 8th, 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

Do come along to the Welcome Back Membership BBQ on Saturday here in school from 12-4pm.

NIC Members get in for free – please bring your membership card along.

Guests will be charged RMB400 for adults and RMB250 for children under 12.

There will be lots of fun for all the family as well as a delicious BBQ by Skyways.

If you need more info – see Sue in Admissions.

Dear All

Next Week 6 is a short week, so there will be no Weekly Bulletin. If you have information you need to circulate regarding events or activities in Week 7 – please get your entry in by noon tomorrow.

If you have any problems with this deadline – let Sue know in Admissions.

Thanks

Sue N

GET YOUR TEAMS SUBMITTED!

WHEN: At 4:00 on Friday, September 9th.
WHERE: In the Centre Entrance of NIS.

• Choose your own team or be teamed up with others.
• (Max. 5 teams – At least 3 people per team)
• Submit names by Thursday at 3:15 please.

• Each team will need a phone with the GooseChase app signed up:
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goosechase/id437330879?mt=8

You will need a VPN on your phone and 3G or 4G.
Teams might spend money for certain missions, so bring along a card or cash.

Contact Joe Barder for more info.

https://youtu.be/1S2TYcI1suU

WHEN: At 4:00 on Friday, September 9th.
WHERE: In the Centre Entrance of NIS.

• Choose your own team or be teamed up with others.
• (Max. 5 teams – At least 3 people per team)
• Submit names by Thursday at 3:15 please.

• Each team will need a phone with the GooseChase app signed up:
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goosechase/id437330879?mt=8

You will need a VPN on your phone and 3G or 4G.
Teams might spend money for certain missions, so bring along a card or cash.

Contact Joe Barder for more info.

Dear EE Supervisors, starting on Thursday I will be available in the school Library from 3.15 to 4.15 to support students with their EE. If you would like to insist that your student attends, please email me (and them) and I will always follow up. This is just an opportunity for students to work quietly or to ask for help.

‘Instrumental Teachers’

If you have any instrumental teachers recommendations please could you e-mail them to Amy and I (Heidi). Please can you let us know what instrument they teach, their name and their telephone number. We will then add them to our instrumental teachers list.

Thank you for your support.

Burst the Bubble: Goose Chase

WHEN: At 4:00 on Friday, September 9th.
WHERE: In the Centre Entrance of NIS.

• Choose your own team or be teamed up with others.
• (Max. 5 teams – At least 3 people per team)
• Submit names by Thursday at 3:15 please.

• Each team will need a phone with the GooseChase app signed up:
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goosechase/id437330879?mt=8

You will need a VPN on your phone and 3G or 4G.
Teams might spend money for certain missions, so bring along a card or cash.

Contact Joe Barder for more info.

ASA cycle 1 starts today (Monday).  Would instructors of G1 and 2 ASAs please note that you will need to collect the kids form their classroom before the ASA and at the end of the ASA they must be collected by an adult. If you have any questions please let contact me.

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 on September 8th, 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