Hope to see you in the library!
Lost phones
Look how many phones have been lost and not collected. Is one of these your long lost phone? If it is please come and see me today. If any of these phones have not been claimed by their rightful owners before the winter break, they will be donated to charity.
Warmly Welcome to Four New Borns!
So happy that four new borns have recently joined NIS community! Mums and babies are all doing well.
- Candy Xiong’s baby girl was born on 21st October 2016.
- Lily Cheng’s baby girl was born on 3rd November 2016.
- Zoe Tang’s baby boy was born on 8th November 2016.
- Dora Li’s baby girl was born on 8th November 2016. She now has two adorable daughters.
USA Election Results – Live
For those teachers and students that would like to follow the US election results live, have a look at this link from the New York Times. It is an interactive map that allows you to see the results as they come in. Hovering over States allows you to see how many votes have been counted (i.e. reported), number of electoral votes per state, and clicking on a state will zoom in on the counties in each state. A great tool for teaching about electoral politics from a different country!
For Your Information – from IT Dept.
Good morning,
This notice is for staff/faculty only.
On Thursday morning China Telecom will be doing some work on the fiber-optic cable outside the school which means that they will have to shut down our connection on that line, temporarily. We have negotiated with them for this outage to occur before working hours from 6-7am. Knowing that the work could go longer, we have taken steps to try and ensure that there will be no disruption to educational technology during this work by making some adjustments to our other line. You do not need to do anything, as our IT team will be handling it all behind the scenes. And while this is purely FYI, nothing is ever certain so we would like you to know if something does go awry. The main things that will be affected during this 6-7am window are the following:
- Phone lines
- Local China Telecom lines
Thank you for your patience and understanding while these upgrades take place.
Joe and the IT Team
First Aid Training on Saturday
Dear All,
A space has become available for the First Aid training course on Saturday (12th November). If you would like this opportunity please let me know today. The course is internationally recognised and is run by ISOS. Please note that the course will last all day. More information will be shared when the place is confirmed. A reminder that to coach next year you will need to be first aid trained.
Early Years Visitors
This morning you may see 15 visitors observing in the PreK, K1 and K2 classes. The are colleagues of our former TA, Lucia Jin. They are here to see how we embed PYP into the Early Years. Please welcome them when you see them in the halls. I am sure they’d love to chat with you if you have the time. Offer them a cup of tea and a tête-à-tête!
Birthday Cupcakes November Birthdays
PTA is giving out Birthday Cupcakes Today, Wednesday, at morning break, in the foyer in front of the Library. Happy Birthday all November Babies!
NIC Benefit Concert
We are currently seeking a vocal soloist to sing the first verse of “Silent Night.” Community & Service points will be available. This performer must be available on the following dates:
- Friday, November 18th from 15:15 – 17:15 for the tech rehearsal (most likely shorter)
- Saturday, November 19th from 18:30 onwards for the performance
For more information, please come see Ms. Heidi or Miss Keus in M250 or M251.
Grade 9 Biology investigation
Dear grade 9 students,
Bob W. is working is investigating the effect of time of day on reflex time in grade 9 students. He has asked kindly that all grade 9 students take a super quick, super fun reflex time test during advisory today and at 3pm. (click here).
You can screenshot the result or send him the number at the end of the 5 trials. Please, no practice, as it changes the results of the test. His email is muyuanwu@nanjing-school.com.
Thanks much!
Mr Mello
The Library Fish is Edgar!
Thanks to those of you who contributed a suggested name for the new library fish! We will be going with Maxi Bauerschmidt’s idea of “Edgar” (Edgar Allen Poe).
However, there is some speculation that Edgar is in fact, a SHE in which case we may have to switch to Dr. Juan’s suggestion of “Ursula” from Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Thanks to the staff and students who sent in names. Come visit Edgar any time-
The Library Staff