Year: 2016

Party Time

Calling all party people – I NEED to sell 19 more tickets – if you want to know why then you have to buy a ticket off me and I will tell all 🙂

Halloween Spooktacula

Saturday 29th October

Some people are dressing up but it isn’t compulsory

7pm till late

100rmb but you get a lot for your money – Happy Hour prices all night, 2 slices of pizza and a draught beer on the way in.  There is also a free shuttle service to and from local compounds.

All proceeds go to Ray of Light Cambodia.  We have a number of projects on the go at the moment and rely completely on events such as these to fund them.  You can buy tickets off me anytime.

Cheers,

Paul

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Just arrived- new and noteworthy!

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  • Publication date October 24, 2016
  • Categories: Student

MYP Students-

Don’t forget to return the books that you checked out in August and stop by the library for a new book! Hope to see you soon-

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Digital Magazines- Free Trial

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  • Publication date October 24, 2016
  • Categories: Staff

flipsterHi Faculty and Staff-

The library is considering moving some of the print magazines to digital format using an App called Flipster.

The company has granted us a free one-month trial and I am looking for a few people to test-drive the system to see how well it behaves here in China.

Thanks for letting me know if you are interested in checking it out- feedback is much appreciated!

Michelle

Book Week Bells!

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  • Publication date October 24, 2016
  • Categories: Staff, Student

Students and Teachers,

Nov.14-18 is book week. Since Bob Dylan is a Nobel Prize winning poet and song-writer he gets to be the default voice for the bells during this week. However, we’d love to punctuate his wonderful voice with some of yours.

Do you have a favorite book or poem? We’d love to capture your voice reading a favorite excerpt (30-60 seconds). I will organize these to be played for the bell (just once) during Book Week.

For example, you could read excerpts from Green Eggs and Ham, or Romeo and Juliet. You could also read a poem by Shel Silverstein, or Robert Frost. You could even sing a bit of Bob Dylan. If you’d like to contribute but are unsure of what to do, come by the library and we can suggest something to you. 🙂

You can record your own file and send it to me. Don’t say your name in the recording (it’s fun to guess who it is, anyway). Just read your piece, then at the end, tell us what you read, and who the author was. Please have the recordings to me by Wednesday, Nov. 9 (but the sooner, the better, so I can get started on editing!). OR, I can help with the recording.

Warm regards,

John

Friends of The Nobel-Prize Refusing Bob Dylan in Central-Eastern China

New Maker Space

The old PYP Design room has been transformed into a Maker Space! Please swing by and check it out. This is a space for you to use as you want. Of course, please tidy up before you go. If you have supplies that you would like to house in this room, add them to the shelves now. Sharing our resources is a great way for our school to be more environmentally responsible.

This space is available for use anytime Monday-Thursday.Reserve the room on the sign-up sheet by the door. On Fridays it is reserved for the Grade 4 students who will be working on their Creative New Undertakings, a NIS strategy team prototype. You are all most welcome to come by and see this project in action anytime.

We hope this room will be buzzing with creative energy each and every day.

SLT/SET Absences this week

Please note that this week many SLT and SET members will be out of school. Arden will clarify the points of contact in the briefing today.

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Flu Shot today

Quick reminder that if you have requested a flu shot it will be available today (Monday 24th October) in the Board Room in the Centre (H303) between 8am and 12 noon. All details from the Nurse.

PTA Autumn Festival Helpers (G6-11) – Friday October 28th

The PTA needs lots of G6-11 helpers for Autumn Festival. Helpers are required for 4 different types of activities; please signup for one of these on Veracross C&S signups. Please also try and dress up for the event. All students will need to meet in the PTA room (in the Centre at the start time of your activity to be signed in and at the end you will need to be signed out.

Grade 11 CAS Plan / Interview with Advisory teacher

Grade 11 students, Thursday is the final date for you to complete your IB required CAS plan / Interview with your Advisory teacher. The plans will then be passed to me so that tgat can be filed in your CAS journal. Please contact me if you have any questions.

CIGNA & OWC site visit on Oct. 26, 2016

Dear overseas staff,

The monthly visit of CIGNA & OWC will be on Oct. 26, 2016 (10:15 ~ 15:00) at H303 Centre.

The next visit will be n Nov. 23, 2016 (10:15 ~ 15:00) at H303 Centre.

Best wishes,

Clara Xi
HR Assistant
claraxi@staff.nanjing-school.com
Nanjing International School
Tel: +86 25 85899111*3060 / Fax: +86 25 85899222

Swim Trip List Oct 28th ~ 30th

Please find the attached list of students who will be absent from school @ 1:15pm on Friday Oct 28th for the SAS/ISB Swim Meet in Shanghai.  They will miss Block 5 of Day 1. Thanks for your understanding.

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Friday Duties

Morning break: Paul, Emma, Kath, Amanda  / EY: Ange, Karen O.

Lunch 1 G1-5 Cafeteria (13:00-13:20): Tye, Dean / EY: all teachers

Lunch 1 (starting at 13:15): Grace, Oliva, Jamie, Tom

EY Play 1 (12:45-13:05): Krystal (K2), Dora

EY Play 2 (13:05-13:25): Winnie, Shemo

Lunch 2 (starting at 13:35): Betina, Nora, Jesse, Annie

Cross Walk duty: Marina

Hallway Walking

Primary teachers: I appreciate your commitment at the meeting yesterday. I believe that we have a good thing going here. Let’s start as a whole primary school on our essential agreements to hallway walking. I will introduce these at the assembly.

  1. Respect others.
  2. Be safe.
  3. Set yourself up to be ready to learn.

The reminding language we agreed upon:

Remember how we agreed to walk in the hallways.

Remind me of the hallway walking agreements.

Think about the hallway walking agreements.

The redirecting language we agreed upon:

Walk. or We agreed to walk in the hallways.

Hallway Voices.

Keep the (soccer ball/iPad/book) still in your hands.

Learning Alchemists Environments – Oct 27

DUE TO TRIP WEEK
The Learning Alchemists Environment next meeting will be

Thursday, October 27

in the Strategy Room at Lunch

We will read the attached article.

Please remember, you can drop in and leave any time. 🙂

Contact Tom Johnson for more details

Article for Oct 27

Scaffolding and Achievement in Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning-A Response to Kirschner Sweller and Clark 2006.pdf

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