The Junior CISSA Girls basketball team are looking for more players!! If you dont have an activity on Mondays and/or Wednesdays after school, then why not get active on the basketball court. It doesn’t matter if you have never played before. You will learn new skills, have lots of fun with your friends and will go to Shanghai to play in a tournament in May. You can speak to either of the coaches, Mr Jesse Douma or Ms Cassie Smith if you are unsure and would like to know more. You can sign up on veracross.
Microwaves in cafeteria
There are a few PYP students who would like to use the microwaves in the cafeteria. For safety reasons, they are not allowed to use them unsupervised. Duty teachers – would you please assist these students with microwave use? If this becomes unsustainable, please let me know.
Thanks.
Inter-House Football
The Inter-House Football will take place on Thursday this week for Grades 9 to 12 students. Please speak to one of your House captains if you are interested in taking part. If you are not playing please come along at the start of lunchtime and cheer for your House.
Its been a bad week for Wutaishan!!
Congratulations to joint winners of Friday’s PYP Basketball Shoot: Taiping and Xuanwu.
Following the previous Friday results, this means that Wutaishan, with three 3rd places in a row, have gone from a strong 1st place down to 3rd place in the race for the House Shield, with Xuanwu taking the second place slot for the first time this year. What a turnaround and what can Wutaishan do to get back on track? Maybe they will fare better at this Thursday’s Gr9 – 12 football competition and get themselves back in the race. Be there to find out!!
Exhibition Opening Today: 108 Young Artists
Re. The Grade 12 Art Show Opens Today (Good Friday) @ 6 pm
Featuring Special Guests Pre-K, K1 & K2.
Inter-House Football
The Inter-House football challenge will take place next Thursday for Grades 9 to 12 students. Please see one of your House captains if you are interested in taking part.
Grade 9 Life 101 Today!
All grade 9 are to go to the “fish bowl” across from the macaquarium today for life 101. you will need your laptop. Thanks!
Free Pizza!
Reminder: If you are an MYP student (Grade 6-10) that is new to NIS since the February (CNY) Break, please join us in the MYP LGR today for some pizza and a check-in on life at NIS. Those eligible have been contacted via e-mail, and likely in person, via Mr. Bratton, Dr. Saavedra, or Ms. Bezzerides. See you there!
Don’t forget…
Today (Friday) is Gameday!
All you grade 6-12 students and teachers join in for some fun for the first half of lunch in the Fishbowl!
See you there!
Car Park Closure
Dear All
The Car Park area will be closed on Saturday, March 26th, 2016 as NIS is hosting High School Soccer & Badminton events.
jennyma@nanjing-school.com
Conflict is Essential and Inevitable
Grade 9 be ready to explore this idea and others related to conflict starting tomorrow block 3. Come to the PAC straight after break. You will need to bring your bags.
Conflict IDU – starts tomorrow
Dear Teachers of Grade 9 Students,
The Grade 9 Conflict IDU will take place on Friday March 25th, Monday March 28th and Tuesday March 29th during Blocks 3 – 5. At this time there will be no grade 9 classes. If you usually teach grade 9 at that time and are not directly involved in the IDU you are welcome to come to the PAC and join in with the learning.
Staff Member on the Board
Are you interested in being the staff member on the board next year? Would you like to find out more about the position? If the answer to either is yes, please come to a meeting Thursday March 31st at 12:50 (start of lunch) in room D241 and I will go through the role and the process to select a new representative for next year. If you are unable to attend but are still interested please email me and we will find a time to talk about the role and process.
Thank you,
Bob Cofer
EARCOS Triannual Journal Reminder
Dear All,
Just a reminder that the spring issue deadline is APRIL 10th, 2016. Please find more information below:
EARCOS will be publishing their spring issue soon. As you know, two of our submissions were included in the winter issue. It will be awesome to share more about what is going on at our school with others.
For the spring issue, EARCOS is looking for articles in these areas:
Community Service Projects
Campus Development – New building plans, under construction, just completed.
Curriculum Initiatives – New and exciting adoption efforts, and creative teacher ideas.
Green and Sustainable – Related to campus development and/or curriculum.
Student Art – ES art in Spring issue.
Student Literary Work – Short stories, poetry, scholarly writing.
Service Learning
Action Research
If you are interested in submitting an article, please let me know and I can send you more information. The due date is April 10, 2016.
Thank you.
Cheers,
Grace