Month: March 2018

SMS Test Notice

Dear ALL,

The NIS Bulk SMS Test will be held on Tuesday 06 March 2018@14.00h 

“NIS BULK SMS TEST”

If you do NOT receive this SMS test on your mobile phone, please check on the Veracross Web Page on the right hand side and click on “Update my Household Profile”.

It is important that in the unlikely event of an emergency we are able to contact you.

If you still have a problem, contact wendyhuang@nanjing-school.com

A Byte of Lunch Venue


Our most “excel-lent” training on Tuesday will take place in the Strategy room during lunch on Tuesday, 6 March (Day 3). Please bring your laptop!

Inter house badminton G6-8

Inter house badminton will be held at lunch on Monday the 5th March for G6-8.  Your house needs 3 boys and 3 girls to compete for the house title.  Please arrive at the beginning of lunch in the gym with your house shirts on ready to play.

Inter house badminton G9-12

Inter house badminton will be held at lunch today for G9-12.  Your house needs 4 boys and 4 girls to compete for the house title. There will be boys singles, girls singles, mixed doubles, boys doubles and girls doubles.  Competitors please ensure you arrive to the gym with your house shirt ready to play at the beginning of lunch.

Homework Club!

Homework Club will be in the LSS area (C142) Monday and Wednesday this week from 3:15-4:15. If you need help with organization, homework, studying, Personal Projects, 8th-grade sustainability projects, essays, or anything else, come on down and find a comfortable spot to work!

Homework Club is open to ALL grade 6-12 students.

TEDxYouth@NIS

TEDxYouth@NIS is TODAY!

3pm – 6pm

Motu and Axis are serving food during the break

Come and hear about why we need inventions, tuning in to what we listen to, teaching empathy through reading, the Rainbow Project, networks of influence and more.

Register at the door at 2:30pm

50 RMB

 

Library open on Saturdays!

Parents, teachers, children of all ages: the library is open from 10:00-12:00 each Saturday for studying and reading. PYP students must be accompanied by a parent. Hope to see you!

XBLOCK in Cafeteria Today Block 3

Hello XBLOCK Superstars,

Please remember to report to the downstairs Cafeteria from Block 3 today. Please bring your “speed dating” sheet from yesterday and a pen or pencil.

Thanks!

#PYPX 2018 Mentors

Grade 5 are looking for mentors!

  • The role of the mentor is chiefly to advise and keep students on track.
  • There should be regular meetings. For the most part we would like mentor meetings to happen during UOI time, in the grade 5 classrooms. HOWEVER – no problem if they come to you if that suits you better!
  • Offer advice on locating resources and using them efficiently.
  • Ask questions (i.e. to clarify thinking, to help with processing information, to extend knowledge etc.)
  • Help interpret sophisticated/difficult information.
  • Facilitate interviews, telephone calls, any electronic communication.
  • Goal setting and time management advice.
  • Be supportive and encouraging.
  • Celebrate achievements and successes with the students.

Please email any of the grade 5 teachers if you are willing to be a part of this exciting journey! Information meeting     Thursday 22nd March at 3:15.

A Byte of Lunch

Come and join us for an “Excel-lent” lunchtime opportunity next Tuesday, 6 March. This will focus on how to extract Veracross data in an excel format and “play” with it in Excel making use of Pivot Tables, graphs, and formulas. Hope to see you there! Please bring your laptop and make sure that your Office is up-to-date (note: feel free to stop by our offices for help with this during the week).

Flu Season Continues

According to the Jiangsu Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu activity continues at a high level in the future period. There is a larger proportion of H1N1 viruses than influenza B being detected. Being aware of the flu symptoms such as persistent high fever, vomiting or diarrhea is important. In addition to flu shots, we should take the following everyday prevention actions against flu. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/freeresources/updated/everyday-preventive-actions-8.5×11.pdf

All students and staff must remain at home 24 hours after their fever is gone, without the use of a fever-reducing medicine. A fever is defined as 100°F (37.8°C) or higher.

 

Please see me if you have any questions,

Nurse Ellen