Month: May 2018

Giant slingshot??

I’m not exactly sure what this is (see picture) – but it could be a giant slingshot/catapult…

It is currently in the PAC make-up room. Whoever owns it please remove it or speak with me if it is there for a particular reason for it being

Thanks!

Friday Music Trivia

This Friday in extended advisory, we are planning to run Ms Amy Keus’ famous Music Trivia competition. Note that Grade 9 is not involved as they have a PP session.

The plan:
•Three advisories, one from each house, meet in a designated room.
•Each advisory should create 3 more or less even sized mixed gender teams – so there are 9 teams in each room. (Note: Gr 8-9 advisories will create 2 teams as Gr 9 is out).
•20 questions: PowerPoint and answer sheet to follow.
•Total number of questions answered correctly is recorded and added to give a final score for the advisory.
•All the advisory scores are added together to give a final score for that house.
•Winning house: 60 points, second place: 40 points and third place: 30 points

Thanks for your support!

Art Exhibition in the Cafe in the Centre this week

Do go along and see the wonderful art exhibition by many of our talented students in the Cafe this week.

Mr Minchan Yoon, the Founder of the Naturalism Art Studio here in Nanjing  is their teacher and he has held exhibitions here in the Centre before.

Some of the items are for sale and a proportion of the proceeds will go to Pfrang.

The Art work is on display until Friday 18th May

Do not miss it!

Xuanwu lake picnic with (new) friends

We have only 12 spaces (first come, first served) for a Mandarin language and culture experience on Saturday May 19th (9:10am until noon).

Groups including a Mandarin speaker will share some food and get to know each other. Andy will run a WeChat group with fun prompts and challenges, but this is not scavenger hunt.

Think about ordering your own picnic items in Mandarin (without pointing!) to take on a sweet Swan Boat on the lake. That’s what you’re in for.

Sign up available in the staff lounge.

IB Diploma exams -G2 form (only for G12 teachers)

Every year the feedback we give as teachers to the IB helps the exams get better. There are always mistakes in the exams and it is important to point them out. This also helps our students as questions that were unclear can be corrected. This year the G2 form comes as a survey. As you receive the exams from me, please take some time to complete the survey. See the notice form the IB below. You can also find this information on ‘My IB’ .

“The links for the teacher’s comments on examination papers form is now available. This year, you will find some additional questions regarding the accessibility of the examination papers to students with special educational needs and for all candidates regarding gender, religion and ethnicity. There is also an additional field where teachers can fill in their own email address and when completed this will generate an email summary of the form for their records. This field, along with the teacher’s name field and the Diploma Programme coordinators email address field, are all optional so there is no need to complete them unless the teacher or their IB coordinator requires a record of the form.

Thank you for supporting this important process.”

Survey link: http://ibo.keysurvey2.com/f/1208598/788f/

Preview tickets for Hopeful Hearts, Garage Sale Thursday 4.30-6pm

As mentioned at Staff Briefing – there are Preview Tickets available for local staff for the RFG based Garage Sale for Hopeful Hearts

Tickets from Sue for RMB10 each – for HH

4.30 to 6pm on Thursday 17th May.

See me for a ticket in Admissions

If you have stuff to put into the sale please take directly to the RFG location on Thursday morning. For more detailed info contact Katrin Koss 180 6611 8260.

Sue

deliveries

Dear All

Please be note that all the deliveries kept at the centre front desk only for one day and please collect it  as soon as possible.

Any unclaimed stuff will be removed and put in lost property the next day. Thank you  for your understanding!

Front Office Team

 

 

 

SET surveys – reminder

Good morning,

A reminder that SET seeks your feedback.

Please click on the links below:

Head of Primary https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LR79NTN

Head of Middle School  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LRCX3CK

Head of Upper School https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LRR62H5

Deputy Director – Learning https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LSPHZ8M

The survey will close at 4:15 on Tuesday, May 15.  Thank you!

SET

A leavers party

Dear Staff,

Thank you very much for all you have done for us over the years.  You friendship and support has made it a pleasure working hear at NIS.  So lets celebrate at Masala on Friday the 1st June, 7pm.

See you there,

From Emma McBride, Marina Gijzen, Francis Morin, Juan Saavedra, Kath Adams, Arden Tyoschin, Mr T, Jackie O’Brien, Robin Marsh, Bing Ge, Robin Hutchison, Kylie Pretty and Nikolai Joyce.

Homework Club!

Homework Club will be held this week on Monday and Wednesday from 3:15-4:15 in the LSS area (C142c). In Homework Club you can:
1. Work on your homework
2. Get organized (make a schedule, clean your backpack, organize your computer)
3. Study for exams (they start May 23rd!)
4. Work on projects
5. Ask for help with any of the above!

See you there!

A leavers party

Dear Staff,

Thank you very much for all you have done for us over the years.  You friendship and support has made it a pleasure working hear at NIS.  So lets celebrate at Masala on Friday the 1st June, 7pm.

See you there,

From Emma McBride, Marina Gijzen, Francis Morin, Juan Saavedra, Kath Adams, Arden Tyoschin, Mr T, Jackie O’Brien, Robin Marsh, Bing Ge, Robin Hutchison, Kylie Pretty and Nikolai Joyce.