Day: June 3, 2020

Science Fair – Grade 9 off timetable all day

Hi all,

On Tuesday 9th all of the Grade 9 students will be in the PAC all day for the Science Fair.

They will not attend their scheduled classes on this day. Enjoy the extra report writing time on me 😉

(If we finish packing up early before the end of block 5, then they may return to their Service groups for the final few minutes).

They will also be setting up in the PAC during block 5 on Monday 8th. Please let me know if this’ll be a problem.

-Martyn

Sign up for the Science Fair!

This year we have an amazing group of Scientific Superstars in Grade 9 who are dying to share their Science projects with you. If you would like to bring your class to the Science Fair in the PAC on Tuesday June 9th from the end of break until lunchtime, drop Ruth an email with the time you want to visit so that she can schedule you in. Social Distancing to keep us safe!

Awards At NIS

Dear Students and Teachers in G6 -11,

It is almost Awards time. This year we are planning a virtual Awards ceremony on Wednesday June 17th at 2pm in Advisories. Here is a reminder of the criteria for the awards at NIS in Semester 2.

Awards at NIS 201920

Questions? See Ms Ham or Mrs Clarke

Managebac Level II

Managebac Training

 

Managebac Level II training will be offered today from 1300 in D218. (Note: You must complete Level I training and the accompanying quiz in order to take Level II). Level III will be offered on Thursday and Friday of this week covering the communication aspects of Managebac.

The instructional portion of the training will be around 20-30 minutes, but Cindy and Joe will be available for the duration of the lunch break to answer questions and facilitate deeper dives. All MS/US teachers must attend at least one session prior to the end of the school year (and before taking any other levels of Managebac training). Level II will cover the following:

Reporting – an introduction to how the gradebook functions in Managebac and connects with the various assessment tasks you’ve created, as well as how this looks on the student side.

Teachers will be able to:

  1. Understand how Formative and Summative assessments are represented in the Gradebook tab
  2. Understand how Managebac displays feedback on tasks to students
  3. Navigate through the Gradebook tab including student progress section
  4. Understand how tasks are represented on the Student portfolio (including the “Learning Goals” feature)

We look forward to hosting you in D218 at 1300! Special thanks to Danny for the use of his classroom.

Managebac Level III

Managebac Training

 

Managebac Level III training will be offered Thursday and Friday from 1300 in D218. (Note: You must complete Level II training and the accompanying quiz in order to take Level III). 

The instructional portion of the training will be around 20-30 minutes, but Cindy and Joe will be available for the duration of the lunch break to answer questions and facilitate deeper dives. All MS/US teachers must attend at least one session prior to the end of the school year (and before taking any other levels of Managebac training). Level III will cover the following:

Communications – an overview and light dip into how messaging works in Managebac in terms of communicating with students, parents and teachers (a bit different than Veracross).

Teachers will be able to:

  1. Send Task reminders
  2. Send Grade posting notifications
  3. Send Year Group notifications
  4. Understand the difference between notifications and sending email notices
  5. Understand what messages look like from the Student and Parent side

We look forward to hosting you in D218 at 1300! Special thanks to Danny for the use of his classroom.

Decluttering is coming!

Our annual decluttering event will begin one week from today!

Collections and drop-offs will begin next Wednesday.

Start decluttering now!