Hi MS/US students,
NO Specific structure this week. Just come on down and get moving.
Reviewed on a weekly basis AND subject to change
YOU will be responsible in setting up/putting equipment away and looking after everything
If this does not work then the blue gym will NOT be available for use by the MS/US students until further notice.
Please support your community with this arrangement and you are always welcome in the gym to socialise and be physically active.
Cindy and I are offering focused ManageBac sessions for MS|US teachers to help clarify questions you might have and improve your MB skills. Here is the schedule for each Monday up until the December holiday:
We will be meeting in the LGR, during lunch 2, unless otherwise noted.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cindy and Joe
Grade 8 X-Share will be held in the Centre, Thursday, December 3rd.
To help you get prepared there will be three mini-workshops held in D241 in Block 3 tomorrow. They will only take 20 minutes or so for each class. Bring your laptop. Looking forward to seeing you.
G8A: 10:40 – 11:15 in D241
G8B: 11:15 – 11:50 in D241
G8C: 11:50 – 12:25 in D241
Good morning X-Blockers.
Two of your off-campus X-Block mentors have finally arrived in Nanjing. Please go to D241 for Mrs M and D247 for Mr M. Two down, one to go – Mr Griffiths has only a week before he will be on campus also. We are so looking forward to seeing all the projects at the 3 X-share events coming up.
Get your ticket now for a special offer – two plays for the price of one! Yes! For only 30 RMB you get to see two plays: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘The Lamentable Tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe’. A comedy and a tragedy, all in one night!
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a classic of theatre comedy. But what do we know about the less famous ‘Pyramus and Thisbe’? Here are some reviews to whet your appetite…
‘This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard!’
Hippolyta, Boss of the Shanghai Amazons
‘”Merry” and “tragical”? “Tedious” and “brief”?
This is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.’
Theseus, Jazz King of Shanghai
‘A very good piece of work, I assure you.’
Nick Bottom, ass
Get your tickets from the cashier or from the Centre lobby between 7:30 and 8am Monday and Tuesday mornings!!!
Please come during lunch 1 to D229 all this week to get help with your stories and learn about the competency:
Teachers are welcomed too!
Beginning next week, Cindy and I would like to begin offering short, focused ManageBac sessions for MS|US teachers to help clarify questions you might have and improve your MB skills. Here is the schedule for each Monday up until the December holiday:
We will be meeting in the LGR, during lunch 2, unless otherwise noted.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cindy and Joe
Dear all,
The Centre Fitness room will be closed from 8:00am to 12:00pm this coming Saturday (Nov 21st) for maintenance from supplier, they need check and fix the equipment one by one.
Thanks for your understanding.
Facility Team
From Monday tickets will be on sale in the morning in the Centre foyer – Alipay accepted! Tickets will also still be available from the school cashier during normal opening times.
The further adventures of Nora and Dora
Nora liked to put on a negative, cynical attitude to please her only friend Dora. But secretly, she wondered why she pretended to hate Shakespeare so much as she had never, as she was only 7, seen or heard a Shakespeare play. So, without telling her only friend, she crept up to the cashier’s office one lunchtime with 30 RMB lunch money clutched in her hand, and instead of buying a plate of chips and slice of pizza she bought a shiny, beautifully designed ticket for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. That night (it was 7pm, Wednesday, 25thNovember) Nora waited until it was dark to sneak into school without being seen by anyone, and darted into the theatre just before the doors closed to stand at the back where Flora and Fauna might not spot her and question why she was there. Then the show began. Nora had never in her life seen anything as wonderful – the lights and music (music by Chesterman, lyrics by Shakespeare – the Lennon/McCartney of fairy songs, the Rice/Webber of Elizabethan show tunes), the non-stop action across 5 stages, the speed and grace of the actors, the comedy and slapstick that left her laughing more than she had ever laughed before, the sinister fairies and the majesty of their king and queen, the remarkable skill of the actors in their ability to speak lines of Elizabethan English so clearly that Nora could understand everything they were thinking and feeling – it was an overwhelming and magical experience that changed Nora’s life forever. Nora is now an A-list movie star, lives in Hollywood, and has two Oscars and three Grammy awards to her name, and is still only 10 years old. And in celebrity interviews, she says owes it all to that night she gave up her lunch money for a ticket to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Dora didn’t go to see the play, out of spite. She grew up to become a cynical and bitter alcoholic, eventually dying a lonely death after being kicked in the head by a donkey in the tiny English village of Asses Bottom.
Since we won’t be having a physical bookfair before Winter Break, why don’t you try the online bookfair Obido is offering? Books are available in English and Chinese for all ages and will be delivered directly to your home. Scan the QR code to see what is available!
Please come during lunch 1 to D229 all this week to learn more about the competencies and to get help with your stories:
Friday lunch – Personal Goal
Teachers are welcomed too!
Dear Grade 6, Get ready to move rooms to have a new Wellness experience today with a different teacher:
6A: Mrs Clarke in D241 (Ms Merrylees’ room)
6B: Mr Snyder in D212
6C: Mr Joyner in the Large Group Room
See you then!
Mrs Clarke
Grade 9 students, please register in Advisory and go straight to the Centre third-floor for 8.10am.
Bring a pen and note paper, too.
A friendly, but firm, reminder that our default position is that all NIS students should wear shoes for the entirety of the school day to ensure their physical safety. There could be exceptions for specific activities that require shoeless feet for safety/hygienic purposes (including swimming :-), but generally speaking, students should have their shoes on throughout the school day. Please let Kasson know if you have any questions. Many thanks for helping us put our best foot forward!
