Day: August 26, 2022

NAT Testing on Monday

There are two key testing requirements that we all need to be aware of for the start of the school year.

  1. All staff require a negative NAT result within 48 hours of Tuesday, August 30th.
  2. All students, including staff children, require a negative NAT result within 48 hours of Tuesday, August 30th.

On Monday we will offer NAT testing for all students and staff children who attend NIS in the Blue Gym from 9:00-10:30am. This  will satisfy the testing requirements to start the school year. Staff or staff children that are not able to attend this session should ensure they have a negative NAT result within 48 hours of Tuesday, August 30th. Our usual surveys will begin just before the first days of school to collect this information.

Please contact Kasson with questions.

Many thanks!

Catering from Monday

From Monday we will return to our normal catering approach. This means usual break snacks provided and food for purchase available from Aden. On Monday, lunch will also be available for purchase. Thanks to Annie and her team for the yummy food on offer this week!

Professional Dress from Monday

A reminder that professional dress begins on Monday with students and parents on-campus. This is also well timed with new website and placard photos for all being taken on this day as well.

Please see below for faculty dress information:

NIS employees are expected to dress in a professional manner. We have regular visits from government officials, prospective parents, and guests from other schools. With this in mind, the dress guidelines below apply to all teachers, teaching assistants, and learning assistants:

Monday-Thursday

  • Trousers or Modest length skirt/dress
  • Dress shirts (tie and/or jacket optional) or medium/high cut tops (no t-shirts, no spaghetti straps)
  • Closed loafer-style shoes
  • No coaching apparel unless leaving for a tournament during the day (exception: PE teachers)

School Spirit Fridays

Staff should choose to either wear spirit gear as described below or the expected usual dress.

Friday Spirit Gear

Tidy Jeans: dark blue, black, or white; no rips or tears, even if fashionable; not faded

House shirt or NIS apparel

Clean trainers

No t-shirts or hoodies (except NIS house shirts and NIS apparel)

 

Please let Kasson or Laurie know if you have any questions. Thanks!

This Morning’s Start

Good morning!

Coffee and tea is available in the Staff Lounge from 8:00am this morning. We will plan to start together at 9:00am in the PAC with updates and information from Laurie and Kasson. No tech is required.

See you there and then! 

Brain-Breaks!

These activities will be available all day today.

Grab some colleagues and head on over to play… or just show up and join in!

All equipment will be provided.

Ping Pong in the foyers | Badminton in the Green Gym | Soccer and Volleyball in the Blue Gym