Month: January 2023

Spirit Week Winner!

Congratulations to Grade 6 for having the most number of participants in Spirit Week!

Please enjoy your well-deserved pizza party tomorrow, Thursday, Jan 19, at lunch in the LGR!

Thank you to the Grade 6 Advisors for encouraging participation from your students. Please let the Grade 6 students know in Advisory today that they have won and are invited to their pizza party tomorrow.

Thank you to ALL of our participating students – we felt the spirit at NIS!

Secondary Student Council

Be a part of NISSAC!

NISSAC Recruitment!

The NIS Student Activities Committee (NISSAC) is looking for new members in G9 and G10! If you are interested in applying to NISSAC, please fill out the form (https://forms.office.com/r/ip8LMzNJ0h) by January 27th.

A confirmation email will be sent on February 2nd.

About NISSAC;
The NIS Student Activities Committee consists of a group of students in Grades 9 – 11 who actively participate in the Activities Program offered at NIS. Under the supervision of the Activities Director, Mr. Clarke, NISSAC helps organise events such as the Sports Celebration Evenings and ACAMIS Competitions hosted at NIS. NISSAC demonstrates our school Strategy goals of “Student’s Voice and Student Choice” to its extreme. The collaboration between NISSAC and the Activities department allows the exchange of students’ innovative ideas and teachers’ expertise, leading to many student-friendly events and activities.

NIS IT Tech Tip: Creating Secure Passwords

Here are some useful tips from ChatGPT!

  1. Use a mix of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.
  2. Avoid using easily guessable information, such as your name or birthdate.
  3. Use a long password, ideally at least 12 characters.
  4. Avoid using the same password for multiple accounts.
  5. Use a passphrase made up of random words, for example, “correct horse battery staple”
    • You can change this using numbers letters, and symbols (Corr3ct Hor5e 8@ttery 5tapl3)
  6. Do not share your passwords with anyone and encourage your students to do the same.
  7. Use a password manager to generate and store your passwords securely.
  8. Change your password regularly and encourage your students to do the same.
  9. Educate your students about the importance of strong passwords and how to create them.
  10. Avoid using easily guessable sequences or patterns on the keyboard.

ACAMIS Golf

Do you play golf to a decent standard? Can you play a full round of 18 holes on two consecutive days? If yes, read on:

We will take a team of golfers to the ACAMIS Golf Championships in Shenzhen on 14 – 16 March. This is an international schools golf competition for three different age groups:

Group A: 13-18 years old (Birthday: March 16th, 2004 – March 15th, 2010)
Group B: 10-12 years old (Birthday: March 16th 2010 – March 15th 2013)
Group C: 6-9 years old (Birthday: March 16th 2013 – March 15th 2017)

Students in Primary school would need to be accompanied by their parent.

If you are interested, please contact Mr Clarke in the Activities office for more details.

CMB Notice

CMB Qixia Branch will CLOSE on January 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 and OPEN on January 26, 2023 during Chinese Lunar New Year.

Any application for telegraphic transfer and foreign currency exchange will NOT be processed at CMB from January 21 to January 27, 2023.

Staff Social Club- Free McDonald’s Drink This Thursday

Hi Folks,

 

This Thursday you can pop over to McDonald’s at anytime during the day to get one free drink. You can choose anything you like (hot drinks, sodas, milkshakes, frappes). Just let them know you’re from NIS (they might get you to write your name down).

 

From the Staff Social Club

G6-10 Swim Meet Volunteers Feb 11-12th

Please sign up on SchoolsBuddy to help at the SSL Swim Round Three.

Volunteers are needed as runners, timekeepers or ribbon distributors. The jobs are as follows:

Runners: Lead the swimmers from the blue gym to the pool when it’s their turn.

Timekeepers: Use a stopwatch to record the swimmers’ times.

Ribbon distributors: Hand out ribbons to the winners of each heat.

Possible outcomes (choose only ONE!!!)

ethics – because you are starting and stopping the stopwatch on time and not cheating.

collaboration – working with the announcers to get the right swimmers to the pool at the right time.

commitment and perseverance – 3.5 hours is a long time, maybe you have to stand up the whole time or it’s hot or you struggle to talk to strangers (you will have to talk to the swimmers to ask them their names to make sure you have the right people.)

Saturday February 11th

Session #1: 9.00-12.30

Session#2: 13.30-17.00

Sunday February 12th

Session#3: 8.00-11.30

Volunteers Needed G6-10 – Thursday 19th, Friday 20th.

We are looking for 6 volunteers for each session to help decorate/undecorate the PAC for Chinese New Year.

Set – up will be Thursday, Jan. 19th, from 3.10 – 4.30 pm in the PAC – G8-10.

Clean – up will be Friday, Jan 20th, from 12.00 – 12.30 pm in the PAC – G6-7.

Please sign up on SchoolsBuddy.

For more info, please contact Jim, Andy or Eric in Grade 11.

Grade 11 – Introduction to the EE

Grade 11,

Introduction to the Extended Essay

This Friday – Block 1, 2 and 3 –  in the MYP LGR

Some Humanities and Science teachers will be guest speakers.

Start thinking, what your favorite subject is and get your questions ready!

See you today, 8:40 in the MYP LGR.

Ms Fox