Month: February 2023

Panda picture books – available as powerpoints

Remember, you can project the Panda picture books on your screens for everyone to enjoy! I’ve also included the brackets so you can see which books will go up against one another. The first vote will take place on Friday, February 24, and everyone (EY-12 and teachers) is invited to vote. You don’t have to read all 16 books to vote!

NIS Panda Tournament of Books bracket

Recruiting Weekend SAT Proctors for 2023-2024

Dear NIS teaching staffs,

I am looking for the SAT proctors in 2023-2024 academic year.

If you are interested in proctoring the weekend SAT, please contact me via school email.

Proctors’ qualification is same as pre-digital SAT except dealing with Test Day Toolkit and checking student’s testing app, which are both very user-friendly and are designed to minimize test day disruptions.

Just one simple reminder : Proctor should not be the test taker’s family member at NIS test center. I will help you get trained and share other necessary information when you need.

I will look forward to hearing from you.  Many thanks.

 

JEDI Voices

JEDI is for everyone, everywhere.

Dear Colleagues

As per previous email and Staff Social Chat notification, please find a link below that seeks to collect your thoughts about JEDI and its strengths and weakness in our community. All voices matter.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=6uQay-F6SkCIg5HQRu5GRl0tuBntishEl24UEXbTAjhUNkdERUNBSVdXTzZRUzRUVUE3TlRFN0VQRC4u

I can disagree with your opinion, but I can’t disagree with your experience.

– Krista Tippet, OnBeing

Coding For Fun cancelled this week

Hello Coders. Unfortunately Mr Merrylees must attend a meeting this Thursday afternoon, so Coding for Fun is cancelled for this week only. Sorry! Please find an alternative plan for your Thursday afternoon. See you next week. 😁

Have you met your Volunteering requirement yet for Semester 2?

Sign up on SchoolsBuddy to help at the Swim Meet on Saturday the 11th or Sunday the 12th.

Depending on your responsibility, you could achieve one of the following outcomes. ONE. ONE OUTCOME.

  • Ethics – You were honest in timekeeping. You started and stopped the stopwatch at the right time. The time on the stopwatch was almost always the same as the time on the board.
  • Collaboration – You had to work with another person. You and your partner took turns in marshalling the swimmers. You talked and decided who was going to walk the swimmers to the pool. You worked with the person calling the names or maybe you went to find the missing swimmers.
  • Commitment and Perseverance – You stayed for the whole 2.5 hours. It was a long day. Maybe it was hot and humid. You worked the whole time. Maybe you had to stand the whole time. How many steps did you walk? You finished the shift even though you were tired.

Connections between UDL & Differentiation

  • Author By ginnadaza
  • Publication date February 6, 2023
  • Categories: Staff

If you are implementing differentiation in your practice, you are actually steps CLOSER to UDL!

Check this resource to bring more UDL to your classroom.

https://goalbookapp.com/toolkit/v/strategies

 

2023 Lunar New Year Staff Dinner Party

Dear All,

You are all invited to 2023 Lunar New Year Staff Dinner Party on Friday, February 17th 2023 at Eastern Villa (Chinese Restaurant) in Xianlin.

Please find attached link of the restaurant map for your reference.

Eastern Villa (Chinese Restaurant)

RSVP form will be ready in staff room on Monday, February 6th, 2023 by noon time. Please signup by 3pm February 10th, 2023.