Our Accreditation visit schedule can be found here. Please take a look as needed and let Kasson know if you spot anything amiss. Many thanks in advance!
CMB Notice
CMB Qixia Branch will CLOSE on September 29, 30, October 2, 3, 4 and OPEN on October 1, 5, 6, 2023 during Mid-Autumn Festival and National Holiday.
Accreditation Reports Folder
Are you a fellow accreditation and/or authorization afficionado?
Keen to remind yourself of all the good work done over the past 18 months?
Ready to get up-to-speed for our upcoming IB/CIS/WASC visit?
Looking for some inspired (if slightly dense) reading over the holiday?
Look no further that the “Reports” folder in the accreditation section of the Digital Hub!
Featuring:
- Our 2022 Preparatory Report from CIS/WASC written after their virtual preparatory visit
- A summary of commendations and recommendation from the 2022 prep report
- Our IB Self-Study Questionnaire and Programme Development Plan (PDP)
- Our Full CIS/WASC Self Study Report
- A summary of our planned actions from our CIS/WASC self-study
As always, please contact Kasson with questions. Thanks!
QR Access to e-Leave/e-Payroll
Thanks to our IT Dept for a quicker access to e-Leave/e-Payslip. Use WeChat to scan the QR and then choose “Mobile Version” or “Full Website” to process. Just a reminder, we’ll stop using the paper absence form from Monday Oct 9th.
Any query, please let Dora and Holly know.
Restricted access to PAC grass area till Oct 8th
Hi All,
Due to the maintenance period of the new winter grass, the PAC grass will be off-limits to access until Oct 8th, the end of National holiday. Please direct the students to the alternative areas on campus. Thank you for your understanding.
Facility Team
YinYan Help Desk moved to G209
The YinYan Travel Agent’s help desk will be relocated to G209 (on the 2nd floor of the Centre ) during accreditation visit in W8 only.
If you want to meet with Ms. Mary, please feel free to drop in @2.30~4.00PM on Monday 09 October or Friday 13 October.
Final Secondary MAP Wrap-Up 11:30am
Happening today at 11:30am in the meeting room beside Mr. Bratton’s office (beside the Terra Cotta Warrior on the first floor beside Early Years).
Those in need of additional time have been emailed by Mr. Bratton.
See you then!
Tech Tip 9: Saving and Sharing files in OneDrive, Teams or Sharepoint? (Part 1 of 4)
Today’s Tech Tip the first of a series where I’ll cover the use of OneDrive, Teams and Sharepoint as tools from the MSOffice365 suite that you can use to save and share files you’re working on.
You can save and share files from each of these, but each one is better for specific purposes.
The first tip is where to find each of these tools. Yes, you can access Teams and OneDrive as apps installed locally onto your laptop. However I recommend using the web based versions, as they have more powerful features in a numbers of cases, particularly OneDrive.
So firstly, I would strongly recommend bookmarking the following website.
https://nanjingschool.sharepoint.com/sites/NISHub
This website is the “Sharepoint” site for NIS, but I will get into that in a later tip. The reason I’m recommending bookmarking this site now, is because on opening this site, you will see the “waffle menu button” in the top left corner. By clicking on this you can access the web based versions of all of the Office365 Apps, including OneDrive, Teams and Sharepoint.
The second tip for today is an overview of why you might use each of these tools for saving and sharing files. The following is a good rule of thumb. 
- One Drive: Saving documents that you are working on yourself, individually as a draft. Sharing it with one or two people generally at a maximum.
- Teams: Saving documents which are being collaborated on by a group of people. The documents are living, editable files accessible to all members of that team.
- Sharepoint: Saving / uploading documents that are generally static and are for consumption rather than editing.
That’s it for today’s Tech Tip. Next week we’ll continue with this series and I’ll give some tips on the use of saving and sharing files from OneDrive specifically.
Remember, this tip, along with all previously published Tuesday Tech Tips can be found here on the NIS Sharepoint
Tech Coach Ken
Restricted access to PAC grass area till Oct 8th
Hi All,
Due to the maintenance period of the new winter grass, the PAC grass will be off-limits to access until Oct 8th, the end of National holiday. Please direct the students to the alternative areas on campus. Thank you for your understanding.
Facility Team
Accreditation Visit Preparation
We are less than two weeks away from our IB/CIS/WASC Accreditation visit (October 8-13).
With this in mind, please find our 2022-2023 self study report linked here along with a summary of the planned actions from that report. Please take a look and be reminded of our collective, reflective efforts and marvel at the efforts already underway on behalf of our students!
The schedule for the visit can be seen here for a big picture overview of how our this week will work.
At this point, those involved have been contact directly. Please see Kasson with any and all questions, queries, thoughts, and the like. He loves chatting about this (really!).
IB/CIS/WASC Accreditation Visit Coming Soon!
Hello NIS Students,
When we return from the October break we will have 13 visitors on campus for a week, taking a look at our school and helping us make it even better. These visitors work with the three organizations that accredit NIS.
- Council of International Schools (CIS)
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
- International Baccalaureate (IB)
You will see them around campus, in classes, and in meetings with your peers, teachers, and families. Please be sure to say “Hello!, welcome them to campus, and answer any questions they might ask. They are really looking forward to seeing you in action!
Please see Mr. Bratton with any questions.
Thanks in advance!
e-Leave Module in Parallel Operation
We’re happy to announce that the e-Leave module is in parallel operation from today and will be in full operation from Monday Oct 9.
- Please access your e-Leave account via the same link of e-Payslip.
- Refer to the user guide for information e-Leave User Guide.
- Contact Dora Li and me if any query.
Alice in Wonderland Rehearsal Monday
Alice in Wonderland cast please note the change to today’s rehearsal (as emailed yesterday).
We only need the following for rehearsal today: Alice, Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, Gryphon, Duchess
Please continue to learn your lines as no scripts on stage after the holiday!
Restricted access to PAC grass area till Oct 8th
Hi All,
Due to the maintenance period of the new winter grass, the PAC grass will be off-limits to access until Oct 8th, the end of National holiday. Please direct the students to the alternative areas on campus. Thank you for your understanding.
Facility Team