Please find the attached students from Grade 9-12 who will be absent from school at 10.30am on next Wednesday 17th April（Day 8), Thursday 18th April(Day 1) and Friday 19th April (Day 2) for the ACAMIS Football competition in Macao. Thanks for your support. ACAMIS Football Name List
Yangshan Park Run for YOPD and Earth Week
The 26th Yangshan Park Run will be held on April 13th, SATURDAY morning, at 9:00. To sign up, please fill out your name and pay the registration fee (30 yuan) through the mini program. This event will be hosted in collaboration with WWWY (We Walk With You). This event is for YOPD’s (Young Onset Parkisnon’s Disease) and Earth Week. All the fund raised will be sent for scholarship of young kids of YOPD families. Should you have any questions or trouble accessing the mini program please contact student leaders Rosie(ziqiye) or Hyeonche(hyeoncheroh).
Thanks
Here is the link for regisration.
Pfrang Service Group — Spring Visit
Please note that the following students will miss classes all day tomorrow, Friday, April 12 for the Pfrang Spring visit to students we support in northern Jiangsu.
Grade 6
Yang Hu
Han Xu Liu (Philip)
Tianyang He (Jayden)
Renjie Jin (Ezra)
Grade 7
Peihan Wu (Sabrina)
Grade 8
Ziza Yang
Hoki So (Coco)
Yihan Li
William Bian
Dongho Kang
Donghwa Kang
Hyeonseok Jeon
Minwoo Son
Grade 9
Yuxuan He (Freddy)
Zixuan wan (Dragon)
Han Pei (Steven)
Grade 10
Yijing Yang (Eric)
RUNNERS LIST: 400m & 800m (8.10am start)
A reminder that today we will be holding our 400m and 800m track events.
We aim to start at 8.10 and be finished by 8.40.
Events order:
- Grade 3 Girls 400m
- Grade 3 Boys 400m
- Grade 4 Girls 400m
- Grade 4 Boys 400m
- Grade 4 Girls & Boys 800m (Combined)
- Grade 5 Girls 400m
- Grade 5 Boys 400m
- Grade 5 Girls & Boys 800m (Combined)
Please join us to cheer on our runners!
Teachers: Please send the runners out as soon as possible.
| Name | Homeroom |
| Leonie Marie | 3A |
| Dojin | 3A |
| Victoria | 3A |
| Michelle | 3A |
| Zaiyan | 3A |
| Mathew | 3A |
| Yuri | 3A |
| Sugyeong | 3A |
| Elim | 3A |
| Cielo | 3A |
| Kyeongmin | 3A |
| Julian | 3A |
| Gaston | 3A |
| Hajin | 3A |
| Jihan | 3B |
| Henry | 3B |
| Daniel | 3B |
| Jiuk | 3B |
| Daniel | 3B |
| Esther | 4A |
| Seolah | 4A |
| Federico | 4A |
| Levy | 4A |
| Ethan | 4A |
| Angel | 4A |
| Hayun | 4A |
| Sophia | 4A |
| Ethan A | 4A |
| George | 4B |
| Jana | 4B |
| Vanessa | 4B |
| Jinnosuke | 4B |
| Elaine | 4B |
| Zhisong | 4B |
| JY | 4B |
| Yuchan | 4B |
| Noreen | 5A |
| Ayoung | 5A |
| Minjun | 5A |
| Sangmin | 5A |
| Heejae | 5A |
| Charlie | 5A |
| Sumire | 5A |
| Chanmin | 5A |
| James | 5A |
| Shasha | 5A |
| Felix | 5A |
| Yu Bo | 5A |
| Eunyoo | 5B |
| Jihyo | 5B |
| Jucheng | 5B |
| Victor | 5B |
| Leonardo | 5B |
| Derek | 5B |
| Theodore | 5B |
| Eunseong | 5B |
| Sivei | 5C |
| Kazuki | 5C |
| Xavier | 5C |
| Aran | 5C |
NIS Sugar Challenge!
Dear NIS
We are three 5th graders working on a project for our PYPX. As a part of our action, we are going to run a Sugar Challenge. This challenge is to stop eating added sugar. The NIS Sugar Challenge will begin on April 15th, 2024. The specific rules of the challenge are as follows,
Students in grades 1-3: (With parent and teacher’s help) try not to eat extra sugar for 2 days.
Students in grades 4-12: Try not to eat extra sugar for 5 days.
Teachers: Try not to eat extra sugar for 5 days.
As a reward, you will get a sugar-free but sweet cookie.
If you’d like to join us, please sign up on the form. For kids in grades 1-3 we ask that teachers help them fill out the form.
Join us in the Sugar Challenge!
EARCOS GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AWARD
This award is presented to a student who embraces the qualities of a global citizen. This student is a proud representative of his/her nation while respectful of the diversity of other nations, has an open mind, is well informed, aware and empathetic, concerned and caring for others encouraging a sense of community and strongly committed to engagement and action to make the world a better place. Finally, this student is able to interact and communicate effectively with people from all walks of life while having a sense of collective responsibility for all who inhabit the globe.
Do you know a grade 11 student who meets the criteria above? If so, please nominate them for the EARCOS GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AWARD.
https://forms.office.com/r/hwZuvba72T
Nominations close on Monday, April 15th.
Thank you.
Lunch Bytes: MagicStudent!
This week I will be covering some recent updates to the MagicSchool Platform as well as allowing those who have already used MagicStudent with their students to share more about what you did and how it went. Hopefully, this will be a great way to learn form the experience of other fantastic educators here at NIS! If you are willing to share please come and join us! If you want to learn, please come and join us!
Tue 09/04/2024 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Room D220
Thu 11/04/2024 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Room D220
Come learn more about these awesome additions and how AI can be integrated into your classroom.
Hope to see you there!
Talemt Show Voting-Last call!
A Huge THANK YOU to all the performers in the talent show -it was great to see so many excellent and entertaining acts
Please support them by voting for your favourite acts using this survey -(for any grade 6 -8 student who doesnt have a phone -please tell your advisory teacher and they can make a note of your choices and they can let me know)
– Voting ends on Friday, so 2 more days to vote –THANKS
Athletics Day – Grade 1 to 5 (Tomorrow!)
Dear Parents,
We are excited to see you at our Athletics Day event tomorrow from 11am to 3pm at the NIS track and field.
Please ensure that all participants come prepared with sports shoes, house shirt, a drink bottle, a hat, suncream and plenty of nutritious snacks.
Note that the grade 1 schedule and grade 2-5 schedules are different. Please see below for the timetable and event map:
Grade 1 – Schedule & Map
Grade 2 to 5 – Schedule & Map
See you tomorrow 🙂
Primary Staff – Athletics Day Reminders
Hey team,
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is our Athletics Day event.
During your closing circle this afternoon, can I please ask for your help in doing a final reminder for students to bring:
- sports shoes
- drink bottle
- hat and suncream
- plenty of healthy snacks
- and most importantly to wear house shirts
If you have any last-minute questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!
See you out there tomorrow!
Lee
AI Football Academy
Please check the list of students from K1-G5 will be attending football training this afternoon after school from 3:15-4:15pm AI Football Academy
Students out for assembly practice
The following students will be out for B4 on Monday 15th April for a Leaver’s Assembly practice;
G10:
Alvin
Ian
Anna
Eric
Sohyun
G7:
Harris
G6:
Isaac
Earth Week library resources
I’ve created a resource list of picture books and nonfiction books available in the library you can use in your classes for Earth Week. There are many more books in the library that would support Earth Week in case you’re looking for something specific, especially for secondary students! You can ask one of the lovely library ladies for help in finding any of them.
Film Crew On Campus Today
A film crew from the Nanjing Culture and Tourism Bureau will be on campus today interviewing ten of our Grade 4-6 students and doing some filming around the school. Please proceed as normal and contact Kyle or Christine with any questions. Thanks!
NIS Sugar Challenge!
Dear NIS
We are three 5th graders working on a project for our PYPX. As a part of our action, we are going to run a Sugar Challenge. This challenge is to stop eating added sugar. The NIS Sugar Challenge will begin on April 15th, 2024. The specific rules of the challenge are as follows,
Students in grades 1-3: (With parent and teacher’s help) try not to eat extra sugar for 2 days.
Students in grades 4-12: Try not to eat extra sugar for 5 days.
Teachers: Try not to eat extra sugar for 5 days.
As a reward, you will get a sugar-free but sweet cookie.
If you’d like to join us, please sign up on the form. For kids in grades 1-3 we ask that teachers help them fill out the form.
Join us in the Sugar Challenge!