Year: 2024

Vote Monday and Tuesday for the final four Panda picture books. Final vote will be Thursday and Friday!

Rissy No Kissies VS That’s Not My Name!

Gibberish VS How To Wake Up Piggy

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Our primary school Athletics Day is happening this Friday!

Come out and cheer on our athletes as they compete to earn points for their houses.

There are two events in particular that we’d love all the cheering and support we can get:

Speed Relay @ 12.30 to 13.00 (Grade 2 to 5’s fastest runners)

MEGA Relay @ 14.15 to 14.30 (One gigantic event featuring a mix of runners from grades 1 to 5, also including teachers and parents)

*Please note that the track and field will be out of bounds to ALL students during morning recess and lunch break on this day

This week the primary school will be hosting our annual Athletics Day Carnival

A lot is happening and I would GREATLY APPRECIATE any helpers for the following times:

Wednesday 14.30 to 15.00 – Speed relay practice run

• A small team of athletes from grades 2 to 5 will get familiar with their starting positions and run through a practice session

Thursday 8.00 to 8.40 – 400m and 800m events

• A small group of athletes from grades 3 to 5 will compete in two of the longer-distance events

Thursday 15.00 to 16.30 / Friday 8.00 to 10.00 – Main event set up

• Moving equipment from the green gym to the track and field

If you’re available to lend a hand at any of the above times, please reach out! 🙂

Lee – leemayes@nanjing-school.com

‘Towards a Transformative Multilingual Agenda’

A Professional Development opportunity with Virginia Rojas and Andrea Honigsfeld, two experts in the field of Multilingualism, is coming to Guangzhou.

Date: Saturday, Sunday, May 18th-19th, 2024
Time: 8:30 – 17:00

More information here: https://www.iespg.com/Workshop_2024-5-18.htm

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Book Week will be April 8-12 (right after break but before Earth Week). The focus is again on primary this year, but we will expand next year to include secondary!

Please click here to sign up to be a guest reader in one of the primary classrooms. Teachers, please email me to let me know dates and preferred times if and when you would like guest readers in your rooms throughout the week. Some teachers want one reader daily, others only one or two for the week. Readers typically read one book and then leave.

There will be a book fair for all grades in the PAC foyer from M-F from 7:30-4:00. Books in English and Mandarin for all ages. Cash, credit, WeChat, and AliPay are all accepted. We have sent info to parents requesting they send no more than 200RMB with students to purchase books (especially since parents have access all day long). I have shared a sign-up form via email for classes to sign-up to visit the book fair.

Todd Plaster (Master Plaster) is a STEM storyteller and author who incorporates magic tricks into his shows, and he will visit NIS Wednesday and Thursday to present to grades PK-5 by grade level. Grade 5 will have a slightly different performance than the younger grades. Schedule to come Friday.

Thursday will be the only dress-up day, and it is “Dress Up As Your Favorite Book Character.”

Friday will have a Book Quiz House Challenge. More info to come.

Book Week poster

Please find the attached students who will be absent from school at 1pm on Friday 12th April for the SSL Championships Swim Meet. Thank you.

SSL Championships List

We welcome everyone to join us for the annual Music Evening coming up right after the holiday.

Date: Wednesday, April 10

Place: PAC

Time: 6:30pm (doors open at 6pm)

Hope to see you there!

The grass area outside the PAC is closed today. Primary teachers – please inform students