Year: 2024

Students out preparing for NIS Robotics Event

  • Author By kenbrady
  • Publication date November 7, 2024
  • Categories: Staff

Dear Teachers,

In preparation for their Robotics Competition this Saturday, the following students will be in the Green Gym for the following lessons.  Our apologies for the disruption and inconvenience that this will cause to your classes.

Name Grade Block 
Haju Oh 12 3
Jiyoon Kim (Lucy) 12 2
Seoha Lee 11 4
Hyunji Kwon 11 4
Alvin Xia 11 4
Sangwoo Kim 12 3
Jiwon Ma 12 3
Juyoung Lee 12 5
Hwajun Lee 12 3
Ahjeong Hong 10 1 & 2
Hyeyoon Noh 10 1 & 2
Yeeun Lee (Jenny) 10 1 & 2
Chaeen Lim 10 1 & 2
Dohyeon Kim (Eileen) 10 1 & 2
Junsu Lee 10 1 & 2
Sangjune Hong 10 1 & 2
Han Qiao (Liliana) 9 4&5
Guanmo Lu 9 5
Carlos Huang 9 4&5
Vanessa Liu 9 4&5
Jiwoo Hwang 9 5

Thank you for your support for this activity.

Kind regards,  Mr Brady and the NIS Robotics Team.

Grade 7 Visual Arts Trip on November 14th, Day 3.

The following grade 7 students will be attending the Art trip on November 14th, Day 3, and will miss blocks 4 and 5. If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please feel free to reach out to me.

Cate

Hanrui

Ketsing (Carrie)

Qingru (Ruby)

Mu (Grace)

Yuxi

Sara

Yang

Audrey

Yuanxu (Eric)

JiMin Nathaniel

Olivia

Yu

Michael

Janne

Lingyu (Cindy)

Edoardo

Hongdan (Fiona)

Qishan (Alice)

Yilin

King Suen (Alice)

Upcoming College Visit

EHL was founded in 1893 as the world’s first hospitality management school, with 130 years of proven expertise in preparing leaders for the future of the hospitality industry, our institution unites the best professionals in hospitality training, academics and research to create stronger connections between education and industry. EHL is now ranked the world’s best university of hospitality management.

Glion&Les Roches: Glion Institute of Higher Education is a top hotel management school located in Switzerland, founded in 1962. It focuses on cultivating high-level talent for the global hospitality, tourism, and luxury industries. The school offers undergraduate, master’s, and MBA programs, blending theory with practice, with an emphasis on international perspectives and professional skills. Glion is renowned for its excellent academic quality and strong industry connections, providing graduates with wide-ranging career opportunities not only in luxury hospitality but also in sectors such as finance, private banking, electric vehicles, insurance, and event organization. Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, founded in 1954 and also located in Switzerland, is one of the world’s leading hotel management schools. The institution offers undergraduate and master’s programs, focusing on education in hotel management, tourism, and entrepreneurship.

The University of Law is the largest provider of legal education in the UK (HESA 2021/22). We can trace our origins to 1876 with the formation of tutorial firm Gibson & Weldon, and in 2016, we opened our leading Business School. With a rich heritage and a reputation for innovation and contemporary teaching practices, we continuously focus on developing the best legal and business minds.

Wondering whether McGill is the right path for you? Our Direction McGill event is the perfect opportunity for you to find out. Join our Recruitment Officers for an interactive introduction to the unique opportunities offered at McGill. You’ll learn about our programs, admission requirements, application process, student life in Montreal, internship opportunities, and more. If you’re looking for information relating to your specific needs, interests, or aspirations, our Recruiters will be available and happy to answer all your questions.

In school visit RSVP here

McGill session RSVP here

EARCOS Workshops & Webinars | November to December

  • Author By Mr Lee
  • Publication date November 7, 2024
  • Categories: Staff

 

Every month, EARCOS offers a range of free and paid courses. For more information on coming events, check out this  link. There is also a great library of past events in the form of free webinars, which you can find here.

Here are just some of the great free events coming soon!

Saturday, November 9, 2024
The Outreach Plan: Beneath the Surface of Parent Cultures
Presented by John Littleford

• Know the Community/Ethnic/Language/National backgrounds
• How to build connections
• How to manage criticism and school climate
• How to listen and yet avoid parental intrusion

November 12, 20, 27, 28, 2024
PeerSphere Middle Leaders Communities Live Sessions
Presented by Michael Iannini

Join PeerSphere communities for Middle Leaders, crafted with EARCOS to support both teaching and non-teaching middle leaders. These spaces empower Middle Leaders to tackle meaningful challenges together. Click below to explore each community!

  • Non-Teaching Staff – New to International School Leadership: Live Session 2 on Nov 12
  • New to Middle Leadership (Whole School): Live Session 3 on Nov 20
  • Pastoral Heads of Grade (Secondary): Live Session 2 on Nov 27
  • Subject Leaders (Secondary): Live Session 2 on Nov 28

Saturday, November 16, 2024
Creating Accountable Spaces
Presented by Margaret Park & David Han

As educators, we are responsible for creating time and space for our teams and students to gather and collaborate. What do our meetings and learning spaces look and feel like? Effective meetings and learning spaces are essential for collaboration. In this workshop, participants will explore strategies to create meeting structures and protocols that prioritize inclusion and collaboration.

Saturday, November 23, 2024
Session 3: Enhancing Formative Assessments with AI: Ensuring a Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum
Presented by Erma Anderson

Instructional coherence means ensuring that every element of instruction — from core instruction to interventions to extended time—works together to advance grade-level student experiences. At the most basic level, a coherent instructional system builds academic and socioemotional supports that prepare the way for and extend grade-level learning. This means that students engage in instructional experiences that have a link and relationship with each other and with core grade-level instruction.

Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Instructional Coherence will examine the core instructional model and the anatomy of a lesson. It will provide opportunity to examine key components of a well-designed lesson, research evidence-based teaching practices, and assessment strategies. The sessions will provide the consistent language, strategies, and focus required for coherency in all content areas.

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Designing Culturally Responsive Curriculum, Teaching and Learning
Presented by Mary Ann De Rosa

This interactive webinar on designing culturally responsive curriculum, teaching, and learning experiences shifts the DEIJ conversation from reflection to action. Through a lesson simulation, participants will understand how culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy looks, sounds, and feels in the classroom. The webinar will share strategies for creating curriculum and instruction that are inclusive and culturally relevant. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own teaching methods, identify gaps, and access tools and resources to support their own curriculum development.

Saturday, December 14, 2024
Session 4: Tailored Interventions and Accelerations: Addressing Diverse Student Needs
Presented by Erma Anderson

Instructional coherence means ensuring that every element of instruction — from core instruction to interventions to extended time—works together to advance grade-level student experiences. At the most basic level, a coherent instructional system builds academic and socioemotional supports that prepare the way for and extend grade-level learning. This means that students engage in instructional experiences that have a link and relationship with each other and with core grade-level instruction.

Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Instructional Coherence will examine the core instructional model and the anatomy of a lesson. It will provide opportunity to examine key components of a well-designed lesson, research evidence-based teaching practices, and assessment strategies. The sessions will provide the consistent language, strategies, and focus required for coherency in all content areas.

 

For more information on these and other coming events check out this link.

Opportunities are also available to submit articles to the EARCOS Journal. Get in touch with me if this is something you are interested in.

For more info on everything EARCOS visit https://earcos.org

Congratulations to Mu (Grace) Cheng – Winner of the 2024 Student Art Competition!

We’re thrilled to announce that Grace Mu Cheng’s artwork has been selected as the winning entry for NIS in the 2024 Student Art Competition!

Congratulations to Grace on this fantastic achievement. Her winning artwork will be showcased at the upcoming awards ceremony on November 14.

 

Mu (Grace) Cheng, Grade  7

Title: True Calligraphy

Medium: Chinese Ink on Xuan Paper, copy paper

Artist Statement:

In this work, I use three kinds of characters, a seal script, an official script, and a cursive script. And the fourth one is how the AI writes the characters. The four kinds of writing are ways to write in Chinese of the word “Artificial Intelligent”. The top row of English, pd.read – csv (), is a function in the pandas library, used to read Chinese characters correctly. This is an important part of AI writing calligraphy.

I want to show others how AI has changed how we record things. In ancient China, people recorded things by writing calligraphy, and because of technology, we now use AI to record things.  What we write with the brush in our hands is not only one Chinese character but also our understanding of Chinese culture. AI views calligraphy as a series of symbols. I think only human hands can create true works of art. In the realm of traditional culture, AI cannot replace humans.

JEDI Book Club

Dear NIS Community,

We are excited to announce the launch of the JEDI Book Club!

Our first book is Growing Up in Transit by Danau Tanu.

Join us as we explore themes of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion through this insightful work.

Please find the PDF document of the first 3 chapters attached.

We look forward to engaging conversations and shared learning experiences with you all!

Danau Tanu Growing up in Transit

CPOMS update

You can now search students by either students’ formal first name or preferred name on CPOMS.

Thanks to Cindy who made this possible. Hip hip HOORAY!

Learning in the HUB

 

We’re excited to see different groups using the HUB! To keep the momentum from our PLD days, we’ve made some updates effective Monday, November 11, 2024.

Please review the Learning in the HUB guide with your students and encourage them to explore less familiar areas (e.g., Grades 4-5 on the second and third floors, Grades 6-10 on the third floor and back area of the first floor). BTT teachers should reinforce the “Purposeful, Respectful, Responsible” principles by navigating these spaces.

I’ll discuss these new guidelines with parents at Coffee Morning on Wednesday, emphasizing those principles as well.

We look forward to continued learning in the HUB. Your ideas and feedback are valuable, so please share them using this open form.

https://forms.office.com/r/jdh8eaZ0Zu

Link to Learning in the HUB poster

Upcoming College Visit

Please see below upcoming university information session:
EHL Hospitality Business School
  • Date: November 12th
  • Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
  • Location: LGR 1 (1st floor)
  • Description: EHL was founded in 1893 as the world’s first hospitality management school. With 130 years of proven expertise in preparing leaders for the future of the hospitality industry, our institution unites the best professionals in hospitality training, academics, and research to create stronger connections between education and industry

Glion Institute of Higher Education&Les Roches International School of Hotel Management

  • Date: November 19th
  • Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
  • Location: LGR 3
  • Description: **Glion Institute of Higher Education** is a top hotel management school located in Switzerland, founded in 1962. It focuses on cultivating high-level talent for the global hospitality, tourism, and luxury industries. The school offers undergraduate, master’s, and MBA programs, blending theory with practice, with an emphasis on international perspectives and professional skills. Glion is renowned for its excellent academic quality and strong industry connections, providing graduates with wide-ranging career opportunities not only in luxury hospitality but also in sectors such as finance, private banking, electric vehicles, insurance, and event organization. **Les Roches International School of Hotel Management**, founded in 1954 and also located in Switzerland, is one of the world’s leading hotel management schools. The institution offers undergraduate and master’s programs, focusing on education in hotel management, tourism, and entrepreneurship. Les Roches emphasizes practical experience and the development of innovative skills, maintaining close collaborations with renowned global hotel groups. Its graduates are known for their outstanding professionalism and global career opportunities in hospitality, luxury, tourism, finance, private banking, electric vehicles, insurance, and event organization industries.
Please complete the preliminary survey or scan the QR code below if you would like to attend the session(students can take a lunch box).

Assistance with Robotics Competition at NIS

  • Author By kenbrady
  • Publication date November 3, 2024
  • Categories: Staff

Dear teachers,

This coming Saturday (9th November), NIS is hosting our first ever VEXV5 Robotics Competition.

To ensure that the hosting of this event runs smoothly, there are a lot of small jobs that need to happen on the Saturday, so I am reaching out to see if you could volunteer some time to assist.

Activities that we will need assistance with include;

  • Robot Check-in: Making sure robots have their correct colour license plate on before each match
  • Pit Monitor:  Making sure teams head to match check-in ready for their match
  • Field Setup: Checking students reset the field correctly after each match

None of these activities require any knowledge of robotics.  If you are able to volunteer a few hours of your time on Saturday, please let me know.

I will be running an information session on Friday for anybody who is interested and able to assist, where I will be showing people exactly what each activity involves.  If you cannot make it to that information session, I will also be able to show you what is involved on the Saturday morning. None of the activities are very complicated.

Cheers.  Ken and the Robotics Team