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The Duck Has Landed!

It’s that time of year again! The Purple Duck, 2015 edition, has arrived.

It’s a glossy, all-colour collection of the very best of an excellent year’s work, done by students (and a few teachers) in visual arts and creative writing. And to launch this new issue, the Purple Duck team is hosting a garden party. Come along for an al fresco, candle-lit evening of song and dance, art and poetry.

Please ignore the purple posters that have been telling you for a week now to go to the Centre Cafe! It’s a ruse to confuse – a commonly used literary technique that adds mystery and a pleasant sense of bewilderment. Instead, come to the patio area at the back of the Design Centre (make your way through the cafeteria to get there – if lost, follow the purple string…).

The evening starts at 7pm. The Purple Duck tradition of open mic continues, so bring your own favourite song, poem or other piece of literature to read. Wear purple if you can. And don’t forget – for a pittance – to pick up your own copy of this year’s magazine, on sale for the first time at the party. Be the first in your street to get your hands on this year’s magazine!

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Green Team Vegetable sale Wednesday at 4:00 PM

Weather permitting, the green team should have enough harvest to have another vegetable sale today.  There will be veggies, basil plants, and free herbs.

Come out and support the Green team.  Live a healthy life.

 

Grade 5/6 Meeting Slides

Hello Again Grade 5 (future Grade 6) Parents,

Thanks for your time, attention, and great questions at our meeting yesterday. Please click here for the slides from the presentation.: 5-6 Transition Parents   Again, a friendly reminder to submit any outstanding course choice forms to your student’s HR teacher as soon as possible if you have not already done so. We are building classlists as we speak!
Thanks again,
Kasson

WELL DONE!!!

A HUGE well done done to cast and crew involved in Grimm Tales!! You were all amazing!

Last night was fantastic, let’s make tonight even better!

‘The Devil’s Chord Has Been Sung’

‘Atonal. The devil’s chord – never to be played or sung – has been sung on stage at NIS tonight. I have never experienced such a play of flattened fourths’. Amy Keus

‘Stunning costuming, big 80’s hair. I felt right at home.’  Simon leBon

‘A shocking depiction of the evil that lies at the heart of all students. I gnawed off my own toes in agony’  Aleister Crowley

Grimm School Drama Shock!

PARENTAL ADVISORY!!!

Parents beware! If you cherish your childhood memories of Disney fairy fantasies, where the prince gets the girl and the monsters are cute and lovable, keep your children away from the latest NIS school production! Murder follows murder, eyes are pecked out, toes are cut off, hearts are eaten live on stage, witches are boiled alive, queens die painful deaths in blood-filled cast iron dancing shoes. The whole auditorium resounds to the deafening sound of screams and shrieks – and that’s just the actors. It’s horrible, parents, horrible! No child should be allowed to witness such terrors! Keep them at home tomorrow night and show them Barbie!

The place to stay away from is the school theatre, the time to avoid is 7pm. Those who make the mistake of arriving early will be unlucky enough to get a seat with a full, uninterrupted view of the hideous events unfolding on stage.

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Green team Vegetable sale moved to today

Yesterday, the weather was not permitting so the Green Team vegetable sale did not take place.

The vegetable sale will take place today ( thursday May 28th) and the trolly will be out in the center foyer at 4 PM. The mint, rosemary and coriander will be available at no cost.

The Green Team will be selling small Basil plants for 5 RMB so please consider buying Basil for your home and having fresh Basil leaves on demand.

Vegetable Sale today in center foyer

Weather permitting, there will be another vegetable sale in the center foyer at 4 PM this afternoon.    (Wednesday May 27th).

The Green Team would like to apologize for mistakes made last week in the vegetable sale.
It turns out that the radishes were not very fresh. The Green Team knew that they were grown out of season but we had no idea that the radish tasted like wood.

As a gesture to our customers, the Green Team will offer free spices and herbs this afternoon.
Rosemary, coriander and mint will be freely available this afternoon to anyone who would like to spice up their dinner.

Fresh Organic Vegetables

There will be some fresh organic vegetables on sale in the center foyer at 4 PM.

” Fresh” means that the vegetables were picked from garden at 3:30 PM

“Organic” means that they are grown in the school garden without any chemical fertilizers or chemical pesticides.

Pick up a bag of vegetables for 5 RMB and enjoy a healthy lifestyle.

 

 

Green Team Vegetable Sale on Wednesday May 20th

The Green Team will be selling authentic organic vegetables in the center Foyer on Wednesday at 4 PM.   Everyone is welcome to buy lettuce, radish, peas and fresh garlic.

For 5 RMB, people can buy a small bag of vegetables freshly picked from the school garden.

Support the Green team and eat healthy food.

Grade 1 and Grade 2 iPads

Hello Grade 1 and 2 Parents,

We are nearing the end of the year and need to consider our process for our NIS iPads.

Important Dates:

  • By June 5: Parents Back iPads up (Process below)
  • By June 12: Parents Sign out of iTunes and iCloud (Process below) (Must have Apple ID and Password)
  • On June 15: iPads returned to tech department (These will be redistributed through NIS)

Cindy Kong or Tom Johnson can help with any of these procedures.

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New Athletics Day Records MYP/DP

Congratulations to all our new Athletics Day Record Breakers. We had a total of 23 new school records in the MYP/DP Athletics Day. The record breakers were:

Jerry Yang (Long Jump), Woojin Kim (Javelin), Ato Underwood (200m), Takita Lee (400m, High Jump, Shot Put), Ati Underwood (Long Jump), Cade Wilburn (Javelin), Pauline Rogalla (800m), Lena Fuchs (1500m, relay), Meghna Ancha (relay), Gloria Bellini (relay), Marie-Sophie Mende (relay), Jihoon Lim (Shot Put), Sasha Tyoschin (800m), Cameron Young (1500m), Olivier Leclerc (Triple Jump), Johanna Rogalla (Triple Jump), Morgan Trainer (Javelin), Freja Lofqvist (Javelin), Emil Burganov (400m, relay), Aziz Burganov (High Jump, relay), Brydie Dwyer (100m), Michelle Lei (relay), Jaren Jones (relay)

Please check the Athletics noticeboard for all the current records.

May Parent Coffee Slides

Hello Parents,

Please find the attached link to the slides from our  May Parent Coffee. Thanks to those that could make it. If there are any further questions or ideas regarding Exams, Advisory, or HW please let me know.

 

Thanks again,

Kasson

Athletics Day today

House meetings this morning are in:

Xuanwu – blue gym

Taiping – theatre

Wutaishan – Ms Keus’ music room.

Dont forget to put your number down your left arm.

Program of events is below:

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