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MYP/DP Talent Show Auditions January 19th and 20th

The 2016 Talent Show is coming up! Auditions will be on January 19th and 20th in the Theater at lunch, so show us what you’ve got! There will be a first, second, and third place act, and prizes available for each. The show will be on February 3, 2016. We will post further details regarding the Tech Rehearsal soon. Please remember this is for grades 6-12 and there is a 7 minute time limit for each act.
 
If you would like to audition please email Kostya Tyoschin, Cameron Young, or Suraj Sorab before January 18, 2016 to secure a place.

EARCOS Weekend Workshops

Dear All,

Below is the updated list of  EARCOS weekend workshops in January to March.

You can also find more information on their website.

JANUARY 2016

Date: Jan 16-17
School: Yokohama International School

Title: Using Maker Spaces to Build a Culture of Design Thinking
Consultant: John Rinker
Coordinator: Leanne Erickson, ericksonl@yis.ac.jp
Credit: SUNY
» Download Flyer

Date: Jan 16-17
School: Shanghai American School

Title: Flourishing in Schools: Utilizing groundbreaking research and tools from positive psychology to improve student’s wellbeing.
Consultant: Shaun McElroy
Coordinator: Janet Claassen, janet.claassen@saschina.org
» Download Flyer
» Registration

Date: Jan 16-17
School: International School of Kuala Lumpur

Title: Service Learning
Consultant: Cathryn Berger Kaye
Coordinator: Rami Madani, rmadani@iskl.edu.my
Credit: SUNY

Date: Jan 16-17
School: Brent International School Manila

Title: Elementary Assessment
Coordinator: Reverend Charles W. Mock, jmock@brent.edu.ph
Consultant: Faye Brownlie
» Downlaod Flyer

Date: Jan 16-17
School: Thai – Chinese International School

Title: Leveraging technology and Innovative strategies in the Math Classroom
Consultant: Wesley Przybylski
Coordinator: Yi-Ling Chu, yiling@tcis.ac.th
» Download Flyer
» Registration

Date: Jan 16-17
School: Shekou International School

Title: Inquiry and Assessment for Learning, Pre-K through 2
Consultant: Holly Reardon
Coordinator: Carlene Hamley, chamley@sis.org.cn
» visit website for registration

Date: Jan 22-23
School: American International School of Guangzhou

Title: Mobile Learning. Mobile Devices
Consultant: Dana Watts
Coordinator: Jill Watson, jwatson@aisgz.org
Credit: SUNY
» Download Flyer
For further information and to register, visit: http://ramlog.aisgz.org/mobile

Date: Jan 23-24
School: International School of Beijing
(Registration Full)
Title: Making Thinking Visible
Consultant: Mark Church
Coordinator: Stacy Stephens, SStephens@isb.bj.edu.cn
Credit: SUNY

Date: Jan 23-24
School: Brent International School Manila

Title: Assessment in Middle School and Upper School
Consultant: Faye Brownlie
Coordinator: Reverend Charles W. Mock, jmock@brent.edu.ph
» Download Flyer | Registration

Date: Jan 23-24
School: International School of Bangkok

Title: Gifted education and reaching highly able learners
Consultant: Bronwyn MacLeod
Coordinator: Bronwyn Weale, bronwynw@isb.ac.th
Credit: SUNY
» Download Flyer

Date: Jan 23-24
School: Singapore American School

Title: Integrating Service Learning Into Curriculum
Consultant: Cathy Berger Kaye
Coordinator: Treena Casey, tcasey@sas.edu.sg
» Download Flyer | Registration

Date: Jan 30-31
School: International School Manila

Title: Writing Workshops and Close Reading in the Inquiry Classroom
Consultant: Kathy Collins
Coordinator: Sam Cook, cooks@ismanila.org
» Download Flyer
» Registration site

FEBRUARY

Date: Feb 13-14
School: Korea International School Jeju

Title: Differentiated Activities and Assessments Using the Common Core Standards
Consultant: Carolyn Coil
Coordinator: Yvonne Pledger, ypledger@kis.ac
Credit: SDSU
» Download Flyer | Registration form

Date: Feb 13-14
School: Bali Island School

Title: Growing Global Citizens (new dates)
Consultant: Deidre Fischer and Kenny Peavy
Coordinator: Sakina Brik, earcosrep@baliis.net
Credit SUNY
» Download Flyer | visit website

Date: Feb 20-21
School: International School Manila

Title: Literacy Institute
Consultant: Bonnie Singer
Coordinator: Sam Cook, cooks@ismanila.org
Credit: SUNY
» Website | Flyer | Registration Page

Date: Feb 20-21
School: Bandung Independent School Indonesia

Title: Inquiry-based Maths learning and teaching in the Primary Years
Consultant: Mignon Weckert
Coordinator: Mary Collins, elementaryprincipal@bisedu.or.id
Information for participants
Registration form
Workshop overview

Date: Feb 27-28
School: Busan International Foreign School

Title: Supporting Language Learners through differentiation
Consultant: Virginia Rojas
Coordinator: Daun Yorke, dyorke@bifskorea.org

MARCH

Date: March 4-6
School: Korea International School Jeju

Title: 4th Annual KISCA Conference 2016
» visit website | Download Flyer

Date: March 18-19
School: Seisen International School

Title: Music in the Integrated Curriculum
Consultant: Doug Goodkin
Coordinator: Nate Gildart, ngildart@seisen.com
» visit website | Download Flyer

Bursting the Bubble – Jiangsu TV Super Brain – Change

Filming will now take place over 2 days: Sat Jan 23rd and Sunday 24th from 9.00am until approx. 7.00pm. Students will need to commit to both days so please check your schedule and also with your parents to make sure you are able to attend all both days. Signups have now been extended to Friday Jan 15th. Please email me if you are interested.

Jiangsu TV have offered G5-7 students the opportunity to be part of the “Super Brain” ( “最强大脑”) TV Programme. This program has a foreign team competing against a Chinese team in a range of memory activities. The link below shows a recent episode. In the episodes I have seen the foreign team is from Germany. Our students have been offered the chance to have minor roles (not roles in the two teams competing) in the generation of questions.   For Grade 6 and 7 students this activity will be considered to fulfil all the semester 2 C&S requirements.

节目视频网址:http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTA2Mzk5MzQ4.html?from=y1.6-85.3.1.a4969972631f11e4abda

Badminton starts this week

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There is still time to sign up on veracross. CISSA (Gr6 – 8) and ACAMIS (Gr9 – 12). Practices start this week on Wednesday and Friday. CISSA 3.15 – 4.15pm and ACAMIS 4.15 – 5.50pm

Bursting the Bubble C&S activity brought to you by Activities office and Jiangsu TV (G5-7)

Jiangsu TV have offered G5-7 students the opportunity to be part of the “Super Brain” ( “最强大脑”) TV Programme. This program has a foreign team competing against a Chinese team in a range of memory activities. The link below shows a recent episode. In the episodes I have seen the foreign team is from Germany. Our students have been offered the chance to have minor roles (not roles in the two teams competing) in the generation of questions. Filming will take place over 3 days: Sat Jan 16th, Sat Jan 23rd and Sunday 24th.   Sat 16th will be half a day and the 23rd and 24th will be from 9.00am until approx. 7.00pm. Students will need to commit to all 3 days so please check your schedule and also with your parents to make sure you are able to attend all three days.  If you want to be involved in this programme please email before Tuesday 3.30pm. If enough students are interested then I will confirm with the TV producers on wed Jan 13th. For Grade 6 and 7 students this activity will be considered to fulfil all the semester 2 C&S requirements.

节目视频网址:http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTA2Mzk5MzQ4.html?from=y1.6-85.3.1.a4969972631f11e4abda

Video for NIS

Hello all,
MediaCore will be ending support for education video platform on August 31, 2016.
Because of this, we have created 3 video accounts with different accesses:
To get to any of these from the NISCHINA.ORG website:

  • Click STAFF
  • Click NIS VIDEO

OFFICIAL NIS account (Videos for marketing purposes)
https://vimeo.com/nischina

TEACHER account 
https://vimeo.com/nanjingschool

STUDENT account (Passwords changed weekly)
https://vimeo.com/nisstudent

Please contact help@nanjing-school.com for logins and passwords

Wishing you happy holidays.
Tom Johnson

Music Recital

We asked whether anybody’d be interested in performing in a music recital, and the response was overwhelming! Our little showcase is going to be absolutely packed with performers.

Music Recital: M251 from 3:20 – 4:15.

Performers Include:

– Jazz Band (but a different song from last Saturday)
– PYP Choir
– Korean Drummers
– Bravo, Kiki & Lucas
– Junior Band
– Xianlin Middle School
– Ilwoo & Willy
– Daniel
– Hyeonkyu
– Lucas & Alex
– Trycicle

We’d love to see you there!

Lost & Found

Lost:

– A necklace with a silver cross

– A necklace with a silver cube

– An orange LaCie hard drive

Found:

– glasses (2 pairs)

– wallets (4)

– earbuds

– cell phones (4) (NO iPhones)

– watches (10 – various styles)

– necklaces (2)

– bracelet

– key

– metro card

See Mrs Tyoschin.

Have a great day.

Congratulations!

Jin Bu’s artwork and an article on Sensory Learning by LSS (Bob, Cassie & Betina) have been featured on the EARCOS Triannual Journal! Congratulations!! Check out the journal!

Also- if you are still interested in the EARCOS Teacher Conference 2016, please apply through the PD committee.

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Music Recital – Wednesday 3:30

We will be having a music recital in M251 from 3:30 – 4:15 on Wednesday. This will be a time for sharing, in which students simply show what they’ve been doing for the past few months. Our audience is Xianlin Middle School, but we’d love to have lots of other people join as well. The performers include:

– Pevn’s Jazz Band
– Ilwoo & Willy on a Sax / Piano duet
– Kiki and Bravo doing a violin/flute duet with piano accompaniment
– Daniel playing solo clarinet
– Korean traditional drumming
– Beginner Band playing 3 songs
– PYP choir
– Trycicle Rock Band
– Lucas & Alex doing a finger-picking guitar duet

* And Xianlin Middle School said they’d bring some performers, as well!

The recital will most likely last 25 minutes, so we’d love it if you popped in for a bit.

Burst the Bubble activity idea

Is anyone interested in discussing an activity where a few of our older kids provide a small English class on weekends under your guidance and supervision? This would be seen as fulfilling your ASA requirement. If someone is interested in taking this on i would be prepared to investigate further.

Xuanwu are on a roll!!!

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Congratulations to Xuanwu, winners of the PYP Math on Friday and of the Gr9-12 Spelling competition on Thursday. They are now leading the PYP competition and well and truly back in the hunt for the House Shield!! Also congratulations to the spellers of Taiping who won the Gr6 – 8 Spelling competition. Latest scores are above – its very very close at the break!!

Next MYP event after the break is Badminton and for PYP is the Open Mic.

 

MYP/DP Advisory Activities This Friday

Hello MYP/DP Advisories,

There are already some fantastic ways that advisories are choosing to spend their time together on Friday morning. To add to this, please find the attached optional activity schedule. This is your chance to do some fun stuff, challenge other advisories, and end 2015 on a high note!

Have a chat about who you might challenge and in what. Don’t have anyone in mind? No worries, just sign-up and see who challenges you!

Remember that these activities are optional. You can join 3,2,1, or 0. It’s totally up to you!

Sign-up’s start tomorrow; FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!

SuperExtendedAdvisories