Category: Staff

PYP teachers, please see this message and poster from Sophie in 4B:

This poster is for the Maker Expo. Please show this to your students. My display is about clothes made from trash bags. Thank you, Sophie

Trashers

The Grade 4 Maker Expo is today (Thursday) from 11:10-12:50 in the PYP large group room,the foyer, and out in the courtyard. There will be loads of interesting creations on display. Bring your students for a look and please encourage them to ask questions about the process.

Dear overseas staff,

Ping An & OWC monthly visit will be on Wed. March 18, 2015, 11:30 ~ 16:00 at the Board Meeting Room (H303) @ centre.

Best wishes,

Clara

We are short of one team manager for CISSA basketball for the coming season. If you think you might be interested in this, please come for a chat about the role. Thanks

Danny

Helping Non Native Students Understand What You Say 3
Activate existing knowledge of the topic (by asking questions and making connections with existing knowledge, discussing opinions, making predictions etc.) and  by pre-teaching key words. It is also helpful if students are told what they will have to do after they have finished listening so they can focus on the forthcoming task.

Dear overseas staff,

Ping An & OWC monthly visit will be on Wed. Mar. 18, 2015, from 11:30 to 16:00, at the Board Meeting Room (H303) at the centre.

Best wishes,

Clara

Helping Non Native Students Understand What You Say 2:

Try not to use idioms and colloquial expressions. Non native students often translate these expressions literally. For example, a teacher might say “Take a stab at it,” to encourage a student; the non native students could be very confused. Which idioms/colloquial expressions do you use in class?

Book week is next week! (March 16th-20th) and we would like your help with a few things:

1. Bell songs – Maximum 15 seconds of you reading a poem, a quote, or some piece of literature.
2. Shelfies – Bookshelf + Selfie = Shelfie
3. Spine Poetry – Stack up books to create a poem or short story

Submissions should be placed in the proper folder on teacher large storage here afp://largestorage.nanjing-school.com/Teacher_1Yr_Temp_Large/Book Week 2015  (link only works in Safari)

We also invite students to submit Shelfies and Spine Poetry and there is a corresponding folder on Student large storage afp://largestorage.nanjing-school.com/Student_1Yr_Temp_Large/Book Week 2015 (link only works in Safari)

Bell songs must be submitted before 5 pm on Wednesday March 11th. For more information, there are examples and instructions in the folder or you can email emilyjohnson@staff.nanjing-school.com

Dear All,

Please be advised that School will hold the second session of ISOS First Aid Training on Sunday March 22nd 2015.

Limited to 12 participants, first come, first served!  Please send an email to dorali@staff.nanjing-school.com.

Best wishes,

Dora Li

HR Officer

Miss Keus is away on professional development, but intermediate orchestra will continue with substitute conductors. Please come with Mamma Mia and your instruments ready.

This week the Language Acquisition post will look at helping non native students understand what you say.

Helping Non Native Students Understand What You Say 1:

Listening  is easier if supported by visual material. Apart fromm pictures or diagrams of what is being talked about, it is often helpful for them to have key words written on the board.

Dear Colleagues,

Please remember to fill in the February INSET survey before the end of the day today.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LW7W3RB

Thank you,
Arden

We need empty kitchen rolls, Pringles tubes etc for Earth Hour. We would also like large paper cups, e.g. the McDonalds variety. Please drop them off in the box outside C122. THANK YOU.

Misconception 5:  A second language student who lashes out and is disruptive is exhibiting emotional disturbances

Most of these children are actually suffering from culture shock. People experience culture shock in a way that is similar to the stages of grief.

• Honeymoon (showing excitement about a new life)
• Rejection (there is too much to understand)
• Regression (frustrations with communication and homesickness)
• Integration (learning to deal with differences and finding ways to live in both cultures)
• Acceptance (assimilation and adoption of mainstream culture at school while keeping home culture values)