Category: Staff

Come to the foyer this Friday break and lunch. We will be selling brownies and nutella rolls for 5 kuai each! All donations go to the Amy Yang foundation. See you there!

– Ebba, Ilaria & Anabel

Come to the foyer this Friday at break an lunch. We will be selling chocolate cupcakes for 10¥ and will be hosting a cake raffle so come down to get a chance to win an entire carrot cake. Raffle tickets will be 5¥. All proceeds will be donated to the Amy Yang Foundation. Hope to see you there!

– Sophia, Freja, Raphael, Ryan

This Friday, in the foyer, come visit Sweet Street for some wonderful treats. We will be selling pink lemonade for 5¥, lemon bars for 10¥, cookies for 10¥ and cake pops for 5¥. We can’t wait for you all to come and enjoy our delicious sweets. All of the procedes will go to Ray of Light Cambodia so don’t wait to come down and support us!

– Lauren, Megan, Sanjana

Join us for a Tech Committee Meeting Friday June 5th at lunch (location to be confirmed). This informal group meets occasionally  to discuss NIS Tech topics and help plan for the future of Tech @ NIS.

All interested staff are welcome/encouraged to attend.

Topics on tap for this week:

• Technology and Information Literacy
• Yosemite updates
• Microsoft Office roll-out INSET
• Acceptable use guidelines
• Minimum vs. recommended

For those who are confused: By placing the green card on your classroom door, you are inviting other teachers to drop in. By creating a culture of sharing best practice, we will create a culture of learning from each other in informal and unexpected ways.

Please do drop in to other people’s classrooms even if just for a minute or two.

You have been invited!

Please use the following link to sign up for a time to have your computer upgraded.

http://share.nanjing-school.com/ict/?p=374

We will back up your computer for you, but suggest you complete your own backup as well.

All staff computers must be upgraded to Yosemite and have Microsoft Office installed before the start of the 2015/2016 school year, so we appreciate your help in making this happen.

If you have questions, please email help@nanjing-school.com

What: Authors choose words with intention…what were they thinking? Come and deconstruct opening sentences with us.

When: Wednesday June 3, 13:20 – 13:50 (second half of lunch)

Where: Library picture book corner

Audience: all K2-G12 literature teachers (English, Mandarin, German, Spanish, French)

Why: Jacqui P. and Marina would like to share a learning experience

Next week. Due to some scheduling conflicts, there will be no game day today. Next Friday, we will have a HUGE return with games galore. Be ready.

“And sure enough even waiting will end….if you can just wait long enough.”-William Faulkner

I’m looking for a colleague to run SC with me next year.

Nickie is leaving and has been the powerhouse behind SC this year, with me tagging along and learning the ropes.

We meet once a week (with a few exceptions) and run the Talent Show and the Art Auction amongst other events. Student Voice!

This covers your entire ASA requirements….

Please let me know if you are interested.

Hello. Just a reminder for teachers to please come by to sign up for a Life 101 course for next year. Each course block requires three teachers. There are 45 slots left to fill.

If you would like to trial a new unit for Grade 7 and/or Grade 8 on ‘Six Thinking Hats’ and/or ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ please also let me know. I have all the resources you would need.

Please welcome 5 teachers from Suzhou Singapore International School who will be visiting our EY classes today.

Come out to the field at 4 to play some good ol’ fashioned Chicago Style softball (weather permitting). All teachers and students grade 6 and above are invited to come! No experience necessary. Let me know if you have any questions.

If you don’t use inches, here is a diagram with a coin, wiffle ball, magic 8 ball, softball, and cantaloupe to show you exactly how big a 16 inch softball is!

Easy to catch and easy to hit!

“There’s no place like home (plate).”-Dorothy Gale (she forgot the last word)