Dear all, please refer to enclosed weekly updates on PM2.5.
SET minutes – March 19
Good morning,
Please see attached SET minutes from March 19.
Arden Tyoschin
Deputy Director – Learning
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Nanjing International SchoolPh: +86 25 8589 9111 ext 1040
Fax: +86 25 8589 9222
NIS: An inclusive learning community,
inspiring international mindedness, personal excellence, creative thinking
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- School Calendar: which has all school events
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MYP/DP Production Auditions
We are pleased to announce another MYP/DP production is coming your way. ‘Grimm Tales’ (adapted by Carol Ann Duffy) will be performed on 1st and 2nd June 2015.
We are holding auditions on the following days:
Monday 30th March
Tuesday 31st March
Lunchtime (1st half) in the Black Box.
If you are a student from grades 6-11 interested in performing in this show please sign-up and collect an audition extract from Ms Philip or Mr Brown.
Look forward to seeing you!
Language Acquisition
Provide follow-up activities that reinforce vocabulary and concepts.
Earth Hour- Small jars and tins needed
In preparation for Earth Hour arts & crafts, we are collecting used aluminum/tin cans and small glass jars for candle holder creations. Please note:
- please check that tin cans have no sharp edges along the rim
- smaller glass jars are needed. Your help in removing all labels would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for bringing any donations to the Library or PYP Design Room (John Rinker’s Room) before March 27.
Thanks in advance!
Michelle
The Real Inspector Hound
The Accidental Theatre Company returns with their spring production – Tom Stoppard’s ‘The Real Inspector Hound’. For two nights only, this acclaimed company has kindly agreed to present their latest show – an intriguing country house murder mystery / inquiry into the very nature of existence and truth – in special review for the enjoyment of a limited audience before they go out on tour*. Critics from local and national press will be in attendance.
The two shows will be presented in the Black Box at 7pm on the evenings of Wednesday, 1st April and Thursday, 2nd April. Tickets are available from all regular outlets (Centre lobby) and are FREE!
* Catch the show while you can before it goes out on tour: Shanghai, Beijing, Ulan Baator, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Murmansk, Spitzbergen and Reykjavik – schedule TBA (dependent on hitch-hiking opportunities and conditions of spring pack ice).
Early reviews have this to say:
It has scale. It has colour… Large as it is, it is a small masterpiece.
Moon, Second Rate Daily Times
It has a beginning, a middle, and I have no doubt it will have an end. For that, let us give thanks…
Birdboot, First Rate Entertainment Periodical
There are moments, and I would not begrudge it this, when the play, if we can call it that, and I think that on balance we can, aligns itself uncompromisingly on the side of life. Je suis, it seems to be saying, ergo sum.
Moon, Second Rate Daily Times
Sartre meets Shakespeare, Beckett meets Beckham, Joyce meets E.L.James in fifty shades of mauve.
Andrew Kay (NIS Promotions & Props Co.Ltd.)
Without pace, point, focus, interest, drama, wit or originality…
IB Educational Supplement
Some of the cast seem to have given up acting altogether…
Purple Duck
Language Acquisition
This week the Language Acquisition post will look at how to support students after the lesson.
Provide non native speakers with summary notes of the main points of the lesson.
Lost & Found
Lost: iPhone 4, a pair of blue Nike runners
Found: 2 cell phones, 6 watches, a Macbook charger, a gold bracelet
Please see Mrs Tyoschin
Tech Challenge results and thank you
I want to send a big thank you to my fellow teachers, I really appreciate your help in making Friday’s MYP Tech Challenge a success and a really big shout out to Robin for his organisation of all the materials and the setup.
If you have any feedback on how to improve activities, set-up, clean-up, scoring, etc. please talk with or send a message to Robin Marsh and/or Russel Fleming.
MYP/DP Production Auditions
We are pleased to announce another MYP/DP production is coming your way. ‘Grimm Tales’ (adapted by Carol Ann Duffy) will be performed on 1st and 2nd June 2015.
We are holding auditions on the following days:
Monday 30th March
Tuesday 31st March
Lunchtime (1st half) in the Black Box.
If you are a student from grades 6-11 interested in performing in this show please sign-up and collect an audition extract from Ms Philip or Mr Brown.
Look forward to seeing you!
Language Acquisition
Graphic organisers can be used to develop Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency.
Teachers please arrive 7-10 minutes early for MYP tech challenge
In order to have a smooth start to the MYP tech challenge please arrive to the Design Centre, 7-10 minutes early so you beat the crowd of students and your teacher leader can give any instructions necessary. Enjoy the afternoon.
Pi Day Auction – 1500RMB raised!
Thanks to all that came out to the Pi Day Auction last Friday. There was an enthusiastic crowd of students and staff bidding to win the delicious baked goods. A total of 1500RMB was raised. The money raised will be split evenly between the Amy Yang Fund & the Pfrang Organisation, 750RMB to each.
See you next year for more Pi day fun!
Inter House Trivia Challenge
Congratulations to Xuanwu, winners of the Inter House Trivia Challenge yesterday. Wutaishan came in 2nd whilst, the overall leaders, Taiping came in 3rd. This closes the gap a bit for the House Shield but Taiping still well out in front. Current points are:
Taiping 675
Wutaishan 605
Xuanwu 560
MYP/DP Book Week Assembly!
Breaking News: MYP/DP Book Week Assembly this Friday at 8am sharp! in the PAC
Our prestigious visiting author, Mr. Ed Vere, will be speaking with us on Friday morning…
Now listen….We went to great lengths to hand-pick this literary professional… just for you, arranged (and paid) for him to fly (literally) across the world…just for you, created an entire schedule to get the most out of his visit in your Arts blocks… just for you, coordinated with your block one teachers to allow this assembly to run until 9:00… just for you, brought in a book fair… just for you, took untold numbers of “shelfies,” wrote “spine poems,” and heard the story “Bananas!” at least two dozen times (just for you)…. The least you can do is be on-time come Friday morning, right?
See you then!
What if you are an ACAMIS swimmer? No worries! Ed Vere will stop the assembly at 8:40…just for you… and excuse the team. Please wait until he lets you go (don’t go by your phone, watch, or “spidey-senses.” Thanks.