Category: Student

Exciting news from University Counseling! Are you interested in studying at the University of Oxford? Please attend the webinars.

Webinar for Students & Parents

*Both students and their parents are welcome to attend this session.

2024 Webinar Schedule and Resources

University of Oxford admissions recently circulated a printable version of our upcoming webinars in 2024 as well as some of the resources, and they can be viewed online and downloaded by using this link.

Enjoy the sessions!

We have opportunities listed on SchoolsBuddy:

Scratch Coding – Mondays. If you are interested in working with primary school students and you want to develop creativity and math skills, then sign up to volunteer! This could be your CAS/GCD project if you are in Grade 11.

Swim Meet Timekeeper – Tuesday, Feb 20th 2.40 to approximately 4.30 pm. We need 6 volunteers to accurately and ethically record the times for our amazing swimmers.

This challenge is open to students in grades 1 -12! Take part and showcase your skills.

If you would like to submit your work (maximum of one piece per category per student), please contact Ms Anna.

There are some questions to answer when you submitting your work:

• What is the title of your piece?
• Explain your creative process behind the work.
• Please list the software/apps and any prompts used.

This challenge is open to Primary, Middle and High school students and Faculty!

Contact mmawhinney@uisgz.org if you have questions.

The deadline is this Wednesday, Feb 21st.

🌟 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ACAMIS Virtual Film Festival 🌟

🎬 Lights, Camera, Action! 🎬

🌈 Unleash your creativity and share your cinematic masterpiece with the world! Make a short film about a young person becoming friends with a robot or AI. See poster for more details and link for submission.

Sign-up on SchoolsBuddy opens today for Primary Students at 12.45 pm.

Students in the secondary are able to sign-up all year round. Please check SchoolsBuddy regularly for last minute additions.

The Mandarin department kindly requests six volunteers to join us in decorating the PAC. Please sign up on SchoolsBuddy.

Date: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024

Time: 3:15 pm-4:45 pm 

Place: PAC 

We will decorate the PAC with traditional Lunar New Year decorations. This includes lanterns, red banners, and other symbolic ornaments during this decoration session. Your creativity and enthusiasm will be greatly appreciated as we aim to capture the spirit of this joyous festival.

Possibly for ManageBac:

A: Decorate the PAC for the Lunar New Year

B: This benefits the school and creates ambience for the celebrations

C: I would change…

D: I achieved Collaboration because …

I achieved Strength and Growth because …

E: upload a photo.

Spirit Week at NIS (Jan. 29 – Feb 2) – A Combined PYP/MYPDP Student Council Event

We look forward to your participation in this fun, week-long event, which will culminate with our CNY assemblies on Friday, February 2nd.

Please take part!

Hey students,

Guess what? It’s birthday cupcake time! 🎂 If you celebrated your birthday in January, make sure to swing by and grab your delicious treat.

🍰 Where? Primary students can pick up from the Early Years’ soft play area, while secondary students can snag their cupcakes from in front of the cafeteria.

🕰️ When? Tomorrow during the break from 10:10 AM to 10:30 AM.

👩‍🏫 Staff, you’re not left out! Feel free to grab your cupcakes from either location.

Let’s spread some birthday joy! 🥳

This weekend we are hosting a HUGE Swim Meet and we need lots of volunteers. Sign up now on SchoolsBuddy.

Saturday Shift 1 – 8.30 am to 1 pm

Saturday Shift 2 – 1.30 pm to 6 pm

Sunday Shift 3 – 8.30 am to 1 pm

• Action: I volunteered to help at the SSL Round 3 Swim Meet hosted by NIS
• Benefit: This experience helps the swimmers and coaches.
• Change: Next time, I would …
• Demonstration: I achieved the outcome …. by ….
• Evidence (upload one photo if you are in grades 6-10, two photos if you are in grades 11-12.

Another ACAMIS Cultural Event.

The deadline for the experimental Music Composition is also February 21st.

There are also 4 categories:

• Elementary up to 11 years old
• Middle 11 – 16 years old
• High 16 – 19 years old
• Faculty 20 years +