Tricycle (or however you spell it!) is organising an ‘Afternoon of Rock’ on Friday, June 5th, at 3:15 in the school’s courtyard. There’s going to be several bands, so it’s going to be a rockin’ good time. Please stop by on your way out, or better yet stay and enjoy! For more information, please see Charlie, Jack or Olivier.
In case of weather for ducks…
Don’t worry. It won’t rain on the Duck’s parade!
If rain looks likely tomorrow evening, Plan B will be the Centre Cafe, as originally planned. The party will go on…!
The Duck Has Landed!
It’s that time of year again! The Purple Duck, 2015 edition, has arrived.
It’s a glossy, all-colour collection of the very best of an excellent year’s work, done by students (and a few teachers) in visual arts and creative writing. And to launch this new issue, the Purple Duck team is hosting a garden party. Come along for an al fresco, candle-lit evening of song and dance, art and poetry.
Please ignore the purple posters that have been telling you for a week now to go to the Centre Cafe! It’s a ruse to confuse – a commonly used literary technique that adds mystery and a pleasant sense of bewilderment. Instead, come to the patio area at the back of the Design Centre (make your way through the cafeteria to get there – if lost, follow the purple string…).
The evening starts at 7pm. The Purple Duck tradition of open mic continues, so bring your own favourite song, poem or other piece of literature to read. Wear purple if you can. And don’t forget – for a pittance – to pick up your own copy of this year’s magazine, on sale for the first time at the party. Be the first in your street to get your hands on this year’s magazine!
MYP C&S – Friday is last day to submit C&S Record Sheet
MYP Students
Friday 4th June is the last day to submit C&S record sheets. Please give to your HR teacher.
Posters around school
Please remember posters around school should only be placed on bulletin boards prior authorisation. No posters should be placed on doors, walls or columns as the bluetag or tape damage the paint.
Last C&S opportunity for the Year
Purple Duck require some helpers on Thursday 6.15- 8,00. please email if you are interested in being part of the launch of this great publication.
Green Team Vegetable sale Wednesday at 4:00 PM
Weather permitting, the green team should have enough harvest to have another vegetable sale today. There will be veggies, basil plants, and free herbs.
Come out and support the Green team. Live a healthy life.
Where Won’t You Be?
Hello MYP/DP Students,
Where won’t you be at 7:59am Friday morning???
A. Sitting in your Homeroom wondering why the lights are off and no one else is there.
B. Strolling down the hallway listening to old Taylor Swift songs and wondering why the place is empty.
C. Waiting outside Dr. Saavedra’s office for a signature of some kind and lamenting his absence.
D. Looking in the mirror in the bathroom telling yourself how amazing you are, over and over again.
E. All of the above.
Of course it’s E! You will be seating in the Theatre awaiting the penultimate MYP/DP assembly of the year! Athletics galore, Student Council Elections, and so much more. See you there!
Wolves 0 – Forest(ers) 1
Well, it was a jolly scene on the stage of the NIS theatre last night, when, in a cheery, upbeat medley of your favourite folktales and mine, the foresters proved the heroes of the evening. No sooner had one member of our Union expertly removed a random bear’s liver and kidneys with one beautiful, swift upper cut that was a joy for any forestry professional to see, than another sterling representative of our venerable organisation had coolly gutted a wolf in full view of the admiring audience, thus heroically releasing a naive young girl and her alcoholic, cake-addicted grandmother. Their sheer professionalism was a joy to behold, especially compared to the amateurish attempts by other cast members at removing their own toes and poisoning their frankly rather dim step-daughters. As we say in the trade, if you want the job done cleanly, get a strapping forester in to do it! A marvellous night’s entertainment was had by all.
The Daily Acorn: Magazine of The Amalgamated Union of Foresters, Woodcutters and Other Jolly Hunting Types
Parental Advisory! Parents of wolf cubs, stay away from the NIS stage, where a thoroughly depressing saga has been performed at the expense of the very lives of fellow wolves. Yes, a wolf is sacrificed nightly to the feral demands of a rampant human audience who constantly fail to see beyond the ancient stereotypes that enforce the usual discrimination against us wolves. Little do humans realise that we are currently the demographic that consumes more conditioner and shampoo than any other mammalian consumer of household products (apart from the bear, another grossly misunderstood fellow sufferer, one of whom was gruesomely disembowelled on stage in the same cruel performance last night)*. When will this exploitation end, brothers and sisters? When will humans realise that a wolf never ate a grandmother and a small girl all in one sitting? When will they understand that this is not even possible, and show a more realistic scenario, in which suburban wolves return home via a pamper session from the supermarket in their family saloon and unpack frozen human body parts to store in their basement freezer like any other family? These old folktales must be updated! Boycott this show in protest, fellow wolves! You enter the theatre at your peril.
The Weekly Wolf
* The Economist, May 2014
WELL DONE!!!
A HUGE well done done to cast and crew involved in Grimm Tales!! You were all amazing!
Last night was fantastic, let’s make tonight even better!
‘The Devil’s Chord Has Been Sung’
‘Atonal. The devil’s chord – never to be played or sung – has been sung on stage at NIS tonight. I have never experienced such a play of flattened fourths’. Amy Keus
‘Stunning costuming, big 80’s hair. I felt right at home.’ Simon leBon
‘A shocking depiction of the evil that lies at the heart of all students. I gnawed off my own toes in agony’ Aleister Crowley
Grimm School Drama Shock!
PARENTAL ADVISORY!!!
Parents beware! If you cherish your childhood memories of Disney fairy fantasies, where the prince gets the girl and the monsters are cute and lovable, keep your children away from the latest NIS school production! Murder follows murder, eyes are pecked out, toes are cut off, hearts are eaten live on stage, witches are boiled alive, queens die painful deaths in blood-filled cast iron dancing shoes. The whole auditorium resounds to the deafening sound of screams and shrieks – and that’s just the actors. It’s horrible, parents, horrible! No child should be allowed to witness such terrors! Keep them at home tomorrow night and show them Barbie!
The place to stay away from is the school theatre, the time to avoid is 7pm. Those who make the mistake of arriving early will be unlucky enough to get a seat with a full, uninterrupted view of the hideous events unfolding on stage.
Puckeridge, The Times
FREE Sweets! Interhouse PYP music competiton
Hi PYP Taipingers, Wutaishaners, and Xuanwuers,
Now that we have your attention, we will have our PYP music interhouse competition in about two weeks. We need singers, musicians, and cup beat keepers. The more the merrier! Come to our practice sessions in the music rooms after lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Hope to see you there!
ps. There will be SOME sweets. First come, first serve.
Updated schedule for Evacuation Drill @10.00am on 04 June 2015
Dear all,
Pleased be advised, the Announced Evacuation Drill has been rescheduled@10.00am on This Thursday 04 June for whole school.
Grade 5-6 Transition Day
Today the Grade 5 students will be introduced into MYP life by the Grade 6 students and teachers. You will see them in the MYP LGR, on a tour of upstairs and in the cafeteria.
They will have the opportunity to eat with the G6 students during MYP lunch.
Please make them feel welcome!
Announced Evacuation Drill @12.30pm on Thursday 04 June 2015
Dear all, there will be the Evacuation Drill on Thursday 04 June@12.30pm as scheduled for whole school.