Category: Student

Hi, this is the NIS student community bank. ‘Student Community Bank’ gives grants and loans for different projects (CAS and Service) organized by students. We are recruiting. We would like to have more members in grade 10. The student bank team is suitable for people who are interested in business, economics, finance, and banking. This project counts as CAS next year or for the GCD competency Management. The application deadline is Sunday, December 13 (12:00PM). If you are interested, please submit the application form to dannyclarke@nanjing-school.com.

NSCB Application

More than 200 students are coming to play basketball on Saturday. They can’t play without scorekeepers! Please help. Sign up on Veracross for the morning or afternoon shift.

Hello X-Blockers.

Three important notices.

1. Please remember to complete your X-Block report for your mentor today. You can find the link to the template here.
2. Grade 7 – you have X-Share in the Centre Tuesday next week. Please spend some time this week completing your electronic student portfolio and collecting examples of your products to share with parents.
3. Please choose your location carefully for your upcoming or continuing projects. Take note – due to high demand in the gym and for Chinese projects, some mentors have changed location. Now is a good time to assess your options and see whether you are continuing to grow as a learner.

• Gym (all things active) – Mr Dutton, Ms Bradley, Mr Wang, Mrs Merrylees
• Mr Lee’s Room (all things Chinese culture, Haju & Sunny) – Mr Lee
• Design Centre 1 (film, sound, photography, making) – Mr Griffith
• Design Centre 2 (making, computer graphics, scratch, jewellery, robotics, special effects) – Ms TerBorg
• Design Centre 3 (art, ceramics, sewing, crafts) – Ms Kuan
• D247 (programming, computer game design, mathematics, etc) – Mr Merrylees
• Science Lab (sciencey stuff, Jonah & his rocket, Eliana & Agatha) – Mr Snyder

Hello X-Blockers.

Three important notices this week.

1. Please remember to complete your X-Block report for your mentor today. You can find the link to the template here.
2. Grade 7 – you have X-Share in the Centre Tuesday next week. Please spend some time this week completing your electronic student portfolio and collecting examples of your products to share with parents.
3. Please choose your location carefully for your upcoming or continuing projects. Take note – due to high demand in the gym and for Chinese projects, some mentors have changed location. Now is a good time to assess your options and see whether you are continuing to grow as a learner.

• Gym (all things active) – Mr Dutton, Ms Bradley, Mr Wang, Mrs Merrylees
• Mr Lee’s Room (all things Chinese culture, Haju & Sunny) – Mr Lee
• Design Centre 1 (film, sound, photography, making) – Mr Griffith
• Design Centre 2 (making, computer graphics, scratch, jewellery, robotics, special effects) – Ms TerBorg
• Design Centre 3 (art, ceramics, sewing, crafts) – Ms Kuan
• D247 (programming, computer game design, mathematics, etc) – Mr Merrylees
• Science Lab (sciencey stuff, Jonah & his rocket, Eliana & Agatha) – Mr Snyder

We need help to pack up the 325 Giving Tree Bags.

Sign up on Veracross (closes Friday 3pm).

Sunday 9.30 am – 1.30 pm.

See Ms Anna for more info.

True story:

Once on a trip to visit Pfrang students, I asked, “what was the best present you got in your Giving Tree bag?”

He replied, “the Toothpaste!”

Help us make 325 students’ lives a little brighter. Your 100 rmb donation provides them with more than a tube of toothpaste. This year they will receive a new backpack, toiletries, hats, scarves and school supplies.

Cards are available from Jonathan, Mas and Frank in Grade 11 and Mr Romero.

More than 200 students coming to play basketball on Saturday. They can’t play without scorekeepers! Please help. Sign up on Veracross for the morning or afternoon shift.

The Dragon dance is a familiar sight during the Lunar New Year festivities. We are looking for students who are interested in joining this activity. All students in grades 6 and up are invited to join.

Go to D227 for an information meeting next Thursday, Dec. 10th at 3.15pm.

Practices will begin on January 14th at 3.15 pm.

Here is a photo from last year’s group:

The After School Work Space is the place for you!

Get help or find a quiet place to prepare!
Monday and Wednesday from 3:15-4:15 in Learning Suport (C142)

All grade 6-12 students are welcome to attend!

Grade 8 Wellness today will be in these locations:

8A D340 with Mrs Clarke

8B LGR with Mr Joyner

8C Design Centre with Mr Griffith

See you there!

Please donate 100 rmb to help put a smile on an underprivileged student’s face. The Pfrang association is sponsoring 325 students this year and we want each child to receive a back pack full of necessities. Please contact Jonathan, Mas, or Frank in grade 11 or Mr Romero.

Christmas is truly the season of giving. Not only giving gifts but giving back to the community.

Volunteers are essential to the success of our events, activities and programs. We are in DIRE need of volunteers for this Saturday’s Christmas Charity Festival. After you sign up on Veracross, please see Miss Sue Northcott in admissions for your volunteer ticket.

Saturday, Dec 5th from 3.30-6.30pm.

Please help!

Grade 8 XBlockers

Today is X-share which will be held in the Centre large group room on the third floor. Please go straight to the Centre at the end of recess with your fully charged laptop, any products that you want to share with your parents and your completed portfolio. Mrs Merrylees will be there to help you set up. Parents arrive from 11am.  Have a brilliant X-Share!

Greetings Grade 6&7 X-Blockers

Great news – all the X-Block teachers are finally back on campus! Tomorrow please move to your X-Block location promptly at the end of break. If you are unsure of where to go, check your Seesaw for details of which activities occur in which spaces.

The spaces available are the

• Gym – indoor and outdoor sports,
• Design centre 1 – film, video, photography, robotics,
• Design centre 2 – maker centre, jewellery, special effects,
• Design centre 3 – art, textiles, ceramics,
• D247 – coding, game-making, programming, computer stuff, maths,
• Music Room – music projects, instrumental, choir, projects that don’t sound like they fit in the other spaces and don’t need specific equipment – writing, performing, drama, signing, maths, learning a language etc,
• Science Lab – geology (rocks), biology (living things), chemistry (stuff that changes or needs heating), physics.

See Seesaw for more great ideas in these spaces. Don’t forget to check in with the teacher in charge as soon as you arrive. Happy X-Blocking.