On Saturday of December 12, Swim team will need a few volunteers for our swim meet during the afternoon time: 14.00-17.30 ( potentially finishing a bit earlier).
They need 3 timers and 2 marshals.

Please sign up now on Veracross for this joining.

Thanks.

Grade 8 XBlockers

Tomorrow 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!

Dec 5th – Grades 8-11 – Christmas Charity Festival 3.30 – 6.30 pm.

Dec 12th – Grades 9-12 – Basketball scorers 8.45 am – 1 pm or 1:45 pm – 5 pm.

Get into the holiday spirit by volunteering to marshal or run 5 k in a Santa suit.

Please see Ms Christine in the Activities Office for more information.

We are still in the testing phase to see what bugs are present for the latest MacOS upgrade and will send out a bulletin announcement in the next month or so once we are confident that it won’t present any issues with our school systems. At the moment, the biggest issue will be that the Adobe products we have are no longer supported meaning that for most of you, Preview will need to be set to default on your computers. More coming soon, but we don’t recommend upgrading just yet.

Thanks,

The NIS IT Department

Just in case you missed the emails, the daily bulletins, weekly bulletins and the notice on the TV screens…..

ManageBac will close for all grade 6-10 students on Friday, Dec 11th at 4pm.

ManageBac will close for all grade 11 – 12 students on Thursday, Dec 17th at 4pm.

If you have questions, please stop by the Activities Office or D229 to find Ms Anna.

December 5th

3.30 – 6.30 pm

20 students to help with various jobs at the Christmas Charity Festival.

You can sign up on Veracross NOW!!!!

Possible learning outcomes

• Commitment and Perseverance
• Collaboration
• Ethics
• Challenge and New Skills
• Strength and Growth

December 12th

18 students/teachers needed to score keep on Saturday, December 12th.

You can sign up on now Veracross.

Two shifts available:

8.45 am – 1 pm

1:45 pm – 6 pm.

Possible learning outcomes

• Commitment and Perseverance
• Collaboration
• Ethics
• Challenge and New Skills
• Strength and Growth

December 5th

3.30 – 6.30 pm

20 students to help with various jobs at the Christmas Charity Festival.

You can sign up on Veracross from Thursday 1pm.

Possible learning outcomes

• Commitment and Perseverance
• Collaboration
• Ethics
• Challenge and New Skills
• Strength and Growth

Good Morning X-Blockers

• Today during Block 4, Eliana, Jess and Agatha are offering X-Blockers the chance to be part of a sign-language choir that will perform a song in the final assembly of 2020. Please join them in the music room at 12:00pm for some movement, music and fun.
• Sadly, today will be the final day for our fabulous X-Block cooking crew until after Chinese New Year.
• Grade 8 X-share is next week on Thursday – Please make sure you have your portfolio prepared. (Not ready – see Seesaw or come and visit Mrs Merrylees in the music room for help during Block 3 after you have checked in with your mentor)
• Haju, Sunny, Jessica, Eliana and Agatha, please meet with Mrs Merrylees in the music room at the beginning of block 3.

If you’re still looking for a ticket to the final performance of this star-studded spectacular, dream on. All tickets are sold out. Friday night tickets are currently changing hands on the black market for bars of gold.

Here are some (more or less) genuine reviews from those lucky enough to catch a performance so far…

‘The best school production that I’ve ever seen in my teaching career.’

Heidi Dean

‘From the atmospheric sets to the expressive performances, A Midsummer Nights Dream was absolutely mesmerizing!’

Susan Brown

‘The best Shakespeare production, professional or otherwise, that I’ve ever seen.’

Michael Merrylees

‘Stellar! A triumph of interpretation.’

Katie Ham

‘The first time I‘ve enjoyed Shakespeare – and the first time I’ve stayed awake for an entire performance!’

Kieshokanth

‘It’s so fun. But my legs hurt.’

Calvin (Grade 6)

‘******* amazing!’

Anon

‘It was so good, I had to stop gaming to watch!’

Anonymous Grade 9 student

The Dream comes to an end at 7pm tonight!