House Basketball

House Basketball will take place in the gym on Tuesday lunchtime next week.

House Leaders, please select your teams!

• 2 Competitions Gr 9 – 12 Boys and Girls
• Teams – maximum of 5 on court at any time. No maximum squad size
• Round Robin format, each team playing the other 2 houses. Captains can toss a coin to see who plays first.
• Each game 9 mins running clock. Score for each game is recorded.
Results:
• 2 Points for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss.
• Overall Placings for House Points is based on total points won across all boys and girls competition in same age category. (30, 20, 15)
• points calculation based on total points won.
• If this is the same for 2 teams, the head to head game will decide the winner. If this was a tie, points difference will decide, then points for, then points against. If still equal, it will be declared a tie.
• If it is a 3 way tie, the points difference will decide the placings, then points for, then points against. If all or any of these are equal, the competition shall be declared a 3 way tie.

G4 CNU Open-house

Want to know what Creative New Undertakings look like in Grade 4? Drop in on Friday after break to chat to students. Student Voice and Choice-inclusion, trial and error, blended learning-in practice!

ACAMIS Basketball

Please come to support our teams at the ACAMIS Basketball this weekend.

International Women’s Day- Helpers Wanted

Any MYP/DP students, teachers or staff who are interested in helping out with this year’s International Women’s Day celebration on Wednesday March 8, please contact Michelle Rinker. Your participation is greatly appreciated!

Student Helpers for ACAMIS tournament

Dear All,

Please excuse the students below on the following days:

Thursday Block 5: Alex Crook, Aubin Freville, Daniel Kim, Blake Walker

Friday Blocks 1-4: Sean Buhler-Brown, Ati Underwood, Paul Schubert, Marvin Wehrle

Friday Block 5: Ato Underwood, Pauline Rogalla, Samin Hassan, Hyeonseo Lee

Thank you.

Ms Anna

Scorers Schedule Wed 11.13pm-1uxbb1g

Sustainability Guidelines Website Launch

Exciting news! The Sustainability Guidelines prototype team is proud to say that the new website is up and ready to be shared. We will be inviting people to join us on Tuesday 24th January in the Cafe at 2:50pm for drinks and snacks and to view the website. We will have people on hand to guide you through the website and to answer questions. If you do not receive a direct invitation but are interested, please email me by Friday.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Announcement in the bulletin

The 8th graders have been working on their Mini PPP and would appreciate if you could donate old clothes and/or plastic bags that you won’t be needing anymore. Please put them in the box in the center foyer that says ‘Mini PPP Donation’ Thank you.

Inta-House Speeling Compatition – Thurzday 19th

This Thursday lunchtime in Mr Battye’s room, the first competition of 2017… ?Inter-House Spelling!?‍?

Get your teams together. From each house:

  • 2 girls and 2 boys in G6-8?‍?
  • 2 girls and 2 boys in G9-12?‍?

Teams work in pairs and can be mixed. 20 seconds to spell each word, a point for each correct answer.

The scores are incredibly close, could this be the competition that gives your house the lead they’ll carry through to the end of the year? Even if you aren’t spelling, come along and (quietly) cheer your team to victory!

Suggested reading: The Dictionary

Annual Student Feedback Survey

As part of the Professional Growth Programme (staff folder), teachers collect student feedback once a year to help inform their practice; see extract below.

  1. Copy and paste the individual survey link that will be sent out to you later today.
  2. The survey link should be sent to at least one of your classes between January 16th and January 24th
  3. To get the results of the survey, please send Samantha an email and she will send them to you.
  4. The results will be analysed during the Chinese New Year INSET as described below.

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