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NEWSLETTER No 15 7th Dec 2017

Dates to Remember 4th - 8th December Charity Week

12nd December Whole School Photo Day

14th December Winter Concert Early Years & Lower Primary

16th December - 7th January Winter Holiday

2017

To the

Winter Concert

2017

NBIS Winter Concert: Pre-School to Year 3

Time has flown by … and the weeks of preparation for the Winter Concert will culminate at 2:00pm on

Thursday December 14th with the final performance for parents.

From 1:30pm Mon Epoque (French Bakery) will serve Christmas cake and cookies in the School Office.

So come early and enjoy the festive fun! And there will be a lucky draw for all the kids.

All parents should be seated in the Auditorium by 2:00pm for a prompt start. (Reminder: Absolutely no

food and drink to be taken into the Auditorium. Thank you.)

We look forward to seeing you all!

Lower Primary’s Little Scientists!

Lower Primary’s Science Club has sadly come to an end this

week but what great fun we have had! The children have

really enjoyed learning about many different aspects of

Science. Such as light and shadows, changing seasons, forces,

gravity and push and pull and balance and floating.

This was a great opportunity for the children to do some

hands on activities, learn some new scientific vocabulary and

have a go at working in groups on different experiments. Mrs.

Wylie and Mr. McNorton had a great time with Lower

Primary and we are looking forward to seeing what these little scientists can do in the future! Watch out

Albert Einstein!

Year 2A- Shadow Chasers

This month in Science, Year 2A have been learning about the

Earth’s rotation, night and day and shadows as part of a unit

called ‘The Earth and Beyond’. This week we used the lovely

weather to go outside on a walking field trip! We drew our

shadows in the morning and the afternoon to see how they

changed. We observed that our shadows became shorter and

moved because the Earth had rotated. It was exciting for the

students to see the changes and be able to explain why the

changes had occurred.

Literary Magazine Club

The Literary Magazine Club aims to help students develop their writing skill

across a variety of genres, promote reading throughout our community and

provide a creative outlet for students.

We are excited to have you read our magazine for the month of November!

Please support us by scanning the QR code above or using the link: https://joom.ag/ZQDL Log-in

password: mag1234

Please keep the log-in password private. Thank you.

In November’s issue of Out of the Blue our reporters interviewed students and members of staff to find

out what they are grateful to have. Enjoy this sample page from our magazine!

Primary Student Council Meeting

It’s great to have students involved in helping us improve the school. Our Primary Student Council met

today for the last time before the Winter Holiday!

Basketball

NBIS Secondary School basketball team played two more matches last weekend. The team are really

starting to work together and have shown fantastic fighting spirit during every game.

The next set of games will take place this weekend, Saturday 9th December, at HD Ningbo.

OUTDOOR EDUCATION INITIATIVE

At NBIS, we really do believe that the world

is our classroom. We want our students to

get up from their desks and get out there …

to explore the great outdoors.

That’s why we’ve been searching for a

provider of Outdoor Education Services in

China and on Monday, Andrew Wright –

Director of Operations for Indier Outdoor,

was invited to present a range of outdoor

learning experiences to our students in Y4-

13.

Andrew is a great communicator and connected immediately with our students. He explained the value

of Indier’s programmes and was careful to balance the adrenalin rush of excitement or fear that

students may experience when attempting something difficult for the first time (such as a high rope

exercise) and the need for humility and respect in the face of such personal challenges.

Of course, safety – whether on a hike or rafting, in the accommodation or food provision – is always at

the top of the agenda for Andrew.

Parents of students in Y4-13 will be receiving more information about the opportunities available with

Indier Outdoor next June and we really hope that many will want to take up the challenge and join in the

fun.

You can find out more about Indier Outdoor here: http://indier.org/zh

Semester 1 Exams Years 8-13

Year Wednesday 10th Jan Thursday 11th Jan

Friday 12th Jan Monday 15th Jan Tuesday 16th Jan

Wednesday 17th Jan

9.00-11.00

8 ART Chinese ENGLISH NORMAL LESSONS NORMAL NORMAL

9 ENGLISH Chinese ENGLISH LESSON 1 ART 10-1.-00

NORMAL NORMAL

10 ENGLISH History IT/Chem * PHYS/DRAMA NORMAL NORMAL

11 ENGLISH Sci (Str.QUES)

MATHS (9 -11.30) HISTORY/P.E Drama or Art from

9.00 -1.00

Art 9-11

12 Eng Lang P1 IT/Gen Paper

CHEM((Str.QUES) MATHS NORMAL NORMAL

13 BIO (STR.Ques) A2 Chem Eng Lit

(p6)

MATHS ENG LANG (p3)

PHYSICS ENG LANG (P4)

NORMAL NORMAL

11.00 -11.20

Recess Recess Recess Recess Recess NORMAL NORMAL

11.20 -12.45

8 Revision Revision DRAMA NORMAL LESSONS NORMAL NORMAL

9 Revision Revision Revision NORMAL LESSONS NORMAL NORMAL

10 Revision Revision Revision NORMAL LESSONS NORMAL NORMAL

11 Sci (mchoice) 2nd Lang Listening

Revision REVISION NORMAL ART 12.00-1.00

World Lit 11.10 -1.00

12 Bio (mchoice) History (1hr)

CHEM(MCHOICE) PHYSICS (MCHOICE) NORMAL NORMAL

13 Revision Revision AS CHEM(MCHOICE) NORMAL LESSONS/REVISION

NORMAL NORMAL

12.45-1.30

Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 1.00 12.45 for Years

11,12,13

NORMAL LUNCH 1.00

(Art students lunch 12.45)

NORMAL LUNCH

1.30-3.30

8 MATHS SOSE IT - 2 groups (1 hour each)

NORMAL LESSONS

NORMAL

9 MATHS SOSE DRAMA NORMAL LESSONS

NORMAL NORMAL

10 MATHS CHINESE ART/REVISION** NORMAL LESSONS

NORMAL NORMAL

11 Sci (alt to prac)

CHINESE MATHS HISTORY/PE LESSON

ART 1.30-14.20 NORMAL

12 Eng Lang P2 BIO

(STR.Ques)

HISTORY PSYCH P1 CHINESE

PSYCH P2 PHYSICS

NORMAL NORMAL

13 Bio (planning)

A2 CHEM Eng lit (p5)

PSYCH P 1 MATHS

AS CHEM(STR.QUES)

NORMAL NORMAL

No 8, 9 Science exam – Unit tests instead

No Year 10 Biology exam - Unit test instead

Music – class performance

Art of the Week

Min Ji Kim Yr 10 Frida Kahlo study, acrylic

NBIS presents the WEARABLE ART SHOW April 2018

Wearable Art is the creative skill of taking any material, no matter how odd, and

making something that is worn. It can involve recycled material but this is not

essential. Creations are judged on interpretation of the topic (the more “left field”

the better!), choice of material and how it is used, and workmanship (doesn’t fall

apart and can be displayed for eternity!!)

The competition and show will involve two divisions Yrs 9 -13 and Yrs 5 – 8

Categories:

The King or The Queen - draw your inspiration from anywhere, past or future…

Just Stop! A chance to protest, send a message out about how you feel about an issue!

Rolling in the Deep: We know more about the surface of Mars than what we do about the what lurks in

the depths of our oceans. This will be a fluoro section using ultraviolet lights that activates white and

fluorescent colours. You will need black material too….

Metallica: Go where you like!

If Only I Could Fly: Based loosely around flight

PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES!

What to do now? Start collecting stuff, storing stuff to use. There will be weekly after school workshops

here at school next term and you can work from home. During the April holiday April 2 -5, we will stage

a school based workshop prior to the show for those finishing touches!

Work in pairs, groups, or individually. You don’t have to model your creation, other people can do that.

https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldofWearableArt

Note: all art students will be doing this in art during the coming year

NBIS Reaching Out

On Wednesday evening, the Principal, Deputy and other members of the NBIS Team attended a dinner

at the invitation of the Ningbo Association of Foreign Investment Enterprises. This is an influential

forum within the city, and comprises Chinese, Taiwanese, Thai, Korean and other leaders of businesses

in Ningbo which are funded by foreign investment. They were surprised and delighted to learn about

Ningbo International School and we expect that some of those we met will visit our campus in 2018.

On Thursday morning, the Principal, Deputy and Director of Admissions visited Samsung Heavy

Industries, Beilun. NBIS already has 8 students connected with Samsung and this was an opportunity to

explain more about what the school has to offer and hear what Korean families are looking for. A bonus

was that Samsung extended an invitation to our students to visit their ship-building yard in Ningbo … a

world leader in this specialized heavy industry. A great opportunity for our students next semester!

CTCSOL (Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Language) test

On the 4th of December, Ningbo International School

launched the Second Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to

Speakers of Other Languages (CTCSOL) Test Training

Programme as part of the school's commitment to

professional development of its staff. Fifteen Chinese staff

members, who are from all sections of the school signed up

to participate. NBIS provided strong support for them as part

of the policy to help staff develop skills and knowledge. At

the launching ceremony, Ms. Emily Zhang gave an opening

speech and then Ms. Daisy Yan and Ms. Wenwen Wang gave

a brief introduction of CTCSOL test, and an overview of how

the training programme would be structured. At the end of

the training, Mr. Philip Billing and Mr. Robert Yan gave

encouraging speeches about the programme and the

teachers. The programme will continue until April with the

goal of developing the teaching skills of the Chinese teachers.

NBIS FOOD

Sample Dish: From left to right, from up to down

Mash Potato, Fried Carrot with Cauliflower, Tomato with egg, Fried Chicken Chop

(Menu December 11st – December 15th)

NBIS Official WeChat Account

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don’t hesitate to contact us.