Daily Bulletin

EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of School) is the largest professional development network in our region and has loads of great opportunities to support staff to develop their practice through the year. Here are some of the biggest (and newest) opportunities for this year.

EARCOS Teacher Conference – March 18 – 20 2027
One of the biggest and best professional learning conferences in the region. This year’s theme is “Teaching—From the Heart” and the specific focus strands are: Science, Math, Social Studies/Humanities, Global Issues/Global Citizenship, Middle School, Service Learning, S.T.E.M, and General Education Topics. NIS regularly sends staff to both attend and present at these conferences and it is a great opportunity to demonstrate your skills and network with other great educators in our region. Applications to present will open in September – so start thinking now if this appeals to you!

Weekend Workshops
Held across different schools all across the region, these are 2 day intensive courses facilitated by worldwide experts in their fields on a range of great topics. We are also hosting one in April about New Metrics and how do to measure what matters.

Webinars
Great shorter bites to extend your practice. Usually 90 minutes and on a wide range of topics with expert speakers.

Leadership for Neurodiversity Courses
6 different courses that go over 6 weeks aimed at developing and support specific classroom and school-wide practices that support the inclusion of neurodiverse learners.

International Literacy Coach Cohort
A new ongoing coaching and support program for teachers and leaders wanting to develop their literacy development skills and implementation in school. Meets in person 5 times over 2 years.

Action Research Grants
Fantastic, funded opportunities to undertake classroom-based research to develop and improve your practice. Applications for next school year will be opened early in 2027 – Watch this space!

As always, if you have any questions about any of these opportunities, or would like some more information about EARCOS, please just email me (chrisbrain@nanjing-school.com) or grab me for a chat in the corridor.

JEDI Adult Member Application Form  – Fill out form

Another call for bell songs!

Want to hear your favourite song played across the school for a whole week?

Talk with your homeroom or advisory and choose a song together. Once you’ve agreed on a song clip, submit it using the form below. We’d love to hear your voice and see what our community is listening to!

Share your voice! – Fill out form

Please note that clips should be:
• 11-15 seconds long
• in m4a or mp3 format
• appropriate lyrics, topic and content for Early Years to Gr. 12

Here are minutes for the Monday Briefing.

Week 4 – August 31, 2026  (Web view)

Dear Grade 9, 10, 11 students,

PSAT/NMSQT test is open for registration now until Sep 11. Please register by completing the survey below. The test will be on Saturday October 17th from 8:00am to 10:30am at NIS. Test fee is RMB 130 and payable through school Wechat Mall mini program. If you have any questions, please contact: mandyzhao@nanjing-school.com

PSAT/NMSQT Test Registration 2026 – Fill out form

Dear All,

Please find attached the SLT meeting minutes of week 3 for your information.

SLT – Aug 26

Please find the list of students from Grade 1-4 who will be absent from school @ 1:40pm on Friday, 4th September to participate in the SSL Development Swim #1.

Dear secondary students,

Please see below upcoming university information session schedule. Please register the session through the link HERE or scan the QR code in the poster. Thank you.

King’s College London(KCL) Tuesday September 8th, 14:45-15:45, LGR 2
Ohio State University, Thursday September 10th, 12:00-13:00, LGR 2
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Friday September 11th, 12:00-13:00, LGR 2
New York University(NYU), Tuesday September 22, 11:30-12:30, LGR 1 
University of British Columbia(UBC), Tuesday October 27, 11:30-12:30, LGR 1

For Service as Action, we will have a regular length session today. Students should attend Advisory as normal and move to Service at 10:50am.

For those students who do not have Service with their Advisor, please see below as a reminder of where to go.

If you are already at the Welcome BBQ, why not collect some volunteering hours?

We need 9 volunteers for each shift. Sign up on SchoolsBuddy for one of the shifts:

10:30-11:30
11:30-12:30
12:30-13:30
13:30- 15:00

Tickets to the BBQ are 100 RMB and can be purchased by signing up on this QR code:

For more information, please contact Mr Santi in Grade 2.