Category: Staff

Students who missed exams in grades 8 and 9 will begin rewrites on Monday. Their names can be found here. They will rewrite the exams in the order they are missed, so if the first exam they missed is English, they will write it first. If the first exam they missed is science, they will write it first, etc. 

• The first exam will be block one (8:00 am) on Monday in LGR 3. Learning support students will go to C142. 
• The second exam will be block four (1:00 pm) in D220. 
• For those students who missed 3 exams or more and can stay after school, there will be a third time slot at 3:05 in D220. 
• After this, students who still have exams will write at 8:00 am in D220 on Tuesday.  

If this conflicts with assessments in subjects, let Jade know, and she will do her best to accommodate. If you teach these students and they arrive during your class, please check with them to see if they should be in an exam.

Dear All,
Monthly Equipment Testing of Fire-fighting & Lockdown System on this coming Sunday (Dec 7th)  8:00am~4:00pm. Please ignore the broadcasting, the alarming bell and the flickering blue lights during the period.

Thanks for your understanding.
Facilities Team

Hi everyone,

Just a quick reminder to complete the NIS Community Survey if you haven’t already, both as a teacher and, if applicable, as a parent. Your feedback is incredibly valuable as NIS gathers data to help guide our Mission and Strategy.

The survey closes TODAY, so please take a few minutes to share your thoughts!

Please find the list of students who will be absent from school @12:30pm on Tuesday, 9th December for the ISNAC Santa SKINS Swim Meet.

Best wishes,

Participant registration has just opened for the EARCOS Teacher Conference, which will be held March 18 – 21 in Bangkok.

The theme is ‘Elevating Voices, Enriching Worlds’ and the focus strands for this year are: Early Childhood, Literacy, World Languages, Children’s Authors, Libraries/Media Tech, Technology, ELL, Learning Support, Counsellors, Child Protection, and General Education.

If you would like to attend the conference, please put through a PLD request as normal through the PLA form. We are able to send a limited number of people, so please make it clear in your application how this learning will enhance your teaching and the learning of students. We will also be prioritising people who have not previously attended an EARCOS Teacher Conference.

As well as the EARCOS Teacher Conference, EARCOS also has a range of great PL opportunities coming up in December and January.

• Language A/Humanities
  • Rising from the Ashes: A Conversation with Author Paula Yoo (6th December, Online)
• UDL
  • Thinking Like a Universal Designer: Dr Lee Ann Jung (2nd December – 13th January, Online)
• Middle School
  • EARCOS Middle School Leadership Conference (23 – 24th January, In-person @ South Saigon International School)
• Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction
  • Navigating the Path to Success Through Instructional Coherence (30 – 31st January, In-person @ NIST International School)

If you have any questions about any of these opportunities, please come chat to me or send me an email.

On Wednesday we will have some visitors on campus from Shanghai Community International School and Singapore Suzhou International School for a job-alike with counsellors, librarians, student support and SET. If you see them out and about please feel free to introduce yourself and give a warm NIS welcome.

Here are minutes for the Monday Briefing.

Week 16 – Dec 1, 2025  (Web view)

We are in our final push to clear all of the Giving Tree cards from our stock. There are still 40+ remaining, so if you are one of those folks who prefer to wait until the last minute… congratulations, your minute has finally arrived! 😀

As before, you are welcome to scan the QR codes here, send an email to Mike M with a shot of your payment screen, and just wait for the cards to arrive in your box. Or, look for the table at the Centre Foyer before and after school this week (except Tuesday) to purchase in person.

For those who have already made their donations this year and returned your cards with those messages of support and encouragement for the Pfrang students, thank you very much! We hope to make this year’s drive another big success, and appreciate the support of our community always.

Best,

Mike McHugh