Category: Staff

Best wishes,

Kind reminder of today’s announced Lockdown Drill @11.50h for the whole school.

Please find out the online survey with enclosed Procedure of Code Blue, and share your feedback after the Lockdown drill via NIS Code Blue on September 17 or by scanning the QR code below before 4.00PM on Friday, 19 September 2025.

All staff members must submit their feedback in the provided online survey.

Thanks for your support!

Arek and the team

The EARCOS Teacher Conference will be held in Bangkok 19 – 21 March 2026.

The theme is ‘Elevating Voices, Enriching Worlds’ and the areas that will be the focus of the conference are:

• Literacy
• Early Childhood
• Learning Support and Special Needs
• Modern Languages
• Libraries
• Counselors
• ELL
• Authors
• Child Protection
• Technology
• General Education

NIS is able to put forward two presentations to be delivered at the conference (note: EARCOS has the final decision on all presentations). Presentations can be done individually or as a pair. NIS covers conference registration for staff that are chosen to present (flights and accommodation are not covered but can be paid with your PL fund).

If you are interested in attending (and not presenting), please go through the usual PL application process.

If you are interested in applying to present, we will be holding applications in Week 9. Applicants will need to present a short (3 – 5 minute) pitch of their presentation topic, including why it is relevant for the conference and how it will provide participants with new learning in emerging trends and/or possibilities for practice within schools; and a sample activity that they would plan on including in their presentation (5 – 7 minutes). Pitches should be 10 minutes total, and will be assessed against the EARCOS Conference Session Design and Presentation Criteria.

If you would like to apply to present, an application form will be sent out after the October Break to sign up. If you have any questions in the meantime, please come speak to me or send me an email.

Here are minutes for the Monday Briefing.

Week 6 – Sep.15, 2025  (Web view)

School will offer Flu Vaccination for NIS staff and their dependents (children up to 17 years old) at the Taikang Hospital. We have selected the recommended vaccination at a cost of RMB 108. The school nurse will coordinate the registration, please complete the survey via Flu Shot 2025 to signup by 4.00PM on Friday, 19 September.

For those who wish to use another clinic, the school will reimburse up to RMB 108 upon presentation of an official fapio. 

For staff who have already been vaccinated, the school will reimburse the full amount upon presentation of the official vaccination certificate. 

Note: Taikang Xianlin Drum Tower Hospital can only vaccinate individuals 16 years and older. 

Thank you and regards, 

Arek and the Team