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Student Activities Sign-ups

Ever feel like school is just… classes, homework, repeat? Join a club! Get involved!

We’ve got a whole lineup of student activities that are literally begging for people like you to show up and have fun. No tests (except for Math Olympiad Math Club.) No grades. Just vibes, creativity, and new friends.

Here are some of the activities on offer:

  • Drama: Be dramatic on purpose for once – audition for The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • Cooking: Cook, eat, repeat – zero skills required, just a hungry stomach and a willingness to try.
  • MUN: Argue with purpose, dress like you mean it, and save the world.
  • Choir: Come for the harmonies, stay for the good vibes –all voices welcome, just pure musical energy.
  • NEW Film: Lights, camera, action – make short films and watch films. Zero budget and infinite creativity.
  • NEW Samulnori: Discover the art of Korean drumming – build rhythm, teamwork, and confidence through every beat.
  • NEW World Scholar’s Cup: Debate, write, quiz, and dance your way through global trivia.

Registration opens on SchoolsBuddy at 12.45 pm on Monday.

Community Sports – We Need You!

Would you or your spouse be interested in leading a Community Sport? Please contact Anna Y to learn how easy it is! We are looking for parents or teachers to help organize community sports activities in the evenings on weeknights from 6:30–8:30 PM or on Saturdays. Community sports are open to NIS students G9 and above, parents, teachers and non-NIS adults. Last year, we were able to offer:

  • Community Football
  • Community Basketball
  • Community Volleyball
  • Community Badminton
  • Community Pickleball

Exclusively for our NIS families we offered:

  • NIFC Football K1 and up
  • Family Badminton G4 and up + parent
  • Family Athletics G3 and up + parent

If you would like to organise a Community Sport or an activity that is not a sport, please contact Anna Y in the Activities Office.

Chess Boards and other Activities Material

While you’re tidying up your teaching spaces and offices, please keep an eye out for any Chess Boards and tubs of Lego that didn’t make it back to the Activities Office last June. Please drop me email to collect the items or you can bring them to the Activities Office or to my NEW classroom D207 (old PYP ELL office/MYP LGR). Thank you in advance.

And if for any reason, you need paper bags (lunch size), paper coffee cups, or knitting needles or other completely random things, please ask. We have treasures up in our storage room.

Epic School Plus – online reading resource

Epic School Plus is our paid offering for schools and districts. It gives educators and students unlimited, 24/7 access to over 40,000 e-books, learning videos, read-to-me, decodables, graphic novels, quizzes and curated collections in English. We have thousands of titles in Spanish, Mandarin, French and Gaelic. The content is ideal for students age 12 and under.

Before school starts: Log in to Epic School Plus (set up new account if never used before); Archive last year’s class (don’t delete); transfer previous students to current teacher (move students up a grade); Create class; Add students NEW to NIS to your class; copy class code – post in classroom & SeeSaw

Epic Teacher Resources (how-to videos, flyers for students & parents, reading motivation, book collections, and more)

How to add students to your roster (YouTube video)

Transfer existing student profiles to a new teacher (last year’s teacher should do this once class lists have been created)

How to create collections of books and assign to students (whole class or small groups)

How can I monitor my students’ progress on collections I’ve assigned?

Where do students find their assignments?

How to copy a community-created collection into your account

How to share a collection you created with another teacher

How to find and assign books (YouTube video)