Ningbo International School

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Ningbo National Hi-Tech Zone

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NBIS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 23

2019-20

Ningbo International School

A Community of Learners

Dates to Remember

2nd March School Starts

（Please note that this is a tentative date and may change

as the situation unfolds.）

Greetings from Sunny Ningbo!

I didn’t think that I would ever say this … but today, I was SO PLEASED … to see a

traffic jam! Surely a sign that Ningbo is gradually opening up again and that things

are indeed heading towards normal.

Some smaller shops have opened, service garages, banks, Taobao is on the move …

many more people out and about, and – with the new app-based Health Security

Card, there is pretty much freedom of movement if you don’t have a fever.

NBIS E-Learning:

We know that our community has been enormously dislocated and dispersed by the

Covid-19 outbreak, and that, for some, teaching/learning at home is really a

challenge. Spare a thought for many of our teachers, too, who have been stranded in

third countries, sometimes with little access to technology and resources, but doing

their best to support their students with the provision of meaningful learning tasks.

Despite all those challenges, we are delighted with some of the feedback we’ve been

getting and hope that you’ll enjoy these photos and reports as much as we did!

Early Years E-Learning

Over the past few weeks the children of Reception C have been receiving some

revision work and activities via our class WeChat group. Topics have included,

Healthy and Hygiene, and Spring growth (beginning with naming the parts of a

plant). The children have been busy practicing their skills in phonics, letter formation,

blending sounds together, number recognition, shape recognition, and completing

repeated patterns. The Reception Chinese Language teachers have also been sending

activities and work home for the children. This has all been done with the help and

support of the children's fabulous parents. Without their support this would not have

been possible. As a class we have shared photos of the children at work, and the

children's completed work as well. Here is a sample of the photos that have been

shared.

Chinese Department E-Learning

After two weeks of our E-Learning Programme, our Chinese Teachers are using

diverse tools to deliver the programme, whatever works best for them and their

students. This Tuesday (Feb.18) Chinese Department had an online meeting to share

the teaching resources and sum up the experiences in E-Learning. Chinese teachers

are working really hard to offer the best learning for our students. Besides regular

Chinese learning, the knowledge about Coronavirus is integrated into the teaching.

Ms. Jessie Gong’s class is making posters about nCov-19.

We are particularly aware of our examination students whose face-to-face time with

Teachers has been severely affected by this crisis. Chinese Department set up regular

online courses via Virtual Learning Platforms, such as ZOOM, RTX(腾讯会议)，荔枝

微课，WeChat…that makes a fixed schedule for our students and a better

communication. We tried our best to ensure the learning for exam students will not

be affected much.

Here are some learning feedbacks from students.

Ms.Emily Zhang’s class learning ancient Chinese prose”Cao Gui Lun Zhan”, Chinese

Reading via iChinese Reader.

Ms. Alice Fang’s class using the mind map for character introduction

Mr. Simon Liu’s class preparing for the HSK Test

Ms. Monica Dong’s class is having the

Screencast Chinese courses.

YEAR 13 PSYCHOLOGSITS ZARA MORGAN HARD AT WORK

Joyce Lin, Year 13 Psychology student hard at work!

GO CHINA GO!

It’s been super to see some of our children and parents sending messages and photos

of encouragement for China and for our NBIS Learning Community! Take a look at

these. So uplifting! Thank you! And … you can see more … including some video

clips … on our latest WeChat publication.

Letter from Year 6A

Dear Lovely Friends in China,

I hope all of you are safe and

healthy. It is sad to hear that you

are stuck in your apartment or in

your house. We think of you daily

and will always help if needed.

Please take care of yourself and

best to not see anyone else. We

hope that China will get rid of the

CORONA virus. If needed we can

always donate some masks.

We all wish you the best of the

best!

Solene

GO CHINA GO CHINA

From Secondary student Lucia Brucoli

Work from Year 3

The children were asked to make a

poster of how to care for the earth.

This was a unique way to show this.

Also so much fun!

Beat Coronavirus from Steve Pouleros Reception A

Artwork from Year 1C Romeo Zhou

Artwork from Year 2B Cloris

Like so many others around the world, and in China in particular, we have all been

affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. As Mr Ying, President of WEG, said this morning in

our leadership meeting:

This is a test for us all. Teachers, students and parents. But when we are faced with

such a test, we have the opportunity to show a ‘golden heart.’

Teachers are returning to Ningbo. Students too. And we are hoping to open school very

soon!

On behalf of all NBIS school staff, I send you warmest greetings and best wishes from

Ningbo!

Phil Billing

Principal

NBIS