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Newsletter: 29th January 2016


Cool in the Pool

Saturday 30th January 2016 (9am 10:30am to 12 noon)

Charlies Fitness Interschool Football Competition Saturday 30th January 2016

Mock checkpoint examinations 5th, 8th and 9th February 2016

Chinese New Year (wear red)

Monday 8th February 2016

Progress reports will go home on

Wednesday 17th February 2016

NIS Sports Festival Saturday 20th February 2016

(9am to 12noon)

Family Fun Day

Theme: Western (cowboys, cows, horses, hats, boots etc) Saturday 19th March 2016


This week’s assembly At today’s assembly, Year 7 students taught us the meaning of teamwork. Their assembly included an animated video, a rendition of ‘Lean on Me’ and a demonstration of teamwork.

Well done Team Year 7 - Ms Kate, Ms Barbara and the Year 7 students


Their song, Lean on Me, inspired us to hold hands and sing together as one big

NIS team


Many thanks to the parents who attended today’s assembly


It is difficult to describe what we experienced today at Teach for a Day. We hope these pictures will say more than a thousand words.


Our appreciation goes to our teachers of the day: Mrs Akpe, Mr Akuma, Mrs Aigbedion, Mrs Bandele, Dr Egharevba, Mrs Egube, Mrs Ekut, Mrs Etokakpan, Mrs Ezeanaka, Mrs Nwibani, Mrs Olagunju, Mrs Southey-Effiong, Mr Udensi, Mrs Ukpeh and Mrs Wellington.


Cool in the Pool (10:30 to 12:00 on Saturday 30th January 2016) Cool in the Pool starts at 10:30am (not 9am as earlier indicated) tomorrow, Saturday 30th January 2016. Please feel free to bring games, snacks and drinks. All we ask is that you (parents) accompany your children. See you tomorrow!


New members of staff Meet two highly qualified educators who have joined our team:

• Ms Constance – Teaching Assistant (Year 1) • Mr Benedict – Teacher of Chemistry

Ms Constance comes to NIS with keen interest in the development of young children and years of experience. Mr Benedict is equipped with excellent subject knowledge, many years of experience and an unmistakable passion for children’s development. Thank you Ms Kate On Thursday 28th January 2016, we bade Ms Kate a fond farewell. Miss Kate’s pupils admire her caring personality and positive attitude. We thank her for her contribution to our school and wish her very best in her future endeavours. Toodle-oo!


Chinese Year of the Monkey

Monday 8th February 2016 is not a mufti day, but we encourage students to wear red as part of their school uniforms. They could wear red vests, bracelets, hairbands, belts, shoes, socks, scarves and other items. Mock checkpoint examinations (Years 6 and 9 students) The checkpoint examinations are scheduled for April 2016 (exact dates will be confirmed later). To prepare our students, we will administer mock examinations on the following days:

• Friday 5th February 2016 (10:20 to 12:40): English Language • Monday 8th February 2016 (08:00 to 10:00): Mathematics • Tuesday 9th February 2016 (08:00 to 10:00): Science •

We wish our students the very best in the forthcoming examinations. Sports Festival (9am to 12noon on Saturday 20th February 2016) Please mark your calendars. The four houses – Churchill, Gandhi, Lincoln and Mandela – will compete in inter-house sporting activities. Which house will top the list? Come and find out. Remember to bring your family and friends along.


Get ready for World Book Day (Thursday 3rd March 2016) We have selected some books for students to read and review for World Book Day, coming up on Thursday 3rd March 2016. Parents and their children are to read the book assigned to their year groups and be prepared to discuss characters and events in the book on World Book Day. Class Time for

Review Book Title Author

EYFS 8:30am The Tiger Who Came for Tea Judith Kerr Year 1 9:00am The Three Little Pigs retold by Susanna

Davidson (Usborne Books)

Year 2 9:30am The Railway Children Edith Nesbit (Ladybird) Year 3 10:30am The Magic Finger Roald Dahl Year 4 11:00am Chike and The River Chinua Achebe Year 5 11:30am An African Night’s Entertainment Cyprian Ekwensi Year 6 12:00pm The Lion and The Jewel Wole Soyinka Years 7 to 10

12:40pm The Gods are not to Blame Ola Rotimi

Drop-off time is from 7:30am

In the interest of the safety of our students, we would like to remind you that our drop-off time is from 7:30am. If you do arrive at the school before 7:30am, please wait with your child in your vehicle until 7:30am. Please do not leave them unsupervised.

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NIS PTA Donation A total of N325,000 was raised by the PTA for Keeping It Real Foundation. The donation will go towards the school fees of the children at DBenevolent Care Home. If you are yet to redeem your pledge or would still like to donate to the care home, please make your payments to the PTA account below: Account name: Norwegian International School – PTA Account Bank: Zenith Bank Account number: 1012345499 Reference: Please clearly state that it is donation to the care home

NIS students and parents visited DBenevolent Care Home on 5th December 2015


Get ready for Family Fun Day (Saturday 19th March 2016) We await this year’s Family Fun Day with great excitement. We advise that you get your costumes now. The theme is western (cowboys, hats, boots, cows, horses, red Indians etc). What will you wear?

The 2015 Family Fun Day was great fun. Get your dancing shoes ready for the

2016 Family Fun Day!


Once again, we thank the teachers (we mean parents) who took part in Teach for a Day today. We wish all parents a very pleasant weekend. Ms Nkechi and Dr Tayo Heads of Primary and Secondary Schools PS: Cool in the Pool starts at 10:30am tomorrow.

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