2022-23 Tweet of the Year
Who is our next superhero? G4s worked tirelessly to create their ‘Guides to Save the World’!
— NIS Grade 4 (@NISGrade4) June 1, 2023
Our learners chose a climate change problem that spoke to their hearts and tried to think of simple actions people could do, sometimes, even from a comfy sofa! #NISimpact pic.twitter.com/x7Bp6XBUX3
How have we changed over time? First graders inquiring into their new unit on Who We Are by being reflective, thinking about how their bodies have changed over the year. “I have longer arms so I can reach more” “I have bigger teeth so I can eat more” #NISInquire pic.twitter.com/Ezfylp6HZt
— NIS Grade 1 (@NIS_Grade1) May 23, 2023
I spy with my little eye, something green 🌿G9 students developing those skills of observation & classification with a plant scavenger hunt 🔍 What plants do you see around you? #ispy #NISELT2023 #extendedlearningtrips pic.twitter.com/g5XrGEpmba
— NIS Secondary School (@NIS_Secondary) May 16, 2023
What is a range of probability? What is the chance that the Czech Republic will win the next FIFA World Cup based on the data and winning history available? G4 is buzzing with rich discussions and connection-making today! #NISinquire pic.twitter.com/u6grkNpwiy
— NIS Grade 4 (@NISGrade4) May 8, 2023
Which is heavier? Which ones lighter? How do we know that a pencil is lighter than a chair? First graders learning to estimate the weight of objects by putting them in order from heaviest to lightest today #NISInquire pic.twitter.com/xU2SF0Q2uO
— NIS Grade 1 (@NIS_Grade1) April 24, 2023
What’s it like to rehearse in a rock band? LOUD! Grade 3 is learning to play in a band, so they visited Grade 9 today to check it out.🥁🎸🎤🎶#NISinspire @NagoyaIS @NIS_Secondary @NIS_Grade3 @NIS_Primary pic.twitter.com/pxCSzAmFvw
— NIS Arts (@NIS_Arts) April 18, 2023
Community of explorers unpacking possibilities
— NIS ELC (@NIS_ELC) April 10, 2023
“I wanted to see how high it would be…” -M#NISinquire #NISinspire #NISinclude #ATLskills #reggioinspired #constructivism pic.twitter.com/q9kARPsU6Q
#WJMUN in Fukuoka. This is what it’s all about. Sharing experiences together, making new friends, catching up with old ones (right student was an @NagoyaIS student now at @FISSharks), and having fun learning. #ProudTeachers #NISinspire pic.twitter.com/pbXf08vWBl
— NIS Secondary School (@NIS_Secondary) April 9, 2023
Knowledgeable, balanced or thinker? Why not all in one - just a well-rounded NIS learner! #NISinspire pic.twitter.com/W3VViOslAO
— NIS Grade 4 (@NISGrade4) March 30, 2023
These Gr 12 students are jugglers! In this stations activity to prepare for the Paper 2 IBDP English L&L exam, they have to plan an answer for 4 complex questions, refer to 4 different texts, find evidence, analyze authorial choices, and compare/contrast texts. Phew! #NISInquire pic.twitter.com/PRjLscbKv2
— NIS English (@NIS_English) March 15, 2023
1.Wake-up as early as 5:00 am
— NIS Secondary School (@NIS_Secondary) March 12, 2023
2.Catch Shinkansen to Yokohama
3.Arrive at YIS
4.Spend 19 of next 30 hours competing in badminton
5.Take this photo: #NISinspire pic.twitter.com/cblf5TArYF
Kindergarten began to discuss International Womens Day today. One child asked "Whats a woman?" The class began to brainstorm what they thought. What would you add tho their thoughts? #NISinquire #IWD2023 #EmbraceEquity #justthebeginning pic.twitter.com/B7lD0FaamO
— NIS ELC (@NIS_ELC) March 2, 2023
Guess the TV show or Film Part 1! Grade 10 have been exploring set design and today created 3D models to recreate well known TV/Film sets for the stage. Comment below if you think you know! Clues: 1. Tick Tok, 2. We'll be there for you, 3. Crime show. #NISinquire #NISimpact pic.twitter.com/yLDIyniLgD
— NIS Arts (@NIS_Arts) February 21, 2023
How is writing a persuasive essay like boxing?! Well, just watch our 5th graders! #NISinspire #NISimpact #NISbox #NISpersuade pic.twitter.com/CQaBRPC8T9
— NIS Grade 5 (@NIS_Grade5) February 17, 2023
Jeden Dienstag lernen wir Deutsch. #NISInspire pic.twitter.com/BvkLI4OJFZ
— NIS Co-Curricular (@NIS_Activities) February 7, 2023
How can we show our deep appreciation in Japan? #NISinquire #NISkindlanguage pic.twitter.com/G4RExuGcAF
— NIS Japanese (@NIS_Japanese) February 3, 2023
She got her gloves on and ready to clean the NIS community. She has been going around the playground and soccer field during recess times to clean with some help from her friends. PYP ACTION! #NISinspire #NISimpact pic.twitter.com/CaUZSDaOEa
— NIS Grade 3 (@NIS_Grade3) January 25, 2023
“From Hokkaido! Fukuoka too!!” Gr. 3 and 4 students are looking forward to Ganbare-ing the tournament hosted by NIS. #NISinspire #NISimpact pic.twitter.com/Sr66DbXDnZ
— NIS Japanese (@NIS_Japanese) January 16, 2023
From tallest to shortest & longest to shortest time @NIS_Secondary. To how far away they were born & number of hours of sleep a night 😴! Grade 8s enjoying the winter sunshine whilst getting to know each other better through communication 🗣️ & continuums! #NISimpact #NISinquire pic.twitter.com/lOgmCFf7Gg
— NIS Secondary School (@NIS_Secondary) January 11, 2023
Saying good bye to our friends is never easy! In grade 6, we like to have all the feels. #Grade6 will miss this member of our family. #NISimpact pic.twitter.com/bqT4A11cR9
— NIS Secondary School (@NIS_Secondary) December 16, 2022
Aye, aye, captain! First graders working with their pirate partners to share their pieces of gold! We learned that ➗ means divide, which is the same thing as shared by. We learned to divide using imaginary gold pieces in math today #NISInquire pic.twitter.com/XA0x1kNBdA
— NIS Grade 1 (@NIS_Grade1) December 5, 2022
Collected weather data this week and created line graphs to display it. We have noticed that we received cooler mornings, warmer afternoons and the temperature dropped around home time. #NISinquire pic.twitter.com/fT83xOQmFH
— NIS Grade 3 (@NIS_Grade3) December 2, 2022
Day 2 of the Creating Connections Conference and it's great to see @NIS_Secondary students getting involved in the wheelchair inclusive activities #NISinclude #creatingconnections2022 #DEIJ #prideindiverstity pic.twitter.com/exIS6Y8cwy
— NIS Community (@NIS_Community) November 20, 2022
Grade 5 students are exploring if there is gender bias in the staffing at NIS. Will publish our data and findings in our website to come soon! #NISinquire #NISinspire #NISimpact pic.twitter.com/33BB78EoEF
— NIS Grade 5 (@NIS_Grade5) November 11, 2022
"What do we do with a problem?" Grade 11 DP Theatre students #NISinspired Grade 4 students today with a performance all about perseverance. The younger students saw 4 stories about people who never gave up on their dreams despite the odds against them. #NISinspire #NISimpact pic.twitter.com/R0uYuqqfA5
— NIS Arts (@NIS_Arts) November 4, 2022
What is light?
— NIS ELC (@NIS_ELC) October 25, 2022
“It’s dark, up in the sky”
Through the eyes of children, another pathway opens to reflect on the duality of life. #NISinquire #NISinspire #NISimpact #NISinclude #ATLskills #EarlyYears #HWEO #light #Atelier #perspective #reflection #form pic.twitter.com/sO6o82uCIU
This morning Grade 7 looked at good / bad stress, and how to manage it. Who knew that filling a ‘stress bucket’ like this was a good way to relieve stress?! #NISinquire #wellbeing #SEL #studentwellbeing #wellbeingclass #stressbucket pic.twitter.com/XhFtXc2ZQu
— NIS Wellbeing (@NIS_Wellbeing) October 11, 2022
Light bulb💡 moment today when G2 made the connection between the word "past" in reference to past an hour and "to" going towards an hour. #NIS_Grade2 #NISinquire #Maths #Time #MakingConnections pic.twitter.com/DrG25ocq4u
— NIS Grade 2 (@NIS_Grade2) October 5, 2022
How is Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' connected to the Banned Books Week? Ask Gr 10 students who are reading the novel and participated in celebrating the Week by expressing their views on censorship and reading why certain books have been banned in the past. #NISinquire pic.twitter.com/gr8uEjSADO
— NIS English (@NIS_English) September 30, 2022
Learning can, at times, look different in homeroom activities compared to subjects - and is equally important. Grade 10 homeroom students practice communication, listening and cooperation skills to problem-solve the human knot. #NISinquire #NIS_Homeroom #humanknot pic.twitter.com/W41DEdtQbz
— NIS Secondary School (@NIS_Secondary) September 22, 2022
When we look beyond ourselves and do some good in the world, we encourage feelings of well-being. Good job to the NIS students who took part in the Kowa beach clean-up today! @NIS_ServAction #wellbeing #meaning #PERMA #NISimpact #respect pic.twitter.com/f0Z9qYktTH
— NIS Wellbeing (@NIS_Wellbeing) September 11, 2022
Practicing “teenager” vs “singer” posture - how we stand affects how we sing! #NISinquire @NagoyaIS @NIS_Secondary pic.twitter.com/C6Yk4gniNp
— NIS Arts (@NIS_Arts) September 9, 2022
Too busy with the DP? No way! These grade 11 students will snag any opportunity to jam. #NISinspire @NagoyaIS @NIS_Secondary pic.twitter.com/P9uQnXAkQ4
— NIS Arts (@NIS_Arts) August 25, 2022
What does it mean to be responsible? What are our responsibilities at school and at home? First graders inquired into their responsibilities today as they drew pictures and wrote their thinking on their cover page #NISInquire pic.twitter.com/sucmCBSi8b
— NIS Grade 1 (@NIS_Grade1) August 23, 2022
This school of fish is ready to welcome back all of our Dolphins 🐬 Looking forward to another year of #NISinquire #NISinspire #NISimpact @NagoyaIS pic.twitter.com/sm5p0TEJ8u
— NIS Science (@NIS_Sciences) August 15, 2022