Professional development is key to improving skills as teacher-librarians at Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools across Kazakhstan. During the week of April 22 - 26, International and local teacher-librarians came together for workshops to share best practices. International staff presented seminars on Story Telling, Research Models, Classification Systems, Literacy and the Library, Collaborative strategies, and Development of a School Library Association, among other important issues in librarianship. Later in the week local librarians were introduced to Professor Vadim Stepanov, professor of Department of Electronic Libraries, Information Technology and Systems of the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, PhD. He shared his expertise in Web Design and digital resources. This seminar was designed to improve teaching and librarianship skills amongst NIS librarians, within the mandate to create 21st century libraries and services for our students and staff.  From April 8 till at the end of the week in our library organized an exhibition of books "The Portrait Gallery of physicists" dedicated to the subject of physics and computer science week. The exhibition offers a number of books, encyclopedias, magazines devoted to the life and work of the great physicists, as well as new discoveries and inventions in physics and computer science.  To inspire a love for reading and to call attention to children’s books, The International Children’s Book Day is celebrated on April 2, Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday.
 The Wizard of Oz Extravaganza comes to NIS Astana!
Everyone is welcome to attend the classic tale of Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto, as they are taken away by a giant tornado from their home in Kansas, and find themselves in the magical, and sometimes scary, Land of Oz. Dorothy and Toto meet a variety of characters along the way as she seeks out the Great Wizard of Oz whom she hopes will help her return to her home in Kansas. Please join us for one or all of the following matinees: Wednesday March 13 @3:00pm Thursday March 14 @3:00pm Saturday March 16 @12:00pm Special Dinner Theatre (Ticket Only Event): Friday March 15 @5:00pm "There's no place like home."  For the first time Kazakhstan will celebrate a new state holiday – Day of the First President.
In honor of this holiday Astana is holding festive events around the city. Sports competitions and various concert programs are taking place. The Museum of the First President is holding an exhibition from the archive of the Head of State. The exhibition will present exclusive materials connected both with Nursultan Nazarbayev’s personal biography and with the history of Kazakhstan over the years of independence. NIS Astana Math & Physics is celebrating with an Open House, showcasing the best of student projects in art and technology. Our Media Centre participated in a Bookkrossing with School #40 during which NIS Astana collected 340 books to donate to this small village school. It was a wonderful celebration of sharing music, food, and books! Come by the Media Centre to see the entries for the first ever NIS Astana Media Centre Bookmark Contest. Many students submitted their own original designs and the winning entry will be printed and featured in the Media Centre for the next several months. There will be another Bookmark Contest in the Spring, so stay tuned!
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