SummaRISe 37 - Raffles International School
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Thursday, 18 October, 2012 Issue <strong>37</strong><br />
GENERAL NURSERY<br />
KG JUNIOR SECONDARY<br />
GENERAL<br />
FORTHCOMING DATES<br />
OCTOBER 2012<br />
DATE/TIME<br />
EVENTS<br />
Sunday, 21 October<br />
Emirati Parents Coffee Morning, 10:30 - 11:30 am<br />
Monday, 22 October<br />
Grade 2 C Assembly, 8:00 - 8:30 am<br />
Monday, 22 October<br />
Grade 3 C Assembly, 1:30 - 2:00 pm<br />
Tuesday, 23 October<br />
KG1 and KG2 Red Day<br />
Tuesday, 23 October<br />
Red Day - KG1/KG2<br />
Wednesday, 24 October<br />
KG Eid Festivities<br />
Wednesday, 24 October Parent Information Sessions, Grades 1-6<br />
* 8:00 - 9:00 am, Lecture Theatre 1, - How to get most out of the Reading Sessions with your child, Grades 1-3<br />
* 9:00 - 10:20 am, Lecture Theatre 1, - Building Emotional Health for Academic Success, Grades 1 - 6<br />
* 10:30 - 11:30, Lecture Theatre 1, - Cambridge Primary/Cambridge Secondary 1, Grades 1 - 6<br />
Wednesday, 24 October<br />
Professional Development - Early dismissal at 12:00 noon<br />
Thursday, 25 October<br />
Arafat Day - Holiday<br />
Friday, 26 - Sunday, 28 October Eid Al Adha<br />
Monday, 29 October<br />
Grades 1 - 2 Specialist Assembly, 8:00 - 8:30 am<br />
Monday, 29 October<br />
Grade 3 D Assembly, 1:30 - 2:00 pm<br />
Wednesday, 31 October Dress-up as your favourite book character Day, Nursery - Grades 6<br />
Wednesday, 31 October<br />
PARIS Bake Sale<br />
NOVEMBER 2012<br />
Thursday, 1 November<br />
Open Day - Nursery, 9:30 am - 11:00 am<br />
Sunday, 4 - Thursday, 8 November Writing Week - Junior <strong>School</strong><br />
Monday, 5 November<br />
Grade 1 E Assembly, 8:00 - 8:30 am<br />
Monday, 5 November<br />
Grades 3 - 6 French Assembly, 1:30 - 2:00 pm<br />
Thursday, 8 November Pink Day, Nursery - Grades 6<br />
Thursday, 8 November<br />
Open Day - (KG - Grades 6), 2:30 - 4:00 pm<br />
Friday, 9 November<br />
Breast Cancer “Safe and Sound Pink Walkathon”, 8:30 am
NOVEMBER 2012<br />
Sunday, 11 - Monday, 12 November Grade 3 Field Trip<br />
Monday, 12 November<br />
Visit to Science Museum - Grade 5, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm<br />
Monday, 12 November<br />
Grade 1 A Assembly, 8:00 - 8:30 am<br />
Monday, 12 November<br />
Grade 4 B Assembly, 1:30 - 2:00 pm<br />
Tuesday, 13 - Wednesday, 14 November PE Field Trip Grades 4 - 6<br />
Wednesday, 14 November<br />
Community Helpers Dress up Day - KG1<br />
Thursday, 15 November<br />
Hijri New Year - Holiday<br />
Monday, 19 November<br />
Grade 1 F Assembly, 8:00 - 8:30 am<br />
Monday, 19 November<br />
Grade 5 B Assembly, 1:30 - 2:00 pm<br />
Monday, 19 - Tuesday, 20 November Science Fair Grades 5 and 6<br />
Tuesday, 20 November<br />
Universal Children’s Day<br />
Wednesday, 21 November Parent/Teacher Conference, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Early dismissal at 12:00<br />
Thursday, 22 November Parent/Teacher Conference, 1:00 - 3:30 pm, Early dismissal at 12:00<br />
Thursday, 22 November<br />
Blue Day Nursery<br />
Thursday, 22 November<br />
Thursday, 22 November<br />
Sunday, 25 November<br />
Monday, 26 November<br />
Tuesday, 27 November<br />
Wednesday, 28 November<br />
Wednesday, 28-Thursday, 6 December<br />
Thursday, 29 November<br />
Thanksgiving Day - KG1 and KG2<br />
“Clean up the World” campaign<br />
Talent Show Auditions - Grade 1, 2:00 - 3:00 pm<br />
Talent Show Auditions - Grades 2 and 3, 2:00 - 3:00 pm<br />
Talent Show Auditions - Grades 4 - 6, 2:00 - 3:00 pm<br />
Professional Development Day - Early dismissal at 12:00 noon<br />
Art Exhibition<br />
National Day Celebrations<br />
DECEMBER 2012<br />
Sunday, 2 - Monday, 3 December UAE National Day - Holiday<br />
Tuesday, 4 - Thursday, 6 December Art Exhibition<br />
Thursday, 6 December Green Day Fun Run, KG - Grade 6<br />
Thursday, 6 December<br />
Nursery Green Day (But not fun run)<br />
Sunday, 9 - Wednesday, 12 December Field Trip - Nursery<br />
Monday, 10 December<br />
Grades 1 - 2 Islamic Assembly, 8:00 - 8:30 am<br />
Monday, 10 December<br />
Grade 6 B Assembly, 1:30 - 2:00 pm<br />
Sunday, 9 - Thursday, 13 December Revision Week, Grades 4 - 6<br />
Thursday, 13 December<br />
Blue Day, KG1 and KG2<br />
Sunday, 16 December<br />
ASA Activities list emailed to parents<br />
Sunday, 16 - Thursday, 20 December Mid-Year Exams, Grades 4 - 6<br />
Monday, 17 December<br />
Winter Concert - KG1<br />
Monday, 17 December<br />
Grades 1 - 2 Specialist Assembly, 8:00 - 8:30 am<br />
Monday, 17 December<br />
Grades 3 - 6 Specialist Assembly, 1:30 - 2:00 pm<br />
Tuesday, 18 December<br />
Open Day - (KG - Grades 6), 2:30 - 4:00 pm<br />
Thursday, 20 December<br />
Class Party - Nursery, KG1 and KG2<br />
Thursday, 20 December<br />
Winter Break starts - Early dismissal<br />
at 12:00 noon
Message from the Head of Junior <strong>School</strong><br />
Dear Parents,<br />
Welcome to another edition of <strong>SummaRISe</strong>. I hope you feel connected with the happenings in school<br />
and informed about the highlights, the forthcoming events and the learning taking place in the<br />
classrooms.<br />
I would like to remind all parents that children should be in classrooms at 7:50 am as our lessons<br />
start promptly and late arrivals are disruptive to the lessons in progress. Grades 3 to 6 students are<br />
required to make their way to the classrooms on their own, however KG to Grade 2 students can be<br />
dropped and picked-up from the homerooms. Of course, our nursery children have to be brought to<br />
the classrooms by parents or caretakers.<br />
Drop-In Days are now in operation and teachers and parents have started to use the opportunity to<br />
foster greater partnership between school and home. Please share with the teachers circumstances<br />
or any significant changes which may impact your child’s behavior or learning at school.<br />
Thank you to parents who have supplied us with information regarding persons authorised to<br />
pick-up your child/children in cases of emergency. This will help our teachers greatly, as well as<br />
further enhance the security around dismissal times. Please refrain from making last-minute changes<br />
to the pick-up arrangements in place - besides it being a safety concern it also takes a lot of precious<br />
time of a number of people.<br />
The school has a well-defined Student Behavior Management plan in place. It is based on principles<br />
of mutual respect, understanding and tolerance, and with the aim to positively reinforce socially<br />
desired and accepted behaviors. We look forward to your support and understanding on the steps<br />
we take to make the school a safe and secure place for all its students.<br />
In the end, please do spend some time every day reading to or listening to your child’s reading. This<br />
is the single most important aspect of your child’s academic success. Engross children in the world of<br />
books and you will see the positive impact it has on all other areas of their learning.<br />
Best regards,<br />
Zeba Khan, Head of Junior <strong>School</strong><br />
News from the Library<br />
<strong>School</strong> assemblies are held to bring all the students together to share information and to provide a venue<br />
for important announcements.
The students of Grade 2 presented the Library Assembly on 8 October to both Grade 1 and 2 as well as<br />
parents of both the grades. The presentation was supported by the students explaining about the<br />
different features of our school library. Parents and students both absorbed the information quite<br />
readily and were able to answer when the questions were put to them. The assembly ended with the<br />
students telling them to be readers and to visit the library often. The announcement of the upcoming<br />
‘Book Fair’ was also done in this assembly.<br />
Susan Joseph, Librarian<br />
News from the Arabic Department<br />
The Arabic Department would like to wish the parents, the<br />
administration and the teachers a Happy Eid! We’re very pleased with<br />
the improvement of our students and how they like the Arabic<br />
classes. Moreover, some students in Arabic B started speaking a bit of<br />
Arabic. We’d love it if the parents would encourage their children to<br />
read short Arabic stories at home in order to help them improve. They<br />
could also bring their stories to the reading classes with them. This<br />
improvement would increase their self-confidence and make them a lot<br />
better in the subject. Enjoy your Eid Holidays!<br />
Salwa Abdelrahman, Arabic Coordinator<br />
The Creation of God<br />
The students in Grade 1 were given 2 sheets and a lot of pictures, to place what is made by humans on<br />
the orange one, and what was created by God on the green one.<br />
Dalia Mohammed, Arabic and Islamic Studies Teacher
Grade 6 Arabic B<br />
After studying the new vocabulary with the teacher, the students try to find them by collecting the letters<br />
to make a word.<br />
Khali's group working so hard<br />
Gaya's group tries to finish before<br />
the other group<br />
Both the groups did very good work.<br />
Dalia Mohammed, Arabic and Islamic Studies Teacher<br />
Speedo Novice Swim Gala<br />
On Friday, 5 October, nine of our<br />
students attended our first swim<br />
gala of the academic year. For<br />
some it was their first time to race,<br />
but this was not apparent in the<br />
way they all conducted themselves.<br />
Everybody did extremely well; all<br />
resulting in receiving a prize from<br />
Speedo, and some participants<br />
were awarded medals. Students and<br />
parents were very supportive of all<br />
participants and cheered loudly whilst<br />
team mates were swimming,<br />
providing great motivation.<br />
Well done to The <strong>Raffles</strong> Swim Squad!<br />
Lisa Butcher, ASA and PE Coordinator
After <strong>School</strong> Activities<br />
Please make sure students bring a P.E. kit or shorts,<br />
t-shirt and trainers to wear for all sporting ASA’s.<br />
Students can learn to dive as part of an ASA.<br />
Please contact Mohammed if interested:<br />
Call - +971 507454765 or<br />
email at - Elking_man1@yahoo.com<br />
Course prices vary - AED 1500/1700 per course.<br />
Lisa Butcher, PE and ASA Coordinator<br />
Environment News<br />
Tasneem Himid in Grade 5 will be taking on more<br />
responsibility as she has been announced as the<br />
Environmental Representative for this academic year. She has<br />
been a dedicated member of the environment after-school<br />
club for the past three years. This year she will be working<br />
hard to help our school receive green flag status.<br />
Congratulations Tasneem!<br />
Jeans and Greens Day was a success! It was a pleasant<br />
sight to see so much green at <strong>Raffles</strong>! The purpose of this<br />
Jeans and Greens Day was to inform students of our<br />
Eco-Code and make them aware of the many green<br />
options around our school. Thank you to all the parents,<br />
staff, and students for participating in this event.<br />
Can collection is back!<br />
A once in a millennium environmental celebration will<br />
happen this year as the Environmental Emirates Group (EEG) commemorates the momentous date,<br />
December 12, 2012 (12.12.12). With the EEG’s commitment and goal of diverting valuable materials<br />
from the landfill and making the U.A.E a greener place, they have decided to have another Can<br />
Collection Campaign. EEG has launched the “Your Can for a Tree Initiative” as part of its 12.12.12<br />
celebration. Our school has been given the challenge of collecting 200 kg of aluminum cans by the 4<br />
November. If we can accomplish this goal, on the 12 December a tree will be planted in a public<br />
place under our schools’ name. So please bring in your cans and drop them off in the can<br />
collection bins located in the atrium.<br />
Robert Brown, Environment Coordinator
GENERAL NURSERY<br />
KG JUNIOR SECONDARY<br />
NURSERY NEWS<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
The children in the nursery are all settling in very well, we are seeing close<br />
friendship being formed. The Montessori Cycle is now in ‘motion’ and the<br />
children are all adapting to their new atmosphere and learning to follow the<br />
order and routine of the classrooms.<br />
I am excited about this school year and working with the children. I am a parent<br />
and I understand how anxiety-filled this first (or second!) time experience can<br />
be for you and your child, but together we will make this year a positive,<br />
productive and fun one for ‘our’ children! A big thank you to all the parents who<br />
stop by to have a chat or discuss any concerns. Your feedback and comments<br />
are essential to making ‘our’ Nursery a happy learning environment.<br />
While last month the children enjoyed mostly transitional exercises like building blocks and play dough,<br />
now they are beginning to explore Early Practical Life Material, namely transferring, sponging, opening<br />
assorted boxes/bottles, etc. The phonetic sounds s, a and t have been introduced and the children are<br />
having immense fun playing “I spy” games during circle time.<br />
Attendance<br />
Consistent attendance is very important for proper progress throughout the nursery school year. It<br />
contributes to a sense of well-being in the children and they settle into a routine quickly when they<br />
attend the nursery on a regular basis. Habitual attendance also helps the children develop friendships<br />
within their environment. Parents are urged to ensure that their children attend the nursery regularly.<br />
In order to reduce and minimize the spread of illnesses in the nursery, please refer to our Infection<br />
Control Policy which was included in the Welcome Pack you have all received - your support with the<br />
implementation of this policy is greatly appreciated.<br />
If your child is going to be absent, please call me on 04 4271228 and let me know. If you anticipate a<br />
period of extended absence, please notify me in writing on (southnursery@rafflesis.com).<br />
The beginnings of concentration!<br />
Medical Check up<br />
The children have been visiting our school clinic for the routine height and weight check. We have Dr.<br />
Savita with us in the Clinic, along with Nurse Fatina and Nurse Divya. If there is any medical issue relating<br />
to your child that we should be aware of, please let me know.<br />
Nursery Information Morning<br />
Thank you to all the parents who made time to attend the Nursery Information Morning on 11<br />
October. If you have any specific questions about your child, please feel free to arrange a meeting with<br />
your child’s teacher on the specific Drop-In Day (DID)…..and as always my door is open.<br />
Garima Kapoor, Nursery Coordinator
More news from Casa F and Casa E….<br />
A Note from CASA F<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
A warm welcome to all the Casa F families! It is<br />
a joy to see the children settled into the<br />
classroom, and this is already quite visible in the<br />
environment. The social aspect is evident, as<br />
they begin to choose their friends during play,<br />
both indoors and outdoors.<br />
Our Montessori hours are now clearly defined.<br />
We have already visited the other various<br />
activity rooms, Arabic, Music and Library. The<br />
Practical Life area is a beehive and the children are slowly but surely getting there.<br />
We have already had a fun-filled Red Day, when all the children were happy to dress up in this colour,<br />
and we look forward to exploring other colours as we move on.<br />
Parents please take note of the Drop-In days for a chat when required, because it is busy during pick-up<br />
and drop-off times and I am unable to give you my undivided attention.<br />
Joanne Okera, Nursery Teacher and Judee Carbonel, Classroom Assistant<br />
A Note from CASA E<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
I would like to thank all of you for your support during the first weeks<br />
of settling in. I am glad to report that all of the children of Casa E<br />
have nicely settled into the class and tears of separation are now a<br />
thing of the past.<br />
As of 1 October, we have moved from the temporary timetable to a<br />
permanent one. We start with Circle Time at 8:15 am and the<br />
Montessori Cycle is from 8:45 until 10:45 am. After that, the children<br />
group together for Story Time at 10:45 am and Outside Play starts at<br />
Practical life-pouring 11:00 am for 30 minutes. Before lunch at 12:15 pm we still have time<br />
for a visit to one of our fun activity rooms such as the Indoor Play<br />
Area (Sunday), the Library (Monday), Arabic (Tuesday), Music Room<br />
(Wednesday) and the Activity Room (Thursday). Lunch is for 45 minutes, following which the children<br />
rest for 30 minutes before sitting on the “bus” at 1:30 pm. (We call it a ‘bus’ because at pick-up time, the<br />
children sit on chairs by the door)! During this time, we role-play and sing songs and nursery rhymes.<br />
If you had an opportunity to attend our Nursery Information Morning, you will probably be familiar with<br />
what goes on in the classroom during the day. In case you missed the presentation or have any questions<br />
about your child, please feel free to make an appointment on my DID day (Tuesday).<br />
Susanna Allegra, Nursery Teacher and Jasmine Manalili, Classroom Assistant
GENERAL NURSERY<br />
KG JUNIOR SECONDARY<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
As we are reaching the end of October, we would like to wish you all a Happy Eid and Happy Halloween.<br />
We have some great activities to celebrate this October.<br />
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for coming to the Curriculum sessions in KG. I hope<br />
these sessions gave you more of an insight into the Montessori philosophy and our approach. As you<br />
know we have Drop-In days throughout the week, if there is any more information you would like, please<br />
feel free to use this time.<br />
November<br />
Pink Day, Beast Cancer Awareness Day - 8 November<br />
Diwali - 13 November<br />
Community Helper Dress-Up Day (KG1) - 14 November<br />
Parent/Teacher Conferences - 21 and 22 November<br />
Professional Develop Day (teachers) - 28 November<br />
UAE National Day - 29 November<br />
Please read on to see what KG1 and KG2 have been doing during the month of October.<br />
Susie Mcshane, KG Coordinator<br />
News from KG 1<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
KG NEWS<br />
It’s hard to believe we are already more than a month into our new school year and we are happy to<br />
inform you that the children have settled in and started working with the Montessori materials. They are<br />
getting used to the routine and are showing interest in all the activities. The best is the circle time<br />
sessions where they discuss and talk about home and weekend happenings. They are becoming<br />
confident and familiar with their surroundings and peers.<br />
Our focus for the beginning of the year has been on the exercises of<br />
Practical Life and Grace and Courtesy. These exercises of Practical<br />
Life are the cornerstone upon which everything else in the<br />
curriculum depends. They help the child in<br />
whole development; physical, mental<br />
and moral because it aids the child’s<br />
self-knowledge, coordination of movement,<br />
concentration, order, social awareness,<br />
self-esteem and helpfulness.
Between the ages of 2 1/2 - 6, the child is indeed in a<br />
sensitive period for the learning of good manners.<br />
Montessori comments that, "a master of ceremonies<br />
at a big court or an ecclesiastical function could not be<br />
more exact or exacting about the right way of doing<br />
things.” She points out also that if we leave this<br />
learning to a later age, the special and spontaneous<br />
interest will not be there. At the beginning of<br />
establishing a class, there is the need to concentrate<br />
on grace and courtesy exercises, along with the<br />
exercises of practical life, in order to establish what<br />
Montessori calls the "right rapport" between the<br />
children and their environment. The essential thing<br />
here is that the child should never be coerced to these courtesies or reprimanded when he forgets, but<br />
that he should know how to perform these actions when his heart prompts him to do so.<br />
We have just completed the Themes “All about me” and “ The 5 senses”. The children loved doing the<br />
hands-on activities; hand prints, self-portraits and the craft activities on 5 senses. We have also<br />
thoroughly enjoyed Book Week with our book, ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, especially with our real bear<br />
hunt at the end of the week.<br />
We look forward to all the exciting stuff we have planned for this year and thank you for your continual<br />
support!<br />
The KG1 team.<br />
News from KG 2<br />
Dear Parents,<br />
The first essential for the child’s development is<br />
concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely<br />
happy.”<br />
Maria Montessori
The children of KG2 have begun to settle down into their new environments. It’s a proud moment for<br />
them to be in KG2, they are excited about their extra added responsibilities; they are now able to swipe<br />
their own ID cards and are beginning to receive homework every week along with spelling words. They<br />
have begun their full-fledged work with the Montessori Materials. The new children are getting<br />
acquainted with the different areas of the curriculum and how to use the materials. We began the month<br />
of October with the book week, in which we focused on the story ‘ The Gruffallo.’ We carried out many<br />
fun activities to familiarize the children with the characters and the story-line. We also had the<br />
opportunity to go and watch the show at The First Group Madinat Jumeirah. It was a wonderful<br />
experience and the children were buzzing with joy and happiness. It was delightful to watch them enjoy<br />
the show and interact with the characters.<br />
The topic we are going to cover this month is ‘Healthy Living.’ We are going to be talking about the<br />
difference between healthy and un-healthy food. Our aim is to get the children to understand how to<br />
make a healthier choice in the food they eat. We would urge you to continue to send healthy food to<br />
school; we are a nut, chocolate and junk food free environment. Along with healthy eating, we will be<br />
discussing exercise and leading a healthy lifestyle.<br />
The children have got into the routine and love going for the Specialist classes, be it music or P.E. They<br />
have been learning two sight words weekly and reviewing two letter sound and names weekly. Please<br />
re-enforce this at home. We urge you to encourage the children to swipe their ID cards every morning.<br />
We look forward to a wonderful learning year ahead.<br />
The KG 2 Montessori Team
GENERAL NURSERY<br />
KG JUNIOR SECONDARY<br />
JUNIOR SCHOOL<br />
News from Grade 1<br />
In Grade 1 we are working towards a common goal of `Walking Nicely in a Line.’ Class certificates are<br />
awarded each week to the classes who are doing well at this goal. In English we are finding out about<br />
different kinds of writing; making lists, writing labels and writing our news for Exciting Writing. In<br />
Mathematics we are learning to use >,< and = symbols to write Math sentences. We are continuing to<br />
learn how different words mean different things in Maths, like difference and how many left both mean<br />
‘Take Away’, or altogether and in all both mean ‘Add’. We were also visited by a lady called Nanette<br />
who read us some stories. It was a lovely way to start Book Week.<br />
Deirdre Menezes, Grade 1 Coordinator<br />
News from Grade 2<br />
Grade 2 have been very busy over the last 2 weeks. In English we have been researching different types<br />
of animals and writing reports on them. We have learnt a lot about kangaroos, elephants, lions and many<br />
more animals. We are also continuing to learn about verbs, with the focus on the past tense.<br />
In Science we have been learning about vertebrates and invertebrates and the children viewed the inside<br />
of a worm and a mouse in the Science Lab.<br />
In Mathematics we are finishing our unit on Numbers to 1000 with an assessment on what we have<br />
learnt.<br />
We are also coming to the end of our unit on ‘People of the World’. We really enjoyed researching our<br />
home country and finding out about flags, food and traditions. Our ‘Home Country Presentations’ were<br />
so much fun and we especially loved trying all the different foods.<br />
During Healthy Eating Week all the students in Grade 2 made a special effort to bring healthy lunches.<br />
Well done and keep it up!<br />
The Grade 2 Team
News from Grade 3<br />
Last week, Grade 3 enjoyed a healthy eating week and students were encouraged to eat from different<br />
food groups. They analyzed the health effects of various food items and improved their eating<br />
habits remarkably. In academics, the young learners studied from all four strands of the language and<br />
focused on the usage of High Frequency Words in writing. In Mathematics, students continue to grasp<br />
different concepts related to Numbers and took their first Formal Assessment. In Science, Grade 3 carried<br />
out an in-depth study of the Human skeleton and skeletons of other vertebrates. They displayed a great<br />
deal of interest in identifying various scientific names of the bones. In Social Studies, the effects and the<br />
causes of Deforestation were exposed before the students, who comprehended its negative outcomes<br />
meticulously and suggested alternatives to prevent the phenomenon.<br />
In Junior school, we celebrated Jeans and Greens Day on 4 October. The entire school seemed to have<br />
been painted green by the students and the teachers who appeared in different shades of green colour.<br />
The Green day boosted the students’ and the teachers’ morale towards their positive role in improving<br />
the environment.<br />
Mahwish Rehman, Grade 3 Coordinator<br />
News from Grade 4<br />
Grade 4 students have been learning about our bodies, especially the Heart in Science lessons. Once a<br />
week we get the opportunity to go to the Science Lab to learn more about our topic during a variety of<br />
lessons, demonstrations and experiments. We also carried out an experiment where we measured our<br />
pulse rate before exercise and compared it straight after, and again after 5 minutes. What a fun<br />
experiment … and interesting results!!! We are looking forward to all the new and exciting things we will<br />
get to learn in Science this year.<br />
The Grade 4 Team<br />
Our Pulse rate<br />
You can feel it but you can’t hear it
News from Grade 5<br />
Exciting things are happening here! After the announcement of the Head Boy and the Head Girl, the<br />
House captains were announced. Four of the Grade 5 students have been chosen to head the four<br />
Houses in the school.<br />
They are:<br />
Leema Sedan<br />
Innaya Fazail<br />
Mustafa<br />
Shahd Babatin<br />
Captain Red House<br />
Captain Yellow House<br />
Captain Blue House<br />
Captain Green House<br />
Congratulations and all the best! We look forward to<br />
interesting house activities on the school campus.<br />
Some of our students were also honoured with cups for having read more than 1000 minutes in the<br />
Scholastic Reading Challenge that ran during the summer holidays; well done Hafsah and Leema!!! A few<br />
students were given medals and ribbons for reading 250 minutes during the summers. All in all, a<br />
wonderful achievement!!<br />
Work has started in right earnest. Students are busy studying globes and maps and human body. Lab<br />
Activities saw our students study the digestion of food, in an interactive way: they simulated the process<br />
in hands-on activities and are also busy making a lung machine to explore how our lungs work.<br />
For one of the English language activities, Grade 5 is participating in a Cambridge ESOL Penfriends<br />
Programme. We are partnered with another school in Russia and currently the students are busy making<br />
cards for them, which will be posted once completed - a great way to hone their art and language skills<br />
and make friends globally.<br />
The dates of mid-term assessments have been sent out. We hope the students have started to review<br />
and revise the work covered so far.<br />
Also wishing you all Eid Mubarak and enjoy the holidays!!!<br />
The Grade 5 Team
GENERAL NURSERY<br />
KG JUNIOR SECONDARY<br />
SECONDARY SCHOOL<br />
News from Grade 6<br />
Research, Projects and loads of Fun<br />
Grade 6 students started Science in a fun way with project work. In pairs, students produced parts of a<br />
flowering plant, using a variety of colors, paper and WASTE materials brought in from home. During the<br />
first couple of Science lessons, the focus was on good science practices, the presentation of their work<br />
and correctly labeling diagrams. Students were very excited when we visited the Science laboratory to<br />
learn more about ‘parts of a microscope’. They observed slides of micro-organisms with the microscope<br />
and were able to draw, colour and present their observations/findings. Activity and project-based<br />
learning continued during the following weeks, when students worked in pairs to research and present<br />
their findings on the different roles of micro-organisms. It was an absolute delight to see the students<br />
so enthusiastic when presenting their fantastic projects. Well done Grade 6!<br />
Ann Whitworth, Grade 6 Coordinator<br />
Micro-organisms Project