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Dear Parents, Although KHDA has not changed our rating overall but it should be clearly noted that there are a large number of indicators that have improved during this academic year. There is a very strong consolidation of ‘Good’ through improvement of ‘Very Good’ in many features., notably in Phase 3 and 4 we are strongly Very Good in most areas. In fact, we were very close to an overall Good and will surely achieve it in the coming year with all your support. This achievement would not have been possible without our marvellous students, committed staff, creative leaders and supportive parents. This is success of our partnership and we would continue to strengthen it further. One of the core values of our school is compassion and it really means sensitivity to others suffering. A person cannot be compassionate unless he/she is sensitive to others suffering. And this suffering includes, not only human beings but also animals and plants. To develop compassion in our young students, we provide an enabling environment, careful nurturing, and a spring board for meaningful opportunities to promote and practice. We also place high priority on ensuring that our students are sensitive to the needs of the community and inculcate values like integrity, fortitude and tolerance of individual differences along with compassion. Compassion is equally extolled in all religions of the world and Ramadan is a month focussed on the practice of compassion. While fasting, we are expected to be kind, helpful and promote happiness through sharing and giving. The Oxford School is a perfect example of a community based on sharing of ideas, experience and good practices, which we are proud to be part of. Looking forward to an even more rewarding year in 2018-2019 in terms of learning, success and achievement, Eid Mubarak!
FS GRADUATION CEREMONY Certain ceremonies are celebrated with a difference and one such ceremony is the FS Graduation, where tiny tots celebrate their success and prepare for their upcoming journey; the next school year. The significance not only surrounds the child’s all-round journey in the FS, but also showcases the tireless efforts of the teachers in nurturing and grooming of these tiny tots. For our little FS Graduates... It was indeed an important day, marking their first accomplishment. Smiles and excitement could be seen on their sweet innocent faces as they were all ready to graduate!
DISCOVER and EXPLORE : Cooking With Kids ‘Fruit – Salad Making’ Activity We recently spent a morning exploring different types of fruits. What we learned is that cooking in the classroom is about so much more than just measuring, slicing, and pouring. It can be a multi-sensory experience… We moved to our larger tables and each child had the opportunity to wash and cut the fruits that we had explored. Some of our fruits required big knives, which only Teachers could use. The children were given plastic knives to cut the fruits into smaller, bitesized pieces… Our children loved the opportunity to create their own snack.
MATH ACTIVITY… Exploring Tens and Ones… Manipulatives are the key to teaching kids to count by tens and ones. It gives students a good learning experience when they physically group items by tens and ones. At Oxford, we allow children to explore using manipulatives…here they are busy exploring numbers…as they learn about tens and ones. They explored twodigit numbers…. and how they are composed of tens and ones.
SANDWICH MAKING‌ Students were excited and thrilled to start the sandwich making activity which was part of our dry cooking activity. They were provided the opportunity to explore and experiment in different ways. They used tools independently to make their own sandwich. They were very happy and had a sense of achievement when they finished making their yummy sandwiches. The sense of independence made them feel like delightful little chefs!
MORE ABOUT COMMUNITY HELPERS As we were learning about community helpers and importance of them in our everyday life; we had the pleasure of welcoming one of our parents from FS 2F who contributed ideas about the services that community helpers provide. She is working as a store manager at Deira city center. She explained to the children about her role and how she contributes to the community. Students were very excited and asked many questions. It was a very productive session.
CHILDREN ENJOYING ROLE PLAY
CHILDREN ENJOYING ACTIVITIES IN THE PLAY STUDIO
DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ❖ ❖ ❖
Children enjoyed Learning about Transportation They contributed enthusiastically during discussion time They were eager to attempt all the different activities
CREATIVE WRITING IN FS Children all excited to showcase their lovely work…..
GERMINATION OF PLANTS – SCIENCE INVESTIGATION YEAR 1
To enhance and develop the critical and scientific skills of the students, science lessons were taught in such a way that students will enjoy the concepts like doing investigations. Here in this lesson, students were able to observe, predict what happened, describe and make conclusion or generalization on how plants grow under different conditions.
SCIENCE ACTIVITY YEAR 1 In Science, students are learning about PLANTS. Hence to make them understand better about plant, teachers decided to perform different investigations. Teacher gave children a task for a week to do along with an investigation sheet. Task was that kids have to take 4 pots and few beans seed to grow plants in 4 different conditions. Pot 1 - the seed should be kept without soil but with water and sunlight. Pot 2 - the seed should be kept without water but with soil and sunlight. Pot 3 - the seed should be kept in dark but with water and soil. Pot 4 - the seed should get soil, water and sunlight. Students must record the growth of the plant in the recording sheet given. And after a week they have to bring all 4 pots to school to show everyone and discuss about it in class.
Children were observing different types of plant in our surroundings
SCIENCE ACTIVITY YEAR 1 Students were able to observe and identify different edible parts of the plants. They were very excited and enthusiastic to participate and meet the learning objective. They recorded their observations. Here are some of the candid moments captured by the class teachers of year 1.
IDENTIFICATION OF PARTS OF PLANT – SCIENCE YEAR 1 Students were able to observe and identify different plant parts. They were very excited and enthusiastic to participate and meet the learning objective.
HANDLING DATA - MATHEMATICS
YEAR 1 Children were given different colours’ blocks. The task was to sort data according to the colour and represent data in the form of block graph and later interpret your own data.
RAMADAN ACTIVITY
YEAR 1 Students in year 1 were learning different aspects about Ramadan during different periods. Teachers explained ask them about their preparation for Ramadan. They made lanterns to decorate their classes.
CIRCLE TIME ACTIVITY
YEAR 3 and 4
GLOBAL CITIZENS The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is like a seed which grows seven spikes, in each spike is a hundred grains. Allah multiplies His reward for whom He wills, for Allah is vast and knowing. Surat Al-Baqarah 2:261 When students are taught the values of sharing, caring and being sensitive to the needs of others, they are learning to be ‘Global Citizens’, willing to make a difference in whatever way possible. To celebrate the spirit of giving in the month of Ramadan, the Oxford School students had placed iftaar items in Ramadan fridge that is placed for the workers around Dubai. The children felt happy and became inspired to continue to help others.
A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS
EVENT YEAR 4 and 5
THE ROYAL SPELLING BEE COMPETITION
ASSEMBLY REPORT YEAR 5 and 6 The Oxford School SENDCO department conducted various sectional assemblies on Autism Awareness. As a part of the same campaign, the Year 5 and Year 6 students conducted assembly on Autism Awareness and Acceptance All the participants and the teachers were dressed in the Shades of Blue to represent that support and care for the people with Autism. Student through a short enactment explained to their friends what AUTISM is and how it affects the Brain. Further students explained how can one support the people with Autism. They also shared the names of famous personalities with Autism. They ended the act with the following quote “PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE NOT DISABLED, THEY ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED." After finishing the act students of year 6 shared the feelings of what an Autistic person go through, via a mesmerizing song “ Hope you will understand me !!” In the end, our Vice Principal, Ms. Deepa Vinod, concluded the assembly with her motivational words.
CIRCLE TIME ACTIVITY GRATITUDE AND CHARITY
YEAR 5 and 6
As part of the monthly theme of gratitude and charity, the students of Years 5 and 6 actively participated in various activities during the circle time. On 1st May 2018, students watched an introductory video about gratitude and charity and discussed what they had seen through questioning. On 2nd May 2018, they attended an informative assembly on Autism by SEND department. The idea behind the assembly was also to show gratitude to these Autistic Children. On 6th and 7th May 2018, A Gratitude Tree was planted in the section where the students traced their hand on a paper and on each finger, they wrote one thing for which they were grateful. Those hands were pinned as the leaves on the GRATITUDE TREE. On May 8th 2018, the sectional students got engaged in a meaningful discussion on what is charity and how it leads to happiness followed by a vocabulary building exercise that was conducted on 10th May 2018 where they wrote words of Gratitude related to all the letters of the alphabets. With the advent of Ramadan, students were inclined towards research on the medical and psychological benefits of fasting by using their devices and also created a book mark. On May 20 and 21, students researched on a Charity Organisation of UAE as a class group. It aimed at enhancing student’s skill and acceptance of working in a group. The next two days were aimed at developing their public speaking skill and confidence. Students spoke about Gratitude and how they can implement in in their regular life. As a closing activity for the academic year 2017-18, the students filled in a task sheet about all the values that they were introduced to each month and they wrote about the positive impact that it had on them.
TRIP TO FABYLAND YEAR 6 "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." At The Oxford School we have always believed in the ethos of a holistic approach towards education. In order to accomplish this goal, the students of Year 6 were taken on a fun trip to Fabyland on 8th May, 2018. Fabyland, is a new “futuristic� family entertainment destination for children of all ages. The indoor entertainment facility is a vivacious and fun-filled destination that offers everyone a heightened experience in leisure and entertainment. Children can choose from a variety of rides and major attractions, like the Freestyler, XD Dark Ride, Clip N Climb, Bumper Cars and many more. Fabyland also features the latest, state of the art game machines which include all the games categories from video games, redemption games, novelty machines, kiddie rides and skill games. The students had a gala time and made the most of the time they had. They took multiple turns on the rides and enjoyed the time to the fullest. After the fun session, the students were taken to the food court where they were served delicious pizzas and fruit juice. The busses left the premises at 12:30 pm and reached school by 1:00 pm.
VISIT OF THE PENCIL MAN OF UAE It was an honor to have Mr. Venkat ‘The pencil man of UAE’ at The Oxford School to address our students and share his experience so far for collecting stationary from all over UAE and sending it to different part of the world to underprivilege students.
ASSEMBLY REPORT YEAR 7 - 10 Islamic Department – Assembly, Positive Trait- Gratitude and Charity Theme:- Celebrate The Spirit Of Giving And Thankfulness. Students accentuated in the assembly the spirit of giving and thankfulness. Expressing gratitude and appreciation for what is in one’s life, is one of the quickest ways to bring into one’s life more things and experiences to be grateful, to reduce the feelings of envy, to make memories happier and to feel good, which will in turn helps us bounce back from stress. Audience was enlightened on how generous the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) was, and informed that one needs to emulate the same. Short biographies of philanthropists in the current world were shared to reflect upon as it helps one to feel gratitude for everything and every experience of our life here on planet Earth. Audience was encouraged to whole heartedly participate in the activities planned to celebrate the month of giving and charity by contributing clothes, toys and shoes that will be given to Beit al Khair society and stationery, which will be given to the “ Pencil Man” the philanthropist from UAE.
ASSEMBLY ON CHARITY The Islamic Assembly as held on Monday 7th May. The topic was Charity based on the theme “giving”. Students of year 7 and year 8 actively participated and enlighten the importance of Charity and giving on society and in Islam.
CIRCLE TIME ACTIVITY Theme of the Month: Charity & Gratitude
YEAR 7 and 8
April was the month with the trait Charity and Gratitude. Charity is central to this holy month of Ramadan. It is better to help those in need than throw lavish Iftar parties. It is a month of reflection. Students designed bookmarks based on gratitude. They displayed research pamphlets on the various charity organizations of the UAE. They participated in the individual and group activity by the Greater Good Magazine.
CIRCLE TIME ACTIVITY YEAR 9 and 10 Theme: To Celebrate the Sprit of Giving and to be Thankful To enlighten the aims and objectives of the organization which works with a goal …giving is not limited to monetary donations, rather, “giving” is defined by the differences one makes in someone’s life, in a society, or in a nation. Students in groups researched the charity organizations of UAE and moreover, they also made flow charts and brochures in the achievement of the charity organizations.
Understanding multicultural student body of he Oxford School Fostering understanding and acceptance of views that we disagree with and its importance, students engaged in a discussion.
Design leaflet/pamphlet– Benefits of Fasting (Medical, psychological, and social) To emphasis, that there is surely more happiness in giving than there is in receiving and how a simple act on their part will go a long way in making a big impact in someone else’s life Activity: Students watched the video and created a mind map and after discussion answered the questions how to contribute positively to others and how a simple act of kindness can go a long way.
15TH INTER SCHOOL QUIZ COMPETITION The Gulf Asian English School in Sharjah held their 15th Inter School Quiz Competition on Saturday, May 12, 2018. Junaird Ali Khan and Ayaan Chaudhury of year 10 represented The Oxford School, Dubai on the said event. Despite the result, the students took the whole experience as a challenge for themselves to do better in the future competitions they are going to be part of. “You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going.� - Morgan Wootten
BTEC WORKSHOP The Oxford School, Dubai conducted a workshop for two days on ‘The Introduction to BTECH implementation’ on 6th and 7th of May 2018. The Vice Principal, Head of Science, and Commerce, Head of ICT and Examination Officer attended this workshop along with teachers from Science and Math department. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Chris Suter of UK Pearson company. The workshop highlighted BTEC on giving the flexibility to personally tailor one own’s education, which means one can pursue the subject areas he/she is really interested in, and at each level gain more practical skills useful throughout life. BTEC focused on the following key features: ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢ ➢
Aims and objectives when running the BTEC qualification Its Policies and Procedures Planning the program Delivering and assessment plan Assignment writing Internal verification Centre records and system Standards verification Registering students and claiming certificates Units brief and Assessed work
During the session, few group tasks were also assigned wherein teams displayed a good show of skills, coordination, and team work. BTEC courses are of high quality, hands-on qualifications grounded in the real world of work. One can learn by doing, and develop valuable employability skills that can be used throughout future career or progression into university. BTEC contains the perfect combination of practical and academic work.
CITIZEN PLATFORM Citizen Platform - Youth Engagement Platform @ Dubai Future Accelerators on Wednesday May 2, 2018, Come and learn more about joining our community of changemakers! The Citizen Platform will be activated in Dubai for learners aged 12-14, with the support of the Dubai Future Accelerators. Tribal Planet’s vision for the Citizen Platform is to empower youth as agents of change through meaningful engagement and positive action. The Citizen Platform uses the power and outreach of the smartphone to promote autonomous learning, developing socially-conscious global citizens through hands-on exploration of the world around them. More than a digital solution, it unites an ecosystem of leading universities, companies, innovators, scientists and government partners around youth development and community impact. Selected in 2017 by the UNDP as the mechanism for measuring impact against the Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on delivering unique digital and physical experiences that drive action, accelerates passion and ability in STEAM and innovation, it encourages critical thinking, curiosity and creative problem solving. Moreover, it also promotes sustainability, wellness, and social responsibility, while developing career awareness, pathways and opportunities.
CPD – 3 MAY 2018 The Oxford School, Dubai conducted a CPD for all staff on the 3rd of May, 2018 from 7.30 AM to 3.30 PM. The Vice-principal Ms. Deepa Vinod addressed the teachers and pointed out the intervention strategies that could be implemented to improve the discipline and the attainment of the school. A seminar was also arranged on “Classroom Management” by Ms. Deepa Vinod. She gave a meaningful talk on attending to several disciplinary issues in school
GRATITUDE ASSEMBLY The Oxford School, Dubai conducted a gratitude assembly on 15th of May 2018. The venue was The Oxford School’s turf area. The Principal, Vice Principal, Head of departments, Section heads, and the teachers and students attended this assembly: it was a whole school assembly. It started at 7:30 AM and was inaugurated by the Principal and Vice Principal along with few kids by releasing balloons. The main aim of the assembly was to give students of Oxford an opportunity to express their gratitude towards teachers. As a token of gratitude, students collected small gifts. The community service students took initiative to pack the gifts into gift bags, and during the assembly, they were given to the teachers by the students. The main highlight of the assembly was the gratitude speeches given by student representatives of each class. The speech given by students were very heartwarming. The whole programme was organized and executed by a group of students which was guided by the section heads.
GRATITUDE FOR SUPPORT STAFF As UAE is celebrating the Year of Zayed, the Oxford School celebrated the month of gratitude and charity in May 2018. As an expression of gratitude to the services and help from the support staff, all of them were given Iftar bags by the teachers of The Oxford School, Dubai. The Arabic and Islamic department took the initiative to conduct this event. The paper bags used to distribute the Iftar items were made from newspapers by the students of Oxford; the bags were undoubtedly attractive and cute. Nearly 110 Iftar bags were made, and on May 29th, 2018 at 8:30 AM, the bags were given to the support staff, drivers, bus attendees, cleaners, security staffs, supervisors, etc. They assembled in the FS Ground area at around 8:30am. The Principal, Vice principal, representatives from section heads, representatives from subject heads, and the admin department also attended the function and personally distributed the bags to all the staff members. Later, the Principal and Vice principal thanked them on behalf of all the teachers and students for their appreciable service to the school. The function came to an end by 9:30 AM. Overall, it was a success and it truly conveyed the message of gratitude.
NEW INCLUSION POLICY FRAMEWORK Date: 30th May, 2018 Time: 10: 00 AM – 11:45 AM Venue: KHDA Office Facilitators: Mr. Sean Pavitt – Senior Inspector- SEN/ Inclusion (DSIB) Ms. Noora – DSIB Discussion points: An open forum discussion was organized by KHDA to clarify the doubts on the “New inclusion policy framework”. Representatives form various schools across the Dubai participated in the session. Mr. Sean, Senior Inspector - SEN and Inclusion, answered the queries raised by the school representatives. Information regarding compliance visits to schools was shared. Queries concerning admission of SEND students and appointment of Learning support Assistants were then clarified by the concerned authorities. Lastly, Dubai’s vision of becoming an inclusive nation by 2020 was emphasized.
JUNIOR MOCK UNITED NATIONS Students of Year 7 and 8 of The Oxford School, Dubai participated in the Junior Mock United Nations organized by Apple International School on 9th and 10th of May 2018. JMUN is an inkling of Model United Nations: model of the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council which introduces the students to the world of diplomacy, negotiation, and decision-making. Participation in the JMUN helped interpersonal and communication skills among students and helped them become truly global citizens as they debated on various issues of the countries allotted to them. The Oxford School prepared artefacts related to China and India (countries allotted to the school). The students had to create position papers in pairs on wide ranging topics like child labour, gender equality, media relations, etc. and present them to the committees. They discussed, debated, and questioned other delegates as part of the conference. It was truly a proud moment for the Oxfordians as they won the prize for the Best Artefacts.
ONE DISH PARTY Teamwork plays a vital part to make the performance of an organization efficient and successful. Teamwork needs participation of every single person who is part of a specific team. In view to build the bond between the staff, the One Dish Party team building exercise was organized on 10th of May. Each member participated with great enthusiasm; they brought special dish related to their traditions and customs, which resulted to a variety of Asian and Arabian food. The party was held in multipurpose hall at 12:30 PM, and it was truly a great success as it helped in building trust, confidence, and positivity. The school conserves the valuable culture, tradition, and values of the society. It helps in promoting and developing these with the rolling of time.
SUBJECT OPTION ORIENTATION Choosing subjects at IGCSE can be very stressful for students as well as their families. At Oxford, they are assisted through orientation sessions to give them choices and guide them in choosing appropriate courses based on interest, skill, and future goals. The orientation held on 2nd May focused on guiding of students Year 8 and their parents to make right choices. The program was chaired by Ms. Deepa Vinod, the Vice Principal, who explained the IGCSE program and the choice of subjects offered by the school. This was followed by one-to-one meetings with subject leaders who further guided the families in the subjects of their interest. With such approach of encouraging parents’ support and having frank conversations with teachers, The Oxford School, Dubai helps students make right choices and move towards a successful career.
VISIT TO EXPO 2020 Multiple expos have been conducted in the history of mankind over time to showcase innovations that changed the ways of human life. Innovations such as the telephone, television, braille, and The Ferris wheel, etc. are some of the many bright innovations exhibited at expos in the past. Dubai plans to hold the next greatest expo that is yet to leave everyone at awe. I and some of my acquaintances from school were given the chance to explore the grounds in the making of Dubai Expo 2020. We were told that it would be a great experience, but to have seen the outline of Expo before it has been made was more than just a great experience. Guided by marvellous people, we were first taken to the site office, where the planning and working of the project takes place. Our guide presented and enlightened us on the topic of how this project was brought into making together with other informative details. We discovered the story behind the logo of Dubai Expo and how its slogan, “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future�, acts as a motivation not only to onlookers waiting for a chance but also to the people who are working extremely hard for the awaiting success of the Expo. After the creative introduction, our guide then informed us that we would be going on a bus tour to explore the site of the Expo. The Expo will consist of multiple pavilions and districts, the three major and significant ones being, the Opportunity District, the Mobility District, and the Sustainability District. The bus took us around the whole site while our guide was indicating where each pavilion would be located. The foundations for most of the infrastructure were complete, implying that we are not very far from the completion of the project. Expo would also contain a UAE Pavilion as well as different pavilions of 180 countries who agreed to showcase their culture in the land of UAE. We also found out that Expo 2020 has multiple community partners such as DEWA and RTA who are positively contributing and supporting this project, in this case, for the power supply and transportation. After traversing our way around the site, we were then brought back to the site office where we had a discussion over multiple topics surrounding Dubai Expo 2020. Our guide wrote out a few questions and topics that would act as a feedback for greater improvement and development. The discussion was interactive and highly influential. Some of us had an interview with one of the guides which was very interesting. The questions asked to us were very engaging and a mutual viewpoint was held in all aspects marking a connection between Expo and us. By the time we knew it, our visit had come to an end. Although this trip might have been exhausting, we were so immersed into it that such things felt insignificant. I learned a lot of newer things about Expo 2020 that I had very little knowledge of before visiting it. This experience also made me respect UAE even more after coming to know that it is a country of connection and interaction that appreciates all other countries and cultures just like its own. It also gives new opportunities to people with unique ideas and innovations. Indeed, it felt extremely wonderful to have visited Expo 2020 before it becomes the talk of the world. When time comes, it would be memorable to recall being one of the first to have stepped into Dubai Expo.
CONNECTING MINDS, CREATING THE FUTURE The Dubai Vision Competition 2018 focuses on the partnership between public and private schools enforcing the theme of Dubai Expo 2020: “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future�. It also represents a unique and innovative platform of support of the UAE education sector towards the global event of 2020. The Oxford School, Dubai is joining hands with Buds Public School Dubai to prepare a project on Green Mobility for the Competition. As part of the preparation for the competition, a workshop was conducted by Mr. David Provenzani, Honorary Professor at the Amity University Dubai - School of Architecture & Planning, on Monday, 14th May 2018 from 2:30 to 3:30 PM in the school premises. The workshop gave an insight about what the vision behind Green Mobility is and what is expected to be prepared by the students. Mr. David also entertained and cleared doubts raised about the project. It was a very useful workshop as it helped in channelizing the thought process on how the project should work out.
EDUSCAN WORKSHOP Sambhavana Leadership Summit-May 2018 Organizers: Edu Scan group Place: Springdale’s school
Date: 07-05-2018
Participants: Students with determination (SEND) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Abdullah Ghani-Year 6 Abdullah saeed-Year 6 Abdur Raqeeb-Year 7 B 2 Faisal Mustafa-7 B 1 Thevin Yasasvi-9 B 2 Diyana Ghulam Sahki-9 G 2 Aiesha Abdul Salam-9 G 1
Person-in-charge: Ms.Lakshmi, Special Educator-TOS Speakers: Dr.Alka Karla, Educational Psychologist and Counselor Mrs.Rima Soni, Columnist and beauty consultant Objectives: To promote the value of inclusion for children of determination. To bring awareness to the community about students who face various life challenges socially, academically, and vocationally. To build and encourage children in leadership role to take the initiative. Details of workshop: Dr. Alka Karla introduced the team of participants. She briefed them on the purpose of conducting Sambavana leadership Summit event to serve the group of students with determination and to add value to the society. The workshop was conducted in two sessions: Grooming and Personality Development. a) Grooming workshop presented by Ms.Rima Soni - It highlighted the basic aspects of communication skills. Ms.Soni trained students to become more confident participants with refined approach, appearance, grace, style, and tone. This session provided students ways to enhance better personal qualities and positive attitude. Each participant was encouraged to exhibit their efficiency in their own way to increase it. b) Personality workshop presented by Dr.Alka Karla - This session was incorporated with ramp walk to build more confidence and induce a shine to the students’ existing personality. Each student was given a chance to exhibit their talent on stage. Their appearance before an audience helped them remove fear, aggression, and insecurity. Conclusion: At the end of the session, almost all TOS students expressed their confidence and self-reliance with positive attitude and approach.
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Sambhavana Leadership summit Date: 6th May 2018 Venue: Bright Riders School Time: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Participants name: 1. 2. 3.
Juwaria-Year - 7 G1 Khubaib Tariq - 8 B 1 Mohammad Faiqh - 10 B 3
Teacher –in- charge: Ms. Indhumathi.R Guest Speaker: Dr. Alka Kalra Details of the workshop: The students of The Oxford School attended a “Leadership Summit for Gifted and Talented students” on 6th May 2018. The details of the workshop are as follows: Dr. Alka Kalra introduced the purpose of the summit and the session was started with a brainstorming activity. Students were divided into groups, and seven habits for becoming a leader were shared. Each group was asked to present a habit chosen as per their choice. Students of The Oxford School presented the topic “Sharpen the Saw”, which details the holistic development of a person by maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Students enjoyed the activity, and the session was concluded with an emphasis on team building. A poster and skit competition was then held and students were given topics. The Oxford School students worked on the topic: “Poor Social Skills”. They enacted a skit highlighting the importance of supporting people with poor social skills, and the poster contained the message: “Inclusion is Acceptance”.
Session on “Seven habits for becoming a leader”
Team building activity
IEP LEXICON Organizers: Lexicon Reading Center
Place: Cassales Al Barsha hotel.
Date: 06-05-2018
Time: 5:00-8:00. p.m.
Participants: Ms. Lakshmi, Ms. Indumathi. R., Ms.Pushparani Topic: IEP and Mainstreaming Speaker: Ms.Sara Jacson, certified behavior Analyst, California Objectives: This workshop mainly focused on maintenance, generalization, flexibility and, motivation Report: The speaker introduced the session by glancing at the Dubai Inclusive Education Policy Framework (4.1) which states that all education providers should provide alternative and accredited curriculum options for students who are identified as experiencing special educational need and difficulties. Establishing IST (Inclusion Support Team) as a team approach was also mentioned as it focuses on inclusive teaching strategies in classrooms. Dr. Sara then explained the basic idea of setting up goals for every individual student must start from evaluation/assessment process by understanding barriers which prevents learning. Purpose of writing IEP for student with determination and steps in writing IEP were also elaborated with few examples. The session’s main focus was on generalizing the learned behavior and motivating operations (MO) which alters the effectiveness of some stimulus as a reinforcer. Conclusion: Every person will have something they want depending on the state they are in, if they are deprived of something they want or satiated by something which then again changes their motivating operations.
TOTAL SCHOOL SOLUTIONS Participants: Special Educators and Counselors - Department of SEND and Counseling Date and Time: 03-05-2018 and 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM Speaker: Dr. Barbara Wolford - Director, Total School Solutions - California Topics of workshop: a. Session 1 - Autism and Education b. Session 2 - Classroom Management practices
Brief Report: a.
Session 1 focused on basic knowledge of students with Autism and autism spectrum disorders - UAE definition, evidence-based practices, and instructional strategies to create positive learning environment. In an interactive session, educators discussed various strategies (27 - evidence based-social skills, play way, prompting systems) integrated with technology to facilitate communication.
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Session 2- Dr.Barbara briefed on clear expectations and procedure to be implemented in the classroom on a daily basis. She insisted on being a sensitive educator, as well as to build professional relationship with students and be a role model to practice routines. Educators were also reminded to create activities to build positive relationship and promote a classroom conducive to preparing students for higher education and vocational skills.
Introduction to autism and education Evidence-based practices
Classroom Management strategies