The Apple International School
The Apple Arcade
Term 3 2018-19 Year 7 to 10
CONTENTS • From the Desk of Principal • From the Desk of the Section Head • Assemblies • Events • Examinations
From the Desk of the Principal Dear Parents, What a wonderful school year it was with all most all our students excelling both in academics and in extra-curricular activities and we are so proud of them. We have much to celebrate and many happy memories. Most importantly our students have enjoyed another fabulous year. The Apple International School is always bustling with activities that gives opportunities to our students to showcase their talents. This was possible only through the whole-hearted support of you all dear parents, thank you! I would also like to thank the many parents who have come to see us all through the year as with their support the school was able to meet the needs and aspirations of our families and students. I would like to thank our hard working and caring staff members who have made a huge difference to our students. Their commitment has always been overwhelming. Our teachers have worked hard to provide a rich and engaging, well-rounded learning environment for our students and knowing that education is about joy, wonder and fostering curiosity, along with the development of social skills so needed to succeed. For all these, and a million other things, we are truly grateful to all our staff. Over the following months, we will be working towards a smooth opening to the new academic year and setting the priorities to build upon the successes of the school so that we can improve still further. We always seek to do better; to challenge ourselves and our students to set the highest standards and to achieve our ambitious goals. I look forward to welcoming you all back, refreshed, for what will be an exciting, new academic year. It has truly been a pleasure serving you this year! I am looking forward to another great year when we return from summer break! Warm regards, Jaya
From the Desk of the Section Head Dear Parents, As our academic year draws to a close, we have much to celebrate and many happy memories. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the outstanding work ethics projected by our students. I would also like to thank all the parents for their continuous support to enable the school to meet the needs and aspirations of our students. The Iftars meet at school was one such memorable experience for all of us where the parents took the lead to organize the event for the school and helped us to share the spirit of Ramadan. Most importantly, our students have enjoyed another fabulous year. They have excelled in so many fields it is impossible to list them all. I have attended many celebration events and have listened in awe as their achievements have been described. These achievements have been in their academic studies, sports, music, the arts to name just a few and we are justly proud of them. Many field trips were organized this year and the tour to Georgia was appreciated the most. Over the summer vacation, I will be working with colleagues to put into place a smooth opening to the new academic year and setting the priorities to build upon the successes of the school so that we can improve still further. We should always seek to do better, to challenge ourselves and our students to set the highest standards and achieve our ambitious goals. I would like to wish you all the very best for the summer vacation and look forward to welcoming you all back, refreshed, for what will be an exciting, new academic year! Best regards, Tripti Shah Section Head-Secondary
Anti-Bullying – 7E The assembly started with a brief introduction by the hosts: Ysa and Jhian, and followed by the Quran recitation by Sara Bohra, and translated by Naima Amanzade. We paid respects to the country and school through singing the UAE National Anthem and the School Vision Song. After the general way of beginning a school assembly, we proceeded by requesting the presence of Kate to report The Apple News where she congratulated all the Al Afdal Awardees, mentioned the latest events as well as the upcoming ones in which we can look forward to. After the report, the hosts suggested an idea of inviting some individuals to go up on the stage to perform an act demonstrating the present-day situations of bullying and how making new friends is more beneficial and easier. The audience applauded the effort that the actors had put into the performance. Following the performance, a pair of speakers: Ysa and Princess, had ascended to the stage with the purpose of delivering a powerful “two-part speech” regarding the concept of a safe and happy school where it should be a place with no tolerance for bullying and where safety and comfort are the environmental traits. Parts of the speech stated how and why safety play a vital role in our lives and how it should always be kept constant in one’s life, especially with youths. The act was praised for having such strong effectiveness and purpose along with the power of originality. Several people shared the different types and ways of bullying and how to prevent them. They also suggested that help should be given by anyone if he knows any case of anyone involved in bullying as this a serious topic. The students thanked them for educating them on the very important questions regarding the assembly topic. The last, but not the least act, they proudly gestured themselves for a pair of students: Kirsten and Nina, who delivered a short poem about Safety and Happiness. The crowd then joined their hands for the amazing, outward and extravagant poem made by them. The assembly was finally concluded by inviting their dear Principal Ma’am. She shared her collected opinions on what the students had done for their assembly and how professional they acted even without the help of their adviser or teacher. She also made sure to spread her other ideas to improve the way students can study and live their lives at its best. They wrapped everything up with saying thank you to the audience for listening and paying attention to their assembly in which they worked very hard. They hoped that they could adapt on an extremely profound topic. Then assembly was dispersed. After the audience had returned to their respected classrooms, 7E students gathered on the stage for a group photo. They extremely felt pleasured and proud of their work, and they were happily taking their poses for a photo. After it was taken, they also had returned to their classes to begin their school day.
By: Princess Diana
Welcome Ramadan ( Islamic Department ) To welcome the Holy month of Ramadan and to create awareness of the significance of Ramadan, assemblies were organized in primary and higher both the levels by Islamic department on the 28/05/2019. Assemblies began with the recitation of The Quran followed by national anthem and school vision song. Students spoke about the significance, benefits and the values of Ramadan. Thereafter, the classes presented beautiful Nasheed. The assemblies served the purpose of making students aware about the blessings of Ramadan. To conclude the assemblies Honourable Principal expressed her views about the importance of Ramadan, focusing on the main learning areas of the assemblies and appreciated the team effort of Islamic Department and students with great words which were so encouraging and worth spoken.
Assembly by higher students
Junior Model United Nation - 2019 ‘You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.’ The prestigious 4rth edition of JMUN 2019 was held at The Apple International School on 1 st and 2nd of May 2019 to further promote and inculcate unity and tolerance in the new generation and to enhance collaboration and communication skills among different institutions through our student body. The Oxford School, Indian Academy Dubai, Indian Academy Sharjah, British International School, The Russian International School, Sheffield School and Al Diyafah and Dubai Scholars took part with great zeal and zest. The event was divided into 5 committees: General Assembly, General Assembly 2, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) United Nations Educational, Security Council and Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It was a two day conference, commencing on discussions, debate, questioning and problem solving in the first day, whereas the second day included the draft resolutions and amendments. An emergency crisis situation was also framed for the delegates to challenge them for prompt actions and solutions, representing their own countries. ‘The best and beautiful things in world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt by heart and thank you is one such prayer among them.’ The conference was graced by the presence of the respected Mr. Robert C.S. Wilson and Ms. Yuvika Bhatia as chief guests and special guests Mr. Akhil Sateesh and Ms. Shapa Gosh, who amazed the students with their words of inspiration. ‘When people work together towards a common goal, they are driven, passionate and purposeful.’ Both the days started with the name of the Almighty. Performances in the opening and closing ceremonies of the event were executed by the students, who showed off their skills and talent superbly and were much appreciated by all. The school choir mesmerized the audience with their melodious voices and sang their heart out. They ended up with a beautiful nasheed to welcome Ramadan. ‘A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.’ The event ended with the prize distribution ceremony. All the winners from each category were awarded trophies and were appreciated for their hard work. The teachers in charge were also much valued and appreciated for their efforts and dedication to bloom each child into an orator. We at Apple International feel proud and happy to give our co schools something to carry and cherish the wonderful moments, till we meet again.
Glimpses of the event‌.
Reviewing artefacts
Exhibition of Art from waste – Waste management awarding ceremony 2019
Date -10/06/2019
Venue – Dubai Knowledge Park EEG celebrates the World Environment Day in its own special way by hosting the prestigious EEG Waste Management Awarding Ceremony. One of the significant highlights of this grand event is the Art from Waste Exhibition 2019. Every year, EEG opens this wonderful platform to its academic members to display their artwork made entirely from waste material. Our school has been participated to this great exhibition with wonderful creations. Selected students from grade 7 proudly presented their creations to the entire crowd who attended the ceremony. Our student’s hard work showcases a very impressive platform to the visitors. Participated students • • • •
Aarya from grade 7A Azliyah Evangelio from grade 7A Amatulla from grade 7B Zahara from grade 7B
The created artifacts which made by the students are useable & durable in the school premises. Here are the designated artifacts we present. • • • • •
IPAD Holder/Book & gadget holder A mat weaved out of garbage bags Paint brush holder made out of toilet Paper Tissue rolls Stool made out of shuttlecock packages and plastic bottles Pencil holder
Implements we can do for the school out of waste products… As the students created the iPad holder/Gadget holder we can create customized holders to each student as a school art project. And it can be used for the library/ art room-as an aisle/class room – as a book holder/iPad holder. It will be a great advantage for the students to improve their creativity and a good learning how to manage the waste materials which we can find from our own school.
Art teacher – Amanda kuruvita.
Super Talent Appleite 10th of June 2019 “You are unique. You have different talents and abilities. You don’t have to always follow in the footsteps of others. And most important, you should always remind yourself that you don't have to do what everyone else is doing and have a responsibility to develop the talents you have been given.” Roy T. Bennett. In line with this, the Apple International School conducted the Super Talented Appleite in which the students can display their unique talents. The students go through with the following criteria starting with Elimination round with the help of teachers until they have reached the semi-finals. On 10th of June 2019 the Grand finals of the Super talented appleite was organized and the winner was Jules Andrei from 8C class who performed an amazing dance (2nd runner up), Senuka, Ali, and Alyan of 9B class (1st runner up) and the Winners of the competition were Rodwell, Jessie, Charllyn, and Romina who had showcased their talent of singing and playing instruments and the audience had goosebumps of their performance. The competition was perfect indeed.
*Jules showing his dance moves
*8B group presenting their gaming apps
*Students of 7E performing A Million Dreams song
*Awarding Trophy to the 2nd Runner up by the Principal
*1st Runner up received their trophies and certificates
*The Super Talented Appleite of the year 2019 - 7E class
Science Super Learning Week ( 21st –25th April 2019 ) The Science Super Learning Week, a period where we students can portray our investigation, experimentation, hypothesizing and many more science related skills. We students participated in various Science activities which were made to train our 21st century skills. Activities were conducted each day of the week, where we students could stimulate our potential talents, and creativity. To foster knowledge among us students the Science Vocabulary Contest and Science Quiz were held during the science periods. We students had created and innovated STEAM projects to showcase our creative and innovative side. We projected many wonderful ideas and projects which were aimed to assist in real world problems. Through the activity called “Bidding Buddies,” the best of the ideas were acknowledged and awarded, and the other projects were put on display and presented to the other students. In our opinion, this Science Super Learning Week had been a great success, since we reached our objective to accelerate our scientific progress and establishing a culture that is innovative and creative at The Apple International School. 9B — Mustafa, Afnan and Choi
Robotics Workshop – Fable Robot ( April 9, 2019 ) To motivate and inspire the learning system of young learners The workshop was conducted by EdNex at Manipal Unversity, Dubai. Mr. Sabal Araaf was the instructor who led the presentation session. The workshop involved downloading and installing the software at www.shaperobotics.com. After launching it, we were given a dongle which was connected to the PC through the USB port.
The color of the light from the dongle had to match the color from the robot.
dongle
robot
Blockly is the official programming app for the Fable System. Once the dongle is plugged in and the robot is setup, the blocks will be programmed to make the robot perform set actions. Tasks: 1. Make the robot move in 4-Axis (front, back, left, right)
2. Solve the maze.(A small ball is placed on the maze and will be controlled through programming)
STEAM MAPPING S Force Work
T Robotics Coding
E Construction Fair Tests
A Aesthetic Creativity
M Perimeter Area
Outcome: • Fable robot is engaging and inspiring for young learners from Grade 3 to High school. • Fable robot helps solve problems in subjects ; Math, Physics, Biology, Programming and Innovation. • It can be applied to the real world, for instance the emotions actions can be used to help people with moral values.
Workshop by the KHDA Wellbeing Census “Wellbeing will only be successful if it is thought of as a ‘whole of school’ systemic approach” David Bott. On 5th March’2019, Dubai School Wellbeing team conducted a workshop in the Zayed University, on different aspects to be focused after going through the School’s Wellbeing Census analysis. Ms. Tripti Shah (Section Head of Secondary) and Ms. Marwa (Happiness Officer) attended this workshop as the representatives of the Apple International School.
After the general ‘Introduction ’by the KHDA Wellbeing team, Mr. David Bott & Mr. Ron Lalonde conducted a session on ‘A whole school approach to positive education’. There were sessions conducted on ‘Increasing the Parent Engagement in student wellbeing’ and ‘ways to support staff wellbeing at school’ facilitated by Ms. Suhair.
Break-out sessions were conducted to suggest ways to help students after analyzing data from both years of DSWC results which was facilitated by Ms. Anna and Ms. Sandy. Team discussions were encouraged and the facilitators provided suggestions at each stage of the workshop.
There was an interesting session conducted to reach senior students through the language and science of performance. The workshop concluded by suggestions to improve relationships across the whole school using positive behaviour approaches.
By: Ms. Tripti Shah
Earth Day 2019 “Protect Our Species” The Apple International School celebrate the Earth Day under the slogan “Protect Our Species” on 22nd April 2019. We conduct our initiative to help our world by collecting recyclable materials such as old magazines, newspapers, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, two weeks were allotted for the collection of the Recyclables.
Recyclable Collectibles Paper Plastic Aluminum cans
Collection in Kgs. 280 130 30
All proceeds from the collection delivered to Emirates Environmental Group.
Community Enrichment Programme LAKUM Project The Community Enrichment Programme at AIS worked with Red Crescent in the month of April for Lakum Project. The Lakum (For You) Initiative is a charity, aimed at providing useful and educational gifts to underprivileged children throughout the world With a lot of support, we were able to send 50 boxes towards the initiative.
Report on the Mid of Shaban This is an old practice of celebrating the 15th day of Sha’aban, the eighth month in the Islamic lunar calendar, in the month before Ramadan. Children dress up and go to family and friends asking for treats. It was a colorful morning, when a group of students, went to Seniors Happiness Centre, to mark the middle of Sha’aban, also known as Haq Al Laila. Dressed in bright traditional gowns and jewelry, the students went around greeting people distributing treats saying in unison: “Aatoona Allah Yatikum, Beit Makkah yuwadikum. ” This translates to: “Give us and in return God will reward you, you will be able to go to Makkah as one of your rewards.”
21 Days of Ramadan Values The Apple International school celebrated Ramadan with great zeal and vigour. The 21 days were given a value each and various interesting activities were arranged for the students. Each day's best activity was displayed on the Ramadan values bulletin board and the students designed the whole layout of the display themselves.
Iftar at The Apple International School It was a blessed evening. The parents’ representatives from Year FS to 9 took over the responsibility to organize the Iftar. It was a wonderful team work with the parents, students, teachers and the support staff.
FIELD TRIP TO SKI DUBAI
Apple International School organized a field trip for classes 7- 10th on 26th of June 2019 to Ski Dubai. Located in the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, Ski Dubai is the region's first indoor ski and snow resort. Ski Dubai covers an impressive 22,500 square meters of snow-covered terrain. Here you’ll find five slopes of varying difficulty, a pulse-racing experience for skiers and snowboarders of all ages and abilities. This Snow Park offers countless hours of entertainment, including bobsledding, tubing, tobogganing, wall climbing, and zorbing and snow bumpers.
The student’s main attraction was the colony of King and Gentoo Snow Penguins. The Penguin marched in the snow park and performed in front of the students, for about half an hour. The students really enjoyed and had an encounter experience. It was the most magical attraction in the trip.
This field trip aimed to provide an inquiry field experience for Appleites so they can explore the geographical landforms, features, art forms and biodiversity of a natural environments in snow. By interacting with the physical environment, students will be able to better visualize, comprehend and apply what they have learnt in the classroom during the inquiry-based approach.
It was fun!!!
External Assessments: In this term to monitor the progress, personalize learning and benchmarking, the students appeared in the GL Progress tests for English, Math and Science. Year-7 students appeared for the Science ACER-ISA. Year 9 scored well in the Cambridge Checkpoint Assessment.
Internal Assessments: Term-3 Major Assessments were held in June'2019 to check the overall attainment at the end of the academic session. Open House was scheduled on 2nd July'2019.