Al Sedra Newsletter 6

11th October 2018

WHOLE SCHOOL

11th October 2018

WHOLE SCHOOL

11th October 2018

WHOLE SCHOOL Hello, my name is Abena Agyei and I am a humanities teacher and the CAS Co-ordinator at GES. CAS (creativity, activity and service) is a core and compulsory element of the IB diploma. It allows students to take part in experiences which allow them to be creative, participate in sports and provide a service to others. CAS also challenges students to enhance their personal development through experiential learning in a variety of activities and projects.

Each year, the IB1 students host a range of activities to promote Cancer awareness and fundraise for the Qatar Cancer Society. This year, the students are organising a friendly basketball match between staff and students to take place on 16th October 2018 from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. in the Secondary sports hall. We hope to see you there! Tickets are 10 riyals and refreshments will also be sold. Tickets will not be sold on the day so please buy them beforehand.

In addition to this, students in Infants, Primary and Secondary can wear either pink or blue to school on the 16th of October. Students who choose to participate will contribute 10 riyals towards this.

Thank you for your continued support.

Abena Agyei CAS Co-ordinator

11th October 2018

BIN OMRAN In their Topic lessons, Year 3 have been comparing Ghana and Qatar. This week they compared food. To help them with this they tasted some Ghanaian food, yams and plantains.

Sara really did not like the yam, saying “It’s disgusting!”

Abdulaziz said the yam was “gross!”

“I like the plantain” was Sherif’s response “I don’t like any of it!” Abdulahadi decided.

“I don’t like these but I think I would like to try jollof rice” said Abdulla.

Mr Tazgel thought they were all brave to try the food and was pleased with the descriptive words they used.

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HEALTH Hello and welcome to the new monthly School Health feature!

Every month the school has a monthly health theme where the nurses in each school will be raising awareness about the month’s theme through sharing information, co-ordinating activities, and answering any questions the children may have. Last month was ‘Making yourself ready for school’ so the focus was on encouraging a healthy daily routine to ensure the students know how to keep themselves healthy and ready to learn! This month is Cancer Awareness month and there are lots of activities going on around school to raise awareness about this disease. There will be a whole school ‘Pink & Blue’ day for students on 16th October and the IB students have arranged a students vs. teachers basketball match to be played on this day also.

Please look out for more information and activities in the newsletter and also through our social media accounts!

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INFANTS Infants PE – September 2018

Year 1 and 2 Swimming

During the last couple of weeks, we have been working on exploratory play in Preschool and Reception. Students are experimenting and exploring within their surroundings and using various different pieces of equipment. They have been learning to: • Move in different ways • Negotiate obstacles • Use handheld equipment • Follow basic instructions to complete tasks • Balance on one leg and on small obstacles • Work the muscles in the tummy to improve

core strength • Line up in a straight line

Year 1 and Year 2 students have had their first course of swimming this year. They have been very enthusiastic and worked extremely hard. They have been working to improve their strength in the muscles in their legs so that they can kick effectively in the water. They have also been using their basic techniques to try to glide and move across the pool. Most of the students are now able to move in the water with confidence - an important first step in becoming competent swimmers. All students following the National Curriculum for England and Wales should be competent swimmers over 25m in at least two strokes by the end of Key Stage 2. Students are encouraged to practise what we have been doing in the swimming lessons if they have a chance when they go to the swimming pool with their families.

These activities will help the students to develop the control they need to be able to perform sporting skills later on. They also promote good physical development, which contributes to lifelong health.

Best wishes, Mr. Brendan Morley, Teacher of Infants PE.

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JUNIORS Sports Clubs Have Started Another busy and varied academic year has begun within Juniors School PE. All Year 3 and Year 6 boys have embarked on some early swimming lessons.

The remaining year groups have been measuring their own fitness levels by undergoing some performance tests and recording their results. The students have enjoyed finding out about their personal fitness and how they have developed from last year. The fitness tests help pupils to identify the ways in which they could improve the health and fitness.

Alongside our core PE lessons, some extra clubs have started in football for boys and basketball for girls. There has been a huge uptake in the clubs, with many students registering and trying out for the squads. With this year’s School Olympic competitions starting soon, we are preparing our squads to get ready for the competitions; they will also take part in some other inter-school matches… some of these matches will be played here at GES, so we hope that parents and friends will come along to support them.

Our Level 1 and Level 2 boys football squads have been training each Sunday during break and after school each Wednesday. The players have benefitted from the generosity of parents with fruit and water being provided by the family of Ali Al Khayareen in 5MS. The boys really enjoyed this kind gesture, which helped to keep them fueled and refreshed for their activity.

I hope the boys will continue to practise hard and that we’ll be successful when we start our competitions.

Mr. Mark Hillan, Teacher of PE.

11th October 2018

SECONDARY So far this term, the new Year 10 Media students have created their very own magazine article featuring stories from their summer holidays. Their work has been used to produce a colourful and creative display in the classroom. Students are currently learning Photoshop and are incorporating their knowledge of magazine codes and conventions into their work.

These are some of their comments on the course so far: “I think Media is very interesting and fun!”

“It’s really fun and creative!”

“I enjoy Media. It’s interesting and I love learning new things like making magazine covers!”

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CONTACT The Gulf English School PO Box 2440, Doha, Qatar Main School: Tel: +974 44578777 Main School: Fax: +974 44861256 Infant Unit: Tel: +974 44886791/90 +974 44886201/93 Infant Unit: Fax: +974 44876821

Email: info@gulfenglishschool.com

Website: www.gulfenglishschool.com