Al Sedra Newsletter 2019 Issue 2

5th September 2019

Excellence As Standard YOUR WEEKLY UPDATE ON ALL THAT’S GOING ON AT THE GULF ENGLISH SCHOOL

5th September 2019

INFANTS Pre-School children have had the most amazing time settling into their new routines and having so much fun!

Pre-School Red can line up beautifully, Pre-School Blue love playing on the carpet, Pre-School Orange know that it’s important to have a healthy snack and Pre-School Green are enjoying colouring in.

We are all looking forward to the year ahead.

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JUNIORS The students in Year 3 began their first term in the juniors with exciting and fun activities.

This week began with a visit from a curious intruder called the Qatasauras. The children had fun investigating the crime scene to figure out what type of creature had created a terrible mess at the Gulf English School.

Each class spent time during their writing lessons exploring the clues that were left behind at the scene. Following our dramatic start to our writing topic, the children began to write instructions for a potion to make their very own Qatasauras and Mythical creatures – exploring and learning new vocabulary along the way!

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SECONDARY So we begin anew! A fresh innovative and comfortable uniform adds to the excitement of this academic year, 2019 to 2020. A young cohort of Year 7 students have arrived excited, and a little anxious, as they begin this new phase of education. Teachers and older students have been on hand to assist and reduce their fears and anxieties of being in a place, which, at first, seems overwhelming. Many cousins and siblings were very supportive and have given them encouragement too.

The English department got off to a wonderful start with most of the students settling into their groups and their classes.

Accounts of magnificent travels and thrilling highlights were described by the students, and these experiences were shared with their peers.

The students have located their new form classrooms and looked to identify their new teachers. There has also been room to explore other changes made around the school, especially for the Year 12s - a new majlis area.

New colourful displays adorn the classrooms and corridors that shout out to students about the rich learning, subject content, covered in lessons and the various activities the school becomes involved in over an academic year.

Some displays are an artistic masterpiece.

Exciting! Exciting! Exciting!

New teachers are always a wonderful addition to the school, bringing with them a vast array of experience and knowledge that adds to the GES focus of encouraging our students to become global citizens. The teachers are all native English speakers, and they are thrilled to be here in GES and to experience the rich culture of Qatar. This is further compounded when they meet the very pleasant and good-humored students of GES.

Some teachers who have been with the school for a while have also been promoted or have taken on new responsibilities. We wish them success in their positions.

Students of the upper years have been eager to enquire where old staff were, but were also very welcoming of our new English specialist to the school. We welcome Ms Zainab Ayoub from the United Kingdom to the English department in The Gulf English School and to wonderful Qatar.

We have very strong departments in school that will help drive the learning forward; with revised schemes of work and polished lessons, we move forward with a positive mindset. We hope to encourage more reading which will ultimately drive children’s grades to improve.

We look forward to some lively and interesting work being produced by our students as we move through the year.

Miss Maz Rubbani Mr Michael Clarke (Head of the English Department)

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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