Al Sedra Newsletter 25

14th March 2019

Calling All Students YOUR WEEKLY UPDATE ON ALL THAT’S GOING ON AT THE GULF ENGLISH SCHOOL

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INFANTS Our topic in Year 1 is ‘Our World’. We have been exploring the living things around us and finding out what they mean to us. This week, we have been learning about plants and what they need to grow.

The children have been planting their own seeds in class and have ensured that the plants are receiving the right amount of water and sun every day. The children are eager to see how their plants will grow!

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JUNIORS We have been keeping very busy in Year 5 recently! We have been working hard to become great mathematicians. This has meant learning all about fractions, decimals and percentages. It has been challenging but, with perseverance, we have gained a greater understanding. 5MS delivered an assembly that taught all of us how to study effectively – hopefully this helps us in our assessments!

Furthermore, we have been learning about how we can stay fit and healthy. We enjoyed a healthy breakfast (with lots of fruits and vegetables), took part in a wonderful sports day, and even watched some of the teachers play a very competitive game of football!

Finally, we have been continuing our topic of ‘Weather and Climate’. Many of us have designed shelters that would help us survive in some of the most extreme climates in the world, we have written about different forms of extreme weather and compared Qatar’s climate with the climate of other countries around the world. It has been a busy time and we are ready for what the rest of the term may bring!

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SECONDARY It has been a great start to 2019 and a positive Term 2 for Mr. Andre Battah & Ms. Heidi Goodall in the Modern Foreign Languages Department.

We have been working hard with the IB2 students with preparations for their speaking exam & WA (Written Assignment) which will be completed within the next few weeks. Meanwhile deadlines are looming for the GCSE students. At this time of year, the pressure of end of year exams becomes all too real, so we would like to take this opportunity to say “Bonne Chance, Buena Suerte, Buona Fortuna, Viel Glück, Allah Yewvfikim, and Good Luck” Mr. Battah and I are extremely proud of the progress of our IB2 linguists; Minjae, Joseph, Yahya, Noor, Nouf, Aishya, Rameen, Bushra & Bothaina & our Y11 linguists. In particular; Eraj, Euan, Aji, Fahad, Radwan, Abdullah, Myunghun and Samira in Spanish have put in a great deal of effort this term in preparation for their mock exams and are reaping the benefits of receiving outstanding results in their speaking assessments, this will stand them in good stead and they are now focusing on their final exam preparations. We are confident about seeing their hard work pay off when the GCSE results come out in August this year.

At KS3 & KS4, our classes have been taking part in ‘Spanish and French breakfast topic related activities and learning a bit more about the two culinary cultures.

For our IB1 students; Christina, Ninotchka, Asmar and Qassim, Term 2 has been very promising and they have been immersing themselves in the Spanish culture and have learnt new concepts and grammatical structures. They are now ready for new challenges and are looking forward to the next year.

Remember that when learning a language, repetition is all. Experts believe that most people need to repeat a word at least seven times to fix it in their long-term memory, so remember, practise, practise, practise, practise, practise, practise, practise.

Don’t forget to encourage your children to make use of ‘Linguascope’ and ‘firefly’. Linguascope is a language learning app that can be accessed via the Internet on iPads, laptops or home computers.

There is no cost to parents - your only job is to encourage your children to use them. The username is gesq and the password is gesdoha123. Once these details have been entered, a whole array of resources, in a variety of languages, are instantly at your disposal.

Mr. Andre Battah & Ms. Heidi Goodall

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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