Year Book 2012-13 Final

Head of School

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he academic year 2012-2013 was another eventful year for Compass International School, Doha.

First I would like to thank the whole school community for making me feel so much at home when I first arrived. It seems such a long time ago and so much has happened since then.

I am sure that as you look through this Year Book many happy memories will come flooding back.

The Year Book is testament to all the terrific work that has gone on throughout the school this year and it records the many super events and activities that have taken place both inside and outside of the classroom. The school has developed significantly this year and I expect that to continue into next year.

I believe the staff I am presently working with are the best colleagues I have ever worked with and I thank them for all of their hard work this year.

Through them the school has made significant strides towards becoming an even better school.

As I said earlier this year, the school improvement journey will continue into the next year and the years after that to ensure that we are always doing the best for our young learners.

The work of the School Advisory Council (SAC) has played a significant part in the school’s development this year. They have provided a much needed ‘sounding board’ and their advice has been invaluable in making sure improvements for our students have happened. I look forward to working with the SAC in future years.

There have been many new areas of learning created over the last year on all of the campuses which have enhanced the learning experiences for all of our students. Not many have been straightforward and I thank you for your patience and tolerance as we have tried very hard to get the facilities on stream. I look forward to our students enjoying even better facilities over the next couple of years.

It is that time of year that we have to say good-bye to some members of our school community. We wish our Year 11 students every success for the future as they continue their educational journey after taking their IGCSE examinations. We wish those

students who are leaving Compass International School, Doha to attend other schools near and far, every success and we hope they enjoy their learning experiences elsewhere. We also say good-bye to some of our parents and we wish you safe journeys and I thank you for the support you have given the school.

We also have to say good-bye to some teachers/ colleagues. What can I say? I do not think your contributions to Compass International School, Doha over the last few years could be measured suitably or accurately. What a job you have done! I wish you every success in the future and I sincerely hope that you receive the same sort of welcome that you gave me when I arrived at CIS, Doha.

If you are staying at CIS, Doha and over 84% of you have re-enrolled (thank you!) I look forward to welcoming you back in September. It will be an interesting and challenging year as we continue to grow and pursue our goal of excellence whilst enriching the educational experience that the school has to offer.

Our new merger with Nord Anglia Education is excellently timed to support our new build developments and further refurbishments across all of our campuses, the expansion of our Option subjects (Year 10) and our hopes to provide education to students in Years 12 and 13. I wish you an enjoyable break. In the meantime enjoy this Year Book!

To colleagues who are staying, I thank you for your continued support for CIS, Doha. It is your dedication and commitment that ensures that our students are ‘Learning Well, Enjoying Life, Exceeding Expectations’. Have a great break and I will see you all in September!

Robin Campbell Head of School

Campus Principals Learning at Madinat Khalifa Campus

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n January 2013 I joined Compass International School Doha as Campus Principal (Madinat Khalifa) and Head of Primary (Whole School).

During these six months it has been my honour to work with both staff and parents to develop the educational provision here at CISD.

astounded by the professionalism and effort displayed by both teachers and the support staff across our whole school and I thank them for their dedication and commitment.

And finally the students! Our school would be nothing without our students. It is a delight to work with so many talented young people. They have raised money for charity; won national awards; swam for their team; produced outstanding assemblies; beaten local schools at football and so much more! Every day I walk down the corridor and I learn

Some highlights of my time here to date…

Qatari History was introduced this academic year and we celebrated this important addition to our curriculum during the month of May. Four beautiful displays in the entrance hall shared the understanding that has been developed around this subject. Students have learnt about a wide range of topics including; How Islam developed throughout the Gulf; Islamic Art and all about indigenous plants and animals.

Partners in Learning One of the most rewarding parts of my role has been meeting and working with so many parents. It is only through your ideas and suggestions that we know that you are receiving the very best value.

We welcome your thoughts and observations and thank you for taking the time to discuss them with us. The partnership with parents is important and we are constantly seeking ways in which you can become involved in your child’s education.

Dutch Education Early in 2013 we reinstated the Dutch Advisory Board (DAB). Mr. Stefan Kops also arrived as our interim Dutch Coordinator and together they have been central to the developments of Dutch provision across the school. I would like to take this opportunity to thank both the DAB and Mr. Kops for their tireless efforts to ensure our NTC programme is second to none!

Developing First Class Facilities We were delighted when our new swimming pool at Madinat Khalifa and our new teaching block at Rayyan were opened this year! We very much look forward to the completion of the new teaching facilities at MK in early 2014.

Staff at CISD are some of the best in the Gulf (if not the world!). They really care about the education of each child and how they can best ensure that every one reaches their potential. We believe in individualising education and ensuring that all are challenged appropriately. I have been

something new. The overall care that our older students provide to the younger children is unmistakable and gives our school a unique atmosphere.

It is my absolute pleasure to share on my page some of the outstanding learning that has taken place this year.

Congratulations everyone!

“By learning you will teach – By teaching you will learn” (Latin proverb)

Mrs. Michelle Stone

Madinat Khalifa Campus Principal and Head of Primary

Learning at Rayyan Campus

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t is virtually impossible to summarise the tremendous learning which has happened at Rayyan Campus in a few words. There have been celebrations, numerous achievements and, dare we say, just a few frustrations with building permissions, the latter out of our control, but as I look back over the last year I feel that the team here at Rayyan should be proud of the way in which we have developed a nurturing ethos which parents and visitors feel pervades every aspect of what we do here and stand for. Children are at the heart of all we do and we are so proud of the progress they have made under the help, guidance and encouragement of such a committed and motivated staff!!

A few personal highlights... joining EY1 on a trip to the beach finding out about how things change when wet. Little did I realise this involved tipping buckets of water over my head or pretending to be a crocodile; our inspirational “Pied Piper of Rayyan,” featuring all the students and staff at school; watching some of our students taking part in external sporting fixtures; the falcon in school on National Day; the rainbow picnic and of course our “Official Opening” by HRH Prince Michael of Kent. I was so proud of the students who met with him, described their learning and spoke confidently in such a different situation. With every event and with all our visitors, our students have been the best possible ambassadors for Rayyan Campus and for CISD! Few principals have the opportunity to open a new campus and therefore I have felt extremely privileged, along with the team here, to be instrumental in our d e ve l o p m e n t .

Our students are fantastic, our staff sensational and our parents, absolutely brilliant. We have a terrific team all committed to helping your children, our students to become independent and motivated learners with the necessary skills to face life in the ever changing society.

We have established a firm foundation to build on in subsequent years and wish Rayyan a continued happy future, with happy learners, enjoying life and exceeding all our expectations in all aspects of life!

Arvin Nairn

Rayyan Campus Principal

Learning at Gharaffa Campus

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eflecting on this past year, I realise how much learning has been packed in for our students and staff and what an exciting year it has been for us all.

Our aim and vision has been to provide the highest quality, learning-focused environment in which learning is irresistible, engaging and enjoyable and a setting where pupils make real choices and develop positive self-esteem, high moral values and a lifelong love of learning.

Our teachers and support staff have worked endlessly this year to enable pupils to develop academic, creative, social and emotional skills, knowledge and understandings which are flexible, adaptable and transferable. We believe that in developing these, our students will be prepared to meet the unpredictable future demands of our ever-changing world.

Throughout the year, there have been some amazing learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom. Our active, enquiry-based learning experiences create an opportunity for pupils to make new discoveries, build links between existing and new knowledge and to learn and practice skills. Our collaborative and co-operative learning activities continue to be a key factor in developing children’s understandings.

Students have been provided with opportunities to learn with and from each other, enabling them to solve problems and construct meanings at a higher level. With our highly trained teachers and skilled learning support staff working in partnership alongside pupils, we believe that we have supported and challenged learning in a real and meaningful way, throughout the year.

Our students are always encouraged to talk about their learning to their teachers, peers and parents. I am always delighted to hear about what, how and why students are learning as I visit classes throughout the school. The progress and attainment that I have seen in all age groups and areas of the curriculum throughout the year has been excellent and we are all extremely proud of our learning.

It has been a real privilege to lead the Campus this year and I have been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm, commitment and support of our students and staff and parents. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our whole school community and I very much look forward to leading the learning forward at our Gharaffa Campus next year.

Trish Taylor

Gharaffa Campus Principal

Early Years 1 GA Susan Thomson

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Abdulrahman Suliman

Agata Muscolino

Aisha Gergab

Al Dana Al Thani

eptember 2012 brought a whole new cohort of children to Mrs. Kavanagh’s Early Years 1 class and thus started their school life here at Compass International School. At the beginning, we all found it quite challenging. There was lots of new learning taking place, getting to know our new classmates, learning how to look after our own belongings and settling into a new routine. We soon found our feet. Our first unit of study was All About Me. We had fun making a self-portrait and reminiscing on when we were babies and how much we have grown up since then and thinking about all the things we can now do, independently.

Sand and Water was our next unit.

We went on a visit to the beach and learned about various sea creatures. We had tremendous fun exploring the properties of sand and water in our outdoor play area.

Before we knew it, Term 2 was upon us and we delved into our favourite unit Let’s Pretend. We dressed up as fairytale characters, performed puppet shows for our friends, listened to traditional stories and retold fairytales. We were sad when we had to hang up

Baraa Magdy

Dana Mahfouz

Gwen Van Heuven

Harry Manoharan

Jae Colquhoun

Joaquin Kerger

Mohamed Seliem

Nynke Haeser

Parham Ebrahimi

Pjotr Lubbers

Rita Malakhova

Sara Alla El-Hoseiny

Mrs. Martina Kavanagh Martina Kavanagh our Princely crowns and princess dresses. However, we soon became engrossed in our next unit of study, Changes. Here we learned about the lifecycle of a butterfly and frog.

We even got to make ice-lollies and enjoyed eating them before they melted. Bears is proving to be a popular unit. We have set up a bear cottage in our class and we enjoy preparing porridge for Daddy, Mummy and Baby bear. Fluffy our class bear is thrilled to visit all of his classmates homes, where he has been made to feel very welcome and partakes in wonderfully exciting adventures every day. We all enjoy reading his teddy diary to find out what he has been up to lately.

Airi Hayashi

Aleix Chalco

Early Years 1 in Mrs. Kavanagh’s class has been filled with lots of exciting and marvelous learning opportunities and we have all grown up so much. We are looking forward to continuing our learning journey in EY2 next year.

Eisa Habeeb

Mohammed Al Kubaisi

Sheika Al Thani

Simon Boll

Thomas Christiansen

Yahya Bekka

Zeinedin Saad

Early Years 1 GB Karen Hatch

Abdel Rahman Badawy

Christian Rasmussen

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e have had a wonderful year in EY1 Blanch. At first everything was very new, with some of us learning to speak English for the very first time and never having been to school before.

But we quickly made friends and learned the routines of school. We learnt how to share, get along with others and how to care for our own belongings.

During the year we have been part of many fun and exciting events such as the Rainbow Family Picnic, our trip to the Intercontinental Beach, a Rainy Day at Compass Doha, Sports Day, Teddy Bear’s Parade, Teddy Bear’s Picnic and Fairytale Dress Up Day. In Term 2, we started learning Jolly Phonics and to write our names. Now we love writing about what we did on the weekend and always try to write the sounds we can hear in our words.

We have learnt so many things that we would need a whole book to list them all but here are some favourite memories of Early Years One from the children themselves:-

Fay Dalessi

Jessica Rajeev

Kris Van Eekeren

Layan Barbir

Lucas Parvy

Mahmoud Ghonim

Navya Singh

Nehir Oyma

Olle Baak

Saba Gadour

Samer El-Dabaa

Miss Jennifer Blanch Jennifer Blanch • “I like doing puzzles” (Abdel) • “I like when we make patterns” (Mohannad) • “Playing quietly” (Youssef) • “I like puzzles” (Yousof) • “I like learning ABC’s” (Layan) • “Writing on the whiteboards” (Murtaza) • “I like playing with playdough” (Kris) • “I love the playdough” (Olle) • “I like learning sounds” (Fay) • “When we took our teddies on a walk” (Shahad) • “I like reading books” (Malak) • “I like to play” (Mahmoud) • “I do everything at school” (Samer) • “I love when we go swimming”(Hana) • “I like painting” (Nehir) • “I like drawing” (Huzaifa) • “I like counting to 100” (Navya) • “I like using the sand” (Camilla) • “I like singing Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear” (Zaidullah) • “I like building ships” (Christian) • “I like P.E. with Mr. Neil” (Jessica) • “I like playing with my friends” (Lucas) • “I like reading books”(Saba)

Camilla Pahl

DK Hana Rashid

Huzaifa Syed

Malak El-Metwaly

Mohannad Amer

Shahad Ellabad

Syed Murtaza Abbasi

Muhammad Hasan Khurram

Yousof Saoud

Youssef Rebai

Zaidullah Mohammed

Early Years 1 RA Lynn Jennings

Lina Dairawan

Adam Bjornsbo

I Ahmad Al-Hajri

Ahmed Abaza

Aydin Connor

Caeli Aguda

Hamza Elsawihli

Hamzah Khalil

May Verburg

Noor Shaaban

t has been a privilege to welcome the youngest members of our Compass family this year with the early days of getting to know each other a very distant memory.

What progress the children have made. As the year draws to a close I see independent, happy and confident children who enjoy a love for learning.

Testimony to this being their participation in the school production - It was very hard to believe that some of our class had still not celebrated their 4th birthday!

It has been a tremendous learning journey. We have gained lots of new friends from all over the world, made (and ate, ice lollies), brought the rain to Doha (and then, it seems left it there!), spent a glorious morning together on the beach - the list is endless!

Obada Achkar

Shahd Yagoub

Shayaan Syed Ali

Miss Elizabeth Holloway Elizabeth Holloway

Adham Shohman Then the dragon decided to show! A huge imaginative adventure began, taking the children further into their imagination than could ever have been planned. A flurry of activity ensued with dragon chocolate traps, disguised hunts, messages written and even a dragon catching flying machine built to transfer us to magical places. Certainly learning through play at its very best!

It has been such a busy year of learning and we have packed so much in. For sure it has been a fantastic time for us all. I certainly have enjoyed my last year at Compass with such a delightful, energetic class. Watching them grow into strong and independent people has been a great privilege. I have really enjoyed being a part of their learning journey, laughing and learning with them and enjoying our year together.

Aisha Telfat

Aisha Al-Riyami

Chi Yee Chong

Ghanim Al-Naama

Julie Schmidt-Peterson

Klaas Callens

Yusuf Mohammed

Zeina Soliman

Goodbye and good luck to my lovely children.

Tom Van Hoeve

Vasco Romao

Yousef Mohamed

Early Years 1 RA Gabriella Baca

Alexander Harris

Daniel Sanchez

Joe Menton

Nur Badih

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e commenced our short yet exciting experience in Early Years by learning to make friends with our international group of classmates. The pupils were all new to Compass which presented the opportunity to learn all about ourselves, our school and each other.

We were engaged in a variety of activities. We loved dressing up, role playing superheroes and characters from fairy tales. We explored our environment, in the sand and water play area. We got very busy in our construction corner, building and constructing houses.

We expressed our creativity by painting our bears, coloring to form patterns, pictures of our weekends.

In our IPC unit on Bears we learnt to differentiate between real bears and teddy bears. Working cooperatively we built a house for our bears. Painting, and replicating the colors of our very own teddy bears was one of our favorite activities. This fun filled unit culminated with us taking our teddy bears on a picnic. We were extremely proud of the invitations we made to the picnic.

Mrs. Shanti Krauss Shanti Krauss

We would like to highlight what we enjoyed.

Alex: I liked to play with the animals. It was wonderful to receive an award. I enjoyed singing nursery rhymes.

Emily: I liked snack time because I sat and ate with my classmates. At play time the swings were my favorite. I enjoyed learning counting songs and putting numbers in order.

Daniel: I loved the painting we did. I made friends with Alex Nur and Joe. It was interesting to watch the school production.

Emily Carter

Joe: My favorite part was dressing up as Superman. I also had fun using the computer.

I love the piano!

Nur: I enjoyed drawing pictures to illustrate my weekend! I liked dressing up as a princess.

I love to recount the stories that we read in class.

Shams: I enjoyed playing in the role play area. I liked being a cashier and counting money.

Maryam Abdul Hamid

Maryam: I made friends, my special friend is Shams. I enjoyed the teddy bear picnic.

Shams Ibrahim

Early Years 2 GA Lyn Davies

Ailsa Kruiten

Amelie Joseph

Clara O’Reilly

Daniel Macintosh

Eva van’t Hoff

Faith Sherwin

Julia Rajeev

Kaiya Epp

Klaus Puurunen

Maurits ’t Hart

Rajas Patil

Mr. Raz Akhtar Raz Akhtar

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t’s been a wonderful academic year in EY2 Akhtar and we have had many amazing learning opportunities.

We started the year by learning about our families and friends; we worked together and helped each other out. The children did a fantastic job settling into their new school.

Then we became pirates and hunted for gold during our Treasure unit. ARRRRR!! We made beautiful 3-D islands and created treasure boxes.

Alberte Stenstrup

Aleisha Muhammed

Billy Gibbons

Carl Christian Due

Eddy Weis

Emerson Riles

Jack Elleray

Jake Simmons

Yosr Samir

Zia Wheatley

In the New Year we had lots of fun learning about plants, flowers and animals. We really enjoyed making stunning flower art and 3-D animals using recycled boxes and not forgetting the fun we had making our WORLD FAMOUS Harlem shake!

In our final term we learnt about shopping. We got the chance to go to Carrefour and spend some money! We also got to perform our class assembly which was a magical moment and made everyone extremely proud.

So this is where we say goodbye...

Thank you to Mrs. Davies for all your hard work, thank you to the parents for all your support especially Maka for her role as class parent and most importantly thank you to the children.

Thank you EY2 Akhtar for your enthusiasm and hard work throughout the year. It has been wonderful seeing you all grow and become confident and independent learners.

Keep growing, keep dreaming, keep believing, keep making the impossible possible, the world will know your name!

Mr Akhtar will be watching.

Renee D’Souza

Sara van der Werff

Sydney Toet

Early Years 2 GB Rana Al Refai

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his was a fantastic year for EY2Byrnes. We have worked really hard and are really excited to be moving to Year 1. We have been counting to big numbers, writing lots of interesting news, reading stories to our Parents, going on lovely trips and having lots of fun with our teachers and friends.

All the children have come such a long way, from those first shy and tearful day’s way back in September.

Well done to you all and best of luck next year!

Abdou-Salam Drammeh

Annabel Marx

Ella Durrant

Haya Helmy

Ibrahim Al Salem

Jayna van Helden

Joanne Sulieman

Kareem Zeidan

Nadine Uthman

Nouredin Saad

Petra Cardini

Rigmor Svane

Salma Gelgel

Miss Tracey Byrnes Tracey Byrnes Here are some of our favourite memories from this term; Yara “I liked to play in school” Tayam “I liked to read my Kipper books” Ibrahim “I liked to add my numbers together and painting” Freyja “I loved the trips on the bus best.”

Petra “The trips in the bus are fun” Bodhi “PE and sports really help me to get faster!”

Abdou Salam “I liked the animals” Ella “I love having a break and playing outside” Salma “Swimming is my favourite” Haya “My favourite is going on trips” Souphia”I liked to work at home and in school” Matilde “I liked eating food with my friends” Maya “I liked to go visit Mrs Mona in the Library” Annabel “I loved reading Kipper books” Adriana “I liked practicing my swimming.”

Nouredin “I loved music class, I like singing.”

Vicky “I am now good at PE” Joanne “I loved to read tricky books” Rigmor “I loved reading stories, it was hard work” Nadine “I loved to play outside on the monkey bars” Kiki “I loved going to Dutch class” Lotte “I loved going on the trips” Jayna “I loved reading with Phonic, Inky and Snake” Kareem “I really liked playing soccer” Sami “I loved playing on the slide”

Adriana Rondon

Bodhi Cath

Freyja Rut

Kiki Van der Veen

Lotte van Misplear

Madeline Robertson

Matilde Lund

Maya Lund

Sami Ahmad

Souphia Kouki

Tayam Moniem Amen

Vicky Santosh

Yara Abdul-Halim

Early Years 2 GC Lian Xue

Abdulallah Hussein

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Adham Rached

ow! This year has been a wonderful adventure in Miss Reid’s and Mrs. Xue’s class. We have had so many exciting times and all have fantastic memories. In term one, highlights were our Pirate Day, our family party and an exciting trip to the Intercontinental Beach. We all learned so much from our trips to the Flower Souq in term 2, and our trip to the supermarket in term 3. Super learning has happened in our classroom this year and our teacher, Miss Reid is very proud of our counting, reading and writing. She wishes us the best of luck next year and believes we are all superstars!

Here are our favourite memories from the year:

Batien Bacaud

Dhaya Bareche

Finn Cooper

Hamzah Nabulsi

Jasper Kohn

Jens Slings

Mohammed Elhusseiny

Molly Stone

Arabella: “Learning to read” Dhaya: “Playing Lego and building things in my class” Emir: “Our Pirate Day. It was so much fun” Molly: “Going to the Flower Souq .We got lots of flowers there” Jens: “Going to the Flower Souq because I love flowers and plants:” Thomas: “My favourite thing was everything…I loved Early Years 2:” Salma: “ Pirate Day because I loved dressing up” Zerrin: “ Finding treasure on Pirate Day” Suchanart: “ Drawing and painting” Ellie: “Learning Arabic” Patricia: “ Playing hopscotch outside in the yard” Puck: “Pirate Day because I got to dress up” Reuel: “Reading and drawing”

Patricia Arugay

Puck De Vries

Reuel Kiew

Miss Sarah Reid Sarah Reid

Alyssa Lydevik

Arabella Taguinota

Elisa Tham

Emir El Molaka

Hana Colquhoun

Haya Al Thani

Lamis Ayeche

Leonardo Neri

Max Robertson

Thomas Doherty

Victor Vennicks

Zerrin John

Max : “Learning the Boogie Oogie song and the Gruffalo poem” Adham: “Learning new Maths this year and counting to 20” Lamis : “Playing outside, especially going on the bikes” Finn: “P.E. - I love to swim with my class” Jasper: “Everything this year. My class are fun” Hamzah: “ Going on the bus on our trips” Haya: “Maths and colouring” Leonardo: “Playing out on yard and searching for treasure” Hana: “Colouring pictures” Bastien: “Playing with my friends” Salma: “Painting and colouring”

Salma Rached

Suchanart Garawek

Early Years 2 RA Carmen Inkpen

Abdulla Al Qahtani

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t has honestly been such a pleasure to welcome each and every child into my friendly, hardworking and respectful class this year. I have been absolutely delighted on countless occasions with their commitment to learning, creativity, politeness and enthusiasm. We have had a very active and imaginative classroom throughout the year, with many areas of learning and exploration in progress. Many of the children

Anna Constantinides

Dolly Gilbert

have really enjoyed taking part in the themed dress up days, flower power picnics, World Book Week, birthday card competition, our class assembly, and the school production to name but just a few!

Anna, Ida, Habeeba and Ourania: We loved making the birthday cards for the competition! We used glitter, sequins, flowers, ribbons and stickers for decoration!

Hasan Abou El Fadi

Joseph Rehman

Mohammed Al Jalahema

Mutahir Sheikh

Nille Back

Ourania Stylou

Mrs. Michaela Hadfield Michaela Hadfield Nille and Rosine: We liked making the chocolate rice crispy cakes using the ingredients we wrote on our shopping lists!

Joseph and Mohammed: Dressing up in all of the animal costumes in class was so fun!

Barnaby and Hamad: We loved dressing up as our favourite superhero (Batman) for World Book Week!

Hasan and Selo: We have enjoyed listening to all of the different stories from the library in class with Mrs Hadfield and Miss Inkpen!

Usman and Abdulla Z: Playing in the class shop is exciting. We used coins to pay for all of the pretend products we brought in from home!

Yassin and Mutahir: We loved singing and dancing in the school production, ‘The Pied piper of Rayyan’, in front of all of our mummies and daddies!

Charlotte and Dolly: We liked singing and dressing up as doggies for our school assembly. Lots of our mums and dads came to watch us!

Isaac and Abdulla Q: We loved making the pirate ships and dressing up in pirate costumes for our ‘Treasure’ topic!

Routha and Alia: We liked going to see all of the animals in the farm for our ‘Animals’ topic entry point!

Rosine Molua

Routha Ahmed

Selo Wiroukti

Abdulla Zarzour

Alia Saleh

Barnaby Olive

Charlotte Brittan

Habeeba Naiem

Hamad Al Nabit

Ida Osund-Ireland

Isaac Cregg-Griffin

Usman Qamar

Yassin El Shafie

Early Years 2 RB Bethan Davies

Adrian Pocklington

Bertram Solling

Darci Cregg- Griffin

Devon de Kroon

Hadeef Azrey

Hunter Botting

Keito Hirata

Laasya Kallakuri

Laura Pedro

Oluwatamilore (Tami) Adeola

Pragya Iyengar

Miss Nancy Ince Nancy Ince

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oth children and adults have had a FANTASTIC time this academic year! We have had lots of fun learning through our IPC topics - ‘Family and Friends’, ‘Treasure’, ‘Plants and Flowers’, ‘Animals’, ‘Shopping’ and ‘Going Places’.

Here are some of our treasured memories from 2012-2013:

Sara Al Shahwani- “I like swimming and wearing my goggles.”

Zeeshaan Alam- “I was Mario on Superhero Day!” Ariana Andrade- “I enjoyed planting my flowers.”

Hadeef Azrey- “I liked painting my holiday picture.”

Hunter Botting- “Adrian and me and my Mum made a big mountain on the beach!”

Evan Cowell- “I liked putting my bandana on for Pirate Day.” Darci Cregg-Griffin- “The first time we met Mrs Nicholson we were singing and she was playing the guitar.”

Devon de Kroon- “I liked to see the rabbits at the farm.”

Riana de Schacht- “I enjoyed going on Fara’s bus to the Flower Souk.”

Rafed Ellabban- “I liked Qatar National Day.” Keito Hirata-“I liked to play soccer in PE.” Chae Wook Hong- “I like looking at baby photographs.”

Laasya Kallakuri- “I enjoyed Superhero Day because I got to wear princess clothes.”

Callum Nutty- “I liked colouring on the computer.”

Laura Pedro- “I like dressing up as a pirate.”

Adrian Pocklington- “We stroked a falcon on Qatar National Day.” Judy Radwan- “I liked going to the farm to see all of the animals.”

Rayyan (Muhammad) Shakir- “I liked to paint my treasure box.”

Bertram Solling- “I liked to sing the rat songs.”

Kate van’t Spijker- “I enjoyed doing the water race at Sports Day.” Freyja Webster- “I enjoyed doing the Scottish dance on the stage.”

Tami (Oluwatamilore) Adeola- “I made a shop out of boxes.”

Pragya Iyengar- “I like to play in the shop.”

Rafed Ellabban

Rayyan Shakir

Riana de Schacht

Ariana Andrade

Callum Nutty

Chae Wook Hong

Evan Cowell

Freyja Webster

Judy Radwan

Kate van’t Spijker

Sara Al Shahwani

Zeeshaan Alam

Early Years 2 RC Dima Shurbaje

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e began the year by getting to know all our new class and welcoming new friends week by week. Our “family and friends” picnic was a lovely way to celebrate the many new relationships formed in the compass family this year!

Adam Massey

Ahmad Al Thani

Arvin Sumbung

Next we were searching for treasure!

Islands were made, pirates visited and galleons were built. The children had a wonderful time learning pirate language, building pirate camps and making Mrs Edwards walk the plank.

We were so lucky to have Mrs Hutchinson to help us learn about plants and animals. The children enjoyed our trip to the farm and the cute, fluffy rabbits were a big hit.

“Shop till you drop” was our catch phrase for our next IPC unit. With shopping for groceries, clothes, pets, toys and eco items we has lots of practice using coins and learning addition and subtraction methods.

Other highlights of our year were our royal visit, the opening of our new building and all taking part in the school Production The Pied Piper of Rayyan.

Christian Aguirre

Karthik Anipindi

A huge thank you to our parents who have been so supportive in our learning journeys this year!

Kobe Bruyneel

Liam

Livia Thomsen

Margerita Mino

Mrs. Amy Edwards Amy Edwards

Addison Jenkins

Ali Kowatli

Benjamin De Wet

Ella Cowell

Ethan Edwards

Fara De Schacht

Fladina Ghaisani

Ali Al Swaidi

Menna Khalil

Sara Van Der Werff

Sienna Pendleton

Sunny Pok-Hang Gao

Thomas Scudamore

Year 1 GA Alexandra Brasch

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t has been a fantastic year filled with lots of learning, laughter, and friendships. We’ve been on many exciting adventures during our IPC units and learned songs about plants, weather, trucks, and clothes! Enjoy the student’s personal highlights of the year.

Barbara Brown

Abdullah Mohammed

Asmaa~ I like going swimming.

Abdullah~ I like playing “Hit the Button” on the smart board during maths.

Aesha~ I like being the sister when we play in the house at choice time.

Burhan~ I liked the cars at Shiekh Faislal’s Museum.

Evie~ I have fun playing in the house during choice time. I also like being Student Council.

Eva~ My favourite thing to do in school is swim.

Hadi~ I had fun singing the clothes song at our assembly. I also like Maths because I’m smart.

James~ I like playing lego with my friends at choice time.

Kyle~ My favourite thing in year 1 is Ms Durrant.

Asmaa Ali

Eva Pettersson

Evie Ruis

Hadi Hafez

James Mendes

Kira Malakova

Nattamon Pongnonthachai

Nazar Vepayeva

Nicholas Kroll

Rania Zabedee

Riyan Khan

Ms. Lauren Durrant Lauren Durrant Kira~ I loved when we visited Sheikh Faisal’s Museum.

Matthew~ My favourite part was when I took our class toy Geoffrey home for a week.

Manon~ I had fun making my very own sock thing.

Mariyah~ I like swimming across the pool.

Nicholas~ I had fun throwing the javelin at sports day.

Nazar~ I love swimming all the way to the deep end with a noodle.

Riyan ~ The best part of the day is choice time. I play in the house.

Roza~ I had fun being the class Eco-Warrior. I tell people not to waste water.

Rania~ I like writing stories in English.

Sven ~ My favourite day was sports. I’m on the South team.

Sara~ I had fun at sports day, our team won!

Signe~ I like playing with my friends.

Susan Williams

Aesha Khan

Burhan Mahdi

Kyle Galvin

Laavanya Sundravel

Manon Dalessi

Mariyah Sher

Matthew Elleray

Roza Tol

Sara Rorstrand

Signe Eegholm

Simeon Rudolph

Sven Lakerveld

Year 1 GB Jessica Quinn

Armiguel Bedonia

Aaron Spencer

Linda El Kozok

Ahmad Ayad

Aman Althaf

Cheyenne Gracias

Dot Dekker

Dinu Petrescu

Emilia Brasch

Grace Holmes

Kaarlo Puurunen

Leah Sharma

Leeloo-Eva Hartescu

Lynn Hishinuma

Mai Miyata

Malak Amer

Mariam El Kafoury

Meera Al Kamali

Ms. Emma Jones Emma Jones What a fantastic year‌ we have done many exciting things from making fruit kebabs to exploring Shaikh Faisal’s Transport Museum. Dot was elected our Student Councilor and Mai our class Eco Warrior, both of which did a super job! We put on a great assembly and performed a great version of the Mr Sun song. Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to Ahmad, Mai and Adam, who will be missed, but we were delighted to welcome Cheyenne, Grace, Linda, Osuke and Mariam.

Here are some of our highlights: Meera Alkamali: I like swimming with Mr Neil.

Aman Althaf: I like my computer games.

Linda El-Kozok: I enjoyed EAL with Mrs Maher.

Emilia Brasch: I loved musical statues.

Zachary Cheng: I enjoy doing mathematics and learning to add doubles.

Dot Dekker: I enjoyed being voted for student council.

Parnian Ebrahimi: I loved taking Mr Fluffy home an playing with him.

Leeloo-Eva Hartescu: I liked the fruit kebabs.

Lynn Hishinuma: I enjoyed PE. Noah Meekings, Nuohua Xue: I like free play.

Dinu Petrescu: I liked being rewarded for good work and good behaviour with lollies.

Kaarlo Puurunen: I loved ICT and playing on reading eggs.

Leah Sharma: I liked musical statues.

Grace Holmes: I enjoyed PE and swimming with Mr Neil.

Adam Sher: I enjoyed PE with Mr. Neil Luca Van Der Werff: I loved making Shadow puppets Malek Amer: I enjoyed Arabic and Islamic studies.

Thomas Jackson: I enjoyed PE and swimming with Mr. Neil.

Elias Van doren: I enjoyed learning to swim.

Aaron Spencer: I liked PE. Cheyenne Gracias: I enjoyed playing on the monkey bars.

Osuke Fukuda: I like building stuff with waste.

Mariam El Kafoury: I like learning to swim.

Zee Samsodien

Adam Sher

Elias van Doren

Luca van der Werff

Noah Meekings

Osuke Fukuda

Parnian Ebrahimi

Thomas Jackson

Zachary Cheng

Year 1 GC Charlene Brodie

Lisa Pitter

Wendy van Helden

Ahmed Gergab

Alex Parris

Cooper Kirkland

Elizabeth Han

Gabe Thomson

Geoffrey Cannaby

Meryeme Bekka

Mirna Samer Abdel Fattah

We have had a lovely year of learning and making new friends. We learned so much with , and from, one and other.

Here are some of our highlights: Alex: I love writing stories all by myself.

Willem: I enjoy EAL. Matthew: I had lots of fun visiting the Transport Museum John: Adding ten on a hundred square is great fun.

Kate: I like French.

Mirna: I enjoyed making my own toy.

Rayan: I love it when Mrs Brodie puts new words in my word book.

Spencer: My favourite thing is riding the bikes.

Emmy: I love French.

Rhea: The best part of the week is swimming.

Elysium: I loved the wishing well at the Transport Museum.

Gabe: I loved our amazing class assembly.

Talya: I loved making fruit kebabs after our trip to the souq.

Jiho: I love playing in the role play area.

Salome: I have become an excellent reader.

Youssef: I love ICT Amaia: I love going to story club.

Ahmed: I love PE. Elizabeth: I made a beautiful sunset picture of Doha.

Natalie: I have enjoyed creating pictures in art.

Geoffrey: I loved being on television with Bubblegum Bear.

Natalie Chong

Rayan El Katati

Rhea Soloman

Miss Alana Tobin Alana Tobin

Cathy Williams

Salome Rojas

Amaia Gaillez

Aminah Abdel-Khalik

Elysium Allaham

Emmy Cleyndert

Jiho Lee

John Kersey

Kate Aitken

Matthew Macintosh

Spencer Mahlmann

Talya Hassan

Willem Van Campen

Youssef Mohsen

Year 1 MA Nilda van der Beek

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fun-filled year of learning in Year 1! We went on a trip to the Fruit and Vegetable Market to buy delicious fruit to make our fruit kebabs.

We dressed up for pattern day in stripes, spots and zig-zags. We paraded around school wearing clothes suitable for different weather conditions. We played, we had fun and we made special friends.

Here are the children’s highlights:

Hema Garia

Fouad Hamour

Tasya, Noora, Kemieke and Reefa: The fruit kebabs were delicious and healthy. We had fun making and tasting them!

Ryan, John, Noah and Mohamed: We liked going swimming and trying to find all the hidden toys.

Oliver and Vinne: We all ate breakfast together at school. We ate cupcakes, gingerbread men, croissants, fruit and pizzas. It was all delicious!

Irem, Fouad and Jasim: We had a dressing up day. We wore clothes for our home countries. We were sweating in our coats, hats and scarves!

Shri: I loved performing in our class assembly: ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’.

Gino, Mohamed and Maryam: We brought our toys to school. We talked about all the toys, played with the toys and then drew them in a toy shop window.

Theis and Daniel: We came to school wearing clothes with different patterns.

Saif: I loved reading books in the library.

Zeinab and Matthew: We loved painting Doha silhouettes. We enjoyed mixing sunset colours.

Irem Gulamov

John Cho

Kemieke Derwig

Maryam Al-Naemi

Mohamed Hammuda

Matthew Stubbs

Noah Kobayashi

Noora Al-Hajri

Oliver Cunningham

Refaa Al-Meraikhi

Ryan Brimson

Ms. Amanda Hall Amanda Hall

Daniel Azizan

Gino Poggi

Jasim Najam

Shri Choksi

Saif Al-Shammari

Mohamed Hamoud

Tasya De Raaf

Theis Haesum

Vinne Heins

Zeinab El Shafie

Year 1 RA Laura Watson

Y

ear 1 at Rayyan started our year learning in a small cozy area, enabling us to build close friendships and respect for each other. We have expanded, developed and grown into our new spacious environment with big ideas and spreading our knowledge into all areas of learning!

Hear is what Year 1 students have to say about their learning this year:

Paola Mainieri

This is the learning we enjoyed most: Ethan: Sharing my toys. Now I’m sharing with my sister and brother.

Sofie: It is not nice to shout. I love my history class.

Aryan: Numbers, I like adding numbers.

Meshaal: I like reading books.

Claudia: How to play ‘hide and seek.’ I love running with my friends.

Stijn: How to do a time line.

Jeb: How to do ‘take away’ in Maths.

Marthe: I’ve learnt to speak English.

Al Mansour Abou Rahma

Aryan Nishad

Bashayer Al Jumaily

Cathrine Rose Bjornsbo

Claudia Capovilla

Crystal Tiruchelvam

Dariusz Davida

Jebediah Jeffery

Marthe Bruyneel

Meshaal Ahmed

Mona Callens

Mostafa Ibrahim

Miss Heather Caron Heather Caron Amna: I enjoyed designing a toy.

Ruth George: I’ve learned how to add in Maths.

Isobel: I liked learning about airports.

Crystal: I liked reading the story ‘Jack and the Bean Stalk’.

Ruth Grano: I liked learning about clothes because I learned that clothes come in every different colour.

Al Mansour: Sports, I liked learning football, basketball and running, sometimes we did tennis.

Bashayer: Sports, I liked learning football, basketball and running.

Mona: Adding and I like learning about plants.

Rose: I like learning tennis and sport activities.

Asmeh: I liked learning about taking care of plants and playing ‘hide and seek’.

Dariusz: Writing sentences, I like counters and some sports.

Haya: Writing and I liked reading books.

Mostafa: Playing football and I liked meeting new friends at school.

Nasser: Taekwondo and I liked to play with the cars.

Ahmed: Taekwondon and I like playing in the playground.

Ethan Aguda

Haya Radwan

Nasser Al Shafi

Ruth George

Ahmed Yagoub

Amna Al Hajri

Asmeh Ahmad

Isobel Carter

Ruth Grano

Sofie Schmidt-Peterson

Stijn Back

Year 2 GA Jessica Quinn

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ear Two Watts have worked very hard this year improving their writing, becoming fantastic mathematicians and developing their IPC skills. Here are some of the children’s favourite things they have enjoyed this year.

Zee Samsodien

Charlene Robertson

Christian Iversen

George Jones

Ghada Al-Khayat

Kaleb Ramkissoon

Kawthar El Molaka

Lucas Coull

Marek Olewski

“I like using the computer to send emails!” Diego “I like guided reading. I love books!” Julia “I like time tables in maths.” Lori I like writing exciting sentences in English.” Lucas “I like running in PE.” Ghada I like swimming because I am trying to stay under the water for 20 seconds.” Miki “I like ICT. My favourite thing is Mathletics!” Arsalan “I like to use Reading Eggs because I love books!” Zahra “I like doing art and golden time!”

Marek I like to do ‘Role Play’ to make stories like the Magic Porridge Pot.” Agusia “I love it when we swim with a partner.” Vera “I like to play outside and the computer!” Jelle “I love to run in PE because it is so fun!” Kaleb “I like to draw people.” Eefke “I like to do the art and crafts ECA where I made a bicycle out of newspaper.” Charlene “I like to be on the computer for ICT.” Christian “I like to write all kinds of stories.” Rafael “I like doing adding sums.” Leo “I liked designing an invention in IPC.” Rohan “I like doing sums in maths.” Mark “I like all the lessons!” Kawthar “I like Reading Eggs because there is a game that you have to search for gold!” Oliver

Mark Egyed-Kiss

Miki Toyoshima

Oliver Ambicki

Miss Kathryn Watts Kathryn Watts

Rafael Pettersson

Rohan Turun

Timo Van Kleef

Agnieszka Romaniuk

Arsalan Khan

Diego Calderone

Eefke ten Holder

Jelle Baak

Julia van Oosten Cruz

Leo Burkett

Lorena Stappard

Vera Kleijn

Zahra Mawlida

Year 2 GB Klara Zaddem As the year began, we made a Class Pledge and performed it at our Friendship Assembly.

A Circle of Friends We joined together as classmates as the New Year begins A year full of learning as we become friends We’ll share and be kind as we work and play Our friendships will grow, with each passing day.

Rosaleen Wilkinson

Adam El-Metwaly

What an amazing year! In IPC, we have learned all about Holidays, The Environment, Buildings, Saving Water, Communication and Health. We have become great story writers in English and marvelous at Maths!

Here are some of our best memories: Ahmed, Jack and Mexx: We love maths best.

Annabelle: I love doing art. I made a shape house. It was art and maths mixed together.

Ayar and Nicola: We liked learning about Communication. We found out about semaphore flags.

Bram: I enjoyed doing my project about Holland Estella and Anais: My favourite thing has been art.

Gustav: I learned how to do Pointillism.

Jumie: I loved reading and doing the work.

Leah: I loved being the Student Councilor.

Mahnoor: I love maths. I can count on and count back!

Anais Macgaw

Annabelle Kohn

Bram De Vries

Estella Weis

Gustav Hundrup

Hannah Banks

Hugo Vennik

Mariam Shafiq

Mexx van Helden

Mohamed Ghrayeb

Mohammad Saoud

Nabiha Syeda

Mrs. Rachel Fathers Rachel Fathers Mariam: I enjoyed going to the beach and riding the banana boat.

Mohamed G, and Adam: We like Golden Time because you can play with your friends.

Mohammad S: I liked going to Aspire. We had to use clues to find a special tree.

Nicol: I liked learning about Communication.

Nabiha: I loved doing art. I made a house collage.

Nour: I liked being with my friends.

Shahd and Annie: We liked writing stories and reading.

I am so proud of the children. They are all special and they are all meant to shine!

Alex Brasch

Ahmed Mansour

Annie Pearson

Ayar Chalco

Imaan Chaudhury

Jack Coull

Jumie Jackson

Leah Yoon

Mahnoor Baig

Nicola Muscolino

Nicole Suresh

Nour Tayani

Shahd Al Salem

Simon Gevers

Year 2 GC Anneke Visser We have really enjoyed Year 2!

Mrs. Pilkington says that we have worked so hard! We have had tremendous fun learning new information about many different subjects.

Lisa Pitter

Ayden Simmons

Gabriel Santos

Our IPC units have been so interesting.

We have learned about Holidays, The Environment, Buildings and Structures, Saving Water, Communication and Health.

Here are some of our favourite moments: Lyila- I liked making stories.

Rafi- I liked the nature trail on our trip to Aspire Park.

Mackenzie-I liked writing poems.

Gabriel- I liked the trip to the beach because I have been there before.

Theis- I have liked all the paintings we have done.

Laleen- I loved our trip to the Intercontinental Hotel.

William-I liked the paintings we did for our assembly and going on the beach trip.

Grace- I loved when we went on the canoe on our beach trip.

Ayden-I loved it when we did the Big Maths Beat That competition, also Golden Time.

Elma-Sofie-I loved to be with the teacher.

Haya Ragib

Jack Braddock

Jennet Vepayeva

Jess West

Keren Banks

Momin Khan

Nayla Al Thani

Oliver Braddock

Rafi Rashid

Shiho Kajiura

Mrs. Margaret Pilkington Margaret Pilkington

Ahmad Yousuf

Ahmad-I have really enjoyed everything in Year 2.

Valdemar-I enjoyed doing the Big Maths and my painting of the environment was incredible!

Vigga-I liked being together with my friends and my teachers.

Haya- I really liked everything that we did in Year 2.

Jennet- My favourite thing was Golden Time.

Jack- I liked everything we have done all year!

Nayla-I liked doing the Big Maths competition.

Sofian- I have enjoyed swimming and P.E. Malak-I enjoyed working on spelling, maths and listening to the teachers.

Oliver-I liked making our passports in our Holidays IPC unit.

Jess-I have enjoyed learning new facts from the teachers.

Momin- I liked our trip to Aspire Park, I had fun sitting on the bus next to Ollie.

We are now looking forward to Year 3, but Year 2 has been a special year for us all!

Elma-Sofie Stenstrup

Grace Baker

Laleen Mustajab

Lyila Pascua

Mackenzie Allen

Malak Ghonim

Mietta Young

Sofian El Msallati

Theis Andersen

Valdemar Borgesen

Vigga Svane

William Beaney

Year 2 MA Nilda van der Beek

Aayush Sharma

Abrar Al Jassim

Ahmad Al Mutawa

Ariane Spruit

Arwen Huang

Camilla Sala

Conor Clifford Castro

Faisal Ayoub

Guillanam Alinier

Haadi Peracha

Hassan Al Abduljabbar

Kinichi Hata

Natasha Holmstrom

Naz Kaya

Noora Al-Mannai

Mrs. Sarah Wood Sarah Wood

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he academic year began with six new students joining us, plus three children transferring over from the Rayyan and Gharaffa campuses.

We have had lots of fabulous learning opportunities throughout the school year and here are just a few of them: The best activity I did at Sport’s Day was trying to balance on a beam! Aayush I really enjoyed playing with the sand at the beach and I loved riding in the kayak! Faisal I had the best day ever when it was Teacher’s Day; I loved sharing our breakfast food! Haadi I loved playing soccer and going to the library! Toraji At Sport’s Day I had lots of fun because I love to run! Abrar I really enjoyed the beach trip and I had fun in the kayak! Ahmad I like computers and all the class trips we did. I also loved doing our assembly! Yasmin It was fun when we went to Aspire Park; I loved the picnic and the trail! Naz I enjoy spelling tests, reading time and playtime with my friends! Takafumi I love playing soccer with my friends! Kinichi The best activity was going on the beach trip and I had fun making a sandcastle! Natasha The best day for me was Sport’s Day; it was fun when I did the long jump! Hassan I really enjoyed doing our skyline landscape in art, because it was awesome! Adithya It was great building the tallest tower out of newspaper, especially because ours won! Guillanam I loved being on a team with all my friends at Sport’s Day and we all had lots of fun!

Owen I like meeting my friends at school and I like doing a mental maths test each week.

Conor The best activity was Qatar National Sport’s Day when we played lots of game! Ariane The most exciting day for me was when we went to Aspire; I liked playing in the park with my friends! Arjun The best event was Sport’s Day; I loved playing all the games!

Hannah I like going to school and doing ‘Learn-its’ and spelling tests.

Arwen I enjoyed the beach trip because I like playing in the sand. Noora I enjoyed Teacher’s Day because we shared breakfast! Thomas I loved going on the trip to the beach with my lovely group!

Elizaveta

Adithya Danishwara

Arjun Garia

Elizaveta Vartanova

Hannah Small

Owen Banfield

Takafumi Konzo

Thomas Emerson

Toraji Hata

Yasmin Abdel El Fattah

Year 2 RA Liena Zarroug

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lass 2RA, throughout the past year, you have experienced some wonderful learning opportunities. You have sung, acted and danced in our campus production, made lots of new friends, created and presented your home-school projects and been on school trips to the beach and Aspire Park. What are your favourite memories and moments from this year?

Reena Thomas

Dania Qamar

Fiore de Schacht

Hamza Naiem

Maria Seyam

Dania: When my whole family watched me in the campus production.

Razan: Going swimming with Mr Everest!

Duaa: I really liked making the home-school projects.

Karam: I enjoyed memorising the poems for the declamation contest.

Hamza: I liked watching and listening to everybody’s home-school presentations.

Catalina: Painting the beautiful airplane on Qatar National Day. Meriam: I’ve really enjoyed my swimming lessons! I love swimming now!

Fiore: Everybody singing for me on my birthday.

Nasser: Playing on Reading Eggs and getting better at reading.

Merlin: Mr Musker learning some Dutch so that he could speak to me!

Salma: I felt happy when my mummy watched me singing in the campus production.

Isabella: Making our home-school projects because I got to spend time with my mum and dad.

Simon: I liked playing with the ducks in Aspire Park.

Sohil: When we got to go on a kayak on the beach school trip. It was really fun!

Marco: I love to swim in the pool. I like to pretend I’m going fishing.

Lilliana: I liked playing games on the whiteboard.

Tudor: I’ve liked being chosen when I put my hand up.

Justin: Making a bridge and testing its strength in one of our topic lessons.

Graeme: Eating too much pizza at the party!

Meriam Zarzour

Merlin de Kroon

Nasser Al-Houdaifi

Razan Al Riyami

Mr. Anton Musker Anton Musker

Catalina Di Giulio Garcia

Duaa Kamran

Graeme Pillay

Isabella Webster

Justin Yang

Karam Al Khateeb

Lilliana Moralez

Marco Moralez

Salma Al Shafi

Sepideh Sagheb

Simon Harwood

Sohil Ellabban

Tudor Salcudean

Year 3 GA Eliza Romaniuk

Rosaleen Wilkinson

Abdulrahman Al Dalis

Camille Hall

Emil Halbye

Emilie Kjelgaard

Fahad Al Jaaidi

Feline Engelen

Mohamed Abbes Kouki

Khaled Helmy

Nicole Chong

Olivia Kroll

Raza Westbrook

Remus Hutter

Miss Catherine Harris Catherine Harris

I

am so proud of my class and we have all achieved such a lot this year. I asked children to reflect on what they enjoyed the most and here is what they said.

The map project was enjoyed by lots of children. Zephyr liked drawing the shape of the island while Rosa preferred the chance to use her imagination. Daman liked having free choice.

Collecting stickers is liked by many as we enjoy being successful. Emilie likes shiny stickers for getting one more right than last time. Nicole likes a range of stickers from silly to cute, it is just good fun collecting them.

Using the internet to research information about dinosaurs was popular. Abdulrahman even saw a picture of two dinosaurs fighting when he used google images. Information was gathered by Abbes and Arwa on the diet and weight of a large range of dinosaurs.

All of us enjoyed visiting Katara for a double treat. We visited an exhibition about arab women in sports. Later on Feline, Khaled, Raza and Wade sat in red velvet chairs and enjoyed the orchestra at The Opera House. Bob the Builder was the conductor!

Skye and Camille wanted to say that the 3 – D dinosaur project was a bit tricky and even gooey at times. Spinach green was a popular colour and we had tremendous confidence that they would all turn out great.

Sofie, Joyce and Fahad are excited about our assembly which hasn’t even happened yet! We have chosen to show each of our interests to the whole school. Sofie wants a nature appreciation part, Fahad wants to demonstrate how to play soccer meanwhile Joyce wants to talk about animals. Watch this space….

Chris Grice

Arwa Zulfiqar

Daman Bumrah

Joyce Bouman

Rosa Dalessi

Skye Joseph

Sofie Dekker

Wade Barker

Zephyr Harding

Year 3 GB Chris Grice

W

e have had a fantastic year of learning in Miss Charles’s class. We started the year with our IPC unit ‘Rainforests’. We had lots of fun creating our very own tropical rainforest in our classroom and our parents helped. We loved learning about all the different animals, tribes and plants and got to paint our faces so we looked like real rainforest creatures. “My favorite part was making rainforest smoothies and painting my face like a tiger!” Aliza.

Eddie Holden

We have also had great fun learning in our maths and English. Miss Charles has helped us to learn through lots of new, fun games and we have also enjoyed using ICT to help us too.

“I like to play mathletics as much as I can, it’s fun and I am getting better at my times tables and division!’’ Youssef.

Some of us struggled with our English and our work when we came into year 3 and Miss Charles, Mrs Grice and Mr Eddie

Aliyah Muhammed

Aryssa Azrey

Danielle Monique Arugay

Malek Zayani

Malika Larayb

Marcus Lumbye

Margaret Abigail Koons

Mohammed (Rami) Ayeche

Ms. Nia Charles Nia Charles have helped us to become more confident in making friends and becoming better learners.

Our school trips have been really interesting this year!

We went to Café ceramaique, Jungle Zone and the beautiful gardens surrounding the Islamic Arts Museum. “My favorite trip was going to Katara to listen to a music show. It was in a gorgeous room and the conductor dressed up as Bob the Builder, he was funny and his orchestra played beautiful music.’’Jessie-Ellen.

“My favorite part of the year was when Miss Charles showed us how to make clay dinosaurs. It was tricky and I got very messy, but my dinosaur turned out really well and looked really scary. We took pictures of them outside, so they looked even more real!” Rami.

Alisha Raja

Aliza Batool

We love being in year 3, we have had so much fun!

Year 3

Mohanned Suliman

Pichamon Pongnonthachai

Christian Tham

Jasmine Taylor

Jessie Ellen Doherty

Liam Rice

Trym Johansen

Youssef Alaa

Zain Alkhalil

Year 3 GC Penny Hughes

W

hat an amazing, fantastic year! What an amazing class! This class had, above all else, a fantastic ability to help and care for each other! They loved going on trips, especially the ones to Jungle Zone, Philharmonic Orchestra and CafĂŠ Ceramique! I will miss them with each and every day! Good luck for the future!

Lee Cunliffe

Aisha Yusuf

Bas Bruyneel

I loved it when we baked cakes for the Rainforest CafĂŠ. We raised over 4000 QR to help save the Rainforest. Maya and Jacinta.

My highlight was book week! I read so much and I liked it when we dressed as our favourite book characters. Wouter and Zara.

We really enjoyed performing in the school production-it was really hard work

Elisha Lakerveld

Heloise Robertson

Jawaher Al Thani

Maya Barghouti

Rune Kristensen

Salahudeen Siddiqui

Salma Daaboul

Srivishnu Ramachandran

Tessa van Duuren

Mr. Lee Cunliffe Lee Cunliffe but it was worth it. Toby, Noortje, Aisha and Yasmina.

During our Dinosaur unit we created a dinosaur PowerPoint. Mrs Burchall’s Y6 class came to help us and they showed us things that even Mr Cunliffe didn’t know! Elisha and Tessa.

Our favourite event was Sports Day. We loved doing all the different events in one day! Yousef, Donato and Jowaher.

We did an Arabic dance during Arabic night. We dressed up in Arabic clothes. Ayah, Tessa, Elisha, Maya, Yasmina and Salma.

My favourite part was Jungle Zone with Martin—I spent all day on the bumper cars! Salahudeen and Bas. I loved doing our class assembly it was so much fun because of the raps and ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ song! Vishnu and Maya.

My best part was when we made fruit smoothies.

Mr Cunliffe felt sick because we made him taste 20 different ones! Ayah and Salma I really enjoyed the Year 3 “Dino Stomp’ picnic. I got a prize for entering my dinosaur made from junk into the competition! Yasmina and Noortje.

It was so cool when we made our own plates at Café Ceramique. Wouter, Jowaher, Aisha and Zara.

We went to the Islamic Museum Park to draw some landscapes during our Paintings, Pictures and Photographs unit. Yousef, Jacinta, Elisha For World Maths day we had to answer as many questions as we could on Mathletics!

Noortje and Toby.

Tobias Stone

Wouter van Mispelaar

Yasmina Kalesh

Yousef Mahmoud

Ayah Mohsen

Donato Freens

Jacinta Hagenbach

Noortje Went

Zara Wheatley

Year 3 MA Dubravka Savic

W

e have had a fantastic fun-filled year!

We have worked hard to exceed in our own expectations, played with enthusiasm and laughter, and learned to get up and try again when we fail. We have made new friends and shared many happy moments as a class. Lots of new students joined our class and school this year, but settled in quickly and soon became part of Compass as a family.

Everyone worked really hard to improve their learning and thanks should go to all the parents for their wonderful help and support!! Throughout the year we have worked on many exciting IPC projects, worked on improving our writing in English and learned our times tables off by heart in Maths and many more. From our Rainforest Café, where we sold delicious smoothies and cupcakes, we’ve made enough money to adopt two tigers, Tiger and Rani, from the Lion Park in South Africa, for life. We loved going on trips, especially to the Park of the Islamic Art Museum where we drew lovely pictures of the skyline and Céramique Café where each one of us painted our own plate. Our class also joined the other Year 3 classes from Gharaffa and Rayyan on a trip to Katara where we have listened to an orchestra playing beautifully and learned lots of new things about all different

Hema Garia

Alexander (Robby) Tuba

Amna Saba

Arman Mojahed

Eelke Cath

Evie Hammond

Florian Bommer

Giles Cunningham

Kuzey Oyma

Leah De Wet

Lujain Al-Hashmi

Mohammed Adam Fadel

Nawfal Norkhairil

Mrs. Annelien Van Wyk Annelien Van Wyk kinds of musical instruments. We even had Mrs Stone to look at how we make our own musical instruments which was so much fun! I would like to wish my class all the best for Year 4 – keep on exploring and learning lots of new things.

For those of you who are leaving Compass and Doha – good luck and always remember to do your best! Mrs van Wyk

Ahmed Saleh

Ali Kifa El-Mousa

Angus Kennedy

Jon Toftdal

Omayma Ellabad

Joshua Rayner

Roha Ahmed

Thomas Watson

Yousof Yavari

Zhuolin (Bruce) Yang

Year 3 MB Ann Strobel

Candida Johnson

Adam Kassab

Alayka Hussain

Alexander Khan

Bader Moataz

Cheyenne Kyle

Gi Jin Park

JavierEelke Van der CathBeek

Abe Tol

Jose Maria Schmilinsky

Juliet Clark

Khalid Al-Rabban

Kireina Manuhoro

Leena Al Musa

Ms. Iffat Aslam Iffat Aslam

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hat a fantastic group of individuals I have had the opportunity of working with this year! Thank you for making my first year at Compass an enjoyable one! Miss Aslam I started in November and I made lots of friends. Everyone made me happy. Declan My favourite topic was Rainforests because we were able to decorate the classroom. Alex I loved the sports day and enjoyed taking part in a race Jireh My favourite trip was to CafĂŠ Ceramique because I love art. Jose My favourite Maths lesson was when we measured water and had to estimate. Cheyenne I really enjoyed learning about dinosaurs. Adam T We enjoy playing dodge ball during PE and other fun games! Yousuf, Abe and Ammaar I started in February and made lots of friends. I am happy because my English is better. Gi Jin I struggled in Maths to begin with but I feel much more confident now. Javier.

I found PE difficult at first but now I am much more confident. Adam K I enjoyed Science because we were able to make lots of mess! Alayka I felt very nervous when I started year 3 but now I feel ready to take on any challenge! Wildan.

I started half way through the year and have made many friends. I used to only write 5 lines in English but now I can write one and a half pages! Juliet We enjoyed the girls football tournament because we had lots of fun. We came second! Lot and Kireina We really enjoyed CafĂŠ Ceramique because we love painting and it was a lot of fun! Khalid and Bader I am really proud of my performance in the Snow Queen production this year. Yara I enjoyed making the pinch pot dinosaurs. Zach Good luck to all of you in year 4 next year! Keep smiling!

Lot Van de Ven

Wildan Hakim

Yara Alkamali

Yousuf Khan

Adam Thesiger

Ammaar Mirza

Declan Stubbs

Jireh Missiona

Zachariah Feherty-Hatim

Year 3 RA Ritu Bhatnagar

Adarsh Nishad

Ian Schuyler

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hat an amazing class and a wonderful year.

We started the year with just three students on the first day (Isobella, Mads and Cedric). Our class began to grow. Initially, we worked closely with Miss Gilbert, Mr Cowie and the Year Four and Five students. As the year went on and we welcomed more students into the class, we moved into our own (very pink) classroom. Finally of course, we moved into our fabulous roomy, new classroom.

The students have shared some of their favourite memories from the year. Certainly our production, the Pied Piper of Rayyan, was a definite highlight for me. However, what I will always remember about this class is their enthusiasm and love of learning, which commenced on day one and has continued over the year.

Jarrod Bester

Lucas Johnson

Mads Schmidt -Petersen

Maria Pendleton

Mia van’t Spijker

Mr. Jim Maher Jim Maher Thanks for a great year and the very best of luck!!

Isobella: My favourite thing was the trip to the Museum of Islamic Arts Park, because of the beautiful views.

Liam: My favourite memory of Year Three is when we went to Jungle Zone. I also enjoyed our trip to Aspire Park, especially when we were chasing Mr Cowie and he was very fast.

Mads: We went to Jungle Zone. It was lots of fun.

Ryan: I really loved going swimming because it is my favourite thing to do.

Lynna: My favourite memory was going to the concert at Katara, because it was exciting.

I had an awesome time.

Adarsh: My favourite memory was the Pied Piper of Rayyan Town. I loved the songs and dancing to the music. It was great when my parents came to watch.

Lucas: My favourite trip was to Jungle Zone in our Rainforest Unit. I also loved World Maths Day because it was challenging.

Cedric: I really liked Jungle Zone and swimming but playing the Pied Piper in our production was amazing. It is one of my best memories ever!

Mia: I really enjoyed the trip to watch the Philharmonic Orchestra play at Katara, especially when they played the drums so loudly.

Jarrod: My favourite memory was World Water Day, when we dressed up in blue. We learnt that not all people can get clean water.

Ian: I loved learning about dinosaurs and the Rainforest.

Maria: My favourite memories are our school production, going to Jungle Zone, the Museum of Islamic Art and also singing. It was the greatest year ever.

Cedic Tiruchelvam

Isobella Cregg-Griffin

Liam Ku

Lynna Cheng

Ryan Maksap

Year 4 GA Cathy Williams

Ioana Xerub

Abel Kikkert

Bas Siermann

Faisal Al Kubaisi

Frederick Kohn

Gaia Veenhuis

Haya Asali

Joshua Devan

Nicolas Ramos Campuzano

Nicolle Springfeldt

Quinn Kleijn

Ricky Cheng

Riyadh Zabedee

Mr. Dave Burt Dave Burt

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Liam Brett

Rosalin Udo

great fun-filled year of learning has been had by all. Don’t just take my work for it, see what the children think! Mr Burt.

I loved our pizza and games night. The pizza was delicious and ‘Wink Murder’ was great fun. Haya.

I will always remember when we had to taste chocolate blindfolded as the Entry Point for our Chocolate IPC unit. My mouth is still watering! Nicolle.

I enjoyed our IPC Treasure unit, especially learning about Howard Carter and drawing and making clay pots. Sophia.

We can’t believe we got to learn about chocolate and watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

It was fantastic! Joshua, Shereen and Rosalin.

Our highlight of Year 4 was our sports day at Aspire. Ricky and Samuel.

My favourite memory of Year 4 was taking part in the Cross-Country event at Doha Golf Club. It was really hard but I came 6th! Bas. I will always remember my first day in Year 4. I wasn’t feeling very confident but by the end of the day I had already made good friends. I have really enjoyed Year 4. Faisal.

We loved tasting and making chocolate in IPC! Nicolas and Riyadh.

I had a lot of fun in Year 4. I especially enjoyed our Sports Day and Cross-Country competition.

Simon.

I loved our learning about earthquakes and volcanoes, especially our homework project. I got a certificate for mine! Connor.

Our favourite part of Year 4 was when we exploded volcanoes. It was great fun! Frederick, Abel and Quinn.

I really enjoyed learning about the Egyptians in IPC. Anna.

I have made some good friends already and I love swimming lessons! Myles.

This is the first year I have enjoyed Maths. I can do it! Gaia.

Samuel Perez Silva

Shereen El-Kozok

Simon Christiansen

Shelley Shipp

Anna Yamakawa

Connor Mitchell

Myles Richardson

Sophia Hassan

Year 4 GB Eliza Romaniuk

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hat a year we have had in Year 4 Caton! We have all worked hard and tried our best both in and out of the classroom.

Here are some of our favourite memories:

Ilona Lakerveld

Tracy Evans

Aiden Durrant

Ashton Mitchell

Kelly Lydevik

Victor: The first time I went to school I couldn’t speak any English but now I can because my teachers and my friends have helped me.

Taisha: I liked having an important job in our Assembly when I had to rush in and give a letter to Kelly.

Malak: I liked performing in the school production of ‘Scheherazade.’

I was Dinazade.

Andrew: I loved playing in the football tournament with all of my friends.

Faisal: I loved tasting the chocolate, especially the white chocolate!

Nicolai: I enjoyed tasting the chocolate! It was delicious!

Jonathan: I liked Sports Day the best because I enjoy running very much.

Aiden: I was so happy the first day of this year when I discovered that Andy was in my class again!

Logan: My best day was the Football Tournament at The English Modern School.

Itsuki: My favourite day was when I did a Science experiment in our Assembly.

Ayera: My favourite day was when we did our Class Assembly. It was exciting!

Jimin: My favourite thing was tasting chocolate!

Levi Thoma

Logan Handyside

Ayera Hijazi

Daniel Egyed-Kiss

Malak Noor

Marijn Huiberts

Mrs. Janette Caton Janette Caton Kelly: I like learning about chocolate and getting to taste it!

Thea R: I liked finding things on the Treasure Hunt on our second day.

Indy: I like PE best.

Ashton: I liked Sports Day because I liked balancing on the beam for as long as I could.

Levi: I really enjoyed studying about Natural Disasters.

Daniel: I enjoyed our Volcano Assembly and learning about how volcanoes erupt.

Abdul-Rahman: I like learning about chocolate and tasting it too!

Marijn: I liked being in the Dutch Assembly and holding a compass for a game.

Clare Adams

Abdul-Rahman El Msallati

Andrew Wawrzyniak

Faisal Al-Jaaidi

Indy Udo

Itsuki Hiyashi

Jimin Lee

Jonathan Devan

Nicolai Christiansen

Taisha Sharma

Thea Kristensen

Thea Rorstrand

Victor Hansen

Year 4 GC Penny Hughes

Jan Lord

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Steph O’Neill

Emma Van Keulen

Frederik Due

Fynn Cecil

Julia Robertson

Julie Siccard

Luis Castier

Magne Eegholm

isting the highlights of Year 4 is a difficult task as there were so many to choose from. Year 4 Boyce were an exciting and enthusiastic bunch of learners.

Here are some of the pupil’s highlights.

Nicholas “I enjoyed playing sport, tasting chocolate and making volcanoes” Julie “ I enjoyed the chocolate tasting, making an earthquake building and our volcano project” Esme “ I enjoyed Sports Day , the football match, chocolate tasting, making volcanoes and World Maths Day” Noreen“ I enjoyed Teacher’s Day, Sports Day, World Book Day, cross country, making a volcano , World Maths Day and chocolate tasting”.

Cheri Rudolph Emma “ I enjoyed the school production, World Maths Day and chocolate tasting” Tom “ I liked World Teacher Day and the School Production. I had so much fun. I had a great time in Year 4” Julia “ I had a great time doing the School Production. I liked National Day and when our class won the cup for our art.

Carl “ My favourite thing this year

Carl Borgesen

Najwa Daaboul

Nicholas Pahl

Noreen Nieuwoudt

Miss Aoife Boyce Aoife Boyce

was being in the School Production.

Frederik “ I enjoyed making the earthquake buildings and the volcanoes.

Vivek “ In year 4 we made our own transport. I really enjoyed this” Stein “I enjoyed Teacher’s Day and I also liked building earthquake proof buildings” Khryz “ I enjoyed making our earthquake proof project and making making volcanoes.

I also loved chocolate tasting in IPC” Fynn “I really liked the Teacher’s Day breakfast and buil ding the earthquake proof buildings” Lola “I enjoyed Sports Day, cross country, girls football, making volcanoes and World Book Day” Magne “ The best thing I liked was getting lots of House Points” Jardi “ I liked the School Production, Multi –Sport, choir, tennis, making volcanoes and learning a dance” Seif “ I liked tasting the delicious chocolate” Omar “ I really enjoyed Teacher’s Day and World Maths Day” Ali “ I loved it when we went to the Museum of Islamic Art and Teacher’s Day. I enjoyed Arabic Night” Luis “ I enjoyed tasting the chocolate and making volcanoes.”

Omar Abu Samra

Seif Samir

Stein West

Ali Hassan Al Ali

Karin Spijk

Esme Ellis

Ethan Turchyn

Gijs Meester

Jardi Bouman

Khryz Antonio

Lola Gibbons

Tom Siermann

Vivek Santosh

Year 4 MA Ann Strobel

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he ‘Fantastic Four’ may be fictional movie characters, but my class this year definitely deserve the title too!

Twenty-four superheroes who, since September, have worked together to develop and improve their learning skills.

Confidence, communication and cooperation have all become superpowers. Along the way, they have enjoyed the challenges of ‘Big Maths’ and ‘Big Write’ whilst at the same time coming up with some brilliant ‘Big Ideas’. Thanks Year Four for all your hard work and for making me laugh every day!

Miss Leeman

Aduragbemi Olaleye

Ahmad Achkar

Arwa El Gammal

Bianca Vukovic

Erikka Ocampo

Fatimah Moors

Hassan Hamoud

Isabel Seesarun

Jahedur Ali

Jasmin Okholm

Malaika Rab

Martin Jorgensen

Naroa Clifford Castro

Nellie Liljedahl

Robert Flynn

Miss Jan Leeman Jan Leeman Creatively, the students made up the Acrostic Poem below to describe different aspects of their year. We hope you will enjoy it!

Yummy melting chocolate made by us; when it was all gone, there was an incredible fuss!

(Bobby, Gbemi and Thomas) Everyone pretending to be like Howard Carter, digging for treasure and long-lost charters.

(Martin, Ahmad and Humaid) Amazing Museum of Islamic Art made us all even more picture smart.

(Soukaina, Carlos and Isabel) Reading spectacular books full of fascinating characters with amusing looks.

(Jasmin, Fatimah and Alisha) Fantastic fun performing our volcano eruption –a truly great assembly production.

(Nellie, Bianca and Jahed) Openers, Similes, Adjectives and Rhymes; we try to use them every time.

(Sofia, Tomoki and Lara) Understanding tricky mathematical ways, to help problem solving in our future days.

(Erikka, Naroa and Hassan) Really exciting IPC; like Vicious Volcanoes and Tsunamis.

(Shagufta, Arwa and Malaika)

Alisha Khan

Carlos Hernandez Martinez

Humaid Ahmed

Lara Aker

Shagufta Anjum

Sofia Vartonova

Soukaina Bouhali

Thomas Jensen

Tomoki Kanamori

Year 4 RA, Year 5 RA Mary Goddard-Palmer

Abdelrahman Abou Rahman Y4

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ow! What a year! Y4 & 5 was the grand total of 6 children on day one of this school year and over the terms we have grown to 23 students.

It has been an amazing learning journey being a massive part of this growing campus. As the older children we have relied on these children to support the younger ones and take the lead on Sports Day and in the School Production – they rose to the challenge every time and made me incredibly proud to be their teacher. Miss G

Here are a few highlights from the most important people…

Angela Arlati Y4

“The best thing about our class is how welcoming everyone is, it helped me a lot when you are new and nervous.” Kamila & Angela “Our favourite subject this year was PE because we can practice our sports skills.” Wilson & Abdelrahman “I enjoyed watching and making adverts about chocolate.” Orlando

Charlie Webster Y4

Giulia Messina Y4

Lorenzo Calda Y5

Isabella Moralez Y5

Luke van’t Spijker Y4

Mariam Al Jalahema Y4

Micah Aguirre Y4

Mohamed Hisham Y5

Miss Joanna Gilbert Joanna Gilbert “I enjoyed the Arabic Evening because I got to ride on a camel! There was an amazing atmosphere.” Luke “I loved making and exploding my own volcano!” Giulia and Caroline “Our favourite part of the year was being part of The Piper.” Mariam & Lana “Sports Day was the best because I liked running in the 100m.” Lorenzo “IPC has been my favourite thing this year because we got to eat chocolate.” Kate “I enjoyed the Rayyan Sport’s Day as I got to help the little children.” Izzy “Our school production The Pied Piper of Rayyan was the best!” Charlie & Micah “We enjoyed learning about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – especially tasting the wonderful chocolate.” Olinka & Jana “My favourite thing was going to Aspire park for the day because we got to do different activities in our groups.” Seb “I liked reading Stormbreaker as our class book because its actionpacked!” Mohamed “I enjoy going swimming because it is fun and we visit a different campus.” Utami “My favourite thing has been Golden time and lots of sports!”

Khalid “We enjoyed the art work we have created this year.” Alyazi & Fakhera

Alyazi Al Shafi Y4

Caroline Bjornsbo Y4

Fakhera Al Shafi Y4

Jana El Shafie Y4

Kamila Russell Y4

Katherine Hughes Y5

Khalid Al Jumaily Y4

Lana Al Khateeb Y5

Olinka Constantinides Y4

Orlando Jeffery Y4

Sebastian Constantinides Y4

Utami Widowati Y4

Wilson Jenkins Y4

Year 5, GA

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Eddie Holden

his year has been exceptional in terms of learning and the variety of fun filled activities the children have enjoyed. Here are their most memorable moments; “I loved making a space station and learning about planets” Savanna Hagenbach.

“I liked the myths and legends unit and learning about Theseus and the Minotaur,” keevan Martanto “Sports day was great because we competed in races and games,” Mathias Jakobsen “I got so many opportunities to play competitive sports in schools in Qatar,” Midas Houterman ‘I learned about the 1001 inventions from the Arab world,” Sarah Nabulsi “I love PE because we learn new sports every three weeks,” Jacob Cleyndert I enjoyed Tae- kwon- do and prop design during ECA’s,” George Beaney “I loved how we raised money for our Sri Lankan charity,” Julius Engelen “I enjoyed watching and learning about modern art at Mathaf,” Liyana Raja “Golden time is fantastic because we get to play on computers,” Aymen Zayani “I enjoyed my part, which was making playful goo, in our science assembly!” Sahl Saoud “In IPC we learned a lot about how the brain works,” Isabella Heukelom

Eliza Romaniuk

Ana Castier

Colin Chatfield

Emma Van Campen

Hamad Zulfiqar

Hannah Yoon

Horia Petrescu

Isabella Heukelom

Jacob Cleyndert

Liam Maher

Liyana Raja

Mathias Jakobsen

Midas Houterman

Mohanad Aboukamar

Mrs. Ann Djedid Ann Djedid

“I love French because we learn using fun games!” Lau Andersen “In Qatar History lessons, I enjoyed learning more about cooperation and values,” Liam Maher “In maths we had a lot of fun with decimals on World Maths Day!” Colin Chatfield ‘In swimming I learnt a better breast stroke technique.” Tom Rasmussen “It was challenging to improve my writing by using powerful vocabulary!” Hannah Yoon “Music is enjoyable because you can have fun and learn at the same time!” Ana Castier “I love Arabic because we have free time, gifts and drawing.” Mohanad Aboukamar “We had lots of fun making PowerPoint’s and using MS Publisher.” Hamad Zulfiqar “At Islamic studies, I love to chat about how Muslims should behave.” Nada Alaa “I learned so many things about Holland and Dutch culture.” Emma Van Campen “The scavenger hunt during our camping trip was fantastic!” Horia Petrescu

Klara Zaddem

Aymen Zayani

George Beaney

Jade Gevers

Jessica McManus

Julius Engelen

Keevan Martanto

Lau Andersen

Nada Alaa

Sahl Saoud

Sarah Nabulsi

Savanna Hagenbach

Tom Rasmussen

Year 5, GB Penny Hughes

Adam Ghrayeb

Andrei Hartescu

Connor MacLeod

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fantastic year packed with opportunities for learning inside and outside the classroom. It was a great experience working with a class with so much energy, spirit and so full of questioning minds. A truly memorable year! S. Simbo My favourite thing was the desert trip; storytelling, roasting marshmallows, building sandcastles. Maarten I loved Book Week because I love reading! Tage At the 1001 inventions exhibition, I learned so much about Islamic inventors. Taelynn I loved learning that geothermal energy uses heat from the ground to make energy! Andrei The Myths and Legends unit was fun and exciting.

Andrej I enjoyed learning why Mars is humans’ most likely next destination. Sam I enjoyed seeing the mosaics at the Mathaf museum. Huda Donavan Christopher taught us what R.A.P stands for during Book Week. Adam In Book Week, I was overjoyed that we got to read every time the horn was blown! Connor

Huda Baig

Isabel Lucia Z Pascua

Khawlah El Msallati

Maarten Went

Marlo Ruis

Mohamed Shafeek

Nora Gergab

Piotr Romaniuk

Saeed Al-Ajmi

Sam Thomson

Miss Stella Simbo Stella Simbo I enjoyed investigating how long it took for chocolate, butter and ice to melt. Piotr The school production made me more confident. Lucia We saw beautiful pictures at the Mathaf museum and made puzzles from our drawings. Maryam Writing from a point of view about The Highwayman poem was fun. Hashim Our assembly made me feel part of the class although I hadn’t been here long. Khawlah I loved competing against other classes, schools and countries on World Maths Day. Adnan One favourite memory is the school production. Nora At Qatar Foundation we saw paintings by artists from lots of different countries. Marlo I loved the characters in ‘There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom’. Zoe I liked The Highwayman poem. Saeed I liked doing different exercises to learn about the different abilities astronauts need. Aamir I learned lots of new football and computer skills in my ECAs. Willie

Taelynn Tamia Jones

Tage Johansen

Vincent Molina

Willie Nieuwoudt

Adnan Alkhalil

Andrej Prosenica

Hashim Tayani

Maryam Al-Khayat

Zoe Wheatley

Year 5, MA Amanda Holmstrom

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hat a busy year Y5H have had. Our IPC learning journey has taken us to Mars and back and has created many memories along the way…

Rebecca Ellerbeck

Angelo Allaham

“I particularly enjoyed it when we made a new material in IPC. Goo! Awesome!” Zane “The best thing we did was art because it was all about drawing things that you see and hear.”

Malek “I have really enjoyed doing art and learning about myths and legends.” Majed “We have visited many lovely places like Mathaf and the 1001 inventions exhibition.” Iona “I learned about impressionism, cubism and abstract art. And we got to paint in these styles too.”

Yousuf “I enjoyed building space stations.” Markel “Matter, matter everywhere! I loved performing the matter rap at assembly.” Umniah

Emmy Watson

Iman Rashid

Majed Omar Al-Jassim

Malek Ellabad

Markel Olabe

Nafisa Sirelkhatim A Ali

Nuh Ali Hussain

Mrs. Laura Hosking Laura Hosking “I enjoyed creating my own monster for the myth we wrote.” Connor The Year 5 desert camp was a highlight for many students…

“The best part was the sand castle competition.

It was a great experience!”

Sophie “We had lots of fun.” Emmy “We were away from our parents but it developed our personal goals.” Nafisa “It was amazing! “ Nuh Ali We’ve had a few sporting highlights from the year too…

“I had a great time representing the school at the AlRayyan football stadium.”

Adam “I particularly enjoyed sports day because we got to do lots of exciting activities, and I won!” Toby “It was really exciting travelling to other schools for the rounders and basketball competitions. We didn’t win Fatima Yousaf but we had lots of fun.” Angelo “Unfortunately Freja returned to Denmark during the year, but we were delighted to welcome Iman. “Compass felt really big to start with, but everyone was really friendly.” Iman Fatima sums up the year for us. “This year has been great for us; it was full of excitement and pleasure. Sometimes it was hard, but overall it was a stupendous year.”

Sophie Welinder

Tobore Dafiewhare

Umniah Saleh

Adam Abdul-Halim

Connor O’Donnell

Freja Nyholm

Iona Khan

Luka Vukovic

Yousuf Zahidi

Zane Bezuidenhout

Year 5, MB Ann Strobel

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hat an amazing year we have had in Year 5 Lovett!!! We have worked hard to tackle problems as a team and develop our friendship within our constantly changing classroom! The children can now all say they have created life long memories with friends from all around the world.

Candida Johnson

Abdulaziz Al Hammadi

Connor Cowan

• When I arrived from Spain I could not speak English.Gonzalo • It was really fun making our space stations, working as a team and solve a problem. -Maya • The best part of the year was going on our desert camp. I loved working as a house during the sandcastle challenge.Isabelle • I enjoyed learning about different styles of art and creating my own abstract piece of art.- Rishi • At the start of the year I didn’t speak English….by the end of the year I had over 300 Accalerated Reader points! - Vasya • I have really enjoyed Maths. My favourite activities was using coordinates to make pictures.-Abd Allah • I really enjoyed being in a Land Cruiser with Rishi, Gonzalo, Vasya and Garreth. I loved camp!-Abdullaziz • I enjoyed the dance I did on Qatar National Day.- Fatima

Fatima Al Mutawa

Garreth Rayner

George Sethi

Isabelle Holmstrom

Jacob Cook

Mackenzie Lee

Maryam Alfarsiyah

Maya Kassab

Miss Abby Lovett Abby Lovett

Abd Allah Ghoneim

Alyssa Sim

• I had a fantastic time performing our Theseus and the Minotor play.- Garreth • I like the education. I have learnt to speak English!!- Saoud • I had a great time using clay to make our camels for Qatar National Day…even though mine failed!- George • I loved going on a treasure hunt in our Myths and Legends unit. –Maryam • Math has been my favourite subject this year. I love learning new ways to do things and going on Mathletics.- Alyssa • It was nice to start a new school and make so many amazing friends from all over the world.- Jacob • I like to do math. Now I know how to work out fractions.- Menna • I had and amazing time at the dessert camp. I liked playing with my friends from all of the campuses. – Mack • I’m happy that I came to this school because I got to make new friends, I’ve had so much fun!- Noemi • I liked listening to the stories in our Myths and legends unit. - Fadeel

Menatella El Shafie

Noemi Pajak

Rishi Garia

Saoud Al Malki

Fadeel Khan

Gonzalo Gallardo

Vasya Kovalenko

Year 6, GA Chris Grice

Sirisha Yenigalla

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rs Burchell. What a wonderful year this has been. The enthusiasm of the class has made each day such a delight. Well done to you – each and every one of you. You have made this year one of never ending successes! The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. It’s time to leave Primary! I wish you all the best as you head to Secondary School.

I will miss sharing your excitement for each new day!

Gavin Anderson

Shivaanee. I had fun on the water dip for the very first time at Gondolania. It almost felt as if we were flying off the tracks. I learnt that as the ride goes up Potential Energy is stored. After that Gravity takes over and Kinetic Energy is released.

Julie. Buddies! Playing with the little kids; helping with their learning; it was a most enjoyable time!

Hannah-Sophia. This year I have learned so much! Thanks to my teacher Mrs Burchell, I’ve improved hugely in all my subjects.

Caitlin. I had a blast in French (never done it before!) because I learnt so much about rooms in the house.

Lamis. I enjoyed our IPC Feelings Unit immensely because we painted our feelings according to the music Mrs. Burchell played with us. We listened to Beethoven!

Lamis Bareche

Nicholas Suresh

Abdulla Al-Khayat

Caitlin Burkett

Niné Rudolph

Hakam Kouki

Hamza Ahmad

Pauli Christiansen

Scarlett Gibbons

Mrs. Pat Burchell Pat Burchell

Hannah-Sophia Brasch

Julie Johson-Lepine

Scott-Lee Cayete

Shivaanee Shetty

Scarlett. I absolutely adored writing my short stories. Developing my plot to the climax and creating a happy ending was a good experience.

Danielle. I highly rate snorkelling in Fujairah!

Even though I got stung by jelly fish; I loved the MAGNIFICENT underwater scenery.

Nicholas. I like everything at school. I have a wonderful teacher and great friends.

They are always there when I need them and even though I have to get used to a different teaching method, they are there to help me.

Karim. I had a jubilant time with my EY1 buddy Yahyah because he was smart and amazingly talented.

Gavin. This year I enjoyed Mrs. Burchell’s class.

Abdulla. I had so much fun learning about graphing. It was so easy. The best graph was the bar graph.

Yousuf. I really enjoyed our Science Fair because I had such fun explaining my project to veryone.

Scott-Lee. I loved learning about graphs in maths. Graphs are fun and really helpful to sort data.

Pauli. Whilst meeting my EY1 buddy I felt as cheerful as a bunny. It was marvellous; he wouldn’t stop talking!

Hamza. The best thing this Year was IPC. The science fair was amazing and magnificent because we made and electrical project.

Hakam. Whilst I was in Year 6 I really enjoyed Maths. My favourite part was when we plotted our graphs. It was fun conducting a survey.

Abhay. My favourite over the top moment of Year 6 has to be the Electricity Unit Fairgrounds and our amazing Science Fair.

Talal Al-Thani

Yousuf Abusamra

Tara Jungquist

Abhay Liginlal

Danielle Bovey

Karim Kriedie

Zane Bey

Year 6, GB Shelley Shipp

Chisa Kajiura

Gilla Mohamed

Jasmijn Kikkert

Kate van Keulen

Nathalie Christiansen

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r. Lyons: It’s been a terrific year in Year 6, full of fun, learning and friendships. The Fujairah trip, the class newspaper, the Science Fair, the classroom debate – the list goes on and on.

You guys have been wonderful!

Now, you are ready to leave Primary School and enter the unknown of Secondary School. Approach it with the same attitude and dedication as you have this year, and you will be fine! Good Luck!

Jasmijn: I really liked when we needed to paint based on the music of Beethoven for our IPC Feelings unit. It was so much fun because I love painting!

Wouter: ICT! Creating my movie was lots of fun. It was called Jaws 3. I loved making it and working on it.

Kate: I had a great time graphing in maths this year. We can now make lots of different graphs and charts like pie charts, line graphs, bar charts and so much more.

Oliver: In Year 6, I loved learning about electrical circuits. It was so much fun! But tricky too – especially the parallel circuits!

Omar K: We had a terrific time drawing our currency in Going Global! I made such a realistic 1p banknote!

Zane: My favourite part of the year was the Year 6 Science Fair, where all of us could show off our inventions and I could explain how electricity works to my audience.

Omar G: I loved the amazing trip to Fujairah. It’s something I will never forget – especially when the

Nukaiya Hatherley

Oliver Norton

Omar Gergab

Omar Kalash

Mr. Conor Lyons Conor Lyons instructors threw me off the boat!

Gilla: I loved taking part in music class this year. We learned about South African music with Ms. Zee. I adored the playing the drums!

Mathias: I loved taking part in the Science Fair this year. All of our parents came to look at our projects. I had lots of fun making my electric car too.

Jay: I really enjoyed making the ICT video for Making the News. I did my video on Wakeboarding! I used two songs and lots of photos. It was awesome!!

Timme: I liked our IPC science project. We had to make an electrical circuit an- use it in our project. I made a draw bridge with a traffic light!

Nargiz: We went to Gondolania as our exit point to the Fairgrounds unit. I really enjoyed it. I went on every single ride and we saw all the forces being used. It was the best day in school.

Sterre: The Science Fair was amazing! I had lots of fun creating my windmill, and really enjoyed using electricity.

Nukaiya: I had a tremendous time preparing for the Science Fair, especially using the soldering iron to make my lighthouse.

Khalifa: The best part of the year for me was our Sports Day. We had a marvellous time!

Harleen: I loved our trip to Gondolania! It was so much fun going on all the rides and learning about how forces work on different rides!

Sterre van der Wal

Eric Turchyn

Harleen Bumrah

Jay Toet

Khalifa Alkamali

Laurens van Campen

Mathias Iversen

Nargiz Mammadova

Thijs Huiberts

Timme van der Wal

Wouter Went

Zane Uthman

Year 6, MA Amanda Holmstrom

Adele Clark

Amelia O’Donnell

David Hernandez Martinez

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e have had such an amazing and fulfilling year. From the very beginning we worked well together, the children naturally supported each other and learned from each other too. New students joined us, bringing different ingredients to the mix. We now have a perfect recipe, but sadly, this particular recipe is now complete. (Marion Derham) At Fujairah Camp it was so much fun; we did so many awesome activities! When you are in Year 6 you will love it! (Johanne, Kazuma) The trip to Fujairah was the most amazing thing I’ve done in my whole life. I’m never going to forget it! (Magda, Ella) My favourite event from Year 6 was our first swimming lesson. I love swimming and we were one of the first people to swim in the new pool. (Mauro) For Qatar National Day we made a huge picture “The Windows of Qatar”. It was brilliant, we won second place out of the whole school and were awarded a trophy! (Sophie, Sven) This year I enjoyed our trip to Gondolania the most because the rides were amazing and I learned a lot about forces. (Tim, Hasnah, Amy, Zsofia, Elisa, Karim, Amelia, David) At our Year 6 Science Fair there were lots of interesting models that I liked. (Marwa) I most enjoyed Gondolania, The Science Fair and making our own movies. Sadly, we won’t be able to do the movies again this year. (Taqwa) I really enjoyed World Maths Day because everybody participated and tried to beat last year’s score. I had the highest score in my class and Kazuma won the Year 6 BIG MATHS BEAT THAT competition. (Olamide) I really like my Year 6 class, I have fantastic friends and they’re very funny!

(Alessia, Laura, Gabriel) The two words that best describe Year 6 are exciting and educational!

(Adele, Fleur, Siebe)

Ella Van Hellemondt

Fleur Ambergen

Gabriel Chirvase

Hasnah Peracha

Johanne Nielsen

Magda Liljedahl

Marwa Jbarah

Mauro Van der Veen

Olamide Olaleye

Siebe de Bruijn

Mrs. Marion Derham Marion Derham

Alessia Ragoni

Amy Clifford Castro

Elisa Napoli

Karim Najjar

Kazuma Takeuchi

Sophie Bommer

Sven Nash

Laura Baken

Taqwa Ellabad

Tim Van de Ven

Zsofia Tuba

Year 6, MB Amanda Holmstrom

Abu Bakar Rab

Adham Howaidy

Caroline Lund

Euan Brodie

Hannes Bischoff

Hiba Ahmed

Jonas Petersen

Matin Moors

Mia Forsythe

Nada Sadoukri

Nawal Kenzie

Noor Abbasi

Noor Mirza

Oscar Skouboe

Mr. Peter Cowie Peter Cowie 2011-2012 has been an action packed year.

We were lucky enough to have two teachers, Mrs De Bono and Mr Cowie, and one Learning Assistant, Mrs Holmstrom. We have learned so much. Here is just a small selection.

• I really liked to swim in the pool – Jonas • I learnt how to do algrebra and this it’s way more fun than normal maths – Signe • Black Gold was a very interesting topic and I’m glad I learnt about it – Aysha • Thanks to Mr Cowie and Mrs Holmstrom I learnt so much about fractions, dividing and multiplying – Jerry • This year was special. It’s my last year in primary and I will miss it – Noor M • I enjoyed learning algebra – Martin • I thought the talent show was really cool, especially because I was in it – Mia • I really liked the talent show because it was fun – Mohaned • During this year I learnt how to take my writing to a new level – Shreya • I really enjoyed entering the pool for the first time – Rumaysa • I learnt how to use fractions properly – Hannes • I enjoyed having different teachers because it’s interesting seeing and learning with different people – Hiba • I really enjoyed going to camp and having PE – Caroline • This year I learned how to do algebra and prime factorizing – Noor A • I learnt to put commas in the right place – Rebecca • I really enjoyed swimming, maths and book week – Abu • I really enjoyed going to camp – Euan

Rashid Al-Marri

Rebecca Watson

Rumaysa Khan

Jo de Bono

Fredirico Sala

Jeremiah Missiona

Aysha Zulfiqar

Mohaned Abdel

Shreya Sharma

Signe Hundahl

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a has had the most amazing year of learning both inside and out of the classroom. Here are some of their highlights in their own words:

“I enjoyed making the videos for our Charities Assembly. Everyone took part and it was funny” Elizabeth “The best event of the year was the talent show” Muayid “I loved our visit to Sheik Faisal’s Museum as part of our IMYC unit.”

Muneera “My personal highlight this year was my first swimming class in PE. I was screaming uncontrollably and it was quite funny for my friends” Hala “I have made many friends this year not only in my year group but in other year groups.I feel that secondary is where I belong” Mohammad “Highlights were Turkey Space Camp and the visit to 2nd Chance Rescue.I really love Dogs”, Abdullrahman “I enjoyed the Sheik Faisal Museum Trip with all of its lovely weapons” Daniel“ I have had a fabulous time in year 7. We had to make masks in as part of our IMYC Celebration Unit in Art and Design and Miss McAinsh took a group photo of the class and me and my friends wearing them”, Kenny “My favourite part of this year was when we visited the 2nd Chance Rescue Farm to walk the dogs. I had an amazing time and wish I could go there every day to keep them company”, Ellie “I had a great experience walking the dogs and playing with the puppies at 2nd Chance Rescue Farm. I wish I could go there again”, India “Eating the huge cake in class because Yousef won the Toyota Dream Car Competition….it was very good cake! Marcus

Abdullrahman Al Khulaifi

Armand Blignaut

Daniel Binding

Devin Goodman

Hadi Sadr

Hala Al-Naimi

Kenny Kafle

Marcus James

Megan Middup

Mohammad Almana

Muayid Abeidah

Miss Mhairi McAinsh Mhairi McAinsh “I enjoyed the talent show since it was really fun to perform in front of the whole school. I also enjoyed being in the school production. It was awesome!” Megan “I lenjoyed taking part in and winning the Toyota Dream Car Competition”, Yousef “My highlight this year was making my harlequin mask with mod roc” William “I enjoyed simplifying the formula in Algebra and learning Excel in ICT”, Hadi “I didn’t know that secondary school would be that exciting but the students in Year 7 are amazing” Owaab “I had big things that I had to do this year.

Events such as Turkey Space Camp meant 7 days in Turkey leaving Qatar”, Fraser “Year 7 has been so much fun. The event I enjoyed most was the Talent Show” Armand “My highlight was our Charities Assembly…..even though it had a rocky start it was still funny to watch” Isis “I enjoyed being blind when we took part in an adaptability challenge. It was fun because I didn’t know where I was going and kept on bumping into the lockers. This has been one of the best years ever!” Cecelia “I enjoyed Turkey Space Camp and the Talent Show”, Devin

Muneera Al Mannai

Owaab Barrow

Amelia Ellis

Cecelia Jorgensen

Elizabeth Sethi

Ellie Armes

Fraser Irvine

India Hagenbach

Isis Greer

Joode Zubeidi

Victor Rondon

William Blackwell

Yousif Al Hammadi

Year 7, MB

Anas El Gammal

Casper Spruit

Chae Won Park (Judy)

Fleur Busker

Francisco Pereira

Lucas Okholm

Mads Due

Mohammed Ayaan

Magnus Toftdal

Mohammed Orabi

Mohammad Suliman

Muzzammil Awad

Nienke van Duuren

Maxence Boggio

Olivier Heukelom

Mr. Richard Bartlett Richard Bartlett

Asia Musselman-Moe

Christelle Naimeh

Ilse Visser

Pippa Dekker

“I have really enjoyed my first year teaching in Qatar. The mix of nationalities at Compass is fantastic and of course so is the weather. Great school and super students!” Mr. Bartlett (Tutor) “My highlight of the year was when we made a portrait of our partner” Ilse ”My highlight was to get good at badminton.”

Maxence “My highlight of the year was when we got new Dutch books” Nienke “I am new to the school but it’s very nice here! I like the lessons.” Fleur “My highlight of the year was when we went to Turkey Space Camp. It was great fun and we learned lots. Thank you Mr. Bartlett for being a great form tutor.” Pippa “Highlights of the year • meeting our new tutor and new friends • when we made the clay gargoyles in art” Fira “One of my highlights of this year was the awesome Space Camp Turkey trip. It was the most interesting, exciting and educative school trip I have ever been to.” Olivier

Saud Al-Thani

Sebastian Pedersen

Shafira Balqis

Esraa Hussein

Khalid Ahmed

Mohamed Ali

Tobias Haesum

Year 7, MC

Andreaa Jacob

Dana Hamoud

Hannah Wood

“Amazing year!!!” Mrs Paratian (7C tutor) “ When I was new, I was so scared, but now I’ve made friends and I’m not shy anymore. I particularly liked the trip to Shiek Faisal Museum.” Hija “I particularly enjoyed the sports day in Aspire and the girls Althletics competition in Al Khor international School.” Christine “I’ve really enjoyed this year especially when we went to Aspire for the sports day.” Nada “This year in Art, we had a lot of fun doing masks.” Oumaima & Dana “ Being in year 7 was a fun new exciting adventure and my favourite topics were ‘Collaboration’ and ‘Discovery’.” Hannah “I loved Sports Day.” Krish “We enjoyed PE when we played badminton and football.” Omar, Ruzain & Mostafa “In Compass International School, I met very nice friends in year 7 this year.” Noof “Turkey Space Camp was awesome. We think it was a great opportunity to experience enjoyment with your friends while learning at the same time.”

Mohammed, Hashim, Jirapat & Marcel “I enjoyed my two ECAs because I made new friends.” Dawood “In collaboration, we’ve been doing some fun activities (IMYC) such as team building, working together in order to achieve a common goal.” Andrea “Our favourite thing was to build a tower out of spaghetti for the IMYC entry point.” Oliver & Mackeen “The highlight of this year was when I took part in the school production, and it turned out to be an incredible play!!!” Imane “This has been a very productive year with lots of things going on such as our recent talent show in term 2, which was a great ending to the term.” Ramsha “I won all my races and was selected for the year 9 relay in sports day this year!” Henry

Henry Clancy

Hija Saba

Imane Bouhali

Jirapat Chavalittumrong

Krish Choksi

Marcel Blignaut

Mohammed Abdul Halim

Mostafa El-Fettouh

Nada Bakry

Noof Al-Naimi

Mrs. Anjalee Paratian Anjalee Paratian

Christine Oghenmegan

Dawood Rashid

Hashim Hassan

Mackeen Safi

Oliver Flynn

Omar Jamali

Oumaima Bouhali

Ramsha Yousaf

Ruzain Al-Hashmi

Year 8, MA Sara Sutton

Ali Akbar

Anna Nyholm

Dominique Nash

Hamad Al-Thani

Jack Small

Kevin D’Cunha

Mohammed Al Mannai

Moza Al-Kamali

Musaab Al-Farsi

Noah van der Veen

Quinten Ambergen

Rabia Dhami

Rebecca Azevedo

Reuben Strobel

Ruh-Ali Hussain

Mr. Clive Bomford Clive Bomford

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eing in Year 8 has been absolutely awesome. Out of 6 topics we studied in Science ‘rocks’ was the one we all liked the most. What made it so enjoyable and delicious were the experiments with chocolate! Talking about rocks, in geography we looked at rocks and their link to volcanic hazards. We studied volcanoes and earthquakes and their causes and effects. Mr Hannah took us back hundreds of years to learn about the French Revolution and Napoleon. He even gave us a mini concert whilst singing the national anthem of France. As part of English, we were given the task of researching the Elizabethan period to link in with our study of Shakespeare and our class novel. We created an Elizabethan fayre where we experienced the food, games, medicine and entertainment of the time; putting into context the literature we were studying.

All together this was definitely a year to remember. We all learned a lot and had a great time doing it.

Daniel Jensen

Isabelle Decker

Maarten Van Campen

Saad Al-Kubaisi

Samantha Ocampo

Sana Anjum

Giada Ragoni

Puck van de Ven

Sean Holmstrom

Thomas Siccard

Year 8, MB

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Jasmina Ali

Harvey Richardson

Solling Andreas

Llewellyn Kordom

Aya Ahmed Ghoneim

Ollie Cook

Romeo Hernandez

Sean Emerson

Greogory Charles leonard Mond

Daniel Morris

ollaboration, consideration, creativity, partnership and enthusiasm. A complete year full of intriguing events such as Sports day, Talent show and the Yr 8B Qatar History assembly. Moreover, captivating classes which get your expectations exceeding. A wide range of different skills and knowledge have been acquired throughout the year. Meeting new friends has enabled us to get a taste of different cultures from around the world. Science appeared to be the most enjoyed subject because everyone contributed into carrying out different experiments; reflecting their ability to share their ideas. All in all, this year has been a truly exceptional, educational year. By: Jude, Jasmina and Etienne.

Eagan Pangestiarso

Silvio Patricio

Sarah Poulsen

Mrs. Nadia Sulaiman Nadia Sulaiman

Jan Oskar Alopaeus

Hans Georg Bech

Sebastian Haesum

Majed Saleh

Osama Elasid Hussein Hussein

Shehadah Jude

Jonathan Hugh Lee

Sophie Maher

Miguel Salvosa

Etienne Charles Victor Sebag

Avin Xiang tee sim

Sirwan Yueayai Taylor

Year 9, MA

Ahmad Fathi Aburish

Isabel Flynn

What I enjoyed the most during my year at Compass was our football and basketball matches. – Ahmed Aburish.

The subject I enjoyed the most this year was Music, especially the practical work. I also played in a school assembly recently which I thoroughly enjoyed. – Michael Ibrahim.

The subject I enjoyed the most was due to the interesting nature of the work we did in lessons. – Mohammed Zubeidi.

This year was lots of fun, I’m so happy to finally have the Sports hall and pool complete. I look forward to the see the changes next year. – Kristen Joshua.

I really enjoyed this year with the new teachers and new facilities. – Ivana Sthormes.

It was my first year here and I really liked how welcoming Compass is and learning a new language. – Mathew Riley.

The National Qatari day was my favourite experience of 2013 – Mahmoud Aboukamar.

Visiting the Museum of Islamic Art and meeting HRH Prince Michael of Kent was the highlight of my year – Mohammed Abdulla AlAbduljabbar.

I really enjoy Art at school because we have made some fantastic masks and the best things in this school are my friends. – Monia Sirelkhatim Ali. Sports is what I love the most especially Rugby and Dodge ball in P.E. – Utana Mojahed.

I have really appreciated the changes this year, meeting new friends and also the positive changes to the school. I adore the new pool. - Isabel Flynn.

The highlight of the year for me was going to AlRayyan campus and doing the Arabic dance for HRH Prince Michael of Kent.- Mohamad Al Thani.

I have enjoyed joining the school because everyone has been so welcoming especially my friends. – Megan Hyde.

I enjoyed my Arabic lessons a lot, for me it is the most interesting subject. – Turki Abdulrahman Al Doussari.

Kristen Joshua

Matthew Riley

Megan Hyde

Michael Ibrahim

Mohammad Al-Thani

Mohammed Al Naimi

Mohammed Zubeidi

Monia Sirelkhatim A. Ali

Turki Abdulrahman Al Doussari

Mr. Sajid Mahmood Sajid Mahmood

Dempsey Clarke

Ivana Sthormes

Mahmoud Aboukamar

Mohammed Abdulla Al Abduljabbar

Utana Mojahed

Year 9, MB

Diane Naimeh

Abdulaziz Al Sowaidi

Guillermo Van der Beek

Hazem El Deboa

Megan Strobel

Mohammed Al Khulaifi

Moustafa Howaidy

Omar Al Saidi

Sterre Spruit

Mr. Robert Hannah • “My favourite subject was Arabic because I improved my native language.” Hassan Al-Khayat • “Loved Art this year! We were making masks of our own design for people. I designed my own Daft Punk mask , looked good in colour but a little bad in shape. The talent show went well. I loved the performances, especially the Dubstep Dance and Jack and Janeena’s performance. I hope next year will be even better than this year. “ - Mohammed Al-Khulaifi • “My favourite subject was Arabic because the teacher helps us a lot.” - Omar Al Saidi • “My favourite subject is English.” - Abdulaziz Al Sowaidi • I have been pleasantly surprised with my learning this year. Amongst other subjects, I have enjoyed History. Learning about the American West to the causes of World War 1. I have found History this year to be fantastic. “ - Wynton Hammond • “I really like the new P.E hall and I really enjoyed the P.E lessons and the new swimming pool.” –Amalie Hansen • “This year, I really enjoyed Compass School. I enjoyed Swimming and going on a trip to the Islamic Art Museum; I also liked taking History, French, Geography and Science because it was interesting” –Moustafa Howaidy • “I really enjoyed being able to go into the sports hall. I especially liked Badminton, it was fun because I was good at it.” –Victor Hundahl • “I really enjoyed P.E where we played Badminton. I also enjoyed Ms. Merriman; she taught us a lot this year.” –Frederik Lund • “This year I enjoyed Science and the trips and activities they organized for us. It was so much fun.” –Diane Naimeh • “I really enjoyed Physics and P.E this year, the small section on Rocket Science was especially interesting. I also enjoyed Badminton and Basketball” – Tom Roebers • “My favourite subject is Art. I really enjoy those lessons. I also like the new PE hall and swimming pool.” – Sterre Spruit • “I loved how the teachers were so understanding, and how they were willing to help us out. I enjoy the swimming lessons. The teacher is very helpful.” – Megan Strobel • “I really enjoyed Physics and P.E this year. I also enjoyed Sports Day a lot.” – Yasin Tariq • “I really enjoyed Physical Education and History. I enjoyed Sports Day.” – Guillermo van der Beek

Robert Hannah

Amalie Hansen

Frederick Lund

Hassan Al Khayat

Hyang Rim Lee (Jasmine)

Tom Roebers

Victor Hundahl

Wynton Hammond

Yasin Tariq

Year 10, MA

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Aiden Allaham

Alex Kassab

Amanda Wan Yee Sim

Arif Malik

Christian Nielsen

Kelly Kordom

Camilla Petersen

Hank Small

Jessica Butterworth

Joanna Hughes

his year has been different; there have been many changes both around the school and within it. Mostly I’ve enjoyed PE as we have practiced a variety of sports. – Jeppe Laursen I personally think year 10 this year was alright. – Christian Nielsen This year has been great; I feel I have really advanced in my learning, especially in chemistry – Hank Small This school is just amazing; I love our teachers. – Reza Suliono Excellent year full of exciting learning, the experiments in physics really enlighten us – Alex Kassab I learned a lot and I really improved my English in EAL class. – Tomas Morell The teachers are great and we’ve been enjoying our first year here – Camilla Petersen & Jessica Buterworth Live long, study well. This year has been amazing. There were tons of ups and downs, but always remember to smile through the hard times and you’ll be sure to get through it. –Amanda Sim A new school for me this year, the teachers and students welcomed me with open arms. – Ali Ahmed Learnt a lot this year. Really going to miss Mr. Bomford and Ms. McAinsh. – Joanna In the few months here I can honestly say that Compass has been the most welcoming school I have been to. - Kelly

Ju Myoung Lee

Nanna Viq Beier

Odette Swanson

Mr. Fred vander Beek Fred vander Beek

Reza Suliono

Alex Kouliy

Ali Ahmed

Bart Roebers

Benedek Hegedus

Mariam Ibrahim Orabi

Rebekah Frost

Iona Gibson

Janeena Missiona

Jeppe Laursen

Jeppe Poulsen

Rykala Lyth

Sultan Al Malki

Tomas Morel Francia

Yousef Jbarah

Mrs. Geraghty Monique Lee Geraghty

Year 10, MB

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Colby Brooks

Erin Brodie

Isabelle Wood

Jesse Kedierski

Mohammed El Fettouh

ear 10s have experienced the rigours of the IGCSE examination courses this year and have enjoyed the challenges that this learning brings. With Mrs Geraghty, the class have worked on their study skills, plagiarism and academic honesty, personal health and considered the concept of respect and how it applies to themselves and others. The class are just about to embark on stress busting sessions.

“School is very interesting, especially biology, where we got to experiment on hearts.”

Mohammed F “My favourite subject has been Business Studies. I am enjoying building on the topics I studied before.” Erin “I like English as it is a new language to me.” Jorsia “P.E. is my best subject because I am into a variety of sports but my Jassim Al Mutawa favourite is tennis.” Andreas “One of my favourite academic subjects is maths because although it can be challenging it’s very interesting to learn different equations.” Colby “Art has broadened my view and has made passionate about the subject.” Isabelle “History has been exciting as I have Jorsia Paliama loved learning about the Cold War.” Amy “Geography has been my favourite subject. I have enjoyed learning about rivers.”

Year 10MB has been a delight to join and I have enjoyed the watching the team spirit of the form. Have a great summer and good luck for Year 11.” Ms Feherty

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Miss Wendy Feherty Wendy Feherty

Year 11, MA

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t is with sadness we say a fond farewell to our Year 11 students who are leaving us to pursue a variety of adventures after their IGCSE examinations. On a fun note, we are delighted to welcome Mrs Geraghty’s baby girl, Georgia.

Teachers are very proud of our Year 11, who we have watched mature into amazing young adults.

“I have enjoyed the more specific learning which has been directed towards what I want to do in the future” Jonas Laursen “It’s been a fun four years with lots of memories.” Al Maha Al Thani “It’s been an absolutely fantastic year for me and has helped me get ready for my school next year. “ Gijs de Jongh “ It’s been great fun having different subjects to learn.” James McKnight “This year has felt like being part of a family. We have all been together for four years and know we will keep in touch when we leave.” Aisha, Natalie, Al Maha Good luck to all our exam candidates.

Jared Shrives

Jonas Laursen

Mads Borg

Abdulrahman Al Sowaidi

Aisha Obaidan

Gisjbert de Jongh

James McKnight

Rohan D’Souza

Natalie Watson

Al Maha Al-Thani

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e are delighted to see an exciting increase in the number of students participating in both Edexcel and Cambridge IGCSE courses this year.

Reflecting on the year, many of our students have commented on how much they have enjoyed the learning in subjects which really interest them.

Sports Day proved an occasion for our IGCSE students to incorporate their learning practically; taking a leading role in the organisation and management of the day. Our senior students impressed a number of sporting scouts who came to observe our talented cohort. The Talent Show was an ideal opportunity for our seniors to continue their links with junior students; our winners being a senior and junior student duo, Jack and Janeena.

Many of the IGCSE subjects have a more hands on approach, with some students, who shall remain nameless, particularly enjoying dissection in Biology. Our musical students have regularly entertained us at assembly with their amazing voices and instruments. In English, students have relished getting outside to make descriptive compositions more ‘real’. Art students have impressed with a number taking external examinations a year early.

Bryan Holmstrom

Jacky Banfield

Lee Banfield

Marie Cook

Wendy Feherty

Enaam El Taweel

Nehad Hamadan

Rawya Morsey

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ompass International School has always placed great importance on learning Arabic Language and Culture. The Arabic Language is the pot of traditional Arabic thought and a mirror of the Arab civilization. This is reflected in the teaching, learning and communication between our Arabic teachers and students in Compass.

Our Arabic Department, led by Mrs. Enaam El Taweel, has developed a range of strategies for teaching Arabic, Islamic Studies and Qatar History.

These are guided by the standards set by the Supreme Education Council, Qatar. The latest methods of learning and teaching are used, including the use of modern technology such as the e-book, recently launched by the SEC. We truly believe in life-long learning and our teachers have access to a range of professional development opportunities. In developing our teacher’s skills to the highest level, we believe that our students are provided with the best learning experience possible.

As with all of our subject areas, formal and informal assessments are used to inform our teachers of current levels and future learning targets. It is by using the information gained from these assessments that teachers plan next steps and prepare appropriate activities and opportunities, in order to ensure individual progress for every child. We highly value our partnerships with parents in order to share this information and work together to encourage confident and enthusiastic learners.

Compass International School places a high emphasis on teaching our Muslim students Islamic Studies, in recognition that Arabic is the language of the Holy Koran, honoured by

Mirihan Sobiah

Hala Abu Taleb

Arabic Reham Naim Masud

Abeer Abu Jalala

Sahar Natsheh God for choosing it for his Holy Book. This year, our students attended the Global Koran Competition, under the care of the SEC, and all achieved impressive results. Our school is extremely proud of their achievements in this important area.

Qatari History and Citizenship has also been high on our agenda this year, in order to inform all students of the importance of Qatar’s heritage and the essential customs and traditions which are part of the culture of the State of Qatar. Our Arabic and Class teachers have worked together to ensure that an exciting and interesting programme is delivered throughout the school to our Arabic and non-Arabic speaking students. All students have visited key places across Qatar, such as the Museum of Islamic Art, in order to make learning interactive and relevant.

Our whole school have particularly enjoyed the various celebrations that the Arabic Department have organised throughout the year. The joyful atmosphere of Eid Al Adha was celebrated with the distribution of sweets throughout the school. We had a fabulous celebration to acknowledge the importance of Qatar National Day, with our girls and boys participating in the songs and dances.

One of the highlights of the year was our Arabic Night in March which was attended by hundreds of parents and children.

During the evening they enjoyed delicious traditional Qatari food, singing and dancing. Handicrafts and customs such as henna painting and Sadu were also on show. What a super evening!

The Arabic Department is committed to achieving the best educational outcomes for all of our students and strive for them to Learn Well, Enjoy Life and Exceed Expectations.

Enaam El Taweel Arabic Coordinator

Sofie van de Ven

Liesbeth van Hellemondt

Fred van der Beek

Yvonne Kools

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hat a fabulous year it has been for our NTCstudents at Compass International School.

Although I’ve only been here for a short period, I would like to thank all my Dutch colleagues for their enthusiasm, hard work and dedication. Another great year of learning: talking, writing, reading and listening during our ‘Nederlandse Taal- en Cultuurlessen’. And of course our fabulous group of students! You are all fantastic! Warmest Greetings, Meester Stefan Comments from our students: • “I like NTC, ‘cause I’m Dutch!”

• “It was so exciting, I hung on for 130 seconds.” (Queen’s Day Celebrations – Jeans above Water) • “Interesting to study the Romans and wear a coffee washed t-shirt in our assembly.” (Culture lesson) • “Great to do magic tricks.” (Dutch Assembly Gharaffa) • “I’m Princess Beatrix and this is my son, our new King Willem-Alexander.” (Dutch Assembly – The inauguration of our new King) • “In the Dutch Department the hobby of all our students is reading”.

• “I have been in this school for 3 years and I think that this is a really good school. The Dutch Department is a really good place. The teachers I had (for Dutch) are Ms. Christa and Mr. Fred.”

• “I’m new here but Dutch is already the funniest time at school! I love it here!”

• “This year I have had a lot of fun with the Dutch group and I have enjoyed the Dutch lessons with them.”

• “Dutch lessons are always a delight to go to because the learning atmosphere is joyful and the learning is interesting. Furthermore, the Dutch library books are awesome and plentiful.”

• “I like Dutch lessons because we have a nice teacher, it’s not too hard and it’s fun.”

Jacobien Haeser

Dutch Jelena van Otten

Melanie Kleijn

Karin Spijk

Samantha van den Hondel

Stefan Kops

Anjalee Paratian

Cecil Pak

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onjour! We have had an extremely enjoyable and successful year in French across all three campuses and this is reflected in the progress and confidence of our French learners. We use a range of teaching and learning styles so that all students are included; from singing songs to performing role plays, from cooking to preparing PowerPoint presentations. All of our students are encouraged and supported in improving their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, as well as learning about the culture of the Frenchspeaking world. “In French I think I have improved greatly and have been taught lots of interesting things. I enjoy it very much.� Ollie, Y6

Paula Marsh

Ruairidh Mackenzie

French Sarah Ryan

“My French has really improved this year and it feels wonderful to know that I am capable of reading, writing and speaking in another language.” Hannah, Y5 “French is really fun. I never learned it before. Then I realised it was the best subject ever!” Liyana, Y5 “I liked playing pétanque as part of our sports unit.” Aamir, Y5 “Learning French is cool!” Sebastian, Y4 “I enjoy French because I like to tell my mom about French.” Lynna Y3 “For animals I can say ‘un lion’.” Riyan, Y1 “I love playing bingo that’s fun.” Irem “I like the French pancakes!” Isabel Here is an example of a Y6 student’s writing:

Les Vêtements

Bonjour je m’appelle Nukaiya. J’ai dix ans. À l’école je porte un uniforme jaune. C’est très moche! Le weekend je porte le teeshirt et le short, c’est très confortable. Les vêtements que je porte le weekend sont plus beaux que mon uniforme jaune.

En hiver je porte une écharpe noire et blanche et quelquefois je porte une petite veste. Aussi en hiver je porte un pull de laine mais je déteste le pull car ce n’est pas confortable. By Nukaiya

Bryson Wood

Lorraine Maher

Rayyan Campus

With a new school, new students and a new EAL teacher, it has been an amazing year at Rayyan campus! Our Y1-5 students have made unbelievable progress in their learning since they first joined us, many of them as non-English speakers!

Year 1 wowed us with their drama skills and clear presentation when they acted out the story of Red Riding Hood for assembly. Year 2 focused on non-fiction when they shared some facts about wolves. And Years 4 & 5 used what they have been learning about past tenses to present a news show. Mrs Gibson

Madinat Khalifa - Primary EAL

There has been a terrific amount of learning going on in EAL at Madinat Khalifa this year. All the year groups have enjoyed using the internet to increase their vocabulary, sentence word order and points of English grammar. We have played a variety of learning activities to develop our spelling and general IPC knowledge.

We have also used our learning booklets to improve reading and comprehension skills. Mike Glover

Mhairi Gibson

Michael Glover

Rosie Estall

EAL

Madinat Khalifa - EAL Secondary

Another great year for Secondary EAL! Whilst students from Yr7 to 9 have been enjoying a variety of interactive, thought-provoking learning activities – to improve confidence and literacy across all subject-areas - the Yr10s have been engaged in their IGCSE course, including lively debates! Finally, good luck to Yr11s in their examinations! Bryson Wood

Gharaffa Campus

What super learning has happened this year!!!! We can now write using many levels of punctuation, great sentence openers and lots of creative WOW words. We have read many books and have loved Mrs Wishy Washy, by Joy Cowley! The EALers are great speakers and listeners too!! Our learning experiences come from reading loads of books, doing lots of guided writing and playing games.

Lorraine Maher The Year 4 group has worked with great enthusiasm throughout the year. They’ve mastered food vocabulary while making fruit kebabs, created weather word mobiles to show word association, improved their fluency through chants and even published their own books for the library. All students have demonstrated excellent progress in their English skills. Keep up the good work!

Mrs Rosie Estall

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here have been lots of exciting learning opportunities this year in the Art and Design department. We have enjoyed much collaboration as part of our IMYC Units and experienced live projects, exhibitions and competitions.

In term one and two, the year seven students embarked on IMYC units inspired by the themes of “Celebration” and “Collaboration” Students used imagery from key figures in history including Spartacus, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela and Emiline Pankhurst and used lino cutting techniques and tools and look at the process of printmaking and lino cutting.

Students also made masks individually and in pairs to celebrate an event from their home countries. The results were fantastic.

Students from different year groups have entered various competitions this year. Yousef Al Hammadi, 7A, won the Toyota Dream car competition and we have 8 students currently collaborating with VCU’s Fashion Department to create recycled outfits for World Environment Day in June.

CISD has been very lucky to have built up strong partnerships with our local Charities here in Qatar over the last few years..

The Art ECA, Art through Enterprise, in term one, created artworks for public auction to raise money for 2nd Chance Rescue. This term they are making Learning Diary covers, and other felt products, entrepreneurial skills in product development, manufacturing, target markets and marketing techniques to sell their work in the public domain. We have raised over 11,000qr so far.

Year 8 classes started the year with a packaging unit to design a repeat patterned bag for a shoe shop.

The inspiration for this was taken from pencil tonal drawings of shoes which were then made more abstract and simplified using full drop and half drop repeat pattern techniques. The classes then moved onto a paper jewellery unit looking at contemporary jewellery techniques with scoring, folding, pleating and creation of sculptural forms. At present students are working on Still Life Food Units with South East Asian food items and have been lucky to collaborate with the W Hotel, to exhibit our work as part of South East Asian Cultural Week outside Spice Market Restaurant. The work is very mature and all students should be very proud of themselves.

Year 9 students have embarked on various units this year such as Mask Design, the Built Environment, observational drawing techniques and sculptural form/vessel creation in collaboration with Qatar History.

This is the second year of IGCSE Art and Design exams for the current cohort and I am extremely pleased with the amount of effort and work all students placed on their Observational and Design Units which were incredibly professional looking. The Year 10 IGCSE cohort know just how much work is necessary for each unit and are currently underway with a Product Design Unit for a restaurant.

We have creative, imaginative students in CISD and it has been an absolute pleasure to showcase the amazing work not only in school but in various locations in Qatar. All in all, another exciting year in Art and Design Department at Compass International School!

Music Gail Nicholson

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Elizabeth Clancy

s our school continues to grow, 2012-13 has been a productive and exciting year for the music department. At the beginning of the year, Year 5 pupils at Madinat Khalifa enjoyed the opportunity to contribute to a global music recording project, Voices around the World 2012. This was an exciting, not for profits project aimed at linking youth choirs and vocal groups around the world through music. Our pupils recorded the song in two parts and this was consequently released globally in December 2012.

In October, 2012, a group of our MK Year 5 Choir performed as the opening act on centre stage at the Doha Tribecca Film Festival. A number of pupils were interviewed on stage and explained that our song highlighted a desire for world peace and unity. They were wonderful ambassadors for our school.

In December, 2012, with just a few days to prepare, a number of pupils from our school decided to learn a song by British singer/ songwriter, Sami Yusuf. Sami Yusuf is a British musician with Middle Eastern roots who has a following of millions across the world. His style is essentially a mixture of modern English and Arabic music rooted in his faith. Sami has raised large amounts of money for global charities through the sale of his music.

In preparation for his forthcoming concert in Qatar, auditions were held for talented young people. Three children were to be chosen to perform in his concert. A few of our pupils went along for auditions and despite fierce competition, one pupil, Mohammed Al Manna, was selected to represent Qatar. A rigorous daily rehearsal schedule followed for a week after school. Finally, on Thursday, 6th December, the event took place. Many pupils, parents and staff attended to offer support amidst a crowd of over five thousand. Mohammed maintained great confidence and composure throughout his performance. It was a proud day for everyone.

Qatar National Day was celebrated this year at Rayyan with an introduction to Arabic music.

Pupils at Rayyan have been exploring sound through the purchase of a brand new full range of tuned and untuned percussion instruments.

Jessica Butterworth, Year 10 Madinat Khalifa pupil, recently participated in a royal performance at Katara for HRH Prince Charles and HRH Duchess of Cornwall.

Musicians from our secondary and primary schools were delighted to participate in the musical performances for HRH Prince Michael of Kent on 26 March, 2013 at the Official Opening of the Al Rayyan building.

2013 marked the formation of the Madinat Khalifa Primary Choir at Compass. This is made up of a selection of pupils from Years 4-6 who were auditioned earlier in the year. The choir’s current project is the 2013 global CD recording, Unshakeable, a combined effort by schools from around the world.

Productions and Musical Events ‘The Snow Queen’

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ollowing a fortnight of very intensive rehearsals, hours of scenery-painting by our talented students and ArtDepartment, and meticulous construction of props by the husband of Yr 3 teacher Annelien van Wyk, students from Year 1 to Year 10 at Madinat Khalifa joined forces at the end of Term 1 to put on an outstanding performance of the musical ‘The Snow Queen’.

The story…

Set in a cold and frosty land, this is a traditional tale of good against evil. The beautiful but terrifying Snow Queen, together with her frightening sprites, has a wicked plan to kidnap a boy and freeze his heart. But who is her chosen victim? She spies a boy called Kay, who lives with his foster sister Gerda and their Gran, in a poor but cosy cottage. Luckily for Kay, his kind-hearted sister sets off on a journey to rescue him, armed only with a beautiful rose. Along the way she meets some amazing characters, such as crows, flowers, snowflakes and trees that talk (!), playful urchins, a mysterious flower witch, an argumentative prince and princess, together with their noble footman and servants, tough but ultimately soft-hearted robbers and robber’s maiden, an adorable speaking reindeer, the wise witch of Finland, and of course the beautiful snow dancers!

This is a story that melts even the coldest of hearts!!

The cast firstly put on two sterling dress-rehearsal performances of the show to students of all three campuses – Rayyan, Gharaffa and Madinat Khalifa. They then delighted their parents the following evening with their superb singing, delightful dancing and amazing acting, which had the audience captivated from start to finish!

We thank all the students, staff and parents who took part or helped out behind the scenes. This really was a whole school effort which we look forward to repeating again in the not-too-distant future!

‘Scheherezade’

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his year, Gharaffa Drama club chose to perform Scheherezade. Children from Years 1 to 6 worked extremely hard, learning songs, lines and dance routines in preparation for the performance. As well as the actors and dancers, many students were involved in prop making, set painting, costume design and programme and poster design. It really was a huge team effort which resulted in a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining show and a wonderful learning experience for all children involved.

The Pied Piper of ‘Rayyan’

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tudents at ‘Rayyan’ campus produced a fantastic performance of music and Drama in May. The whole School of 167 students; including 100 early years students, dazzled their parents and proudly presented their hard work to an audience. RATS! BIG, FAT RATS! They are everywhere and no one can work out how to get rid of them! The story is loosely based on ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlyn’ by Robert Browning and was adapted especially for ‘Rayyan’ students.

‘Madinat Khalifa Talent Show’

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he Compass School Talent Show 2013 ended Term 2 with a day of excitement and energy. Over ninety seven acts were auditioned in the preliminary round from which thirteen semi-finalists were selected. On the final day of term, contestants performed to a packed audience at Madinat Khalifa. Overall winners in first place were Kazuma Takeuchi,violin 1st Prize Primary and Janeena Missiona and Jack Short, voice and keyboard 1st prize in the secondary category.

PE Clayton Neill

Nia Merriman

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Compass QUESS Sports Events

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his year excitement has been around every corner. The Boys’ football teams were launched into the QUESS and SOP leagues with a new kit. Being the youngest team, we weren’t afraid to show our talents and determination, battling hard on the pitch.

The team demonstrated their international flair with an explosion of skillful performances in nail biting matches. Not one to boast but beating Doha College, Al Khor International School and Doha British School, along with the U14’s reaching the final of the QUESS Cup, was a good reflection of the season.

Miss Merriman’s highlights of the year: • We now have a Sports Hall and Swimming pool • Matthew Riley Finishing 3rd in the QUESS U14’s Badminton singles championship • Jeppe Poulsen finishing 2nd in the QUESS U16’s Badminton singles championship • GCSE PE on the KS4 option list • The Y11 GCSE group achieving top grades in their practical examination.

• Performances from the U13, U14 & U16’s Boys Football teams Thanks to all the parents who continue to support our teams Thanks once again to the support from Mrs. Geraghty, Mr Banfield, Mr. Van der Beek, Mr Neil and Mr. Everest for their support and dedication in coaching the various teams. It has been a privilege to see the students perform in the various competitions and I am excited to what 2013/14 brings.

Monique Lee Geraghty

Compass QPPSSA Sports Events

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atar is fast becoming the hub for sporting excellence and with positive role models galvanizing our young students and the dedication shown from our sports teachers; Compass International school Doha are experiencing a successful year in sport. 2012/13 marked a milestone for QPPSSA. This year each school was put into 2 leagues (Falcon & Oryx).

The sporting reputation of Compass International continues to grow in the Falcon league and we have shown great performances in the following events Indoor Athletics, Basketball, Cross Country, Outdoor Athletics, Tag rugby, Rounders, Football and Swimming competitions. Our goal this year was to finish in the top 3 places of the league. Make an impact and put Compass international on the map for sporting prowess in Doha. The latest and most prestigious success came on Tuesday 22nd January when the team travelled to Al Khor to compete in the Y5 & 6 QPPSSA Alliance Football Cup. 20 top international schools took part in the event in a well organised and high quality competition. The team battled through the tournament where they played Dukhan International School, beating them 1-0 in a nail biting final. The team consisted of Tage Johansen, Oscar Skouboe, Timme Van der Wal, Jay Toet, Kazuma Takeuchi, Markel Olabe, Gonzalo Gallardo, Olamide Olaleye, Julius Pitt Engelen and Scott Lee Cayeta Thanks as always to all the parents who supported our teams especially our parent coaches (Evan, Rod and Anthony. Thanks once again to my department Mrs. Geraghty, Mrs. Batista, Mr. Neil and Mr. Everest for their hard work and our super football coaches Mr. Lyons & Mr. Cunliffe for their support and dedication.

Highlights of the sports season include: • Y5 & 6 Boys Winning the Alliance Cup beating DESS, Doha College, Park house and our football rival Dukhan.

• Finishing 2nd in the Al Rayyan FC International Schools Cup • Gaining Bronze medals in the Y5 & 6 Rounders Tournament.

• Gaining Bronze Medals in the Y3 & 4 Girls basketball Tournament • Gaining Bronze Medals in the Y3 & 4 Boys Football Tournament • Gaining Bronze Medals in the Y3 & 4 Outdoor Athletics • Finishing 2nd place in the Cross Country championship • Gaining Silver Medals in the Y3 & 4 Girls football Tournament • Gaining Silver Medals in the Y3 & 4 Swimming Gala • Gaining Bronze Medals in the Y1 & 2 Swimming Gala • The penalty shot out for a place in the Y3 & 4 boys Football final – Aiden Durrant you are my Hero!

I am proud to announce we finished in 2nd place in the Falcon league. For me, 201213 has been a year of celebration as we continue to go from strength to strength, building a strong sporting foundation. Our students continue to demonstrate a strong commitment when participating in competitions, showing the upmost respect for the opposition, officials and each other. It has been a privilege to see the students evolve and showcase such strong performances in the various competitions and I am very excited to what successes next year brings. This year we say goodbye to Mr. Neil and Mrs. Geraghty and wish them well in their new roles and motherhood.

Miss Nia Merriman May 2013

PE Events and Sports Days Sports Day 2013 - Y3-11

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orth, South, East and West descended onto the track to face each other in the ultimate athletic battle of 2013. The stadium was electric as the athletes prepared themselves. The primary students took to the field to compete in the multi- events section, where they had to perform in 14 different athletic events including the javelin, long jump, triple jump and mini hurdles.

The secondary limbered up on the track ready to start the 1200m. After the first event, it was clear there would be a close contest between all the houses.

News of the talented compass athletes quickly spread across Qatar and as the athletes took their places on the 100m start line. We had visitors!! –several Qatari National and Olympic Sprinters came to scout our students. Several students have been selected to train with Al Ahli athletics club and the Qatar athletics team.

The superb efforts from the students resulted in truly outstanding performances creating an intense competition between the house teams. The high participation rates reflected the fun and enjoyment the students have experienced during the Athletics unit this year and to experience such an event at the world class facility with Olympic athletes watching was a wonderful way to end the season. My gratitude, as always, goes out to firstly the parents for their support and assistance on the day, secondly to the students for their superb efforts and exceptional behaviour and finally to the wonderful staff at Compass who without them an event on this scale could never go ahead.

Final results of the day: 1st – West, 2nd – East, 3rd – South, 4th - North

Sports Day 2013 – Early Years & Year 1 & 2

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tudents dressed in their house team colours from our 3 campuses (Madinat Khalifa, Gharaffa & Rayaan ) to take part in our 2nd Inter-house sports day for our younger students. With every child taking part in all the activities it was a fun packed event. The performance from the students was fantastic and every point achieved counted towards the close contest of the house cup. Events included the Speed bounce, Long jump, Javelin throw, Balance beam, Beanbag throw, Skipping as well as many others. Students form Year 6 Gharaffa assisted on the day as Event leaders with responsibility for scoring each event. Thank you firstly to the parents for their support on a very hot day, secondly to the staff for their assistant and enthusiasm and lastly to the students for their energy and efforts in creating a competitive and fun event.

Highlights of the day were plentiful and here are just some of the pictures to illustrate the fun and great performances the students achieved.

Super Learning Events Book Week

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n October, children at all three campuses celebrated Book Week. The theme for the week was Heroes and Heroines.

English lessons for the week have all been based on learning about different heroes and heroines.

The children were entertained with a presentation by visiting UK poet and rapper Donavan Christopher. He worked with several classes on composing their own raps about ‘School is Cool!’

The younger children wore their pyjamas and brought teddies for our Reading Rendezvous. Mums and Dads came in to read favourite stories in class. It was lovely

Maths Week Maths week this year was held in March and was entitled ‘It’s all about shapes’. As the name suggests, children across our school learned about 2D and 3D shapes, focusing especially on Islamic Patterns and shapes that can be found in and around Qatar. To this end, children had great fun creating patterns, investigating the shapes of prominent buildings in Doha and even designing and constructing their own to fit in with the Doha landscape.

During this week students also participated in ‘World Maths Day’

to see children cuddled down enjoying so many fantastic books!

Everyone needed to have a book handy, as every time the hooter went the children had to Drop Everything and Read!

The grand finale was on the last day, when all children took part in the character parades.

There were so many Super heroes and heroines on show! Lots of superpowers were on display, even the teachers had a few tricks up their sleeves!

The children had so much fun whilst learning about Heroes and Heroines, it was a great learning experience where books have really come alive! where they competed against children from all over the world in mental calculation races. Our aim was to beat our previous best total and...we more than doubled it with Compass students answering 117 198 questions correctly!

This is a phenomenal total. Well done everyone!

Brain Friendly learning Day

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rain Friendly learning is an important part of IPC philosophy and our curriculum. Children in Years 3 and 5 complete a 3 week IPC Unit on the brain and how we learn which helps them not only in their daily lives but also in the future as lifelong learners. At Compass, we have a special day devoted to brain awareness and research which helps children to understand what they need to do to learn well; healthy eating, rest, exercise, staying hydrated, having fun, enjoying school, individual learning styles and preferences and being stress free are all important factors in learning.

Primary Trips Year 5 Desert Camp

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n the 20th March, Year 5 set off in a convoy of Landcruisers to the annual Desert Camp. The journey began with some impressive dune-bashing, definitely not for the faint hearted!

On arrival at the camp the children had lunch and prepared their beds before heading to the beach for a fantastic sand castle building competition. Following that they swam in the sea which was a lovely temperature and splashed in the pool. After a quick change, the afternoon’s sports programme began with children participating in sand boarding, volleyball, rounders, football and finally having a bounce in the bouncy castle. It was now time for the ‘budding stars’ to make their final preparations for the Talent Show.

After a sumptuous meal, the show began and everyone was amazed at the array of talent on offer. Two singers, Midas and Marlo finally won the day with their tuneful renditions of current pop songs. The disco then began and the Year 5’s, who still had some energy left, enjoyed ‘strutting their stuff’ on the ‘dance floor’.

The evening ended with some fantastic myths and legends being created by Mr Eddie round the bonfire before everyone headed to their tents to try to get some sleep.

At 6am the boys were revitalized, ready for a game of football, sand boarding, a scavenger hunt and a last jump on the bouncy castle. After breakfast and pack up, it was time to leave this fantastic location, tired but happy. Many new friendships were formed and the children behaved admirablydeveloping their IPC Personal Goals. One child summed it up when he said ’It was awesome, the best day of my life!”

Year 6 Outdoor Adventure trip to Fujairah What do you get if you take 50 students on a plane to Fujairah in the UAE?

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xuberance, excitement, joyful squealing, endless questions and nervous anticipation! That’s how the Year 6 Outdoor Adventure camp began.

From the moment we arrived at the camp the children had amazing fun. The activities were designed to challenge. The most fearsome was the enormous climbing wall which is the very first sight for everyone as one enters the camp grounds. This imposing giant of a wall stops everyone dead in their tracks. But once kitted up in harnesses and safety helmets, the children proved that they are up for the challenge. With great agility, everyone clambered up to the very top! The team support and encouragement from the ground added the inspiration needed over the tricky bits!

Mountain biking is a favorite as everyone peddled over the bumps and lumps that make up a Wadi basin. The looming mountains added to the excitement‌. And the stiff wobbly legs at the end! The GPS tracking through the Wadi is another favourite as the children use the GPS machines to hunt down clues in a giant open air treasure hunt.

No camp trip is complete with water.

Snorkeling in the ocean is a definite highlight... especially spotting a giant turtle gently cruising past.

Archery, an Obstacle course, and the Dhow trip added to all the fun and excitement. Jumping off the Dhow into the ocean remains one of the best experiences for most of the children.

Team building games really showed just how amazing the Compass children are‌ they live and put into action the IPC personal Goals, in particular cooperation, respect, thoughtfulness. The children are fearless and great risk takers.

This was a trip to talk about for the rest of this year!

Well done to all the Year 6 students for rising to the challenges, digging in deep to fine the courage and excelling at every activity presented.

Secondary Trips Compass Students touch down in ‘Turkey Space Camp’

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t the end of March this year, 21 students from year 7 took part in the 4th annual ‘Turkey Space Camp’, in which they enjoyed a fun and packed program as usual. The students participated in a range of exciting activities from building and programming robots, rocket design and launching, to experiencing zero-gravity in space simulation machines.

They also explored ‘Ephesus’ an ancient Greek city, on the coast of Ionia, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province. Here they saw the Temple of Artemis which was one seven wonders of the ancient world.

One of the highlights of the trip was the annual visit that students made to our partner school in a village in the local area, where they received a royal welcome. Our students exchanged gifts and enjoyed a performance of a traditional dance by the school’s students.

Both teachers and students had an experience of a life and the space camp coordinators were really impressed by our students for their excellent behaviour and participation. Compass students even appeared in a local newspaper article. Mr Bartlett and Mrs Paratian are looking forward to receiving another group of potential astronauts from Compass next year.

If you would like to read more about our adventures follow the link to our ‘Turkey Space Camp’ blog ( http://turkeyspacecampcis. blogspot.com/)

Vietnam Trip

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n October 2012, 17 students and two teachers took part in a Community Service and Exploration Project for 8 days to Vietnam. In Hanoi, highlights included a visit to the Ho Chi Minh museum and mausoleum, the bustling street markets and the Museum of Ethnology.

A four-hour journey then took us to Mai Chau, near the Laotian border, for

the community service house building project. We were tasked with building a house for a family in need and had to carry out a huge amount of work which was completed after 2 days. We were then treated to a celebratory evening of song and dance by the villagers to thank us for our efforts. The group then headed to the World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay, where we stayed overnight on a private-sleeper boat, cruised around Ha Long Bay, visited caves, went kayaking and even had a student and staff Karaoke evening!

Before leaving for Doha the following day, we presented signed CIS Doha t-shirts to our tour guides Huang and Hong as a huge thank you for all they had done. A truly inspiring adventure!

Royal Visitors

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arch 2013 was a very special month for meeting and greeting various royal dignitaries for the students of CISD. At the beginning of the month, a number of students and staff went to the British Embassy to meet HRH Prince Charles and HRH the Duchess of Cornwall, though some of our youngest students from Rayyan Campus came back to tell their friends they had met the King and Queen. Prince Charles came to our group and asked various questions but was surprised and delighted to know that we had given up our weekend to welcome him!

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uesday 26th March 2013 was certainly another day to remember! Compass International School Doha was delighted to welcome HRH Prince Michael of Kent to open the new ten class, purpose- built teaching block at our Rayyan Campus. The red carpet was laid, an Arabic tent erected for refreshments and a fabulous and varied musical programme to entertain our illustrious visitors was put on. Our students were the perfect ambassadors for our school and spoke confidently about learning as well as conducting HRH around the site and discussing their work. Prince Michael spoke extensively to students and parents who all expressed their delighted in the new facilities which will help learning to continue apace.

Student and Eco Council Madinat Khalifa Student Council

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he Student Council at Madinat Khalifa have been delighted to continue to support the schools chosen charity in Sri Lanka, raising over 10,000Qr for this worthwhile cause. In addition to non-uniform days, the Student Council sold vouchers for crazy hair, computer time at break, and most popular of all, passes to avoid homework. They have also kept the students updated on the plans for the new school building and asked for ideas on how the new courtyard could be designed. Daily, the student councillors are responsible for taking out the playground equipment and returning it to class at the end of every break.

Jahedur Ali

Ammaar Mirza

Fatima Yousaf

Fleur Ambergen

Irem Gulamov

Jeremiah Missiona

Noemi Pajak

Roha Ahmed

Yasmin Abdel El Fattah

Liam Brett

Abhay Liginlal

Ayden Simmons

Dot Dekker

Fynn Cecil

Hannah Banks

Hannah Yoon

Jessie Ellen Doherty

Khalifa Alkamali

Leah Yoon

Marlo Ruis

Matthew Macintosh

Quinn Kleijn

Simeon Rudolph

Thea Rorstrand

Gharaffa Student Council Our ‘ student-elected’ Student Council at Gharaffa have done a wonderful job this year. They started by electing their roles and responsibilities, sharing the load of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer between them. All members also shared responsibilities at break times, which included: • Shopping for appropriate playground equipment to meet our students needs and requests • checking that toys and equipment are treated with respect and shared fairly • monitoring that all pupils are being included at break-time Evie Ruis • mediating with any pupil disagreements to come to a harmonious solution They also and came up with some great ideas for fundraising for our Sri Lanka appeal.

One of their highlights was receiving a letter from President Barack Obama of the USA commending our Julia van Oosten Cruz work and commitment to world peace and to making life a better place for all. This was in response to Liam Brett’s letter to Mr Obama, explaining the role and vision of the Student Council.

Each and every one have been amazing ambassadors Maya Barghouti for our school this year and we are truly proud of their achievements.

Wade Barker

Rayyan Student Council

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aving a Student Council was one of many firsts this year at the Rayyan Campus. The Councilors were nominated and elected at the beginning of the year by their peers.

A highlight at the beginning of the year was the Teddy Bear Picnic. The student councilors ran a ‘Guess the Name of the Teddy Bear’ competition to raise money for our Sri Lankan charity. Another highlight was our shopping trip to buy playground toys for the students to use during break time.

The students were a pleasure to work with. They willingly gave up break times to attend meetings and Fiore de Schacht Lana Khateeb Sepideh Sagheb Abdelrahman Abou Rahma Cedric Tiruchelvam were always ready to share their ideas.

Secondary Student Council

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new academic year saw a new student council. We welcomed many new members of our school council, reviewed our constitution and put in plans to revamp the end of year celebrations. Currently, the student council is designing a booklet to give to new students to help them settle in. I would like to thank the student council for their contribution this year.

Daniel Jensen

Ilse Visser

Jeppe Laursen

Jonas Laursen

Kenny Kafle

Marcel Blignaut

Michael Ibrahim

Mohammed El Fettouh Eagan Pangestiarso

Madinat Khalifa Eco Warriors Emmy Watson, Amelia O’Donnell, JavierVan der Beek, Garreth Rayner, Vinne Heins, Joshua Rayner, Abu Bakar Rab, Takafumi Konzo and Hassan Hamoud.

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hese green-minded students represent each primary class and were chosen by their classmates because of their brilliant ideas on how to help us take care of our planet.

So far this year they have been busy reminding us about picking up our rubbish, recycling paper and turning off lights when we leave the room.

With Eco week on the horizon they will no doubt be active in supporting our aim to keep Compass International School reducing, reusing and recycling!

Gharaffa Eco Warriors Alex Parris, Lynn Hishinuma, Roza Tol, Mohammad Saoud, Jess West, Marek Olewski, Zephyr Harding, Aryssa Azrey, Noortje Went, Khryz Antonio, Bas Siermann, Jimin Lee, Sahl Saoud, Aamir Shafeek, Scarlett Gibbons, Omar Khalash, Mai Myato and Karen Banks.

These students from each class were elected by their classmates because of their environmental awareness and clever ideas on how to help us take better care of our planet.

We have had a busy year so far, kicking off with an inspirational visit to the COP18 here in Doha. An agreed weekly responsibilities’ Rota has also been drawn up, where by all the Warriors are responsible for picking up our rubbish, recycling paper and turning off lights in designated areas. Plans are also already underway for a jam-packed Eco week. This will be full of activities to promote sustainability and the Warriors will be getting the event started with an assembly, in which they will lay out the Eco message loud and clear.

People who help us School Advisory Council

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he School Advisory Council is now in its fifth year of operation. The goal of the Council is to support the school in the development of effective partnerships between parents, teachers and staff, and to maintain good communication between Compass School and parents. The School Advisory Council meets twice per school term. The two main focus areas for this year were: Efficient Communication and the Strategic Direction of the school. Other topics of discussion were: the Parent Portal, Additional Learning Needs, Building & Sports Improvements and International Baccalaureate (IB) Accreditation. Our sincere thanks and appreciation go to Elize Rudolph (SAC Representative (December 2011 - December 2012) and Nicky Taylor (SAC Representative December 2011 – April 2013).

Tamsin Hagenbach

Liezel Blignaut

Lucy Del’haye

Nicky Taylor

Elize Rudolph

Bart Bruyneel

Dutch Advisory Board

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he Advisory Board for NTC (Nederlandse Taal en Cultuur) has been re-established and has parents representing all campuses, including primary and secondary. The board works closely with the NTC coordinator and Compass International School (CISD) to ensure the quality and continuity of NTC provision. CISD offers a full time NTC program for their students but also to students from other schools through De Globetrotter using CISD facilities and is managed by the NTC coordinator. The main focus for the academic year 2013 – 2014 will be to support the NTC coordinator and CISD to further enhance the quality of the NTC program.

Jean-Paul Engelen

Erwin Bouman

Bart Bruyneel

Jan- Wim Dekker

Katrien Velghe

Monique Went

Ilse De Bruycker

Ingy Shaker

Helen Stevenson

PA to the Head of School

Mary Muldoon

Amy Lim

Rafaela Gabrovska

Carol Campbell School Psychologist

Additional Learning Needs Teacher

Amanda Lobo

Pinky Arellano

Louise Bostock

Liam Geraghty

Gayashan Amarasinghe Finance Manager

School Nurse, Rayyan

Assistant Accountant

Finance Assistant

HR Officer

Shama Sher

Admissions Officer

Melanie Middleton

Mona Abdelaziz Librarian, Gharaffa

Librarian, Rayyan

Denise Dale

Rashmi Sharma

Jayson Ramirez

Shakkir Kassim

Nidhal

Shaijan

Librarian, Madinat Khalifa

IT Officer

Mahmoud

Tamsin Leonard

Secretary, Rayyan

School Nurse, Gharaffa

Security Guard

Sue Denness

Secretary, Gharaffa

School Nurse, Madinat Khalifa

Business Manager

Laura Forsey

Secretary, Madinat Khalifa

Thomas

Security Guard

IT Officer

Samson

Security Guard

Michael

Facilities Officer

Emma Brick

Additional Learning Needs Teacher

Arshiya Anwar

Admissions Assistant

Lab Assistant

PRO

Security Guard

Reem Othman

Driver

Evans

Security Guard

Abulbashar Security Guard

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