Extra-Curricular Activities

a-Curricular Timetable for this term

Sports Fixtures: Week Commencing 19 March

Sunday 19 March - U11 Football and Netball at Downe House Muscat

Sports Extra-Curricular Activities and Football Academy - Week Commencing 19 March

Please note that there will be no before or after-school Sports extra-curricular activities next week (Sunday 19 March to Thursday 23 March) The Football Academy will run as normal on Monday evening

BSME Games

Over the last two weekends 47 Primary and Secondary students made history at KGIS by participating in the school's first ever international sports competition, the BSME (British Schools in the Middle East) Games!

Our U11 squads competed in the Small Schools Games, held at the British School of Muscat. The boys competed in basketball, football and athletics whilst the girls competed in netball, football and athletics. The boys did very well in the basketball finishing 3rd and football finishing 6th. Congratulations to Adam Al Bahlani who picked up the MVP (Most Valuable Player) award in the Basketball, displaying his superb talent in the game!

The U11 girls performed above and beyond our expectations as well. In football they battled to finish in 6th place but most impressively the girls managed to be competitive in Netball having only started to play for the first time six months ago! With the expertise and commitment of Ms. Maddison, Ms. Erne and Ms. Katherine they not only learnt how to play netball, but they also managed to give some of the biggest and most experienced British schools in the Middle East a run for their money!

Our U15 squads travelled to Abu Dhabi to compete against 17 of the largest schools in the Middle East. Our U15 girls competed in netball, football and athletics, and our boys in volleyball, football and athletics. As with our Primary squad, our U15 girls only picked up a netball for the first time six months ago, which was unbelievable as we watched their skill in competing! The girls displayed great resilience and determination to ensure they put up a good fight against each team that stepped out on the court. The boys squad put in a great performance in the football reaching the semi-finals and finally taking 4th place. They also had an outstanding result from Elyas Al Khaifi in the 200m sprint as he picked up a silver medal - congratulations!

We could not be more proud of every single student and our PE teachers! Well done!

KG Update

In KG1 we having been learning the story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and what better time to try all the fruits that he ate? We tried apple, plum, pear, strawberry and orange. We chose our favourites and put them on a graph Strawberry was the clear winner after a lot of debate about what was yummiest! Thankfully, all of the children agreed none of the fruits were yucky!

We have also been playing in the new outdoor provision areas. We had lots of fun playing in the mud kitchen, mixing and making lots of things

This week we enjoyed exploring Maths Week in KG2. We read the story of Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons and thought about what happens when Pete loses some of his buttons!

We were very lucky to have some special visitors in KG2 this week, we met a rabbit, a fish and even a tortoise! The children enjoyed thinking about the animals' different features and learning about their habitats.

Next week, the children would like to invite their parents into school for a special Mother’s Day celebration and tea party. This will take place on Tuesday 21st March from 8am to 9.30am in the KG Garden. We look forward to seeing you there!

Please be aware that the Ministry of Education has instructed that all Grade 1 enrolments for September 2023 must be completed by June 2023. If you are planning to enrol a sibling or new child or have friends planning to enrol in Grade 1 next year, please visit the school or email admissions@kgis-edu com as soon as possible as there are very few spaces left and priority will be given to existing families.