THE QATAR SHIRBURNIAN
SHERBORNE SENIOR SCHOOL
Year 8 Our year started off in a state of excitement as we moved into our brand-new state of-the-art building by the Mall of Qatar! The new school is huge, spacious and has very modern aesthetics that makes us proud to say, “This is our school!” Aside from the many classrooms and science laboratories that have enhanced our learning experience, we were particularly excited by some of the new facilities such as the robotics suite and the large astroturf. Having access to great facilities really helped us to look forward to the years ahead at our school. During the course of the year, we, as a year group, have experienced a variety of experiences that have helped us grow as a community and as individuals. These include PSHE days and form time. We have discussed and completed activities about school values and teachers have educated us on how to be mentally and physically healthy in order to get the most out of our lives. InterHouse has had lots of fun activities too, such as the charity walk where houses competed to see who could complete the most laps of the Astro Turf. During Interhouse in Ramadan we had a lantern designing competition and a charity donation event; where every house donated daily essentials into boxes and at Eid it was distributed to the people in need.
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“During the year we have again had small learning interruptions due to COVID but Sherborne took on the challenge and provided us with a combination of blended and online online learning with both live and recorded lessons. Year 8 pupils have persevered and shown great resilience to overcome the challenges they have faced this year and as Qatar continues to relax restrictions, we look forward to the challenges and opportunities that the next year will bring.”
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Chi Yee Chong 8A, Yusuf Haq 8C Year 8 School Council Representatives
Mr McKendry Head of Year 8
“The pupils show respect for one another, for their teachers and for their environment, clearly meeting the schools’ high expectations on behaviour.” BSO Report, April 2022
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