The Wave June 2019

Class of 2019!

The Graduation Ceremony for the TKS class of 2019 took place on 26 May in the KAUST Auditorium. The class comprised 36 students, with 13 different nationalities, from 4 continents, speaking a multitude of languages. Thirteen students joined The KAUST School in 2009, its first year of existence: 10 years ago, while the others joined at different dates with the most recent joining in August 2018.

The ceremony was opened by the TKS Board Chair, Brian Moran and included speeches from TKS Director Leny de Ruijter, Alumnus Razan Mal, currently studying at the KAUST University, student speakers Abril Rivera and Yusuf Shamma and the IB coordinator, Susan Rhodes. The speeches represented a good mix of meaningful reflection and humorous anecdotes. After the mortar boards flew through the air, we enjoyed a reception. Relief and excitement were visible and students will now enjoy a well deserved, long break.

David Tigchelaar, Secondary School Principal

June, 2019

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From the Director Dear Parents, Another year has come to a close at TKS. We are proud of our students, teachers, staff, and parents. Partnership throughout the year has supported and empowered our students and we celebrate the many achievements of 2018-2019. We are pleased to offer one final edition of The WAVE with highlights of both culminating events and year-end accomplishments.

As we say goodbye to departing colleagues we look forward to welcoming 40 new staff members who will be joining the school in August. Together with new teachers and 5 trainee teachers, TKS also looks forward to welcoming a new Director: Michelle Remington, a new Kindergarten Principal: Tiffany Hill and a new Secondary School Associate Principal: Vishanu Bhoja.

After 10 years at TKS, I will be retiring at the end of this school year.

I wish to share with you that it has been an enormous privilege for me to serve as Director of The KAUST School as well as in the other roles I held before this appointment. I thank the Board of Education and the community for the trust placed in me to lead the school and lay foundations during this remarkable 10-year stretch. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to be a part of this amazing project and will take with me fond memories of my time here on the shores of the Red Sea. In closing, I wish you and yours a safe and happy summer, and hope that all who celebrated, had a blessed Eid. With appreciation, Leny de Ruijter The KAUST School Director

Content 03 | PAC Summaries 03 | From Kindergarten 08 | Counselors Corner 10 | From Elementary 17 | From Secondary - Sports & News 2

In a nutshell: Summaries of May’s PAC meetings End of Year Group PAC: • This was the last PAC meeting for the 2018 - 2019 academic year. Prior to this meeting, we reviewed the agenda items discussed during the course of the year. We informed parents which follow up action was taken or what further developments had taken place. The PAC, prior to the last meeting, also engaged in self evaluation. The PACs of the three divisions came together at the end of the meeting to round off the year. The school administration thanked all the PAC members for their time, their contributions to the discussions and assisting the administration in improving the school.

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from Justin Somerville, KG Principal Dear Parents, On behalf of the Kindergarten, we would like to thank you for your continued support as parents. Once again we have had a fantastic year and this would not have been possible without you, or the amazing efforts of our KG staff. It is a privilege to work with such dedicated and professional educators.

Semester two reports were shared with you on Thursday 30th May. Learning is a journey and in this respect, we should not always be focused on the final outcome. It has been incredible to see the social and emotional development of children in the KG this year, as well as their continued growth as inquirers. As parents, I am sure you have observed too.

On a personal note, I would like to say farewell. It has been an incredible experience living and working here at KAUST for the past 6 years. Having the opportunity to welcome the smiling faces of our youngest learners each day has been an honor, in fact, it’s the best job at KAUST! I would like to wish you all a happy and safe summer vacation with your family and friends.

Shukran. Masalaama.

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K1 Trip to The Beacon We all enjoyed our trip to the Beacon this morning. We enjoyed watching the boats in the marina come and go. We had fun lying on our backs inside the Beacon and looking up at the sky through the oval at the top. We climbed on many of the sculptures inside the Beacon. We enjoyed feeling the cool water with our hands. We had a wonderful trip out this morning.

We think we might create our own Beacon out of clay soon at school.

Rebecca Somerville, K1 Teacher.

K1 Field Trip to GSS

We had an amazing trip to GSS to visit the Design Technology Department. The children got to experiment with some toys that the older High school students had made. They explored the class and saw the laser cutter in action - cutting some letters for our classroom. Then we moved next door to look at and touch some of the creations that had been made with the 3D printer. I was very impressed with the children and their knowledge of lasers - it is a bright light, don’t look at it, it will hurt your eyes. The children all got to bring back a sample - a plastic chain which I hope made its way back home.

Kate Couling, K1 Teacher

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Arabic in K2 During our Storytelling unit, How We Express Ourselves, we read “They’re Yummy in our Tummies” by Noora Ibrahim (translated into Arabic). While reading, the children had the opportunity to share their creative and imaginative ideas to solve the problem presented in the book.

Some of their ideas on how the characters could reach the dates were: - Use a ladder - Shake the palm tree (Nakhlah), - The lizard can climb up and get it for his friends - Ask their parents for help After having read the story, we wondered about palm trees (Nakhl) and whether we have them in KAUST or not. And so, we put on our imaginary explorer hats and went off on a mission to try and find Nakhl!

We learned and practiced new comparison words in Arabic to describe the different trees we found all around our beautiful Kindergarten Campus.

Ms. Hanen and I were happy and impressed with how confident and risk-takers the children were by trying dates and encouraging their friends to do so as well!

Some children liked the dates so much that they asked me to share a picture so they could buy it from Tamimi.

Wed Alsulaimani, KG Arabic Teacher.

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K3 Blending Sounds

For the past few weeks, the children focused on blending sounds. The instructions of blending sounds scaffolded from a simple one to more steps. They worked with a partner to find as many words and then wrote them. Next step, they presented and got more ideas from others.

This activity not only gives them awareness when writing but also when reading. The children often pointed out blending sounds as they found it during their reading time in the morning.

Rinanti Susbandayani, K3 Teacher.

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K3 Visit to Grade 1

The students have done several Grade 1 visits. They have played, eaten lunch, and explored the environment. Last Sunday they got to know some of the teachers, ate snack with the Grade 1 students and went outside for recess together.

Fabiana Queiroz, K3 Teacher.

School Vacation Cover While the school is closed for the summer break, in case of emergency or urgent request, you may contact 012 808 6249 from June 16th onwards as school personnel will be available for assistance with urgent matters. We look forward to kicking off again after the break on Tuesday, August 27th, 2019.

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UCAN Visit It was a big pleasure for me to spend time on The KAUST School campus recently to meet and work with Grade 11 students and their parents. As you all head into your summer holiday, remember to use your summer as wisely as possible concerning your university exploration and application preparation.

In our meetings, I stressed the importance of achieving as much as possible over the summer, which includes researching your university options and documenting this research on your university spreadsheets; potentially creating application accounts and beginning to fill them out; beginning first drafts of colleges essays, personal statements, and/or letters of motivation; as well as making sure you arrange for letters of recommendation from your teachers.

All of the work you complete this

summer will put you “ahead of the curve� when your busy Grade 12 school year starts. If you plan on making applications to universities early in the application cycle next year (during the Fall), you will need to get as much done this summer as possible.

I’ve shared my college counseling meeting notes and your university spreadsheets with all of the students I had the opportunity to meet with.

Please refer to these documents to help guide your work this summer.

I look forward to continuing our work next school year and seeing all you have learned and accomplished these next few months...your new College Counselor will be very grateful to see this as well. Have a lovely summer holiday...even if it ends up being a working summer.

If you are interested in getting in touch with a U CAN counselor to see how U CAN might be able to assist you with your college/ university planning please check their website http://www. ucancounseling.com/davidshubair

David Subhair, College Counsellor

David Shubair is a highly experienced college counselor, who has spent the last 13 years working with students in international schools in China, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and most recently in Switzerland. He is the Founder and Lead Counselor for the University and College Advising Network (UCAN), which provides private college counseling services to students from experienced international school counselors, based on a best-fit philosophy. David has assisted hundreds of students in his career with their post-secondary exploration and application processes and relishes the opportunity to play a small role in students achieving their goals and dreams.

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W-sitting: What is it and why should I correct it?

As parents and teachers, you might have heard the phrase “W sitting”, but do you know why therapists, student support teachers and doctors want your child to not sit in this position?

W-Sitting is when a child is sitting on their bottom with both knees bent and their legs turned out away from their body. If you were to look at the child from above their head, his or her legs will be in the shape of the letter “W.” Their knees and thighs may be touching together or spread apart.

Therapists and specialists recommend to change to another position from the W-position because sitting in the W-position, children do not have to engage their core muscles to keep their trunks upright. By positioning their legs in the W-position, they create a base of support, relying on their joint structure rather than their muscle strength to hold them up. The W-position limits a child’s need to shift their weight from side to side during play, resulting in a decreased use of the balance system (see chart of long-term effects of W-sitting by North Shore Pediatric Therapy) However, throughout the day it is normal to move in and out of different positions during the day, so when should you as a caregiver become worried?

If your child: • Seems to have low muscle tone or weak core strength (not sitting upright in a chair) • Prefers to sit in a “W” and/or is unable to sit without support in any other position •

Clumsy or uncoordinated movement

• Has trouble with fine motor tasks (such as tying shoes, zippering his/her coat, opening containers, maintaining a hold on objects)

by Julia zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, Student Support Teacher in Kindergarten

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from Jeff Woodcock, Elementary School Principal

This year Gardens Elementary School shifted our Open House events to become Student-Led Conferences. This change, closely tied to another change this year that switched our day of Student-Led Conferences to become a day used for Parent-Teacher Conferences.

Student-Led Conferences are an important part of the learning process in the Primary Years Programme.

The conferences call upon the student to take on the responsibility for sharing their learning journey with their parents. With the support of the teacher, the students select pieces of work that they wish to share. These pieces of work may be selected because they represent an area of growth, or because the piece of work is one that the child feels proudly of or simply because the child greatly enjoyed the activity or task.

Another important element of these conferences is the element of reflection that the student is asked to engage in.

This year, each grade offered between three or four opportunities for students to lead these learning conferences with their parents. These events are extremely popular with GES students, as they love the opportunity to share their learning with their parents.

We thank you for your support of these events throughout the year.

Jeff Woodcock, Elementary School Principal

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G1 Butterflies, Descriptive Writing and a Museum!

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Grade 3-5 Girls Football/Netball Tournament On Thursday 2nd May, 50 girls from grades 3, 4, and 5 went down to the British International School of Jeddah to play in a combined football/netball tournament for 6 teams, along with coaches Betsy Ryan, Caitlin McQuaid, Claude Silich and Andrew Wright. Football and netball are both fun sports that kids of all ages can play. They are sports that are challenging but enjoyable.

The tournament was a great time to play these awesome sports, celebrate the wins, enjoy the experience with our team-mates, and practise our sportsmanship. If you want to try out the sport just go and play football or netball during lunch recess.

Thanks for reading this review and we hope you are going to try these fantastic sports out, whether in U14 for grade 6 next year, or at GES for grades 3, 4, and 5. We will be back! Another thanks to Mr. Kelly who organized the trip and came down to support us!

By Leila Al-Babili (4JHoff) and Andrew Wright Photos by Andrew Wright

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Girls Competitive Sports

Girls Competitive Sports is a youth sports activity that has been run all year long. Girls in fourth and fifth grade have the opportunity to participate in a variety of sports and learn the importance of dedication and determination.

Girls Competitive Sports has been a great opportunity for students to learn new skills. We were also able to make new friends, be active, and have lots of fun.

Throughout the year, we have played netball, basketball and soccer. By going to Girls Competitive Sports, we learned new strategies and improved our sportsmanship.

We used Goal setting skills in the self-management skills category to become better competitors and people.

Once we had learned the rules of netball and felt confident playing against other teams, our coaches organized a tournament with the British International School of Jeddah (B.I.S.J.). We lost most of the games in our first tournament but we had good sportsmanship.

We then continued to train and started to become better and eventually, we were evenly matched with them.

We have found that sports have helped us gain confidence in ourselves. It is so fun to see girls from different grades, cultures and friendship come together as a team. It makes our lives healthier and more fun!

Special thanks to Coach Ryan, Coach McQuaid and Coach Claude for giving up their time to coach us.

By Kiara Kuwahara, Maggie Ryan and Victoria Ketcheson

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Clothing Exchange A major component of the Exhibition, the culminating project of the Primary Years Program, is students taking action. One of the groups from 5BR inquired into Fast Fashion. They researched the adverse effects it has on the environment and the amount of clothing waste produced each year. They were shocked by the figures and decided to do something about it.

The students organized a “Clothing Swap” for Thursday, May 23rd. 4th and 5th grade students were invited to bring in clothing that they had outgrown or no longer used. It needed to be in good condition and clean.

They kept track of who brought in clothing and those people were allowed to come “shopping” for clothing that was “new” to them.

The idea behind this was that if people exchanged good clothing rather than purchasing new items, it can start to reduce the amount of pollution being created by the fashion industry. It was also a really fun initiative and a great success!

Well done to the students for their organization and enthusiasm toward making a positive change in the world.

Sharing is Caring 2019 This year’s Sharing is Caring Food Pantry assembly took place over 3 1/2 hours; 128 volunteers constructed and filled 200 boxes in a smooth-running assembly line that would have impressed Henry Ford himself.

The event was kick-started by the early arrival of KAUST School teacher Caitlin McQuaid and her team of dynamic and dedicated Grade 5 students. The kids got to work distributing foodstuffs to packing stations so that when the first wave of volunteers arrived for their session at 4 pm, they could begin promptly.

The greetings cards and hampers, together with boxes of fresh, vacuum-packed meat, were distributed to families in Thuwal, with the assistance of The Thuwal Albir Society – a total of 1300 Ramadan food boxes were dispatched.

Social Responsibility is very grateful to Miss McQuaid and her Grade 5 students – we couldn’t have done it without you! If you would like to read more about the Sharing is Caring project, and indeed all the other work that Social Responsibility is engaged in, check out our website sr.kaust.edu.sa 14

Ramadan within the Islamic Department Students are always active around the holy month of Ramadan. The spiritual vibe gets into them, and they energize from just discussing what to do at Ramadan. For instance, students played a significant part in the initiative called ‘Generosity in the month of giving’ in collaboration with the Social Responsibility Department to support those in need in the neighboring areas around Kaust. This initiative spread around the students the sense of responsibility as they managed to practice giving while helping others give.

Students were confident in arranging the donations boxes and the afterword sorting the collections.

One other activity away from the classroom, the Ramadan Competition. This activity has sparked the competitiveness among the students around the Islamic knowledge related to simple facts about Ramadan. Weekly, we post four questions in the Islamic department area, and weekly, we choose a winner among all the participants.

Finally, some Islamic students presented a play discussing Ramadan routines in the typical Muslim house. The students delivered this piece of art, showing a high level of creativity.

The play explained some of Ramadan duties, Ramadan etiquette, Ramadan manners, etc. The benefit of such an event is beyond acting, and it goes to deepening Islamic values and how actions determine personality in Islam.

Rawdhah Radwan, Islamic Studies Teacher

GES Islamic Studies: Connecting with Others

Some of the Grade 7 students came to one Islamic class and delivered a lesson on The Prophet’s Hijrah (Immigration from Makkah to Medina). It is worth mentioning that the students took the lead for preparing for this knowledgeable visit and managed themselves and our students well. The characteristics that shined among the Grade 7 students were: thinkers, communicators, and knowledgeable.

The coordination between the Islamic teachers around The Kaust Schools has fruited a very successful & memorable event for students in both grades.

To continue outside of the classroom, our students helped in preparing for the Quran Ceremony. The students felt the pride of their hard work while their parents were to celebrate their achievement. It was a fantastic event that had a very positive impact on students and the Kaust community as a whole as the families filled the Circle Theater. It was lovely to witness the students’ Quran memorizations, surrounded by their family members.

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from David Tigchelaar, GSS Principal

Looking Back at the Year • The last month of the year included DP • We are now concluding a year full of learning, full of activity and creativity and TKS exams for Gr 12, end-of-year and full of interaction between exams for Gr 11 and MYP exams for students, teachers, and parents. We Gr 10. Gr 6 - 9 after submitting their value communicating with students last summative assessments, continue and with parents. learning and may focus on developing essential skills, preparing for the next • Next year, we will increase opportunities year or engaging in projects. The end of to engage in dialogue with parents and the year is also characterized by events continue to engage with students in related to Gr 12: the Clap Out on the the class, outside the class and during last day of school for Grade 12, the Gala extracurricular activities. We believe and the Graduation ceremony. that the school is most effective when students and parents feel free to contact • This month we also celebrated Ramadan, teachers and administration and we including an Iftar in which students can listen to each other’s perspectives. and teachers came together to break the fast.

Masterchef Prize!

After the success of the Masterchef competition last year in GSS, 7 contestants competed in this year’s series during January and February.

The overall winner was Rebecca Mahon and as part of her prize, Catarina Carna offered to do a free course of any of our choices. This was because Catarina was our special judge in the final round and she was impressed with our dishes. Catarina is Italian and a fantastic cook.

The Cooking lesson happened on the 4th of May 2019. Me, my brother (Louis Davidson), Rebecca Mahon and Sofia Tempone went to the cooking course.

When we arrived at her house, we tried some jam pastry that is usually served for breakfast, lunch or dinner in Italy.

Then we started to make the pizza. We made the pizza by using homemade dough (that was made before) and we put yeast in it. After it has risen, we rolled it out and put delicious Italian oregano, sliced mozzarella and green olives on top of the dough.

While the pizza was cooking we tried the tiramisu. Afterward, we learned how to make tiramisu too.

I am really grateful we have Ms. Caterina in our community because without her I wouldn’t have had this amazing experience and people can learn so much from her about her culture.

By Ruby Davidson, Grade 6BJ

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GSS MYP Nanotechnology Trip

The TKS Grade 7 Science students were given a tour of the Core Labs in conjunction with their study of Nanotechnology.

The tour included the Optical Microscopy Lab where students were able to use the microscopes to view live organisms from local area pond water as well as insects. Students were then taken to one of the most powerful microscopes in the world - the Cryo Transmission Electron Microscopy (Cryo-TEM) where they were intrigued to see atoms.

Finally, in the Microfluidics Lab, students observed how memory metal works and how to produce a chip to test mixtures of fluids at the micro level. The TKS Learning Support and Science department would like to take this opportunity to thank all those in the Core Labs who contributed to such a rewarding and enriching experience for our students.

The Core Lab Tour was organized by Daniel Acevedo-Feliz, Gheorghe Iordache and Kun Li Grade 7 Science Teachers and Learning Support: John Danaher, Joumana Norseth, Kris Fering, Danielle Danaher and Heather Rodriguez

DP Biology Learning

Grade 11 were able to consolidate their learning for the Human Physiology unit of the DP Biology course by visiting KAUST Health this past week.

They visited the superb diagnostic lab facility, the imaging center, the respiratory health clinic as well as have a talk from Dr Laura about heart defects.

Being able to see how blood typing is conducted in real life is something that we can only discuss in the classroom due to safety reasons. It is therefore such a benefit to our students to have such an excellent facility on our doorstep.

We are very grateful to all those that made the trip possible.

Emma Nason and Mitch Maclarn, DP Biology Teacher

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Romeo and Juliet; Fate, Love, Revenge-and Sword Fights!

Are we ruled by Fate or do we make our own destinies?

Grade 9 Language and Literature grappled with this question as they prepared for the staging of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, on May 23.

After dividing the play’s scenes amongst the three classes, the students inquired into the motivations of their characters, editing and annotating their scripts as they strutted and fretted their way across the stage.

The final performance, in front of an audience of Grade 5 students, featured epic sword fights, glittering masquerades, and devastating deaths in a production that kept the audience enthralled.

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What does Math have to do with it?

On Sunday 20th May, the Math and Science departments were privileged to host Prof. David E. Keyes to speak to some of the Grade 10 and Grade 11 students about how mathematics permeates all aspects of our daily life.

He started by saying how much he enjoys speaking with high school students. He went on to give a rich and entertaining talk about how mathematicians can have an image ‘issue’ and the myth of math being static. To counter that he brought great illustrations of many different examples of where the math is used in modeling wildfires, seismic activities, genomics algorithms, image processing, economic forecasting and more! Prof. Keyes was able to address the audience at precisely their level and brought humor to the talk which was well received by the students. Students left invigorated and inspired to see math through a new lens.

Francois De Ryckel, GSS Head of Math and Emma Nason, GSS Head of Science.

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U16 Badminton Throughout the season, the badminton players of TKS have made considerable effort to self improve themselves during upcoming tournaments. We have witnessed players going from seemingly inept at the sport too, through unyielding passion, becoming both capable and sportsmanlike. We are all thrilled to be a part of such dedicated and passionate teams that devoted wholehearted effort towards the success of the season.

The tournament was a heated battle that we overcame through both collective strategy-building and an earnest desire for victory. However, those who played arguably the most significant role in leading and developing our abilities would be the coaches. Mr. Olson and Mrs. Gayani devoted precious time and effort towards training us as we continued to prep are for RSAC and SAIKAC; something that no doubt played a huge role in our victories at the tournament.

Although badminton is often viewed as a single player sport; the power of shared solidarity can transcend its singularity. Looking on the sidelines to see teammates cheering you on invokes a sense of unity between those playing and those on the sidelines; and as we played in the tournament, it was those cheering us on the bleachers that affected our gameplay to the greatest extent.

Along with this, having such harmony within the TKS team allowed practice sessions to become much more efficient; where students would collaboratively train other students to prepare them for tournaments.

I genuinely recommend new student’s to join the badminton team; the sport integrates competition and self-improvement without enforcing the cutthroat toxicity that many other sports display.

As evidence of this, in the tournament, TKS players developed lasting friendships with players of opposing teams. Despite their differences, groups laughed and joked with those they had competed with only minutes before. The comradeship badminton has to offer is both awe-inspiring and useful, teaching students about the importance of regulated and playful competition in a pleasant and lively manner.

Through this rivalry, not only do we self-improve and develop our players but the skills of U16 players as a whole.

By Bjorn Holst & Vyoma Shah

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GSS PHE Unit 3 & 4 G6 Cricket - TT The grade 6 students participated in Cricket for their very first time. The Cricket unit is a great introduction to a sport played in over 125 countries around the world, with nearly 10% of the world’s population playing it. In our Cricket unit, our students focused on making decisions as part of a team and refining team strategies to help their team be successful​.

G6 Cycling (Clint) Grade 6 students investigated how “the environment can be used to adapt and change an activity”. Our cycling unit focused on road safety, exploring our community, and creating a plan to improve cardiovascular endurance. For many of our students, this is the first time they have applied specific methods of training to improve their fitness.

G7 Invasion Games/World Sports - Fred The grade 7 students have been introduced to Soccer & Floor Hockey/Unihoc during their World Sports unit. They are focusing on learning skills, techniques, rules, along with offensive/defensive strategies that are transferable to many invasion games. In addition, students continue to develop communication skills that assist in the improvement of their gameplay and sportsmanship.

G7 Swim/Kayak (Fred) Grade 7 students experienced another of our exciting aquatics units, which involved kayaking and swimming. They worked to improve their freestyle & breaststroke swim strokes, along with kayaking skills in the TKS pool and at the South Beach. This preparation was all geared towards the summative kayak paddle from the South Beach to the KAUST Marina, and back.

G8 Sailing - TT The Grade 8 PHE students have been investigating the statement of inquiry “Technology controls our relationship with the changing environment” by learning the basic skills of sailing and developing knowledge on how to sail effectively depending on the environment. For many of the students, this was their first time sailing and they should be commended for their courage and pushing themselves outside their comfort zones.

G8 Fitness - CH The grade 8 PHE students explored the statement of inquiry, ‘different activities impact motivation’ in fitness. The students created a training plan based on the method circuit training and implemented this plan over 3 weeks. It was great to see the students use their learning in class to take charge of their overall fitness and well-being. Well done grade 8’s!

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GSS PHE Unit 3 & 4 G9 Fitness (Kelly) Fitness has been the unit of choice where students have been developing their fitness levels for their chosen sport. They have been implementing different methods and principles to a 3-week training plan. Focusing on a component of fitness, testing it before and after and then reflecting on the process and what they have accomplished.

G9 Aquatics - KM The grade 9 students have been exploring the statement of inquiry, ‘the choices we make and interactions with others will determine the outcome’.

The students developed their swimming technique in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke, learned lifeguarding rescue techniques and produced a lifeguarding scenario video highlighting the 4 A’s (Awareness, Assessment, Action & Aftercare).

G10 Coach Carter - TT During the months of January to March, the Grade 10 students spent time working on their PCUP Coach Carter Unit, which is an externally assessed unit for IB. They were a coach and client for their peer for the sport badminton.

Students identified areas of weakness, then together identified a physical and mental goal to work on. Each student created a coaching plan with six or more sessions targeting to improve their client’s performance in and around the game.

G10 Scuba - KM/CH Students in grade 10 investigated the statement of inquiry ‘the use of technology can impact the function of body systems that support and improve movement within the water’. This unit allows students to develop their swimming strokes as well as gain their PADI certification. What a great opportunity for our students!

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CLAPPING OUT THE CLASS OF 2019!

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