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Open Mic Night

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RGSDates For Your

Diary

29th January: Year 1and 2 Mixed Football

Tournament

29th January: RGS UKCoffee Morning

(7.30am in the mainatrium)

This week the music department hosted their latest in a seriesof ‘Open Mic’ Night’, which provide pupils with the opportunityto share their musical talents and gain experience performing toan audience. On Wednesday, approximately 20 pupils from Key Stage 1 and2 took to the stage in front of an enthusiastic audience. Therewas a wide range of fantastic performances including comedy,dance, singing and instrumental pieces. Well done to all the pupils who performed and thank you toMiss Martindale and Mr. Woodhouse for putting on this greatevent. I look forward to the next Open Mic’ Night! 30th January: Year 1

Zebras Class Assembly

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Bake Sale

On Thursday the Senior School prefects held a Bake Sale for pupils in Key Stage 2and 3. Parents across the School kindly brought in cakes, biscuits and other tastytreats which the prefects then sold to pupils in Years 3 – 9 during lunchtime. The event was a great success and I would like to thank our prefects for their hardwork and effort. Next week we will count the money and this will be put with themoney raised from the Nettles House Colour Run and donated to UNICEF.

Year 4 W Class Assembly

On Thursday Year 4W performed a fantastic assembly to pupils, parents and staffmembers. This term their topic has been ‘Chocolate’ and throughout the assembly the pupilsshared a huge number of fascinating facts about how chocolate is produced and theamount of money spent on chocolate every year! As part of their geography curriculumYear 4W have been learning about rainforests and the impact of deforestation. Thepupils shared their learning with the audience and also performed some fantasticsongs and dances. A huge well done to the pupils and thank you to the Year 4W teaching team forsupporting the pupils to present such a fantastic performance.

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Spring Fair

Don’t forget that our Spring Fair will be held on Saturday 1st February. This event is being organised by the Parents’ Association with support from the RGS,and it will provide an opportunity for our school community to gather together with thewider Doha community and enjoy a fun- filled day of activities. There will be musical performances, games, stalls, tasty food and lots of prizes to bewon. It is sure to be a great day so please put the date in your diary! If you have any questions, please contact your parent class rep, a member of theParents’ Association, or contact the school office. Have a great weekend! Mr. Downs

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We have had another fantastic week in Nursery Seahorse class! We have beencontinuing to read stories from Oliver Jeffers such as ‘Lost and Found’ and ‘Up andDown’. We have loved learning all about penguins too! This week in literacy, the children have done an amazing job at creating actions to helpthem remember the story ‘Up and Down’ and join in with the repeated refrains. Theythen painted story maps and we jumbled up all of the paintings and then put them inorder to help us retell what was happening. The little penguin in the story really wantedto fly, so the Seahorses thought about what superpower they would choose to have.They came up with fantastic ideas such as, Frozen Girl, Invisible Boy and Spider Boy!It has been wonderful to see their confidence grow as their skills of communication andlanguage continue to flourish. In phonics, the children have continued to practice their S, A and T sounds. They aredoing an amazing job at spotting these sounds as we read our stories. I am so proudof how they are also independently searching for these sounds around our schoolenvironment. All by themselves, they found spaghetti in our home corner, ants in oursmall world area and tigers in our animal kingdom to represent the sounds. They havecontinued to sing their jolly phonics songs to help them practice too. In Maths, the children have loved singing their ‘10 Little Penguins’ song to help themcount and order penguins in our classroom. They have also begun to think about howto measure and develop their understanding of biggest and smallest. They have donea wonderful job of ordering the characters in our ‘Lost and found’ and ‘Up and Down’stories from the biggest to the smallest. Seahorses had their first Computing Day. They thoroughly enjoyed exploring the Bee-Bots as an introduction to programming. They sang along with mummy penguin asthey went on an adventure with Smartie the Penguin to learn all about how to keepthemselves safe whilst using digital devices. This term, the Seahorses will continue tobuild on their understanding of algorithms, programming and digital literacy. Super work Seahorses! Miss Toal, Nursery Seahorses

News from Early Years

23rd Jan 2020

What a fantastic week it has been in KS1 Meerkats and Giraffes have been innovating the stories of ‘Rosie’s Walk’ so that theycan create their own versions of the story. In Maths, the pupils have been continuingtheir look at division by sharing objects equally between groups. In Topic, pupils havebeen comparing the cities of London and Doha by specifically looking at thedifferences and similarities of the buildings in the two cities. While in Science, thepupils have had a lot of fun building houses from different materials to test which isbest, so that the big bad wolf doesn’t blow them down. Pupils have been learning howto save on paint and print their versions of the Doha skyline that they drew. Elephants and Zebras have been learning how to use and add suffixes to words suchas ‘ing’ and ‘ed’. In Maths, the pupils have been learning about multiplication by usingarrays to multiply. Pupils have also been learning about the similarities and differencesbetween the city of London and the city of Doha in Topic. In Science, pupils examinedthe properties of everyday materials by understanding what they look and feel like. Year 2 pupils have been adapting the poems of ‘Buzz’ to make them their own. Theyhave changed the main animal and have been coming up with their own rhymingwords to complete their stanzas. While in Maths, pupils have been finishing off theirstudy about money and have now moved on to looking at time. They began this newtopic by seeing how many different activities they could do in one minute and had a lotof fun in the process. In Science the pupils have been learning about grouping animalsby their characteristics, and have begun to learn about mammals, reptiles, amphibians,fish and birds and what makes them special. Finally, in Topic the children have beenlooking at the exact events of the Great Fire of London through Samuel Pepys’ diaryentries. Mr Lyle. Year 2 Tigers

News from Key Stage 1

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News from Key Stage 2

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Year 5 had lots of frosty fun thisweek as they used their knowledge of states of matter and changes in materials, asthey created their very own ice cream. Over the past half term Year 5 have been learning all about solids, liquids and gasesand what classifies different materials. The pupils have also become familiar withreversible and irreversible changes in states of matter; after some fantastic work andamazing Learning Log Projects linked to their Science topic. As a reward for all of thepupil's effort, they became professional ice cream tasters! A simple mixture of ice, salt, cream and vanilla extract, shaken thoroughly in zip bags tocombine the ingredients, forming a new substance - delicious ice cream. Some of thepupils preferred their own ice cream to the store bought one, of course we had to eat itall just to be sure!

23rd Jan 2020

Dear Parents, This week the Senior School Prefects organised a Bake Sale in aid of the UNICEF charity. Thiswas an opportunity for the prefects to demonstrate their leadership and organisational abilities andwe are proud of their achievement in raising money for this worthy cause. Well done!Our PE department is running a Young Leaders award and this will provide an opportunity forpupils to enhance their leadership skills which will be beneficial for their future careers and indeveloping and enhancing their CV. After half term we will be offering pupils a chance to think more closely about their future careersand how this will tie into their subject choices for iGCSE. Half term is fast approaching and there will be some assessments taking place to monitor thepupils’ progress and attainment this half of term. Please contact the subject teachers should youhave any queries regarding the assessments. A reminder that subject interventions for Maths, English and Science will be taking place duringthe week and we would welcome pupils to attend. Have a good weekend Kind regards, KS3 Teachers

News from Key Stage 3

23rd Jan 2020

Maintaining high levels of attendance and punctuality at school are essential forpupils to ensure they maximise their learning time in school and reach their fullpotential; academically, socially and emotionally. Each week Class of the Week trophies are awarded to the classes in Early Years,Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 who achieve the highest weekly attendance and whoachieve the highest percentage of punctual pupils arriving by 7.45am. Pupils inthese classes are also rewarded with an additional two House points each. The winners this week can be seen below: Early YearsAttendance: DolphinsPunctuality: Stingrays Key Stage 1Attendance: Year 2 Cheetahs Punctuality: Year 2 Lions Key Stage 2Attendance: Year 3N Punctuality: Year 3J and 6W Thank you very much for ensuring your children arrive at school on time each dayand do not miss school unnecessarily.

Weekly Awards

Class of the Week

23rd Jan 2020

Each week RGS Superstar certificates are awarded to pupils from each class in the PrimarySchool who have excelled in an area of school life during the week. Pupils receive theseawards for demonstrating one of the RGS Learning Habits and becoming a member of ourRGS Super Squad! These pupils receive 25 additional House points each. This week the following pupils received one of these special awards:Nursery Starfish: LukeReception Dolphins: SamuelReception Turtles: AdamReception Stingrays: AlishbaReception Sharks: Al-Jazi Year 1 Zebras: AldanaYear 1 Giraffes: MajedYear 1 Meerkats: Zena AliYear 1 Elephants: Mohammed AlsuwaidiYear 2 Tigers : SsanyuYear 2 Cheetahs: XavierYear 3J: AyaYear 3N: YazaanYear 3Q: MariamYear 4W: All 4WYear 5N: KareemYear 5K: BilalYear 6W: ShahedYear 7A: SraiyaYear 8S: KendaYear 9P: Tameem

RGS Superstars

23rd Jan 2020

To promote healthy eating and good table manners, pupils who demonstrate excellentbehaviour, eating habits and manners during snack time and lunch time throughout the week,are invited to eat snack on the ‘Top Table’ at the end of the week. Top Table is located in the School Council garden and pupils receive invitations during Thursdaymorning registration. Those who are invited also receive 25 additional House points each. On Thursday I enjoyed eating lunch with the following pupils from Reception and Key Stage 1: Reception Turtles: KhadeejahReception Dolphins: FahadReception Stingrays :NasserYear 1 Giraffes: FatehYear 1 Elephants: Esmee Year 1 Zebras: Rashed Year 2 Cheetahs: NamiYear 2 Tigers: YusraYear 4H: Tameem

Top Table

23rd Jan 2020

Community Events

Below is a list of upcoming events in Doha that our parent community have shared: PARTY IN THE PARK! Doha Sports Park celebrates its first event of 2020. Relax outdoors and enjoy the green surroundings. A day filled with food, fun andentertainment for everyone! Kids Zone, BBQ, Live Music and Sports ZoneLocation: Doha Sports ParkDate: 31 January 2020Time: 12:00 pm - 11:30 pmTicket Purchase: At the doorPrice: Adults - QAR50/- Children under 16 Free - Members of Doha Sports Parkand Doha Golf Club - Free Website: https://www.facebook.com/dohasportspark/ 2ND CHANCE RESCUE QATAR– PET ADOPTION FAIR EVENT 2nd Chance Rescue are having a pet adoption fair on the 31st of January 2020 Wewill have:Over 200 animals for adoption; Raffles and Prizes; Snacks and Coffee; Live Music Location: Parkview Pet Centre- QatarDate: 31 January 2020Time: 02:00 pm - 08:00 pmPrice: Entry Free – a donation of one bag of pet food would be very muchappreciated. Website: https://www.facebook.com/2ndchancerescueqatar/ If you know of any events planned for the future, please let the School know so wecan pass this information to our school community.

29th January: RGS UK Coffee Morning (7.30am in the main atrium) 29th January: Year 1 and 2 Mixed Football Tournament 30th January: Year 1 Zebras Class Assembly 1st February: Spring Fair 2nd – 6th February: Primary School Health Week 5th February: Parents’ Monthly Coffee Morning 6th February: Year 3J Class Assembly 6th February: Whole School Sports Day 6th February: Final Day of Term 2.1

RGS Diary Dates

23rd Jan 2020