al mamoura academy newsletter€¦ · and listening activity. we took turns to pretend to be the...

1

ISSUE NO.6 OCTOBER 11th

AL MAMOURA ACADEMYNEWSLETTER

SECOND PLACE IN FIRST SWIM GALA OF THE YEAR!

2018

2

Dear Parents,

Pink Day last week was a tre-mendous success and I cannot thank all those involved enough. The enthusiasm from the stu-dents was amazing and I am now very much looking forward to experiencing my first Na-tional Day at Al Mamoura Acad-emy which is taking place on Wednesday 28th November.

Our school also hosted an Academy of Excellence Event on Sunday this week with other Aldar Schools in attendance. Our speaker, Michael Griffin, did a great job of capturing the imagination of the students in attendance.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Thank you to everyone for your patience with the roadworks outside of school. It is not ide-al and we are working hard to communicate with those re-sponsible to ensure we have a more accessible school site at drop off and pick up times. I have been closely monitoring the situation and am pleased to say that there always seems to be plenty of places to park out the front of the school. Please use these parking spaces if you wish to come in to school to drop off or pick up your child. This will mean other parents are not inconvenienced by peo-ple parking in places that were designed for drop off only.

Kind Regards

Ms Christine WoodsPrincipal

PINK DAY

We would like to thank everyone who supported Al Mamoura Pink Day on Thursday. It was a fantastic day, enjoyed immensely by the students, and with your support we raised over 31,000AED!

Thank you to our wonderful fam-ilies whose generosity knows no bounds and to our FOAM Com-mittee. Thank you in particular to those who gave up their free time to support with decorations, cake making, arranging for music at reception, organising student stalls and so much more.

AL MAMOURA ACADEMY NEWSLETTERISSUE NO.6 | OCTOBER 2018

ECAsAttending ECAsIf your child is unable to attend their after-school ECA, please let us know the day before by emailing [email protected] – please include your child’s name, class and ECA in the email. By letting us know, it helps us plan and prepare our after-school ac-tivities, and will help ensure your child is in the correct location at the end of the school day.

Paid-for ECAsPlease note that Prime Sports Football, Jiu-Jitsu and Mine-craft & Robotics activities will all begin next week for those students who have signed up for these paid for ECAs. Any missed sessions will either be made up later in the year or refunded. More details will be given later.We are still awaiting ADEK approval for the SEAL Diving activity and will inform you once this is approved.

3

TIGER COMES TO TEA IN YEAR ONE!


4

ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE


Academy of Excellence – Guest Speaker

This week we welcomed a guest speaker who had visited Al Mamoura all the way from Australia. Michael Griffin is an educator, keynote speaker, author and pianist. He provides development opportunities for students all over the world by providing enrichment lectures and workshops.

On Sunday, Al Mamoura hosted Academy of Excellence students from all schools in Aldar Acade-mies. Students were empowered to appreciate the role of self-mo-tivation and effort in the devel-opment of skills and learning. Students learned about manag-ing their time, the importance of sleep and how to avoid losing time in digital devices.

Our Music students also attend-ed an additional masterclass that developed their musical skills. This allowed students to develop their awareness on the quality and quantity of practice time and how to maximise learning music in an enjoyable and successful way.

Our Academy of Excellence students have had a busy few weeks, students have success-fully applied and auditioned for their place on the programme and immediately went on to take part in leading Pink Day, which was a huge success. Alongside the guest speaker, students will also attend Masterclasses next week which will enhance their learning even further. We are looking forward to hosting more events for our exceptional stu-dents in the near future.

SCHOOL SAFETY

5


6


Find inspiration from some of the amazing entries that we received last year. Do you recognize some familiar faces?

Closing date for entries: Wednesday, 30th of October 2018

May the best Book Facer WIN!!

7

NEWS IN YEAR GROUPS FOUNDATION STAGE 1

This week in FS1 we have been focusing on expressing our feelings and emotions. Every day we share how we are feeling with our friends by either pointing to the feelings emoji’s or making different facial expressions. Some of us have also been able to explain why we feel happy or sad.

Thank you to parents who have emailed in photos or videos of the homework, we have really enjoyed looking at them in class and guessing which expression the children were making. We have also started to do yoga every day in class, this week we practised the Namaste pose. Yoga not only helps us to relax, it also builds up our body strength and helps to increase our concentration. Maybe you could help your child to practice next week’s yoga pose over the weekend, you can find it on the homework sheet.


8

The children have been very busy in FS2 this week, we have started our streamed phonics and the children have enjoyed meeting their new phonics teachers and have had lots of fun playing phonics games and learning new sounds.

We have had our FIMs in the FS area this week, providing lots of information about phonics and reading. Thank you to all the parents who attended, we hope you found the meetings helpful.

NEWS IN YEAR GROUPS FOUNDATION STAGE 2

The whole of FS2 had a fantas-tic day last Thursday for breast cancer awareness. The children loved wearing their pink clothes and we raised lots of money for a good cause.

As always thanks you for your continued supportThe FS2 team


9

NEWS IN YEAR GROUPS YEAR 1

What an exciting week we have had in Year 1! We have spent the week busily preparing for our ‘Tiger Who Came to Tea’ tea party.

In English, we started the week with a fun speaking and listening activity. We took turns to pretend to be the tiger from our story and to answer questions from his point of view orally. We completed book reviews on our book and wrote about our favourite party in the story. We were very eager Mr. Blakey to attend our tea party so we wrote lots of invitations to him inviting him to join us!

In Maths this week, we focused on addition. We enjoyed completing addition sentences using our cubes and counters to help us. Later in the week, we moved on to a new concept called the Part Whole Model. We enjoyed using this model to apply our adding skills in lots of different ways.

This week in Science, we focused on two new senses Touch and Taste. We loved feeling lots of different materials and making our own texture hands with them. During our tea party we explored different tastes and spent time describing them.

Our Art lessons were spent making beautiful decorations for our tea party. All our hard work paid off and we had a fantastic time at our wonderful ‘Tiger Who Came to Tea’ party on Thursday.

Thank you so much to all the families who provided food and utensils for our special party!


10


It has been another fantastic week of learning in Year 2! This week, children have been working hard on their times tables challenge. The children are eager to continue to move up to the next country on the chart displayed in the shared area, well done year 2!

In English, the children have continued to explore their vocabulary and have been looking closely at the features of a narrative text. They have planned their own story which involves a problem and a solution, and have enjoyed discussing and sharing their ideas!

In Maths, the children have continued to work on their problem solving skills and have been looking at number bonds, as well as addition and subtraction. We have discussed new vocabulary, such as calculations, sum, minus and total. Well done year 2!

The Year 2 team would like to extend their thanks to parents for so generously donating lots of healthy fruits and foods to enable us to make our healthy smoothies during Pink Day last week. The children and staff very much enjoyed tasting new flavours and inventing new mixtures to create delicious concoctions!

Reminder: All children must have a hat and water bottle every day for yard times, thank you.


11


In Topic this week we have been learning about Tsunami’s and how they occur. We will finish the study of ‘Our Planet’ next week.

During Maths we have been continuing to work on Place Value. This week the children have been adding and subtract-ing tens from 3 digit numbers. Next week we will be adding 2 digit and 3 digit numbers. We also continued our Times Tables Challenge this week. Please look in your child’s reading diary to see what times table they will move onto next.

In our English sessions the chil-dren have relished the opportu-nity to show how much they’ve learned this term. They planned their own Hot Write to include interesting characters and settings which should make for some amazing Hot Writes next week. Please make sure to dis-cuss their Hot Write with them and continue to read with the Year 3 children every evening.


12

In Literacy next week, the children have ‘skills’ based lessons identified from common gaps in their knowledge from the ‘Hot Write’ task that was completed independently this week.


Next week in Maths, we will move on to measures including perimeter of regular shapes and different units of measurement e.g. kilometers. Next week in Science, the children will be moving onto identifying and creating examples of food chains.

Reminders: Sadly, homework on Manga High, Education City and Literacy Planet is hardly being looked at or completed at home by our whole year group. It is a wonderful resource to support your child’s learning which is not being utilized. Please support us by ensuring that this is completed weekly.After the half term break, we will be moving onto our ‘Rainforests’ topic. The children will be creating a rainforest model so we would appreciate if you could start collecting materials for the project (shoe boxes, art materials etc).


13


Year 5 have once again had a busy week. In English this week all children have been learning the ins and outs of how to research information for a biography. Texts have been scanned, read and reread with all the interesting facts used in our quest to write a great biography. Ipads and laptops have been used to research in detail about the background of our subjects. Keeping in line with our theme for the term of F1 each class has been assigned a F1 driver who they will be writing a biography about. We feel as if we know everything there is to know about our drivers from their date of birth to their favourite musician. Perhaps we know the drivers better than they know themselves at this point.

In Maths we have been doing a lot of work on problem solving. We have been taking what we know in addition and subtraction and have been pushing ourselves in how far we can push our understanding of the topic through doing all different types of maths word problems and challenges. Each week are still competing on our F1 maths tables game. We are trying to work our way through different Grand Prix circuits. Qualifying from each circuit means that not alone do we know our tables but we are quick at completing them too.

After the excitement of flying our parachutes last week, we wrote up our investigation and recorded our results. We have been further exploring gravity and all that it affects.

In Computer Studies this week we completed our websites and have learned how to put in a side bar to give it a more professional feel and look.

We are really looking forward to participating in the Asia Cup Roadshow. We saw it set up last week for other year groups and the set up looks really impressive. We can’t wait to test our skills in the different skill zones. Our first Year 5 assembly will take place with Reem taking to the stage on Thursday. Don’t forget Question a Day is up and running with each child being expected to complete it each night at home.


14


Another busy week in Year 6! We had a very successful and enjoyable trip to Al Bateen, where the children were able to take part in various Science workshops and have a tour of the school. The children also really enjoyed taking part in the Asia cup activities, showing some true leadership and captain-like qualities!

In English, the children have been improving their mystery and suspense stories by measuring it against a success criteria and adding in more interesting description and the exciting sentences and suspense features they have been working on. We have also moved on to a new writing genre which will include looking at information and persuasive texts. We will be using a ‘Pie Corbett’ approach where the children will learn a text and look at the features and language in depth, this will then help when the children come to do their own writing.

In Maths, the children have been revising long and short multiplication and division methods and have been using these skills in reasoning and problem-solving activities. In Science, Year 6 are continuing to learn about different body systems including how digestion works and how what we eat provides our bodies with energy.

It was lovely to see so many parents join in with the KS2 coffee morning this week. We hope to see you all again at the next one!


15


MESSAGE FROM AL BATEEN ACADEMYOpen Day – Al Bateen Academy – Monday 15th October 2018

This week we were delighted to welcome Year 6 students for a Science lesson and tour of the school.

Further to our recent letter, we would like to invite parents and students from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 to our Open Day on Monday 15th October. There are three sessions from which to choose. You will have the op-portunity to see teaching and learning in action, and you will be able to speak with teachers and students in each department, across a range of year groups.

The format and timing of each session will be as follows:

•Session 1: 8:00 – 9:30 am (Parents only)8:00 arrival8:15 Presentation – Principal & students8:30 Tour and visit to lessons

•Session 2: 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Parents only)12:30 arrival12:45 Presentation – Principal & students1:00 Tour and visit to lessons

•Session 3: 5:30 – 7:00 pm (Parents and Students)5:30 arrival5:45 Presentation – Principal & students6:00 Tour and visit to lessons

To confirm your attendance at the Open Day on Monday 15th October, or if you have any questions about Al Bateen Academy, please RSVP to: [email protected] stating your child’s name, session to be attended, current school and year group. We very much look forward to welcoming you to Al Bateen Academy.

Examination Results 2018 - Al Bateen AcademyAs prospective parents and students we would like to keep you informed about student life at Al Bateen Academy. We therefore hope you don’t mind us sending occasional articles to your school for inclusion in your school newsletter. At Al Bateen Academy we aim to publish an engaging newsletter every 4 weeks – with the main foci a) celebrating student success and participation, and b) providing parents with essen-tial information about the school and our curriculum. In between editions, we always produce a weekly Parent Bulletin.

As a school, we are delighted with the IB DP and I/GCSE Summer Examination results. Congratulations to all of our students. In a future newsletter we will feature the University destinations for our IB DP students but, for the meantime, we would like to share our results with you.

FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP ROADSHOW ROLLS INTO AL MAMOURA!

mailto:Transition%40albateenacademy.sch.ae?subject=

16


MESSAGE FROM AL BATEEN ACADEMYInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) Results 2018 The IB DP is an internationally recognized and rigorous two year pre-University qualification (Years 12 and 13) that requires students to study 6 subjects (3 at Higher Level; 3 at Standard Level) plus the core components: Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Extended Essay (EE), and Creativity Action Service (CAS). The maximum possible score is 45 points. 24 points, with no failing conditions, is the minimum diploma pass mark.

The IB DP enjoys a high level of respect and recognition among the world’s Universities/higher education institutions. For students, success in the IB DP often results in advanced standing, course credit, schol-arships, and other admissions related benefits at many universities. The International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) works with the higher education community to ensure IB DP students get the recog-nition they have earned, as well as to examine and further develop programmes to make sure the IB DP continues to offer the best preparation for university studies and life beyond.

For more information about the IB DP go to www.ibo.org

In 2018, 48 students graduated from the Year 13 IB DP cohort at Al Bateen Academy (23 boys; 25 girls; including 3 students from the UAE).

The IB DP is a strength of the school. Here is a summary of the results:- Average point score = 32.3 points (third consecutive year the school has exceeded 32 points)- 2.7 points above world average (29.6 points)

- % diploma pass rate (24+ points) = 90% - 11% above world average (79%)

- % of students achieving 40+ points = 8% (2% predicted)- % of students achieving 30+ points = 56% (37% predicted)- % UAE students achieving 24+ points = 100% (100% predicted)

Average Points Score per student that achieved the FULL DIPLOMA = 5.13 (above world average)


Overview – Full Cohort (48 Students) Points 40+(%) 30+(%) 24+(%)Actual 8% 56% 94%Expected Target 2% 37% 84%

Overview – Full Diploma AwardCohort (48 Students) Points 40+(%) 30+(%) 24+(%)Actual 9% 63% 100%

http://www.ibo.org

17


MESSAGE FROM AL BATEEN ACADEMYFIFA CLUB WORLD CUP ROADSHOW ROLLS INTO AL MAMOURA!Highest performing subjects for IB DP

Subject % Points ADEK JudgementAnthropology HL 100% 5+ OutstandingArabic Ab Initio 100% 5+ OutstandingArabic B SL/HL 100% 5+ OutstandingDesign Tech 100% 5+ OutstandingEconomics SL 100% 5+ OutstandingEnglish B HL 100% 5+ OutstandingFrench B SL/HL 100% 5+ OutstandingGeography HL 100% 5+ OutstandingHistory HL 100% 5+ OutstandingMathematics HL 100% 5+ OutstandingMusic SL/HL 100% 5+ Outstanding

Subject % Points ADEK JudgementPolitics HL 100% 5+ OutstandingPsychology SL 100% 5+ OutstandingPsychology HL 92% 5+ OutstandingDesign Tech 100% 5+ OutstandingVisual Art HL 88% 5+ OutstandingSpanish Ab Initio 86% 5+ OutstandingEnglish A SL 81% 5+ OutstandingPhilosophy HL 80% 5+ OutstandingEnglish A HL 76% 5+ OutstandingHistory SL 75% 5+ OutstandingDesign Tech SL 75% 5+ OutstandingEconomics HL 75% 5+ Outstanding

Top Student Performers Name Point Score NationalityAnanya Sini Achan 44 IndiaFaith Muir 42 UKLaith Najim 40 CanadaVandita Ritolia 40 IndiaMalak El Far 38 EgyptHala Younes 37 UK

Name Point Score NationalityHania Sohawon 37 MauritiusSondos Eatamadi 36 IrelandAhmed ElJAbour 36 PalestineOmar ElKobrosi 36 EgyptLayal Farahat 36 USANatasha James 36 AustraliaJelena Zivkovic 36 Serbia

International General Certificate of Secondary Education (I/GCSE) Results 2018Year 10 marks the beginning of the IGCSE programme and our two year Middle School Curriculum (Years 10 and 11). The GCSE is a British academic qualification awarded in a specified subject; the Inter-national GCSE qualification is available for international students. Both GCSE and IGCSE are qualifica-tions equally recognised by universities and employers throughout the world. For some subjects there is no IGCSE option so the school has opted for a GCSE qualification (e.g. GCSE Physical Education). For both IGCSE and GCSE there is no easy option or easy subject.

Students choose one or more science subjects (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics) and must study IGCSE Mathematics and English. Students can then choose additional I/GCSE subjects from different options blocks. Current I/GCSE option subjects are, as follows: Arabic, Art & Design, Business Studies, Com-puter Science, Design Technology, Drama, Economics, French, History, Geography, ICT, Music, Physical Education, Psychology, Sociology and Spanish.

I/GCSE is graded A* (highest) to G or 9 (highest) to 1.

Year 11 students are required to achieve a minimum 5 A* - C (or 9 - 5) including English, Mathematics and a Science to meet the entry requirements for the IB DP (Senior School).

18


MESSAGE FROM AL BATEEN ACADEMYFIFA CLUB WORLD CUP ROADSHOW ROLLS INTO AL MAMOURA!In 2018, 90 Year 11 students completed the I/GCSE programme at

Al Bateen Academy (60 boys; 30 girls; including 27 students from the UAE).

The summary of results includes 9-1 conversion.

- 1+ A*- A I/GCSE grades = 90%- 1+ A*- B = 98%- 1+ A*- C = 99%------------------ 5+ A*- A I/GCSE grades = 41% (37% 2017)- 5+ A*- B = 63% (56% 2017)- 5+ A* - C = 84% (75% 2017)- 5+ A*- C including English and Mathematics = 81% (65% 2017)- A* - C English & Mathematics combined = 88%

Overview – Total entry (9-1 Converted to grades)

Grade A*-A A*-B A*-C A*-D A*-EActual 41% 63% 83% 90% 95%Target 18% 42% 76% 91% 98%

Attainment and targets in five subjects including English and Mathematics - All students

Grade 5A*-C 5A*-D 5A*-EActual 81% 88% 94%Target 67% 89% 98%

Attainment and targets in five subjects - All students


Mathematics

Grade A*-A A*-B A*-CActual 34% 55% 86%Target 19% 48% 81%

English


19


MESSAGE FROM AL BATEEN ACADEMYThe Highest Performing Subjects for I/GCSE Subject ADEK JudgementArt & Design OutstandingEnglish OutstandingEnglish Literature OutstandingFrench OutstandingHistory OutstandingPhysical Education OutstandingSpanish OutstandingStatistics Outstanding

Top Student Performers Name Grades Nationality Name Grades NationalityHager ElKasabi 12 A*- A Egypt Riad Al Sadi 11 A*- A USAFarah Abo Asali 11 A*- A Syria Aryan Sood 10 A*- A India

Farah ElBadawy 11 A*- A Egypt Jaimy Vlassenbroec 10 A*- A BelgiumJawad Abdulwahab 11 A*- A Syria Joao Ribeiro 10 A*- A BrazilMaria Khakimova 11A* - A Russia Tarek Kutaiman 10 A*- A Syria

We look forward to even better results for the Academic Year 2018-2019!

David HutsonPrincipal - Al Bateen Academy


20

SPORTS NEWSAL MAMOURA FINISHES SEC-OND IN FIRST SWIMMING GALA OF THE YEAR!

Al Mamoura swim squad took part in their first swimming event of the year, on Sunday 7th October. Having spent the first few weeks of term practicing on a Sunday after school and very early on Tuesday mornings, the students were eager to compete and try and win their first swim-ming gala.

The gala consisted of 5 schools; Al Mamoura Academy, West Yas Academy, Repton School GEMS Cambridge and Al Yafat. Al Mamoura students com-peted fantastically and battled with Repton for first place from the beginning, as both schools finished first and second in the team events. When the individual events began however, Repton began to claim more points and took an early lead.

By the time the gala reached the final team races, Repton had a commanding lead over the other schools and all Al Mamoura could do was to keep earning points to ensure that they would finished second. The effort and attitude of all our Al Mamoura swimmers was excellent and their continued progress will en-sure they have a good chance of winning trophies in future galas!

Repton: 381 points, Al Mamoura: 285, GEMS Cambridge: 201, West Yas: 199 Al Yafat only had 2 swimmers who performed very well for their school in their first ever gala.



Congratulations to all of our swim squad; Year 2/3: Nebojsa Milakovic (Year 2), Kanz Ajjaoui (Year 3), Yousef Habib (Year 2), Ali El-Asheri (Year 3), Emma Molina (Year 2), Zena Shoushe (Year 3), Naila Al Sham-si (Year 3) and Talya Kalidy (Year 3). Year 4: Mohamed Abdo, Yousef Bamadhaf, Mohamed Habib, Qais Abu-Hantash, Liliana Stickels, Laila Di Laus, Ban Orabi and Sama Orabi. Year 5: Arslane Zeraghi, Thomas Park, Layan Hasmi, Rodha Al Ameri and Alia Al Shamsi. Year 6: Abdulla Mohamed, Ahmed Bamadhaf, Ahmed Lari,Heidi Yeun, Evelyn Tramunto, Malak Al Asheri and Juliete Stickells.

21

SPORTS NEWSU11 Girls Football Match v The Pearl Academy:The girls took on their second competition in the Football league. They played away at the Pearl Academy. The game was very even throughout with both teams having a few chances on goal. The times that pearl broke through the middle our defence worked together to clear the ball away from goal. At the begin-ning of the second half Malak won the ball and managed to get free from their defence to then take on the goalkeeper and score! She worked tirelessly up front with a special perfor-mance, assisted throughout by Reem who we discovered has a secret weapon throw! Sheikha covered in goal for Salma who was unfortunately unwell on this day, she played with confidence and communicated throughout to her team. Lara and Juliette made a fantastic team in de-fence ensuring nothing came through them! All of the girls played so well together given that it’s their second game as a team. You should all be so proud of your performance!

Final scoreAl Mamoura 1- Pearl 0



This week Al Mamoura U11 Touch Rugby Team had a fix-ture at Al Mamoura against The Pearl. After a difficult first fixture last week, the boys were ready to take on the next chal-lenge and try and get a win un-der their belts. The game start-ed very lively with both sides attacking each other really well and both showing excellent de-fending skills. It was Al Mamou-ra who took the advantage first with a great team passing try. 1 – 0 Al Mamoura. The game continued with moments of good attacking play and some scrap-py moments with both teams turning the ball over. After some good individual play from a Pearl player, they managed to equal the game at 1-1. As the first half came to an end it seemed it would finish in a draw, however, Mamoura found themselves just off the Pearl try line and with a diving finish managed to place the ball over the line and make the game 2-1.

The second half saw both teams begin to tire and make mistakes, but both still pushing with great effort and determination to score the next try. It was Pearl who managed to find that next try, with a diving finish of their own. 2-2. That seemed to be the finishing try with only a min-ute to go on the clock. Howev-er, a missed placed pass from Mamoura meant a turnover for the Pearl. With some quick thinking the restarted the game instantly and drove forward as a team to score the final try, mak-ing the end result Al Mamoura 2 – The Pearl 3. All students involved worked extremely hard and showed great team work in what was a difficult match.

Next up is BSAK (British Inter-national School Al Khubairat) on Monday 15th October.

The U14 Netball team continued their impressive improvement this week when they played against Brighton College on Tuesday. Raghd Abdo ensured that Al Mamoura’s scoring re-cord improved with her accurate shooting. The ball travelled along the court more smoothly be-cause of much more space being created on the court and better decision making from the whole team. It is wonderful to see new faces attending netball practice all of the time and the bigger the squad becomes the better training that can take place. Well done to all of the girls who played again this week.

22

ASIA CUP ROADSHOW ROLLS INTO SCHOOL


23

:الّروضة األوىل : اللّغة العربيّة

استخدم طالب الّروضة حاسة »الّشم« ملعرفة

،رائحة األشياء التّي تحيط بهم

حيث متّكن صغارنا من اكتشاف رائحة: )الورد

والعطر والّنعناع( بأنوفهم الّصغرية، كام أنشدوا

أنشودة : )أنفي يشمُّ ريَح الورد.. عيني تبــرص

)لوَن الزّهر

الّروضة الثّانيّة : اللّغة العربيّة

استمتع تالميذ الّروضة الثّانية بأحداث قّصة ربيع

واملطر الغزير، وتعرّفوا إىل حرف الرّاء بأشكاله

وأصواته املختلفة مع الحركات القصرية، ومتّكنوا

من كتابة الحرف بشكل رائع، وقراءة كلامت

القراءة

الّصّف األول: اللّغة العربيّة

استمتَع تالميذ الّصف األول بالتّعرّف إىل حرف

الّدال بأشكاله وأصواته الطّويلة والقصرية كام

قاموا بالعديد من األنشطة املمتعة

الصف الرّابع: اللغة العربية

تعرّف التاّلميذ إىل طريقة كتابة الفقرة وكيفية

تطويرها وإضافة تفاصيل داعمة، مام فسح

لهم املجال لكتابٍة فَقٍر متنّوعة عن أحالمهم

املستقبليّة، وأبدع العديد منهم يف الكتابة

والوصف

االّصف األول : الّدراسات االجتامعيّة

ف األول إىل أقربائهم من خالل تعرّف تالميذ الصَّ

ة أنشطة درس )أنا وأقربايئ(، وقاموا بتنفيذ عدَّ

منها رسم األقارب، وقد استمعوا ألنشودة )أنا

وعائلتي( ورّددوها بكّل حامس كام عّددوا أسامء

أقربائهم من خالل لعبة قيام جلوس

الّصّف الثالث: اللّغة العربيّة

أبدع طاّلب الّصّف الثّالث بكتابة فقرة عن

طعامهم الّصحّي املفّضل، ووصفه بأجمل الّصفات،

وعرض أهمية الطّعام الّصحّي. واهتموا بخطوات

كتابة الفقرة: الجملة الرّئيسة واألدلة الّداعمة

.)التّفاصيل( والخامتة

ARABIC AND ISLAMIC NEWS

Yr.6 Islamic for Non–Native: Year 6 students this week have learned about Volunteering, they recognised the meaning of volunteering as an act of wor-ship and belonging. They en-joyed writing on sugar paper to share their experience about the different ideas of volunteering. It was a good opportunity for them to infer the benefits of this act for the individual and for the community.

”الّصّف الثامن - الرتبية اإلسالمية: ) صدق النيّة لله سبحانه( كان مدخاًل محّفزًا

تعرّفت الطالبات من خالله إىل مكانة اإلخالص وأهميّته لكونه أعظم أعامل القلوب، فهو األساس

الّذي تقوم عليه األعامل، وتّم ربط مفهوم اإلخالص بالحياة اليوميّة ماّم دفع التّلميذات إىل

الحرص عىل االجتهاد يف دراستهّن رغبة يف رضا الله تعاىل.

الّصّف الّسابع - اللّغة العربيّة:أبدعت طالبات الّصف الّسابع هذا األسبوع

بقراءة قّصة )حّسون الحّواي( وتحليل عنارص القّصة القصرية، وربط أحداثها بالهويّة الوطنيّة اإلماراتيّة، وتطّور وازدهار دولة اإلمارات يف ظّل قيادتها الرّشيدة، واختالف الّنواحي االجتامعيّة

واالقتصاديّة فيها قدمياً وحديثاً.

”الّصّف العارش- اللّغة العربيّة: تناولت الطّالبات هذا األسبوع قّصة الخبز التّي تحّدثن عن فرتة ما بعد الحرب العاملية الثّانية.

وقد أثارت هذه القّصة العديد من املشاعر التّي عّبت عنها الطّالبات بأساليب شائقة، كام متكّنت

الطّالبات من تحليل القّصة إىل عنارصها الفنية

ضمن العديد من األنشطة املمتعة يف الّصف. الّصّف الّسابع - الّدراسات االجتامعية

تابعت الطالبات يف موضوع شبه الجزيرة العربية الّذي أتاح لهّن الفرصة الكتشاف أهم أشكال

سطح األرض ) التّضاريس ( املوجودة يف املنطقة باإلضافة إىل العديد من أسامء الجبال كجبال

عسري والهضاب كهضبة نجد.

الّصّف الثّامن - الّدراسات االجتامعيةصّممت طالبات الّصّف الثّامن خريطة ذهنيّة

لّخصت مفهوم األمن الوطنّي من عّدة جوانب: املفهوم، املجاالت، األجهزة، املهاّم باإلضافة إىل اإلنجازات. وقد سمح هذا الّدرس للتّلميذات

باستخدام مهاراتهّن اإلبداعيّة حيث قمن بالتّفكري مبهام جديدة ميكن إضافتها لألجهزة الخارجيّة

للّدولة، كام كان فرصة رائعة لتعزيز كفاءيت الوعّي الثّقايّف واملواطنة.

الّصف الحادي عرش : الرّتبية اإلسالمية:

تعرفت الطالبات هذا األسبوع إىل مفهوم االستعفاف: مكانته، أهميّته، مجاالته باإلضافة إىل

أثرُه عىل الفرد واملجتمع.


24

MUSICSTARS OF THE WEEK

FS2Harley Stock

Dolphins

Y1Sharanya Jaju

Gazelles

Y2Abdelrahman Al Yaseen

Wolves

Y3Ariana GhoriSandpipers

Y4Omair AlMheiri

Pelicans

Y5Thomas Park

Butinah

Y6Noura Al Dhaheri

Yas

Y7Sama Al Braiki

7A

Y8Joud Hasan

8B


26

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Y7This week in computing, students have been learning about an online presentation software called ‘Prezi’. This will allow them to create their E-Safety project which will highlight the dangers of the internet and ways to stay safe. Homework: Complete e-safety task on OneNote.

Y8Students have continued planning their Top Trumps cards. They have been collecting accurate data that is suitable for their game, ensuring reliable websites are used. Students have also been collecting images and learning about how to store data in a spreadsheet. Homework: To complete the mail merge research task in OneNote.

Y9 IGCSE ICTThis week, students have been learning about what is inside a computer. They have been analysing hard drives, RAM and motherboards. Students have developed their knowledge on what the central processing unit is and how it works. They were able to create a poster that explains the purpose of each element. Homework: Complete the software homework using OneNote.

Y10 IGCSE ICTStudents have been studying software this week, researching application and system software. Students have also been discussing open source and proprietary software and what the differences are. Homework: Students to complete the communication software task in OneNote.

BUSINESS STUDIES

Year 9 IGCSE Business Studies: This week students have worked on market segments. We started looking at different ways of segmenting the class and we applied the some concepts to the business market. We analysed a variety of case studies whereby more than one market segment is targeted by the same company. The students have participated with great enthusiasm to the class discussions created by the topic. Homework: Complete the chapter review case study on JQBC company. Year 9 IGCSE Business Studies Student of the Week. Wadeema Al Dhaheri. Wadeema is a very committed student, with excellent effort and very good class contribution with a clear understanding of the business topics covered so far Congratulations to Wadeema for her achievements.

SECONDARY NEWSYear 10 IGCSE Business Studies: Students have discussed the importance of motivation at work. They reflected on their own motivation in school work and their everyday lives and applied some of these ideas into the business world. Very interesting class discussions have been covered. Students analysed the main motivation theories, from Taylor’s to Herzberg’s, with their similarities and differences and the evolution of these theories over time. They then applied their knowledge to some thought provoking case studies. Homework: Complete case study on Chess company. Year 10 IGCSE Business Studies Student of the Week: Layan Saad. Layan has worked consistently well since the beginning of the academic year. She puts great effort in her classwork and homework showing a clear understanding of business terms, concepts and issues. Congratulations to Layan for her achievements.

Y11 IGCSE BusinessStudents have been learning about the product life cycle. They have identified the different stages, the purposes and the pros and cons for businesses to use it. Students created an online presentation that to advise a business on the need for the product life cycle. Students also discussed extension strategies that a business could use to extend the life of its products. Homework: Complete the business case


27

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Year 7Bonjour tout le monde! This week in our French lessons, students learnt the days of the week and more numbers (21-31). We are working towards the end of module and having reached the half way point, students are directed to revise what we have learnt so far and use time during the school day to practise with their peers. Students practised introductions and greetings in French. Miss Kerr highlighted to students the importance of home learning and making sure that tasks are not left unfinished. We have written and learning homework to be completed this week.

Year 8Bonjour à tous! We had another very productive week. The students have developed their writing and grammar skills by using the third person when describing different family members. They have been reading long texts and they have shown their ability to extrapolate key information and extra details. They have also revised numbers with fun games at the end of each lesson. Students are reminded of the importance of revising previous learning at home in order to consolidate the work done in lesson. The homework for this week is a reading and writing task from the activity booklet.

Year 9 IGCSE FrenchThis week in our French lessons, we focused on speaking skills with our ‘Day in the Life of…’ Celebrity Presentations. Miss Kerr was particularly impressed with the effort students made to ensure their work was excellent. These speaking tasks will form part of the December Assessments. Additionally,

we continued with the topic of health and illness, talking about symptoms. We practised writing excuse notes stating what was wrong with our health and using the key verbs avoir and etre. Students continue to maintain a diligent approach and Miss Kerr is delighted with the Year 9 students’ enthusiasm to succeed.

Year 10 IGCSE French This has been a very fruitful week. Miss Milanesio is very impressed with the effort and commitment demonstrated by the students. This week we discussed how to use key vocabulary and grammar when talking about family relationships. We focused on using opinions and reasons in writing and speaking using a variety of expressions and we looked at different ways of using more sophisticated vocabulary and grammar in order to achieve higher grades in the final exam.

SECONDARY NEWS

Linguist of the WeekMaryam Al Shehhi Y9. Félicitations a Maryam! Maryam is this week’s Linguist of the Week for her efforts with IGCSE French. Maryam produced a fantastic PowerPoint pres-entation in which she described a day in the life of a celebrity. Maryam impressed Miss Kerr with not only the structured and polished presentation but also with her accurate use of the French language. This speaking task will form part of Maryam’s December Assessment overall grade and is certainly an excellent start for Maryam. Bravo!

The homework for this week is a series of activities on possessive adjectives.

Year 11 IGCSE FrenchStudents in year 11 IGCSE French focused on the topic of school this week. We practised speaking and reading skills to discuss what life is like for French students. We compared life in France with Abu Dhabi, making comparisons between the education system in both. We revised telling the time and saying at what time we do certain things throughout the day. Students practised the use of reflexive verbs in the perfect tense – always a tricky one! We focused on three key verbs in our quiz this week and, without doubt, our100% pass rate is worth celebrating. Students have written homework tasks due for next week.


28

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

In PE Year 7A have been im-proving their shooting technique in Netball. They were taught the correct shooting technique and tried to improve their score of how many they could get in the net in one minute.Year 7B and C have been look-ing at defensive strategies in Netball looking at defending on and off the ball using a verity of ways, they have been using these strategies in conditioned games coaching each other where nessesary.

In Swimming some of Year 7 have completed their Swimming assessment and continued to improve their front crawl tech-nique. They have also seen how far they can swim in ten minutes or how long they can tread water for and will try to improve this each lesson.

Years 8 and 9 have continued with their Netball unit of work in PE lessons this week. The focus has been on their shooting technique and improving their confidence when peer coach-ing. Students were encouraged to shoot from different posi-tions but always ensuring they were set in a balanced position, keeping the ball high. During the game play students were switching positions regularly in order to all have the opportunity to put their shooting into a more competitive situation.

Year 10 - The girls have been continuing their leadership unit. They are making fantastic progress and really taking ownership and responsibility for their own learning. The focus this lesson was attacking play, linked with supporting the ball carrier from the previous lesson.

Year 11 - Have been continuing their sport education unit. They are now going to put their leadership skills into practise as they lead on activities in our FS lesson. We will be focusing on their communication skills and confidence when leading a group of younger students.

GEOGRAPHY

This week the Year 7 students learned about how various animals have adapted to the extreme heat of Death Valley. They researched 5 different animals from the reading and using a chart they recorded their findings under different head-ings. Next week the students will design their own animal and explain how it might adapt to de-sert conditions. The Assessment area focused on AF1- Draw, AF-3 Describe and AF4- Explain. For home learning, complete the animal adaptation chart.

The Year 8 students examined the relationship between aver-age income per year and un-dernourishment in the lesson about Famine in Somalia. They analysed the data and created a scatter graph to show the re-sults. Next week the students will describe the graph and explain the pattern to examine the relationship between income and undernourishment in So-malia. To prepare for next week, continue to read the presenta-tion on Edmodo.

The geographical theme for Year 9 and 10 students was Coastal Ecosystems this week. They learned about the distri-bution of mangroves and why some parts of the world are more favourable for the growth of mangroves than others. The students learned how valuable coral mangroves are and they

SECONDARY NEWSlearned about the threats that the face on a daily basis. The students also created an an-notated sketch of a mangrove. Next week, the students will learn about the distribution and characteristics of salt marshes.

The Year 11 students contin-ued the urban environments topic. They learned about the problems associated with rapid urbanization and in particular, they investigated the case study of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The IGCSE Geography ECA will continue this Monday afternoon from 2:50-3:30pm specifically for Year 11 to prepare for their exams. The focus will be on exam struc-ture, patterns of questions, revi-sion, exam techniques and past papers. Please use this opportu-nity to catch up and prepare for your IGCSE Geography exams.

DRAMA

Year 7 Drama students have been working on key drama skill, improvisation, this week. They worked in pairs to com-plete a series of conversations which involved thinking on the spot and responding quickly to their partner’s statement. Year 8 Drama pupils turned some everyday situations into a comedy one in groups and performed to the class. Their objective was to ensure they had a ‘slapstick’ solution!

Mrs Kirk: [email protected]

Ms Henderson: [email protected]

Miss Prescott: [email protected]


29

ENGLISH

Assessment folders: A reminder to students to bring in an as-sessment folder for English by Sunday please if you have not already given to your English Teacher. Thank you

KS3Year 7 students have been working on paragraphing and vocabulary this week. Next week, we will do our end of unit writing assessment on a per-sonal memory so we encourage the Year 7 girls to think ahead to what they would like to write about. Homework has been set by individual teacher.Year 7 girls also have weekly spelling tests where they have the opportunity to win house-points!

Year 8 girls have been securing their understanding of simple, compound and complex sen-tences. Next week, students will write a short story so will be expected to use a variety of sentence types in their writing so focus has been given this week to securing these techni-cal skills. Homework has been set by individual teacher.

Year 9 English – Mrs KirkYear 9 girls completed a listen-ing assessment at the beginning of the week with some excellent results. Students will have plen-ty of opportunity to do further listening exams to familiarise themselves with the paper and develop skills.Homework – Write a reflection of their speaking and listening activity. Due Sunday, 14th Octo-ber.

Year 9 – Mrs HendersonMs Henderson’s Y9 Language group have been working on their transactional writing skills, in particular, how to use persua-sive language effectively. They have just started exploring how to structure a convincing argu-ment and will be doing a trans-actional writing assessment to show off their skills in the com-ing week.

Year 11 IGCSE English 1st Lan-guageThis week, Year 11 students read ‘H is for Hawk’ by Kelly McDon-ald. The focused on her descrip-tive language and planned an essay response in class based on the extract. Homework: Complete essay on ‘H is for Hawk’. Due Tuesday, 16th October.Year 11 IGCSE 2nd LanguageY11 ESL have been focusing on how to alternate between formal and informal language when writing for different purposes. As our class size is very small now we have been able to do lots of one-to-one work focusing on individual areas for improve-ment.

Year 10 Literature – Mrs Hen-dersonY10 Literature have been enjoy-ing reading An Inspector Calls and have just finished the final Act which caught them by sur-prise! They have been discuss-ing the purpose of the inspector and how the play is didactic so that the audience can learn from Priestly’s socialist message. A reminder to chase up your book orders so you have your own copy of the play to annotate please.

SECONDARY NEWSYear 11 LiteratureYear 11 Literature pupils have concluded their reading of An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley. I have been pleased with how they have engaged with the text and their appreciation of the impor-tance of contextual factors. We will now begin the coursework question which equates to 20% of the final mark for Literature.Homework: Complete next paragraph of essay on Inspector Goole. Due next Tuesday, 16th

HISTORY

In History this week Year 7 looked at the different forms of evidence that we use to learn about the past for example diaries, artefacts, buildings and people. They produced a double-page spread on this. Next week they will complete their Suitcase of Evidence collages, they are very excited!

Year 8 continued with their Slavery topic, peer-teaching about the ancient African civilization that they researched at home. Their research posters were amazing, they had put so much thought and time into them.

Years 9 and 10 continued with their Cold War topic, looking at the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan and how both affected the Cold War. Year 11 continued with their Stalin topic, learning how we rose to power.


30

MATHEMATICS

Ms Frimpong classes:

Year 7 This we have been reviewing Unit 1 – Averages in preparation for unit 1 assessment. Homework this week was a revision worksheet.

Year 8 This week we have been working on powers and roots, factors and multiples. Knowing these number types are really useful for later work in the course. Homework this week will a revision worksheet in preparation for end of unit assessment.

Year 9 This week we completed setting up and solving equation – Unit 1 Algebra. This unit is very important as it underpins most problem solving tasks and homework this week was to reinforce ideas presented here. In statistics, year 10 will be looking identifying primary and secondary data.

Year 10 This week we have been working on angle geometry – Unit 1. We are looking at problems involving interior and exterior angles of a polygon. In statistics we have covered designing questionnaires and interviews. We have also discussed related to collected data.

Mrs Richards Classes:

Year 7Addition subtraction multiplication division whole numbers.Home learning set Wed collect Mon

Year 8Factorise Expressions, substitute and evaluate expressionsHome learning set Tue collect Thursday.

Year 9Unit 1 number and algebra test and revision. Plot straight line graphs.Home learning set Wed collect Sun

Year 10Angles in polygons, bearings and scale drawing, constructions.Home learning set Tue collect Thursday

Year 11Unit 6 revision and test. Conver recurring decimals to fractions.Home learning set Tue collect Sun.

SECONDARY NEWSMs Mohamed classes:

Year 7 This we have been practising Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. Homework this week was addition and due Wednesday.

Year 8 This week we have been working on Surface Area, and Volume. We looked at why we learn both and real life examples. Homework is to complete surface area sheet for Tuesday.

Year 9 This week we completed setting up and solving equation – Unit 1 Algebra. This unit is very important as it underpins most problem solving tasks and homework this week was to reinforce ideas presented here.

Mrs Weller’s Yr11:We have done another past paper practice at the beginning of this week. Students then studied the topics that were not scored well in that past paper. We revised volume and surface area of cylinders, volume and surface area of prisms. Home learning will be volume and surface area of prisms. Set on Thursday and due on Monday.

MATHEMATICIANS OF THE WEEKYear 7 Fatima Al Ameri Year 8 Fatima Al Otaiba

Year 9 Mariam Al DhaheriYear 10 Maitha Al Hammadi

Yr11 Hassa Al Nahyan


31

ART

KS3 Art This week we continued to make cross-curricular links with the PE department for the ASIA world cup and also Maths.

We finished decorating our hexagon templates inspired by the decora-tive patterned tiles in Sheikh Zayed mosque.

We started to mount our hexagon tiles for display and created a tes-sellated pattern. The painted tiles looked great with their different values of blue ink and contrasting decorative effects from floral pat-terns to geometric shapes

Years 9 and 10 - Students continue to explore resist techniques with masking tape and oil pastels, they experimented with brusho powders to create African inspired prints.Home learning – Ensure all their research on Africa Adrinka and Kente cloth is complete.

Year 11 – Mounting their Mask pressa prints for their portfolio work. Experimenting with their IPAD Picasso faces and developing a cubist composition to paint.Homelearning – Further Art research to link with practical skills

This week there was also an Art Competition. See below.

Students had to design a sash to be worn for the new work experience roles –AMA ADMIN ASSISTANT The winner will be announced on Sunday.Reminder of trips – All money in by Sunday 14th please, note change in dates:

Year 7 -Tues 30th October: Artists’ Adventure. Equipped with sketching materials, visitors capture their favourite objects from around the world as they venture through the galleries.

Year 8 -Sunday 4th November: Architecture: Inside Out. Under the dome, students discover and observe the complex geometric shapes that inspired Jean Nouvel’s modern interpretation of the traditional dome before working together to create a large-scale model.

SECONDARY NEWS

Year 9/10/11 – Weds 31st October: Behind the Mask: Discover how human and animal forms inspired the design of these spectacular masks. Back in the workshop, create a mask using an assortment of 3D materials.

Artists of the WeekYear 7 – Maryam Omar Alnuaimi Year 8 - Salma Baleegh AlazaziYear 9 - Mariam Ahmed AlDhaheriYear 10 – Mahra Ahmed Al NuaimiYear 11 – Khuloud Al-Ali


32

study in OneNote.

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

KS3This week Year 7 were very busy making apple crumble, they used the same baking method as last week for their scones. Each student learnt knife skills, hob management, oven management and health and safety. Students had to explain the importance of adding oats to their dish as this increased the fibre content thereby enhancing its nutritional value. Homework this week involved answering numerous questions on their practical class and also evaluating their dish in terms of taste, texture, appearance and any modifications they might make next time.

This Week Year 8 used the creaming method to produce a cupcake. They explored the necessary steps involved to ensure their cupcakes rose. Each students learnt how the chemical aerator baking powder works and why it is vital to pre-heat their oven to ensure success. Students also got to choose a food colouring of their choice to their cupcake mixture. For homework this week students had to answer questions based on raising agents and also evaluate their cupcakes in terms of taste, texture and appearance.

SECONDARY NEWSKS4This week students learnt about the various properties carbohydrates have. They also looked at the culinary application of each of these properties through the production of meringues. Students made a tray of meringues each and seen how sugar breaks down protein in egg to assist in aeration. Students then decorated their meringues using an array of berries and cream. For homework students must evaluate their dish and answer questions based on the practical.

CHEF OF THE WEEK

Well done Hedaya in Y8Fantastic Mac & Cheese!

YEAR 7 STUDENT RECEPTIONISTS

At Al Mamoura we are always looking for new and exciting ways for your daughter to become in-volved in the wider life of the school. We would like to continuously challenge them so they can gain experience in as broad a range of areas as possi-ble. The latest opportunity we are offering our Year 7 students is to become a Student Receptionist for a day.

The role of Student Re-ceptionist will form part of various student leader-ship programmes in the Secondary School while also opening ideas towards careers education in the lower school. Through this role girls in Year 7 will experience what is it like to be part of a team, deal-ing with daily operational tasks, talking to the gen-eral public and answering simple enquiries. This will greatly enhance our girls’ confidence, maturity, problem solving and deci-sion-making skills. This will work on a rota basis across the whole of Year 7 which will mean that your daughter will per-form this role once or twice throughout the year, so the girls can benefit from the experience and minimise any impact on learning time.

An Art Competition for the best Sash design has begin in secondary. Please look out for our brand new ‘receptionists’ and do not hesitate to ask for help from them!


al mamoura academy newsletter€¦ · and listening activity. we took turns to pretend to be the...

Documents