Autumn Term Week 2

(Week B)

This Wednesday, 20th January, the Humanities

department led a trip to Masdar City as part of Abu

Dhabi sustainability week 2016.

As part of the trip, pupils in Year 8 have been developing

their very own solar powered cars during PSHE, finished

off on Wednesday morning before, competed in a race to

see who qualifies for the final this Saturday.

‘Masdar Clean Energy’ is on a mission to advance the

clean energy industry in Abu Dhabi. Pupils took part in a

tour of the city, looking at the ideas and innovations that

the ‘Masdar Clean Energy’ group.

Back in the swing of it all

in Week 2!

The House Shout

Countdown Commences!

Preparing hard for

exams

More photos to follow next week

Focusing on Sustainability!

Year 3 acted out different scenes from ‘Theseus and

the Minotaur’ this week. Children are looking at

Myths and Legends in English .

We will definitely see some of the

Year 3 pupils on stage in the future!

Well done to all of our shining stars – keep up the hard

work!

The Stars!

Ben – Oak Class

Amina – Willow Class

Pippa – Elm Class

Playground Award!

Ava C-Maple Class

Julia-Palm Class

On Sunday, Year 4 Nile investigated if

gas actually weighs something. We had

five one litre bottles of pop and wanted

to see which one had the most gas.

First of all we weighed the bottles in

grams using digital scales. Then we

shook them vigorously for 30 seconds,

whilst listening to the Benny Hill sound

track. Immediately after, we opened the

top slowly to release the carbon dioxide

inside. We repeated this four times until

the drinks were flat. Finally we weighed

the bottles again to see if their weight

had changed. We found that on average

each bottle weighed 2 grams less.

So to sum up, YES! Gas does weigh

something.

It has been an awesome opening for Week 1 in Year 4 with

some great achievements already. Here are our fantastic stars

of the week…

They are (from left to right):

Lillian Wierzbanowski, Kyle Bannerman, Sonia

Nycyk, Aurelia Solomon and Madeleine Patterson.

BITHNA HOUSE CAPTAINS

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This Wednesday, we waved goodbye to a number of Bithna

pupils who are participating in the BSME games in Oman

over the next four days.

The Bithna House wishes the best of luck to Laura Hurn,

Louie Reid, Rosie Moore, Joseph Randall, Ammarah Malik

and all of their teammates.

We cannot wait to celebrate your successes with you when

you return next week

The Year 7 and 8 musical rehearsals have begun for Beauty and the Beast! The

enthusiasm and dedication that the pupils have exhibited in the first few weeks of

rehearsals has been amazing. Bithna would like to extend its heartfelt congratulations

to Mia, Cameron, Iona, Aidan, Ana Cecilia, Sergio, Louie, Charlotte, Maddie, Laura,

Cara, Adam, Jeanne, Kaspar, Khaled and the rest of the cast. We are looking forward

to witnessing this musical phenomenon in May!

We had a chance to catch up with Khalid Al Nowais, who is playing the Beast, for a

quick interview.

Bithna: Congratulations Khaled! You must be excited! What are you looking forward to most in the making of ‘Beauty and

the Beast’?

Khaled: The costume! I can’t wait to see what it looks like and try it on. It is going to be really fun to put on

the mask, make-up and claws and really become the Beast. Plus, he is my favourite character in the show

and I feel proud to be playing him.

B: What do you think your greatest challenge will be in preparing for the role of the Beast?

K: The singing. I have to pay attention to getting the music, the words and the acting happening all at the

same time. The acting and dialogue I am pretty excited about because I have an awesome cast to work

with, but the singing is something new for me. I’ve never really sung in public before.

B: I can imagine that would be difficult! So far, how do you think the cast is doing in their preparations?

K: The cast are doing great! The acting, the talent, the character development is really coming along. The

cast is just a ton of fun to work with in creating this show. In rehearsals, we are really getting to know the

show better and dig deeper into our characters and we have a lot of laughs along the way.

B: Thanks for taking the time to meet with us, Khaled! We wish you the very best of luck in ‘Beauty and the Beast’!

K: Thank you for interviewing me! I can’t wait to see how the show will turn out and hope that everyone

can come to support this great cast!

Wednesday was a busy day at Brighton College. Not only did we send pupils off to

Oman for the BSME games, but the remaining Year 8s participated in a sustainability

project. The pupils in Year 8 Bithna split into groups to make solar powered cars. After

completing their cars, pupils raced their creations to glory!

The Year 8s enjoyed creating their cars immensely and working together to ride on the

road to success. The winner of the competition gets to compete in a solar car race in

Masdar City as part of this sustainability based activity. Mia Robinson says, “This has

been a great experience and learning through trial and error while building our cars has

been really exciting. Working with my team has been cool and we are looking forward to

racing our solar cars!”

We are cheering for all the Bithna cars! Good luck Year 8!

… Meet two new Hosn pupils

This week…

This week Hosn, would like you to meet its newest members, Haneen and

Aayush in Year 5, Amelia Mae in Year 6 and Nikhil in Year 7. The pupils share

their thoughts on how they have settled in, and how they are getting on in a

new school.

I am Aayush, I’m nine years old and I

am from India. My school is called

Brighton College Abu Dhabi. I love

Brighton because it is a great school; I

get to study and play a lot. There are a

lot of my favourite subjects and there

are really nice teachers, too. I am really

looking forward to poetry in English

and Algebra in Maths,

Hello, I am Haneen. My first day was

phenomenal; Mrs Bourn, my Form Tutor, is

the most fantastic and most brilliant teacher

I have ever had. My first impressions have

been awesome; I started off not knowing

anyone, but after one activity in Form Time

I new everyone’s names! Everyone helped

me to fit in perfectly and I love Brighton

College! All of my class mates are the

coolest,

Hello, my name is Amelia Mae

Hammond, and I come from England,

UK.I am new to the school, and to Abu

Dhabi – I have been here less than a

month! I am very excited to have joined

the Prep School learning programme of

Brighton College Abu Dhabi. I am

enjoying Brighton College so far because

everyone is so welcoming and kind. I bet

I will have a fun time at this school, and

will make lots of new friends.

Hi! I am Nikhil Talwalkar and I have just

joined Brighton College in Year 7. I am

originally from India, but I used to live in

Singapore. Settling down in to a completely

new country after living in one for nine years

is not easy. I used to go to places using pubic

transport very easily in Singapore; here I don’t

get to use a bus card or where the buses go

to! I like it at Brighton College; it is really

different to my old school but things are

better here. I found friends in no time and

started going everywhere with them. I am

looking forward to Hosn Fun Day where we

will have activities which the teachers can do.

I am having fun and as I get to know more

people I will make even more friends in the

school, and be even happier.

This week, Hosn Common Room welcomed a new carpet! The carpet

has been put to good use in the soft seating area of the Common

Room, making it a more inviting, homely and warm environment for

pupils to read in during break times. The carpet was generously

donated by Mrs Kerr, mother of Aidan Kerr in Year 3, and we thank

you for thinking of Hosn.

We are looking for donations of good-quality board games for pupils

to play with, so if you have any that your children have outgrown,

please consider Hosn before throwing them out!

Thank you in advance.

This week, the newsletter invites you to read about one of the more unusual activities offered as a CCA

through the College – Horse riding!

Two of Hosn’s pupils, Yara in Year 6 and Rama in Year 8, have kindly written a short piece describing

their interesting activity.

Horse riding is a fun and exciting CCA, as you get to earn a new skill and practice it. Also, most pupils

look forward to going horse riding as it is an exhilarating sport, and an unusual way to stay fit. Many

pupils from Brighton enjoy doing it and I am sure that many others would, too! The horse riding takes

place at Al Forsan, and all of the teachers there are so nice to us. During the year you get to learn how to

ride a horse and how to take care of them. For beginners, you start off learning how to trot, before

moving on to cantering. At the moment, I am learning how to canter and its lots of fun! I recommend

this CCA to anyone who loves horses or animal in general. This is an amazing CCA, and everyone

should give it a go!

Rama, Year 8

Hello, my name is Yara Sharaf and I go horse riding every Wednesday for a CCA after school. I’ve been

doing horse riding for approximately three and a half years and I have learned how to walk, trot and

canter. I have been to a horse riding competition and came in second place. I also achieved a silver medal

in my horse riding exam.

Yara, Year 6

On Tuesday, 19th January the

U11Bs went to Zayed Sports’ City

to compete against other schools

from Abu Dhabi. We had two

victories, one against Cranleigh - in

which we won 13-0 and one against

BSAK, which we won 4-0.

We were so happy to have

triumphed over two schools; we

had a few ups and downs, but

persevered and our efforts saw us

rise to the top!

Pictured on the right are the four

team members from Hosn.

We done to all girls who played for

Brighton! Pictured are Mia and India (back row – L to R)

and Naimh and Katie (front row – L to R)

Another super week and I am very impressed with all the

dedication the Year 5 - 8 are showing towards their upcoming

exams. There is a great deal of purposeful activity going on and it

has been lovely to see the children supporting each other

Good Luck to the Under 13 BSME team who flew off to Muscat

yesterday. We can’t wait to hear all about how you got on, we are

sure you will do Brighton College and Fujairah proud!

Welcome to Will who joined Year 5 this week!

My name is Will and I am from the North East of England and I

have been in Abu Dhabi for 18 months.

Amongst many things, I enjoy playing sports such as skiing and

watersports and would love to take part in sports CCAs here at

Brighton College.

My favourite subjects are Art, Languages and Science. I like school

because I like learning new things and understanding different ideas.

My personal target is to be in the BSME games next year. I am

therefore fully aware that I will need to take up sports such as

basketball, swimming, athletics and football to do so. I cannot wait!

Will Manders

Year 5

Thank you to our newly formed

Year 5 House Room monitors.

They have been doing a super

job of ensuring that no one

leaves the room messy. I am not

sure that it has ever looked so

tidy!

Well done Max, Dia, Rumaysa,

Anais, Nour , Zayed and

Teagan!

Mrs O’Halleron

HMM

Notice: If you are having post holiday clear out and would like to donate any

books or games to Fujairah they would be much appreciated.

What is your full name?

Paul Francis Gardner.

How about your superhero name?

Stevie G.

If you were on Mastermind, what

would you specialist subject be?

Harry Potter .

What are you first impressions of

Abu Dhabi?

A new type of city! Wonderful!

How was your first full week at

Brighton?

Full on, intense, exciting and

rewarding!

What are you must looking

forward to this year? Showing all

the children how exciting studying

History and Geography can be!

Paul

Gardner

7 Jahili

What is your full name?

Daniel Thomas Kirkwood.

What subject do you teach?

Maths.

How about your superhero name?

Captain Infinity.

If you were on Mastermind, what

would you specialist subject be?

Cartoon Characters from the 1990s.

What are you first impressions of

Abu Dhabi?

Warm, friendly and lots to see and do.

How was your first full week at

Brighton?

An absolute delight, the staff and the

pupils have made me feel very

welcome, a thoroughly enjoyable

experience.

What are you must looking

forward to this year?

There are so many events to choose

from, but the House Shout on 26th

March looks like it’s going to be

smashing!

Dan

Kirkwood

6 Namib

I completed my PADI

Open Water Diving

qualification in Fujairah

over the winter holidays.

There were five people in

our group and firstly we

trained in a swimming pool

before we went to Snoopy

Island and the Three Rocks.

I was the youngest in the

group, but that didn’t hold

me back! The best part of

the training was completing

my first open water dive – I

loved every second of it!

Aymen Bedjaoui

(6 Sahara)

Congratulations to Ala’a Ibrahim,

the only Year 8 pupil to

successfully complete Miss

Solomon’s Math Challenge last

week. Ala’a earned Mystickers for

her efforts, as well as securing her

reputation as a mathematical

superstar!

Danielle Facey

Jahili HMM

Well done

Ala’a

Ibrahim

(8 Jahili)

House Shout Fever Grips Jahili!

Dear Parents,

The countdown to the biggest inter House competition of the year

has well and truly begun! This year’s House Shout competition will

take place on Thursday 26th March. If you are new to the school, you

will not yet be aware of how much time, effort and energy goes into

making this Prep School singing competition so fantastic.

If you have not already joined the Jahili Facebook group: BCAD

Jahili House, please do, for updates and top secret plans and

developments as they unfold! Solo singing auditions have already

begun, whilst instrumental auditions will be taking place next week.

Information about our song choice, as well as our theme and

costumes can be found on our Facebook page, or you can ask any

Jahili pupil or Tutor for more information.

Additionally, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to

contact me at: dfacey@brightoncollege.ae.

Many thanks,

Danielle Facey

HMM

This month’s competition is to invent a board

game based on the value of Tolerance…

You can create the actual game, or you can just

write out the rules, with a design of the game.

All entries to be handed in to Miss Sands by the

27th January 2016.