Wednesday 4th October 2017

Dear Parents and Friends of Malvern College Egypt

It was great to see so many parents in school again this week for the Year 3-6

Open Morning, the parent’s information session on Phonics and Early

childhood reading and the parents rep meeting. Hopefully we will see many

parent teams in the first social event of the year – Quiz Night. Further details

below.

Student Leadership Inauguration Ceremonies – Thursday 12th October

This year we have both Secondary Leadership Team as well as a Primary

Leadership Team. Parents of our new Head Boys and Head Girls, Prefects

and House Captains will receive invitations to the ceremonies next Thursday

– Primary 1:20pm and Secondary 2:20pm.

Parents’ Open Morning Year 7 – Year 10 Sunday 8th October

I do hope that many of you will come to the Secondary School Open Morning

next week. The schedules and letter came home with your children last week

so do please check their bags!

IMPORTANT DATES October

Sunday 01

Open Morning

All Day

Tuesday 03

Primary School Parent

Information Session 08:30

Parents Rep. Meeting 10:00

Thursday 12

Primary Student Leadership

Investiture 13.20

Secondary Student Leadership

Investiture 14.20

Sunday 15 – 23

Inter House Performance Poetry

Competition

Tuesday 17

Whole College Parent

Information Session

How we teach Arabic

Thursday 19

Friends of Malvern College

Adult Quiz Night 18:00

Monday 23

Year 3 Trip to Wadi Degla

Tuesday 24

Year 4 Trip to Chocolate

Factory

Student Leadership Training

Prefects

Whole College Parent

Information Session

Reporting & Grading

Wednesday 25

Parent Teacher Consultation

Day

Thursday 26

Elgar House Charity Dress Up

Day

Oct 27 – Nov 5

Half Term Holiday

Changes to Our Calendar as a Result of the New Public Holiday

Please note that Parent Teachers Consultation Day scheduled for Thursday 26th

October will now take place on Wednesday 25th October. This is because it would

have meant the second Thursday in four weeks being missed which would affect

the learning of students who have specialist lessons or examination courses on a

Thursday.

This will also mean that the Elgar Free Dress Day scheduled for Wednesday 25th

October, will now take place on Thursday 26th October. The theme is Halloween:

Dead and red, and there will be prizes for the “Best Dressed” in each year group.

Parents Signing into School

Please can ALL parents sign in when entering the school even if you have your ID badge. This is so that

we know exactly who is in the building in case of fire.

Parent ID Badges

Parents must wear their ID badges around their necks on entry to and while

they are inside the school building. This is for your own children’s security. I

cannot stress the importance of this enough. Your cooperation is greatly

appreciated.

FoMCE International Day – Parent Performance

Our International Day takes place on Saturday March 3rd 2018. While that may seem a long way off, I

am giving you our parents ample time to arrange any performances you may want to give on the day. It

would be lovely to have some parents performing on stage that day. If interested, please contact our

Chair of FoMCE Mai Sharawy mai@radamis.com

Friends of Malvern College Egypt Charity Community Quiz Night –

Adults Only!

This takes place on Thursday 19th October from 6:30pm – 8:30pm.

Contact inas.eldeeb@malverncollege.edu.eg directly to enter your team.

If numbers are too few, we will have to cancel this first community

event.

Entry fee per person is 50LE with all money going to FoMCE charities.

New Families

If you have friends or colleagues moving to Cairo or thinking of moving school, please introduce them

to the College admissions team Admissions@malverncollege.edu.eg

FoMCE Charity Shoe Collection – Clear Out Your Cupboards!

We are collecting old shoes that you no longer want for the

Association for the Protection of the Environment so that children

in their school (and adults) can have shoes to wear. Boxes are in

Early Years, Primary and Secondary School entrances.

Parent Information Session

My thanks to Mrs. Dibb-Holland for delivering the session this

week on English/Phonics in the Early Years and Lower Primary

School. A lot of parents attended and your feedback is always

appreciated.

Next session is on Tuesday 17th October at 8:30am and is a Whole

College Parent Information Session - How we teach Arabic

Please see the key dates below for more sessions.

College Guiding Statements

Our focus guiding statement next week is:

CGS 5: The College respects the natural world and its resources both globally and locally

The College develops individuals who are knowledgeable about the world in which they live. Students

should aspire to be caring individuals with compassion and tolerance for others and an awareness of

environmental issues.

Malvern Qualities

I ask you to discuss these with your children to reinforce what we are trying

to achieve at the College. Next week’s focus is on Curiosity which is below:

Curiosity

Having an inquisitive and investigative attitude.

Upcoming Events

Please note that these dates do change as we add more fixtures and charity events. It is colour

coordinated for you:

Parent Information Session

Sporting Event

Holiday

Educational Visit

OCTOBER EVENT TIME

Sunday 8 Open Morning Y7-10 08:00

Sunday 8 U11 B&G football vs. TBS @ MCE TBC

Tuesday 10 U13 B&G vs. TBS @ TBS TBC

Wednesday 11 U16 Netball @ NCBIS TBC

Thursday 12 Primary Student Leadership Investiture 13.20

Thursday 12 Secondary Student Leadership Investiture 14.20

Thursday 12 U16 B&G Football vs. TBS @ TBS TBC

Sunday 15 - 23 Inter House Performance Poetry Competition

Tuesday 17 U11 & U13 B&G Football vs. BIS Madinaty TBC

Tuesday 17 Whole College Parent Information Session - How we teach Arabic

Wednesday 18 U13 & U16 Netball @NCBIS TBC

Thursday 19 Friends of Malvern College Adult Quiz Night 18:00

Friday 20 Cairo Schools Swim Meet @ MCE AM

Monday 23 Year 3 Trip to Wadi Degla Oct 23

Tuesday 24 Year 4 Trip to Chocolate Factory

Tuesday 24 Student Leadership Training - Prefects

Tuesday 24 Whole College Parent Information Session - Reporting & Grading

Wednesday 25 Parent Teacher Consultation Day

Thursday 26 Elgar House Charity Dress Up Day – Red and Dead Halloween Theme TBC

Oct 27 – Nov 5 Half Term Holiday

Enjoy the weekend with your children.

Duncan Grice

Headmaster

As many of you might know I am passionate about sport and it is important to win matches with

modesty and to learn to lose with grace but it is really important to be good ambassadors for Malvern

College Egypt. This last week I am delighted to hear not only tales of great sportsmanship at the

Swimming Gala at BISC and at the football match against CES but also how well our students behaved

and that it was commented on not only by our staff but the opposition staff as well. This makes me

immensely proud.

The students in 2M have been using an educational portal called Education City which has a wealth of

resources, activities and assessments to support the students in the College. Once logged in, the

students navigate through specific resources which are linked to their previous learning. Each activity is

matched to the student's knowledge and understanding and gives them immediate feedback on their

progress, allowing the teacher to identify any misconceptions immediately.

This week we had a Class Representatives Meeting which was well attended and they were able to

witness our slick fire drill as the fire alarm went off. Some of the key areas that were discussed were the

importance of healthy eating, unnamed high value items that are coming to school and positive use of

WhatsApp in English.

The healthy eating issue I have mentioned before. Unnamed high value items like Apple watches,

IPhones etc. are not needed at school and cause temptation to others and great upset if they get lost or

broken so please ensure that your child does not bring them in to school.

WhatsApp is a great way of communicating in a group situation but it should be written in English.

Messages should be of benefit to others and generally positive i.e. remember that there is a trip

tomorrow so you will need a packed lunch or remember it is swimming tomorrow so you need

Primary School News from Johnnie Kittermaster – Head of Primary

swimming costumes, or remember to bring money in for the charity day. It is not for discussing issues

openly. Please take these issues up on an individual basis with the class teacher.

Birthday Policy:

A birthday celebration at school is always fun and children like to share

their special day with their friends. Bringing a small individual cupcakes

into school is quite acceptable but party bags, crisps, sandwiches, candles

and jellies are not! It is important that you talk to your child’s class

teacher/form teacher before you bring in a birthday cake so that this may

be planned into the day without causing disruptions to lessons and other school activities. Ideally

cupcakes should be brought in to school as this negates the need for a knife to be used.

House Points Standings

1st Foster

2nd Sanger

3rd Lewis

4th Elgar

Year 2 M Sohila Abowarda Jacob Maher

Year 2 A Kinda ElMawy

Year 3 M Mahmoud Abdulaleem

Year 3 A Yara Tarek

Year 4 M Grace Ramoatlhodi

Year 4 A Jana Elfekiry

Year 5 M Judy El Gebely

Year 5 A Tisya Arora

Year 6 M Hala ElGebely

Year 6 A Farida wahba

Year 6 L Layal Fawaz

STAR OF THE WEEK

PNM Mohamed Ahmed

PNA Mourad Youssef

NM Jana Khaled

NA Tia Ramzy

NL Aliaa El Baroudy

NV Ali Abass

RM Mohamed Abou ElFetouh

RA Xander Billingham

RL Hussien Abbas

Year 1M Farida Fathelbab

Year 1A Karim Fahmy

Year 1L Philopateer Beshara

Student Leadership

Over the last two weeks I have had the enormous pleasure to be involved

in the interviews of a range of Year 10 students who have applied for

positions of responsibility at The College. The articulate and calm manner

in which these young adults conducted themselves is a huge credit to

themselves, their parents and the College. I was delighted at the

references to the College Guiding Statements and the Malvern Qualities. The students gave very

thoughtful suggestions on areas that they see can be improved in the College as well as reflections of

what they feel are the strengths of the student body. On Thursday 12th October we will present our new

student leaders to the Secondary School and then begin a process of training and mentoring for these

young leaders. The College will do all it can to support these passionate and visionary students in

creating an even more fun and vibrant atmosphere within the College.

House Captains

On Tuesday students had their first real opportunity to have a voice in how things are run at MCE. Each

House got to vote on their choices for the positions of House Captains. After some eloquent speeches,

all students in each House cast their votes and the new House Captains will be announced shortly. The

new House Captains will be presented to the school at next week’s student leadership inauguration

ceremony. Students should now begin preparing for the various House competitions in the coming

weeks, from the Swim gala to Lip Sync battle.

House Points

Despite a big push from all students to collect House Points, the leader board has not changed this

week. However, the gap between the 4 Houses has reduced considerably with an average of only a 0.3

points between the top two.

1st Sanger

2nd Foster

3rd Lewis

4th Elgar

Secondary School News from Wayne Maher – Head of Secondary

The competitive sports season started with a bang last weekend

as our Lion’s Elite Swim team took to the water for the first of the

swim league meets hosted by BISC. Having competed at this

meet last year and coming a respectable 5th, this year we were

determined to do better and we didn’t disappoint! We ranked 3rd

overall and I am delighted with all students for their efforts.

Special congratulations go to the students listed below who

placed in the top 3 in their races.

Name Event Category Position Time

Malak Abdelmohosen Freestyle U 10/Girls 1 44.09

Yassin Fawzy Freestyle U11/Boys 2 31.76

Sedra El Ghandour Freestyle U11/Girls 3 37.99

Mohammed ElTayeb Freestyle U13/Boys 3 40.69

Josephine Grice Freestyle U13/Girls 2 39.71

Jasmine Grice Freestyle U15/Girls 2 37.12

Yassin Fawzy Breaststroke U11/Boys 2 45.17

Sedra El Ghandour Breaststroke U11/Girls 1 47.00

Hussein Shoukair Breaststroke U13/Boys 2 38.77

Josephine Grice Breaststroke U13/Girls 1 48.69

Mourad Hossny Breaststroke U15/Boys 3 62.91

Omar El Nahas Backstroke U 10/Boys 3 62.00

Malak Abdelmohosen Backstroke U 10/Girls 2 55.97

Yassin El Nahas Backstroke U 11/Boys 3 47.65

Sedra El Ghandour Backstroke U 11/Girls 2 46.55

Hassan Shoukair Backstroke U 13/Boys 3 46.97

Ziena Hany Backstroke U 15/Girls 3 55.10

Abdelrahman Farag Butterfly U 11/Boys 3 45.28

Sedra El Ghandour Butterfly U 11/Girls 3 52.29

Mohammed ElTayeb Butterfly U 13/Boys 1 36.84

Judie El Sharkawy Butterfly U 13/Girls 2 46.19

Mourad Hossny Butterfly U 15/Boys 3 34.35

Jasmine Grice Butterfly U 15/Girls 1 46.15

Freestyle relay U 13/Boys 1 2:20.51

Freestyle relay U 13/Girls 2 2:52.00

Freestyle relay U 15/Boys 2 2:17.54

Sports News from Iain Driscoll – Director of Sport

Freestyle relay U 15/Girls 1 2:42.63

Medley relay U 13/Boys 1 2:44.25

Medley relay U 13/Girls 2 3:16.79

Medley relay U 15/Boys 2 2:40.14

Medley relay U 15/Girls 1 3:17.86

On Monday the Under 11, Under 13 and Under 16 boys started their New Cairo

School Sports Partnership (NCSSP) league fixtures against CES. Last year we struggled to compete

against a much bigger school, often losing by 5 goals or more. This year, having trained together for a

year, the teams were determined to do much better. Although none of our teams managed to secure a

win, there was a huge improvement from last year. More detailed match reports can be found below.

The U11 boys played a game of three periods losing 2-0. I was pleased with the tenacity in defending

with not many shooting opportunities for either team. The boys worked hard with several near misses

and hit the bar. I was also very pleased with the impeccable behaviour and the maturity the boys

demonstrated. Mr. Bailey

The U13 boys also went down 2-0 to CES. Many of the Malvern qualities were evident throughout,

particularly the amount of resilience and determination showed by each squad member. Hassan

Shoukair was the player of the match with a fine performance in goal. Many formations were tried as

we try to find the best system for our players. Mr. Sussex & Mr. Gale

The girls’ teams are in action on Wednesday against CES and I look forward to reporting on their

success next week. The teams are:

U15 team: Talia Jada, Luana Soliman, Mariam Koura, Farah Farag, Jana Khairy, Mariam Hassan, Zeina

Hani, Jasmine Grice, Haia Selim, Hana El Hawary, Malak Tibar

U13 team: Clara Raouf, Naia El Sherif, Samyah Al Mufidi, Mehraeel Wahba, Sandra Fanous, Hala El

Gebely, Rola El Debakey, Alia Hussein, Salma Badreldin Ahmed, Farida Abouwarda and Clara

Messiha.

Our next fixtures are against TBS. The U11’s host our first fixtures at MCE on Sunday 8th October, U13

Boys and Girls play on Tuesday at TBS and on Thursday, the U16’s also travel to TBS.

Due to the games on Sunday, there will be NO U16 training on Sunday 8th October.

Golf Champions

We are always keen to highlight the success of our students, so we must

also share with you our staffing success! Congratulations to our teachers

golf team of Mr. Grice, Mr. Kittermaster, Mr. Driscoll and Mr. Bailey for

winning the Cairo International Schools Teachers Trophy last weekend.

Starting next week (from 8th Oct) lunch time activities will be happening for

students in the music department, please see the table below to see what

days events are on. Groups have been split to allow students time for lunch.

Over time other groups will be added reflecting the interests of students but

it is hoped that students will use the rooms available to rehearse for the Lip

Sync competition and future competitions the College will hold.

Day Lunch A: 11:40 – 12noon Lunch B: 12 –

12:25 CCA’s

Sun Yr 1 /2 Percussion & Keyboards. G06 Mr Austin.

Yr 1/2 Singing Group. Mrs. Siag

Mon Junior Choir. Year

3 – 5 Mrs. Marsh

G08

Senior Choir. Mrs. Marsh G08

Keyboards. Mr Austin Keyboard Room

Beginner Recorders. Miss Raslan G06

Tues Music ICT Drop In. Years 7

/8 Mr Austin

Music ICT Room.

Beginner Violins.

Mr Hubbard G08

Wed School Production. Mrs. Marsh, Mr Austin + others.

G06/ G08

Thurs Set up a Band. Years 5 – 7 Mrs.

Marsh G08 Yr 1 / 2 Beginner Recorders. Miss Raslan G08

Parent Choir

We are also hoping that parents may be interested in setting up a parent choir. We hope that the choir

will perform at key college events, such as the International Day etc.

This will be a group for parents, run by parents. So anyone having ambitions to be a choirmaster please

let me know. I will of course be there to help, but it would be great to extend our musical experiences to

parents as well.

Music News from Tina Marsh – Director of Music

Music News from Tina Marsh – Director of Music

Instrumental Lessons Update:

Final administration details are being resolved. Once everything is in place I

will contact all parents for Year 2 and above offering our instrumental

package. So far this year we already have in place piano, violin, guitar and

vocal teachers. More teachers will be added as student interest demands. I

will keep you updated as soon as I can. Thank you for your patience in this

matter.

I am aware that some very young students wish to have instrumental lessons in school. We offer

lessons to Year 2 and above due to the independence needed to get to lessons on time, follow a

continually changing timetable, and of course practise time at home. Students in school are expected to

check the lesson notice board, arrive at their lesson at least 5 minutes early, bring the correct equipment,

inform their teachers and of course catch up with missed work. We feel that anyone younger than Year

2 would not be able to cope with this.

Students started well last week, with some fun drama, dance and singing

activities. Over the next couple of weeks we will be auditioning for the

main roles in our production of The Wizard of Oz. These auditions will

take place during the CCA time and lunch times if required. I have

several students already asking me to be main roles. It is a delight to see

the enthusiasm of the students. In the auditions the students will be asked

to act and to sing a piece that we teach them in the CCA, so no need to worry at home about this.

Once scripts are given out and roles cast, we do ask that parents help their children learn their lines as

soon as possible. Learning lines early will turn a great performance into a fantastic performance.

I would also like to clarify with parents that those that have signed up for the School Production CCA

will automatically be placed in this CCA again in January, therefore there will only be 2 choices for

School Production students for the new CCA programme. The production is taking place in May, and

we need a consistent cast right from the start. Also as an advance warning, nearer the performance date

there will also be Saturday rehearsals, but plenty of notice for these will be given nearer the time.

School Production CCA