25th May
Important dates
School calendar 2021/22
Writing and Phonics PDs:
- 8th June 12.45 - 1.45 pm
- TBC
Entry Planner and Video
Attached here is the schedule for next week for when the children are due to arrive back for face to face teaching. If you would like more information on this then please do be sure to watch this video from Angela here.
Reports go to:
KG1 and KG2 - Nicole
Year 1 and Year 6 - Angela
Year 2 and Year 5 - Lewis
Year 3 and Year 4 - Jonny
Year 6 and 7 Transition Assembly
Today our year 6 students had the pleasure of being a part of an assembly that could help them get to know their next steps as they move over to Secondary next year.
Mr Darren was a part of team of mentors and support students that were ready to offer their help in welcoming the year 6 students to their new environment. The year 7 students involved were a credit to EMS with their act of support to the new incoming year group.
***Recruitment and opportunities update***
Now get ready to meet members of the new EMS team - Click here to meet a number of our new primary teachers for 2021/22!
The English Modern School Award Ceremony
It was announced earlier that we will be holding our first-ever English Modern School Award Ceremony. This Award Ceremony has been put together by the Well-Being Committee, consisting of Monique and Piet in Secondary and Jason and Amy Smith in Primary, in an attempt to recognise and subsequently praise your efforts in school this year.
It was announced earlier that we will be holding our first-ever English Modern School Award Ceremony. This Award Ceremony has been put together by the Well-Being Committee, consisting of Monique and Piet in Secondary and Jason and Amy Smith in Primary, in an attempt to recognise and subsequently praise your efforts in school this year.
The award categories will be as follows; The Humanitarian Award, The Professional Development Award, The Dedication Award, The Innovative Award and The Head of School Award.
Awards will be given out to people based on self/peer voting after which the destination of the award will be decided either by the Well-Being Committee or Head of School. The voting will begin today and you will do so within your departments throughout the school using a google form. For more information and to access your google form to vote please click here to view the ceremony slide presentation.
Thank you very much to everyone for all your efforts this year and we hope you take part in this unique event.
Awards will be given out to people based on self/peer voting after which the destination of the award will be decided either by the Well-Being Committee or Head of School. The voting will begin today and you will do so within your departments throughout the school using a google form. For more information and to access your google form to vote please click here to view the ceremony slide presentation.
Thank you very much to everyone for all your efforts this year and we hope you take part in this unique event.
***Teaching and learning shout-outs***
Battle of the Books!
There was great learning had on Sunday morning with 5-7's "Page turners" team in the Semi-final stages of the competition!
Yesterday we had the final! Here below is some more information on the winners who bravely battled over Meet and conquered challenges with high spirit, grace and impressive knowledge of the books. Their hard work and the tremendous amount of support from their homeroom teachers have truly paid off.
This year's winners are:
Elementary Division (Year 4)
1st place: Book of Wonders (4-5) - Lea Shamiah, Eyad Tahoun, Zainab Yusmir, and Zeina Almigdaday
2nd place: The Blossoms(4-8) - Layan Barahmeh, Rita Nammour, Nikita Mennon, and Karma Hasseib
Primary Division (Year 5 & 6)
1st place: The Page Turners (5-7) - Majd Alabed Allah, Karam Malaeb, Jenan Abdulwahab and Doris Rezkalla.
2nd place: Team Avatar (6-7) - Soufia Bedjou, Amir Dosdos, Muhammad Ishak and Avvey Rindell Cruz
Here are a few pictures of our winners below.
KG2 Volcano!
An incredible video has been created by the KG2 Learning Assistants as they try to help their KG2 students create a volcano from home. Please click here to see the excellently crafted piece.
Book Week
Today Year 1.2 had Show and Tell and they shared their favorite character from a book or movie. As you can see from this screenshot they really had fun.
In KG1, a member of Ms Janine's class shared their picture they had created of one of their focus books called Pete The Cat. It is wonderful to see the children engaging so well with their Book Week.
Health and Wellness videos
Please see some pictures below of the Year 1 students having fun and enjoying their learning through their Health and Wellness activities. If you would like to see any of the videos, which is where the pictures have been taken from, then please click here.
Google Survey - Important please help!
In our efforts to become the first Google Reference School in the Middle East we need to gather data in relation to the impact that the Google suite has had on our teaching and learning. Below you will find a link to a survey that will tabulate our responses and share a report with Google.
We would greatly appreciate 15 minutes of your time to complete the survey.
The survey is for teachers, Curriculum Coordinators and Principals.
Approach these questions by thinking about our K-12 organization’s overall performance in a given area, rather than answering questions related directly to your experience within a school or building.
Google Plus
There will be a optional session on Wednesday, May 26th or June 2nd at 1 pm to go over the new features of the Google Workspace for Education Plus features. Join with this link:
New Google Features
Wednesday, May 26 · 1:00 – 1:30pm
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/xiy-zzdt-xbr
A calendar invite will be sent out to you tomorrow to accept or decline depending on whether you wish to attend.
National Geographic
There's still time to join National Geographic Learning for our webinar for kindergarten teachers working in a K-12 context.
Join us on 25th May for this free event to learn practical, interactive and engaging strategies for teachers to use in their classroom, whether you're teaching online, in person, or a bit of both.
"How do we continue to engage early learners in 2021?"
The global pandemic has drastically shifted education practices, specifically for KG Classrooms. Teachers are seeking new ways to engage students and use teaching strategies which elicit positive outcomes for students in blended learning classroom environments. This session will provide practical, interactive, and engaging strategies for teachers to use during both synchronous and asynchronous learning environments. Panellists will share research-based practices and resources which promote high - quality early learning experiences. The Team will also be joined by Teachers in the region who will share success stories, strategies, and resources for working with early learners.
25th May 2021, 5:00pm – 6:15pm (Dubai Time Zone)
The Big EMS Animal Food Drive
With the summer holidays fast approaching there has been a drive put together to support animals in Qatar over the hot summer months. A number of the shelters around the country are over run and very much in needed of food to continue to feed the animals in their care.
If you can donate food or even water bowls for animals over the summer then please do bring them to the Year 3 hub where Amy Kate will be collecting it on behalf of 2nd Chance Rescue. Any amount of food is welcome no matter how big or small. Amy Kate will be collecting between now and the week beginning the 13th June when she will be delivering the food gathered to the shelter.
Thank you very much.
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