7th December

It's almost time to kick off your footballing spirit as our FIFA Arab Cup dress up day is coming on Thursday. Remember students and teachers can dress up as their favorite footballers, referees, or dress as a fan of their favourite team! 

(Ladies: please wear leggings or jogging pants instead of shorts) 

Important dates

6th - 12th December: Hour of Code

9th December: Stressbuster PD

9th December: Arab Cup Dress Up Day

16th December: Last day of school before the winter break

Catch up opportunity - Stressbuster PD

On Thursday after school, you have the opportunity to catch up with any part of your professional life you deem necessary. Areas you could concentrate on include; tidying your classroom, organising resources and arranging displays in your room or corridor. You could also; update some of your student notes and their goals, book parent meetings for term 2 and/or catch up with your buddy teacher or admin for a professional chat.

In you wanted to move forward with PD then you have a number of opportunities within your Blue Sky account. Simply log in to revise your goals and/or complete a module that interests you. You can see the subjects that you could explore in the picture below. 

Hour of Code

Take the mystery out of coding, complete your Hour of Code with your students between now and the 12th of December. Support your class to complete plugged and unplugged activities and see their thrust for technology thrive. Please refer to Sara's email for more information.

PD Collaboration - Videos

Well done once again to our winners, named below, of the PD Team Collaboration videos. 

The most collaborative team: Year 6

        The most creative video: TED

                The most innovative approach: Science

                        The most engaging video: Year 3

                                The best script: Math

                                        The most organised video: English

                                                The best soundtrack: Humanities

                                                        The representation of collaboration: PE

A big thanks to all of the teams that took part too. As a whole the videos were of a very high standard and for that reason every team deserved their participation prize. 

Look out for more reflections regarding this event due to be in this week's Pulse post. Once again, thank you to everyone for their participation.

Thinking feedback

Have a read of this quickfire article regarding student feedback - LESS marking, MORE feedback. Click the pic!

AIM Department 

Sight Word 3-in-a-Row: 

Give your students choice in how they practice their sight words! Students can choose 3 out of 9 sight words activities to complete - they must be in a row! 

Provide students with the sight word list/flashcards that students need to work on based on their level. You can differentiate the activity for each group and meet all needs!

MangaHIGH

Students from Years 1 to 9 achieved almost 4500 medals in The Mangahigh December Challenge in only five days. Keep them coming!

Some Fun & Engaging Resources

Story Time From Space is a super fun storytime. Astronauts on the ISS read stories and show what life is like in space. There is even a story Khalifa and Amal Go to Space read in Arabic by Emirati astronaut Hazzaa Al-Mansoori. Click the image to find out more. Click on the "Story Time Videos" for more.

PD Opportunity

Click the image to register for some of the Sessions from Screencastify.