7th April

By Anonymous - April 07, 2022

Important Dates

April - Autism awareness month
12th-14th April MoEHE accreditation visit - Qatar National Identity Implementation

Ramadan Break Duties- 1 Break

Please note that duties on Sunday-Wednesday will be on a Week 1 & 3 and a Week 2 & 4 rotation. Thursdays will be weekly.

Autism Awareness Month

This month is Autism Awareness month. Blue is the organization's primary color and is associated with a calm feeling and acceptance in an otherwise loud and busy world for people on the spectrum.

Resource folder

During the month of April, we will focus on sharing stories and providing opportunities to increase understanding and acceptance of people with autism, fostering worldwide support is encouraged. Nicole has now shared a resource folder with you that includes activities that can be incorporated into lessons to bring awareness to Autism.

To access the folder then please click here.

Primary Yearbook (15th April deadline)

The Primary Yearbook is due to be completed by the 15th of April, so please enter the information you desire onto your page at your earliest opportunity. Here is where you can access the Yearbook.

Maker space schedule

Now is your opportunity to book the Maker Space in Block D. If you would like to book the space to use with Sara, with your team, with your class or with small groups of students then just let Sara know the day and time and she will add your booking to the document here.

Qatar National Identity Accreditation Visit

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) will be visiting us on Tuesday 12th April, Wednesday 13th April and Thursday 14th April to conduct an accreditation visit.

In a relatively uneconomically entitled process - vis. Evaluation of the Quality of Qatar National Identity Implementation in Internationally Accredited Schools in Qatar - three representatives will be visiting campus and speaking with students, teachers, and parents, accessing our teaching and learning materials, and observing our teaching and learning. The visit will not be restricted to Arabic, Islamic, and Arabic History classes. All classes will be potentially observed. Details of the visit and its format are not yet available, but it will, at this stage, be a face-to-face visit.

The visit is an important part of our accreditation process, but it is also a key indicator that the pall of COVID is receding and we are moving towards our post-COVID future.

Take part in the EMS Ramadan Photo Challenge, where you capture an image every day of Ramadan. You will find daily prompts that tell you what to look for and shoot. Students, parents and friends are welcome to take part in this Challenge.

Rules to participate:

1. Use your phone, tablet, or camera to take your photo.

2. Follow the theme for each day.

3. Post on Instagram and mention @ems.qa to be featured. (profile pages need to be public in order to re-post)

4. Only post original photos. ( Do not post screenshots or paste images you have found on Google/sites.)

Don't forget to have fun!

Ramadan Kareem

Resources

Click on the image for more information.

Everything from Plastic Pollution curriculum and activity guide, The Lorax Project, and Bill Nye: We are not going to live on Mars...and many more amazing resources.