April 13th

By Lewis Polden -

 


Class 3-4's kindness project taking shape!

Important Dates

  • 17th April - Arabic Assembly
  • 23rd April - Eid Fit'r break

Important Docs



Many thanks to Mr Anan's Maintenance team - yesterday we conducted the TIMMS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) testing in class 5-4. They prepared the room superbly, so that each student had their own workstation with power supply, and all the messy and potentially dangerous wiring was hidden away. A really stellar job!



Also a big thank you to Mr Salim's IT team who were invaluable in installing the laptops and logging students in - they made sure the day passed without a hitch!

Autism Month: Tips & Strategies




5 Techniques to Promote Divergent Thinking

Encouraging students to generate many solutions to a particular problem leads to more creative thinking and better problem-solving.


The above picture links to a great and very readable article by Edutopia


If you read ANYTHING from the Blog...read this
Google has announced updates for Google Classroom, Meet, Slides, Docs, Sheets, Chrome, and more. Many new features for teachers. 


  • Google Classroom practice sets- transform teaching content into interactive assignments you can upload a PDF and transform it in Google classroom
  • Reading mode in Chromebooks-- remove distractions and customize reading panel
  • Making Youtube interactive--kind of like Edpuzzle 
  • and much much more!!!


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