Thursday 13th

 

Happy Thursday and happy weekend. This week has been a busy one with behavior bubbling away across year levels. If you need support with students, parents, meetings or emails we are always available to jump in whenever needed. Please reach out, we are here. Have a relaxing weekend and see you on Sunday. Reminder, students are in next week Sunday-Wednesday. No students on Thursday. 

Today's PD

Please see the email sent for today's PD. You can work in groups or independently. The session must be completed before home time today.

As part of our safeguarding protocol, all school staff must complete the ECIS Child Protection Course.

This course provides a foundational understanding of our roles and responsibilities in promoting child protection within an international school community. It is designed to strengthen our shared safeguarding culture and ensure that every adult plays an active role in maintaining a safe environment for our students.

During our Orientation Week, we introduced key safeguarding principles and shared the presentation with you. Please refer back to it whenever you need to.

For those new to the school, this course will help you better understand safeguarding practices and the types of cases that should be highlighted to the safeguarding team.

At ECIS, we believe that establishing a strong safeguarding culture begins with collective responsibility and continuous professional learning across the entire school community.

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Notable Features

• Online and mobile-friendly – accessible from any device

• Interactive quizzes with immediate feedback

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Time Required

• Approximately 45 minutes to complete

• Includes 4 sections and one assessment page

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Important Information

1. You will soon receive an email from the ECIS Learning Hub with your login details. Once received, please activate your profile and access the assigned course.

   • If you already have an existing ECIS account using the same email, please log in directly at www.ecisacademy.com using your current credentials.

   • If you’ve forgotten your login details, use the “Forgot Password” function on the website.

2. The course should only be completed during our PD session on Thursday, 13th November, from 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Please do not complete it earlier.). You can work independently in your classroom. The course must be completed on the same day.

3. Once you have successfully completed the course and downloaded your ECIS certificate, please upload it to your People Development (BlueSky) account.

   • Instructions for uploading your certificate are attached to this email.

   • The training module is already created in the system, so you only need to upload your certificate once it is available.

4. If you face any issues with login or access, please contact Ms Noha Khedr: noha.khedr@emsdoha.net for assistance.

Safeguarding 

If you have any concerns or would like to speak to someone relating to changes in any students please reach out to any of the designated Safeguarding Leads. Information about our upcoming Safeguarding training to follow. If you need help signing in for todays PD session please contact Ms Noha noha.khedr@emsdoha.net

Helpful links 

Assessment calendar

Report timeline

Duties and Rotas 

School timings 

Arabic calendar 

Books to remove from circulation 

School wide PD planner

Final calendar

Important dates 

• Anti bullying week begin November 9th-13th. 
• Class photos begin November 3rd- November 17th
• Reports to Buddies November 13th
• Arabic benchmark assessment- November 17th
• Reports to Admin- November 18th
• 3 way conference evening November 19th
• 3 way conference day November 20th 
• Comments and Grades in ISAMs November 23rd
• Breakfast with Principal LP November 24th 
• Breakfast with Principal UP November 25th 
• Dress down November 27th 
• Flag raising Year 1-6 7am-7.15 November 27th
• Reports published to parents November 27th 
• Solidarity with Palestine day 30th. More information to follow