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GEMS westminster school, sharjah Newsletter Issue #42 8th June 2017 Message from the Principal, Ms. Valerie Thompson Dear Parents, KG-G1 (Pre-Primary Team) We are happy to share that from Septem- ber, our dedicated KG SLT team Ms. Shamail (Head of KG) & Ms. Raghi (Deputy Head of KG) will be adding the G1 classes to their Pre-Primary Team. This is to ensure a smoother KG-G1 tran- sition, with more widespread free-flow & child-centered learning experiences. Please note that the G1 uni- form will follow the same KG uniform. We are sure that this initiative will greatly benefit our young G1 learners & enrich the KG team too. We wish the extended Pre-Primary Team every suc- cess! Students’ Last Day (Thursday 15th June, 11am) For safety & wellbeing, please remind your children that they must behave sensibly on the last day, as they would on any other day. In the past, some students had the habit of writing on their or class- mates’ uniform, tearing it & other such actions. This is not appro- priate; if they wish to record their friends & teachers’ autographs & messages, they may bring an autograph note book. Thank you. ‘Excellence Through Teamwork; Success For All’ Dates for your Diary Date & Time Details From Thursday 1st June School timings on Ramadan exam days from 1/6/17-15/6/17 will be 8am-11am for all stu- dents. No Babysitting after 1pm. Canteen & vending machine closed (there will be designated eating rooms, but please send food from home if your child is not fasting). Ramadan Charity Drive for the Red Cres- cent. You may wish to donate dry food items & unwanted clothing (please leave with PRE in Reception, thanks). Sunday 28th May to Sunday 11th June G6-11 MOE Arabic & Islamic exams run from 28/5/17 to 11/6/17 as per MOE schedule. These exams are compulsory. Thursday 1st June Internal T3 exams start. From 1/6/17 school timings for all students will be 8am-11am. No Babysitting after 1pm Sun. 11th- Thurs. 15th June Summer Bookfair You can buy recommended summer reading books for your children, if you wish. Thurs. 15th June 2017 Students’ last day for this academic year. How- ever, all dates are subject to MOE change. If you child fails an exam, retests may be held from 15th-22nd June (as per MOE instructions). Wednesday 28th June 8am-1pm Parent-Teacher Meeting. Hardcopy, MOE attested Reports available (subject to MOE approval, annual fees cleared & student Registration complete) Sunday 20th – Saturday 26th August, 8am- 3:30pm Uniform sale in WSS from 20/8/17-26/8/17 inclusive of Friday & Saturday. 8am-3:30pm (see p5 for details). Booksales start from Sunday 20/8/17, 8am- 3:30pm (see p2 for details). Sunday 10th & Monday 11th September 2017 New students will start on Sunday 10th Sep- tember, 8am-12pm Returning students will start on Monday 11th September , 7:45am-12:15/2:15pm. Full T1 fees need to be cleared before any child is assigned a class & admitted. No Payment Plans for T1. If you have paid the AED500/- seat booking fee but are late joining back, your seat will be held for one month (until 9/10/17), after which time the seat will be given to the Waiting List. Please clear T1 fees before 10/9/17 so your child can join class from the first day. Accounts will also be open on Saturday 9th Sept, 8am-1pm. Thank you. Many of our children participated in the Café Ceramique tile-painting activity, celebrating Arabic/ UAE culture. Here are some of the beau- tiful tiles that we will be displaying permanently in school.
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GEMS westminster school, sharjah Newsletter Issue #42
8th June 2017
Message from the Principal,
Ms. Valerie Thompson
Dear Parents, KG-G1 (Pre-Primary Team) We are happy to share that from Septem-ber, our dedicated KG SLT team Ms. Shamail (Head of KG) & Ms. Raghi (Deputy Head of KG) will be adding the G1 classes to their Pre-Primary Team. This is to ensure a smoother KG-G1 tran-sition, with more widespread free-flow &
child-centered learning experiences. Please note that the G1 uni-form will follow the same KG uniform. We are sure that this initiative will greatly benefit our young G1 learners & enrich the KG team too. We wish the extended Pre-Primary Team every suc-cess! Students’ Last Day (Thursday 15th June, 11am) For safety & wellbeing, please remind your children that they must behave sensibly on the last day, as they would on any other day. In the past, some students had the habit of writing on their or class-mates’ uniform, tearing it & other such actions. This is not appro-priate; if they wish to record their friends & teachers’ autographs & messages, they may bring an autograph note book. Thank you.
‘Excellence Through Teamwork; Success For All’
Dates for your Diary
Date & Time Details
From Thursday 1st June
School timings on Ramadan exam days from 1/6/17-15/6/17 will be 8am-11am for all stu-dents.
No Babysitting after 1pm.
Canteen & vending machine closed (there will be designated eating rooms, but please send food from home if your child is not fasting).
Ramadan Charity Drive for the Red Cres-cent. You may wish to donate dry food items & unwanted clothing (please leave with PRE in Reception, thanks).
Sunday 28th May to Sunday 11th June
G6-11 MOE Arabic & Islamic exams run from 28/5/17 to 11/6/17 as per MOE schedule. These exams are compulsory.
Thursday 1st June
Internal T3 exams start. From 1/6/17 school timings for all students will be 8am-11am. No Babysitting after 1pm
Sun. 11th-Thurs. 15th June
Summer Bookfair You can buy recommended summer reading books for your children, if you wish.
Thurs. 15th June 2017
Students’ last day for this academic year. How-ever, all dates are subject to MOE change. If you child fails an exam, retests may be held from 15th-22nd June (as per MOE instructions).
Wednesday 28th June 8am-1pm
Parent-Teacher Meeting. Hardcopy, MOE attested Reports available (subject to MOE approval, annual fees cleared & student Registration complete)
Sunday 20th –Saturday 26th August, 8am-3:30pm
Uniform sale in WSS from 20/8/17-26/8/17 inclusive of Friday & Saturday. 8am-3:30pm (see p5 for details). Booksales start from Sunday 20/8/17, 8am-3:30pm (see p2 for details).
Sunday 10th & Monday 11th September 2017
New students will start on Sunday 10th Sep-tember, 8am-12pm Returning students will start on Monday 11th September , 7:45am-12:15/2:15pm. Full T1 fees need to be cleared before any child is assigned a class & admitted. No Payment Plans for T1. If you have paid the AED500/- seat booking fee but are late joining back, your seat will be held for one month (until 9/10/17), after which time the seat will be given to the Waiting List. Please clear T1 fees before 10/9/17 so your child can join class from the first day. Accounts will also be open on Saturday 9th Sept, 8am-1pm. Thank you.
Many of our children participated in the Café Ceramique tile-painting activity, celebrating Arabic/ UAE culture. Here are some of the beau-tiful tiles that we will be displaying permanently in school.
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THREADS Uniform & Book Sale Schedule, August 2017. Uniform is available from the shop between Thursday 10th –Thursday 20th August
Review of the WSS Vision & Mission It is customary to review an organisations’s vision & mission every 5 years, or so. It is time to revisit what we want for our school in the next 5 years. What is the purpose of our school? What kind of school do we want? What kind of environment, student outcomes & experiences? A meaningful Vision & Mission are created with input from the whole community of stu-dents, staff & parents., so we will be working on this together as a team. Mr. Andrew has already met with some of our student leaders to hear their dreams for ‘WSS of the Future’. The PPP have already started to think about it too.
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GEMS-recommended Nursery for your Age 3-4 child, to prepare him/her for KG1 at WSS. Attendance of a Nursery year will give your child the required Foundation skills & a better chance of passing our admission assessment!
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