Autumn Term -...

Autumn Term Week 15 (Week A)

Good luck in the

House matches next

week!

Nearly there in

Week 16!

Wrapping up the

term in style!

Movie Madness on

a Monday!

On Thursday, 26th November, Brighton College

celebrated the U.A.E National Day. There were a

number of assemblies, events and activities for pupils,

staff and parents. Everybody had an amazing time, as

can be seen in the photographs.

As part of the National Day celebration, the Prep and Senior School

pupils collaborated on our own Brighton College flag. Pupils were

asked to design a ‘tile’ of what the U.A.E. means to them.

The final product is currently on display in our gallery and it looks

fabulous!

The ‘tiles’

The Year 4 pupils

have worked so hard

and perform with

the confidence and

passion of true

professionals, rising

to the challenge.

The Year 4 team

along with the

Music team have

done a truly

fantastic job!

Cinderella, as you have never seen her

before!

On Tuesday, the pupils in Year 6

entertained friends and family with a most

amusing, colourful and truly magical

interpretation of that well known fairy tale,

Cinderella. Interestingly, Cinders ended up

with a poor jam maker and took no

nonsense from the nasty not-so-charming

Prince in this version!

The school corridors have been

a-buzz with children humming

the tunes from the show and,

by popular demand, Pre-Prep

children also got to enjoy a

special matinee performance,

just for them.

Well done to all teachers and

children involved!

The Year 6 pupils have all worked hard

for this memorable production. Here

are some behind the scene photos.

Zoe Lindley-Smith,

Year 8 Jahili, has been

given a “Headmasters

Scholarship” to

Millfield. It is a Sports

boarding school in the

UK.

Well done Zoe and we

wish you all the best!

This week in Year 3 we have been learning

about the Jaipur Elephant Festival. This is a

festival which happens every year in India and

gets underway with a traditional procession of

decorated elephants.

The elephants proudly parade up and down,

like catwalk models, to an appreciative crowd.

In Year 3 we had a go at creating our own

designs for decorating elephants. We created

out own paisley patterns and experimented

with use a range of media such as oil pastels,

felt tip pens, chalk pastels and paints.

I think you will agree that our Elephants look

stunning!

By: Mrs Aly Wolstanholme

Head of Year 3

The children have also used

water colours to create

peacock eyes and as a year

group look at what we have

collaboratively created!

This is a collage in the

shape of a map of India

using lot's of pictures that

are symbolic to India.

In the collage you can see

the president, some

Bollywood dancers,

traditional food, the

Elephant Festival in Jaipur

and famous faces from

India.

The colours are warm and

bright and remind me of

India.

By: Aidan Kerr

Year 3 – Maple, Hosn

Here is Year 4 Danube

dressed up as famous

movie stars to raise

money for ‘Red

Crescent’.

This week was extra special as the girls made it a clean sweep.

We are, as always, very proud of all of them!

They are (from left to right):

Inayat Sohal, Isabelle Farrell, Sophie Mason, Eeman

Khan and Darcy Quirk

These Year 4 Pupils worked very hard on

their handwriting and have earned their

pen licences.

Well done to all of them!

NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS AT BRIGHTON COLLEGE

Sad to Say Goodbye!

The Bithna House and indeed the school

as a whole is very sad to say goodbye

to Olivia Nu and Xavier Sawaqed who are both in Year 7.

They have been great pupils to have in the House and they

will be sorely missed. We would like to wish them all the

best in their new adventures outside of Brighton College.

Xavier recently achieved a bronze medal in a Dubai sailing

competition which is excellent and we hope that he

continues to succeed in this sport. Good luck!

… Meet three new Year 7 Hosn pupils

This week…

This week Hosn, would like you to meet three of its newest

members, Maheen, Charlotte and Gyeong eun. The pupils share their

thoughts on how they have settled in, and how they are getting on in

a new school.

Hello everyone! My name is

Gyeong eun Noh Angella. I

am twelve years old and I’m

from South Korea.

I moved to Abu Dhabi six

months ago. I think I am

doing well at Brighton College;

my favourite subjects are

Maths, Art, Design and

Technology and P.E.

I love Brighton College all of

the teachers and pupils are so

kind.

Hello! I’m Maheen Javeed, I am

eleven years old and from Canada.

I love Brighton College because of

all of the amazing subjects like

Science, Maths and History. I love

all of the activities and sports here,

especially netball and rugby. I

would really like to start a

basketball team here, as I grew up

playing it. I’m happy to start my

new life but would like to establish

a basketball team at Brighton

College.

I’m glad to be fitting in just fine

with many trustworthy friends.

Hello everyone! My name is Charlotte

Norris and I am twelve years old and in

Year 7.

I have just started Brighton College and

have made lots of friends. I am from

England and I am also half Chinese. I

came to Abu Dhabi as my father got a

job here, and I came to Brighton

because it is one of the best in the city. I

am having a really good time here with

many friends, and I have settled in really

quickly. Although we have lots of prep, I

am enjoying my time in Hosn and in my

compass group. I do find most of the

school work challenging, however not

too hard and not too easy for me.

Furthermore, I think the majority of the

teachers are friendly, nice and

professional , with good respect.

This term at Brighton College, we have been

learning U11s touch rugby. It is fun and interesting;

we’ve learned how and when to pass, how to spot

space, spread out, move forward as a team and so

much more. The teachers are really supportive and

if you are struggling on something, they’ll always be

there for you. The teachers that have taught us are

Mr Knights, Ms White and Mr Macaulay. I am

positive that everyone on the teams had a really

great experience and we’d love to do it again! By: Addison Sharp, Y5 Hosn.

Pictures above includes Naser, Addison and Deen of Hosn who played on the

White Knights team.

Fujairah had a fantastic time

supporting Jahilil Movie

Madness Day. From Darth

Vader to Joy the children had

super time.

Finally, the children have

really benefitted from the

kind donations that you

have already made.

Thank you!

I hope that everyone enjoyed their National Day Holiday. It has

been another busy week. Congratulations to all the Fujairah

children who took part in Cinderella - what a super show! We are

now looking forward to the end of term concert next week.

There has also been sporting success for the girls Under 11

Football Team who won their tournament, well done!

Next week we are looking forward to taking part in House Match

finals, come on Fujairah!

Mrs Rachael O’Halleron

HMM

After lots of preparation and planning, Jahili Fun Day 2015:

Movie Madness came to fruition on Monday 7th December

and saw the whole Prep school transform into their favourite

movie characters, raising a grand total of 7256.25 AED for

Emirates Red Crescent!

Here are a few highlights of the highlight of the Jahili calendar

so far this year!

A massive thank you to all of the pupils, parents and teachers

who contributed to making the day so fun for so very many of

us.

Danielle Facey

HMM

At break time on Monday, as part

of the fundraising activities, three

parents helpers and Jahili Tutors

organised the first ever cinema

snacks sale – proving the

popularity of popcorn and

doughnuts to be the snack of

choice for all House Room

cinema goers!

Danielle Facey

HMM

A special thank you to Mrs Cowell for leading a team of

budding Hollywood diva designers to get crafty , decorating

t-shirts with paints and stamps. What a talented bunch!

Danielle Facey

HMM

Jahili Tutors vs…? You decide!

5 AED per vote!

Thank you to the following teachers

who took part in Thursday’s

‘Dodgeball’ movie reenactment,

much to the amusement of the Prep

school:

Mr Knights

Mrs Cowell

Miss Grey

Mr Donohue

Mr Espada

Miss Mansoor

Miss Merren

Mrs Wilson-Smith

Mr Scott

Miss Ward

Your willingness to get soaked made

lots of people very happy and raised

over 700AED for charity!

Danielle Facey

HMM

Thank

you Mr

Evans!

Thank You, Goodbye and Good Luck!

Dear Parents,

As the end of term approaches, we are sad to say thank you and goodbye to

three Jahili Tutors: Fiona Palmer (7 Jahili), Stephen Donohue (6 Namib) and

Carolyn Etchells (8 Jahili).

As you will have read in Vanessa Robitaille’s recent letter, Fiona and Stephen

will both be leaving the UAE to follow exciting new opportunities around the

world, at the end of next week. Fortunately, Carolyn is not leaving the College,

however, she will be focusing on her role as Special Educational Needs Co-

ordinator from the start of the Spring term.

On behalf of the whole of Jahili, I would like to take the opportunity to

thank Fiona, Stephen and Carolyn for their enthusiasm and support over the

past term. The Jahili family won’t be the same without them and they will be

greatly missed!

As we approach 2016, we look forward to welcoming Dan Kirkwood (8

Jahili), Paul Gardner (7 Jahili) and Zahra Thandi (6 Namib) to the pride in

January.

If ever you have any questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to get touch

at: dfacey@brightoncollege.ae

Many thanks,

Danielle Facey

HMM

PREP SCHOOL STAFF

Alun Yorath Head Master headmaster@brightoncollege.ae

Joanna Vigneron Head Mistress of Pre-Prep School jvigneron@brightoncollege.ae

Vanessa Robitaille Head Mistress of Prep School vrobitaille@brightoncollege.ae

Adrian Frost Deputy Head Master (Operations) afrost@brightoncollege.ae

Kate Bradley Deputy Head Mistress (Curriculum) kbradley@brightoncollege.ae

Simon Crane Head of Co-Curricular scrane@brightoncollege.ae

Priya Mitchell School Counsellor counsellor@brightoncollege.ae

Ruth Forsythe Director of Performing and Creative Arts rforsythe@brightoncollege.ae

Vanessa Robitaille Head Mistress of Prep School vrobitaille@brightoncollege.ae

Paula Cumming Deputy Head Prep School (Teaching and Learning) pcumming@brightoncollege.ae

Emmanuel Gauthier Deputy Head Prep School (Director of Studies) egauthier@brightoncollege.ae

Nicola Sands Deputy Head Prep School (Pastoral) nsands@brightoncollege.ae

Jomellyne Paner PA of Prep School Head Mistress jpaner@brightoncollege.ae

Danielle Facey Jahili ddube@brightoncollege.ae

Rachael O'Halleron Fujairah rohalleron@brightoncollege.ae

David Scott Bithna dscott@brightoncollege.ae

Jennifer White Hosn jwhite@brightoncollege.ae

Abeer Barakeh Head of Prep Arabic abarakeh@brightoncollege.ae

Alia Hamdan Arabic Teacher hamdan@brightoncollege.ae

Layla Hussein Arabic Teacher lhussein@brightoncollege.ae

Jenan Sartawi Arabic Teacher jsartawi@brightoncollege.ae

Ghadeer Kharouf Arabic Teacher gkharouf@brightoncollege.ae

Elise Naomi Buddle Art Teacher ebuddle@brightoncollege.ae

Michael Cooper Art Teacher mcooper@brightoncollege.ae

Matilda Davis Art Teacher mdavis@brightoncollege.ae

Jennifer White DT Teacher jwhite@brightoncollege.ae

Shabina Saleem ICT Teacher ssaleem@brightoncollege.ae

Sana Shaikh DRAMA Teacher sshaikh@brightoncollege.ae

Melanie Thompson Head of EAL - Whole College mthompson@brightoncollege.ae

Caroline Bourn EAL Teacher cbourn@brightoncollege.ae

Linda Guishard EAL Teacher lguishard@brightoncollege.ae

Amy Wilson-Smith Head of Prep English awilson-smith@brightoncollege.ae

Danielle Facey English Teacher ddube@brightoncollege.ae

Fiona Palmer Head of Prep Humanities fpalmer@brightoncollege.ae

Adam Hannigan Humanities Teacher ahannigan@brightoncollege.ae

David Scott Humanities Teacher dscott@brightoncollege.ae

Khawla Hasan Head of Islamic Studies - Whole College khasan@brightoncollege.ae

Hanadi Aljundi Islamic Studies Teacher haljindi@brightoncollege.ae

Najwa Ali Hussein Ismail Islamic Studies Teacher nahismail@brightoncollege.ae

Mohammed Al Kutich Islamic Studies Prep and Senior mkutich@brightoncollege.ae

Whole College Leadership and Responsibility

PREP School Senior Leadership Team (PSLT)

ARABIC

ART and DT

DRAMA

EAL

House Master / Mistress ( HMMs)

ENGLISH

HUMANITIES

COMPUTING and ICT

ISLAMIC STUDIES

PREP SCHOOL STAFF

Obed Espada Head of Prep Maths oespada@brightoncollege.ae

Stephen Donohue Maths Teacher sdonohue@brightoncollege.ae

Melantha McDonald Maths Teacher mmcdonald@brightoncollege.ae

Beth Solomon Maths Teacher esolomon@brightoncollege.ae

Samantha Attfield Head of Prep MFL sattfield@brightoncollege.ae

Chen Chen Mandarin Teacher cchen@brightoncollege.ae

Rachel Kepple MFL Teacher rkepple@brightoncollege.ae

Fatema Mansoor MFL Teacher fmansoor@brightoncollege.ae

Rachel McCobb MFL Teacher rmccobb@brightoncollege.ae

Li Song Mandarin Teacher lsong@brightoncollege.ae

Daniel Jeremy Miles Head of Instrumental Music dmiles@brightoncollege.ae

Elizabeth Clancy Head of Prep Music eclancy@brightoncollege.ae

Ioannis Potamousis Head of Keyboard Studies ipotamousis@brightoncollege.ae

Elizabeth Grey (Melzer) Music Teacher emelzer@brightoncollege.ae

Mohamad Hamami Violin Tutor mhamami@brightoncollege.ae

Petia Boneva Music Tutor pboneva@brightoncollege.ae

Matthew Deegan Head of Prep PE mdeegan@brightoncollege.ae

Simon Crane P. E. Teacher scrane@brightoncollege.ae

Rosemary Baylis P.E. Teacher rbaylis@brightoncollege.ae

Kelly Ann Davey P.E. Teacher kdavey@brightoncollege.ae

Emma Jane Speirs P.E. Teacher espeirs@brightoncollege.ae

Thomas Southall P.E. Teacher tsouthall@brightoncollege.ae

Benjamin Albert Ward P.E. Teacher bward@brightoncollege.ae

Helen Silcock Head of Prep Science hsilcock@brightoncollege.ae

Julia Hargrave ( Temporary) Science Teacher jhargrave@brightoncollege.ae

Neil Young Science Teacher nyoung@brightoncollege.ae

Carolyn Etchells SENCO cetchells@brightoncollege.ae

Lucy Elliston Director of the Dyslexia Centre lelliston@brightoncollege.ae

Farah Barazi Social Studies Teacher fbarazi@brightoncollege.ae

Salameh Abdallah Ali Al Jarawin Social Studies Teacher lelliston@brightoncollege.ae

Maysoon Mohammad Alhourani Native Social Studies malhourani@brightoncollege.ae

Melantha McDonald Maths Teacher mmcdonald@brightoncollege.ae

Charlotte Cowell English Teacher ccowell@brightoncollege.ae

Telitha Williams English Teacher twilliams@brightoncollege.ae

Laddi Knights Maths Teacher oknights@brightoncollege.ae

Alyson Baker-Wolstanholme Head of Year 3 - Elm awolstanholme@brightoncollege.ae

Clare Ward Year 3 Teacher - Oak cward@brightoncollege.ae

Emma Pugh Year 3 Teacher - Maple epugh@brightoncollege.ae

Rachael O'Halleron Year 3 Teacher - Palm rohalleron@brightoncollege.ae

Sarah Godfrey Year 3 Teacher - Willow smonger-godfrey@brightoncollege.ae

Georgina Wright Year 4 Teacher - Thames (Acting Head of Year) gwright@brightoncollege.ae

Anna Merren Year 4 Teacher - Yangtze amerren@brightoncollege.ae

Marc Evans Year 4 Teacher - Nile mevans@brightoncollege.ae

Melissa Nation- Granger Year 4 Teacher - Danube mnation-granger@brightoncollege.ae

Fiona Coles Year 4 Teacher - Mara (Cover) fcoles@brightoncollege.ae

Suzanna Cook-Eggar Head of Year 4 - Mara (Maternity Leave) seggar@brightoncollege.ae

YEAR 4

MUSIC

P.E.

SCIENCE

SENCO and Dyslexia Centre

SOCIAL STUDIES

YEAR 3

YEARS 5 AND 6

MFL

MATHS

The Parents’ Broadsheet News and Views

Week 16 (Week B) Autumn Term 2015

The end of term is here! It seems amazing that we have only one week left of this term, where has the time gone? The Prep School continues to be a busy and vibrant school with unique and special events happening all the time. This week has been no different, with the wonderful and colourful Jahili Movie day. Dress up days are always special here and it is always a delight to see the enthusiasm and effort that goes into such events. My thanks to the Jahili team, for all their work in making their day such a great one. Another highlight of the week was Year 6’s Cinderella – what a fabulous evening it was. The children sang so beautifully and the acting displayed a strong ability to convey emotions, with the audience really laughing and sympathising with the characters on stage. Huge, huge congratulations to the cast and the team behind the show - it was a wonderful!

This week: Week 16, 13th – 17th December

House Finals Week – Sunday – Thursday U13 BSME Trip Parents Meeting – Monday Senior School Production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ – Monday and Wednesday Year 3 India Day – Wednesday Prep School Festive Concert – Wednesday 6:00 School Assembly – Thursday 8:00 – blazers please End of Term – Thursday (12pm)

Looking ahead: Week 1, 10th – 14th January

First Day of Spring Term – Sunday CCAs Start – Monday U11 BSME Trip Parents Meeting – Wednesday

Notes and Important Information

Absence during term time - If you will be leaving early or returning late please ensure that you have filled in a leave request form and sent it to Jomellyne Paner at so that the jpaner@brightoncollege.aeabsence can be authorised if necessary.

Letters that have been uploaded onto the Communicator this week

Sports Bulletin Spinneys Menu Arabic Week Community Meeting letter Prep School End of Term Concert letter Prep & Senior Co-Curricular Activities Update Year 3 India Day letter Head of Prep School Leaving letter Head Master's Letter - 6th December

The Parents’ Broadsheet News and Views

Week 16 (Week B) Autumn Term 2015

The end of term is here! It seems amazing that we have only one week left of this term, where has the time gone? The Prep School continues to be a busy and vibrant school with unique and special events happening all the time. This week has been no different, with the wonderful and colourful Jahili Movie day. Dress up days are always special here and it is always a delight to see the enthusiasm and effort that goes into such events. My thanks to the Jahili team, for all their work in making their day such a great one. Another highlight of the week was Year 6’s Cinderella – what a fabulous evening it was. The children sang so beautifully and the acting displayed a strong ability to convey emotions, with the audience really laughing and sympathising with the characters on stage. Huge, huge congratulations to the cast and the team behind the show - it was a wonderful!

This week: Week 16, 13th – 17th December

House Finals Week – Sunday – Thursday U13 BSME Trip Parents Meeting – Monday Senior School Production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ – Monday and Wednesday Year 3 India Day – Wednesday Prep School Festive Concert – Wednesday 6:00 School Assembly – Thursday 8:00 – blazers please End of Term – Thursday (12pm)

Looking ahead: Week 1, 10th – 14th January

First Day of Spring Term – Sunday CCAs Start – Monday U11 BSME Trip Parents Meeting – Wednesday

Notes and Important Information

Absence during term time - If you will be leaving early or returning late please ensure that you have filled in a leave request form and sent it to Jomellyne Paner at so that the jpaner@brightoncollege.aeabsence can be authorised if necessary.

Letters that have been uploaded onto the Communicator this week

Sports Bulletin Spinneys Menu Arabic Week Community Meeting letter Prep School End of Term Concert letter Prep & Senior Co-Curricular Activities Update Year 3 India Day letter Head of Prep School Leaving letter Head Master's Letter - 6th December