Dear Parents,Welcome back to all our students at Brilliant International Pvt School!

“We wish each and every one of you a happy andprosperous new year. Let us make the best out of 2019”.

We are so excited to get to know not only your child but you as well.We are thrilled to see so many familiar faces returning to the schooland we extend a very warm welcome. We want you to know that wewill do our best to make your child’s year the best as possible with ourhighly qualified multi-cultural teachers who hold varied experiencesfrom different places. All staff members support their play and extendtheir learning opportunities.

Having parental support and open lines of communication is anessential part of a successful school year. With your cooperation, wehope to provide the best learning opportunities for our students. Byworking together, we can make happy experiences. Thank you for allyou do for your child and our school!

BIPS would like to introduce Makala Cooper our new Head of Department for KG.

Miss Makala has over 20 years’ experience as an educator and had many roles within British schools inthe north of England and here in the UAE. She has Bachelor Arts in Childhood Studies and Education. Shealso has Early Years Teacher Status and is referred to as an Early Years Professional in the UK. Miss Makalahas also accomplished my Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Masters Level.

Miss Makala states” I am passionate about children’s Early Years’ Education and feel my expertise in theEYFS Frame work and strong knowledge of the Cambridge Curriculum will be an asset to BIPS.My personal ethos is that every child has the potential to develop and succeed, your child should betreated as an individual in a nurturing, holistic and safe environment. I aim to ensure that KG departmentwill work as a team to support all students, practitioners and their families to achieve their individualgoals.”

Welcome back assembly

It is great to be back at school. We are delighted with how well the children have settled back intoroutine. An assembly was organised on 10th of January 2019 to give a warm welcome to the studentsafter the winter break. Students came dressed in colourful clothes celebrating the beginning of thewinter term. The day was full of enjoyment as students danced to songs and were very excited to beback to school.

Dear Parents,

Following are few points to remind you about the school rules:

Timings: Our EYFS timings are from 7:00am – 1:30pm. Please note that the EYFS gate and doors will be closed at 7:30 am and will be opened for

parents to pick up their children at 1:05 pm. The school gates will be opened at 6:40am. Parents are asked not to drop off their children

before 6:40am and to pick them up no later than 2:00 pm.

Break time: The First Break will be from 8:05 am to 8:20 am for having breakfast. Second lunch break will be from 10:20 am to 10:50. Good nutrition is essential for our children. Gums, fizzy drinks, crisps (chips) and

chocolates are not allowed in the class. Please give your child healthy food such assandwiches, milk, yogurt, vegetables, fruit and fruit juice.

Uniform, Shoes and Jewellery: Regular school uniform to be worn on all days except the day when your child has P.E. Jewellery: Children are not allowed to wear gold jewellery in school for safety reasons

and the school will not take any responsibility for the loss or damage of such items. To avoid losses, make sure to label all your child’s belongings with permanent ink. Kindly keep extra clothes in your child’s school bag for emergency situations. Shoes: Black leather shoes should be worn with the school uniform. White sports shoes

must be worn with the P.E. uniform. Boys are required to have short and neat haircut.Girls must tie up long flowing hair. For shorter hairstyles parents are advised to send thechild with a white hairband .

Nail polish is not allowed. Nails must be trimmed regularly.

Academics: All the books will be kept in class except the homework books which will be sent home

with your child. Please make sure that the homework book is sent back to the class the next day to give

us time to prepare the books for the next assignment.

Attendance: Attendance in class is very important! If your child misses school, please write a note or

call the school. Furthermore, if the reason for his/her absence is medical condition, pleaseinform us. Our school nurse is ready to take care of any emergencies and to give anyprescribed medications as and when they are needed.

Paper Boat DayTalking about transportation is important for children's language development and theirgeneral knowledge. Water transportation activities develop an understanding among studentsabout the importance of water in daily life. The students made paper boats in their classesand rowed it in water.They were made aware that water is a precious resource and should be used wisely.

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Well, January was a fun-filled month learning all about transportation. First, the children had theopportunity to discover different types of transportation. We sorted different kinds of transportation intothe groups: Land, Water and Air.

Land transportation: Roads were drawn on the floor and children used scooters and toy cars to movealong. As a group activity students prepared junk models of vehicles.

Water transportation: Children folded origami boats and floated them in buckets of water. They alsoprepared different vehicles using tissue boxes which floated in water.

Air transportation: During this week children learnt about the different ways of air transport. They madehot air balloons with paper cuts as a group activity.

We spent some time exploring land, sea, and air transportation. The children sorted transportationpictures into different groups: land, sea, or air. Each child picked out a picture and sorted it according towhere it’s found.

Students were able to identify different modes of transportation and the vehicles used for each mode.Students also learnt about the uniqueness and similarity of the different vehicles.

Transportation is an important part of everyday life, and as such is a topic many preschool agedchildren are interested in. A transportation theme not only teaches children about what different vehiclesare for and how they work, but you can also use it to teach other important concepts such as safetywhen riding in a vehicle or walking.

The children were very excited to bring in their bicycles/ scooters/ cars and learn the rules of road. Thechildren dressed in costumes of captains, pilot, bus driver, cyclist, passenger and professions related todifferent means of transportation. They sat in the airplane they were very excited and shouted with joy

As the students explored land, water and air transport, the teachers explained certain rules related tothe theme and made students aware that accidents can often be avoided with proper safetyprecautions. It was a great lesson and a pleasure to see child participation.

As the topic for the month wastransportation, Sharjah Police wereinvited to speak to the children aboutRoad safety. The programme wasconducted on 28th January 2019 bySharjah Police Headquarters. Thestudents were very excited to see thepolice bike and car. The Policeman alsoshowed the students how to start thevehicle and the siren.

A parent teacher meeting helps to communicate to parents the areas their child are excelling in and to givethem specific ideas of how to improve their child's performance in school.

It is widely agreed among educators, that attending a parent teacher conference is extremelyimportant. Studies have shown that children do better in school when parents are involved in their children’sacademic lives. Attending a parent teacher meeting is a way to be involved and help your child succeed. Thisis a great opportunity to start or continue an ongoing conversation with your child’s teacher.

On Thursday 31st January 2019 an event wasorganized “Celebrate Spring”. During the weekstudents were taught about the season Spring. Inthis activity, students developed an understandingof the seasons by naming the seasons of the year,considering physical change over time, andanalysing environmental changes.

Children performed variety of songs in front ofother students without any hesitation. Just likeblossoms blooming in spring, the EYFS childrenspread their happiness amongst all of us.

Play is an important part of a child’s earlydevelopment. Playing helps young children’s brainsto develop and for their language andcommunication skills to mature.

Though ensuring your child has enough play time isa great benefit to families to allow their children torelease some extra energy, a child begins to find outwho they are through play, even during infancy.Even early in development, a child’s mind isexpanding just by looking at their environment andtaking in their surroundings.

Through play and with the use of educational toys,children learn many different skills they will need intheir life such as:

Problem solving and learning cause andeffect

Learning how to play with others throughcompromise, conflict resolution and sharing

Development of fine and gross motor skills Nurturing their creativity and imagination Discovering their independence and positive

self-esteem