EID MUBARAK!Eid Mubarak! It has been a busy and creative week in Year Three. In English we have been writing newspaper articles about Ancient Egypt ensuring we have included a catching

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ISSUE NO.35 JUNE 13th, 2018

AL MAMOURA ACADEMYNEWSLETTER

EID MUBARAK!

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AL MAMOURA ACADEMY NEWSLETTERISSUE NO.35 | JUNE 2018

Hello!

Ramadan has come to an end and let’s just say, it sure has been an extremely different one than what we’re used to! The hashtag #رمضاين غري describes this Ramadan perfectly, it was filled with fun and laughter as we spent this time with our closest friends and teachers.

As Ramadan finishes and Eid arrives, it brings a lot of excite-ment with it. Grown-ups fluster as they try to get everything ready and small children run around with the thrilling sen-sation of getting their Eidia and venturing out to toy stores to get everything their heart desires.

This particular Eid is the first one this year - Eid Al Fitr, which comes from the word ‘futoor’ and it signals the end of Rama-dan, a Holy month. Muslims will be celebrating Eid all over the world and each country’s culture and traditions differ from each other.

MESSAGE FROM THE HEADS

For example, in the UAE we visit our families, where we all come together at our Grandparents house dressed in our finest clothes. Also, Eidiya is given out, which is money you get during Eid. It continues fro 3 days and each is filled with happiness and joy as loving families are brought together. Everyone is on the edge of their seat waiting for Eid and it’s delights. But it is also bittersweet as we leave Ramadan but look forward to it again next year.

It has been wonderful spending Ramadan in school with our friends and going to the amazing gatherings that were hosted.

Eid Mubarak, everyone!

Wadeema Al DhaheriYear 8 Lavender

SPORTS TEAM KITS

For any children involved in one of the Al Mamoura sports teams this year – for example the Football, Rugby, Basket-ball or Netball teams - please make sure any outstanding kit is returned to the PE team as soon as possible before the end of term. Please check if you have any kit at home just case you have forgotten to return it. Thank you.

LIBRARYIMPORTANT DATES

• AR closing date for Term 3: Thursday, 14 June 2018 AR celebrations date to be confirmed.

• No library loans: week be-ginning Sunday, 17 June 2018 All library resources to be re-turned to the library so as to receive end of term reports.Please note: Library will be open to classes for stories/adult-led activities etc.

• Library closed to pupils/ families for housekeeping and annual stocktake: week beginning Sunday, 24 June 2018 onwards Please note: We do not run summer holiday loans!

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Nessy is designed to help students of all abilities learn to read and spell especially those who learn differently, including Mainstream, EAL and Students with dyslexia.

Nessy Reading & Spelling consists of 10 islands with 100 lessons. It teaches through multisensory, proven Orton-Gillingham methodology, building the essential foundations needed for a child to learn to read and spell.

Key Features

100 lessons

300+ animated strategies

1000+ worksheets

Game learning motivates

Mnemonic spelling strategies

Sets learning objectives

Ideal for learning English

You would need to commit to your child using Nessy for at least 80 minutes per week, ideally 20 minutes for 4 days a week. For more details look on the website: https://www.nessy.com

Please contact me via email: [email protected] by Wednesday 27th June 2018 if you are interested. Thank you. Keri Ellis Head of Inclusion

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NEWS IN YEAR GROUPS FOUNDATION STAGE 1

What a wonderful week we have had in Foundation Stage 1, preparing for Eid Al-Fitr. Everybody worked really hard to make cards for our families to wishing them a Happy Eid. We really enjoyed making these beautiful cards with our friends and teachers. All the children are really excited to celebrate Eid and they are really looking forwards to seeing their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Many children, especially the girls spoke about the new clothes that they have got for the celebrations. Over the week, the girls of FS1 designed hennas. We definitely have some very talented and creative artists in our midst.

On Monday morning we went to assembly and all the children really enjoyed watching FS2 on stage. They told the story of ‘The Little Red Hen” and sang a lovely song all about friendships. Well done to all those children who received Gold Cards for all their excellent work in school.

FS1 are now covering the topic of ‘Under the Sea” and we have really enjoyed watching them pretending to be mermaids, pirates, sailors and scuba divers. We have been reading the story ‘The Rainbow Fish’. This book is all about sharing and how you will feel much happier when you share with your friends. This story has had a positive impact on FS1

as many children showed great kindness sharing resources with their friends and classmates this week.

Well done to all the boys and girls who made an extra effort to bring a healthy snack and lunch to school. Thank you to all the parents and carers for helping the children to make healthy food choices.

Congratulations to our Healthy Eaters of the Week:

Turtles – Zeyad Abdel Nafie Anemone – Fabiana JimenezStingrays – Mohamed Al SalamiCoral – Mohamed AfanehJellyfish – Sara NaloutiStarfish - Atharv Mishra

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Once upon a time in FS2 the children read a story called The Gingerbread Man. The children loved this story so much that they wrote about it, talked about it, acted out with their friends and even made their own Gin-gerbread Man pictures. FS2 love learning about Fairytales and different stories and we are really enjoying our Once Upon A Time Topic.

NEWS IN YEAR GROUPS FOUNDATION STAGE 2

Over the Eid Holiday see how many fairytale stories you can remember and see if there are any new ones you can read at home. Read, relax and enjoy the break and as always thank you for your continued support.

Kind regards, The FS2 Team

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NEWS IN YEAR GROUPS YEAR 1


Year One have been busy this week as Ramadan is coming to an end. The children are very excited about the upcoming Eid celebrations and this week they have been sharing how they celebrate, the different family members they will see and they places they will travel to!

In English we have continued to explore Handa’s Surprise. The children really enjoyed making posters of their favourite animal which they all labelled. During art they designed their own cartoon animals and some ideas and drawings were so creative, we were all very impressed!

Next week Year 1 will be going on their trips to Adventure HQ. This is something the children have been looking forward and they are very excited!

On Monday- Gazelles , Foxes and HaresOn Tuesday- Geckos, Jerboas and Caracals

We hope that everyone has an enjoyable and restful Eid weekend and we can’t wait to hear all about it next week

Eid Mubarak! The Year One Team.

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Eid Mubarak! What a busy week we have had in Year 2!

During Maths we have been revisiting 2D and 3D shapes. We have been using Mathematical language to name, describe and sort shapes.


In English we have been writing stories about dragons. The children have used some great adjectives to describe characters and settings.

We are really excited for our trip to Partiperfect next week! We will be learning how to prepare and cook some delicious healthy food! Please remember to be on time as we will be leaving at 8.15am.

Classes will be going on the following days: Monday – SandcatsTuesday – LeopardsWednesday – TahrsThursday – OryxSunday – Wolves

Camels will be joining other Year 2 classes to attend the trip. Please speak to Miss Sands if you are unsure which day your child is going.

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Eid Mubarak!It has been a busy and creative week in Year Three. In English we have been writing newspaper articles about Ancient Egypt ensuring we have included a catching headline, quotes and exciting vocabulary. Next week in English, we will be moving on to our new topic ‘Our Father’ and writing biographies in the form of comics.

In Maths this week each class has been working different areas of Maths ensuring that all the children are confident in every area. Next week the children will continue to develop their problem solving skills.

We have had lots of fun this week beginning our project based on Ancient Egyptian tombs which has challenged our planning, measuring and evaluation skills. We have also learnt about the life and achievements of Sheikh Zayad bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

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This week we have incorporated English into our Science lessons to investigate and write predic-tions for complete and incom-plete circuits. We also identified how to make an incomplete circuit work.

Next week in English we will focus on the key elements of an Explanation text and incorporate this element of our writing into our Science investigations.


In Maths the children have looked at solving problems involving time, translation of shapes and revisited co-ordi-nates. Next week in Maths we will put what we have learning into solving word problems re-lated to time, shape and co-or-dinates.

AR finishes today. I look forward to rewarding all the children who have put lots of energy into reaching their targets and increasing their word count, I wonder how many certificates will be given out as a result of their wonderful hard work.

We wish you all a wonderful Eid break. We look forward to wel-coming all students back next Monday to continue learning until the end of term. Normal teaching and learning of all subjects will continue after the break.

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Eid Mubarak to all. I hope you have a lovely long weekend celebrating with your friends and family.

Next week in English we will complete our unit on Poetry. Over the block the children have written and performed a selection of wonderful poetry. They are very creative poets!

Word problems will be the focus in Maths next week. We will also be incorporating what we have learned in fractions, decimals and percentages to solving increasingly challenging problems.

In Science next week we will continue to develop our scientific skills and by planning investigation and drawing conclusions from the results.

Reminder: Little World Trip is on Thursday 21st of June.

Year 5 students being filmed using Minecraft: Education Edition for a Microsoft case study on Sunday.

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This week the children have started a new and exciting book study on the Iron Man. The study is part of our transition programme and includes teaching key skills that the children will begin to cover in KS3 when they go up to Secondary school. This is a way to prepare them for the next steps and build on the Year 6 skills we have covered this year.

We have also been continuing with some Science revision this week, covering body systems and what it means to have a balanced diet. On top of all that, the children have also been working hard on a Murder Mystery Maths project, in which the children have to use all the skills they have learnt over the year to uncover clues to find out who the suspect in the mystery is!

The children are getting very excited for the Year 6 Celebration next Thursday 21st beginning at 5pm and ending at 8pm at the Abu Dhabi Country Club. For any students that have not RSVP’d and still want to go to the celebration, please let your class teacher know and they will help to organise payments.

Finally, the Year 6 team would like to wish everyone a happy Eid weekend!

Eid Mubarak!

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ARABIC AND ISLAMIC NEWSالروضة األوىل- اللغة العربية

استعد صغارنا الستقبال العيد بفرح ورسور وقاموا

بالعديد من الفعاليات التي زادت من فرحتهم

وحامسهم استعدادا الستقبال هذه املناسبة

العظيمة. وقد قام األطفال بأعامل الزينة ونقوش

الحنة، كام استمتعوا بتصميم مالبس العيد مام

كان له أكرب األثر يف إدخال السور عىل قلوبهم،

وكل عام وأنتم بألف خري

الروضة الثانية - اللغة العربية

تم بحمد الله االنتهاء من دراسة حروف اللغة

العربية يف الروضة الثانية، وقد تعرف التالميذ

هذا األسبوع إىل حرف امليم من خالل قصة )ملكة

وقرنها املكسور(، وشاركنا التالميذ فرحتهم بعيد

الفطرحيث قمنا بتصميم بطاقة العيد، وقام

التالميذ برتديد تكبريات العيد يف جو من املرح

والسعادة

الصف الثاين- اللغة العربية

كان الرتكيز هذا األسبوع عىل أدوات االستفهام

وتوظيفها يف جمل مفيدة موضع االهتامم يف

الصف الثاين، وقد متكن التالميذ من كتابة العديد

من الجمل املفيدة التي تحوي ) أين ومتى( يف

سياقات صحيحة، كام متت مراجعة أركان الجملة

االسمية

الصف الثالث- اللغة العربية

يف هذا األسبوع قام طالب الصف الثالث بدراسة

االسم يف حالة )املفرد واملثنى والجمع( ضمن

أنشطة إثرائية متنوعة، وأعامل جامعية لتحقيق

أهداف الدرس يف جو من املرح واملنافسة واملتعة

الصف الثاين ـــ الرتبية اإلسالمية

أدرك تالميذ الصف الثاين أن التسامح خلق

املسلم، وميز التالميذ بني الفرد املتسامح و

غري املتسامح من خالل طرح مواقف متعددة

من الحياة العملية واستنتج التالميذ من خالل

األنشطة الجامعية التي قاموا بتأديتها مع

زمالئهم أن رسولنا محمد صىل الله عليه وسلم

.كان مثاال يقتدى به يف التسامح

Y4 Non Native Islamic:Year 4 students this week enjoyed their time while designing a fantastic Eid Card for their families. They discussed together the most important aspects that the Muslim does during Eid like Eid Takbeer, Eid prayer, wearing new clothes and saying Eid greetings to others.

شهادات التمييز

الروضة األوىل مريم راشد

الروضة الثانية سيف العواين

الصف األول نارص الفهيم

الصف الثاين فاطمة آل نهيان

الصف الثالث : أحمد األحبايب

نرجو لتالميذنا األعزاء وأولياء األمور الكرام قضاء عطلة آمنة

وسعيدة مع األهل واألحبة، عيد سعيد للجميع وعساكم من عواده، ونتطلع لرؤيتكم جميعا بكل همة ونشاط ملواصلة العام الدرايس يف

.األسبوعني األخريينكل عام وأنتم بخري

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ARABIC AND ISLAMIC NEWS

نرجو لتالميذنا األعزاء وأولياء األمور الكرام قضاء عطلة آمنة

وسعيدة مع األهل واألحبة، عيد سعيد للجميع وعساكم من عواده، ونتطلع لرؤيتكم جميعا بكل همة ونشاط ملواصلة العام الدرايس يف

.األسبوعني األخريينكل عام وأنتم بخري

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COMPUTER SCIENCE

This week in computing, KS3 students have been continuing with their app design project. Students have been creating individual navigation plans for their apps, including ideas of what features their app will have.


SECONDARY NEWSThey have been discussing with their peers how the school plan-ner could be improved and how the app could have different sec-tions compared to the current planner. Students have spent time including parent, teacher and student sections to their apps and ways that resources could be shared with them.

Some students have started their page designs which show how each page will look, identi-fying what colours and content will be included. Next week, students will start creating their app and using their designs to support with this process.

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ENGLISH

Year 7 looked at an extract from Dracula and practised compre-hension skills using PEE and creative writing skills in which they wrote a letter from Johna-thon’s point of view, describing their first impressions of the Count.

Year 8 looked over the writing part of their end of term exam, peer assessing some examples of writing and then using this set themselves targets on how to improve their own writing.

Year 9 learned about persuasive techniques, which was linked to their end of unit assessment in which they analysed a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Us-ing the similar techniques, they then wrote a speech of their own for an item they wanted to see put into ‘Room 101’.

Year 10 English Language students looked over their as-sessment, discussing what they had done well and what areas needed improving in order to set targets for the continuation of the course this term and into Year 11.

Year 10 Literature students looked over their assessment, discussing what they had done well and what areas needed improving in order to set tar-gets for the continuation of the course this term and into Year 11.

Year 10 1st Language: During our double lesson on Tuesday, Year 10 girls reviewed question 2 and 3 of their exam paper, fo-cusing on the writer’s thoughts and feelings. We will reflect on the writing paper next week.

HISTORY

In History this week Year 7 continued with their World War II topic, looking at the effects of The Blitz on the cities and towns of Britain. They analysed pho-tographs from the time, saying what they could see and what they could infer. Home learning is to gather more photographs of the effects of The Blitz, in preparation for a Blitz Art/poetry project. I suggest five minimum, they can put them in Word or PowerPoint.

Year 8 started their new topic ‘The Cold War’, using political cartoons to understanding the nature of the Cold War and what happened. Home learning is to learn the spelling and meaning of their new words: propaganda, espionage, arms race, space race, hostility, competition, sus-picion.

Year 9 continued with their Cold War topic, studying the Space Race. They started to colour code a timeline, saying whether each achievement was Soviet or American. Home learning is to find images of the Space Race.

MATHS

Secondary girls from Years 7 to 10 are reflecting on their term 3 assessments. They have identified strength and weak-ness areas and worked on their individual problem areas. Next week. We will start teaching new academic year’s content. Eid Mubarak!

FRENCH

Students in French have been completing their Speaking As-sessments and reviewing and reflecting on their completed exams. As students are reflecting on their recent assessment expe-rience we learn how to improve for the future.

Year 10 IGCSE students contin-ue their course and we have fo-cused on the Reading and Writ-ing assessments in particular.

Students who have selected French as an IGCSE option have started the course. Materials have been given to the students for them to work on over the summer months also. Students are encouraged to speak to Miss Kerr if they have any queries about what to expect next year.

GEOGRAPHY

All KS3 students reviewed their Geography exams this week. They analysed the paper, looked at the common errors with a view to improve their answers next time. Next week, Year 7 will begin the next topic ‘Destructive World’ with a focus on the Him-alayas. Year 8 and Year 9 will be introduced to the IGCSE course and Year 10 will continue with the topic of Economic Activities ‘Malthus and Boserup theories’ of population and resources.

SECONDARY NEWS


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ART

Students are working on and improving their Islamic garden designs.


SECONDARY NEWS

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EID MUBARAK!Eid Mubarak! It has been a busy and creative week in Year Three. In English we have been writing newspaper articles about Ancient Egypt ensuring we have included a catching