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NEWSLETTER 23rd November 2017 ISSUE NO.10
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THINGS TO REMEMBER
FS2 are visiting Al Shahania Stud on Monday, 27th November.
2017 North Star trip leaves for Oman on Monday, 27th November and returns on Thursday, 30th November.
3C and 2D class assemblies are on Thursday, 30th November.
Year 4 trip to Katara is on Thursday, 30th November.
Dear Parents, Your children have probably by now told you about the special guest who visited our school today Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex. Unfortunately due to strict security protocol, we were unable to let all parents know about this event. We will be sharing some more photos of the event to our DESS community very soon. Her Royal Highness is the patron of our chosen charity, Qatar Creating Vision (Orbis). Her Royal Highness thoroughly enjoyed her visit where she visited our garden where some of our Eco team spoke to her about the schools environmental initiatives. Her Royal Highness also visited some classrooms and our library before being escorted to the multi-purpose hall for our assembly. During the assembly, Her Royal Highness listened to our choir and heard some piano music played by one of our pupils. Some pupils and a member of our Board of Governors, Mona Ahmad, presented gifts to Her Royal Highness and children from year 4 and FS1 talked about our recent fundraising week. At the end of her visit, our year 6 children were able to wave her off. I was so pleased that all children were a part of this very special day. One final note, we have some exciting events in the upcoming weeks and so could I please urge parents to regularly check the calendar on the school web site for updated information. Enjoy your weekend.
A MESSAGE FROM MR SIBLEY
BRITISH ROYALTY VISITS DESS
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Sport at DESS
Notices Early morning swim squads will be cancelled during the last week of the Autumn term (week commencing 10th December). If any year 6 parents still need to purchase kit for their child attending North Star, the kit list required is available at the following link: Y6 North Star Recommended Kit List.
Please send swimming goggles and swimming caps on your childs swimming day. Anyone interested in assisting with squad training or fixtures, please contact Mrs Lyon ([email protected]).
Fixtures Monday , 27th November 2017: Year 3 & 4 Girls Football.
Results Monday, 20th November: Year 3 Boys Football. Year 3 played brilliantly. The team didnt make the finals on this occasion. Monday, 20th November: Year 4 Boys Football team came second in their competition.
Join our fantastic team!
Job Opportunities
USEFUL LINKS
Our Parent Council now have a dedicated page on the DESS website: Parent Council
Our policies can be found here: Policies
Our new Calendar of Events for the Autumn Term can be found here: Calendar of Events. Please note that there may be times when dates may need to change.
Guidance on uniform can be found here: Uniform
Find out about our childrens
achievements here:
Star Of The Week
Food Allergies
We have a number of children with food allergies at DESS and we re-spectfully request that food is not brought in by parents for birthdays due to this due to this.
Friends of DESS
Winter Fair ticket sales will continue next week in the playground.
The Friends of DESS team will be sell-ing the tickets at drop off and pick up on:
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 7:00am-7:45am and 12:30pm-2:15 pm.
Friendship
Parade
The British Embassy Doha would like to in-vite any staff, pupils and their families to a Friendship Parade taking place on Saturday, 16th December. A 1km walking route has been planned for the parade, in which the Embassy has been invited to participate (along with all other Embassies in Qatar). The parade will be held around the friendship village (near Souq Waqif). Anyone who would like to attend should con-tact [email protected], leaving your name, contact details, number of attendees and their names. The Embassy will be providing flags and UK branded t-shirts but would also encourage any children who wish to wear their favourite sports / football kit to do so.
Music at DESS
Forthcoming events British Embassy Carols will be held on Sun-day, 3rd December. This is only open to 35 Voice Squad members. This event is by invi-tation only. Letters have been sent home to Voice Squad children this week.
Voice Squad will be performing at the Winter Fair on Friday, 8th December. Choirs Around the Tree will be held at DESS on Monday, 11th December. DESS Voice Squad, Cantabile and Junior Choir will be performing. More details will follow on this
Message from The School
Nurse
Some children have unfortunately had the winter gastroenteritis bug recently. If your child has been ill, please could I politely re-mind parents that children should return to school 48 hours after their last episode of diar-rhea or vomiting. Thank you.
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