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Edition 10: October 2019.

NIS WEBSITE The NIS website is our main communication tool we would strongly urge all parents to look at the website each day in order to ensure that you are aware of all matters pertaining to the operation of the school. This is where all details will be posted pertaining to

a) Examination Timetables b) Syllabus Distributions c) Projects d) Announcements

AS A PARENT, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH THIS.

G4 – 8 PROJECTS ARE NOW POSTED

PREK – G12 SYLLABUS DISTRIBUTIONS ARE NOW POSTED

G4 – G10 TERM 1 EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE NOW POSTED

THE 2019 – 2020 PARENT HANDBOOK! The Parent Handbook is now available on the NIS Website. All parents are advised to refer to this publication and be familiar with the policies it contains. The policies contained within are applicable to all parents, without exception, and your adherence is expected at all times.

ATTENDANCE

International research suggests that absence from school undermines the learning process. Unless there is an extremely good reason, all NIS

students MUST to be in school every day. Parents are REQUIRED to contact the school on the first day of the child's absence to inform us of reason for the absence. In addition, NIS has a strict policy on attendance during the three “end of term” examination sessions. Parents must not arrange holidays during this time.

Please note that we have policies on providing work for children when they are absent from school. These can be found on the school website in the Parent Handbook.

HOMEWORK! – Complete when issued We are receiving information that a small number of children are experiencing difficulty meeting homework deadlines for teachers. After examining this situation one of the reasons is that children are waiting until the day before to complete the homework. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN COMPLETE THE HOMEWORK ON THE DAY IT WAS SET, RATHER THAN WAITING. This waiting, usually results in children having too much homework on one night.

“HOME SCHOOLING” = Illegal

Mr. Tony met with Mr. Khaled

Nuwaishi from the Ministry of

Education, on Thursday last week.

One of the discussion items was

‘Home Schooling’. NIS has been

clearly informed by the Ministry of

Education that ‘Home Schooling’ is

strictly against KSA Law. All expatriate and KSA children are

mandated to attend school until the end of G12.

IF YOU KNOW OF ANY STUDENTS AND

FAMILIES WHO ARE BREAKING THE LAW

PLEASE INFORM THEM, AS THE MOE ARE

FOLLOWING THESE CASES.

“The mission of Nada International School is to provide exemplary international education so that students may acquire the necessary academic, personal and social knowledge, skills and qualities to move on to other schools, establishments of higher education, or into a career with a high degree of justifiable confidence.”

LEAVING TIMES – All children… Unless there is an emergency situation, all students are

expected to be in school for the full duration of the school

day. NIS reserves the right not to allow children to leave e

COLLECTION TIMES – All children…

The NIS school day finishes as follows

a) 14:10 (the conclusion of the ordinary school day) b) 16:00 (after extra classes or activities)

Parents with private transport should be mindful to make arrangements to collect children at these times. NIS

cannot accommodate children after these times.

ARRIVAL TIMES

The NIS school day is devised to allow children of all ages to have structured learning time and supervised socialization time.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU CHILD IS AT SCHOOL BEFORE 7.20 am EACH DAY.

STUDENTS WHO ARRIVE TO SCHOOL LATE DISRUPT THE LEARNING PROCESS FOR OTHERS.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT NIS TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN WHO ARRIVE VERY EARLY, BEFORE 7:00 AM, AND ONLY LIMITED SUPERVISION IS AVAILABLE FROM 0700 – 0715.

Please note that children who repeatedly arrive late for school when travelling in private transport will

a) Be made to wait in Administration for one full period.

b) Students who are frequently made to wait in Administration will be sent home from school and will miss the whole day.

EXAMINATION OBJECTIVES

At the end of each term, students have to sit the End of Term Exams for the subjects that they have attended throughout the year. This is important in assessing the progress of individual students and allowing students to move forward to the next grade. Exam objectives will outline what students will likely come across during their exams. This includes the lessons the students took throughout the year, the question formats that will be present in the exam and the resources that might help students prepare for their examinations. The exam objectives for grades 4 -10 are available on the website now.

If it is two hours later, then it will

take half as much time until it's

midnight as it would be if it were

an hour later. What time is it?

Cambridge Assessment International

Education May / June 2020

Examination

All the information has been collected from our students in G10 – G12 ready for

registration. Information forms were sent home with students at the beginning of the academic year. The students also filled in the estimated entries, which gives us a good idea of how many subjects and examinations our students will register for. The registration process has begun, Mr Ansir has sent home registration forms with all the necessary information. Please could read the registration details carefully and send in the forms back to school ASAP with the relevant payment, so we can get all our students registered when the registration opens.

G10 students and parents (particularly from Egypt / Jordan) need to read the information document regarding the new grading scale very carefully, so you can make the right choice when selecting which exams to sit.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr Ansir.

CAR PASSES – PRIVATE DRIVERS

During the THIS week 2019 car passes were distributed to those who have applied for them.

This occurred as you entered or exited the gate to the school, the security team were set up by the school entrance to complete the process.

A polite reminder to drive carefully when near the school and avoid using your mobile telephone whilst driving

I once said” “You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”. I was born in Genoa in 1451, the son of a wool merchant. I was a traveller and self-educated man, becoming fluent in Latin, Spanish and Portuguese. - Who am I and what am I famous for?

The winners will be drawn from the box each week and will be in the newsletter. As a prize, each winner will be given Golden Ticket from Mr. Tony. Each correct answer will receive merits.

Only one answer per student will be accepted. It must be in the form of a ‘special answer sheet – such as a poster’. The poster

must be the individual work of each student. No duplicate copies from siblings will be permitted.

CHEWING GUM

NIS considers chewing gum a totally inappropriate substance for children at the school. It causes huge problems for cleaning staff and is incredibly difficult to remove from clothing, from hair and books.

Please ensure that your children are not allowed to bring chewing gum to school.

ACADEMIC IELTS – EXCELLENT SCORE

Our senior students in Grades 11 and 12 are taught the Academic IELTS course in English. This is a globally recognized qualification which is administered in many countries throughout the world. The IELTS Academic test is for people applying for higher education or professional registration in an English speaking environment. It reflects some of the features of academic language and assesses whether you are ready to begin studying or training. It uses a nine-band scale to clearly identify levels of proficiency, from non-user (band score 1) through to expert (band score 9). The four strands of Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing are assessed separately and the scores are combined to give the overall proficiency level. As the IELTS is only valid for two years, we encourage our students to register with The British Council and take the test.

One of our G12 students, Aishwarya Girishkumar recently took the test. Her Band Score was 8.0, which is an outstanding achievement.

With this score Aishwarya will meet the criteria for almost all first language speaking countries to be eligible to be deemed capable of studying in an English first language speaking country and will meet the language proficiency requirements for a student visa in many of these countries.

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS – WEEK 12

Our annual school photographs will take place from the 18th- 21st November 2019. Students and parents will be notified via Class Dojo and Show My Homework before the day of the photo session.

Unless, they have PE, we ask that all students come to school in their school uniform, which

consists of grey trousers, white shirt and a tie, even if they have other activities on or after the school day. They may bring their PE uniform to school to change once their photographs have been taken. Students who are not in school uniform will not be allowed to have their photograph taken.

Please be informed that ordering photos will be optional, yet all students will have to take a class photo. If you wish to purchase an individual or a class photo for your child, please fill in the order form that has already been sent home with payment instructions and submit it to the school’s cashier by Sunday, 3rd November.

Mr. Muhammad Shabbir

Activities & Events Coordinator

FEE PAYMENT DATES

As per the Fee Schedule and School Policy, payment terms are, either

- Payment in full (prior commencement of classes). - OR - Payment in three equal instalments prior to the

commencement of each term.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT THE DUE DATES FOR PAYMENT FOR EACH TERM are:

Term 1 1st September 2019

Term 2 05th January 2020

Term 3 15th March 2020

NIS – ‘NUTS & NUT PRODUCTS’

NIS has at least three children with a severe nut allergies. This allergic reaction is so pronounced that the allergy can be triggered simply by touch and smell.

This allergy is potentially life threatening for the concerned students. Therefore, we must insist that

all parents refrain from sending nuts or products containing nuts to school.

UNWANTED ITEMS – Mobile Phones

Almost all mobile phones are now equipped with a camera. Having cameras, taking pictures and videos in school is strictly prohibited in KSA and by the Ministry of Education. Unless, directly requested by a teacher, as part of a lesson, any use of mobile phones or devices that can act as mobile

phones, is strictly prohibited. Children who wish to speak to parents can only do so from the Student Counsellor’s or Primary Supervisor’s office (after taking permission).

STUDENTS CAUGHT USING MOBILES, TAKING PHOTOS

WITH MOBILES OR DISTURBING CLASS WITH MOBILES, OR

OTHER INTERNET ENABED COMMUNICATION DEVICES,

WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL.

DRIVERS & NADA SECURITY

The school has received a number of complaint regarding the attitudes and behaviour of certain drivers who are collecting children at the end of the day. Failing to drive carefully and sensibly, not

listening to security personnel and ‘racing’ for the gate are the main issues.

Therefore, in the interests of safety and student wellbeing we would kindly request that all parents and drivers behave appropriately and sensibly within the school car parking area.

Regrettably, those parents / drivers who fail to follow the instructions of the Nada Security staff, or who are witnessed driving dangerously will be required to park outside the main gates and walk from outside to collect the children.

If Nada Security elects to enforce the above penalty, the school will not be able to assist any affected parents in any way.

SENIOR AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES

Students and parents are reminded that any after school classes for G9-12 are compulsory for all students.

Students are not permitted to ‘opt out’.

SCHOOL

PARENT TEACHER

CONFERENCES

The NIS Calendar offers three formal opportunities to meet with teachers. As these days are on weekends

the school will be closed for one day to compensate teachers for the loss of their weekend.

Parent Teacher Conference details will be sent to all parents by Mrs. Melissa closer to the event.

P T C DATES

The dates for the 2019 – 2020 academic year are as follows

SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2020

SATURDAY 11TH APRIL 2020

Previously , Mrs. Hana Dossary sent a letter to all parents regarding PTC. This event will take place in school from 0800 – 1330. Please refer to the letter for full details.

CLOSURE DAYS {In Lieu of PTC}

THURSDAY 23rd JANUARY 2020

THURSDAY 16TH APRIL 2020

ARABIC COMPETITION

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE 1

Dear Parents,

On behalf of all the NIS teachers and management, I would like to thank the large number of parents who took the time to attend Saturday’s Parent Teacher Conference. We hope that this proved to be useful to you all.

Regards,

Mr. Tony

SCHOOL EMERGENCY DRILLS

This is to inform you of the dates we are planning to have fire drills at the school. These planned evacuations are crucial to perfect our plans and systems. These are essential for the safe operation of any area containing hundreds of

people. Please do not be alarmed if your children mention these drills. The drills will take place as follows:-

Drill 2 = School week 18 – January 2020

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO

CONDUCT A FULL UNANNOUNCED DRILL IN THE NEXT

TWO WEEKS, IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE ‘FLOW’ OF

STUDENTS TO THE MUSTER POINTS. PLEASE DO NOT

BE ALARMED IF YOUR CHILD MENTIONS THIS.

SAFETY IN THE PARKING AREA

When visiting the school especially during the busy morning and afternoon periods please remember that you are not alone and please see the points below.

1. Look around and drive slowly: There are lots of small children around especially in the carpark and they are unpredictable.

2. Observe before reversing or setting off: We are all busy but be aware of other vehicles and what they may be about to do.

3. Carry out directions from security staff: The school is in a

busy compound and employs staff to assist and they know the best place to park.

4. You are responsible for your actions: Please be polite and

respect others.

5. Report any concerns: To either the school staff or the security members around, we like to know what’s happening.

SUPER – HERO DAY

Last week was Reading Week in the Primary School. The theme for the week was designated as “Superheroes”. Here are a selection of photographs of our little heroes.

END of SCHOOL – Private Transport

Parents who elect to transport children to the school either personally or with a private driver are reminded that they should collect the children each day. At 14:10 KG1 – 2 parents should collect their children from the ELC Department. Parents or drivers of other grades should meet their children on the artificial turf at the side of the Administration Building. Once children leave the school gate, parents / drivers should take great care. This is the responsibility of either the

parent or private driver. NIS does not hold any responsibility in this regard. All children should be escorted by parents / drivers to their respective vehicles. Children should not be told to find the car alone, or to wait in the parking area.

DESPITE THIS WARNING WE ARE STILL FINDING

CHILDREN ON THE SCHOOL CARPARK, LOOKING

FOR PARENTS AND DRIVERS. THIS IS HIGHLY

DANGEROUS. PARENTS / DRIVERS SHOULD MEET

AND COLLECT THE CHILDREN AS DESCRIBED

ABOVE. NIS TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR

ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY PARENTS / DRIVERS

FAILING TO COLLECT AND SUPERVISE THEIR

CHILDREN, AS REQUIRED ABOVE.

PROJECTS / SYLLABUS DISTRIBUTIONS

PROJECTS – G4 - 8 – Maths & Science

Projects are an important tool used to improve the imagination and

understanding of students. Students tend to indulge more in class and

understand the lesson more thoroughly through completing such assignments.

Projects are a mandatory task for all students from grades 4-8 as it will count

towards part of their end of term grade for the subjects involved.

All parents of children in G4 – 8 should visit the school website. This is the

location of all the projects for Mathematics and Science for children in G4-8,

which are undertaken in Term 1.

These projects are compulsory for all G4 – 8 children and form part of the report

card grades for these subjects.

Details of the grading system can be found in the NIS Parent Handbook, which

is available on the NIS website. Late submissions will be downgraded.

Teachers will be explaining the projects to children during WK 5 (29 September –

3 October, 2019) in the classroom and will be devoting some time to this

endeavour. However, all G4 – 8 students are required to devote some of their own

time to developing these projects, which are due for submission from all students

on

17th November, 2019

The syllabus distribution provides parents/students a general overview of what students will come across throughout the academic year. They outline the chapters and lessons the students in each grade will study during each term. This helps students plan their studies ahead and hence, always be ready for class. Being prepared prevents study congestion and is essential to building study plans and routines.

The syllabus distribution for all grades HAVE BEEN available on the website since 8th September.

PROJECT DEADLINES

All assignments must be submitted on or before due date to be evaluated for the full award of marks. Students are responsible for adhering to due dates, and informing their parents of such dates. Failure to adhere to due dates will result in late submission penalties as follows

DAYS LATE LATE SUBMISSION PENALTY

One No penalty

More than one day

No grade awarded for the Project, and recorded as such on the report card

WINNERS LAST WEEK

GIRLS’ SECTION – HALA SHERIF

BOYS’ SECTION – ABDULRAHMAN

OMER

MATHS 24 COMPETITION

Students in grade 5 are participating during lunch break in a math 24 competition. Students are given a card with 4 numbers on it and they need to calculate the number 24. They are only allowed to use the 4 numbers on the card once and must use the four basic mathematic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

The level of the competition gets more challenging as students’ progress to the second and third level cards. This is a mental math game which is fast paced. Quick thinking is required by the students as they are given a time limit to complete each card.

Students are divided into their house colours and compete against each other in this way. Students are enjoying the competition and are eager to give up their break to compete against each other in the math 24 competition. Watching the students solve these math 24 cards is remarkable as I am able to observe the way they think mathematically, which math operations they prefer using and how they collaborate with each other and use critical thinking by stretching their brain muscles to get to the answer. Splendid grade 5 !

BASKETBALL – GIRLS – UPDATE This week NIS students start the Basketball tournament in girls section between yellow team and green team from Grade 6 to 12

Basketball teaches you about being a good team player and can be a great social sport. ... Basketball puts a lot of stress on the body and injuries can happen, so warming up, stretching your muscles and joints, and cooling down is important. Make sure you have plenty of fluids on hand and rehydrate regularly.

SCHOOL ASSESSMENT WEEKS (G1-3) End of Term Testing in the Primary School {Grades 1 – 3} will take place as follows:

a) END OF TERM 1 {8th December – 12th December, 2019}

b) END OF TERM 2 {23rd February – 27th February, 2020}

c) END OF TERM 3 {31st May – 4th June, 2020}

All G1 – 3 students are required to be at school for these

tests. Failure to attend may result in no grade being awarded for the EOT / EOY Report Cards.

SCHOOL EXAMINATION WEEKS (G4-12) End of Term Examinations are as follows

a) END OF TERM 1 {G4 – 10 Students}

{08th December – 17th December, 2019}

b) END OF TERM 2 {G4 – 12 Students}

{23rd February – 3rd March, 2020}

c) END OF TERM 3 {G4 – 9 Students}

{31st May – 9th June, 2020}

All students are required to be at school for these

examinations. Failure to attend may result in no grade being awarded for the EOT / EOY Report Cards. Unless there are extreme extenuating and documented circumstances no

examinations can be taken on different days for any G4 – 12 student.

SEE MRS. RIM OR MRS LUBNA FOR

DETAILS

SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS FOR REPORT

CARDS

NIS FOLLOWS CAMBRIDGE’S POLICIES TO THE

LETTER REGARDING MISSING ASSESSMENTS /

TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS. UNLESS, IN THE

OPINION OF THE SCHOOL AND CAMBRIDGE

HANDBOOK, THERE ARE SEVERE EXTENUATING

AND DOCUMENTED REASONS FOR MISSING TESTS /

EXAMS AND ASSESSMENTS – NO ADDITIONAL

OPPORTUNITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CHILD AND

THE SCORE FOR THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE ZERO.

PARENTS SHOULD REFER TO THE PARENT

HANDBOOK FOR FULL DETAILS.

NIS Amazing

Race - back

again

The finale

Date: 22nd October

Place/ Time : NIS campus (2:00-4:00)

Group: Grade 8 and 9

Eventually the Day arrived and 18 students in pairs participated in the Race. Despite being from different year group, collaboratively they ran from one station to another, following instructions, putting efforts to achieve given tasks and trying to cope with the time. Students really had fun learning lifelong skills and achieving different

challenges.

The winners for the Race are:

1. Abdullah Essa (grade 8)

2. Uzair Ahmed Essa (grade 9)

The winners were given prizes and all the participants will be given certificate of participation.

PRIMARY - BOOK WEEK

Reading books aloud to children stimulate their

imagination and expands their understanding of the world. It helps them develop language and listening skills and prepares them to understand the written

word. When the rhythm and melody of language become a part of a child’s life, learning to read will be as natural

as learning to walk and talk.

Book week brought about an enthusiasm for reading, the theme was ‘Super-Heroes’. Children had been

engaged in many reading, writing and creative activities which the G2 girls thoroughly enjoyed. Mystery readers

also took to the primary classrooms to add to the excitement. It was a week filled with enjoyment, mystery

and superheroes.

CLASS DOJO - PRIMARY

All teachers from KG – G3 currently use Class Dojo as a means of communication with parents. Teachers can send messages to groups of parents and to individual parents. As a parent you can contact the teacher. However, please be mindful of the fact that teachers are only required to respond to reasonable parental requests, during the working week and

up to 4pm. Any messages received after this, or during the weekend / holiday periods, will not be responded to until the working hours of the next working day. Therefore, we politely ask parents to remember that teachers, like doctors or engineers, have the right to family time outside these hours.

ARABIC COMPETITION

LEARNING FROM THE EBBINGHAUS

EFFECT

The ‘learning curve’ was first coined by the German scientist Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885. After performing memory tests on himself where he learned three-letter nonsensical words such as “WID”, “ZIF” etc, he postulated that memorizing new vocabulary followed a sigmoidal relationship. He suggested that the number of attempts at learning information correlated with memory but many attempts had to be made before learning the new vocabulary became efficient. The nature of a sigmoidal curve inevitably means that there is a saturation of learning after a certain number of attempts as all the information can be recalled.

Ebbinghaus also discovered the ‘forgetting curve’. Here, he showed that memory retrieval was high when something was first learned but within hours, the learnt material was forgotten. And within weeks, it was as though the material was never learnt at all.

A third psychological principle he is credited with, was the ‘spacing effect’. Here, he demonstrated that repetitively learning his nonsensical words in one session allowed him to recall the information only in the short term. However, if he repeated his learning with the same number of repetitions but over a longer timescale, he could recall the information in the long-term.

What does this mean for you, the NIS student?

In simple terms, the Ebbinghaus effect suggests that:

i. You will find learning new material difficult but you must

persevere as it will get easier (learning curve)

ii. You should review your classwork when you go home as

you will start forgetting it immediately (forgetting curve)

iii. You should review your learning after a few days and

then a few weeks so you can store your learning in your

long-term memory (spaced learning)

Reference

Ebbinghaus, 1885.

Über das Gedächtnis. Untersuchungen zur experimentellen Psychologie

(Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology).

OCT - BONUS MERITS COMPETITIONS

NOVEMBER BONUS MERITS

COMPETITION – G1 - 3

NOVEMBER BONUS MERITS

COMPETITION – G4 – 12

A FORMER STUDENT – William Wagdy

Firstly, the teaching at NIS, and IGCSE in general, focuses mainly on the understanding of the concept rather than memorizing of information. As an Engineering student this would be the part I grant most credit as studying engineering is entirely about problem solving and it is best done by understanding the problem being solved and the tools used. Secondly, regarding communication skills, I remember I started there as a weak presenter and through professional support and motivation my presentation skills improved drastically and noticeably in my university community. I would like to say that after school classes (especially with Mr Tony – IGCSE Mathematics) and Open Days were my favourite. I am currently in my last year studying Mechatronics Engineering at the German University in Cairo. During my bachelor thesis, we worked on a publication and it was accepted and presented in the International Conference of Vehicular Safety and Electronics (ICVES) 2019. I am seeking a master's program at the university of Sydney after graduation in June 2020.

ACCOUNTING IGCSE

The Grade 9 Accounting syllabus focusses on the Accounting cycle of a Sole trader. The students completed Introduction to Accounting, to acquire an understanding of the foundation of Accounting, basic terms, concepts, theory and principles and practices of Accounting. They learnt the format and application of balancing a simple Balance sheet and a Bank account of a Sole trader. As Bookkeepers, the Grade 9s applied double entry bookkeeping to balance a Trial balance, in preparation of Financial statements. Students just started the Books of first entry, the Cash book, a focus of money in and money out, and differentiating between the savings account and the current account of a business.

The Grade 10 Accounting syllabus focusses on the Accounting cycle of Incomplete business, Clubs, Partnerships, Manufacturing and Public companies. As Bookkeepers, students must be able to complete entries from transactions to Trial balances of different forms of ownerships. As Accountants, they must be able to identify errors, discrepancies and omissions of the bookkeeping processes. They are required to interpret the bookkeeping, and then apply different formats to prepare the Financial statements according to the form of ownership business. They must be able to recognise good practices of successful businesses and the challenges of failing businesses. As Auditors, students are required to

interpret the Financial statements of these different types of businesses and then make sound suggestions and recommendations to improve profitability, liquidity, solvency and returns.

To develop independent and logical thinking, students are required to think rationally and critically about business practices and identify both good and poor business decisions. During lessons students discuss and debate theory and practices of Accounting and business challenges. They collaborate with their peers; problem solve within a team and deliberate the most logical and plausible answers and its reasoning.

GIRLS’ SECTION

ARABIC

ARABIC - CONTINUED

Junior Champions League Games This week Chelsea beat Real Madrid on Sunday and Bayern Munich beat Manchester United on Tuesday. Below are the details about when the next matches will take place: Week 10 Sunday 3rd November – PSG – v – Barcelona Tuesday 5th November – Man City – v – Borussia Dortmund Week 11 Semi Finals and Finals will take place this week. These teams will be announced at the end of Week 10.

Junior Champions League Photos

NASA COMPETITION WINNERS

INQUISITOR – EDITION 1

The NIS Inquisitor 1st Edition will be published on the 14th November 2019. The theme is “Back to School”. This edition will feature an interactive section where students can download the challenge, complete it and submit to Mr. Mark. Correct answers will win merits. This is an attempt to get more students to read the

Inquisitor. It will be published on the school website. Thank you to all the students and teachers who contributed to this edition.

SHOW MY HOMEWORK {G1-12}

All homework assignments for every academic subject will be posted via the Show My Homework portal. If your child cannot access this portal for any reason they should see their respective Form Teacher, Class Teacher or section Supervisor immediately. All parents in KG1 & KG2 should check the Homework Diary every day when your child returns home from school. This is the major communication tool between home and school.

In the event that you have any technical problems with the use of

S.M.H.W please could you contact Mr. Ansir.

MATHSWATCH – NEW LEARNING TOOL

At Nada International School, we are always striving to improve different ways and obtain different resources that will help improve student’s mental ability in different subjects. This year the Mathematics department has undertaken a new initiative by implementing a program called Mathswatch to the curriculum. This program will help students improve their mental ability in

the subject as well as with the vast number of resources available, students can have one resource centre available to practice as many worksheets as they like. This program is suitable for students from Grade 3 up to Grade 12 and is in line with the Cambridge syllabus taught at NIS. The Mathswatch program also has video lessons on every topic covered in the syllabus, which will help students remember all the work taught in class. This will alleviate the problem of students forgetting how to solve certain problems, as they will have this program to strengthen their teaching ability. Students around the world that are using this program has shown at the end of the academic year a full grade improvement proving the success of the program. We at NIS have just received all login details of the program for all students from Grade 3 up to Grade 12 and will be handing out the login details to students by Week 9 for full implementation of the program. Teachers will be setting homework on this program and tracking the students’ progress on every question answered by obtaining a full report on the students work throughout the academic year. We at NIS urge that all parents get students logged in as soon as they receive their login details and start using the program immediately. We hope that with the cooperation of parents and students, we will definitely see a huge improvement in the Mathematics results at the end of this academic year across all grades.

ENGLISH SPELLING BEE COMPETITION

The annual English Spelling Bee competition will run from the 10th – 21st November 2019, for grades 4-8. The compeitiion will take during English Periods. Students will participate in their houses and stand a chance to win house points. The final will take place on the 21st November 2019. Winners from the competition could face off against another school as part of an inter-school competition.

PIZZA & PENALTIES!!!

Every week, on Monday, Mr. Abdulaziz holds a penalty shootout competition with the boys in the lower grades. This takes place at lunchtime and the winners get free pizza.

POETRY COMPETITION The English Department will be hosting their annual poetry competition from the 26th October – 21st November 2019 for grades 4-12. The themes have been designed to cater for each grade level. Students to submit original entries to their English teacher and will receive 3 merits. Poems will be screened and potential winners will enter round 2, winning 3 more merits. The winners will win points for their respective houses and golden tickets. Winning poems will be published in the newsletter, inquisitor and displayed on quality work boards. We look forward to receiving your entries. Students get writing!

HEADLICE

Now that your children are established in school, please be advised that we do have periodical outbreaks of Head Lice. This is particularly evident in girls from KG – G4

The following article hopefully will give you as parents some useful information of what to look for and how to treat your children.

Head lice are a very common in kids and easily spread around school. They are annoying but should not affect your child’s education. When Lice have been found it does not mean that your child or any other child in the class is dirty, and it is certainly NOT caused by places children visit or their cultural background.

How can I tell my child has Head Lice?

Your child may be itching their scalp more than usual. This will be especially around the nape of the neck and behind their ears.

Regular checks of your child’s hair will help spot early infestation. Parents should carefully look through the hair. You may see live lice on the scalp. Also you may find what appear to be grains of salt attached to the hair close to the scalp.

You may get a call from the school nurse who has found Lice during a routine check at school.

How to treat.

As soon as you discover your child has Head Lice then a simple treatment from the Pharmacy and a thorough combing regime is all that is required.

If you find Lice on your child, then keep them way from school until you have treated them. As soon as your child has had their first treatment they are able to return to school. The school may ask you to send a photograph of the product you have used on your child to be sure that treatment has commenced.

If the School Nurse finds your child has Head Lice, then you will be called to collect your child from school immediately. Your child cannot stay in class with other students.

Remember Head Lice is not a reflection on you as a parent or your child it is just a normal part of going to school. PLEASE inform school as soon as you find Head Lice on your child.

Checks will be completed over the following calendar weeks

Wk 11 – 10.11.19

Wk 19 – 19.02.20

Wk 26 – 15.03.20

Wk 31 – 19.04.20 Mrs. Jean & Mrs. Jayne will visit all classes over the course of the designated weeks. All parents will be notified via Class Dojo when cases are confirmed. A general message will be posted informing parents that we have confirmed Head Lice Cases and to be vigilant regarding their child.

DETECTION & TREATMENT

VALUES CERTIFICATES

The school's meriting system has been subject to many improvements during the past few years. NIS teachers always inspect opportunities to encourage students to learn better and develop to become active and productive members of society. The latest addition are the value certificates, awarded to grades 4-7. The purpose of such certificates is to allow students to improve their overall personality by encouraging honesty, discipline and respect. Students will receive value slips for every recognized act under these three categories, every one slip is equal to one merit and every three slips of the same kind are exchanged to one value certificate.

One value certificate qualifies a student for a golden ticket, which will eventually allow students to participate in a raffle draw for valuable prizes at the end of each term.

SCIENCE FAIR

NIS CAREERS DAY

Many children grow up wanting to be a super hero, a supermodel, a professional athlete or a princess. When most children reach high school, though, they realize those careers are unfortunately probably out of their reach. A Careers Day can help students find a profession that suits them. Therefore, NIS will be hosting the annual NIS Careers Day event on the 5th November 2019. These types of events assist students to have a better grasp in making career choices. This event will be a chance for our students (Grades 9 – 12) to ask questions by taking steps to get closer on that path to success by meeting many professionals as guest speakers. Having a wide variety of guest participate in this event will enable us to expose our students to the career dreams available to them and broaden their knowledge regarding jobs in their fields.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SENIORS

2019-2020

Champions League football tournament has started since 3rd October during the lunch break for the students to participate and have fun. Grade 4 to 6 students are in one category while Grade 7 to 12 in another category. Grade 4 to 6 category includes six teams which are Barcelona, PSG, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and, Real Madrid. Grade 7 to 12 category includes six teams which are Real Madrid, Manchester United, Juventus, Chelsea, PSG and NIS teachers. The fixtures for the first four rounds are given below. The students must wear their team kit as per the fixture. The great excitement and enthusiasm is being observed among the teams so far. We the staff of NIS would like to take this opportunity to wish all participating teams and players the best over the tournament and may the best team be victorious.

GRADE 4 – 6 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIXTURES

GRADE 7 – 12 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIXTURES

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE UPDATE

Champions League football tournament has started since 3rd October during the lunch break for the students to participate and have fun. NIS Teachers Vs Real Madrid match was on Thursday. The great excitement, sportsmanship and, team spirit were observed. Both the teams played very well. NIS Teachers drew first blood through a goal by Mr. Mohammad Wajeeh. Unfortunately, Real Madrid could not make any goal. Mr.Mohammad Wajeeh played very well and called the man of the match. The match played out to 4-0.

BOOK WEEK IN KG

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss.

The importance of getting children hooked on books is recognized as crucial part of their social and educational development. NIS believes that if children are given special time to enjoy, share and engage with book, their reading has a much greater chance of becoming a lifelong source of delight and discovery. That’s the reason we celebrate book week every year.

NIS has made a special place in the curriculum for students to discover how books can give pleasure, enlightenment and pause for thought. This year in ELC students enjoyed their super book week by doing more activities based on “Reading is my super power theme” and also dressing up as super hero.

BASKETBALL LEAGUE FOR GIRLS

Grade 6 – 8 Girls

Grade 9 – 12 Girls

Staff v Student Games

BASKETBALL UPDATE

Basketball League for girls has started since 20th October during the lunch break for the students to participate and have fun. Grade 9-12 Girls match was on this Monday between Blue Team and Red Team. The great excitement and enthusiasm are being observed among the teams so far. Both the teams played very well. Blue Team made 5 goals. Unfortunately, Red team could only make one goal .The match played out 5-1.

ACTIVITIES - UPDATE

Every year NIS offers the students the opportunity to participate in After School activities of their choices. Some of the students in activity session 1 chose “Jewellery Design” which occurs every Sunday after school. Grade 1-6 girls are enjoying learning about Jewellery Design. Their target was to learn the basics of Jewellery design such as making earrings using loom bands and making bracelets using beads and pins. The great excitement was observed among the students.

As ACTIVITIES HAVE STARTED. ANY

STUDENT WHO WISHES TO REGISTER

WILL HAVE TO WAIT ONE FULL WEEK

BEFORE JOINING.

ELC STAR OF THE WEEK

PRE KG KG 1 A KG 1 B KG 2 A KG 2 B

Ali Mohammed

Yasmin Ahmed

Mohammed Ali

Rawen Jawad