THE PEARL ACADEMY OUR PEARL اـنتؤـلؤـل · FS2 Amir – for excellent participation during all of our lessons and activities. Laila – for sounding out her words carefully

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SINGING FOR FUN FESTIVAL

FAMILY IFTAR SUPPER

AGATE AUTHORSYear 2 Agate has now got three authors within its midst. Melina, Artem and Rebecca created their own amazing books as one of their Homelink projects. They’ve all spent lots of time, thinking about the stories and illustrating them beautifully. Their books are now in the school library for all to enjoy.

On Tuesday the 19th June, The Pearl Academy school choir have been invited to attend a ‘Singing for Fun Festival’, organised and hosted by Al Mamoura. This will run from 9 – 11am and the children will get the chance to learn some new songs, listen to other Aldar school choirs singing and perform their own songs that Ms. Connors will rehearse with them the week before attending. If your child is in Year 4-6 and has been a part of the choir or would be interested in attending, please email Ms Connors at [email protected] and she will hold them a place. More information will be shared nearer the time.

Miss Connors

We would like to invite you all to join us for an Iftar Supper on Tuesday 29th May from 6.30pm.

In order to help us with the planning of this wonderful evening, could you please indicate on the slip from the letter sent how many people will be attending and hand it to the school reception.

ISSUE NO.32 MAY 24TH 2018

THE PEARL ACADEMYOUR PEARL

لـؤلـؤتنـا

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Here are some of our up coming events. Don’t forget to check your portal calendar for up to date information.

29TH MAY

19TH JUNE

10TH JUNE

20TH JUNE

Family Ifter Supper

19th of June – Y4 Tourmaline and Jet trip to the Louvre

Academy of Excellence application deadline (Y4 and Y5)

20th of June—Y4 Amethyst and Citrine trip to the Louvre

مبناسبة حلول شهر رمضان املبارك نرجو قبول دعوتنا باالنضامم إىل مأدبة اإلفطار املقرر

إقامتها يوم الثالثاء املوافق 29 مايو يف الصالة الرياضية بدءا من

الساعة 6:30 مساء.

وملساعدتنا يف التنظيم لهذه األمسية الكرمية، نرجو ملء القسيمة التي تم إرسالها بعدد األشخاص الذين سيحرضون مأدبة اإلفطار وتسليمها إىل مكتب االستقبال يف املدرسة.

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THE PEARL ACADEMY NEWSLETTERISSUE NO.1 | DECEMBER 2018

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Dear Parents,

The Pearl Attendance Expectation is 98% - Outstanding!

I am proud to work at a school where the whole community is committed to the value of excellence - excellence in academic achievements, excellence in sport and excellence in developing chil-dren with a strong moral compass.

Having read the article in The National this week about attendance in a num-ber of UAE schools dropping to 60%, I am excited to share with you that our attendance this week has been 94% and our lateness only 2%. At The Pearl we also believe in excellence in attendance and are near our target of 98%.

Teachers at The Pearl also understand the importance of every lesson. Our out-standing lessons will continue through-out the Holy Month of Ramadan and last three weeks of term – until we finish at 2.20pm on Thursday 5th July. Children are therefore expected to be in school and on time until the end of the aca-demic year.

During these final weeks, teachers will be continuing to assess children in each subject area using both summative and formative assessments. Summative as-

Should you wish to read further about Assessment for Learning you may find this document by John Gardner inter-esting.

http://ccea.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/curriculum/assessment/assess-ment_for_learning/afl_practical_guide.pdf

To support our working families we are looking into the possibility of opening an Extended Day Provision. This will mean that the school is open for childcare from 6am to 6pm. Parents will be able to drop their children in the mornings at Breakfast Club from 6am or pick up from After School Club at 4.30pm (FS1-Year 6) or 6pm (Year 1-6) as required.

If you would be interested in using the Extended Day Provision please would you complete the below Survey Monkey questionnaire.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EXT-PROVISION

Please may I remind parents that, in the mornings, children should be dropped off at Reception or the Courtyard ready to go to class independently for lessons that start at 8.30am. In response to pa-rental requests, we will be leaving the side gates open until 8.45am during the Holy Month.

School starts at 8.30am so children ar-riving after this time must first report in at Reception to be registered.

During Ramadan, unless you have a pre-arranged meeting, from 8.45am un-til 1.15pm, parents must enter through Gate C and do not have access beyond the Reception. This is to prevent disrup-tion to teaching and learning but also an important part of our school’s safe-guarding procedures. I thank you all for your support in this matter.

I wish you a peaceful weekend,

Abigail

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL, MRS. FISHBOURNE

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING IS THE PROCESS OF SEEKING AND INTERPRETING EVIDENCE FOR USE BY LEARNERS AND THEIR TEACHERS TO DECIDE WHERE THE LEARNERS ARE IN THEIR LEARNING, WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND HOW BEST TO GET THERE. ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING IS ALSO KNOWN AS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT.

http://www.assessmentforlearning.

edu.au


sessments are end of unit, term or year assessments. These assessments are a snapshot in time and often rely heav-ily on memory. They are used alongside the formative assessments that are ongoing to give the overall judgement of a child’s ability and to inform future teaching.

Formative assessment is also known as Assessment for Learning

http://ccea.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/curriculum/assessment/assessment_for_learning/afl_practical_guide.pdf




https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EXTPROVISION

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EXTPROVISION

http://www.assessmentforlearning.edu.au




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I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your support of the Darkness Into Light walk, whereby over 1000 walkers joined together across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al Ain and Ras Al Khaimah on May 12th 2018 at 3:45am in solidarity with those who are suffering with mental health difficulties. The Darkness Into Light Walk is a worldwide event that takes place yearly in over 180 venues across the world. In total, 97 ALDAR representatives (from Abu Dhabi & Al Ain) comprising of students, staff; their families, friends and pets walked with us out of the darkness and into the light. This really is an incredible achievement and one that has not gone unnoticed.

I also wish to extend a special thank you to Laura Brennan and Sinead Mcloughlin (from Al Bateen Academy) who led the promotion of the event across the

academies in conjunction with the support of all the School Counsellors: Sandra Gorman, Laura Channer, Maryke Venter, Bridgette Willis, Tina Polite, Nicola Peacock and Head of Inclusion Kate McMillan.

positive mental health community projects as well as social events. We strive to improve the quality of life for those suffering in darkness, through the alleviation of stigma around mental health, and identification or provision of accessible, effective and appropriate support services.

Without your support, we would be unable to see our vision come true. Together we are making a difference.

Thank you.

Warm regards,

Maria KellyChairpersonDarkness Into Light Abu Dhabi

PRINCIPAL AWARDSYUSEF

FOR SHOWING A BIG IMPROVEMENT IN SWIMMING

KAREEM

FOR IMPROVEMENT IN HIS READING

KENAN

FOR BRILLIANT INDEPENDENT WRITING

LUKA AND HADI

FOR THEIR FANTASTIC NON-FICTION WORK

Darkness Into Light UAE is a non-profit organisation made up entirely of volunteers who provide their time and skills for free. This year, the UAE branch has also extended its drive into specialist


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This week we have been learning about Ramadan and the importance of being kind and compassionate to others. We discussed the idea of the Gift of Education as a small way that we can help other children who are less fortunate than we are.

In Maths, we looked at patterns and completed on going assessment tasks. In Phonics we have been focusing on the sound ‘w’. We created webs, tasted watermelon and enjoyed playing with water wheels. Please support your child at home by reviewing the sounds we have covered and encouraging them to identify the initial sounds of objects in the environment.

We continue to complete ‘Funky Fingers’ activities every day. These enhance fine motor skills and are very important for pencil control. A selection of simple ideas for you do at home can be found at the following link.

https://www.pinterest.com/nicm0y/eyfs-fine-motorfunky-fingers/?lp=true

We have been learning the letter (Qa) with the word (Qamar) Moon.

FS1

STARS OF THE WEEKARABIC

FS1 SUNSTONE

FS1 RUBY

FS1 OPAL


Lamar and Charbel for showing resilience in developing their knowledge of phonics.

Arabic: Maria for excellent work during Arabic lessons.

Tommaso and Haya for working hard with phonics in class.

Arabic: Nivriti for a big improvement in her listening skills this week.

Obaid for working hard during shape lessons and Lara for showing good effort in phonics lessons.

Arabic: Nandini for a big improvement on her listening skills this week.

يف روضتنا األوىل لهذا األسبوع تعرفنا عىل حرف ) ق ( كام تعرفنا عىل كلامت تبدأ بهذا الحرف مثل: ) قمر – قرد(، وقرأنا كذلك قصة

) القرد قرقور (. كام قمنا بالتحدث عن شهر رمضان املبارك وتحدثنا عن فضائله وشاهد

الطالب بعض الفيديوهات عن رمضان

كام استمتع طالب الصف بعمل زينة احتفاال بقدوم شهر رمضان وقاموا بتزيني صفهم بها. حرفنا الجديد لألسبوع القادم هو حرف )ن (.

Next week we will share the story of ‘Rapunzel’, build towers and escape routes and continue with our assessment .

If you would like to contribute to the ‘Gift of Education’ please send your donation in to your child’s class teacher.

NEXT WEEK

األسبوع القادم األسبوع املقبل سوف نتشارك يف قراءة قصة

‘Rapunzel’ ، والقيام ببناء األبراج كام سنستمر يف التقييم.

Gift of‘ إذا كنت ترغب يف املساهمة يفEducation’ يرجى إعطاؤها ملعلمة الفصل .

https://www.pinterest.com/nicm0y/eyfs

https://www.pinterest.com/nicm0y/eyfs


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This week we started our new topic: “Do all heroes have super powers?”. We followed lines of inquiry such as “What makes a hero?” and “Who is your hero?”, finding out who are the children’s role models and what qualities they think a hero has. We also talked about our heroes and helpers in school. In Literacy, we are continuously reviewing our Phase 3 sounds and digraphs; using them in our writing books. In Maths, we have been dividing shapes and sets of objects into two equal parts.

Letter Sounds: ‘ear’ (fear, gear) and ‘air’ (hair, fairy)

Tricky Words: one, when

Letter Formation: Capital letters – M and N

FS2

Amir – for excellent participation during all of our lessons and activities.

Laila – for sounding out her words carefully and using neat writing in her Learning Journey.

Arabic: Helal for a big improvement in his listening skills this week.

Joury- for working hard to show a big improvement in understanding how to treat her friends. She is now using kind hands and kind words.

Adam- for working hard to use different words to start his sentences and checking over his written work to ensure it makes sense.

Arabic: Yusef N for a big improvement in his listening skills this week.

Mohamed AlMazrouei – for giving excellent answers during carpet time when we talked about what makes a hero.

Latifa – for always trying her best and always being helpful around the classroom with teachers and friends.

Arabic: Khaled for always listening and following instructions carefully.

STARS OF THE WEEK

FS2 JADE

FS2 AMBER

FS2 DIAMOND


ARABIC

يف روضتنا الثانية تعلمنا حرف ) ق ( وربطناه مع حروف املد الطويل مثل: قا – قو- قي.

وكذلك مع أصوات املد القصري ق – ق – ق ، كام قرأنا كلامت الحرف، مثل: )قارب – راقي (. كام قمنا بالتحدث عن شهر رمضان املبارك

وتحدثنا عن فضائله وشاهد الطالب بعض الفيديوهات عن رمضان

كام استمتع طالب الصف بعمل زينة احتفاال بقدوم شهر رمضان وقاموا بتزيني صفهم بها. حرفنا الجديد لألسبوع القادم هو حرف )ن(


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FS2


REMINDERS

Next week, we will talk about who the heroes are in our school and community. We will explore number bonds to 5 and to 10 in Maths; which two numbers make 5 or 10. In Literacy, we will continue to recognise our new sounds in our reading books and use them in our writing.

Letter Sounds: ‘ure’ (pure, mixture) and ‘er’ (mixer)

Tricky Words: there, little

Letter Formation: Capital letters – O and P

NEXT WEEK

األسبوع القادم األسبوع املقبل سوف نتحدث عن من هو

البطل يف مدرستنا و مجتمعنا. ويف مادة الرياضيات سوف نبحث عن حقائق العدد 5 و 10. وما هام العددان اللذان عند جمعهام

تعطينا النتيجة 5 او 10. ويف مادة اللغة االنجليزية سنواصل التعرف إىل الحروف

واألصوات جديدة يف كتاب القراءة الخاص بنا واستخدامهم يف الكتابة أيضا.

)ure‘ )pure, mixture‘ : الحروف واألصوات)er‘ )mixer‘ و

there ، little : الكلامت الصعبة

P و O – كتابة الحروف : الحروف الكبرية

RAMADAN TIMINGS

Please note that during Ramadan your child can enter the classroom from 8.25am onwards. They must be supervised by an adult in the courtyard if you arrive at school before this time. Registration is at 8.55am. The day finishes at 1.30pm.

INDEPENDENCE

In preparation for the children’s transition to Year One, we are encouraging the FS2 children to be as independent as possible. May we please ask that you allow your child to take their own belongings in to class each morning and put them away in their cubby by themselves. At home, you can help by giving your child more responsibility with their homework or some simple household chores, along with allowing them to dress and undress independently.


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YEAR ONE

STARS OF THE WEEK

Kenan – for meeting

objectives in his writing work this

week.

Elyazia – for showing

dedication to improvement in

her reading.

Ruchit – for making good estimations and observations in his work on

measure in Maths.

Sam- for fantastic independent work and excellent behaviour this week

Omar – for doing your very best in your phonics –

well done!

Reema – for really applying yourself

in presenting your work and

speaking aloud.

Hazza- for wonderful

measuring in math using a

weighing scales

Dione- for excellent effort in

answering how and when questions

this week

GARNET TOPAZ

AZURITE


In English this week we began to take a closer look at our new topic question ‘What do we celebrate?’ The children read non-fiction pieces about different celebrations familiar to them with a focus on a very recent celebration - The Royal Wedding. The children focused on answering ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions using full sentences and correct punctuation and grammar.

In Mathematics the children have looked at measuring weight using standard and non-standard units of measure. The children used balance scales and weighing scales in their activities and were very excited to find the weight of different classroom items. We took a close look at the language needed in relations to weight such as heavier, heaviest, lighter, lightest, equal, balanced, grams and kilograms.

THIS WEEKREMINDERS

Please remember to wash hats regularly and bring them to school every day.

In Topic this week the children researched famous people from different countries to find out why they are celebrated by their country and others around the world. The children had a close look at leaders of different countries and what made them good leaders and important role models.


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YEAR ONE

اللغة العربية:

الرتبية الوطنية:

الرتبية اإلسالمية:

يف هذا األسبوع تعرفنا إىل صوت وأشكال حرف الغني، وتعرفنا إىل مجموعة من كلامت حرف الغني ) غزال – غيمة – غدير – صمغ

– غراب – غرف – غصن – غادر – يغسل - تغريد(، كام عززنا مهارة تكوين جمل إما

بإعادة ترتيب كلامت لتعرب عن صورة محددة أو بالتعبري عنها بكلامت من الذاكرة. كام عززنا

مهاريت التحليل والرتكيب من خالل األنشطة الكتابية والقرائية، واستمتعنا باملشاركة يف األنشطة الجامعية واملسابقات التي جرت

بني طالب الصف، كام قمنا بربط حرف الغني بدولة اإلمارات من خالل التعرف عىل كلمة )

غرتة ( وهي غطاء الرأس للرجل اإلمارايت.يف األسبوع القادم: سنتعرف إىل حرف الهاء.

يف هذا األسبوع تعرفنا إىل دعاء دخول املنزل.

األسبوع القادم سنتعرف آداب االستئذان.

يف هذا األسبوع تابعنا درس ما ميييزين عن اآلخرين.

يف األسبوع املقبل سنتناول درس أحرتم ذايت.

NON NATIVE ARABIC

NON NATIVE ISLAMIC EDUCATIONThis week, we started the new topic of “Allah Hears All, Sees all, Knows all”.

Next week, we will be learning about the concept of Sawm and the etiquettes of fasting in the topic “Ramadan is the Month of Fasting”.

This week, we have been learning letter (Aa’a) with its short and long sounds.

Next week, we will be learning letter (Sa) with its short and long sounds.


NEXT WEEK

In English next week, the children will be continuing to work on their response to ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about different celebrations. They will be writing a paragraph of information related to a chosen celebration and learning to assess whether their writing meets targets that they have been working on. For example; capital letters, finger spaces, correct spellings, connectives. When responding to questions the children will be asked to put their answer into a full sentence.

In Mathematics we will be focusing on length and measuring using a trundle wheel. The children will measure the length of the playground. They will also be using length and measures to solve word problems.

In Topic, the children will continue to look at famous people and why and how we celebrate them. The children will focus on famous scientists next week and will continue to build on their fact finding and research skills in relation to this.

األسبوع القادم األسبوع املقبل يف مادة اللغة اإلنجليزية

سنواصل العمل عىل اإلجابات واألسئلة ذات العالقة باالحتفاالت املختلفة ل ‘how’ و

‘why’. كام سيقوم الطالب بكتابة فقرة من املعلومات املتعلقة باالحتفاالت مع التحقق من استخدام األساليب التي تعلموها مثال: استخدام الحروف الكبرية، ترك مسافة بني

الكلامت، كتابة الكلامت بشكل صحيح، واستخدام حروف العطف .

كام سيطلب من الطالب عند حل األسئلة بأن يكتبوا اإلجابة بجملة كاملة .

ويف مادة الرياضيات سوف نركز عىل األطوال والقياسات باستخدام العجلة الدوارة. حيث

سيقوم الطالب بقياس طول الساحة. كام سوف نستخدم األطوال والقياسات لحل بعض

املسائل الحسابية .

ويف ال Topic سنواصل النظر عىل املشاهري وملاذا وكيف نحتفل بهم . كام سيقوم الطالب بالرتكيز عىل العلامء املشهورين كام سنواصل

بناء مهاراتهم يف البحث عن الحقائق فيام يتعلق بذلك .


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YEAR TWO

STARS OF THE WEEK

Saif - for showing excellent behaviour and giving %100 in

all he does.

Jude - Enthusiasm and determination in all her work,

excellent improvement in confidence when swimming.

Anaya - for her hard work in Maths and wonderful attitude

towards school

Hana - for showing exemplary behaviour and

being so helpful around the classroom.

AGATE EMERALD JASPER TURQUOISE

Year 2 are still enjoying their Superhero inquiry. This week, we have moved on to look at real-life superheroes. We began with Florence Nightingale, known as the founder of modern nursing. Ask your child what they can remember about this amazing woman. In English, we have planned and written our own adventure for Traction Man. The children did a fantastic job, including adjectives and adverbs to make their writing interesting and keeping to the style of the story.

In Maths, we looked at temperature, revised some of our number strategies and continued to practise our strategies for answering questions. In Science, we looked at the effect of forces such as pulling, pushing, twisting and stretching on different materials.


Next week, In Maths we will continue with our revision and look at 2D and 3D shapes. In English, we will be learning poetry and looking at rhyme. We will continue to look at real-life heroes in our Topic lessons and in Science, we will investigate what materials are used for and describe how their properties make them suitable for that purpose.

We will be doing phonics and spelling strategies within our own classes during Ramadan. The changes to the timetable make splitting the classes difficult. Therefore, during Ramadan, the spelling homework will be set by the class teacher.

NEXT WEEK

األسبوع القادم األسبوع القادم يف مادة الرياضيات سنواصل

.3D 2 وD مراجعة والنظر عىل أشكال الويف مادة اللغة اإلنجليزية سنتناول عن الشعر

والنظر يف القافية . ويف ال Topic سنواصل دراسة موضوع األبطال الحقيقيني. ويف مادة

العلوم سنتحقق من خصائص املواد .

كام سنقوم بتناول الصوتيات واالسرتاتيجيات اإلمالئية داخل الحصص خالل شهر رمضان.

حيث أن تغيري جدول الحصص يجعل تقسييم الصفوف صعبا بعض اليشء. لذلك سيتم

تحديد موعد اإلمالء من قبل معلم كل فصل.


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YEAR TWOاللغة العربية:



يف هذا األسبوع أكملنا حل بعض التدريبات وتناولنا درس أيب، كام قرأ التالميذ جمل الدرس

و تعرفنا إىل مفردات جديدة مثل)فخرنا، الكون، مصدر( ووظفناها يف جمل مفيدة،

وقمنا بكتابة رسالة إىل إيب.

واجب اللغة العربية: حل صفحة )15+12( من كتاب النشاط.

يف األسبوع القادم سنتناول) درس املهن(.

مالحظة: أولياء األمور الكرام، سيتم إرسال كتاب النشاط ) الجزء الثالث( مع الطالب كل

يوم خميس إبتداء من هذا األسبوع، حيث سيتم تحديد بعض الصفحات للواجب، أرجو

حل الواجب وإعادته إىل املدرسة كل يوم ثالثاء.

يف هذا األسبوع تناولنا درس الرحمة واستمع التالميذ إىل الحديث النبوي الشيف، وقمنا

بتوضيح مفردات الحديث. كام استمتع التالميذ بقصص عن الرحمة ورضب أمثلة من

حياتنا اليومية.

األسبوع القادم: سنتناول )سورة الكوثر(.

يف هذا األسبوع تم مراجعة الدروس السابقة وسنتناول يف األسبوع القادم درس » اإلمارات

بالدي«.

NON NATIVE ARABIC

NON NATIVE ISLAMIC EDUCATION

This week, we continued talking about the Eid of Muslims and the deeds that make it special to Muslims, as well as revising the topics which had been covered.

Next week, we will be talking about the manners of eating and how to thank Allah for the food blessing.

This week, we have been learning letters (Ma – Na) with its short and long sounds.

Next week, we will be learning the topic (My face parts).


REMINDERS

Swimming and PE continue as normal during Ramadan.

Please ensure reading folders are in school every day.


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YEAR THREE

STARS OF THE WEEK

Arabella - for being a brave mathematician

Mackenzie – for always trying her best

David - for going above and beyond for his learning.

Elif - for always displaying the schools values and

challenging herself during our Maths lessons this week.

SPHENE ALEXADRITE CORALMOONSTONE

Ramadan Kareem

What another amazing week in Year 3. During our English lessons, we have been having fun with drama. We have improvised scenes and acted out scenes from a variety of play scripts. The children have loved getting into character. In Maths, we have been focussing on fractions. We have been finding fractions of a group, adding and subtracting fractions and using fractions to solve problems. Please check the padlet page for examples and extra practice.


األسبوع القادم األسبوع املقبل سوف نوظف ما تعلامنه عن سناريو مرسحية لكتابة سناريو مرسحي من إنشائنا الخاص. ويف مادة الرياضيات سرنكز

عىل حل املسائل الحسابية باستخدام الكسور والقياسات. ويف مادة العلوم سنواصل الحديث

عن التلقيح، ونرث البذور وماهي وظيفة مجموعة من الحيوانات املتنوعة يف دورة حياة

النبات؟. كام سنقوم أيضا مبراجعة مهاراتنا يف العرض بينام وسنتناول موضوعا جديدا يف مادة

.We Are Presenters‘ الحاسوب بعنوان

NEXT WEEK

Next week, we will by using what we know about play scripts to write our own. In Maths, we will be focusing on problem solving using fractions and measurements. In Science, we will continue to talk about pollination, seed dispersal and the function of a variety of animals in the life cycle of a plant. We will also be reawakening our presenting skills as we plunge into our new computing topic of ‘We Are Presenters.’


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YEAR THREE




لقد تم إعطاء التالميذ درس:) مجموعتنا الشمسية(، باإلضافة إىل دروس تعزيزية

ملهارات يف النحو) أقسام الكلمة + الجملة االسمية(، واإلمالء )التاء املربوطة والتاء املفتوحة و الهاء ( التي تم أخذها خالل

هذا العام، وسنتابع املراجعة وإعطاء دروس تعزيزية أخرى يف األسبوع القادم.

تناولنا يف هذا األسبوع حديث الصالة عىل سيدنا محمد ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص، حيث تعرف التالميذ إىل أهمية الصالة عىل سيدنا محمد لنيل األجر

وأعىل الدرجات.

وسنتناول يف األسبوع القادم سورة التكاثر. الرجاء مراجعة حفظ الحديث الشيف.

يف هذا األسبوع تم مراجعة الدروس السابقة وسنتناول يف األسبوع القادم درس« االنتاج

واالستهالك ».

NON NATIVE ARABIC


This week, we have been revising the topics which had been covered.

Next week, we will talk about respect in the topic “I respect my teachers and elders”.

This week we have been doing activities relating to our topic (At the beach) in the blue activity book.

Next week we will be learning the long sounds (alif- waw -yaa) and the silent sellable.


REMINDERS

Appeal for old toys/board games. During break times the children are staying inside and enjoying activities within their year group areas. If you have any old toys that your children are not playing with anymore and would like to donate these for the pupils to play with at break time, it would be very much appreciated.


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YEAR FOUR

STARS OF THE WEEK

Adam - For consistently trying his best. For excellent critical

thinking skills during group discussions.

Nada- for always being a fantastic reader with

her Guided Reading group and encouraging

her peers.

Kayla - for demonstrating a

fantastic improvement in her spellings and

learning.

Noor -for demonstrating

excellence in all that she does, both academically and

socially.

Rashed - for brilliant work and dedication in English, and being

positive

TOURMALINE CITRINE AMETHYST JET

Year 4 have been extremely busy this week and thoroughly enjoying their enquiry, ‘Who do you think made the Titanic sink?’ Not only have we been researching the different jobs on the Titanic, we have also been acting out the roles and created a class documentary about what life was like working on the Titanic. The children engaged in a lively debate about whose job was the most important onboard the ship and they impressed us by supporting their ideas with evidence. Using this knowledge the


children then went on to write a diary entry pretending to be a worker on the ship, focusing on including correctly punctuated subordinate clauses. In Science we went on a walk around the school listening carefully to all the sounds we can hear in different locations. We then investigated how the sound was created and how it travelled to our ears for us to be able to hear it. During Maths we have focused on ratio, decimals and fractions and applying the associative law.

REMINDERS

Please send in any old newspapers and/or magazines for the children to use in our Art lessons. We will be using these to create collage pictures in the next few weeks.

Appeal for old toys/board games. During break times the children are staying inside and enjoying activities within their year group areas. If you have any old toys that your children are not playing with anymore and would like to donate these for the pupils to play with at break time, it would be very much appreciated.


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YEAR FOUR




يف هذا األسبوع تعرفنا عىل علامء العرب يف درس أطباء االنسانية باإلضافة إىل تعزيز

املهارات التي تم تنتاولها سابقا، ويف األسبوع القادم سنكمل النص املعلومايت ) أطباء

اإلنسانية (.

الواجب من كتاب النشاط ص 21تذكري : نقوم يف أكادميية اللؤلؤة - قسم اللغة العربية - بتقييم التالميذ مبهارات

اللغة العربية حتى نهاية العام؛ لذلك نرجو من أولياء األمورالكرام تشيجيع أبنائهم عىل

الحضور إىل املدرسة كل يوم ويف الوقت املناسب، كام ونرجو االستعداد جيدا ومراجعة

املهارات التي متت دراستها باستمرار.

تناولنا هذا األسبوع حديث » من أخالق املتقني« وتدربنا عىل قراءته وبيان املقصود

بالتقوى، وأهم أخالق املتقني وصفاتهم.وسنتابع األسبوع القادم هذه املعرفة وبيان

أهمية التحيل باألخالق اإلسالمية.

الواجب: مراجعة حفظ الحديث« من أخالق املتقني« صفحة 54

موعد التسميع: االثنني 2018/5/28 م

يف هذا األسبوع تم مراجعة الدروس السابقة وسنتناول يف األسبوع القادم درس » بيئتي

مسؤوليتي« .

NON NATIVE ARABIC



Next week, we will be learning about the rules and the etiquettes of fasting in the topic “Ramadan is the Month of Fasting”.

This week, we continued talking about our topic (The fall season).

Next week, we will be doing reading comprehension about the topic (The fall season).


األسبوع القادم األسبوع املقبل سوف ننظر إىل ما معنى أن

تكون راكبا عىل منت سفينة التايتنك مبا يف ذلك العمالء من الدرجة األوىل أو الثانية أو الثالثة.

كام سنقوم بالبحث عن األلعاب الرتفيهية عىل منت السفينة ، الطعام , و باستخدام هذه

املعلومات سيجري الطالب مقابالت إذاعية مع الصحفيني والركاب. ويف مادة الرياضيات سوف نقوم مبراجعة موضوع املال. وعمليتي

الجمع والطرح وحل مسائل الحسابية. ويف مادة العلوم سنواصل تناول موضوع الصوت،

مع الرتكيز عىل املوجات الصوتية.

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will be looking at what it was like to be a passenger on board the Titanic, including first, second and third class customers. We will be researching the leisure activities on board the ship, the food available and the cabins. Using this information the children will be conducting radio interviews between journalists and passengers. In Maths we will be revising money; adding, subtracting, working our change and word problems. In Science we will be continuing our learning into sound, focusing on sound waves.


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YEAR FIVEIn English, we completed the “Creation” stage of our talk for writing unit, where we used the skills and language we acquired from our narrative poem, “Left Behind” to write our own narrative poem. The children came up with wonderful ideas and interesting structural patterns

REMINDERSWe hope you and your family have a peaceful and wonderful Ramadan.

We ask that, if you have any old or unused board games or activities at home that the children could benefit from using during these indoor play times, please can you donate these to Year 5 for them to be used during lunch times. We promise to look after them and will be used often during the hot weather.

We have receivedmany fantastic Homelink but would love to see more. Please encourage your child to work independently and complete all 5 Homelinks tasks. Homelinks can be shared on our padlet page for Term 3 or brought into class.


STARS OF THE WEEK

Faisal - for writing and learning an excellent narrative poem

and for created some amazing Homelinks.

Ranudi – for having an amazing attitude to her

Maths this term.

Kenzy - for impressing the class and I with her fantastic performance of her narrative

poem.

Laylan – for a fantastic effort when learning and performing poems this week. Well done!

ZIRCON QUARTZ PERIDOT CRYSTAL

to create excellent individual poems. Some of us even managed to learn and recite our poems.

In Maths this week, we continued to focus on solving problems involving money. We used all 4 operations and

even practiced finding a % of an amount. We also continued with arithmetic and Multiplication Missions.

This week in Topic we continued with our work on the history of the Ancient Incan Civilization. We learnt about Inca pass-times and created a Peruvian spin-drum. We also re-enacted Pizarro’s role in the fall of the Inca Empire, using drama conventions.


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YEAR FIVE

English: In English, we will be moving onto persuasive writing. The children will analyse a number of texts and create a success criteria for persuasive writing. They will then complete a text map and learn a persuasive letter from Mr. P. Bear.

Maths: In Maths, the children will study number sequences and learn the term to term rule. We will create our own sequences and see if our friends can find the rule. We will also look at Roman numerals and discuss where we might see or use them today.

Topic: Next week in Topic, we will continue to learn about the Incans. We will discuss Inca arts and crafts and create our own clay inca pot.

NEXT WEEK

األسبوع القادم األسبوع املقبل يف مادة اللغة اإلنجليزية سوف ننتقل للكتابة اإلقناعية، حيث سيقوم الطالب

بتحليل عدد من النصوص، ووضع معايري النجاح للكتابة اإلقناعية. ومن ثم سيقومون

بإكامل خريطة النص وتناول رسالة السيد »بري« اإلقناعية .

ويف مادة الرياضيات سيتناول الطالب تسلسل األعداد ومعرفة القاعدة. ومن ثم سقوم

الطالب بإنشاء تسلسل األعداد الخاص بهم، ومعرفة ما إذا كان زمالؤنا يستطيعون إيجاد القاعدة. كام سوف ننظر يف األعداد الرومانية

ونناقش أين ممكن أن نراها أو نستخدمها.

ويف ال Topicسيواصل الطالب معرفة املزيد عن حضارة األنكا،وكام سوف نناقش عن

الفنون والحرف والقيام بعمل وعاء صغري من الطني .




تابعنا يف هذا األسبوع املهارة النحوية »أحوال الخرب يف جملة إن«باإلضافة إىل

املهارة اإلمالئية »الهمزة املتوسطة املنفردة عىل السطر«وتم تسليم الطالب ورقة مراجعة

للمهارات السابقة. ويف األسبوع القادم سنتناول نصا معلوماتيا بعنوان » التوازن البيئي«

الواجب:كتاب النشاط صفحة 24تذكري : نقوم يف أكادميية اللؤلؤة - قسم اللغة العربية - بتقييم التالميذ مبهارات




تناولنا يف هذا األسبوع حديث يرسوا وال تعرسوا ، حيث تعرف التالميذ إىل يرس اإلسالم

وأهمية األخذ بالرخص. ويف األسبوع القادم سنتناول درس الهجرة إىل املدينة.

الرجاء مراجعة حفظ الحديث الشيف.

يف هذا األسبوع تم مراجعة الدروس السابقة. سنكمل يف األسبوع القادم درس » علم الفلك«.

NON NATIVE ARABIC



Next week, we will be talking about the importance and different ways to help others in the topic “Helping Others, Helping Yourself”.

This week, we have been learning the topic (Get well soon).

Next week, we will be doing reading comprehension about the topic (get well soon).



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YEAR SIX

STARS OF THE WEEKShady – for showing great enthusiasm while learning

about the Ancient Greek Olympic Games. Aquamarine for their excellent attitude,

focus and general approach to SATs this week

Saeed Al Qemzi for his excellent attitude, focus and

general approach to SATs week.

Sapphire for their excellent attitude, focus and general approach to SATs

this week

ONYX TANZANITE

AQUAMARINE

SAPPHIRE

The children have been working very hard with their ongoing assessments this week. They have shown resilience, motivation and diligence throughout the week and we have been very impressed with their positive mindset. As we reflect on this week we hope the children are proud of their achievement and have left school each day happy with their effort. It has been very clear that the children have worked tremendously hard and deserve a lot of praise. Well done Year 6!


Next week in Mathematics the children will be working in their class groups. They will be developing their problem-solving skills with experience of problems across the different disciplines of Mathematics at differing challenge levels. This will hone in on the skills they require to independently work next year in Year 7.

Next week in English the children will be starting a transition unit of work on, The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. This unit of work will help develop the skills Year 7 teachers will be looking for.

Over the next few weeks in Science, the children will be enhancing their skills in working scientifically by investigating a number of experiments. They will be

NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND

working through the process of creating an aim, documenting their method and materials, predicting the outcome of the experiment and the writing up process of results and conclusion. The children will also be challenged with displaying their results in an organisational table with a key.

األسبوع القادم األسبوع املقبل يف مادة الرياضيات سيقوم

الطالب بالعمل كمجموعات . حيث سيقومون بتطوير مهاراتهم يف حل املسائل الحسابية

من خالل حل عمليات حسابية مختلفة وكام سرنكز أيضا عىل املهارات التي سوف يحتاجونها

يف العام املقبل للصف السابع.

ويف مادة باللغة اإلجليزية سوف نبدأ يف وحدة The Iron Man by Ted « جديدة بعنوانHughes » حيث ستساعدهم هذه الوحدة عىل تطوير املهارات التي سيحتاجونها عند

االنتقال إىل الصف السابع .

وخالل األسابيع القليلة املقبلة يف مادة العلوم، سيعمل الطالب عىل تعزيز مهاراتهم علميا

من خالل التحقيق يف عدد من التجارب. وكام سيقومون من خالل العملية بإنشاء هدف، وتوثيق أسلوبهم وموادهم، والتنبؤ بنتيجة

التجربة وكتابة النتائج واالستنتاجات. كام سيتم تحدي الطالب أيضا بعرض نتائجهم يف جدول

تنظيمي يحتوي عىل مفتاح.


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YEAR SIX


الرتبية الوطنية:الرتبية اإلسالمية:

يف هذا األسبوع تابعنا مهارة نحوية بعنوان »ضامئر النصب« باإلضافة إىل »عالمات الرتقيم

»وتم تسليم الطالب ورقة مراجعة للمهارات السابقة. ويف األسبوع القادم سنتناول درس »

التسامح«.

تذكري : نقوم يف أكادميية اللؤلؤة - قسم اللغة العربية - بتقييم التالميذ مبهارات




تناولنا هذا األسبوع حديث » يرس اإلسالم« وتدربنا عىل قراءته وبيان أهم مظاهر التيسري

يف اإلسالم، والحكمة منها.وسنتابع األسبوع القادم هذه املعرفة مع بيان

لبعض األحكام املتعلقة بالرخص اإلسالمية .

الواجب: مراجعة حفظ الحديث« يرس اإلسالم«

موعد التسميع: الخميس 2018/5/31 م

تناولنا يف هذا األسبوع درس »قارة أفريقيا« وسنكمل يف األسبوع املقبل هذا الدرس.

NON NATIVE ARABIC

NON NATIVE ISLAMIC EDUCATIONThis week, we continued practicing reciting Surat Al Mulk (1-5), as well as revising the topics which had been covered.

Next week, we will talk about the rules and benefits of praying Salat Al Witr and how to perform it.

Y6 Homework: learn Surat Al Mulk (1-5) Textbook pg. (A 29)

Due date: Thursday 31st May

This week, we continued talking about the same topic (Safari trip).

Next week, we will be doing reading comprehension about the topic (Safari trip).



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ISSUE NO.21 FEBRUARY 22ND 2018

بمناسبة حلول شهر رمضان المبارك نرجو قبول دعوتنا باالنضمام إىل مأدبة ي الصالة الرياضية بدءا من 29اإلفطار المقرر إقامتها يوم الثالثاء الموافق

مايو ف مساء. 6:30الساعة

ي تم ي التنظيم لهذه األمسية الكريمة، نرجو ملء القسيمة الت

ولمساعدتنا ف ون مأدبة اإلفطار وتسليمها إىل مكتب إرسالها بعدد األشخاص الذين سيحض

ي المدرسة. االستقبال ف


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May - June 2018

UNIFIED

Make a differenceVolunteering can have a real and valuable positive affect on people, communities and society in general

Meet peopleVolunteering can help you meet different kinds of people and make new friends

Be part of a communityVolunteering can help you feel part of something outside your friends and family

Be part of a communityVolunteering can help you feel part of something outside your friends and family

Learn new skillsVolunteering can help you learn new skills, gain experience and sometimes even qualifications.

Take on a challengeThrough volunteering you can challenge yourself to try something different, achieve personal

SAVE THE DATE!

YOUR SPECIAL OLYMPICS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

WORLD GAMES VOLUNTEERINGRegistration is open!

In March 2019, Special Olympics require 20,000 volunteers to support the World Games in a variety of roles and functions. The Games offer an amazing opportunity to give your time, skills and experience to contribute to a worthwhile cause.

Gain confidenceVolunteering can help you gain confidence by giving you the chance to try something new and build a real sense of achievement

goals, use your skills and discover hidden talents

Have fun!Most volunteers have a great time, regardless of why they do it

You can sign up to volunteer for the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019 by visiting: www.volunteers.ae/specialolympics

“To be unafraid of the judgement of others is the greatest freedom we can have”

Timothy Shriver Special Olympics Chairman

FOLLOW USQUOTE OF THE MONTH

@WorldGamesADCommunity

We have created a facebook page especially dedicated to community engagement. The page will include photos, videos and up to date news on all the Special Olympics activities going on in the community. We want you to like the page and start sharing with us!

TSHIRT DESIGN COMPETITION • Design must be a Unified piece of work

• Design can be no bigger than an A4 page

• You can work in pairs, as a class or as a community to create the design

• You can use any colors

• Your design can be with pencil, pens or digital

• As a guide, your design should represent an aspect of the Special Olympics and/or Abu Dhabi

• Email entries to [email protected]

June 21st 2018Unified Football ‘World Cup’, Amity School (TBC), Abu Dhabi

March 14th – 21st 2019Special Olympics World Games, Abu Dhabi

Deadline May 30th

Documents

THE PEARL ACADEMY OUR PEARL اـنتؤـلؤـل · FS2 Amir – for excellent participation during all of our lessons and activities. Laila – for sounding out her words carefully