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AN ENORMOUS ‘THANK YOU‘ TO OUR FANTASTIC FRIENDS OF PEARL!The Zumba this morning was an energetic start to the day, it was great to see so many children participating in this and we would like to thank our Friends of Pearl for organizing the Zumba and all the other events that took place this week. This was a true community spirited event. Looking at the school calendar, we are moving towards our Parent Meeting Day and International Day. I look forward to your continued support in making The Pearl as amaz-ing as it is. - Mrs Fishbourne

ISSUE NO.6 OCTOBER 11TH 2018

THE PEARL ACADEMYOUR PEARL

لـؤلـؤتنـا

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL, MRS FISHBOURNEAs we draw towards the end of the first half term in school I would like to take this opportunity to reinforce the impor-tance of communication. As a school we understand the value of sharing infor-mation and do so in a number of ways: the parent portal, personalised emails for your child’s class teacher and our SMS service. However, we do realise that at certain times of the month your

email inboxes can become rather inun-dated with our portal notifications. We will be trialing a more streamlined sys-tem whereby the newsletter will hold information of upcoming parent work-shops and other school based events, therefore it is vital that you read the newsletter each week.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

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

16TH OCT

14TH OCT

Year 2 Dinosaur Dress Up Day

FS1- Y2- Live Theatre show Aliens love Underpants

17TH OCT

14TH OCT

18TH OCT

15TH OCT

Year 4 trip to Manarat Al Saadiyat

Parent Workshop- Introduction to the IB diploma program

International Day

Parent Workshop: Growing Resilient children

Contined on Page 2

THE PEARL ACADEMY NEWSLETTERISSUE NO.1 | DECEMBER 2018

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Continuing on from this is our face-to-face communication, and it saddens me to hear a growing number of con-cerns from our staff of school incidents whereby teachers, support staff and se-curity have been spoken to in an unpro-fessional manner by parents.

Our school is based on the Aldar Acad-emies values; respect is one of these and I would like to take this opportunity to remind parents to be mindful when speaking to adults in the school. There will of course be times when you feel frustrated, however these feelings must be communicated to staff in a respect-ful manner.

We pride ourselves on having an open door policy. Should you wish to discuss this further please come in to meet with a member of our Senior Leadership Team.

On Sunday 14th October from 8am – 9am, Mr. Atkins and Mrs. Fox from Al Bateen Academy, will be visiting The Pearl Academy to hold a parent pres-entation and Q&A session on the Inter-national Baccalaureate Diploma Pro-gramme (IBDP).

The IB Diploma Programme is an inter-national pre-university qualification. IB Diploma Graduates are highly regard-ing by university admissions tutors and often receive favourable entry require-ments to their chosen university des-tinations. Mr. Atkins and Mrs. Fox will be presenting an overview of what is

PARENT WORKSHOP : INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMMEinvolved in the IB Diploma Programme and the well documented advantages of studying this over other pre-university qualifications such as A Levels.

The information session will look to cover the following:

- a brief overview of subjects on o f fer.

- the wider requirements.

- the type of student that the IB d e v e lo p s .

- University courses of study/destinations for recent Al Bateen grad-uates.

This presentation will take place in the Music Room and all our parents are invited. You do not need to register for this event.

Mrs Maryke Venter

School Counsellor - Aldar Academies, The Pearl Academy


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This week we were delighted to wel-come Year 6 students for a Science les-son and tour of the school.

Further to our recent letter, we would like to invite parents and students from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 to our Open Day on Monday 15th October. There are three sessions from which to choose. You will have the opportunity to see teaching and learning in action, and you will be able to speak with teachers and students in each department, across a range of year groups.

The format and timing of each session will be as follows:

• Session 1: 8:00 – 9:30 am (Par-ents only)

8:00 arrival 8:15 Presentation – Principal & s t u d e n t s 8:30 Tour and visit to lessons

• Session 2: 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Parents only)

12:30 arrival 12:45 Presentation – Principal & students 1:00 Tour and visit to lessons • Session 3: 5:30 – 7:00 pm (Par-ents and Students)

5:30 arrival 5:45 Presentation – Principal & s t u d e n t s 6:00 Tour and visit to lessons

To confirm your attendance at the Open Day on Monday 15th October, or if you have any questions about Al Bateen Academy, please RSVP to: [email protected] stating your child’s name, session to be attended, current school and year group. We very much look forward to welcoming you to Al Bateen Academy.

OPEN DAY – AL BATEEN ACADEMY – MONDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2018

Examination Results 2018 - Al Bateen Academy

As prospective parents and students we would like to keep you informed about student life at Al Bateen Academy. We therefore hope you don’t mind us send-ing occasional articles to your school for inclusion in your school newsletter. At Al Bateen Academy we aim to publish an engaging newsletter every 4 weeks – with the main foci a) celebrating stu-dent success and participation, and b) providing parents with essential infor-mation about the school and our cur-riculum. In between editions, we always produce a weekly Parent Bulletin.

As a school, we are delighted with the IB DP and I/GCSE Summer Examination results. Congratulations to all of our students. In a future newsletter we will feature the University destinations for our IB DP students but, for the mean-time, we would like to share our results with you.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) Results 2018

The IB DP is an internationally recog-nized and rigorous two year pre-Univer-sity qualification (Years 12 and 13) that requires students to study 6 subjects (3 at Higher Level; 3 at Standard Lev-el) plus the core components: Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Extended Essay (EE), and Creativity Action Service (CAS). The maximum possible score is 45 points. 24 points, with no failing conditions, is the minimum diploma pass mark.

The IB DP enjoys a high level of respect and recognition among the world’s Uni-versities/higher education institutions. For students, success in the IB DP often results in advanced standing, course credit, scholarships, and other admis-sions related benefits at many univer-sities. The International Baccalaure-ate Organisation (IBO) works with the higher education community to ensure IB DP students get the recognition they have earned, as well as to examine and further develop programmes to make sure the IB DP continues to offer the best preparation for university studies and life beyond.

For more information about the IB DP go to www.ibo.org

In 2018, 48 students graduated from the Year 13 IB DP cohort at Al Bateen Academy (23 boys; 25 girls; including 3 students from the UAE).

The IB DP is a strength of the school. Here is a summary of the results:

- Average point score = 32.3 points (third consecutive year the school has exceeded 32 points)- 2.7 points above world average (29.6 points)

- % diploma pass rate (24+ points) = 90% - 11% above world average (79%)

- % of students achieving 40+ points = 8% (2% predicted)- % of students achieving 30+ points = 56% (37% predicted)- % UAE students achieving 24+ points = 100% (100% predicted)

Average Points Score per student that achieved the FULL DIPLOMA = 5.13 (above world average)

Overview – Full Cohort (48 Students)

Overview – Full Diploma Award Cohort (43 Students)

MESSAGE FROM THE AL BATEEN ACADEMY PRINCIPAL, DAVID HUDSON


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The Highest Performing Subjects for IB DP

Top Student Performers

International General Certificate of Secondary Education (I/GCSE) Results 2018

Year 10 marks the beginning of the IGCSE programme and our two year Middle School Curriculum (Years 10 and 11). The GCSE is a British academ-ic qualification awarded in a specified subject; the International GCSE qual-ification is available for international students. Both GCSE and IGCSE are qualifications equally recognised by universities and employers throughout the world. For some subjects there is no IGCSE option so the school has opt-ed for a GCSE qualification (e.g. GCSE Physical Education). For both IGCSE and GCSE there is no easy option or easy subject.

Students choose one or more science subjects (Biology, Chemistry, and Phys-ics) and must study IGCSE Mathematics and English. Students can then choose additional I/GCSE subjects from differ-ent options blocks. Current I/GCSE op-tion subjects are, as follows: Arabic, Art & Design, Business Studies, Computer Science, Design Technology, Drama, Economics, French, History, Geography, ICT, Music, Physical Education, Psy-chology, Sociology and Spanish.

I/GCSE is graded A* (highest) to G or 9 (highest) to 1.

Year 11 students are required to achieve a minimum 5 A* - C (or 9 - 5) including English, Mathematics and a Science to meet the entry requirements for the IB DP (Senior School).

In 2018, 90 Year 11 students complet-ed the I/GCSE programme at Al Bateen Academy (60 boys; 30 girls; including 27 students from the UAE).

The summary of results includes 9-1 conversion.

- 1+ A*- A I/GCSE grades = 90%- 1+ A*- B = 98%- 1+ A*- C = 99%------------------ 5+ A*- A I/GCSE grades = 41% (37% 2017)- 5+ A*- B = 63% (56% 2017)- 5+ A* - C = 84% (75% 2017)- 5+ A*- C including English and Mathematics = 81% (65% 2017)- A* - C English & Mathematics combined = 88%


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Overview – Total entry (9-1 Converted to grades)

The Highest Performing Subjects for I/GCSE

Top Student Performers

Attainment and Targets in five sub-jects including English and Mathemat-ics – All Students

Attainment and Targets in any five subjects – All Students

Mathematics

English Language

We look forward to even better results for Academic Year 2018-2019!

David HutsonPrincipal – Al Bateen Academy


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WHAT MAKES A GOOD LEADER?

U9 GIRLS FOOTBALL

We are proud to announce that during a special assembly on ‘What makes a good leader?’ our Year 6 leadership teams were introduced to the school. The children have accepted their roles of responsibility in school with pride and maturity, and are looking forward to commencing their jobs. Our Head Boy and Girl, along with the Deputy Head Boy and Girl introduced the Prefects, Play Leaders, Librarians and House Captains. Congratulations to all involved.

On Wednesday, our u9 girls’ football team hosted Al Muna. The game was played in a fantastic spirit by both sides and both had a great desire to win. The Pearl were on top in the early stages of the game but Al Muna demonstrated some fantastic defending and the goalkeeper made some brilliant saves. This was the story of the game until Jamilla Ramadan scored her first ever goal for The Pearl with a well placed shot into the bottom corner. The Pearl quickly made it 0-2 with a great individual goal from Ella Bontemps, her second goal in as many games. Some resolute defending from The Pearl defenders, Rawan Ismail, Mariam Al Kaabi, Yasmeen Zaher, Chloe O’Connor, Arabella Milne-Hutson and some great goalkeeping by Mackenzie Harrison saw the game out and The Pearl ran out 0-2 winners. Well done girls.


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ABU DHABI POTTERY

THE GREAT PEARL BAKE OFF

Year 6 had an amazing time at Abu Dhabi Pottery. They were awed by Homa and her precision on the potters wheel. She was very inspiring and had some great techniques. She showed them how to use the potters wheel along side the sponge and fork technique. She explained how to do all the methods and they had a go at making pinch pots, Homa answered all of their questions with enthusiasm. They were also allowed to buy some pottery made by her and her students. If you would like to improve your skills, you can attend classes.

By Noella and Isabelle (Year 6)

The staff were challenged to enter The Pearl’s very first Bake Off competition. All entries looked and tasted magnificent but sadly there could only be 3 winners. Taking first place was Mrs. Bheda with her culinary masterpiece of the M& M cake. Second place was Miss Cockcroft’s banana loaf with caramel sauce cake and third place was given to Mrs. Shripra Sud for her delicious carrot cake.

I am sure you will agree the competition was very tough to judge! A special thank you to Mrs. Venter for organising the Bake Off and to Magrudy’s in Al Wadha Mall for organizing the lovely gift for all participants. We look forward to the next whole staff competition.


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YEAR 6 AL BATEEN VISIT

On Sunday, our Year 6 children had the opportunity of spending a morning at Al Bateen Academy. This valuable experience gave the children an insight into school life next year. They had a school tour led by the fantastic Year 7 and 8 Student Ambassadors which allowed the children to ask any burning questions or raise any concerns they may have about moving into a secondary school. The children also enjoyed taking part in a science lesson involving fruity batteries. The children impressed the teachers with their excellent be-haviour throughout the morning.


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This week in Foundation Stage 1 we be-gan our inquiry into” Are all bears cud-dly?’

We shared the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”, sequenced the events and acted them out. We enjoyed us-ing Goldilocks props as part of our en-hanced provision and used some story themed character puppets in our small world play. A version of the story can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KndSVsY5HWMWe competed a range of fine motor ac-tivities during Funky Finger lessons. These activities will prepare our arms, hands and fingers for mark making and writing.

In Maths we focused on ordering ob-jects by size and using the correspond-ing language.


FOUNDATION STAGE ONE

كل يوم يف الروضة األوىل نقوم مبراقبة الطالب، وننظر إىل ما تعلموه ونستخدم هذه املعلومات للتخطيط لتطويرهم، حيث نقوم

بتقييم الطالب وفقا لتقدمهم يف كل مجال من مجاالت التعلم السبعة ولكننا ننظر أيضا يف

كيفية تعلمهم، يحدد التعليم الربيطاين املبكر ثالثة خصائص يف التعلم الفعال”، اللعب

واالستكشاف والتعلم الفعال واإلبداع والتفكري، إن تطوير هذه الخصائص أمر مهم بالنسبة

لكل طالب للتأكد من أنه يلبي جميع أهداف التعلم املبكر وإعدادها للتعلم يف املستقبل.

ملزيد من املعلومات يرجى رؤية اللوحة املوجودة يف الساحة الرئيسية “خصائص التعلم

الفعال”.

Every day in Foundation Stage we are observing the children, looking at where they are in their learning and using this information to plan their next steps. We assess the children according to their progress in each of the seven areas of learning but we also look at how they learn. The UK Statutory Framework for Early Years identifies three ‘Charac-teristics of Effective Learning’; Playing and Exploring, Active Learning, Crea-tivity and Thinking Critically. Developing these characteristics is vitally important for every child to insure they meet all of the Early Learning Goals and to prepare them for future learning.

Please refer to the’ Characteristics of Effective Learning’ display board in the courtyard for more information.


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FOUNDATION STAGE ONE

Saeed and Nadeen for being kind and caring towards their friends

Arabic - Lana for being kind and helpful towards her friends.

Hannah and Alan for demonstrating increasing independence and resilience in class.

Arabic - Malak for being kind and helpful towards her friends.

Dafni showing kindness to her friends in class and helping them, if they should need it and Obaid for showing more confidence in entering the classroom on his own.

Arabic – Amara for being kind and helpful towards her friends.

STARS OF THE WEEKOPAL

RUBY

SUNSTONE

• Thursday - International day with a focus on Antarctica.

• All children are invited to come to school wearing their national dress or clothes in the colours of their flag.

NEXT WEEK’S LEARNING

األسبوع املقبل سنحتفل باليوم •العاملي مع

الرتكيز عىل أنتاركتيكا.، يرجى •ارتداء الزي باأللوان الخاصة بعلم بلدك.

األسبوع القادم

This week in FS1, we have been learning the letter “Da” through the word “Dub (bear)”, and enjoyed participating in the song “My bear my bear”.

We have also enjoyed listening to the story of “Little Dabdoub discovers”, as well as learned the shape of the circle and made a bear from the coloured circles.

ARABIC

يف روضتنا األوىل تعلمنا حرف الدال من خالل كلمة )دب(، واستمتعنا بإنشاد نشيد “دب

دب”، كام صاحبنا الدبدوب الصغري يف قصة “ دبدوب الصغري يكتشف “، وتعلمنا شكل الدائرة وقمنا بعمل دب من الدوائر امللونة


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In FS2 we have been learning about what we will find if we leave our planet. We had a visit from a friendly alien who left us a special video, note and a funny book called “Aliens Love Underpants”. We have had so much fun exploring aliens through many different activities.

In Maths children have been learning about patterns and ordering and identifying numbers 1 to 20.

We have been reviewing our sounds this week and blending words with the sounds s,a ,t, p,i n ,m,d . We have been learning the tricky words ‘he’ and ‘she’. We have continued practising our ladder letters and have started learning about the curly caterpillar letters c and a. We have also been working on writing our names. You can encourage your child to write their name wherever possible and continue reading with them each evening.

This week in FS2, we have been learning the letter “Sa” and linking it with words that begin with the letter. eg. (Sayyarah (Car), Samakah (Fish).

We have also enjoyed listening to the song “Walk Walk – Run Run”.

Vaishika for making a special effort this week to be a kind friend to others, using kind hands and kind words and communicating her problems to the teacher.

Rayyan – for being very brave this week coming into school and overcoming some of his fears.

Arabic: Shamma for her hard working in our Arabic lesson.

Hana- for always communicating with her friends and teachers in a polite and respectful way.

Mansour- for always communicating with his friends and teachers in a polite and respectful way.

Arabic: Millie for her hard working in our Arabic lesson

Saeed – for improving his attitude to-wards learning by trying his best at the different activities around the class-room

Nuha – for showing kindness towards a friend in the maths centre by explaining and demonstrating what to do

Arabic: Omar for his hard working in our Arabic lesson.

STARS OF THE WEEKJADE

AMBER

DIAMOND


ARABIC

يف روضتنا الثانية لهذا األسبوع كنا بصحبة حرف السني مع حروف املد املختلفة ) سا – سو – يس (، كام استمعنا إىل نشيد( رس رس

– اركض اركض(.

FOUNDATION STAGE TWO

• Phonics sounds : review of s,a,t,i,p, n, m,d

• Tricky words: he and she

• Letter Formation: c and a


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REMINDERS

• Continue to identify and order numbers 1 to 20.

• Letter sounds : g, o

• Letter formation : d and g

• Story : Aliens Love Underpants

• Tricky words: we and me


SCHOOL TRIP

Upcoming trip “Aliens love Under-pants” on the 14th of October. Please ensure your child arrives on time to school as buses will be departing shortly after school begins. Can you also please ensure that your child has their water bottle.

PLAYGROUND

Can parents please ensure that chil-dren do not play in the FS playground after they have been picked up in the afternoons as we cannot be respon-sible for accidents that may happen at this time.

Also it is vital that your child comes to school every day with their hat and water bottle for outside play.

INTERNATIONAL DAY

International Day (18th October)

Children can dress up in their na-tional or traditional clothing or in the colours of their country’s flag.

FS2 children will be learning about Antarctica.

مواصلة تحديد وتريتب األعداد من 1 إىل 20

g ، o : الحروف واألصوات

g و d : كتابة الكلامت

Aliens Love Underpants :قصة me و we :الكلامت الصعبة

األسبوع القادم

FOUNDATION STAGE TWO

FS2 Jade

Miss ODonoghue:

[email protected]

FS2 Amber

Miss MacDonald:

[email protected]

FS2 Diamond

Mrs Ingram:

cingram@ thepearlacademy.sch.ae

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

thepearlacademy.sch.ae


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YEAR ONE

STARS OF THE WEEK

Jana – For using her communi-cation skills to complete group

activities.

George – for excellent com-

munication skills during Show and

Tell

Jihan- for excel-lent communica-tion skills during Show and Tell.

Saif – For using his communica-tion skills in our rhyming activi-

ties.

Mayed - for great effort in all sub-jects this week.

Yasmin - For help-ing and working

hard

TOPAZAZURITE GARNET


What a fantastic week we have had. The children have had a very exciting week between all the classroom activities and our trip to Um Al Emirate Park. The trip was great experience, the children had the opportunity to learn and see the animals, learn a story about the desert and learn about the plants in the botanic gardens.

In English we:

• have been learning which words rhyme.

• we played a range of rhyming games, matching words that rhyme and writing a rhyming string.

• used our knowledge of rhyming words to write sentences to change parts of the Superworm story.

In Maths we:

• have been learning 2D shapes.

• we have discussed the properties of 2D shapes, how many sides, how many corners.

In Science we:

• have been learning how to classify animals into 5 groups – mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and a m p h i b i a n s .

In English we will:

• Be writing a short animal story.

In Maths we will:

• Be adding groups of objects.

• Be using mathematical vocabulary such as addition, add, more, sum, altogether.


يف مادة اللغة اإلنجليزية سوف :

سنقوم بكتابة قصة صغرية عن الحيوانات .

ويف مادة الرياضيات سوف :

إضافة مجموعات من األشياء .سنقوم باستخدام املصطلحات الرياضية

مثل ، إضافة ، أكرث ، مجموع ، مع بعض .

األسبوع املقبل :


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YEAR ONE

TOPAZ

ARABIC – NATIVE STARS OF THE WEEK ARABIC – NON NATIVE STAR OF THE WEEK

AZURITE GARNET


الللغة العربية

الرتبية اإلسالمية

يف هذا األسبوع تعرفنا إىل حرف الراء صوتا وشكال، وربطناه مع حروف املد ) را رو ري

(، واستمتعنا بأداء مجموعة من األنشطة املرتبطة به.

يف األسبوع القادم:

سنتعرف إىل حرف الواو كحرف لني.

واجب بيتي: الرجاء التدرب عىل كتابة وتهجئة الحروف واملقاطع والكلامت التالية مع االنتباه

إىل اإلتجاه من اليمني إىل اليسار أثناء الكتابة:

) را – رو – ري – ر – ر – ر – دار – برد (.

مالحظة: يستطيع الطالب كتابة هذه املقاطع والكلامت عىل بطاقة وإرسالها إىل معلمة

اللغة العربية وسيتم تعزيز أفضل أداء أمام الطالب يف الصف.

يف هذا األسبوع تابعنا حفظ سورة الفاتحة، وتعرفنا معانيها.

خالد مراد اسامعيل عيل رمضانرفاييل رشيف

This week, we have been learning the topic “Shahadah”.

Next week, we will be learning “Surat Al-Fatihah”

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

Next week, we will be learning the topic (At the class room).

NON NATIVE ISLAMIC EDUCATION

NON NATIVE ARABIC

REMINDERS

SCHOOL TRIP

On 14th October we will be attending the theatre to watch the performance of ‘Aliens Love Underpants’.

PUNCTUALITY

We are regularly seeing some chil-dren arriving late to school and Year 1 have not received any punctuality awards in assembly because of poor punctuality. Please help us promote good routines by arriving to school by 7:45 every morning. Children miss vital lesson input when they are late.

INTERNATIONAL DAY

On Thursday October 18th children can come to school is their traditional clothing or colours of their flag. Year 1 will be learning about countries in Asia throughout the day by attending different workshops throughout the year group.

Aniya(Azurite)


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YEAR TWO

STARS OF THE WEEK

Luka - for outstanding behav-iour all the time.

Shanzeh - for trying her best in all her work, and for being

a super friend.

Alan - for presenting his work beautifully and engaging well in lessons by putting his hand up.

AGATE EMERALD TURQUOISE

Wow! What an amazing, hardworking week we’ve had this week. The children are really finding their feet and trying their best.

In English, they’ve produced some amazing stories incorporating their changes. They tried to remember to include the correct punctuation, adjectives and time connectives. In Maths, they have increased their knowledge of place value and even carried out a Maths investigation. They also learnt about 2D shapes and their properties. In Topic, we looked at the work of Henri Rousseau and began to work on our own collages in the same style.


Next week will be an exciting one. We’ve got the theatre trip on Sunday, Dino Day on Tuesday and International Day on Thursday.

In English, we will:

• Look at some features of poetry.

• study a rhyming poem by Dr Seuss

In Maths, we will:

• Work on number sequences

• Investigate the properties of 3D shapes


سيقوم أسبوع مشوق سوف نذهب رحلة يوم سيكون وكام االحد، يوم املرسح إىل الخميس ويوم الديناصورات يوم الثالثاء

اليوم العاملي.

ويف مادة اللغة االنجليزية سوف :

سننظر يف بعض خصائص الشعر . •وسنتناول قصائد القافية للكاتب •

سوس.

ويف مادة الرياضيات سنقو مبا ييل:

• العمل عىل تسلسل األرقامD3 التحقيق يف خصائص أشكال ال •


REMINDERS

Sun 14th – Alien’s in Underpants at the theatre.

Tuesday 16th – Dino Day – children to dress as a dinosaur or paleontologist (see email)

Thursday 18th International Day – children to dress in their national dress or colours of their flag.

We have booked a trip to a farm for 1st November. In Science we study plants and this trip will give the chil-dren an opportunity to take part in lots of very relevant activities. They will see fruit and vegetables growing, pick their own food and to learn how to take care of plants.

The closing date for payment is 15th October.

Please remember hats as the chil-dren cannot go out to play without one.


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YEAR TWO

ISSUE NO.6

الرتبية الوطنيةالرتبية اإلسالميةالللغة العربيةيف هذا األسبوع تناولنا قصة “ثعلوب ممثل بارع” وناقشنا أحداثها وتعرفنا إىل مفردات

جديدة، ووظفناها يف سياقات مختلفة، وتناولنا من القصة الكلامت التي تحتوي عىل حرف

الثاء، وقمنا بتجريدها شفويا وكتابيا. كام قرأنا جمال من القصة واستمتعنا بتمثيل املعاين

املوجودة فيها.

يف األسبوع املقبل سوف نتناول قصة “جنجل يبحث عن جوهرته”.

واجب من كتاب النشاط: اقرأ عزيزي الطالب ص 42، ثم أكتب ص 46+47+50

الرجاء مراعاة ما ييل أثناء القراءة:

مراعاة األصوات القصرية والطويلة.مراعاة وضوح الصوت.

مراعاة الرسعة واإلنطالق أثناء القراءة.

ميكنكم تحميل نسخة من كتاب اللغة العربية من خالل الرابط التايل:

https://www.mrsasmaa.com/files/املراحل?التعليمية/�?

?cat=001الصف?األول&material=اللغة%20العربية

يف هذا األسبوع قمنا مبراجعة حفظ وتالوة سورة الفيل وتناولنا درس “مولد الرسول صىل

الله عليه وسلم” وتعرفنا إىل اسم والده ووالدته ومرضعته واستمعنا إىل قصة والدة

رسولنا الكريم.

األسبوع املقبل: سوف نتناول “سورة اإلخالص . “

ميكنكم تحميل كتاب الرتبية اإلسالمية من خالل الرابط التايل:

www.mrsasmaa.com/files/املراحل?التعليمية/�?

materi?&الصف?األولcat=001?al=الرتبيةاإلسالمية

يف هذا األسبوع تناولنا درس” أنا وأقارب”، ويف األسبوع القادم سنكمل هذا الدرس بجزء “ أنا

وجرياين”.

This week, we have been learning Surat Al-Feel and we listened to the story of Arabha and his army.

Next week, we will be learning about “The Birth of Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h).

This week, we have been learning the topic (At the class room).

Next week, we will be learning the topic (At the play room).


NON NATIVE ARABIC

OCTOBER 11TH 2018

Aliassalem(Agate)(Agate)

حبيبة

ARABIC – NATIVE STARS OF THE WEEK

ARABIC – NON NATIVE STAR OF THE WEEK


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YEAR THREE

STARS OF THE WEEK

Rebecca - for supporting others in their learning

through good communication.

Yasmin - for speaking clearly and listening to others.

Adam - for excellent communication skills with

all his peers

Abdulla - for demonstrating passion learning French.

SPHENE ALEXADRITE CORAL MOONSTONE

Wow, what a fantastic time we have had in Year 3 this week. The children thoroughly enjoyed their EcoVenture trip and we were amazed how eager they were to complete the activities especially becoming geologists. During the week in Maths the children have consolidated their column addition and column subtraction by understanding how to borrow. This week in English we have been looking at instructional writing, using time connectives and imperative verbs. During Science we have been learning all about the different layers of Earth with interesting facts.

https://padlet.com/stunley/Year3

password: Pearl3


• In English – instructional writing

• In Maths – multiplication

• In Science - how volcanos are formed

• In Topic – researching why people travel to Australia and what they do when they are there.


يف مادة اللغة اإلنجليزية الكتابة •التعليمية .

يف مادة الرياضيات عملية •الرضب.

يف مادة العلوم كيف يتم تشكيل •الرباكني.

ويف ال Topic البحث ملاذا الناس •تسافر إىل اسرتاليا وماذا يفعلون هناك ؟


PADLET

https://padlet.com/stunley/Year3


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YEAR THREEالللغة العربية


الرتبية الوطنية

يف هذا األسبوع تناولنا االسم باإلضافة للتنوين.

ويف األسبوع القادم سنقوم يكتابة فقرة وصفية عن حيوان أليف.

الواجب من كتاب النشاط ص 18 و20

قراءة صفحة ? ?59 من كتاب الطالب.

يف هذا األسبوع تم تناول حديث أحب الخري ألخي، حيث تدرب التالميذ عىل قراءة وحفظ الحديث الرشيف، ثم تعرفنا إىل أهم صفات

املؤمن الحق عند الله تعاىل وأهم األعامل التي تزيد محبتنا لبعضنا البعض.

يف األسبوع القادم سوف نقوم بدراسة آية الكريس.

مالحظة: الرجاء مراجعة حفظ الحديث الرشيف.

يف هذا األسبوع أكملنا درس “ القارات واملحيطات”.

يف األسبوع القادم سنكمل هذه املعلومة.

This week, we have been learning “Surat Al-Sharh”.

Next week, we will continue practicing reciting and understanding “Surat Al-Sharh”.

This week, we continued learning the topic (At the Grocery shop).

Next week, we will be learning the topic (At the pet and birds shop).


NON NATIVE ARABIC

Emaan (Sphene)(Coral)

عبد الله أبو جراد




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YEAR FOUR


STARS OF THE WEEK

Adam - for effective commu-nication throughout the week especially while presenting

homelinks.

Adam – for communicat-ing information and ide-as superbly through his

non-chronological report .

Mustafa - For his fantastic communication skills with his class after his school council

meeting.

Kai – For doing a fantastic job of communicating with the

class as part of her new role for the Pearl Parliament.

TOURMALINE CITRINE AMETHYST JET

https://padlet.com/lturner40/year4

password: pearly4

Next week in English:

• Editing and publishing our non-chronological reports about crazy creatures.

• Performing and presenting our writing using IPADS.

• Continuing to look at the differences between coordinating and subordinating conjunctions .

• Continuing to look at how an author uses language to bring a character to life.

Next week in Maths:

• Beginning our study of fractions.

• Finding equivalent fractions.

• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Fractionsv7

Next in ‘Is it too late to save the Rainforest’ we will be:

• Learning about the Amazon River

• Continuing to learn about fair trade around the world.


األسبوع املقبل يف مادة اللغة اإلنجليزية :

سنقوم بتعديل ونرش تقاريرنا •الغري زمنية حول املخلوقات املجنونة.

تحضري وتقديم كتابتنا باستخدام •الكمبيوتر اللوحي.

مواصلة النظر يف االختالفات بني •التنسيق و االرتباط الثانوي.

االستمرار يف النظر يف كيفية •استخدام املؤلف للغة .

و يف الرياضيات:

سنبدأ بتناول عن الكسور. •

العثور عىل الكسور املتكافئة. •

https://www.topmarks. •co.uk/Flash.aspx�f=Fractionsv7

Is it too late to save the‘ سنتناول عن’Rainforest

• التعرف إىل نهر األمازون

• االستمرار يف التعرف إىل التجارة العادلة حول العامل

األسبوع املقبل : It has been an extremely busy week in year 4 and we have been writing exciting non-chronological reports about howler monkeys! We have been learning all about how animals are adapted to their environments and have been studying food chains in lots of detail. We have also been making our own rainforest kingdoms using computers.

Check out our Padlet page for more information .




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YEAR FOUR





يف هذا األسبوع تناولنا الجملة االسمية والفعلية .

يف األسبوع القادم سنقوم بكتابة نص رسدي حول حلمنا يف املستقبل.

الواجب البيتي ) كتاب النشاط( : ص 18 و 20

قراءة صفحة ? ?55 من كتاب الطالب.

يف هذا األسبوع تناولنا درس “ آداب التالوة “ وما يجب مراعاته قبل التالوة وأثناء التالوة

وآداب بعد التالوة.

األسبوع القادم سنتناول درس”السيدة خديجة بنت خويلد”، وبيان أهم صفاتها، ودورها يف

مساندة النبي عليه الصالة والسالم.

الواجب: مراجعة حفظ اآليات )19?15(.

موعد التسميع: 17/10/2018 م

يف هذا األسبوع تناولنا درس “ بيئتئ مسؤوليتي”.

يف األسبوع القادم سنكمل هذه املعلومة.

This week, we have been learning Surat Al-Alaq (1-10).

Next week, we will be learning about “Khadijah Bint Khuwailid-May Allah be pleased with her”.

This week, we have been learning how to write a paragraph to describe the favorite animal.

Next week, we will learn how to use the preference terms in our topic (Jungle Animals).


NON NATIVE ARABIC

REMINDERS

Remember ‘no hat, no play’. As the weather is cooling down we are now outside for both playtimes so please remember your hat and water bottle.

Our trip to Manarat Al Saadiyat will take place on Wednesday 17th October.

On Thursday 18th October, children will take part in an ‘International Day,’ where they explore a variety of countries from around the world by taking part in different activities.

Anjli(Jet)(Tourmaline)

ميس جمجوم




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YEAR FIVEWhat a fantastic week in Year 5. As well as preparing for our International Day assembly, we have been learning lots too.

In English we:

finished off writing our recounts based on a day in the life of a pearl diver

edited and improved our writing to ensure we included all relevant punctuation, uplevelled our language and made sure all our sentences made sense.

In Maths we:

have continued our work on number, specifically looking at decimals, including their place value, ordering and rounding.

continued to multiply by 10, 100 and 1000 and reviewed our knowledge of adding and subtracting four digit numbers.

During class time, we have focused on learning our different parts for the International Day Assembly next week. With our focus on North America, we can’t wait for you to come and watch ‘World’s Got Talent – The North America Episode’.


STARS OF THE WEEK

Emilia - For her fantastic communication skills and

welcoming a new member of the class.

Al Anood – Superb commu-nication skills, learning all

of the words to our assembly song and being brave enough

to have a speaking part.

Louie – for excellent commu-nications skills when prac-tising your lines for the year group assembly. What a star!

Annabelle – great communi-cation skills, becoming class council member/representa-

tive

CRYSTAL ZIRCON QUARTZ PERIDOT

In English, we are focusing on our spellings, punctuation and grammar to ensure our writing is the best it can be.

In Maths, we will:

• multiplying and dividing 4 digits by 1 digit, including long multiplication

• problem solving linking to our number work over the previous week’s lessons


يف مادة اللغة اإلنجليزية سوف نركز عىل اإلمالء، عالمات االستفهام و النحو؛ للتأكد

من أن كتابتنا هي األفضل.

ويف مادة الرياضيات سنقوم مبا ييل:

حل عمليتي الرضب والقسمة •أربع أرقام عىل رقم، والتي تشمل عملية

الرضب حل طويلة.حل املسائل الحسابية ذات صلة •

مبا تناولنا يف الحصص السابقة .



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YEAR FIVE





ويف األسبوع القادم سيكتب طالبنا األعزاء مقاال عن “فوائد القراءة” يف هذا األسبوع القادم

تناولنا قصة “جنى”من كتاب النشاط، الواجب: اجمع معلومات عن فوائد القراءة

واكتبها يف دفرت الواجب .

احرص عزيزي الطالب عىل مراعاة ما ييل :

?1كتابة التاريخ

?2االهتامم برتتيب الخط والسالمة اإلمالئية .

?3عالمات الرتقيم .

قراءة صفحة ? ?12 من كتاب النشاط.

يف هذا األسبوع أكملنا دراسة حديث املفلس الحقيقي، ثم بدأنا حديث أحب العمل اىل الله، حيث تعرف التالميذ إىل أهم األعامل

التي نتقرب بها اىل الله تعاىل.

ويف األسبوع القادم سنكمل حديث أحب العمل اىل الله.

مالحظة: الرجاء مراجعة حفظ حديث املفلس الحقيقي. موعد التسميع االثنني 15/10

يف هذا األسبوع تناولنا درس “ حضارات بالدي

)دملون وماجان(” .

ويف األسبوع القادم سنكمل هذه املعلومة.

This week, we have been learning how to order a cup of coffee or a cup of tea at the coffee shop through a conversation with the waiter.

Next week, we will be learning topic ( At the restaurant).

NON NATIVE ARABIC

This week, we have been practicing reciting verses (9-19) from Surat ul Infitar, discussing meanings and lessons contained in the Surah.

Next week, we will continue practicing reciting and understanding Surat –ul –Infitar (9-19), also we will be learning about “Calling the people of Ta’if to Islam”.

Y5 HW: Learn (9-19) Surat ul Infitar.


REMINDERS

A quick reminder to ensure children are completing their Question a Day each day before or after school. It is really important that your child practises their times tables every week, all the way up to 12x12. This will help in their mathematical development.

Children must make sure they are learning their songs for the International Day assembly next week.

Thank you for your continued s u p p o r t !

Jazeel(Zircon)(Quartz)

تيــم أبو هنطش




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YEAR SIX


STARS OF THE WEEK

Meera – for her questinonning on the pottery trip.

Saeed - for his questioning on the pottery trip.

Zaid – for great questinoing to futher his learning.

Alya - for communication her thoughts and opinions in front

of her peers.

SAPPHIRE AQUAMARINE TANZANITE ONYX

This week has seen Year 6 have their first transition day at Al Bateen Academy and a memorable experience at Abu Dhabi Pottery.

In English we:

• started reading ‘The Water Horse’ by Dick King-Smith.

• explored settings and understand the importance of describing settings.

• used descriptive writing skills including the technique of pathetic fallacy within our writing

In Maths we:

• identified types of triangles

• found missing angles

• found angles around a point and on a line

• calculated the internal angles of polygons

• continued with our arithmetic skills

• understood circle properties including diameter, radius and circumference

In Science we:

• created our own investigation based on an enquiry question.

In English, we will:

• continue to look at ‘The Water Horse’ by Dick King Smith.

• create our own setting descriptions.

• identify and discuss the figurative language used in the first chapters.

In Maths, we will:

• be using the stimulus of our topic to look at Ancient Greek maths problems

• continue with our arithmetic and reasoning skills


ويف مادة اللغة اإلنجليزية:

The‘ سنواصل النظر يف قصة •Water Horse’ للكاتب ديك سميث .

إنشاء إعدادات وصفية خاصة •بنا.

تحديد ومناقشة اللغة التصويرية •املستخدمة يف الفصل األول .

ويف مادة الرياضيات سوف:

• سنستخدم التحفيز يف موضوعنا يف املسائل الرياضية اليونانية.

• مواصلة التناول عن املهارات الحسابية.



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YEAR SIX


This week, we have been doing reading comprehension about our topic (Arabic countries).

Next week, we will be learning topic (I have a question).

This week, we have been learning about the benefits of volunteer work in the topic “Volunteering; an Act of Worship”.

Next week, we will be learning about the obligatory, voluntary and disliked elements of prayer.

Y6 HW: Learn (5-9) Surat As - Sajdah

NON NATIVE ARABIC





تناولنا يف هذا األسبوع درس نحو ) الجملة وأغراضها (. ويف األسبوع القادم ستناول درس

التشبيه وسيتم تطبيقه من خالل كتابة قصة.

الواجب : من ص )64 إىل 67 (، تجهيز عرض تقدميي حول حيوان يحب الطالب الحديث

عنه، مع االلتزام بالتحدث باللغة العربية الفصحى.

هذا األسبوع تابعنا حديث من وصايا الرسول عليه الصالة والسالم وما يتعلق به من الوصايا.

األسبوع القادم سنقوم بالتمهيد لدرس “ التطوع عبادة”

الواجب: التدرب عىل حفظ اآليات من )?12.)10

موعد التسميع: 16/10/2018 م

يف هذا األسبوع تنتاولنا درس “ املواطنة اإليجابية “.

ويف األسبوع القادم سنكمل هذه املعلومة.

Thuweybah(Onyx)(Onyx)

آالء سومر



REMINDERS

On Thursday 25th of October, we will be holding a Greek Day to culminate our line of enquiry, ‘What did the An-cient Greeks bring to this World?’ The children will be required to come to school wearing a Greek style cos-tume. There will also be a Greek banquet. Please watch for a list of food on the pillars in the central courtyard, if you can provide any of these things please mark your name on the sheet next to the item.

تذكري :

يوم الخميس املوافق 25 أكتوبر سنحتفل What‘ باليوناين الخاص مبوضوعنا عن did the Ancient Greeks bring to

this World�’ سيطلب من الطالب ارتداء الزي اليوناين . كام سيكون هناك وليمة يونانية يرجى االطالع عىل قامئة الطعام

عىل األعمدة يف الساحة الرئيسية، وإذا كان بإمكانك إحضار أي من هذه األشياء يرجى

كتابة اسمك عىل الورقة.


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The Pearl Academy Parent Workshops

Term 1, 2018

Mark your calendars Workshop: Childhood Nutrition, Dr. Yara Radwan (MD) When: Sunday, September 23rd @ 8am Workshop: Growing Resilient Children, Mrs. Maryke Venter

When: Monday, October 15th @ 7.50am (Counselling Room)

Workshop: Learning Differences, Mrs. Sharon Barr When: Sunday, October 28th @ 7.50am Workshop: Phonics and Early Reading, Mrs. Joanne Cullen

When: Sunday, November 11th @ 7.50am Workshop: IB Curriculum, Mr. David Hudson (Principal of Al Bateen) When: TBC

Evening Workshop: Teaching Knowledge or Thinking? The im-portance of creativity for future generations. Mrs. Abigail Fishbourne (Principal) When: Wednesday, November 14th @ 5pm Afternoon Workshop: The Importance of Having a Will in the UAE When: TBC

Venue: Music Room (upstairs) unless stated otherwise

RSVP to [email protected]


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