7th May 2020 Edition

Message from the Principal

Dear Parents,

As-salaam aleykum

Review of Attendance Policy during Distance Learning

As we now embed Distance Learning, there are some concerns raised by teachers to ensure a safeguarding all students in the live sessions.

It is now an expectation that all students to have cameras on all the time in the Primary school during live sessions.

In the Secondary School, students must at least turn on the camera at the start of each live session whilst the register/starter activity is taking place and whenever directed by the teacher in the session.

Students who do not turn on the camera will be assumed to be absent as we need to ascertain a visual ID of each student. Please also remember that poor or non attendance can result in de-registration at the end of this term.

For further queries please contact our Child Protection Officer and Head of Community, Amanda Wilding on a.wilding@alsalamcommunity.ae

New Head of Secondary joining next week

I am delighted to announce our new Head of Secondary, Rani Iqbal, joining officially next week.

Her first initiative will be to host a Year 9 Parents/Students options presentation where students will be considered for their pathways of study in Year 10/11.

Later in the month after the formal assessments in Year 11, she will coordinate an event for students to choose their subjects for Post-16. I will also announce our new Director of Post-16 who will be joining us and she will meet each applicant for Year 12 for an interview.

We hope this provides some certainty for the new Academic year insha'Allah.

Mr K. Amin-Ali

BEng (Hons.) MA PGCE (Cantab.) NPQH NPQEL

Founding Principal

Primary School updates

Primary School has had a fun learning week adopting different themed days for lessons.

'Crazy Hat Day', 'Wearing your parents work clothes', and 'Silly Sunglasses Thursday' are some of the fun days we have had this week.

We look forward to more fun days as we continue the term.

3rd to 7th May was celebrated as 'Teacher Appreciation Week' and all our teachers were so excited to receive your videos, cards, and messages! A big 'thank you' to all our ASCS families for supporting us withyou

Secondary school updates

This week’s special activity for Ramadan - to remind ourselves and others around us- family and friends- about the significance of this month and the fasting.

Student’s interviewed people around them about the meaning of Ramadan.

Here are some of the reports and videos

في هذا الأسبوع تم تخصيص حصص مادة التربية الإسلامية للتعريف بفضل رمضان ومقاصده وكيفية التميَز في رمضان 1441ه، وقد أسهم طلاب ASCS بمجموعة من الأعمال، مثلا:

فيديو ترحيبي برمضان 1441ه للطالبة "سوار أبو نعمة:

حصة 23-04-2020 (23 Apr 2020, 10:15 PM).MOV

ربورتاج للطالب "محمد عبد الأمير" مع "جده" عن توجيهات متعلقة برمضان 1441

حصة 23-04-2020 (23 Apr 2020, 12:32 PM).MOV

فيديو الطالبة "ملاك الحمداني" تتناقش مع والدتها حول فضيلة شهر رمضان

Years 7 & 8 Interviews

Ramadan activities (Apr 26, 2020 at 9:57 PM).MOV

20200428_165239_edited.mp4

Coding My Game

The Coding Maniacs of Year 7

“Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn.” - Stephen Hawking

Code.org is a non-profit organization and eponymous website led by Hadi and Ali Partovi that aims to encourage people, particularly school students to learn computer science.

Our students of Year 7 and Year 8 had some exciting experience learning to code. This is what they had to say………...

Code.org is so interesting and challenging for people, it teaches simple block coding with some challenges to become the perfect coder along the road. It's fun with lots of famous celebrities inspiring you to be the best and become more driven than ever before. You can easily challenge yourself to do the harder levels and even one day in your life you’ll become a professional coder. Some puzzles on code.org are fun - when you program with some famous TV/cartoon programs. To conclude I would like everyone to challenge yourself and do some amazing programming.

Haashim 7B

My coding experience so far is great!Code.org and CS first have both been very valuable resources for enhancing my learning experience and advancing my coding practice. During this year, I have improved my problem solving, case analysis, code structure, etc.

I enjoy programming and I look at it as my future career. Everything in it is just fun; searching resources, trying new ways and testing them if they have worked keeps me looking for much more!

I am truly looking forward to more coding (maybe some python !) this year :)

Stay safe, Leena.

Leena 7C

Code.org is so fun for students it teaches basic block coding with some challenges that occur along the journey to becoming an ideal coder. It is fun with lots of famous celebrities encouraging you to become the best and making you more determined than ever. When I use code.org it determines me and encourages me to do my best, never give up and be the best coder that can ever be and I will never give up on my dream.

Omar 7B

Year 8’s student experiences will follow soon………………… Keep watching this space…Until then...

Stay Safe !!

Department of IT- ASCS

Updates in Year 11, 12 and 13

End of Course Assessments

Dear Parents, Guardians and Learners,

I hope that this message finds you in good health and high spirits. I am writing to provide updates, with regards to the End of Course Assessments, for Years 11 to 13, that have commenced this week.

Firstly, I would like to comment on the successful start that we have made to End of Course Assessments, which have been very positive. As with any new approach and unique situation, there are of course different challenges and improvements that need to be made, however, I am delighted to report that the guidelines and procedures that we have put in place have proven to be very effective.

In terms of continuing to improve our End of Course Assessments, there have been slight revisions made to the instructions, such as allowing learners to turn down their volume so that they can hear the invigilator, while minimising background noise. These changes are minor and slight adaptations of guidelines which have been shared, and are discussed with learners at the start of each assessment.

Additionally, while punctuality and attendance is very good, I would like to remind all learners to ensure that they are on time for reporting to the assessment. Given the context of the situation, being that we are conducting online assessments, there are instructions and procedures that need to be established before starting the assessments, which are disrupted when learners do not report for them on time. I am sure, as parents, you will support us by encouraging our learners to be on time.

As always, I would like to thank all members of our community for their positivity, collaboration and continued efforts to ensure that the End of Course Assessments have started successfully. In the coming weeks, we will be looking at assessments for Key Stage 3, as well as Year 10, and information will be sent when final plans have been finalised. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or any feedback.

Respectfully yours,

Mr. Harvey Furniss

Assistant Head of Secondary (Attainment and Progress)

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Dates

Year 11, 12 and 13 End of Course Assessment Timetable

Revision Guides

Content: Reduced content and timings, with one paper per subject (there may be some exceptions for necessary subjects, but this applies to the majority).

Procedures

Students with Perfect Attendance from 5th-30th April

Omar Yasser

Shaikha Yousef

Maha Ghani

Adam Mahmoud

Zoya Mansoor

Salma Hani

Aman Said

Faaria Shaikh

Ibrahiem Yassin

Omar Mohammed Hassan Taha

Maryam Hakim

Dua Hussain

Jana Sharkawy

Hashim Shahjahan

Aisha Faisal Almutawa

Batool Enayet Enayet

Aly Mohamed Kotb

Muhammad Ghouse

Iyad Sheikh

Aisha Mohammed Salem

Dema Mohammad Jamil

Dua Yousuf Yousuf

Fares Khalid Nasser

Ghala Emad Hussam

Muhammad Rafay Vaquas Alvi

Nafila Asim Asim Islam

Omar Bader Ibrahim

Zain Iyad Rebhi

Zara Ahmed Ahmed

Abeeha Arbab

Amna Jamshaid

Belal Mohamed

Rehab Hussain

Syed Muhammad Ibraheem Raza

Mezzna Abdulla

Jehad Chureh

Emaan Fatima

Hassan Ahmad

Gasmin Moustafa

Satayesh Razi

Hind Esmail

Shouq Arif Ozair Mubarak Ahmad

Rawda Marwan

Juma Altamimi

Raed Langawi

Jumana Mahmoud

Rodaina Sherif

Muhammad Talha

Ahmad Jamal

Faramarz Vahid

Tia Abdel Qader

Muniza Ahmad

Mohammed Emad

Syed Kummale

Zainab Salman

Ayza Khan

Owais Imran

Yomna Abdelbari

Muhammad Amer Abdalsamad

Hala Jaber

Ghalib Anees

Mehr Mir

Ameera Alawar

Naya Kalla

Fathima Fashan

Zaynab Mahmood

Anne Mohamed

Edhem Bayan

Omar Mohamed

Zakariyah Saad

Aaqilah Omar

Noureldin El shenawy

Mahra Hammad

Reem Almarzooqi

Yaghoub Tavana

Daniyal Ali Khan

Mohib Farhan

Cyrus Vera

Aymaan Tamimy

Amirah Said

Maryam Alhajaji

Muhammad Naseem

10A

Sewar Iyad Ribhi Abu Nimeh

Dhabya Ibrahim

10B

Hoda Salah Abdallah Abdelbari

Malak Ahmed Khalil Al Hamdani

Zain Ibrahim

10C

Faris Bayan

Health & Wellbeing

"Healthy Children Learn Better"

Even at this time, the School clinic would like to support our children by providing a portal for all students to reach out to our School Nurses and Doctor.

Valuable information about Hygiene, Nutrition, COVID-19 Awareness are available on the portal.

Click here to view the School Clinic Website

Click here for more information and helpful tips for you and our students

The site is maintained by the Counsellors and they can be reached confidentially on counselling@alsalamcommunity.ae

ACER Chromebooks available to buy now!

ACER Chromebook Spin 11 are available for purchase with easy installment plans to assist Al Salam Community Parents who wish to get a Chromebook for their child/ren to cover their needs for Distance Learning .

To order, please complete the order form:

ACER Chromebook Order Form

Terms & Conditions apply

Please contact our IT Team 0524814293 or 0524814292 to make the appropriate arrangements

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