Dear GAA families,

June has arrived and it is such a bittersweet time of year. As we celebrate each and every student as well as saying our farewells and wishing them well for next year. Last week, KG2 promotion went digital and it was an engaging, insightful and reflective experience for students. A sincere thank you to all of you for supporting promotion week. It was great to see students engaged in the range of activities and seeing their excitement during live sessions reflecting on their year!

It has also been a year that has demonstrated our resilience, community and endurance during unprecedented times. Thank you, for being part of your child’s learning journey and for always supporting us to ensure they have the best experience in Kindergarten.

Have a safe and restful summer break.

Niamh Callanan

KG Vice Principal

Hello KG families and friends,

We have been on a wonderful learning journey in KG1C during the past couple of months, both online and in school. In math, we have worked hard on our counting, number knowledge and number operations. In literacy, we have been doing lots of inquiry into our letter names and sounds. We even had a visit from Poppy the parrot to celebrate all the super learning taking place in our class. We taught Poppy how to correctly form the letters in her name with upper and lowercase letters, we read her stories and we played BINGO!

Take a look at what we got up too...

Hello from KG1D,

Ending of the year we have had so much fun in our classroom and online!

Some of the highlights have been making Jelly as we learnt about the letter J, A visit from Poppy and dressing up for Book Character day.

Our Unit of inquiry this Term has been “ Forces and Motion”. KG1D inquired into Push and Pull, direction and if different objects roll or not.

What a great year we have had!!!!

Dear GAA Community,

In preparing for next school year, we are considering replacing our monthly Thursday, 12:00 p.m. half day, with a weekly 1:30 p.m. early dismissal.

A weekly early dismissal is a scheduling model used at many international schools. The weekly early dismissal allows for more frequent and repeated collaborative teacher planning and professional development activity time.

Please take a minute to fill in the short survey and let us know what you think. Your feedback is important.

Survey link: https://forms.gle/7CZwCV1949KcdAei9

Thank you,

Robert Rinaldo

Head of School

Dear Families,

ADEK is pleased to share “A Parent’s Guide to Curricula in Abu Dhabi” which will provide parents with information and advice on all curricula offered in Abu Dhabi schools.

• English Guide Link: bit.ly/3zn7P8S

• Arabic Guide Link: bit.ly/3c8xSXw

Furthermore, they have launched a new page on our website called the Parent Resource Hub. This page is dedicated to parents giving them access to the latest guides on return to school, navigating the education system and information beyond the classroom.

Parent Resource Hub Link: Parent Resource Hub

• June 30: Last day of school. Half-Day. School dismissed at 12.