KG & Elementary

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Message from our Elementary Principal,

Mike Hopaluk

Dear GAA Community,

Please view the video below to get information on:

Kindness at Home
Sunset Cinema
Parent Involvement
Parent Survey
UAE National Day

Please share how your child has shown kindness outside GAA.

Kindness @ Home Form

With thanks,

Mike Hopaluk

Elementary Principal

email: esprincipal_gaa@gemsedu.com

Message from our Elementary Vice Principal,

John O'Neill

Reading

Reading at home can be a tricky area, especially as students move up in the grades and read more challenging books.

I would like to share three top tips that we keep in mind when thinking about reading growth in our students.

You are not quiz master, you are a partner. As a parent, try to share the love of the story or information. Parents feel pressure to make sure all things are ‘right’. In my experience, this comes with time, especially of your child loves reading.
Discuss the stories with your children. What we read comes alive when we talk about it and react to what we read. Try to have conversations with your students more than quizzes. We try to do the same at school in reading conferences.
Most of our students are bilingual or multilingual children. Students with more than one language in their lives do not have these words when they’re reading. When they are learning to read, they are matching written words to spoon words that they know but they are also learning many English words for the first time. For this reason, it is important to discuss what you are reading together. That discussion should be in the home language to make sure it is a natural conversation and helps your child to expand their knowledge in English and their home language.

We have a quote in the book room of our Elementary that always sticks with me. If we keep this close to our hearts, I know we will foster a generation of strong readers:

‘Reading should be not presented to a child as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift’ - Kate di Camillo

Have a good week,

John O’Neill

Grade 3, 4 & 5 Vice Principal

News from our Elementary Art Department

Grade 3 students are entering the wonderful world of performance with their upcoming musical adaptation of “Where the Wild things are”. Their current unit is ‘How we express ourselves’ and we are focusing on engaging an audience through acting, singing, dancing, movement, playing instruments and costumes! The performance will be November 21^st 9:00am in the auditorium. Parents are welcome.

News from Grade 1B

In first grade, we are in our second unit Sharing the Planet. Our central idea is “Where and how people live is influenced by their environment.” Students are exploring different types of homes around the world. They will be inquiring into how the climates of an area affect the materials and shape of that home.

This learning extends into other parts of our day. In Makerspace, students are constructing homes using LEGOS. The students will test to see if their homes are sturdy enough to withstand an earthquake. Our first graders love a good challenge! In Kitchen, we are learning about what dishes people eat around the world. Students will see how the climate can impact what and how people eat. We will be cooking up pasta, chapati, couscous, and much more!

News from Upper Elementary

Arabic Department

Working on the vision of Arabic department “Each Student has the right to learn and improve within his abilities through new and interesting strategies that activate his role and develop his language and life skills”.

The elementary Arabic department worked hard to use modern strategies and techniques to improve the Arabic language for our students, and to build bridges between the curriculum in the classroom and their social life which will motivate them to learn the Arabic language and use it in their day-to-day life.

Here are some pictures from grades 3, 4 and 5.

انطلاقاً من رؤية قسم اللّغة العربيّة الّتي تقوم على أنّ لكلّ تلميذٍ الحق أن يتعلّمَ ويتقدمَ ضمن قدراته من خلال استخدام استراتيجيّات حديثة ومُمتعة تُفعّل دوره وتُنمّي مهاراته اللّغوية والحياتيّة، حرصَ قسم اللّغة العربيّة في المرحلة الابتدائيّة على استخدام استراتيجيّات ووسائل حديثة لتطبيق المناهج التّعليميّة بطريقةٍ مُحفّزة، ولبناء جسور تواصل بين المناهج التّعليميّة والواقع الّذي نعيشه، بالإضافة إلى خلق دافع وجداني لدى الطّلاب لحثهم على تعلُّم هذه اللّغة واستخدامها بشكلٍ صحيحً ومُعبّرٍ.

الرّابط في الأسفل يحوي صورًا لبعض الأنشطة لتلاميذ الصّف الثّالث، الرّابع، والخامس.

Little Wildcat News 2nd Edition!

Episode 2 2019-2020.mp4

Reading Challenge 2019-2020

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(please note, updated regularly)

November 21 - Grade 3 Musical Adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are", 9:00am @ GAA Auditorium
November 21 - GAAPA Sunset Movie Night/Garage Sale
November 26 - Secondary Winter Music Concert
November 28 - half day, school dismisses at 12:00 pm. UAE National Day Celebration: students are invited to dress in UAE national dress or UAE flag colors
December 1-2-3 - School is closed for public holiday!

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