This week was also a LitFest celebration for primary children, with an Alice in Wonderland theme. Our librarian Ms Louise even appeared as quite a fierce Queen of Hearts herself and could be heard shouting ‘Off with their heads!’ around the corridors. Ms Louise persuaded me to read a young children’s version of the book to our KG1s, dressed as the Mad Hatter, which was quite nerve-wracking but the children were very attentive! Not only is Ms Louise enthusiastic and persuasive, but also organized, and we enjoyed the largest Alice in Wonderland ‘tea party’ that I have ever seen, with all the primary children and staff in costume. What an amazing way to instill a love of literature. 

On Thursday I was also invited to play football with the secondary students and then enjoyed an amazing Grade 1 assembly on Biomimicry. With ConnectEds and webinars on the IB also taking place, it has been quite an action-packed week and really showed our dynamic IB school at its best.

At the time of writing, I am unsure of when the moon sighting will determine the beginning of Ramadan, but at GIS we had a lovely launch event for this special month on Friday morning. Ms Nomah and Ms Rasha deserve our thanks for organizing this and for providing an entertaining and educational way to engage our community. Ramadan Kareem!