Another very special annual event which took place this week at the Fairmont Hotel was the GIS Iftar. I would like to thank Ms Nomah, Ms Rasha and Ms Sarah for all their hard work in organizing this. Many GIS families joined in the fun and the children had fun circulating with quizzes and prizes. It was a lovely atmosphere and so interesting to learn more about Islamic culture. 

Another way our families support their children is by connecting with the school, either online or in person. It was therefore a pleasure to see so many parental attendees this week at the presentation by guest Ms Amarylis Harris from Reverse Psychology on ‘Effective Strategies to Empower Your Children with Bravery and Resilience.’ In our IB school, resilience is underlined through the culture in the classroom and the environment, which allows for the pursuit of curiosity and risk-taking, learning through failure, and improving within safe parameters, not a ‘content-memorise-test’ model. This was reinforced by Ms Harris and we are grateful for her sensible strategies which align with our school culture. 

We often talk about the GIS community and it was wonderful to be able to recognize our loyal and dedicated support staff on Friday. Our students from primary and secondary, together with Ms Nomah and Ms Rasha, organized an amazing donation drive of food items that were shared with each and every member of our support staff. These staff, including cleaners, catering crew, technicians, security, bus drivers and guardians, do so much to keep our children safe and healthy. Our huge thanks and gratitude to them all and we sincerely hope that they enjoy these Ramadan donations. 

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