GEMS Orchestra Performance at the Wellington Showcase

Grade 6-10

On Saturday May 13th, some students from GIS joined with students and teachers from GEMS Wellington Al Khail, WSO, and other GEMS schools to perform in the Wellington Orchestra at the Wellington Showcase in Silicon Oasis.  The Wellington Showcase is held each year at WSO and is always a big affair with several different choir, dance, and instrumental performances.    The Wellington Orchestra students practiced over the last 3 weeks to prepare the music from The Greatest Showman as our contribution to the Showcase.  This was a great opportunity for our students to join with other GEMS students to put on a great performance.  And as a result of the good turn out for the orchestra, Mr. Campbell Douglas has decided to continue rehearsals for the orchestra in order to put on more performances in the future.

Textiles

Grades 6-10

With their  deadline fast approaching, grade 10 textile students have been working hard on their products for their fashionable armor project where they have been looking at medieval armor for inspiration.

Integrated Humanities

Grade 6

This week Mr Zulk’s grade 6B, 6E and 6G  students worked on a group presentation in I&S for the unit ‘Ancient Civilizations’ focusing on one ancient site. This was for their criterion D formative assessment where they were encouraged to communicate information effectively to give an opinion. Each team was assigned a leader who was tasked with leading their team to a victorious finish! Grade 6 students conducted extensive research for their chosen ancient site and worked tremendously well in their groups. Well done grade 6, carry on being great IB learners!

Music

Grade 6

Last week, students in Miss Ellisia’s Music class performed their pieces for their Summative Assessment. Students had to create their own pieces in groups that reflected one of four different stories. They then worked to recreate this story using percussion instruments and created a graphic score to go alongside their performances. The students did a fantastic job and each class thoroughly enjoyed watching each others performances!

Arabic B

Grade 6

Grade 6 students worked collaboratively to demonstrate their understanding of the text by using the Round Robin strategy and creating a mind map as a technique that organizes information around the text.Students show their work and get feedback from their classmates based on specific rubrics.

Arabic (Important Announcement)

We are pleased to announce the launch of "GIS Speaks" in Arabic, YouTube episodes from Gems International School (GIS) that highlight the most important events happening in our school, introduced by Secondary students in Arabic. You can find the link  here.

The episodes will be broadcasted fortnightly and will feature updates on the latest happenings in the school, including academic achievements, extracurricular activities, and important announcements. By tuning in, you will get an inside look at what's happening in our school and stay up to date with everything that's going on.

In addition, the program will also feature video footage from classrooms to give parents a better understanding of what is happening in the Arabic department. This will allow you to see firsthand the progress that your children are making and get a sense of their learning environment.

We would also like to invite you to participate in "As the Proverb Says," a new segment in the program where we will be featuring a different Emirati proverb each episode. Leave a comment with your interpretation of the proverb, and you will have the chance to win a prize. We value your input and look forward to hearing from you!

We are excited to have your children participate in "GIS Speaks" in Arabic and encourage you to watch alongside them. We hope that you find the program informative and engaging.

Mathematics

Grade 6

This week, our grade 6 students started with a new unit on Data Management. In this unit, students will learn how to collect, classify and represent information that is gathered from a variety of sources as they explore the global context of identities and relationships. In some classes, students took turns, rotating per group,  to choose which type of data representation their group  would like to work on. 

Mathematics

Grade 7

This week, our grade 7 students were  investigating rates of change,  determining if the rates of change in different scenarios are constant or not. Some students were working on their ‘puppy project’, using given data to determine what the mass of each of their puppies were at birth. Some students worked online (EP), completing  tables and graphs involving rates of change.  A few students were doing coloring-in activities: their answers determined which  color they should  use.

Lexonic

Grade 6 and 8

We have started the last round of the 6-week Lexonik Advance programme for the year. This programme is offered to selected students in grade 6 and 8.  Through this programme, students rapidly improve reading, spelling, vocabulary and comprehension, with average reading age gains of 27 months in just six weekly one-hour sessions. Looking forward to seeing which group can read 74 syllables in 60 seconds!