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Week Thirty Five - June 9th, 2023
Dear Parents & Guardians,
Welcome to another busy week!
With a little over 2 weeks to go, there is a lot happening before the year wraps up.
We are currently working through our scholarship process which meant that I had the absolute pleasure of chatting to various applicants this week. I was so impressed with the maturity and confidence in all of the students we met. It really has been a highlight of the week, to interact and engage with young people who are so eloquent in sharing their stories and aspirations. I look forward to the remaining meetings happening next week!
We were delighted to receive news this week that Alexander Rushika in Grade 8 has won the European US Kids Championship for 2023. Alexander travelled to bonnie Scotland to participate in the tournament. He took the championship with a score of -2 under. Alexander managed 4 birdies and an eagle during the event! Well done Alexander – we are extremely proud of your achievements!
Rohan Jani, our Head of Future Skills Academy, organized a workshop this week where Mr Karl spoke about his journey in becoming a pilot. Interested students were given the opportunity to ask questions and interact with Mr Karl to gain valuable tips from his experience.
The new uniform is currently on display in the front reception of the school. It will be available to purchase in August through Threads. There will be a transition period for the upcoming academic year where both uniforms will be acceptable school attire. There have been some queries surrounding MYP students being allowed to wear the new school shorts. Shorts are allowed to be worn in the Secondary, however available sizes are limited.
With two more weeks to go, there are final assemblies, swimming galas, and award ceremonies to look forward to!
Enjoy your weekend.
Best wishes
Amanda Murphy
Alexander Rushkin Grade 8
European US Kids Golf Champion
Future Skills Academy Workshop
Approved Uniform
Approved Uniform
MYP
- GIS light blue shirt, with school logo, fully buttoned
- Regulation dark grey trousers, shorts (boys) or skirt (girls)
- Regulation tie with school logo
- Plain black shoes or plain black trainers
- Black belt (when required)
- GIS jumper with school logo (optional)
- GIS zip jacket with school logo (optional)
CP/DP
- GIS white shirt, with school logo, fully buttoned
- Regulation navy blue trousers or skirt
- Royal blue tie
- Black shoes
- Black belt (when required)
- GIS jumper with school logo (optional)
- GIS zip jacket with logo (optional)
- GIS Senior years jacket (optional)
PHE
- GIS PE shirt
- GIS PE shorts
- GIS swimsuit
- Sports trainers with non-marking soles and heels
- GIS teamwear is permitted in PE lessons
Not Approved
Not Approved
MYP/CP/DP
- denim, leggings or sweatpants
- white/colored detail or laces shoes
- Hoodies (including www)
- Shoes/slides that have open toe or do not fully cover the foot securely e.g. crocs
- Items that are not official GIS uniform
PHE
- Leggings which are not plain black
IMPORTANT DATES FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS
June 21 Secondary School Academic Awards (Grade 6-8: 2:30-4:00pm | Grade 9-11: 5:00 - 7:00pm)
June 22 Secondary School Sports Awards (4-5:30pm)
June 26 Last day of school (students will be dismissed at 12pm)
Invitations will follow to families of students who will receive an award.
MYP Award Categories
MYP Award Categories
Learning Ambition: Awarded to students who stand out as having demonstrated a heightened level of sustained engagement and commitment to learning, and who have therefore made excellent progress in the respective subjects.
Academic Excellence: Awarded to the highest attaining student(s) in each subject. This will be based on the sum of assessed MYP criteria (out of 32 points)
MYP Service Learning Ambassador: Awarded to the students who stands out as having made outstanding service contributions.
Endeavor: Awarded to students who have demonstrated exceptional resilience, engagement and commitment to learning, resulting in achievement beyond expectation across the programme.
Honor Roll: Criteria
Overall Academic Excellence
CP Award Categories
CP Award Categories
Academic Excellence: Awarded to the highest attaining student(s) in each subject.
CP Core:
Personal and Professional Skills
Service Learning
Language Development
Reflective Project
Endeavor: Awarded to students who have demonstrated exceptional resilience, engagement and commitment to learning, resulting in achievement beyond expectation across the programme.
Honor Roll: Criteria
Overall Academic Excellence
DP Award Categories
DP Award Categories
Academic Excellence: Awarded to the highest attaining student(s) in each subject.
DP Core:
CAS
TOK
Endeavor: Awarded to students who have demonstrated exceptional resilience, engagement and commitment to learning, resulting in achievement beyond expectation across the programme.
Overall Academic Excellence
Honor Roll: Criteria
Overall Academic Excellence
Secondary School ConnectEd Workshops
Secondary School ConnectEd Workshops
Term 1 Presentations
Term 1 Presentations
Term 2 Presentations
Term 2 Presentations
Term 3 Presentations
Term 3 Presentations
GIS Student Voice
GIS Student Voice
Last year, the amazing Student ELT launched the Secondary Student Hub for secondary students. This is an ongoing collaborative project between the Student ELT, Inclusion Team & Grade Leaders.
The Secondary Student Hub will remain the students access point for the new social groups and peer mentoring, as well as signing up for the already established peer tutoring programme.
Students will also be able to find links to ECAs, student voice initiative, counsellor referral forms, mindset matters and homeroom information. We are really proud of the work that the Student ELT have put in to this so far and look forward to seeing their expansion of the site.
*Students must be logged into their gemsisak gmail account to access the site.
From the Classroom (and beyond)
From the Classroom (and beyond)
Jaguars Updates
Jaguars Updates
Throughout the year, you will be able to review information about the week's sports results and scorers, in addition to action photos, match reports, sports news and much more on our Jaguar Sports website.
Throughout the year, you will be able to review information about the week's sports results and scorers, in addition to action photos, match reports, sports news and much more on our Jaguar Sports website.
Language Stars of the Week
May 29 - June 2
G6
Not applicable as they have been preparing for Monday’s EOY Exhibition
G7
Aleksandra Pankova¸ Yassin El Nemr, Branislav Lukic, Carl Zaky, Sonam Wadhwani, Lana Hiranandani
G8
Tobias Madsen, Nysha Modi, Mikko Faddoul¸Richelle Phillips, Isabelle Eid, Eleonora Caso
G9
Riccardo Fabretti, Ayla Fardinfard, Omar Qudah, Olivia De Pooter, Neeraja Giridhar, Marc Anthony
G10
Boitumelo Kganyago, Ezra Dsouza, Maria Brykov, Armin Samavati, Firoza Ajmal, Leonardo Patane
'GIS Speaks' in Arabic!
'GIS Speaks' in Arabic!
We are thrilled to announce the release of Episode 2 of "GIS Speaks" in Arabic, our delightful program that highlights the most important events happening at Gems International School (GIS). Kindly view the episode here.
In this episode, our Secondary students take center stage once again to bring you the latest updates on academic achievements, extracurricular activities, and important announcements. Their enthusiasm and dedication are sure to leave you feeling inspired and proud of our school community.
But that's not all! We have prepared some surprises to brighten your day. This episode is designed to bring joy and laughter, leaving a smile on your face from start to finish.
Don't forget to participate in our "As the Proverb Says" segment. Share your interpretation of the featured Arabic proverb by leaving a comment, and you might just win a special prize!
Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm. We hope you enjoy Episode 2 of "GIS Speaks" in Arabic.
Textiles
Textiles
Grade 10
Well done to the whole of the grade 10 Textiles class who made these fabulous designs from their Fashionable Armor Unit. Students were tasked with creating an item based on their inquiry into medieval armor. I think you can agree they did a great job! More items are displayed on the 3rd floor corridor.
Product Design
Product Design
Grades 6
Uyi from 6c proudly showing off his efforts with the completion of his jigsaw puzzle. Uyi based his jigsaw puzzle on the theme of the Movie Frozen and developed lots of new skills in the workshop along the way.
Drama
Drama
Grade 6-8
Congratulations to the ‘Drama Llamas of the month’ for May! This is an indication of their excellent engagement and hard work in Drama lessons and tasks this month . Keep up the amazing work!
Katia Elshal(6B)
Aarit Duggirala (6F)
Foteini Fasoula (7A)
Emmerieck De Guzman(7D)
Saleha Kauser(8A)
Vasiliki Chrysochoou (8D)
Individuals and Societies
Individuals and Societies
Grade 6
The walls of ancient Egyptian buildings are covered in carvings of scenes from everyday life. In this activity, student reenacted their own scenes from Ancient Egypt, depicting different social groups from that time.
Scene from Ancient Egypt (G6 - Unit 3).MOVArabic B
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.
Mathematics
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
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
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!
IDU Project Samples
IDU Project Samples
Moroccan Tour
Moroccan Tour
Sensational Saudi
Sensational Saudi
Secret Book Storage box (advertisement)
Secret Book Storage box (advertisement)
HydroFlo
HydroFlo
Morning Drop-off and Pick-up Arrangements
Morning Drop-off and Pick-up Arrangements
Morning Drop-off
Morning Drop-off
Students are to be dropped off between 7:50 - 8:05am.
Students are to be dropped off between 7:50 - 8:05am.
Homeroom begins at 8:10am, following the UAE national anthem.
students are considered late if they arrive to class after the anthem.
Dismissal
Dismissal
Monday to Thursday: 3:15pm
Friday: 11:40am
Please arrange for students to be collected promptly after dismissal. Secondary students are not permitted to gather inside the Main Reception or Slices Cafeteria while awaiting collection. They may wait in the adjacent courtyard or the outdoor area at the front of the school, being careful not to block doorways.
*Parents may enter the school campus via Gate 4, Gate 6 and Gate 8.
Parent WhatsApp Groups
Parent WhatsApp Groups
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Keeping Our Children Safe Online
Keeping Our Children Safe Online
Digital devices, such as smartphones and tablets, make online platforms and content easily accessible. And, while there are many benefits of seamless accessibility and connectivity, there are also many potential risks - to the health, well-being and even the safety of young people - that must be considered by young people themselves, as well as by parents and schools. Technological advances are faster than ever and new online platforms are released at a rapid rate, making it challenging to effectively monitor and control (for their own well-being) the online activity of the young people in our care.
Young people will, at times, seek out and/or be inadvertently exposed to inappropriate online content. If and when this is the case, it is important that they feel comfortable and confident to disclose and discuss the matter with trusted adults. While banning smart devices may not be practical (or desirable), implementing agreements around device usage (for instance) is a healthy and productive approach to online media balance and safety. There are a number of useful tips and strategies available to support healthy and well-informed approaches to media use. Please take some time to explore the E-safety: Parent Guidance, which has been created to support GIS parents in this regard.
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