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Week Thirty Three - May 27th 2021
Kim Conlin
Kim Conlin
Head of Primary
May 27 2021
May 27 2021
It was with great pleasure we shared the grade 5 exhibition with parents and with the inner school community. The learning that was demonstrated by our students with encouragement from their teachers/mentors has gone far beyond our expectations. Please also take time to view the students websites. Congratulations to all those involved!
Next week, we are honored to welcome 6 members from the IB to GIS. The time has come for GIS to take part in a 5 year review of our IB programmes. We are proud of how the IB mission is carried out at our school and we look forward to getting feedback from the IB from their perspective. We will share findings with our community as soon as we receive the report.
We are in the process of creating class lists for next year. Please be aware that your child must be registered for the 2021/22 academic year to be placed in a class. A parent letter will be going home next week to explain the process of class allocation as we set our sights toward the 2021/22 academic year.
I wish you all a wonderful weekend!
Upcoming Dates For Your Diary
Upcoming Dates For Your Diary
Each Thursday: Wear your house color t-shirt/no uniform day for the rest of the year!
Each Thursday: Wear your house color t-shirt/no uniform day for the rest of the year!
June 6-10: PYP Arts Week
June 6-10: PYP Arts Week
June 23-24: 1:1 Parent Teacher Conferences *no school for students
June 23-24: 1:1 Parent Teacher Conferences *no school for students
June 28: End of year Reports shared
June 28: End of year Reports shared
June 30: Last day of School (12:00pm dismissal)
June 30: Last day of School (12:00pm dismissal)
PYP Exhibition
PYP Exhibition
Congratulations Grade 5! You all successfully completed the PYP Exhibition.
Grade 5 students have been sharing their PYP Exhibition journey, knowledge and understandings this week to the GIS Community. This is one of the best celebrations of learning that highlight the Primary Years Programme and make the GIS experience stand out from the crowd. It was such a pleasure to see all of the G5 parents attending the after school presentations this week, all of the G4 & G5 students visit their peers, and witness the collaboration across the school.
BIG THANK YOU to all who helped and supported this effort! You are all stars and make this programme the best IB experience in Dubai!
If you would like to know more about what the G5 students inquired into, please follow the QR code below that will navigate you to the group websites.
Peek into Learning: Grade 2
Peek into Learning: Grade 2
In Grade Two, students are exploring their How We Express Ourselves' unit, 'Art sends messages and shares perspectives.' Students have begun exploring the art elements, line and color. They created beautiful pieces of art to express their ideas. In math, students worked on developing their mental math skills as well as addition and subtraction with regrouping. This targets mathematical understanding in fluency as well as conceptual math. In English, they wrote descriptive paragraphs describing someone in the class.
Did you miss this weeks ConnectEd on Math in the PYP? Click here to watch the recording of the event!
Did you miss this weeks ConnectEd on Math in the PYP? Click here to watch the recording of the event!
Missed a parent session?
Missed a parent session?
Parent Sessions (ConnectEd Archive)
Parent Sessions (ConnectEd Archive)
Do you wish you could re-watch a session?
Do you wish you could re-watch a session?
ARTS week!
ARTS week!
The moment we’ve all been waiting for, June Arts Week is just around the corner! It encompasses all the PYP Arts: Drama, Visual Arts, and of course Music! Families will gather together during the evenings of this special week to watch student performances, and celebrate the creative work of our PYP students. Children have been composing music, reflecting on lyrics’ meaning, expressing themselves through singing and sign language, playing instruments, and dancing. The links for the concerts will be sent out shortly. For now, please save the date for your grade’s upcoming concerts (in poster below). See you there!
What's happening in your child's class this week? Check out the grade level weekly update below!
What's happening in your child's class this week? Check out the grade level weekly update below!
By clicking on the below grade level pages you can learn:
By clicking on the below grade level pages you can learn:
the focus for the week in your child's grade
the subject specific outcomes for the current unit
the overview of specialist classes
Are you wondering which academic targets your child will be assessed against in their grade-level? Please check out the curriculum pages below to find the specific grade-level targets for math, language, science and social studies.
Students Requiring Remote Learning
Students Requiring Remote Learning
Please fill in the counselor contact form to request a follow up
Please fill in the counselor contact form to request a follow up
Ms Carolina Contact Form (from parents)
Feeling unwell? Stay Home!
Feeling unwell? Stay Home!
Please help us out. Students and teachers will be sent home from school with ANY of the following symptoms:
Fever - you should not go to school/work if your temperature is greater than or equal to 37.5°C.
People need to be fever-free for 24 hours without the help of a fever-reducing medicationMyalgia (muscle aches and pains) or fatigue
Diarrhea or nausea
Shortness of breath and difficulty breathing
Cough
Headache
Sore throat
Runny nose or nasal congestion
Loss of sense of smell or taste
Pneumonia /acute respiratory distress
Pick up during the school day!
Pick up during the school day!
In certain circumstances parents need to collect their children during the school day. We request 24 hours advanced notice if possible. In order to ensure that all safety measure are followed, we require parents to request a pick up during the school day through this email address:
In certain circumstances parents need to collect their children during the school day. We request 24 hours advanced notice if possible. In order to ensure that all safety measure are followed, we require parents to request a pick up during the school day through this email address:
gis_primaryleaverequest@gemsedu.com
gis_primaryleaverequest@gemsedu.com
*this email address is only used for pick up during the school day. Please use Gate #4 (main gate). Parents/drivers must have an ID tag or provide further ID if requested.
*this email address is only used for pick up during the school day. Please use Gate #4 (main gate). Parents/drivers must have an ID tag or provide further ID if requested.
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