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Week Twenty Eight - March 11th 2022
Kim Conlin
Kim Conlin
Head of Primary
From the Head of Primary
From the Head of Primary
Dear Primary School Parents,
An important component of the Primary Years Programme (IB) is the grade 5 exhibition. This is a culminating, collaborative experience in the final year of the IB Primary Years Programme. Students explore, document, and share their understanding of an issue or opportunity of personal significance. This final learning project signals the end of the PYP and holds the same significance as a primary school graduation. All GIS community members will have an opportunity to celebrate with our community on Wed March 23rd.
Some key purposes of the PYP exhibition for students are…
• to engage in an in-depth, collaborative inquiry
• to demonstrate agency and responsibility for their learning
• to demonstrate attributes of the IB learner profile
• to explore multiple perspectives
• to synthesize and apply their learning
• to reflect on their PYP education
• to celebrate their transition to the next stages of their education
Next week at GIS we celebrate learning differences through Diversity Celebration Week. Sessions for students will take place during regularly scheduled classes. We recognise the strengths and talents of neurodivergent students who think and learn differently, including students who are autistic, dyslexic, dyspraxic or who have ADHD. A parent session, led by our SEN team will take place at the Hillhouse in Dubai Hills on Tuesday March 15th.
School Event this saturday: We hope to see you all at GIS this Saturday from 3pm -7pm for a community event celebrating the national diversity of our community. This GIS Parent Association event will provide a great opportunity to socialize with other GIS families and staff and to celebrate the cultural similarities and differences that make up our GIS family!
Newsletter at a Glance
Newsletter at a Glance
In this edition you will find:
GIS-Expo!
Diversity Awareness Week -next week!
Announcements and Reminders for upcoming Events
Peek Into Learning: Art in the PYP
Upcoming Parent ConnectEd
Primary Pages - link to Grade and Class pages
Upcoming Dates
Upcoming Dates
March 12 (Sat): Whole School Event -GIS Expo (formally known as International Day)
March 14-18: Inclusion Awareness Week
March 15th: Parent Coffee to celebrate learning differences
March 16th: Parent Session (PYP Exhibition)
March 17th: KG2 Parent workshop
March 18th: Dress in many colours (celebrate differences)
March 21-25: PYP Exhibition
March 28-April 8: Spring Break
*Fridays- wear your house color shirt
GIS Expo this Saturday!
GIS Expo this Saturday!
On March 12th GIS Expo will take place on the GIS campus. This event is organized by our Parents association GISPA!
We look forward to seeing our community there.
The event will run from 3-7pm. There will be food, country stalls and artisan markets. Volunteer performances arranged by our community members will begin at 3:15pm.
Please enter through gate 8 the gate (near the swimming pool).
In order to enter campus all adults must show their covid vaccination record, sticker already on their parent ID or a negative PCR within the last 48hrs.
Across the school we are all preparing for diversity awareness week! Ms. Louise and Ms. Rose have pulled some books celebrating diversity for students to engage with throughout the week and teachers have planned activities to support understanding of neurodiversity.
Announcements and Reminders
Announcements and Reminders
A Peek into Learning
A Peek into Learning
Art
Art
This week we peeked into the KG1 art classrooms. The inspiration for learning this week came from a reading of Where the Wild Things Are. After the reading, students were asked to use their imagination and create their own creatures as if they were going on a similar journey. They had such a wonderful time during the process! Students put their modeling and sculpting skills into practice as they turned on their imagination to create their fantastical creature. Additionally, students had an opportunity to further enhance their creations by adding a mixture of different media. Please ask your child about their creation and the thinking behind it!
Creativity
Creativity
Application of Skills
Application of Skills
Imagination
Imagination
Parent ConnectEd (workshops)
Parent ConnectEd (workshops)
to check your child's class page
to check your child's class page
Primary Class Pages
Primary Class Pages
Check out for weekly class updates
PYP Reminders and Resources
PYP Reminders and Resources
Information for new/starting families
Information for new/starting families
Check out Coordinator's Corner!
Check out Coordinator's Corner!
More info about the curriculum
More info about the curriculum
Keeping our community safe with Covid-19 Protocols: if your child is a close contact or receives a positive test result please inform: gis_medicalalert@gemsedu.com
Not your typical day?
Not your typical day?
My child will be absent
My child will be absent
Email your child's homeroom teacher before 8am so that he / she can mark their absence as excused.
Complete an absence form for more than 2 days and submit to homeroom teacher on the child's first day back at school after absence.
Absence for more than 3 days requires doctors clearance (in some cases a medical certificate is requested )
My child will leave during the school day (exceptional/unavoidable cases only)
My child will leave during the school day (exceptional/unavoidable cases only)
Email the gis_primaryleaverequest@gemsedu.com and your child's homeroom teacher 48 hours in advance to ensure your child and their leave slip are prepared in advance.
At the time of collection, please come to the Primary Reception at Gate 4.
Key Contacts
Key Contacts
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