Grades 6-8 / Years 7-9
Block 1 - 8:00am-9:30am
Get Ready for Grades 7 & 8 / Years 8 & 9 - Reading Comprehension
Teacher: F. Shaikh
Grade / Year: Gr7 -8 / Yr 8-9
Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr
Category: Preparatory
Description: This course will focus on student's ability to understand the text with deeper understanding. Without comprehension, children gain no meaning from what they read. Comprehension strategies are used to increase children’s understanding of the text to help them become active readers by engaging with the text.
Middle School Vocabulary Enrichment
Teacher: C. Harper
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Academic Enrichment
Description: Students will deepen their understanding of middle school vocabulary through reading, writing and conversation.
Mental Math and Number Sensing
Teacher: M. Jenblat
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr
Category: Academic Enrichment
Description: This course will help students sense numbers and relate them with real life in addition to solve many calculation mentally.
Fun with Grammar- Bootcamp
Teacher: N. Iqbal
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr
Category: Academic Enrichment
Description: During this course, learners will involve in brushing up on their core grammar skills. I would be using fun games apart from other ways of polishing your grammar skills. Once you graduate from Boot Camp, you would become a true grammar warrior. We will be having short activities at the end of each section/topic.
STEM Experiments
Teacher: R. El-Timani
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Academic Enrichment
Description: “No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess” - Sir Isaac Newton
Have you ever wondered how a ship made of steel can float? Do you know that plastic can be made out of milk? Have you always wanted to combine things together just because you are curious to see what happens? Then this is the right club for you. Join me in a voyage of discovery, into the wonderful and amazing world of science!
Block 2 - 9:40am - 11:10am
Entrepreneurship
Teacher: A. Owolabi
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Academic Enrichment
Description:. This course focuses on the attributes of successful entrepreneurs, and learners are encouraged to consider these attributes in terms of their own development. The unit focuses on the ability and capacity all learners have to develop into successful entrepreneurs.
Get Ready For Grade 6 / Year 7
Teacher: V. Patole
Grade / Year: Gr 6 Yr 7
Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr
Category: Preparatory
Description: This course serves as a reinforcement of key concepts and foundational skills that will help students to be successful in their 6th grade math class. It will provide an opportunity for students to use what they have learnt and get a glimpse into what is to come. To succeed in math, students need to do more than memorize formulas. They need to develop a full understanding of what their math lessons mean, and how they connect to the real world.
During this course students will get in-depth knowledge through modeling, drawing and will be able to solve challenging problems using a variety of strategies.
This course will focus on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation, Division of Fractions by Fractions, Ratios and Unit Rates etc.
Emphasis will be upon essential Common Core Standards and understanding mathematics.
This course will be taught through modeling, group discussions, online games, videos etc
Exploring Fundamentals of Middle School Math and Science
Teacher: P. Nataraj
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Preparatory
Description: This course emphasizes understanding of essential middle school math and science concepts rather than just memorizing procedures. By engaging students in real-world applications, this course develops critical thinking skills that students will use throughout their middle and high school studies. Students will learn why to use a certain formula or method to solve a problem. Whether you are just entering middle school or looking to fill the gaps or brush up your math and science skills, this course is for you! Based on your level of readiness, you will get to navigate from the available learning activities.
Building Blocks for Next Year's Reading
No longer being offered
Spanish for Beginners
Teacher: E. de Nunez
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr
Category: Global Connections
Description: The aim of this course is to continue with the introductory study in the vocabulary and structures of Spanish, and to develop a functional level of communicative proficiency in the language. The course seeks to develop all the basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Students will also be introduced to various aspects of the society and culture of Spain and other Spanish speaking countries in Latin America through audio and video extracts and short texts. The emphasis throughout will be on communicative skills both oral and written.
Cookery Class
Teacher: R. Al Nasr
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Games & Hobbies
Description: This course is designed for students to learn how to make a variety of sweet and savory dishes in a one-hour time slot using minimum equipment.
Scratch Programming
Teacher: M. Sousak
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Academic Enrichment
Description: If you are an experienced Scratch programmer or someone interested in finding out about it, this ASA is for you. Join us to work in a collaborative environment and help each other create fantastic games, puzzles, applications, and more..
The Art of Debating
Teacher: N. Iqbal
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8/Yr7-9
Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr
Category: Arts & Crafts
Description: The art of debating enhances your critical thinking skills. It helps you to identify holes in your opinion and rustle up more balanced arguments.
Activities: Debating on topics/ issues that interest you all and watching debates and Ted Talks. We would work on brushing up on your research and public speaking skills.
Block 3 - 11:20am - 12:50pm
Get Ready for Grades 5 & 6 / Years 6 & 7- Reading Comprehension
Teacher: F. Shaikh
Grade / Year: Gr5-6 / Yr 6-7
Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr
Category: Preparatory
Description: This course will focus on student's ability to understand the text with deeper understanding. Without comprehension, children gain no meaning from what they read. Comprehension strategies are used to increase children’s understanding of the text to help them become active readers by engaging with the text. Comprehension develops students writing skills too, because it gives them a useful practice in writing. Reading will also help them to improve their vocabulary and enhances spelling skills. This course will be taught through reading the different genre texts, articles, story telling, read aloud, videos etc. They can share their understanding with the Book Club members.
By the end of this course students will be able to read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 5-6 text complexity independently and proficiently.
Python Programming
COURSE NOW FULL
Teacher: M. Sousak
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Academic Enrichment
Description: COURSE NOW FULL
If you love computers and enjoy being creative you should join us as you will be able to learn basic Python syntax and learn how to write your own programs.
Next Generation Science Standards- Advanced Level
Teacher: R. Fatima
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Preparatory
Description: NGSS are new K–12 science standards, rich in content and practice. Come, ace your way in scientific skills with the core concepts of Physical Science, Earth Science and Life Sciences.
Public Speaking
No longer being offered
Arabic Reading & Writing Practice
Teacher: R. Al Nasr
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Prep
Description: This course is designed for non-native speakers of all levels to read and analyze stories.
French 1
No longer being offered
Let's Be Poets
No longer being offered
How to Make Healthy Food
No longer being offered
Block 4 - 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Biomimicry- Nature Inspired Design Thinking
Teacher: R. Fatima
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Academic Enrichment
Description: Are you inspired by engineering within nature? Why is the spider’s web stronger than steel? Why do gecko’s feet not slip? Biomimicry explores the way nature inspires design and engineering. It is one of the new advancing disciplines that will help your child find inspiration in nature and harness both their engineering and design skills.
I Start French
Teacher: Z. Karnib
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr
Category: Global Connections
Description: This course will help you get familiar with the French language and learn the basics. It will focus on vocabulary building using some reading and listening skills.(This course is suitable for beginners)
Graphic Designing in Adobe Photoshop
COURSE NOW FULL
Teacher: S. Zeeshan
Grade / Year: Gr7-12 / Yr 8-13
Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr
Category: Arts & Crafts
Description: COURSE NOW FULL
Resist the Temptation to Get Too Creative!
Expand your skills on image editing, animation and custom layout.
It is a comprehensive, yet immaculately constructed class for learners of all levels. The students start by learning the very fundamentals and end the course with their first professional portfolio project.
Healthy Baking
No longer being offered
Arabic IB Prep
Teacher: R. Al Nasr
Grade / Year: Gr 6-8 / Yr 7-9
Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs
Category: Prep
Description: This course is designed for heritage students who have a broader range of vocabulary but need to improve their overall language skills. The objective of this course is to move students to a higher proficiency level. Students practice their language skills through reading short stories, writing essays, conducting research, holding oral presentations, and participating in class discussions. Modern Standard Arabic is the language of instruction. This course builds upon and expands the skills and concepts developed in previous Arabic classes and preparation for IB Arabic classes.