Dear Parents,

As you will be aware from the email sent out yesterday to all parents, Miss Cheryl is currently on medical leave until mid May. We would all like to wish Miss Cheryl a speedy revovery. Miss Kath is the Acting Headteacher until her return in a few weeks.

 The excitement about our new IPC topics continues this week, as can be seen across the different year groups. Next week, we will start our Enrichment and Extra Support activities after school, please see the article from Mr Gary, our Leader for Enrichment, for further details.

Please take some time to view the Class Pages for more detailed information about your child's learning this week and any class notices here. 

Year 1 - IPC Super Humans

This week we have been focusing on how amazing our senses are by testing each one of them out. We have loved the activities where we have had to guess the objects using each of our senses. We talked about how clever our brains were to be able to connect a smell, taste, touch, sound, sight with familiar objects.

Ms Emma and Mr Mohsin

Year 3- IPC Island Life 

The children in Year 3 have enjoyed taking part in activities during which they have been able to share what they already know about islands. They were challenged to draw a world map from memory which was tricky but lots of fun! We then revisited our knowledge of continents, oceans, tropics and the equator.  We had some very interesting discussions as an outcome of completing our Knowledge Harvests and the children had many inquisitive questions about islands. To test our knowledge, we took part in a quiz which was very entertaining! 

Ms Liz, Ms Maalia and Ms Naomi

Year 6- Seussical Jr 

Our talented Year 6 children have been working hard in their rehearsals for the end of year performance of Seussical Jr. This week, there was a focus on the songs 'Biggest Blame Fool' and 'Oh! The Thinks You can Think'. There were some amazing vocals from the Sour Kangaroo; lots of monkeying around from the Wickersham Brothers; and plenty of confidence from the Bird Girls. 

Mr Neil and Ms Leanne

Rising Stars E and Audio Library

PDO School has recently subscribed to the Rising Stars Reading Planet ebooks and Audio Library for all of our Year 1 - Year 6 students. Ms Kirsty has given all of the students their user name and password and shown everyone how to login during their IT lessons this week and last week.

Five books have been assigned to all students already and class teachers can assign many more for students to read at home, or on holiday, if they have an iPad or other device to use. There are games and puzzles at the end of each story and lots of stars to collect for completing the tasks.

You can access the online library using the link below: 

my.risingstars-uk.com

If your child has misplaced their login detail and or password, please contact your class teacher.

Ms Zoe

PDO School Library

Term 3 Enrichment Programme & Extra Support Classes

All Enrichment Activities and Extra Support Activities in Term 3 start this coming Sunday 30th April 2023 and run until the week ending Thursday 22rd June 2023.

All Enrichment Activities start at 14.10 and finish at 15.10. 

All Extra Support Activities in Term 3 start at 14.00 and finish at 14.30

Please ensure you collect your child(ren) promptly at 14.30 for Extra Support classes and at 15.10 for Enrichment Activities.

You will need to put something extra in your child(ren)'s snack box as it will be a longer day.

Please note that if your child has a Sports Enrichment Activity, they should come to school wearing their PE Kit that day.

If your child/ren are in Year 4 to Year 6, and you live on Camp, they  can walk or cycle to and from school alone only after completing this form:

Walk or cycle to school 

If you have completed the form already, you do not need to complete it again.

Mr Gary

Music Teacher & Enrichment Programme Leader

Leaving Oman 

We request that parents who have plans to move away from Oman, to please provide us with the details as soon as possible by emailing Ms Cheryl, cfox@pdoschool.com or Ms Kath, kmorgan@pdoschool.com .  This will allow us time to prepare the Transfer Certificate and other documents your child may require for their application to a new school, as well as to be able to give your child a traditional school farewell.  

Wishing everyone a pleasant weekend,

Kath Morgan

         Headteacher                                                           Acting Headteacher                                                       School Nurse

cfox@pdoschool.com       kmorgan@pdoschool.com                           nurse@pdoschool.com

Parental Concerns:

At PDO School, we acknowledge that, from time to time, parents may wish to express concerns about specific aspects of their child’s education. We are always happy to investigate and respond to these concerns. Please note that, for the Class Teachers, it is important that even informal discussions take place outside their teaching time. 

What do I do if I have a concern?

Please make the Class Teacher your first point of contact if your concern is not successfully resolved, please contact the school via notices@pdoschool.com to make an appointment with the Headteacher, Cheryl Fox,  or the Deputy Headteacher, Ms. Kath Morgan.

Mr. Hamed, our School Manager, is also happy to listen to any parental concerns that have not been resolved successfully.