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    GEMS westminster school, sharjah Newsletter Issue #26

    5th February 2017

    Message from the Principal, Ms. Valerie Thompson

    Dear Parents, We have enjoyed a very busy week with Secondary Sports Days, SENCO Parents Coffee Morning, KG Frozen & Superheroes assembly & much more! As usual, our parents support of our learning team, both at home & for your children to fully participate in activities in school, is always much

    appreciated. The sense of community that we feel, & our shared commitment to school improvement for the benefit of all our children, is heartwarming, & a privilege to be part of. Thank you dear parents & teachers.

    Excellence Through Teamwork; Success For All

    Dates for your Diary

    Date & Time Details

    Feb. 12th-13th 2017

    Catch-up days for absent students (Portraits only) on 12th-13th Feb. 2017

    Wed. 8th Thurs. 9th Feb.

    KG Sports Days.

    Thurs. 9th Feb. G10-G11 Sixth Form Options Evening. 5-7pm

    Tuesday 9th May

    Deadline to pay AED500/- seat booking fee for September 2017. This is non-refundable in any case, but deductible against T1 fees. It can be paid only once full years fees have been cleared. No Payment Plan for T3 fees & Seat Booking Fee beyond May 9th, if you want a seat for next year.

    Sunday 10th Sep-tember 2017

    As per MOE calendar, first day back for students for the new academic year. Full T1 fees need to be cleared before any child is assigned a class. No Payment Plans for T1. Please clear T1 fees before 10/9/17 so your child can join class from the first day. Thank you.

    Our displays reinforce stu-dents learning & charac-ter. This board is to moti-vate & promote positivity!

    Special thanks to our parent volunteers who helped with the beautiful Sports Day artwork. Great teamwork!

    Preparing & striving for success; a positive outlook & focus on our goals will help us achieve!

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    SENCO Ms. Mays Coffee Morning Schedule for Parents

    STAR Quiz

    On 25/1/17 selected WSS students participated in one of the UAEs most prestigious inter-school Quiz challenges, STAR Quiz 2017.

    The Quiz Master quizzed them on topics ranging from Sports, Music, Current Affairs, Science, Technology, Geography and General Knowledge. There were more than 1000 students, 500 teams, from over 200 schools across UAE participated. It was a wonderful experience for our Squad. Thanks to Ms. Susan for supporting.

    Squad Corner; comments from our WSS star participants: Star Quiz opened my eyes to the abundant knowledge and information that the world has to offer and showed me how dedicated are those who got into the final selection, and how their knowledge became their wealth. Even though I attended the quiz last year and prepared harder for this one, I understood that to acquire knowledge, one has to be surround-ed by it and everyday strive to learn something new. As a consequence, I have decided to increase my effort to learn more and more every day and increase my general knowledge. ~ Agnes 10G S1. Being part of Star Quiz was indeed a great experience. I enjoyed it a lot. Though we did not win we did get high score, and I'm looking forward for next years Star Quiz. It was a great experience. ~ Asala 9G D1. It was entertaining as well as a quizzical pleasure. It was my first time and I really liked the format, preparation and the surroundings. I was ecstatic to undergo that quiz as it was a real BRAINTEASER as said by the other participants. I made many friends. I enjoyed, completing ques-tions with them in the bus. The only problem is that they should assign questions according to the grades. ~ Veydant 7B S1. Being on the STAR Quiz has been a great experience for me. I got to learn new facts & information. But more than that, it encouraged me to learn new facts. ~ Sean 8B D1.

    This year I got the prestigious opportunity to go for the Star Quiz. It was an eye opening event, the way students are rooted with knowledge is just spectacular! I got to learn or perhaps know more about the world, whats going onetc. It was an amazing experience where I learned that we should be more aware of facts around us. The day was filled with quiz-zing and excitement. It was truly a great experience and a great way to know more about the current affairs of the world and more. ~ Kezia 8G H1.

    Finally, the day arrived ... Today some of us were going to Sheikh Rashid Auditorium for STAR Quiz. All our hard work & practices were, with full confidence. Today I got the experience. A very amazing and lovely experience. But unfortunately we didn't get the chance to win. But as always belief and confi-

    dence leads you to success, no matter how many times you have to try, never give up! And I have belief and confidence in myself. Surely, I'll go again next year to gain success & with confidence motivate others. ~ Saleha Fatima 9G S1

    Star Quiz Squad

    G8G Winter Wonderland

    SENCO Ms. Mays Coffee Morning session on Parenting the Gifted & Talented Child. Thank you to all the parents who attended.

    Title Date Time Venue Audience

    Parenting the Gifted Child

    31 January 2017 9:00-10:15 a.m.

    Jr. Library General

    How to Foster Childs Emotional Intelligence

    23 February 2017 8:30-9:45 a.m. Jr. Library General

    Cerebral Palsy Aware-ness Month

    14 March 2017 8:30-9:45 a.m. Jr. Library General

    Autism Awareness 19 April 2017 8:15-9:30 a.m. Jr. Library General

    Managing transition 17 May 2017 8:30-9:45 a.m. Jr. Library Grade 4-5 parents

    We all enjoyed a wonderfully enthusiastic, sportsmanlike & fun Girls Sports Day on 1/2/17. Rousing Drumming Band, motivating dance, beau-tiful Quran recitation & super disciplined March-Past. What a day of teamwork & enjoyment. Huge thanks to PE Team & other teachers who made it so special, the parents who attended & the PPP who helped out.

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    An awesome, fun & healthy Girls Sports Day, 1/2/17

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    Beautiful Sports Day display by the Art team Enthusiastic Falcon supporters at Sports Day on 1/2/17

    KG2/H2 put on a wonderfully choreographed & confident assembly on Frozen on 1/2/17

    KG2 Superheroes receive Star Student awards on 2/2/17 KG2 Choir & Quran recitationboth done beautifully

    KG2 Superhero & Frozen Dress-up Day on 2/2/17

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    Thank you to the above sponsors of our Careers Fair, January 2017. Our students found the event very helpful as part of their research into options for Higher Education.

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    Honoured Sports Day Torch Bearer

    Student Leaders proudly parade

    Dolphin House

    Arabian Horses

    Scorpions

    House Leaders

    Boys Sports Day ChampionsFalcons!

    Exciting & action-packed Boys Sports Day, 2/2/17

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