Update from the Principal – 9th March

Posted March 9, 2023 by Paul Walton in Nadeen News, Nadeen News 6613

Update from the Principal.

Dear Parents,

This week we have had some of our students out on the annual Ecoventure trip! – a wonderful fun packed and exciting experience for our students to get involved in many activities, learn new skills and to develop their team building and communication skills. A truly fantastic opportunity for our students to explore, be active and learn together!

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We have also had trips out this week, a great assembly on Growth Mindset by Miss Hannah’s class 2HC and International Women’s day! A special well done to all students involved in the assembly for such a fantastic student-led presentation that involved quizzes, singing, videos, stories, interviews and music!

Thank you to all parents for attending the site visit this week and we were very happy to show off our new campus to our first group of parents. More groups are scheduled so that everyone will have a chance to see our beautiful new school campus in the coming weeks! Additionally, we have shared out the link for the bus routes to Dilmunia for when we move to the new school. Parents can fill in information on the link including your address which will be collected by the bus company. Once the company have this information from parents, then they will create bus routes. Please fill in the link so that bus routes can be created asap.

We are in the middle of recruitment at the moment for August 2023 and have many exciting updates to share with you as we recruit more teachers to join our growing school, these include the following positions which have been added to our school:

School Counselor
Arabic Teacher
Lab Technician

We have appointed teachers, assistant teachers and leaders for next year. Each teacher will share a brief video to introduce themselves on social media and I will also share out a full list of all teachers joining, a profile, picture and bio of our incoming staff for you to find out a little bit about them before the summer.

I have also included below, a letter from our incoming Head of Primary, Lauren Brown who will join our School Leadership Team:

Dear Parents and Carers,

I am writing to introduce myself as I will be the new Head of Primary at Nadeen School from August 2023. My name is Lauren Brown, and I am from Bolton, near Manchester, in England. I feel extremely honoured and privileged to have been chosen to continue to build upon the success the school has already achieved and continue to develop this ‘outstanding’ school.

I have taught in a wide range of schools throughout my teaching career since qualifying in 2009. My current role is in a primary school in Bolton. However, I have taught internationally before, working at the British International School of Houston in Texas, USA. I have led many different areas including Early Years and Key Stage One. Over the years I have gained a wealth of experience and knowledge in teaching and learning, and I can’t wait to share this with staff at the Nadeen School.

I strongly believe in providing the children with exciting, creative, and meaningful learning experiences, which build their enthusiasm for learning and help them to grow and develop positively in a variety of ways. I think it is crucial to involve the children and their families as partners in their education. I have heard many positive things about the children and the whole school community. I will endeavour to continue to develop a whole school community which thrives on mutual respect and values positive relationships. I know how vital working in partnership with parents really is in order for children to find school a positive and rewarding experience. As key educators in your children’s lives, I feel that it is important that you have a voice and that as a school we are approachable and allocate time to listen to your concerns, worries or thoughts about the school.

I will be making the move with my husband Stuart, and our two daughters Scarlett and Martha. Being a mother of two girls, I am very much aware of the responsibility that my staff and I have in ensuring that the highest standard of teaching and learning is achieved at Nadeen School. I will strive to create the best education for your child/children whilst they are members of our school community.

I look forward to meeting you in the new school year and hope to build positive, strong relationships with you all.

Yours faithfully,

Lauren Brown.

Ms. Lauren will be the Head of Primary from August 2023, with Miss Stephanie taking up the responsibility for our Year 7, 8 and 9 students as Head of Secondary. Lauren currently works in the UK as part of an academy trust, has international experience working for an elite group of schools and brings with her a wealth of knowledge on new curriculum, teaching and learning, staff training, early years development, safeguarding and behaviour. A key priority at her current school is to raise reading and writing attainment, she has experience in various year groups and the developments she led in Science have been commended across the academy trust.

We look forward to welcoming Ms Lauren and her family into the Nadeen School Community!

We have many upcoming presentations about the school, updates and preparation for next year.

Several dates to share with you:

11.00am Saturday 11th March – Nadeen School Information event (Dilmunia Mall)
3.15pm Monday 13th March – Early Years at Nadeen School (Current site)
3.15pm Tuesday 14th March – Secondary School, Year 9, IGCSE and A Level Presentations (Current site)
3.15pm Wednesday 15th March – Primary School and Pastoral Support (Current SIte)
3.15pm Tuesday 21st March – Early Years into Year 1 in Primary (Current site)
3.15pm Sunday 26th March – Special Education Needs and Inclusion at Nadeen School (Current site)
3.15pm Monday 27th March – Year 7 into Year 8 in Secondary (Current site)
3.15pm Tuesday 28th March – Year 6 into Year 7 in Secondary (Current site)

Following our ‘growth mindset’ and love of learning approach, I have recently finished my dual Doctorate in Education and in Educational Leadership. We are all involved in continuously developing and trying to learn more!

We look forward to our upcoming sports fixtures, the Science fair and the International Day of Mathematics!

Have a wonderful weekend

Dr Paul Walton

Principal

p.walton@nadeenschool.com

The image below is from our Ecoventure trip this week!

What is student autonomy?

International Week

Unlocking Instinctive Learning

Girls Netball

Coffee with the Principal

I look forward to the next Coffee with the Principal at Thursday 13th April 2023, 8.00am – 9.00am.

School Year 2023/24

Please contact admissions or our school office, if you would like to register interest for any siblings of current Nadeen School students. Our enrolment for 2023/24 has started. If you have any further questions, please contact: +973 17 728886 or email info@nadeenschool.com

Drop Off Point

Please can parents use the Drop Off Point, if possible, in the mornings.

Drop Off – Parents on site

This option of walking students on site remains open for parents of children in Nursery, Reception and Year 1, as normal.
Also, we have the option for any new parents to drop off their children to the class for the first 2 weeks.
After this, Year 2 to Year 7 students must be dropped off at the front of the school.
Only parents of Nursery, Reception and Year 1 should be accompanying students to their classrooms.
Parents of students in Year 2 to 7 must make an appointment to see the teacher (to avoid disrupting learning, lessons, target time), an email to the teacher or to contact the reception if this is an emergency.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and support.

General Updates

7 main areas for Communication: There will be an update from the Principal each Thursday from school to the whole community, latest news on the website for all articles, a school newsletter every half term, first Thursday of each month for coffee with the principal, weekly email from teachers, Social Media (Instagram/Facebook) and many exciting school events coming up on our events page on the website.
Uniform Shop – now available at https://besportbh.com/nadeen-school/
Calendars – now available at https://www.nadeenschool.com/our-calendar/
Morning Drop off – The gates open each morning at 7.35am, if parents would like to drop students off earlier in school, please email Miss Karen about the breakfast club from 7.00am.
Communication – the next Coffee morning is on Thursday 13th April 2023, 8.00am – 9.00am.. An opportunity to hear updates, plans moving forward and to meet other parents.
School Newsletter – click here to read all about it!.
New School – Opening Spring 2023
Social Media updates – Please follow our Facebook and Instagram pages to see the latest photos, posts and updates about our new school campus in Dilmunia. It looks incredible and it is great to see the progress each week of everything coming together.

Open Days

Also, we have a chance for parents to invite your friends along to experience what Nadeen School has to offer, please see the dates below for all parents to come in and see our school. Parents can walk around the school, see classes, and meet teachers. There is no formal presentation as it is an opportunity to see the day-to-day learning at school.

Early Years Open Mornings

EY OPEN MORNING: Monday 13th March 2023

Open Days

OPEN DAY 3: Tuesday 23rd May 2023

Key Dates – (Whole School Days in bold)

Nadeen School – All Events for 2022_23 for a printable PDF click here

Whole School Dates
Awareness Days
PTA Events

Click here to see Nadeen School PDF and Google calendars for 2022/23 and 2023/24

Urgent Communication

All urgent updates continue to be sent via email or SMS for emergencies (School Closure).

Please monitor your emails for future updates as this continues to be the best way to send out clear and consistent communication to all parents. Check that you are receiving emails, have enough space in your email folder, that they do not go to your ‘junk’ folder and if you are unsure, please contact info@nadeenschool.com, see reception or phone on +97317728886 to personally check your contact email and phone number on record.

If you change any contact details, please inform the school immediately.

Health and Safety

All urgent Health and Safety announcements will be sent directly to parents via email.

We will continue to work together to follow all health and precautionary measures to prevent the spread of diseases as recommended by the Ministry of Health specialists. Together with your constant cooperation and taking responsibility by keeping your children at home when feeling ill, will also have a significant impact in limiting the spread of diseases. Thank you to all members of the community in advance for this.

Please keep your child at home if he/she is ill, has flu or cold symptoms

Previous Updates

Please find all of the previous updates below.

All updates are sent out at the end of the week and published in the ‘Latest News’ section of the website.

23rd February – Update from the Principal (International Week)

9th February – Update from the Principal (Turkey & Syria support)

2nd February – Update from the Principal (Building Visit)

26th January – Update from the Principal (PSL Athletics Meet)

19th January – Update from the Principal (Parent Appreciation Day)

12th January – Update from the Principal (Happy Birthday Nadeen School!)

14th December – Update from the Principal (Festive Singing!)

8th December – Update from the Principal (Last week of Term!)

1st December – Update from the Principal (Festive Singing)

24th November – Update from the Principal (Sports Fixtures)

17th November – Update from the Principal (Remembrance Day)

10th November – Update from the Principal (Sports Events)

3rd November – Update from the Principal (Mount Everest)

20th October – Update from the Principal (Halloween)

13th October – Update from the Principal (Buddy Classes)

6th October – Update from the Principal (Cystic Fibrosis)

29th September – Update from the Principal (Dyslexia Awareness Week)

22nd September – Update from the Principal (Nadeen School is an Outstanding School)

15th September – Update from the Principal (We pay our respect to Queen Elizabeth II)

8th September – Update from the Principal (eSafety and Inclusion Presentations)

1st September – Update from the Principal (First Week Back)

25th August – Update from the Principal (Orientation Day!)

18^th August – Update from the Principal (Final Preparation for the Orientation Day)

11^th August – Update from the Principal (Planning for INSET training)

4^th August – Update from the Principal (Summer update)

14^th June – Looking forward to the new school year

Virtual Learning

As you might have seen, this summer it was announced that it is no longer mandatory for schools to provide Virtual Learning for students, shared by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday 2nd August 2022.

The Ministry of Education has announced that the syllabus system for the coming academic year 2022/23 in all kindergartens, schools, universities, government and private educational institutions at all stages will be mandatory attendance for all students. The ministry clarified that there would be no choice for parents to attend their children to receive in-person or remotely learning, assuring its keenness to provide for all the requirements for a successful back to school.

At Nadeen School, following the announcement from the Ministry above, our provision for learning will be on site.

For students unable to attend or overseas, we will offer an extra provision to help support with Year 3 and above, including:

Students will be included in Google classrooms to have the same access as those onsite.
A link to a curriculum plan for all year groups.
A weekly class email from the teacher.
An appointment to discuss your child/their progress over email or an online meeting when required.
Access to our book list covered in school.
The resources from the online subscriptions used on site will be available.
An opportunity for a teacher/student conference if needed, as directed by the class teacher.

We hope all students have the opportunity to be back on site. We look forward to the new academic year and following the Ministry guidance above for our students at school.