Update from the Principal – 13th April

Update from the Principal.

 

Dear Parents,

 

We have celebrated this week the progress of all of our students in the recent PIRA and PUMA assessments for literacy and numeracy.  We are very proud of the individual progress of all students and have recognised all students in how far they have come throughout this term in these two key subjects.  A huge thank you to the staff at school for the constant encouragement, hard work and commitment in enabling our students to succeed and to do their very best.  The full article about the students progress and a further look at the levels at which they are working at can be found here.

We have also enjoyed a wonderful block of English at school with many projects and celebrations during the last block, a full English roundup of these can be found here. We are also delighted to announce that the school uniform for the 23/24 school year will be changing based on collective feedback from parents, students, and staff. The supplier will also be changing. Details of the new design and ordering information will be sent out shortly.  This is an exciting time and a project that we have looked forward to throughout the last year.

Please also make note that there is a uniform sale next week, Monday 17th April by our PTA, thank you to everyone for supporting this and to our PTA for organising it.

Our new school building continues to develop at an excellent rate and the latest photos that have been shared on social media show the completion of the Science labs, Food tech areas, Reception area, flooring, doors and much more.  As per the plan we shared out at the start of the year, the next phase is for our teachers to visit the classrooms and then a final stage to take the students over to help decorate the classrooms before we complete the move.  During this phase we will continue to organise parent tours.  From the parent tour yesterday we have had excellent feedback and the sense of excitement is building as we see the high quality materials, resources and furniture being put together in these final phases.  Students will visit in the coming month (This will help them to get used to the building, be familiar with the campus and to feel a part of the school by being involved in the setting up of the classrooms) and then we plan to have our official grand opening ceremony in August to start the new school year.  Please continue to follow our school instagram and social media to keep up to date with photos and videos of the new building.

In the previous update, I mentioned some of the big projects and changes during this term 3 as we prepare for the upcoming 2023/24 academic year ahead.  There are many ways which will be communicated out soon in which parents can get involved with the school and help out and other roles that are available.  Many new opportunities for our new community in Dilmunia.

Have a wonderful weekend

Dr Paul Walton

Principal

p.walton@nadeenschool.com

 

 

The image below is from our talk for writing projects in our Reception class! please see the full article here.

A very warm welcome to our new drop off team member, Mr Salman (Health and Safety Manager) along with Ms Jill and Mr Mohsan!

 

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Coffee with the Principal

I look forward to the next Coffee with the Principal at Thursday 4th May 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

  1. 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.
  2. Uniform Shop – now available at https://besportbh.com/nadeen-school/
  3. Calendars – now available at https://www.nadeenschool.com/our-calendar/
  4. 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.
  5. Communication – the next Coffee morning is on Thursday 4th May 2023, 8.00am – 9.00am..  An opportunity to hear updates, plans moving forward and to meet other parents.
  6. School Newsletter – click here to read all about it!.
  7. 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

 

 

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

  1. Whole School Dates
  2. Awareness Days
  3. 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.

30th March – Update from the Principal (Ramadan)

23rd March – Update from the Principal (Science Fair)

16th March – Update from the Principal (Welcome back Ecoventure)

9th March – Update from the Principal (Ecoventure)

2nd March – Update from the Principal (Literacy Activities)

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!)

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

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

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

14th 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:

  1. Students will be included in Google classrooms to have the same access as those onsite.
  2. A link to a curriculum plan for all year groups.
  3. weekly class email from the teacher.
  4. An appointment to discuss your child/their progress over email or an online meeting when required.
  5. Access to our book list covered in school.
  6. The resources from the online subscriptions used on site will be available.
  7. 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.