Update from the Principal – 17th November

Update from the Principal.

 

Dear Parents,

The events have continued this week for our students, parents, and teachers to enjoy with so much going on.  A huge thank you to everyone for this.  Having a packed schedule, events, fixtures, and presentations creates many opportunities for our students to get involved in and enjoy.  All of this is excellent preparation for our new campus when we will the bonus of sports facilities, music/drama performances in a theatre, art exhibitions, and much more!

I’d like to also mention a very special thank you to our parents who have committed a lot of time and effort to supporting the Festive Fair, tomorrow at Dilmunia.  Our PTA and parent volunteers have been wonderful, thank you so much!

This week, we were delighted to have a visit from Professor Deborah Eyre.  She is a COBIS board member, Founder, and CEO of High Performance Learning.  She is in the Middle East to talk to schools, governments, and a key speaker at events.  We were thrilled to invite her into our school, enjoy a student-led tour of our campus, discussion with a group of teachers and then a visit to the new school in Dilmunia.  She is someone whom I have had met previously several times and is inspirational in her views of education.  She has worked with school leaders, teachers and advised governments and educational foundations in the UK, Hong Kong, South Africa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, USA and Singapore.  As a global educational leader, we look forward to working with her in the future.

As mentioned last week, we have seen our students completing the very important PIRA (Progress in Reading Assessment) and PUMA (Progress in understanding Mathematics Assessment) tests in class.  These are an international benchmark of academic progress and we have already seen some wonderful individual progress and some exceptional high scores.  The analysis of these assessments will be completed in the coming days, and we look forward to celebrating all individual successes by our students.  At Nadeen School, we really focus on the progress of all our students.

A big congratulations to our student leaders who proudly represented the school at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the British Embassy this week.  A poignant, touching and respectful event that we look forward in participating each year in our community.

A few new articles for you to look out for:

 

Primary Sports League

A Student Voice article about the recent Halloween Disco

Remembrance Day Ceremony

 

 

Also, our new model in Dilmunia Mall now has QR codes attached to continue our promotion of Nadeen School and our new campus!

Coffee with the Principal

I look forward to the next Coffee with the Principal at 8.00am – 9.00am, Thursday 1st December.

 

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. Communication – the next Coffee morning is on Thursday 1st December from 8.00am to 9.00am.  An opportunity to hear updates, plans moving forward and to meet other parents.
  3. Student Illness – If your child/children show symptoms of being ill, please keep them at home and seek assistance from your doctor.
  4. School Newsletter – click here to read all about it!.
  5. Reports – Oral and Written Reports going out this month.
  6. New School – Opening Spring 2023
  7. Festive Fair – See you tomorrow!
  8. 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 MORNING: Monday 21st November

 

Our other general Open Days are below:

OPEN DAY 2: Sunday 29th January 2023

OPEN DAY 3: Tuesday 23rd May 2023

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Paul Walton

Principal

 


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

 

 

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.

UPDATE –  In light of the entry of the influenza season early this year, whose symptoms are similar to those of the Corona virus, The following must be recalled to contribute to the fluidity of education in schools and to preserve the health of students and the academic and administrative staff:

1- Remind parents of the need to keep the student at home if he has symptoms .

2- Follow the necessary precautionary and preventive measures to prevent its transmission among students.  These are displayed around school.

3- Reminding parents and all teaching and administrative staff in schools of the availability of seasonal influenza vaccines for this season in all health centers.

 Stay safe,

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.

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.