Update from the Principal – 22nd June

Posted June 22, 2023 by Monique Driemeyer in Nadeen News 9380

Update from the Principal.

Dear Parents,

We have finished the term with yet another amazing event, our Prize Day! It was incredible.

It was wonderful to see all students praised, awards presented and thoughtful speeches by class teachers throughout the school expressing their delight and gratitude for having such amazing students to teach this year. Listening to our staff highlighting successes, fun activities, and exciting experiences for all classes was a real treat. Some staff had written speeches, shared memories, and even created poems. Congratulations were given to all students, we are proud of each and every single one of them.

This week, we have announced our new Director of Sport (Mr Kyle) and our new Head of PE (Mr Matt). We have invested further in sports by adding a third full-time PE teacher to the team and this equips us with even more expertise and opportunities for our students in the new campus at Dilmunia. I believe we now have an excellent PE department and with the new facilities, there are very exciting times ahead!

Following the expansion of sports, we have shared on social media our further additions to our Inclusion department, adding Ms Katie and Mr Ben. Ms Katie joins with a wealth of experience of inclusion, special education needs and behaviour. Mr Ben joins adding extra experience to our English Additional Language department. In August, we will have the highest number of Learning Support teachers ever at Nadeen school, this is great news for meeting the needs of all students as we increase in size. Combined with the new school counselor, the support for our students is in place for the new school year and the growth of the school up to Year 9.

This week we had our transition morning, a great event to help support students moving to next year’s groups. Thank you to our wonderful staff for organising the sessions and for supporting the students ahead of this annual change.

We’ve also had amazing parent meetings this week to celebrate successes, progress and to talk through how the students at Nadeen School have continued to flourish and develop. Thank you to parents who have attended and also to the staff who have put a huge effort into encouraging our students this year.

End of year progress reports are due out today for all students.

The last day of school is on Monday 26^th June and students will finish at 12.00 noon for pick up.

Next week, we finish our packing, tidying, and organizing as we plan to move. It will be an interesting couple of days to complete the year and finish in an appreciative and grateful manner.

Thank you to parents for signing up for the Nadeen Community Association from August 2023, we have had over 30 volunteers already and many parents interested. Thank you for this response and you should have now received an email from the school. We look forward to many events in the future and there are a wide variety of experiences coming up for everyone to enjoy!

As a reminder, this was shared out in the last 3 weeks of updates, we have confirmed the first events for the upcoming school year as included below:

Thursday 24 August 2023 (Orientation Day + Family social event)

Sunday 27 August 2023 (First Day of School for all students Term 1)

Monday 28 August 2023 (Presentation – Meet the teacher)

Tuesday 29 August 2023 (Presentation – ECA’s/Sport at Nadeen/International Trips)

Wednesday 30 August 2023 (Presentation – Inclusion Department)

Please save the dates above as these are days when we welcome the community back into the school for the new Academic Year.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Dr Paul Walton

Principal

p.walton@nadeenschool.com

Whole School Transition Morning And Its Importance

The Environment Show

Science and Humanities Theme Round-up

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 – our new uniform provider, Kapes, will launch their online shop at the beginning of August 2023. Further information to follow.
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.
School Newsletter – click here to read all about it!.
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.

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.

15th June – Update from the Principal (Environment Show)

8th June – Update from the Principal (Nadeen’s Got Talent)

31st May – Update from the Principal (Speech Day)

25 May – Update from the Principal (Open Day)

18 May – Update from the Principal (High Performance Learning Conference)

11 May – Update from the Principal (Staff Appreciation Day)

4 May – Update from the Principal (COBIS Eco Film Award)

27th April – Update from the Principal (Planet Protectors)

20th April – Update from the Principal (Earth Day)

13th April – Update from the Principal (English Roundup)

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!)

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.