THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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School Council

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Diary

20th November: OpenMic Night (2pm – 3pmin the school canteen

area)

17th – 21st November:Science Week

Over the past few weeks the School Council has been workingwith Mr Walsh to plan initiatives for the year ahead. One areathey have decided to focus on is the School Council garden.The Councillors plan to further enhance this part of our schoolby planting more seeds, growing a wider variety of floweringplants and vegetables and decorating the garden. This week, members of the School Council joined me toremove weeds, unwanted debris and litter from the garden.After an hour of hard work, the garden looked much better andwe are now ready to plan our next steps, including the plantingschedule.

21st November: Year5N Class Assembly

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Well done to Year 4H who wowed the audience with an amazing assembly onThursday. The pupils showcased their Topic of the week, with the theme being the Romans:using action and songs to teach the audience what it would have been like to live likea Roman – including, the way they fought in battles – re-enacted with our pupils’sword fight, what type of food they ate and also what living under Roman rule waslike. RGS pupils voted that it might be a good idea to live under a similar rule to that ofthe Roman Empire. Also in assembly today – several proud pupils received their ‘Pen Licence’ for theirhandwriting achievements. To be awarded this certificate, pupils must consistentlyreach and maintain a certain level in handwriting skills. Many parents attended the assembly to show their support and thoroughly enjoyedthe entertainment. A huge thank you to the pupils for sharing their learning with usand to the teaching staff for their hard work since the start of the academic year.

Year 4H Class Assembly

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Street Food Festival On Wednesday evening, Saif (Year 7A), Ava (Year 7A) and Basheera (Year 3N)represented the RGS at the Doha Street Food Festival, currently being held at AlBidda Park. We have partnered with Magic Uni Café and have a stall in thechildren’s area selling cakes, treats and snacks. Saif, Ava and Basheera did anexcellent job working on the stall and then assisted me on the main stage with theprize draw. More of our pupils will be helping out today (Thursday) and Friday, so please comealong from 4.30pm onwards to join in the fun and support the pupils. On Friday wewill be presenting a live cooking show at 7pm on the main stage.

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Budding Politician

Arwa (Year 9) aspires to be a politician and has created the websitewww.politicalteen.net. Her aim is to simplify some current political affairs, for teens andyoung people, as she believes they need to educate themselves about issuesdetrimental to their future. Please take a moment to look at her website which really is fantastic. I believe it will notonly be informative to our younger pupils, but also inspire them.

Parents’ Association Beach Clean and Family

On Saturday 30th November the RGS will be taking to the beach to participate in aBeach Clean at Simaisma Beach. The Beach Clean will start at 9am and is a hugelyworthwhile initiative for our school to participate in. Following an hour of team workto clean the beach we hope families will stay to enjoy a picnic with the RGScommunity. More details will follow in the coming days, but please keep the date in your diary!Next week I will be out of school for part of the week as I represent our school at theAssociation of British Schools Overseas (AoBSO) Annual Conference. Have a great weekend and I will see you next week. Mr. Downs

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News from Early Years

We have had another wonderful week in Nursery Seahorse class! The children havecontinued to form lovely friendships and have shown a particular interest for servingice cream in their self-made ice cream parlour in our home corner. In Literacy, we have been focusing on the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Thechildren have loved listening to this story and it has been great to hear them join inwith repeated refrains such as, “Someone’s been eating my porridge”. They alsocreated lots of actions as we wandered through the Three Bears’ house. This week,the children created their very own version of the story. Together they created,‘Goldilocks and the Three Monkeys’, where Goldilocks wandered through themonkey’s castle and ate up all of their coco pops! They then painted story maps thatwe have been referring to, to help us retell the story. We jumbled up all of our paintingsand then put them in order to help us retell what was happening. The children havealso loved the counting opportunities within this story. We painted our very ownnumber labels to label Daddy Bear, Mummy Bear and Baby Bear. We also labelledtheir chairs, beds, bowls and spoons to make sure we had enough for all of the bears!In the construction area, the children have challenged themselves to build small,medium and large chairs and beds for Baby, Mummy and Daddy bear. Also this week, the children have been doing lots of mark making and we had so muchfun during our ‘Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle’ party. I am so proud of the progress thatall of the children in our class are making. Super work Seahorses! Miss Toal, Nursery Seahorses

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News from Key Stage 1This week, the pupils of Key Stage One have been very busy! Year 1 pupils in Elephants and Zebras classes have been learning about ‘more than’and ‘less than’, using crocodiles. In English, they have been learning about thefeatures of ‘fiction’ and ‘non-fiction’, to help them complete a report on our school; andin Topic this week, the pupils have been looking at different animals from hot and coldclimates. Year 1 Giraffes and Meerkats have been subtracting in Maths - using numberlines and 100 squares. The pupils enjoyed writing and editing a letter for Sunny in‘Meerkat Mail’ in English lesson and in Science they have been carefully observing theweather using thermometers and weather vanes. Year 2 pupils have also been very busy during lessons this week. We have continuedworking hard in Maths, learning how to find a fraction of an amount, also counting inhalves and quarters and even solving fraction word problems! In English, we havecontinued learning the fable ‘The Little Red Hen’, using Talk for Writing actions. Wehave created our own characters for the story and used present tense verbs todescribe events. This week in Topic, we focused on the structure and features ofmedieval castles. The pupils have loved learning about life during medieval times.During Science this week, we developed green fingers and planted our own floweringseeds! We made predictions about how we think the plants will grow in differentconditions; e.g. with sunlight and water compared to with sunlight and no water; withwater and no sunlight and no sunlight and no water! We are looking forward tocomparing the results over the next few weeks. Miss Cavanagh, Year 2 Cheetahs

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News from Key Stage 2

Do you recycle? This is a question that Year 5 pupils will be asking many of you thisweek! ‘Going Green’ is the topic we will be focusing most of our studies on this halfterm. In Year 5, we encourage the pupils to think of solutions to issues regardinglittering, plastic waste and other environmental factors. We hope that educatingchildren today, regarding these issues, will make a difference to our planet in thefuture! In Year 5, we will be trialling the use of Pobble in the classroom. We will be using ourICT lessons to focus on exploring the Pobble website. Through the use of Pobble, wecan read and analyse other children’s work from all around the world. We can thengive feedback to these pupils about their work while focusing on the positive aspectsand then implement new ideas into our writing. In Science, we are becoming ‘mad scientists’ and using this topic to investigate andexperiment with different, reversible and irreversible materials. We conducted aninvestigation into the water cycle last week and in the coming weeks we will be lookingat boiling, melting and freezing. We will also have the opportunity to make our veryown ice cream! And of course, the opportunity to try it! Finally, please can I remind parents to read at any given opportunity with their children.This supports children within all aspects of their education and it also encourages alove of reading. Thank you for your continuous support this half term. Mrs. Newsome, Year 5N

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News from Key Stage 3This week, Year 8 took an educational visit to the Slavery Museum, at Bin JelmoodHouse, Mshreib. The trip helped highlight to the pupils, the spirit of humanperseverance, while acknowledging the cumulative social, cultural and economiccontribution of formerly enslaved people to the development of human civilization. Museum artefacts were displayed to create an historical context and describe thevarious forms of slavery, stretching from ancient Mesopotamia to serfdom inEurope during the middle ages. We hope that the pupils enjoyed the opportunity todevelop their cultural awareness and historical knowledge. Thank you to Mrs.Fletcher for organising the trip. In other news, we are now up to 11th place on the Managahigh league tableMath’s competition, along with other COBIS international schools. This is afantastic achievement in the short space of time since RGS entered thecompetition. Well done RGS, let’s keep on climbing the league table! Thank you for all your support and enjoy your weekend. KS3 Teachers

Football

On Sunday, Year 5 and 6 boys travelled to Dukhan for their first football QPPSSAtournament. The boys have been training very hard during ECAs, so we travelledwith plenty of excitement ready to compete and enjoy playing in the tournament.There were 14 other schools in attendance and RGS were placed in a tough groupwhere only the top two would qualify for the semi-final. The Year 6 team drew theirfirst match 0-0, but were the better team and were unlucky not to score. The Year5 team won their first match 3-0 and played superbly as a team. Notableperformances from this match were Bilal, Taha and Sultan. Unfortunately, as youknow, the weather turned against us for the match on Sunday, therefore, thetournament was cancelled just at the very start of the match. It was reallydisappointing as the boys have a very good chance of competing for the trophyand medals. Hopefully, the tournament will be rescheduled and I will informparents if and when, the new date is agreed. Mr. Temple

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Open Mic Night

After the success of our first "Open Mic Night" in October, we are excited to announcethat we will be organising a second ‘Open Mic Night’ event on Wednesday 20thNovember 2019, from 2:00pm-3:00pm in the canteen area. All pupils are invited toperform at the event and can choose from; singing, performing an instrument,performing in a band, stand-up comedy or even dancing! Miss Martindale

Class of the Week

Maintaining high levels of attendance and punctuality at school are essential for pupilsto ensure they maximise their learning time in school and reach their full potential;academically, socially and emotionally. Each week Class of the Week trophies are awarded to the classes in Early Years, KeyStage 1 and Key Stage 2 who achieve the highest weekly attendance and who achievethe highest percentage of punctual pupils arriving by 7.45am. Pupils in these classesare also rewarded with an additional two House points each. The winners this week can be seen below: Early YearsAttendance: Nursery Starfish Punctuality: Reception Dolphins Key Stage 1Attendance: Year 1 ZebrasPunctuality: Year 1 Elephants Key Stage 2Attendance: Year 5NPunctuality: Year 3Q and Year 6W Thank you very much for ensuring your children arrive at school on time each day anddo not miss school unnecessarily.

Weekly Awards

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Each week RGS Superstar certificates are awarded to pupils from each class in the PrimarySchool who have excelled in an area of school life during the week. Pupils receive theseawards for demonstrating one of the RGS Learning Habits and becoming a member of ourRGS Super Squad! These pupils receive 25 additional House points each. This week the following pupils received one of these special awards: Nursery Seahorses: KamalaNursery Starfish: RomanReception Dolphins: AlnajlaReception Turtles: SaraReception Sharks: NouraReception Stingrays: FarahYear 1 Meerkats: Zahra RahmanYear 1 Zebras: MariyamYear 2 Lions: YasserYear 2 Tigers: HasanYear 2 Cheetahs: IshaakYear 3N: WaliYear 4H: RayyanYear 5K: KhalifaYear 6W: Farris HYear 7A: Bana AlnuaimiYear 8S: BadourYear 9P: Hasan

RGS Superstars

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Top Table

To promote healthy eating and good table manners, pupils who demonstrate excellentbehaviour, eating habits and manners during snack time and lunch time throughout the week,are invited to eat snack on the ‘Top Table’ at the end of the week. Top Table is located in the School Council garden and pupils receive invitations duringThursday morning registration. Those who are invited also receive 25 additional House pointseach. On Thursday I enjoyed eating snack with the following pupils from Reception and Key Stage 1: Reception Turtles: Michael Reception Sharks: MayaReception Dolphins: LukeReception Stingrays: JackYear 1 Meerkats: OumniaYear 1 Zebras: Ali KareebYear 2 Lions: EmmaYear 2 Cheetahs: Namaiyana

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Community Events

Location: Angry Birds World, Doha Festival City Date: 17th October 2019 – 16th November 2019. Free entry. Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/564419954120861/ Time: 04.00 pm – 11.00 p

Location: All Bidda Park, Near 999 Fire Station Gallery Café, Doha. Date: 13th to 23rd November 2019 Free entry. Time: 04.00 pm – midnight Email: info@qatarstreetfoodfestival.com and for RGS participation details marketing@rgsgq.comkets - 250QR / 5 Tickets - 400QRWebsite: http://www.365adventures.me

Upcoming events in Doha that our parent community have shared: If you know of any events planned for the future, please let the School know so wecan pass this information to our school community. Angry Birds World Carnival – Join the flock celebration at Angry Birds World for acolourful carnival and enjoy an array of live entertainment, thrilling rides, retailbooths and F&B outlets.

Doha Street Food Festival – Come and support RGS and enjoy a festival ofmouthwatering treats. Enjoy Fun, Food and Activities and while you’re there, visitthe RGS pupils’ kiosk; on Friday 15th November, see RGS pupils’ live cookingstation (more details from the school office).

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17th – 21st November: Science Week 20th November: Open Mic Night (2pm – 3pm in the school canteen area) 21st November: Year 5N Class Assembly 28th November: Year 3Q Class Assembly 4th December: Parents’ Monthly Coffee Morning (7.15 – 9.00am in the atrium) 5th December: Year 2 Lions Class Assembly 7th December: Parents’ Association Picnic 12th December: Year 1 Giraffes Class Assembly 17th December: Qatar National Day Celebration 17th December: Last day of Term 1 (School closes at 12.00pm)

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