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I look forward, full of hope that each and eve-

ry child will be successful and productive

members of the TWS family.

But we as educators, (the teachers and sup-

port staff) will need your help and partnership

as parents to make this happen. Children

benefit greatly when parents/guardians take

an active role in their child s education. Stu-

dents attitude and perception of school im-

proves as they develop more self -confidence

in their road to becoming lifelong learners and

solid contributors to society.

Parents who help their children succeed aca-

demically gain a sense of pride in their chil-

dren as well as in themselves. Being an in-

volved parent demonstrates to your child that

you sincerely value their Education.

I strongly believe that all parents want the

best for their children and I believe that all

parents want their children to be successful in

school. However, because of work and family

demands, often there is little Free Time for

many parents to spend with their child once

the school day has ended and children return

home. TWS is committed to continuing the

family support while your child is here at

school. We seek to provide a safe and wel-

coming environment that is conducive to stu-

dent learning and student success. The first

step in this process is to build and to maintain

a working partnership with you by keeping the

doors of our school open for parent confer-

ences and school visits.

We anxiously look forward to sharing more

information with you through our upcoming

newsletters.

Respectfully,

Mr. Kingston G.

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Honestly evaluate whether

you as a Parent are doing

your part in making the

school safe?

Do you follow parking,

visitor and other safety

procedures at your

school?

Do you support teachersand administrators with

safety initiatives, including

asking the above ques-

tions in a supportive, non -

blaming manner?

Do you talk with your child

about personal safety con-

siderations, violence pre-

vention issues and related

topics and regularly at

home?

A little girl comes home

from school and said to

her mother :mommy, today in school

I was punished for

something that I didnt

do.

The mother exclaimedbut that s terrible Im

going to have a talk with

your teacher about

this by the way, what

was it that you didn t do? The little girl replied MyHomework .!!

Talk to your children early

and regularly about school

and community safety,

cleanliness, discipline, etc.

When you talk with chil-

dren, BE HONEST. Dam-

age can be done by mini-

mizing or exaggerating

points than by simplyproviding children with

facts and telling the truth.

Teach them to respect

and be polite to elders

irrespective of who they

are.

Do not assume that your

child knows even the

basic facts about safety

and other risks. Kids ab-

sorb a lot of information

but unfortunately, much of

it is inaccurate or from

questionable sources.

Let your child get all the

information the correct

information from you as

a Parent. And give it to

them in a non -threatening

and non-embarrassing

time, place and manner.

Do not wait until a prob-

lem gets out of control

and then look for profes-

sional help.

Parents must provide or-

der, structure and con-

sistent discipline. Alt-

hough you love your child

realize that she or he is

still a child and will test

the limits of your patience.

Ask probing questions

where are you going, who

will be with you? And fol-

low up to verify the an-

swers you get.

Inspect your child s room

from time to time. Unfortu-

nately, some parents

falsely believe that they

should not or legally can-

not go into the child s

room. It is your house and

your child. Check both

regularly. It is not only

your right, but your re-

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in this cut -throat world of compe-tition but, over the years, putting

in place the best and wise poli-

cies, maintaining a strict andhigh standard of education

and the untiring hard work ofselfless teachers, has brought

the school to a level envied by

all others today.

I don't know the entire history of

the school, but a look at the re-

cent past gives me an enormous

sense of satisfaction as a num-

ber of students from the school

have made their mark interna-

tionally.

GEMS students received a total

of 30 Outstanding Learner

awards which is a third of all

award winners in the

UAE. GEMS students toppedthe UAE in 13 subjects in the

international examinations.

The four students who topped

the world in their examinations

are:

Kristina Prilepchanska of

Cambridge International

School for IGCSE Drama;

Bushra Ali of the Westminster

School for AS Level Eng-

lish Language;

Dilawar Zainab Zohar of Cam-bridge International School

for AS Level Travel and

Tourism and

Swetha Sabu Gaesan of Cam-

bridge High School in Abu

Dhabi for A Level Business

Studies.

Of the four, I know Bushra Ali

The popularity of the Westmin-

ster School, Dubai, can well be

gauged from the fact that a pall

of gloom had descended uponthe students and parents in par-

ticular and on Dubai in general

when GEMS Education decid-

ed that the school will be closedin June 2014 on account of feestructuring issues in the recentpast, but the decision was re-versed keeping in view the pop-

ular demand by parents and

students. Dubai heaved a sigh ofrelief!

The administration, to a great

extent, was justified in takingsuch an apparently drastic deci-

sion as it was next to impossible

for it to run a school, introduce

and bring in improvements in

education and infrastructural

spheres with limited income.

This is the key point.

You will not find another school

like the Westminster School,

Dubai, across the UAE which

has been providing excellent

education for years with an af-

fordable fee. The school is noth-

ing short of a blessing for par-

ents with limited income and

who want the best education for

their children. Again, it was noth-ing short of a miracle as I wasone of the thousands of lucky

parents to get my son admitted

to the school this year in the 7th

grade.

Excelling beyond belief

and reaching the top has notbeen an easy task for the school

personally. She happened to be the

daughter of my wife's best

friend. When she joined the school,

she was just another regular stu-

dent. Over the years, the school

helped her and groomed her to the

extent that she won top honours in

English the world over and now she

is in Washington, USA, pursuing

her education on a scholarship of-

fered by the USA government.

A ship no matter how rough the

weather is (I m not referring to the

current unstable weather in the

UAE these days) sails across deep

and turbulent seas and can reach

its destination if its captain happensto be an experienced guy and

knows his job well. In the case of

the Westminster School, right from

the beginning, some of the

best Principals remained associat-ed with it. Among the lot, former

captain, Mr. Neville Sherman andthe current Principal, Mr. Kingston

Gilbert as and when I had the hon-

our to meet them, gave me an in-

sight into their passion for educa-

tion in general and their deep com-

mitment for the betterment of the

school in particular. With such per-

sons at the helm, the school is go-

ing to go places and accumulate

more accolades for sure in the days

to come.

All the best and warm regards,

Nasir Mahmood

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net use and home broadband

adoption to the rise of mobiledevices and social networking

sites, many of us especially

parents of school going chil-

dren have tried to answer

questions exploring technolo-

gy s impact on our young

one s lives. How does the

shift from desktop connec-

tions to mobile devices affect

how we interact with long

form content? How do teens

and young adults conduct

research in the age of Google

and Bing? And what do these

changes mean for educational

. . . The internet revolution-

ized -how people find infor-mation, and now the rising

popularity of both e -booksand mobile devices is trans-

forming our reading habits.

The impact of this constantly

evolving digital landscape on

educational institutions is

mixed, as libraries try to keep

pace while still serving the

needs of traditional patrons

and educators offer conflicting

reports on technology s ef-

fects on students research

habits.

From the early days of inter-

and cultural institutions?

In this talk, we parents will beable to suggest and exchange,

surveys as well as rich qualita-

tive materials that let individual

stories enlighten us how well we

could balance and set an exam-

ple to our children on the this

use of technology. Let this dis-

cussion explore not only how

libraries, schools, museums, and

other organizations are dealingwith the changing technological

environment.

ue writing skills? our text

messages and even our emailmessages contain such lazy

grammar.

So now I ve opened a topic to

discuss so please fellow

parents kindly respond to this

article critically / favorably

let s keep it move.

P.S :

I wonder while there is somuch happening with digital

We have all done and more to

expose our children to tech-

nology. 95% of the parents

use smart devices at home

and operate them in front of

our young ones.

We buy books but how

many parents actually sit and

read, show it as a habit so

our children see it they re-

flect our acts, right?

How many of us actually val-

this and that in our school these

days what happened to the

Reading Champ assignments

that were held last year ! ! !

By Priya Kitnasamy (Hari

Jashwanth 4H)

November 2013.