ABU DHABI CONNECT BLOOM GROW LEARN NURTURE PLAY ISSUE NO.10 AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL CALENDAR OF EVENTS 16 NOV Parrotfish class - Robotics Trip Last day to book for Yr5 Zoo Trip 17 NOV Julia Johnson - Author to visit Yr3 Trip - Burj Khalifa Last day to book Yr6 Residential Porpoise Class - Robotics Trip 18 NOV 4 1 0 2 r e b m e v o N 3 1 Phonics Workshop for FS & Yr1 1.30 Pink Room Yr2 - Urban Bites Trip Dolphins class Robotics Trip Last day to book Yr 6 Trip School photos today & tomorrow 19 NOV 19 NOV School Photos FOAM - children’s party 2.30 - 3.20 FS & Yr1 Tickets available from Yr2 - Urban Bites Trip reception Yr5 - Zoo Trip 3.45 - 4.55 Yr2 & Yr3 FOAM - Children’s party 2.30 - 3.30 Yr2 - Urban Bites Trip FS1 & Yr1 Yr5 - Zoo Trip 20 NOV 7.30 Classrooms open for families to see their children’s work Yr2 - Urban Bites Trip Our Whole School Newsletter Dear Family WELL DONE to our football teams – we won two out of our three matches this week and demonstrated an excellent team spirit – well done! TODAY we welcomed two paper craft experts into school to give a demonstration to the whole school – the children – and adults present – loved seeing what amazing things could be made from paper. The men will be back on Sunday – if any child wishes to have a go themselves and buy the book (10AED) or book with paper (20 AED) they can do so on Sunday – this is a one day only opportunity! TRIPS AND VISITS are an important way of making the curriculum become alive – this week, as well as meetings for families about the Y4 and Y5 residential trips next term, we have taken 150 children to the Abu Dhabi Live exhibition to learn about keeping fit and healthy and our very youngest children have been to learn about the culture and heritage of the UAE at the heritage village. It is a great time of year to be out and about – with many more trips planned for the coming weeks. AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL ABU DHABI SPEAKING OF UAE culture and heritage – remember two big events coming up soon. Our National day celebration in school (full details next week in the newsletter) and the Aldar Academies National day celebration on 26th November at 6.00 at Zayed Sports City – in the big football stadium. If your child has expressed an interest in performing they will bring a letter home today with a slip to be handed directly to me on Sunday morning. Children taking part will have a couple of rehearsals in school in the coming days with Mrs Priestley, myself and some professional choreographers. Full details are in the letter. We would like every Al Muna child to attend – FS children sitting with their families – performers on the stage and other children sitting together to sing and maybe even to be on the Al Muna Float! It looks like it will be a spectacular event with a fantastic fireworks display at the end! meet her – please can I ask that we give her a couple of weeks to settle in and get on with what is really important – learning how A Muna works and ensuring she delivers good lessons and helps every child make as much progress as possible. ARABIC – the teaching of Arabic is a very important part of our work. We appointed four teachers many months ago to start with us in September. One – Mrs Rana Al Halabi in FS – arrived and is – as we all know – doing a great job. For reasons beyond our control – two teachers did not arrive and we were lucky to gain the services of Ms Reba and Mr Reda who are both setting well. Many families will know that our fourth teacher – again due to circumstances beyond our control – arrived later then all of us would had wanted. Miss Sara has now left our school and the UAE. This week we interviewed for a replacement and I am pleased to announce that we have appointed Mrs Bouthaina Abu Shammala. We know this has been an unsettling time for the children – but we are pleased to have been able to appoint an experienced teacher. She knows that her brief is to work hard to help the children make as much progress as possible. Naturally families want to AL MUNA teachers are brilliant. I am delighted that ADEC recently invited Miss Corr Mrs Langton and Miss Skinner to talk to other teachers in Al Ain about our innovative desert schools project – we are proud that our excellent work is being recognised by ADEC> AFTER National day we will be getting ready for our Winter Souk Mr Howsen ATTENDANCE Well done to Bulbuls with 98.57 attendance last week. Nov 2014 ISSUE NO.10 On Wednesday the 10th of December 2014, we will be having our Winter Souk. The Souk hours will be from 2:00 – to 3:30pm in the School , If you would like to book a table at a cost of 100 Dhs for that day, please contact me on 050 444 83 92 or send via the email [email protected] or [email protected] We need to know how many tables you might need for that day to help us set the plan in advance. Table set up will be from 12.30pm in the school. You will find your name on your table/s. I will be there to help out on the day. As part of our Winter Souk activities, Friends of Almuna, (FOAM ) will be holding a raffle on the day, tickets for the raffle will be sold and the proceeds will go to a Charity chosen by the Children at the school, so if you would like to purchase tickets or donate a raffle prize that would be much appreciated!! I do hope you can support us on this occasion. AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL ABU DHABI Football Match Report: News from Mr Duggan Our first match was against Al Mushrif. We knew it was a tough match since we played them. At first half we ended with a score of 3-1. We already predicted this. Our class of play was amazing. Especially the teamwork between Mahmood and Ali. The second half was much better. Saif and Zayed were of great help keeping the ball in play. The defenders did the right things and stopped the danger. Khalid was much better, as all saves really saved us from get and helped us to achieve a better score. The final score was 4-2 and the win was to Mushrif. One goal to Ali and one goal to Mahmood. We were happy with the result as everybody put great effort. Soon after we faced ADGS. We builded our confidence and came with an exceptional result and a hat-trick. The kick of started and after few minutes ADGS were in the lead. Then yet again they scored 2-0. We all still had hope in us that we could win. Few minutes later we scored. Yes! Our top goal scorer Mahmood had striked again. Mahmood scored another one and we equalized. What a wonderful half volley. The birthday boy (Ali Elshrif) was happy as he scored the third goal and led Al Muna to the lead. Half time. To end the match Mahmood scored a goal as he scored his hat trick. The match was over and everybody was happy. Group photo time and soon all the squad left. Written by Nathan and Zayed ADISSA Football League Round 4: U9s Al Muna 3 – Al Mushrif 1 U9s had fantastic result against Mushrif on Monday afternoon. The Muna boys were really focused and attacked Mushrif from the start. Their persistence paid off when Sami Khedair came off the right wing and slotted the ball coolly past the oncoming Mushrif goal keeper. The Muna boys played some very attractive attacking football and scored their second just before half-time, when Franklin Saunders danced his way around the Mushrif defence and planted the ball firmly past the outstretched arm of the Mushrif keeper. Opposition teams are struggling to cope with Frankin’s scoring prowess and it shows with five goals to his name this season. Muna rounded off the scoring in the second half, with an outstanding half-volley from distance from Mohammed Al Romaithi. Riyad Hashem and Walter Moloney formed a formidable partnership in defence, Mohammed Al Romaithi worked tirelessly throughout, his effort was rewarded with a superb goal. Mushrif struggled to cope with Sami Khedair on the wing who gave an excellent defensive & attacking display. We are delighted for parents to spectate during fixtures, however, please remember that only positive feedback from the sideline is communicated and try and refrain from ‘coaching’ your child, this often confuses the children because there is contradictory feedback coming from coaches and then the parent. Please refer to Al Muna ECAs Code of Conduct for any clarification needed regarding parent conduct during fixtures. Nov 2014 ISSUE NO.10 U9/U11 Football fixture (17/11/14) U9/U11 will travel to GEMS Cambridge School, Abu Dhabi on Monday 17th November. Kick-Off: 3:30pm Touch Rugby: Please note: Only selected U9/U11 squad members will receive an acceptance letter. If your son is not in the squad, normal collection time (2:20pm) applies. U9 Football training will still take place on Sunday with Mr McNally This Sunday (16th November) will see 35 Al Muna Students (boys & girls) take part in the ALDAR Touch Rugby in Al Ain. Coach Larkin and Coach Moloney are optimistic about Muna’s chances and are pleased with the amount of Muna students competing. Please ensure that all children have their PE Kit, football boots/trainers, plenty of food & drinks for the event. We will depart from Muna at 10am and return at approximately 5:30pm. AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL SWIMMING DURING COOLER WEATHER Please note that the school pool is heated to a maximum of 32 degrees and if for any reason the pool is not at the correct temperature or the weather is unusually cold, lessons will be cancelled. We obviously don’t want to discourage children from swimming by subjecting them to unpleasant conditions. Swimming is a compulsory part of our curriculum and to ensure the greatest possible progress, regular attendance is required. We would advise that your child brings an extra towel and maybe a school sweatshirt on swimming days. FS2 & Year 1 children may find a toweling robe very useful when walking to and from the pool. Thank you for your cooperation on these matters. We wish to make swimming enjoyable as possible for all children. Please remember that children should wear the Al Muna swim kit and have their own swimming cap. ABU DHABI Nov 2014 ISSUE NO. 9 News from Mrs Partridge On Wednesday 5th November a team of 30 swimmers headed to Al Ain International School for an all Aldar Schools Swim Meet Competition. Schools which entered were Al Ain, The Pearl, Al Yasmina, Al Mushrif & Al Muna. It was a very competitive meet and the Al Muna team showed no mercy to their fellow opposition! Throughout the event, Al Muna behaved brilliantly and did not disappoint in their team and individual events. I am so very proud of each and every one of them and a special ‘well done’ to Willa Khwaja & Hamdan Al Tamimi who received a medal for their outstanding performance and team work. Also, a great big thank you to all staff and parents who helped a this event! AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL ABU DHABI A Note from Mr Picton Voice of Al Muna! It has been a fantastic week at Al Muna for Music! Round 1 of the Talent Show went ahead successfully in classrooms. Students got a chance to show their talents to their classmates, and then all voted on one act to go through to Round 2 (in 2 weeks time). Some of the acts were shown in the music room – I saw some amazing magic tricks, incredible musicians, rhythmic drumming and expressive dances. One of the acts that didn’t get through to Round 2 so impressed Mr Howsen that he invited them to be a surprise act in the talent show. You’ll have to wait till the 18th December to find out who! This week’s top blogger for telling us what the most amazing thing is that he has ever seen. This week we have had whole school singing assemblies to teach the pupils songs for the National Day celebrations. All Aldar schools are learning the same 5 songs (Pearl – Katy Perry, Good Life – One Republic (Chorus only), Because you loved me – Celine Dion, When I grow Up – Matilda Musical, National Anthem). Details of this exciting event will follow, but it involves all the schools singing together. Ibrahim Wasfi The most amazing thing was the Burj Khalifa water show. The water was dancing with the music like a real person and the lights in Burj Khalifa were flashing really nice This week’s blog question is: What is your favorite word right now? What do you like about it? When have you used it recently? http://almuna.edublogs.org/ Nov 2014 ISSUE NO. 9 Saddle up and Ride your Pony… A Note from Mrs Dutfield Do you dream of riding horses? Do you want to learn everything you possibly can about horses and horseback riding? Well, it all starts here. Enrol in our January, 2015 horseriding club to get started. Lessons are at The Royal Stables before school on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. If you would like your child to come, please send an email to Mrs. Langton jlangton@almunaprimary. sch.ae or send them up to my classroom to collect a registration form. Dear Families I am going to write a short piece for the newsletter each week which will cover many childhood illnesses and ailments. This week’s topic is Molluscum Contagisum. MC is a skin virus that can affect everyone but is most common in children aged between 1 – 4 Each small, pink/white wart/ spot typically lasts 6 – 12 weeks but it can take up to 18 months for your body to be completely clear of the virus. It is not a serious condition but more of annoyance, in most cases mild itching is the only problem. Parents are usually bothered more by MC than the child! Once you have had MC you are usually immune. Although it is contagious it is in fact difficult to contract and most people are immune. The best way to avoid the spread of MC is not to share towels and flannels – which we do not do at school and communal toys should be washed regularly – which we do at school. I have attached the lyrics to the songs so you can practice along with your child. NOTE – some of the lyrics have been changed. Bursting the spots can cause the MC to spread. If your child is scratching an anti-histamine will give relief which will in turn reduce the potential spread. Don’t worry, we are not expecting every child to learn every word!!!! I’ve highlighted the main parts of each song. All the songs are available on youtube. There is no convincing evidence that any treatment works and treatment should always be avoided in children as it can be painful and there is a high chance of scarring. Patient UK is an excellent evidence based website which discusses all medical complaints, why we get them and how to treat them. AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL ABU DHABI Nov 2014 ISSUE NO. 9 NEWS in YEAR GROUPS FS1 FS1 and FS2 This week’s story was ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’. Oliver really liked ‘blackcurrant’ juice, made using blackcurrants from his Grandpa’s garden, so the children tried a range of juices to see which was their favourite. You might even have children asking for you to buy ‘grapefruit’, ‘guava’ or ‘pomegranate’ juice whilst shopping! They also learned about where different fruits grow and how they don’t just magically appear in the supermarkets! The children enjoyed singing this week’s number song about the ripe plums falling off the tree and making their very own fruit salad. They were delicious! However, the highlight of the week was their very first Al Muna trip to the Heritage Village. The children had lots of fun and were so well behaved. They did themselves and Al Muna proud! Well done and have a well-earned rest over the weekend! FS2 This very week we had an extra special treat. We were able to watch a funny and entertaining production of Aladdin in our own gym hall. We have completed work based on Aladdin and have created amazing art based on the production. Did you know Aladdin had 3 wishes to make? We thought about what we would wish for and wrote them down. What would you wish for? After working on Aladdin we went back to our Jungle topic. We have been studying animals and their behaviour. We have used alliteration to describe them such as ‘leaping lion’ and hot seating to question each other in the role of a character. In maths we have been learning to count to 10 in 2s. We know that we need to add 2 each time when we do this. We have used games, songs and number lines to help us learn to do this. Some of us can even count to 20! Gold Cards for FS2 Alman FS2, Maha FS2, Fatima FS2, Fahed FS2, Fatima S FS2, Mays FS2, Mustafa FS2 AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL ABU DHABI Nov 2014 ISSUE NO.10 NEWS in YEAR GROUPS Year 1 Year 1 and Year 2 This week we have been thinking about genies and wishes and magic lamps? I wonder if you recognise the story. Yes, we were lucky enough to attend the theatre production of Aladdin in our very own school. The children were delighted to see live actors singing and dancing with a wonderful stage set to enhance their performances. It inspired us to create magic carpets of our own and to talk about travelling on a magic carpet to far off places and unknown lands. We even made our own magic lamps out of pottery. In mathematics we have been working on positional language. Please do help your child by practising left and right whenever you can. Challenge them to walk on the right, raise their left elbow and anything else you can think of! Year 2 This week has been an extremely exciting week. Year 2 were given a problem to solve. The Genie had lost his bag of magical things so we had to decide what we could make to help him! We decided to design and make our own magic carpets. We are beginning the design process this week. We had a brilliant time at the Aladdin show and we are using this to give us ideas in our writing! We are looking forward to making our magic carpets next week! Round 1 of the talent show has also taken place in the classes. It has been great seeing all the different talents our classes have. Gold Cards for Year 1 & 2 Jack Yr1, Yasser Yr1,Sophia Yr1, Zainab Yr1, Isla Yr1, MariaYr2, Sofia Yr2, Alex Yr2, Wadima Yr2, Soffiyah Yr2, Manel Yr2, Alyazia Yr2, Timothy Yr2, Nadine Yr2, Ayman Yr2, Amna Yr2, Zain Yr2, Radhika Yr2, Aarika Yr2, Varshini Yr2, Shaikha Yr2, Mozah Yr2, Moudi Yr2, Ellie Yr2 AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL ABU DHABI Nov 2014 ISSUE NO.10 NEWS in YEAR GROUPS Year 3 and Year 4 Year 3 As our exciting trip to Dubai approaches, year 3 have been finding out lots about the Burj Khalifa. We’ve been researching and writing non-fiction texts that many magazines would be happy to publish! In math, we’ve been producing bar graphs and pictographs to show information we have collected through surveys of the school. More magnets in science this week - we’ve been learning all about what magnets do and discussing the scientific vocabulary used to describe them. Year 4 To prepare ourselves for the eagerly awaited production of Aladdin we started our week by looking at the story. We explored the language features and used role play to empathise with the different characters. The Aladdin performance on Monday was everything we hoped it would be and we loved every minute. It was a great stimulus for the excellent literacy work we have done for the rest of the week. We have focused on correctly using speech marks in our stories which has now, much to our teachers’ delight, greatly improved! We have also been completing ‘Maths Missions’ based on Aladdin. This involved using and applying skills that we have learnt so far this year to solve challenges. We have to communicate and explain our ideas and work with a partner to solve the task. Overall, another fantastic week in Year 4. Well done everyone! Here we are finding the perimeter of different magic carpets. Gold Cards for Years 3 & 4 Mizan Yr3, Shahad Yr3, Alya Yr3, Kareem Yr3, Sami J Yr3, Samarth Yr3, Fatima Yr4, Dana Yr4, AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL Year 5 ABU DHABI Nov 2014 ISSUE NO.10 NEWS in YEAR GROUPS Year 5 and Year 6 This week we have been doing lots of work in preparation for watching the amazing performance of Aladdin. In literacy we read different versions and discussed the characters and events of the story. In science we performed an exciting experiment to see if gases are made during chemical reactions. We also took part in Abu Dhabi Alive at the Sheikh Zayed Sports Centre. We had the opportunity to take place in various sessions and workshops to help up see healthy living and the things that we can do to be more active and healthy. Next week on Wednesday 19th November year 5 will be going to the Emirates Park Zoo. If you would like your child to attend but haven’t already sent the permission slip with 80AED into school please send them in as soon as possible. The closing date for these slips is on Sunday 16th November. Year 6 This week the children in Year 6 have been fortunate enough to watch the amazing theatre performance of Aladdin! In conjunction with the performance, we have been looking at the features of playscripts and the similarities and differences between playscripts and narratives. Possibly the most interesting follow-up work we did was thinking about which three wishes we would ask a genie to grant us if we had a magic lamp! There were lots of children wishing to be football stars, professional gamers, to own pets, to be millionaires and some simply wishing for health and happiness. In maths we have been exploring 3D shapes and data handling; we hope that this work will continue to support us as we draw nearer to our chocolate making and selling. We have been carrying on with our learning in science by focusing on ‘Light’. Specifically we have been exploring shadows. Teachers and children have had a tough time voting for acts to perform in ‘Al Muna’s Got Talent’! Not surprisingly, we have a lot of very talented students who can sing, dance and entertain! We are all looking forward to the final show! Gold Cards for Years 5 & 6 Mankush Yr5, Sanjana Yr5, Leen Saraireh Yr5, Maitha Al Khyeli Yr5, Ali Yr5, Bhargavi Yr6, Saif Yr6 ISSUE NO.10 Nov 2014 ABU DHABI AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL نشاط قسم اللغة العربية هذا األسبوع الروضة األوىل : عاد قطار الحروف هذا االسبوع ليتابع رحلته مع تالميذ الروضة األوىل ،وتوقّف عند صوت حرف الـ»ب» ،حيث تع ّرفوا إىل البطّة ،وصوتها ،وشكلها ،وكيف تسبح ...كام أنّهم قاموا بجولة صغرية يف املدرسة ملشاهدة البطّات. الروضة الثانية: عاد قطار الحروف يف هذا االسبوع ليتابع رحلته مع تالميذ الروضة الثانية ،وتوقّف عند صوت حرف الـ»ب» ،حيث تع ّرفوا إىل البقرة ،وصوتها ،وشكلها ،وأين تعيش وما هي املنتجات التي نستخرجها من الحليب. الصف االول: بدأ التالميذ يف درس (أنا يل مشاعر )حيث قرؤوا جمل الدرس ثم عملوا عىل ربطها بالصورة املناسبة،كام أنهم استمتعوا يف متثيل القصة بشكل جامعي ،وأخريا قرأ التالميذ قصصا مناسبة ملستوياتهم بالقراءة ثم أجابوا عن األسئلة املطروحة حولها . الصف الثاين: بدأ التالميذ يف كتاب معارف لغتي للصف الثاين حيث تعرفوا عىل قصة (أختي وأنا )حني قاموا بتمثيلها والتعرف عىل معاين الكلامت الواردة فيها ،ثم تدربوا عىل قراءة الجزء األول من القصة عىل أن يتم التدرب عىل قراءة الجزء الثاين األسبوع املقبل. الصف الرابع: يف هذا األسبوع تم تعريف الطالب عىل ألف تنوين الفتح باإلضافة اىل تدريب الطالب عىل قراءة نص عامل الغابات العجيب. Nov 2014 ISSUE NO.10 ABU DHABI AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL الصف الخامس: استكمل التالميذ درس (أصحاب الجنة )حيث قاموا بتعليل وقوع بعض األحداث وتقييم بعض السلوكيات وإبداء آرائهم اتجاهها،ومحاكاة بعض األساليب بعد التعرف عىل أنواعها والتمييز فيام بينها. الصف السادس : تعرف طالب الصف السادس عىل مفهوم اإليثار من خالل درس اإليثار ،كام كتب الطالب عن تجربة مروا بها آثروا شخصا عن أنفسهم .كام قام الطالب بتوظيف املفردات الجديدة يف مقالهم بطرق مختلفة .كام قارن الطالب بني مفهوم اإلثار واألثرة . الرتبية اإلسالمية: تعرف طالب الصف الثالث عىل آداب تالوة القرآن الكريم ،وقاموا بتمثيلها وتطبيقها بشكل عميل. وأنجز كل من طالبي الصف الخامس حسني عرفة ولني ISSUE NO.10 Nov 2014 ABU DHABI AL MUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL شنور مرشوعان عن درس املظاهر الطبيعية يف دول مجلس التعاون ورشحا للطالب هذه الظواهر وأهميتها لإلنسان . وأنجزت الطالبة ليان يف الصف السادس مرشوعا عن درس املظاهر الطبيعية يف دول الوطن العريب وحددت عىل الخريطة توزيع الجبال والهضاب والسهول .
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