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2009 - 2010
Character Day assembly for K-6 boys and
girls:
On Tuesday May 11th of Reading Week,
students dressed up in their favourite storybook character
and held a “character parade.” At the assembly, each class
shouted slogans they had written about reading. Then Grade 2
classes entertained the audience by playing a musical
performance with Mr. Saad.
The Assembly
was the perfect closure for the Reading Week. Happy
Reading!
Grades 1-3 Quran memorization
award assembly:
on April 10th, The K-3 students performed in
front of their parents. After that Mrs. Fraij announced the
winners of the Quran memorizing competition and issued
certificates to all participants.
Gr. 1 assembly:
On January 25th. Grade 1 students presented their
Unit of Inquiry: “Weather influences our way of life.” Part
of the presentation was a song.
Gr.3 assembly:
On Dec. 21, grade 3 classes give a presentation about their
unit of inquiry “the discovery and use of natural resources
play a part in a nation's development”, as well as a short
skit.
Hajj and Eid Al Adha assembly:
November 18th, K-3 celebrated Hajj
and Eid Al Adha. Each grade level presented a hymn
celebrating Hajj hermitage and the Eid Al Adha occasion.
Grade 3 students recited selected poems.
K-6 Francophone Assembly:
On March 24, K-3 and 4-6 girls celebrated the annual
Francophone celebration. Each grade level performed with
their French teachers.
2010 - 2011
Saudi Arabia National Day
On Tuesday, Sept. 21, K-3 celebrated Saudi Arabia
National Day. Grade 3H students presented information
related to the unification of our country, followed by a
short quiz session. Then our first graders sang
“بابا عبدالله"
and danced to the music. They
were followed by grades two and three students who recited a
poem related to unification. After that, all boys were
invited to dance the Arda. To conclude our celebration, each
student stamped a little thumb print onto a flag to display
their pledge to love, to honor, and to be loyal to Saudi
Arabia. The above-mentioned flag is displayed in our K-3
campus.
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PICTURES ]
Hajj and Eid Al Adha
November 10th, K-3 celebrated Hajj and Eid Al
Adha. Each grade level presented a hymn celebrating Hajj
hermitage and the Eid Al Adha occasion. Grade 3 students
recited selected poems. Then Mrs. Fraij and Mrs. Khayatt
distributed certificates to students who participated in
“Memorizing the Names of Allah Competition”. Last, but not
least, students from all classes in grades K-3 joined in the
celebration of Eid.
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PICTURES ]
King Abdullah Celebration
In celebration off
His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Bin Abdulrahman Al
Saud return to the Kingdom, grades K-3 organized a programme
for Wednesday March 2, 2011. Students were encouraged to
wear their national costume.
Festivities began at
12:00 with students writing and decorating cards to the
king. These were then gathered and placed on a larger card
which was sent to his Majesty along with a group photo of
the K-3 students.
The assembly started
with Mr. Stirling and Mrs. Khayatt addressing the students.
They were followed by selection of speeches/poems in Arabic
prepared by grade 3 students in the honor of this occasion.
Then grade 2 performed a dance and
Ardah to the song "حبيب الشعب
عبدالله", and so did grades KG1, KG2 and Grade 1 who
danced to the song “بابا
عبدالله". Grade 3 students closed the assembly with
an acrostic poem. They wrote lines using the title “Welcome
Home, King Abdullah!” The letters spelling out the title
were beautifully decorated by KG1 and 2 little hands. Nice
work team!
After the assembly,
we continued the festivities, enjoying buffet lunch provided
by students’ parents. Students stayed in the play ground
dancing to national songs till 14:30.
We had a blast of a
time!
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PICTURES ]
Reading Week
From March 19th through 23rd, grades
K-10 celebrated “Reading Week”. Students participated in
many activities throughout the week. Students from the upper
grades visited classes in the K-3 campus to read aloud to
the students. Storytellers such as Mr. Stirling, Mrs.
El-Hakim, Mr. Khalil and Mrs. Thompson also participated in
the reading programme by reading select stories and tales to
K-3 classes. Students were happy to listen to adults from
the school read to them.
Students and teachers spent 10 minutes during each class
reading silently. DEAR or Drop Everything And Read was also
observed. DEAR is a spontaneous activity that refers to
silent reading that can be implemented on a daily basis at
any time during any class period. During Reading Week,
students were encouraged to make additional visits to the
school library to check out books. Students wrote
reflections on balloon-shaped paper about the books they
read. Their reflective papers were then plastered on walls
and doors that looked like decorative “balloon bouquets” of
book reviews.
ALS hosted Mrs. Hala Bint Khalid, a
famous author of children’s books, as a guest speaker that
week. She talked with K-10 students about the creative
writing and publishing process.
Mrs. Dodge, Grade 4 girls’ homeroom teacher, and Mr. Koopman,
Grade 5 boys’ homeroom teacher, have also published books in
the past and they also talked to various classes about their
experiences in publishing a book and writing papers online.
The presentation gave students the hope and belief that
anyone can write and publish a book if they put their mind
to it.
At the end of this Reading Week an assembly was held on
Wednesday, March 23. Grades 4-10 students recited both
English and Arabic summaries of their favorite books and
quotations about reading as well as performed choral and
poetry reading of pieces they had written. Some even
dressed up as their favorite storybook characters to
demonstrate their enthusiasm and creativity and getting into
the spirit of reading!
The upper grades presented various forms of power point
presentations to their peers about novels they had read in
class. They touched on the many elements of a novel. Some
students were very creative in their medium of
presentation. For example, one student used a Dr. Phil TV
programme format to deliver an analysis of the novel
Frankenstein. Although the upper grade students had more
serious presentations due to the themes of the novels
chosen, it was evident that students had spent considerable
time reading novels and creating reflections of the
materials read.
In grades K-3 assembly, parents were invited to watch KG1
and 2 sing and perform for their parents the “Gilly Gilly
Good Morning Song”, followed by Grade 1B presentation of
“Reading makes you knowledgeable”. To enhance the idea that
reading makes you happy when you feel down, Grade 1 sang and
danced to the music of “The happiest Street in the World”
song. Grade 2 students also sang
“نشيد إقرأ “, and grade
3 students presented facts they have learned through
reading, and then sang and performed to the song “Hello to
all the Children of the World”. At the end was the
“Character Parade,” where all K-3 students paraded in front
of their parents dressed up in their favorite storybook
character. The atmosphere was very inviting, educational and
FUN!!!
[ SEE PHOTO GALLERY FOR
PICTURES ]
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