CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW JUNE 2018 AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER Academic leaders with Islamic values
IN THIS ISSUE PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Dear Parents and Families, Ramadan Kareem As we near the end of the school year we can reflect on and celebrate the many achievements of our students across the Academy. We sincerely hope this Sheikh Abdulla Attends Prestigious Art Exhibition summer we will again continue the upward trend of exam achievements in school and IGCSE and AS international exams. We thank all students and staff who are moving on from the Academy this summer and wish them the best of success on the next stage of their journey. Thank you for your support throughout Y9 Boys QUESS Football the year. We hope you have a most Champions enjoyable Summer holiday and we all return ready for even more successful year ahead in 2018-19
Mr Sheldon Smith Principal
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRESENTS TOP AWARD TO FORMER Arabic Competition Success AJA STUDENT DANA AL ANZY
Holy Quran Competition
Roaring Lions Former AJA student Dana Al Anzy receives the gold medal, National Award for Anti Bullying Campaign Academic Excellence 2018 from His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. 1 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER Academic leaders with Islamic values
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3 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER Academic leaders with Islamic values STOP PRESS!
4 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER Academic leaders with Islamic values AJA ARABIC COMPETITION WINNERS
5 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER Academic leaders with Islamic values A Message from the Head of Secondary
Dear Parents and Families There were magnificent National Day celebrations in the wake of the unjust siege, boys and girls It has been an honour and a privilege for me to working selflessly to raise record breaking funds work with you and to lead the Secondary Team for Qatar Cancer charity, the Year 9 football team at Al Jazeera Academy over the past 4 years. I winning the league, Ghada Ali with the highest now move on to a new role as the Secondary score in the Middle East for English IGCSE, Moza Al School Consultant for the Ta’allum Group of Thani with Qatar’s highest mark in IGCSE RE, a 4 schools. Mr James Batts, presently the Head of year rising trend of students achieving 2 AS levels Primary will be the new Head of Secondary or more, Qatar debates, the highest representation School. of students at the Model United Nations I feel proud to have shared in the celebration of conferences, record numbers of winners in the Holy our students’ successes and to encourage the Qu’ran competitions, Spelling Bee Champions, the Islamic values, exemplified by Tarbeya and Prayer for Rain and all the dramas and crises, funny which underpin all we do in the school. The AJA moments and brilliant lively every day small scale experience has taught me what we all should successes and breakthroughs. It seems a blur but realize: we never stop learning, whether we are through it all we have all emerged wiser, more 9 or 90 years old. mature and ready to learn more. During this year there have been so many I thank our parents and families. Be proud of all memorable student achievements to inspire us that you have done to nurture and guide your all. Our successes ranged from the high quality children. I thank our teachers, support and site Art Exhibition at Katara when we were honored staff, for your hard work and commitment to our by the attendance of Sheikh Abdullah to the young people. Most of all I thank our students - to success of former AJA student Dana Al Anzy, who be educated is about high academic knowledge and received a most prestigious award. His Highness skills but it is far more than that. Who you are and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani presented what is in your heart are what truly counts. Dana with the Gold Medal, the National Award I wish all of you the very best of success and for Academic Excellence in 2013 and now again happiness now and in the future. in 2018. Peter Kubicki Head of Secondary School
6 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER ARABIC DEPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values قسم اللغة العربية
انطالقا من قول عمر بن الخطاب رضي هللا عنه )) تعلموا العربية فإ هنإ من دينمك (( فإن قسم اللغة العربية يهدف إلى :
• رفع مستوى مهارات ال ّطالب اللغويّة. • تمكين ال ّطالب من استخدام اللغة العربية للتعبير عن حاجاتهم. • التّأكيد على أن اللغة العربية جزء ال يتجزأ من الهوية. • المشاركة في الفعاليات الخاصة باللغة العربية. • المشاركة في تحقيق رؤية قطر للتنمية المستدامة 2030.
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تكريم بعض الطالب مع األستاذة أمينة خميس Honouring some students with Ms. Aminah Khamis
طالب الدعم اإلضافي مع األستاذة : تيسير محمد Additional support students work with Ms. Tayseer Mohammed
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Honouring some of our students
تكريم بعض الطالب مع األستاذ ربيع رمضان تكريم بعض الطالب مع األستاذ نجم الدين سيد
تكريم بعض الطالب مع األستاذ ربيع رمضان تكريم بعض الطالب مع األستاذة أمينة خميس تكريم بعض الطالب مع األستاذ : محمد السيد
9 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER ARABIC DEPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values
Supporting the Palestinian cause speaking about Jerusalem
The Debates
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Activating the value & Tarbeya Programmes
Yes to Discipline
11 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values INTERNATIONAL BOOK WEEK Year 7GE/1 English class kicked off International Book Week on a positive note. They were given an assignment to complete for the week which included writing a story, blurb, book review and a mask of their favorite characters. They have done a fantastic job and have produced some excellent work.
VISIT TO QATAR NATIONAL LIBRARY
The Year 10 Boys Trip to the National Library was an exceptional day. The boys were on their best behaviour and enjoyed the walk through the library to see the performance auditorium, the innovation rooms with recording equipment, filming material and a 3D printer. 12 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER BUSINESS/ICT DEPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values INJAZ LAUNCH EVENT AT QNCC The visit by Year 10 and 11 girls to the INJAZ launch event was successful. The event was attended by representatives from other secondary schools and universities in Qatar, who will be participating in this year’s competition. Students had the opportunity to meet the managers and organisers of the competition and asked key questions relating to their proposed business idea which Vinery, a health meal delivery service.
SUPPORT AJA BUSINESS PROJECT Support AJA students who have developed a new business as part of competition for secondary schools in Doha. Vinery is a business that delivers fresh organic ingredients with healthy recipes.
For more details: Contact Shahad Ibrahim CEO; Amna Al Hor and Sara Al Hamadi (Finance managers) and other Vinery staff.
13 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER BUSINESS/ICT DEPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values BUSINESS STUDENTS VISIT THE MELTING POT On Thursday 15th March, some of our IGCSE Business Studies students visited "The Melting Pot". The students met with the manager of the branch who explained his reasoning behind starting up a franchise and his choice for choosing this particular one. Students were very engaged and extremely articulate in their choice of questioning to the franchisee. They also had the opportunity to tour the kitchen and see how the food is prepared; which included Abdulla Kareem (11BY) preparing a cheese fondue meal for his peers.
14 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values WE LOVE BALADNA FARM
Year 11 IGCSE Biology students visited Baladna Farm in Al Khor. the largest sheep and livestock farm in the GCC which features the region’s most advanced rotary milking parlor. Students were truly amazed by the accomplishments of Qatar particularly due to the blockade.
15 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values WE LOVE BALADNA FARM
OUR FUTURE SCIENTIST In science, practical work forms an integral part of our courses. It makes science fun and opens up our minds to a whole new world. Here we have a group of our year 11 students, carrying out a titration experiment. Titrations helps us to calculate the concentration of an unknown substance. Just magical.
KEEP CALM AND STUDY SCIENCE
16 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values BIODIVERSITY PROJECT VISIT Year 11 boys, carried out DNA separation on different breeds of falcons and making use of university lab facilities. They attended workshops on selective breeding and adaptations of falcons, the boys thoroughly enjoyed the hands on experience and are now considering a career in the biology field.
Biodiversity is the number and types of plants and animals that exist in a particular area or in the world.
17 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER ISLAMIC STUDIES DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values HOLY QUR’AN COMPETITION Holy Qur’an competition for academic year 2017-2018 Registered Participants Winners KG School 102 102 79 Primary School 173 158 100 Secondary School 45 38 30 Total 320 298 209
ALMOA’THEN COMPETITION
25 boys practice in ALMOA’’THEN competition.
18 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER HUMANITIES DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values INTERNATIONAL HIJAB DAY It was International Hijab day on the 1st February 2018, this day gives all women around the world the opportunity to try out the Hijab for the day. It also celebrates the diversity and culture around the world. To commemorate this day, students from year 7 and 8 AFL class organised 'AJA Hijab day' where all female staff and students could come into school in a hijab from the style and colour of their choice. Well done to all who participated.
19 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER HUMANITIES DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values SEALINE BEACH CLEAN UP TRIP Did you know that it takes over 450 years for a discarded plastic bottle to biodegrade? On the 4th of April 21 of our secondary girls along with Miss Ayeshah and Miss Amelia, took part in a clean-up at Sealine beach, after learning about the effects of humans on the environment. The girls split into 4 teams to see who could collect the most rubbish.
They spent the day very enthusiastically collecting rubbish from a large stretch of the coast. By the end of the trip that had managed to collect 5 bin bags full!
The winning team with their prizes!
They should be very proud of their hard work, and the positive impact they have made on the environment.
If you have been inspired by our wonderful girls, why not take a bag next time you go to the beach and collect some rubbish?
‘Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world’ 20 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER HUMANITIES DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values PRACTISING ISLAMIC VALUES At AJA, Islamic Values doesn’t just end in the classroom but also continues through break. Our year 7 girls have discovered a family of kittens living underneath the Masid. Each break time they spend their time feeding and nurturing the cats. Well done to the girls, a great example of treating animals with kindness.
"There is not an animal that lives on the earth, nor a being that flies on its wings, but they form communities like you. Nothing have we omitted from the Book, and they all shall be gathered to their Lord in the end" (Qur'an 6:38). 21 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER ART DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values KATARA ART EXHIBITION
Art Exhibition at Katara was a magnificent occasion– It was inspiring to see the reactions of the students and their parents who were overwhelmed at the impact of seeing their children’s Art collections displayed in a professional gallery.
Our VIP Guests, including Sheikh Abdullah, Sheikh Faisal Al Thani and the British High Commissioner praised the excellence. This most prestigious event has brought great honour to our academy and has underlined the creative force that is Art in our school.
Particular thanks to Debbie for her hard work and support, to Mark as the papparazzi and of course to Shahida for curating the whole exhibition, drawing together all the different groups and stakeholders and practically living and breathing the exhibition for the past month and more. Pictures below:
22 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER ART DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values ABORIGINAL ART WORKSHOP YR7 took part in an Aboriginal art workshops this week making tiles in a traditional way. The boys and girls had tremendous fun and were very happy with their creations
23 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER ART DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values TATE MODERN
Our AS students from last year, AJA Alumni ; Al Jowhara and Hissa Al Sulaiti visit the Tate modern with Ms Shahida 24 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER PE DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values Y7 BOYS FOOTBALL TEAM FINISH 2ND PLACE
Opposition Result Goal Scorers Hamad Abdulghani Dukhan 2-0 W x2 Hamad Abdulghani x4 Khalifa Haidous x3 Doha College 10-3 W Khalifa Sarour Ali Shahabi Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiti Abdulaziz Al- Swiss School 2-5 L Rasheed Khalifa Sarour Ali Shahabi x2 Salman Sulaiti Coaches Team Talk! International Abdulaziz Rasheed School of 7-0 W Mohammad Al We started with a journey in the far away land London Qatar Hashmi of Dukhan, which seemed closer to Oman than Mohammad Selim Doha! An overhead bicycle kick and a 2-0 win Hamad Abdulghani opened a season full of goals. After the one and Mesaieed only agonizing defeat in the season, an 2-1 W Ali Shahabi x2 International inspirational team talk was needed. In steps Mr. Peter Kubicki with words that resonated with the squad. “You better win….and win the first Squad tackle!” Words which were probably devised to Ali Shahabi, Hamad Abdulghani, Khalifa emulate those of Rocky Balboa as he once said, “it Sorous, Khalifa Haidous, Fahad Mehaaiza, ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you Abdulaziz Al Rasheed, Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti, can get hit and keep moving forward”. Thank Yousef Mahmood, Salman Sulaiti, you Mr. Peter. Mohammed Hashemi, Shaeban Sheebani, A last minute dramatic penalty led to a home win Mohammed Selim, Majed Sulaiti, Mohammed to bring the season to a close. A great season with Jassmi, Nasser Al Emadi, Mohammed great performancesand a greatteam spirit! Redhwani Jaheed Ahmed25 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER PE DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values Y8 BOYS FOOTBALL TEAM FINISH 3RD PLACE
Coaches Team Talk! Opposition Result Goal Scorers A genuinely thrilling season with a lot of Waleed Al Assy memorable moments. The season started off Sherborne Qatar 2-2 D Tameem a bit slowly as the boy’s had a bit of rust to Samhadaneh knock off, but once the wheels began to roll Waleed Al Assy we quickly became an unstoppable force and Doha College 2-3 L Sultan Saoud Al- played with an unrivalled intensity that our Thani opponent’s could neither challenge nor Adham Amer match! Edison Academy 2-2 D Abdurrahman Gahin Win or lose, our Year 8 boys continued to Qatar Academy Sultan Al-Thani ×2 fight through the pain and never gave up. 3-2 W We have learned so much that we can bring Sidra Abdulla Al-Badr back next season to challenge for the top Adham Amer x2 spot that I believe we deserved. Dukhan 3-0 W Waleed Al Assy Well done boys, you did yourselves and the Adham Amer school proud! Callum Ayre Mesaieed Saad AlHarqan 4-1 W International Waleed Al Assy Zaid Alshamaileh Squad
Nawaf Al-Mhssin 8BW, Hamad Alahaya 8BW, Abdulla Al Bader 8BW, Abdulrahman Gahin 8BY, Nayef Aladawi 8BG, Abdullah Alemadi 8BY, Saad Al Sulaiti 8BY Khalid Al-Abdulla 8BW, Zaid AlShamaileh 8BY, Omar ElHoussami 8BY, Tamim Samhadaneh 8BW, Adham Amer 8BY, Ahmad Alemadi 8BW, Waleed Alessy 8BY, Sultan Al Thani 8BW, Abdulla Hashem 8BW (assistant manager/no.1 fan) 26 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER PE DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values Y9 BOYS FOOTBALL TEAM ARE LEAGUE WINNERS
Opposition Result Goal Scorers Coaches Team Talk EMS DOHA 1-0 W Badr Al-Badr Al Khor After 2 consecutive years of finishing in 3rd place, Badr Al-Badr x3 International 4-3 W this same group of players, now in year 9 Abdullah Babikr School reached the summit finishing as champions with Badr Al-Badr x2 a 100% win record. Ibrahim Al- The whole squad have made a huge contribution, Doha British Mahmoud x2 6-0 W however some stand out performers include: School Abdulaziz Badr Al Badr, who continued his impressive Sheebani scoring, finding the net 10 times to finish top Youness Bayoumi goalscorer. Majed ElKalifa was consistently Badr Al-Badr x3 reliable in goal, managing to keep 4 clean sheets. Compass Muhammad Jolo Rakan Abu Amara put in some commanding International 6-0 W x2 performances at the back. Abdullah Babikr has School Abdulaziz been the most improved player this season as Sheebani captain, demonstrating his passing ability and Park House Abdullah Babikr scoring some important goals. Sean Dennis 2-0 W English School Badr Al-Badr
Squad
Majed ELKhalifa 9BG, Bader Al-Badr 9BW, Abdulla Babikr 9BW, Ibrahim Al-Mahmoud 9BG, Rakan Abu Amara 9BY, Yusuf Ahmed 9BY, Musab Nisamy 9BY, Youness Bayoumi 9BY, Mohammed Jolo 9BW, Abdulaziz Al-Sheebani 8BG, Ibrahim AL-Abdulla 9BW, Mohammed Al-Thani 9BW, Sultan Al-Darwish 9BG, Saad Al-Harqan 8BG 27 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER PE DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values AJA TO DEFEND THEIR BASKETBALL TITLE
Fixtures (Year 7-8s) Fixtures (Year 9s) U13S QUESS League U14S QUESS League Sherborne (H) TBC Sherborne (H) TBC Al Khor International (A) Al Khor International (A) TBC TBC Qatar Academy Doha (H) TBC Messaieed International Messaieed International (A) (A) April 25th April 25th Doha College (H) 8th May Doha College (H) 8th May
Boys Basketball Practice with Coach Yusuf Gymnasium Every Monday 2-3pm
QUESS BOYS BASKETBALL REIGNING CHAMPIONS 2017
Squad Majed ELKhalifa 8BG, Youness Bayoumi 8BY, Ali Qaddoura 8BY, Abdulrahman Al Abdulla 8BG, Ahmed Mohamed 8BG, Khaled Alsabbaagh 8BY, Hussamuldin Al Mahawati 8BW, Mohammed Al-Sheeb 8BG, Bazhad Agha 8BG
28 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER PE DEAPARTMENT Academic leaders with Islamic values AJA GIRLS SPORTS DAY This year the girls Sports Day was held on the 12th February 2018 at the school. The events were split between Years 7-9 & 10-12. Basketball and Volleyball took place in the gym while football was played on the field. The event was split between years 7-9 and years 10-12.
There were some great moments shown by all participants. The basketball match between the year 11 girls and year 10 girls were very intense with the the year 11 girls winning all their matches. The match between the year 8’s were another intense game with 8GG giving it all they had. The girls clearly had fun and it was a day to be remembered. The overall winners were Year 8GY and Year 11 girls respectively.
AJA VOLLEYBALL CLUB
Reem Al Sayed: “The year 11s and I Myas Murad: “Ever since I started playing had a prodigious opportunity to join this amazing sport with my friends and Aljazeera Academy’s volleyball team. team mates, I have gained so many skills We worked tremendously hard during than I have ever expected. I have gained break times and after school to practice leadership skills when my team mates and because every practice was a learning I discussed the positions and the changes process. that we need to make, since all of us had different opinions and we all voiced them Playing volleyball had been an amusing out loud. experience since we had the opportunity to interact with new faces I have gained life skills when we lost and and learn to be patient during all times when we won, when we lost we weren’t even when losing; We believed that gloomy at all, we all considered the game losing is the door to progress. as practice for the future and it motivated Volleyball taught us how to collaborate us to practice more and to win the next not as an individual only but as a whole time. The first time we won it was one of team, sports gave us self-discipline and the happiest moments of my life, we all understanding on how to work as a screamed when the final score was team to accomplish our goal.” reached as we jumped in each other’s arms.”
29 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER EXTRA CURRICULAR Academic leaders with Islamic values AJA 2018 MODEL UNITED NATIONS
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31 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER EXTRA CURRICULAR Academic leaders with Islamic values FIRST AID WORKSHOP Students from all through the secondary school have completed a first aid workshop with Hamad International Training Corporation. These workshops provide the students with basic training in First Aid. These are part of the skills needed by everyone throughout life, though hopefully, we never have to use them.
FIRST AID SAVES LIVES ANTI-SMOKING ASSEMBLY All the girls from YR 7, 8 and 12 attended an assembly by the MoE regarding the dangers of smoking. The assembly was well received by all the
students who 32 attended. CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER EXTRA CURRICULAR Academic leaders with Islamic values PARENT CONSULTATION DAY All staff were on site to conduct Parent consultation meetings throughout the whole Academy. There was a great turnout and some really positive messages from the parents. POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR CPD
Mr. Towseef and Mr. Leon - CPD on positive behavior management SPORTS DAY 2018
33 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER EXTRA CURRICULAR Academic leaders with Islamic values Y10 WORK EXPERIENCE
Faisal Al-Moadhadi (10BY), Faisal I H Al-Emadi (10BG), Fadi Ahmad (10BY) and Illyas Arfaan (10BY) completed their work experience in Grand Hyatt Hotel. The students were on rotation all week working within: Concierge; Guest relations; Housekeeping; Grand club and The Communication Centre.
Mohammed Al-Mehaizza (10BG)- Mohammed worked in the General Authority of Minor Affairs. This organisation deals with the issuing Nizar Ziadeh (10BY) completed his work of inheritance funds for families after the experience in Abnaa Saleh Group, a sponsorship passing of the head of the household. and recruitment company for Maids & Drivers. Mohammed was also told today that as soon as Today Nizar was completing administrative tasks he has finished his university course there is a ensuring that documentation was completed for job waiting for him! the sponsorships of each employee. 34 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER EXTRA CURRICULAR Academic leaders with Islamic values DISPLAYS AND THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
35 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER EXTRA CURRICULAR Academic leaders with Islamic values MOHADETH TARBEYA
QATAR ARABIC DEBATES
Qatar Arabic Debates – Thanks to Mohammed Al Sayed for his efforts with the boys AJA VOLUNTEERS AT AL ASSAAI
36 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER LEARNING SUPPORT Academic leaders with Islamic values THE LEARNING SUPPORT DEPARTMENT
KS2 girls are engineers for the day at the STEM trip making The rainbow students enjoy the music workshop at the rockets as part of a gifted and talented trip. Qatar National Library visit
Rashid 1C exploring hot and cold KS2 boys as Engineers at the STEM visit, designing their rockets stage as part of a experiments using a variety of solids, gifted and talented trip. and liquids a Science workshop Shadow Teachers Ire, Mahmood and Mohammed enjoying Autism Day, they provide a fantastic support for their students, daily, thank you.
37 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER LEARNING SUPPORT Academic leaders with Islamic values HAPPINESS DAY ACTIVITIES
Saoud Enjoying Happiness Day Activity Hassan and Ayham below enjoying happiness day activity
38 Saoud standing proud at the Qatar National Library Trip. CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER LEARNING SUPPORT Academic leaders with Islamic values CELEBRATING AUTISM DAY AT AJA World Autism Day (WAD) is an internationally recognized day and celebrated on the 2nd of April each year. World Autism day was first proposed by her Highness Sheika Moza, chairperson of Qatar Foundation in 2007. WAD was adopted without a vote by the UN General Assembly in 2008. The Puzzle piece and royal blue colour are symbols and famous landmarks ‘light it up blue’.
39 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER LEARNING SUPPORT Academic leaders with Islamic values CELEBRATING AUTISM DAY AT AJA
Primary staff taking part in Autism Day celebrations Learning Support Team
40 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER TARBEYA Academic leaders with Islamic values QADA ACTIVITIES
Football and Jumping activities held at Bounce Qatar)
41 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW AL JAZEERA ACADEMY NEWSLETTER TARBEYA Academic leaders with Islamic values TARBEYA VISIT TO HEAD OFFICE 10 exceptional students that we took out today were across years 7-11 were all excellent both in public speaking and when interacting with other students from other schools. All the girls said that they truly benefitted from their Tarbeya session today at Head office. A special thank you to Miss Doja for preparing the girls today.
42 ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY,
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Note from ~ Mr James Batts Head Teacher Primary
Dear parents
We decided to combine March and Aprils newsletter as there was so much crossover and building on the learning. There has been some wonderful learning opportunities both for the children and the staff. I am particularly drawn to our Anti-bullying week which was a tremendous success and allowed us to build on the links of our Terbeya Values and ROARing like Lions.
We have been fortunate enough to enter and win a number of competitions including celebrating Quran, Arabic and our Young Writers.
I would just like to take an opportunity to recognize the hard work my Staffing team put into developing learning and a culture of respect.
Warm Regards to all
Mr James
AJA Students are Academic Leaders with Islamic Values ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
Welcome to Year 1 Newsletter
March was a happy month as we celebrated “Happiness Day”. At 10 am everybody stopped what they were doing to sing and dance along the Happy song by Pharrell Williams from the Minions. As can be seen everyone had a fantastic time!!!
Everyone is feeling Happy!!
Science Week was also a great success with Mad Science visiting to teach the students how fun science can be. The students experienced making slime, undersea ocean in a bottle, learnt about gases and watched clips about what life was like during the Age of the Dinosaurs - It was educational!!!
I made slime! ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
Welcome to Year 2 Newsletter
March has been a busy but exciting month for year 2. It started off with 2 amazing weeks celebrating books. Year two had fun showing off their drama 2A had fun during skills and ended it off with their STEM lesson a show-stopping book where they made a frog character day. We have been that could jump. working extremely hard 2D learn all about how with mid-semester cocoa is changed to assessments, but also chocolate. learning and having lots of fun. Lessons from the STEM team helped us understand habitats. 2B had a fantastic Science week was full of experience with Mad exciting and interesting science during science experiments. We look 2E had lots of fun week doing exciting forward to a relaxing April experiments during break and lots more fun Science week. when we return.
2F had fun making 3d shapes with 2C celebrating book marshmallows and character day sticks. ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
Welcome to Year 3 Newsletter Dear Parents, What an exciting and eventful month we had. The children started science week with a bang! We had an opportunity to take part in variety of activities where we explored and developed our scientific skills. It was lovely to see the children engaged and excited about science. A few year 3 classes went on a trip to the stunning Qatar National Library where we received a tour and explored the children’s library. The children went inside a ‘Sky Dome’ where they watched a move about dinosaur explorers.
We had fun doing lot of science experiments during Science Week
Sara is reading an Arabic book to her peers We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the Qatar National Library.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go! - Dr. Seuss ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
Welcome to Year 4 Newsletter
An action packed month!
Year 4 students have thoroughly enjoyed participating in events such as book week, science week, international happiness day, practical activities and much more! We have enjoyed playing ‘Babble Gabble’ in our English lessons which has helped children to recall story events and improve vocabulary. We now move our focus to a book called ‘’Incredible Sports’ in which we explore strange activities such as Ultimate Frisbee. Hands-on activities have also helped us forward our learning in Math lessons. We tackled fractions objectives by creating our own fraction walls and displayed them around our classrooms. This helped us to find equivalent fractions. It has been an exciting period in our Science lessons. Children really enjoyed taking part in Science week in which they watched documentaries, participated in assemblies and took part in experiments based on our ‘states of matter’ module. ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
Welcome to Year 5 Newsletter
Another fabulous month in year 5 as lots of exciting events have taken place! Year 5 celebrated book week with a blast! Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate factory was a big hit and was our theme. Students performed scenes and songs from this world-famous book in the assembly. 5BG won the best decorated Charlie & the Chocolate Factory door competition - well done 5BG! Year 5 enjoyed turning into mad scientist for science week. They created rockets that tied in with our Earth and space science topic. Sky dome, making a water rocket blast and watching a live science show was all a part of the science week events. Mid Semester practical/assessments were fun and it was a way to assess our students. They particularly liked performing poems as part of the English practical. Year 5 have got technical with the computing side of things, they will be able to explain to you how virtual tours are created using SketchUp- our very own architects in the making! Keep up the good work year 5, a few more months before you prepare to leap in to year 6.
Year 5 using tablets for their Lamar and Safiyyah 5AG-science first online test made fun Mohamed El-Hajj – Performing 5AG doing group work in the library his favourite poems.
Science week live show 5BG take part in science 5BB performing their with students taking part week activities poems in groups ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
Welcome to Year 6 Newsletter Dear parents, Another month has raced by and we continue at pace towards our students’ completion of their time at AJA Primary. This month has been a real rollercoaster with some fantastic activities in school, our class performances for Book Week, our Mid-Term assessments and, of course, keeping up with our lessons and learning in the classroom. There is no doubt that our students in Year 6 have earned the upcoming holiday! It has been lovely to see in recent weeks what wonderful performers we have in Year 6. Our class performances took a lot of dedication and preparation from the students but it was worth it in the end as they put on a great show for their parents and peers. The confidence, enthusiasm and energy on show was really inspiring. We have also had the excitement of Science Week lately. We had a range of activities for the students to enjoy from exploding cotton to films in a blow-up planetarium to homemade slime. The students were positive and engaged throughout and showed off some excellent knowledge of the subject matter. It is always a pleasure for teachers to see students smiling and enjoying themselves as they learn. After the excitement of Science Week, the students focused their attention on demonstrating their improvements in their Mid-Term assessments. These assessments will prove useful for the teachers to identify the many strengths of our students but also the areas where we still need to focus in order to improve. What was particularly encouraging to see during these assessments was the effort that all the students put in. It was obvious that our students wanted to do their best and that is something for which all of them should be very proud. Kind regards, The Year Six Team Arabic ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
Arabic Newsletter قسم اللّغة العربيّة
نعود إليكم مجدّدًا مع منتصف الفصل الدّراس ّي الثّاني، في وقت متابعة الحصاد واإلنجاز وبداية قطف ثمرة جهودكم مع أبنائكم في هذا العام الدّراس ّي . شهد شهر مارس العديد من األنشطة والفعاليّات في قسم ال ّلغة العربيّة؛ بد ًءا من إنشاء نوا ٍد لطلبة الدّعم اإلضاف ّي وفرسان ال ّلغة العربيّة مرو ًرا باختبارات منتصف الفصل وانتها ًء باإلعالن عن مسابقة تع ّلم لإلبداع في جوانب الشّعر والقراءة اإلضافيّة والخ ّط والخطابة، في خطوة رائعة من مجموعة تع ّلم نحو ال ّطلبة الموهوبين لتعزيز وصقل مواهبهم. منسّقا المرحلة االبتدائيّة الدّنيا والعليا التّج ّمع األسبوع ّي لطلبة المدرسة. أنس عبد الكريم عيد، دارين ميتاني.
جداريات تعبّر عن مواضيع تطبيق استراتيجيّة “plickers" دروس ال ّلغة العربيّة.
تطبيق استراتيجيّة "حوض الس ّمك" وطلبة مس آمال. استعدادات ممتازة لل ّطلبة لمسابقة القراءة.
تصوير حلقة تلفزيونيّة لطلبة ال ّص ّف السّادس في مكتبة قطر الوطنيّة مع المع ّلم حسام الخطيب. ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY,
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نعم لال ْن ِضبَاط Yes to Discipline
AJA in cooperation with the National Commission for Human Rights organized a workshop on the value of discipline.
أكاديميّة الجزيرة بالتّعاون مع االنضباط مع ال ّلجنة الوطنيّة لحقوق اإلنسان األصدقاء. تن ّظم ورشة عن قيمة االنضباط. وطالبات ال ّص ّف ال ّرابع. Discipline with friends. Year 4 girls
جداريات قسم ال ّلغة اإلنجليزيّة English Boards األفضل في تطبيق قيمة االنضباط. ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW From the Library Newsletter
Celebration of World Book Day The school celebrated world book day in KG, Primary, and Secondary. Two weeks were dedicated to different reading activities. The classroom doors were decorated based on different stories and themes. Children read stories and participated in book review competitions. Awards such as 'Good Reader,' 'Best Character Dress up,' 'Best Library Users,' ‘Best Door Display’ and 'Best Class ' were given out. The library monitors were also recognized for their dedication.
Award Winners for best Costumes, Library Monitors & Best Book Review
Bookfair Slogan of Book Week Secondary Student sharing Story
Winners of Best Door Ms. Fatima 1 F Ms. Upasana 2B Ms. Miche 3C Ms. Sarah 4AG Ms. Fadiyah 5BG Ms. Sheena 6BG ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
From the Learning Support Team Newsletter
Alhassan Hashme 6BB enjoying arts and crafts on Happiness day Abdullah 2D enjoying arts and crafts for and he also spoke about Ancient Happiness day. History and Civilization in March for a love TV show.
Ayham 4AB enjoyed his card making activity for Sultan 1D enjoying arts and crafts mothers day. for Happiness day ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
Celebrating World Autism day Newsletter
World Autism Day (WAD) is an internationally recognized day and celebrated on the 2nd of April each year. World Autism day was first proposed by her Highness Sheika Moza, chairperson of Qatar Foundation in 2007. WAD was adopted without a vote by the UN General Assembly in 2008. The Puzzle piece and royal blue colour are symbols to commemorate this day. World Autism day was celebrated on the 2ndof April at AJA, where fun, games and information was shared. 6AG prepared a ‘SWAY’ presentation that reached various countries through social media and also supported a reading workshop. Year 6 classes designed the puzzles and looked at ‘individually complete and together complete’ concept. Miss Aida ALF class 2A designed blue candles and the Bateel team showed students how to design flowers and shapes using fruits and vegetables. Year 2 designed puzzle pieces and took part in some fun activities and games. 1A designed activities around numeracy and designed their door around this. The rainbow group and Learning Support staff enjoyed sharing various activities together. A day thoroughly enjoyed by all.
KG supported Blue day for Autism day and enjoyed activities Around arts , crafts and printed blue hands ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
Anti-Bullying week Newsletter
AJA Primary Anti Bullying Campaign Staff and students came together to create an awareness against bullying. The week-long program focused on types of bullying, its impact and ways and means of reporting and recording incidents of bullying. All students and teachers were actively engaged. Stories, videos and posters were used to put across drive the message of “Don’t Blurt What Can Hurt”. An anti-Bullying parade was held and each student made a commitment to take a stand against bullying by signing a pledge. ALJAZEERA ACADEMY March & April 2018 CREATIVE LEARNERS TODAY, FUTURE LEADERS TOMORROW
From the Microsoft Team Newsletter
AJA is a Microsoft showcase school. In accordance with that, on 21st April 2018 a PD session was organized for the primary and the secondary staff to further enhance the skills of the teachers on how to use the Microsoft for education tools in their lessons. It was an amazing session on Minecraft for education, OneNote and Sways. The training session was delivered by Ms Upasana, Ms Erin, Mr Tomos, Mr Saad and Ms Amanda