Empowering students School Year: 2018– 2019 22nd IssueIssue February 14, 2019 In This Issue Principals’ Message Principals’ Message January 18, 2018 رحلة الشقب ,Dear parents and community members مسابقة القرآن الكريم بدولة قطر Athletics and Activities News What a week! We have touched the Asian Cup, we have Annual Book Fair mingled with the victorious Qatar football team, swum with Universities the Olympian Conor Dwyer and been inspired by Ibtihaj Library Muhammad a fellow Olympic medal winning fencer-al we have Calendar done all of this in a four day week! QAD at its most fantastic and vibrant! That plus Grade 7 I and S field trips-we really have Grade 10 Personal Project Exhibition Feb 20th been on our toes! Need to Contact Us? MS Principal: Please read below more important information about the Dr. Howard Menand [email protected] week ahead. MS Assistant Principal: Mrs. Nicole D. Anderson [email protected] Students: Invoices-please note invoices were handed out to all HS Principal: Mrs. Sarah McGinley-Barrett senior school students in advisory this week. [email protected] HS Assistant Principal: Mrs. Sarah Wade Reminder-keep the date: [email protected] Students: Grade 10 Personal Project Exhibition: We hope Middle School Office #: that parents of Grade 10 students will join us in three weeks’ (+974) 4454 - 1893 time on February 20 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm in the Diamond High School Office #: Area for a night of creativity, achievement, and knowledge. The (+974) 4454 - 2042 personal project exhibition represents an important milestone Website: for our grade 10 students as they finish the MYP programme. http://www.qa.edu.qa/ QATAR ACADEMY DOHA MISSION STATEMENT Qatar Academy offers a rigorous program encompassing an international English-medium education, strong Arabic and Islamic Studies. The QA community supports and challenges students to be critical thinkers, and active and contributing members of society, through learning experiences serving the needs, interests and learning styles of each student. School Year: 2018– 2019 22nd Issue February 14, 2019 PERSONAL PROJECT EXHIBITION TIMELINE EXHIBITION DAY: WEDNESDAY, 20th FEBRUARY Time Activity Advisory Final opportunity to complete display for the Exhibition Period 1 Normal class Period 2 Normal class Break time As normal Period 3 All Grade 10 students go to the Diamond to finalise set-up and get ready for the Grade 5 students Period 4 All Grade 10 present to Grade 5 Lunch As normal - Students to be back on time, ready to present by 1.00pm at the latest! Period 5 All Grade 10 present to Grade 9 2.00 Leave school 5.45 pm Al grade 10 to be back at school – ready to present 6.00 – 7.00 Personal Project Exhibition pm All students present their projects to the community Students: Grade 10 Mock e Assessment Examinations: Our Grade 10 students will sit their mock examinations from 5-7th March in preparation for their May 2019 MYP onscreen assessments. Please note that all students are expected in school at 7:00 am as normal on the days of Tuesday March 5th through to Thursday March 7th. Please click the link to access further details. 2 School Year: 2018– 2019 22nd Issue February 14, 2019 Mock Examinations for eAssessment - Qatar Academy Doha - March 2019 Day 1st Exam 7.30 - 2nd Exam 10.10 - 12.10 1:00 - 2:00 pm 9.30 Tuesday, Mathematics Optional library as a 5th March study place or leave the building Wednesday, Integrated Arabic Optional library as a 6th March Humanities Language and Literature study place or leave the building Thursday, Integrated English Optional library as a 7th March Sciences Language and Literature study place or leave the building Community: Literacy Focus for the Month of February: Prepositions-possibly the hardest piece for language learners as their usage changes dramatically form language to language and the difference in meaning is often very subtle. Please take time to review these with your sons and daughters this month. If you have any doubts the Arabic, English and Language Acquisition teachers will be happy to help. There are basically three types of prepositions: Time Prepositions - Time prepositions are used to clarify the time of that something or someone of an action. An example of time prepositions are at, on, in, while, during etc. After - I will be there after work. Before - I will be there before I go to school. Place prepositions - specify the place, someone or somebody. Example of time prepositions are: at, on, in, while, during etc At - Is your house at the end of the street. On The Side Of - There is a big sign on the side of the house. Direction Prepositions - Direction prepositions are used to clarify the direction of someone or something. Examples of direction prepositions are: under, over, right, left etc. We live over there in the red house. English The Easy Way, english-the-easy- way.com/Prepositions/Prepositions_Page.htm 3 School Year: 2018– 2019 22nd Issue February 14, 2019 Safeguarding: In Qatar at the moment we are seeing a new format of e-cigarettes. These are slim, discreet and look very similar to memory sticks or thumb drives. There are some links below should you wish to talk to your sons or daughter about the dangers of vaping. Vaping 1 Vaping 2 Vaping 3 Assessment Calendars Dear High School Parents, Did you know that you can see when your child has upcoming assessments? Each grade level blog has a link to the assessment calendar at the top of the home page. Below are links to the blog for each high school grade level: Grade 9 (https://sites.google.com/qaprimary.org/qa2022) Grade 10 (https://sites.google.com/qaprimary.org/qa2021) Grade 11 (https://sites.google.com/qaprimary.org/qa2020) Grade 12 (https://sites.google.com/qaprimary.org/qa2019 CAS Gold Cup Students! Q2 (Semester 1) REWARD At the end of the second quarter of Grade 11, the following students were provided a late start, or a visit Coffee Bean in the Recreation Center during this CAS advisory time on Wednesday 13th February. This was due to outstanding progress made in the CAS program. Successful completion of CAS is a requirement of both the High School and IB Diploma, and at the moment the following students are excelling in this component. Dakheel Al Nabti Saif Al Suwaidi Al Dana Al Thani Maha Suffar Janna Boraei Oroni Hasan Aya Muhiyaddin Christine Taqtaq Adhm Abbas Iyana Adbel Aziz Omar Abu Ghazala Lana Abu Shanab Haya Al Kuwari Yousef Al Derbesti Fatima Al Jaidah Amna Al Khelaifi 4 School Year: 2018– 2019 22nd Issue February 14, 2019 Abdulrahman Al-Obaidan Shifa Ranade Tamara Younis Faisal Al Thani Zahra Lofton Shahad Al Suwaidi Al Johara Al Thani Mohammed Al Asmakh Hissa Al Mana Aisha Al Mulla Prkiti Tandon Khalid Al Mana Al Anoud Al Thani Dana Hamad Haya Al Thani Sharifa Al Thani Community: Calendar-please see link to Draft Calendar 2019-2020 for QF schools Thanks for your support. Dr. Howard Menand Ms. Sarah McGinley Middle School Principal High School Principal 5 School Year: 2018– 2019 22nd Issue February 14, 2019 رحلة الشقب نظم قسم التاريخ القطري والتراث رحلة ميدانية إلى مربط الشقب ) عضو مؤسسة قطر ( وكان في استقبالنا السيد : عبد الرحمن التميمي مسئول البروتوكول والذي قام بدوره باصطحاب الطﻻب إلى مركز قوة التحمل للخيول حيث تؤدي الخيول التمارين الرياضية اليومية ثم المربط اﻷميري حيث الخيول العربية اﻷصيلة وﻻحظ الطﻻب الفرق بين الخيول العربية واﻷنواع اﻷخرى وكيف أن هذه الخيول ﻻتقدر بثمن وأنها تشارك في مسابقات الجمال العالمية تفاعل الطﻻب جدا مع الزيارة وألقوا اﻻسئلة على العاملين هناك ووعدنا السيد عبد الرحمن باﻻجابة عن أي تساؤل يهم الطﻻب عن طريق اﻻيميل وبهذا فإننا نبحث في أساليب التعليم المختلفة لنجد ما يتناسب مع مناهجنا في محاولة منا للبعد عن التلقين وتحفيز الطالب على البحث واﻻستقصاء. 6 School Year: 2018– 2019 22nd Issue February 14, 2019 مسابقة القرآن الكريم بدولة قطر يتقدم قسم الدراسات اﻹسﻻمية بخالص التحية والتقدير للسادة أولياء اﻷمور الكرام ونود أن نوجه عناية سيادتكم بأنه تم تحديد ١٨ فبراير ٢٠١٩ موعدا لبدء اختبارات الطﻻب المشاركين في مسابقة القرآن الكريم ويوم ٢٦ فبراير ٢٠١٩ موعدا لبدء اختبارات الطالبات المشاركات في مسابقة القرآن الكريم التي تنظمها وحدة تحفيظ القرآن الكريم بدولة قطر وقد تم تحديد أماكن اﻻختبارات لكل مدرسة مشاركة في هذه المسابقة من خﻻل الجدول المعلن على الموقع الرسمي ، فعلى الطﻻب المشتركين في هذه المسابقة اﻻستعداد والمداومة على مراجعة المقدار المطلوب منهم ، واليكم جدوﻻ بأسماء الطﻻب المشاركين في المسابقة مع مقدار الحفظ المطلوب منهم. ولﻻستفسار عن أية تفاصيل تخص المسابقة والمشتركين الرجاء التواصل مع اﻷستاذ ياسر إبراهيم غرفة رقم C2-36 أو اﻻتصال على 55055451 أسماء الطﻻب المشتركين في مسابقة القرآن للعام ٢٠١٨-٢٠١٩ اﻻسم الصف مقدار الحفظ يوسف خان السادس من سورة الحشر - إلى سورة الناس لمى البدوي السادس من سورة الذاريات - إلى سورة الناس محمد العماري السادس من سورة الذاريات - إلى سورة الناس مبارك المعضادي السادس من سورة الذاريات - إلى سورة الناس زينب عرفة السابع من سورة الرحمن - إلى سورة الناس حصة معرفي السابع من سورة الرحمن - إلى سورة الناس لجين الرعوش السادس من سورة الرحمن - إلى سورة الناس 7 School Year: 2018– 2019 22nd Issue February 14, 2019 عايدة ياسر السادس من سورة الرحمن - إلى سورة الناس غالية البنعلي السادس من سورة الحشر - إلى سورة الناس نور الكواري السادس من سورة الرحمن - إلى سورة الناس أحمد حماده السابع من سورة الذاريات - إلى سورة الناس علي زغموت السابع من سورة الذاريات - إلى سورة الناس ماوية البدوي السابع من سورة الفتح - إلى سورة الناس عبد هللا حسنه الثامن من سورة الفتح - إلى سورة الناس يس عرفه الثامن من سورة الدخان - إلى سورة الناس نادر قاسم الثامن من سورة اﻷحقاف - إلى سورة الناس نورة الكواري الثامن من سورة الدخان - إلى سورة الناس يمان عامر التاسع من سورة اﻷحقاف - إلى سورة الناس حازم قاسم التاسع من سورة اﻷحقاف - إلى سورة الناس محمد العلي العاشر من سورة الدخان - إلى سورة الناس عبد هللا ياسر العاشر من سورة الزخرف - إلى سورة الناس أريج حسنه العاشر من سورة اﻷحقاف - إلى سورة الناس أحمد زايد الحادي عشر من سورة الشورى - إلى سورة الناس ثابت عامر الحادي عشر من سورة الشورى - إلى سورة الناس 8 School Year: 2018– 2019 22nd Issue February 14, 2019 Athletics and Activities News Varsity Boys Basketball are NESAC Champions 2019!! Your Varsity boys’ basketball team competed in Kuwait for the NESAC championship.