HEAD OF SECONDARY IN THIS ISSUE Year 7
2
Year 8
4
Year 9
6
Year 10
8
Year 11
11
Sixth Form
13
Careers & University
19
Thank you for your continued support this term. Wishing you a very happy festive season with family and loved ones and we look forward to seeing you at the start of next term.
HEAD OF YEAR 7 TERM 1 IN YEAR 7
WE WILL ROCK YOU SCHOOL PRODUCTION
‘We Will Rock You’
LIP SYNC—HOUSE COMPETITION
Lip-Synced
YEAR 7 ACTIVITY DAY THE CLUB
KEY STAGE 3 REWARD PIZZA PARTY School Values
Well done to all Year 7’s for their hard work!
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS 2nd
UAE Wakeboarding Championships Egyptian National Finals!
Spartan Kids World Championships 2019!
HEAD OF YEAR 8 MELS—AUTUMN TERM
WADI ADVENTURE TRIP 8—10 DECEMBER 2019
Keep up the outstanding effort and achievements in Term 2 and I look forward to meeting parents and students at the Year 8 Parents Evening on Tuesday, 4 February 2020
HEAD OF YEAR 9
GCSE’s February 2020
UAE National Day We Will Rock You
Musandam,
MUSANDAM TRIP 26—29 OCT 2019
GCSE TASTER DAY
SAVE THE DATE 8 JANUARY 2020
MISS NICHOLA COOPER HEAD OF YEAR 10
Congratulations to all for their hard work!
It hasn't all been hardwork so far though! Wednesday House Competitions have seen us all out on the pitch for
EMOTIONAL WELL BEING
CONGRATULATIONS TO Zoha Khan PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION
Yassin Khorshed GOLDEN BOOT World School Games
100% Attendance and Punctuality Winner to be announced soon!
AS A POINT OF REFERENCE:
STUDENT LEADERSHIP student leadership
MELS TOPICS CAREERS WORK EXPERIENCE
MELS
https://forms.gle/yZeGhPeHzUsRPSg48
TIME MANAGEMENT & SLEEP
Cornells Notes.
INVISIBLE-VISIBLE CULTURE
MR JULIAN BRAMMER HEAD OF YEAR 11 Mocks are complete
‘how do I make sure I peak in the summer?’ I have said many times that hard work seldom goes unrewarded and by and large people get what they deserve. We will also be looking at the scores and will work with your son or daughter to make sure they try to exceed expectations.
YEAR 11 SUCCESS Kangzi Chan Outstanding Pearson Learner Awards, under the Highest Mark in the World category for GCSE Statistics.
I have been delighted by the contributions the Year 11 students have made
Monty Walsh National Youth Orchestra of Ireland
Noah Sakapagi Lola Bly Cassie Gottschalk
Alice Shenton
UAE NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS I must give credit to the wonderful individual performances in the 48th UAE National Day celebrations, it is a wonderful event, showcasing some of the highlights of Emirati history and culture.
Otilie Emery
Anique Kuiper
SIXTH FORM Mrs Tamera Holcroft Head of Year 12
Mr Michael Byrne Head of Year 13
PREFECTS
SAFEGUARDING Prefect Safeguarding Training
Andrew Jones
Ghiya Daoud
PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION
Huge congratulations to Areen Tawil for winning the gold medal in the Environmental section. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE COMPETITION
ADIPEC YOUNGSTERS PROGRAMME
MED SOC IN THE SIXTH FORM
Dr Harban
Sheikh Khalifa Medical Centre Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (Bahrain)
Body World Exhibition
Khalifa University
SIXTH FORM CONFERENCE 5 SEPTEMBER 2019 It may seem like a distant memory now, but the 5th of September saw our first Sixth Form conference.
BSAK Sixth Form Mindset;
This year, we introduced our new cohort of Sixth Form students to this mindset from their first week so that they could well and truly ‘hit the ground running’. The Sixth Form Mindset
Mrs Priya Mitchell
University and
Career
Unifrog and Eclipse. Winston Cowie
Marine Policy Manager
resilience
endeavour
MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT HEAD SIXTH FORM Mr Alistair Thompson As I write this message, I have just been witness to a hugely inspiring school production ‘We Will Rock You’, have just chatted to excited MedSoc students returning from the ‘BodyWorlds’ exhibition at Khalifa University and I am about to attend a shirt presentation for the upcoming Dubai 7s U19’s Boys and Girls rugby squads.
Steve Oakes ‘VESPA’
‘The A Level Mindset’.
‘supervised study zone’
The A in VESPA stands for attitude
Punctuality is more than turning up on time
MINDSET FOR SUCCESS AT BSAK Mr Alistair Thompson Our ‘work day’ philosophy is designed to encourage our students to be more productive during their ‘study periods’.
‘work’
‘play’
‘Thursday Challenges'
Monday 6th January
GCSE Celebration Evening
Monday 13th January
Careers Fair
Sunday 2nd February - Thursday 6th February
Year 13 Mock Exams
Thursday 6th February
Year 12 Team-Building Day
Tuesday 3rd March
Year 12 UCAS & US Applications Evening
Tuesday 17th March
Sixth Form Concert
Monday 23rd March
Year 12 Parents Evening
Tuesday 24th March
Year 13 Lifers’ Event
CAREERS AND UNIVERSITY ADVISOR Miss Christine Mannion YEAR 13 PERSONAL STATEMENTS Year 13 students had a very busy and
MOCK INTERVIEW DAY
exciting term finalizing their applications and applying to university. “mock interview day”
“Firm” “Insurance”
HOME STATUS EVENING Home Status Evening
Additionally, a large number of students Careers
have applied to universities in the US, Canada and the rest of Europe. NYU held an amazing Common App and Essay writing workshop to advise students on the process of applying through the Common App.
Evening