SummaRISe - Issue 148

th Thursday 21 May 2015 Issue 89 Thursday, 13 December 2018 Issue 148

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PARIS SCHOOL CLINIC

Foundation Stage 2 Winter Concert

Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa came to Raffles International School

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EVENTS JANUARY 2019

Sunday, 6 January Monday, 7 - Thursday, 17 January Monday, 7 - Thursday, 17 January Wednesday, 9 January Sunday, 13 - Thursday, 24 January Thursday, 17 January Sunday, 20 January Sunday, 20 - Wednesday, 23 January Tuesday, 22 January Wednesday, 23 January Sunday, 20 - Tuesday, 22 January Thursday, 24 January Thursday, 24 January Sunday, 27 January Sunday, 27 - Tuesday, 29 January Sunday, 27 January Monday, 28 January Tuesday, 29 January Tuesday, 29 - 30 January Tuesday, 29 - Wednesday, 30 January Wednesday, 30 - Thursday, 31 January Wednesday, 30 January Thursday, 31 January

Students and staff return Years 11/12 Mock Exams Years 11/12 External GCSE/AS/A Level Exams Year 7 Trip to French Bakery School Photographs (Class & Individual) Open House, 9:30 - 11:00 am Year 4E & 4F Field Trip Year 6 Mock SATs - Exam Hall Year 4A & 4C Field Trip Year 4D & 4B Field Trip FS 2 Field Trip Year 1 Recycling Fashion Show Arabic A Field Trip (Years 3 - 4) FLL UAE Final Championship, Abu Dhabi - (Junior) FLL UAE Final Championship, Abu Dhabi - (Senior) FS 2 Sports Day Year 1 Sports Day FS 2 Math Fun Day IVEI Qur’an Recital Competition Nursery Sports Practice Year 1 Math Fun Day Year 11 Transition Evening Nursery Sports Day

Dear Parents, Thank you for your support during this eventful first term of the 2018-19 academic year. The photographs contained in this edition of SummaRISe give some indication of the number of events just over the last few weeks and the scale of engagement within them.

Late in December, we celebrated UAE National Day on the largest scale ever in RIS history with every student (and lots of parents) taking the opportunity to enjoy traditional art and craft, meet some local wildlife, be entertained with fashion shows, typical Emirati dances and other stage performances. I was particularly pleased to see so many Secondary students taking the opportunity to explore artistic, cultural, natural and historical opportunities during National Day, led by our Emirati ‘ambassadors’.

Throughout the term, we have welcomed distinguished guests to RIS including several local and international authors, British Olympic athlete Marilyn Okoro and our rugby players had the opportunity to meet the England 7s team during their recent visit to Dubai.

As well as celebrations, we have also taken time to reflect on important issues including Commemoration Day, World Peace Day and Think Pink Day. Early this week, we heard about Innoventures new GIVE project to support schools in Malawi, East Africa and a trip planned for February or March to actually get involved on the ground.

We have also listened to parent feedback regarding school communication and have developed the range of information now available on the iSAMS parent mobile application and the RIS school sports mobile application. We will continue to enhance both services to ensure information is readily and easily available ‘on the go’ to parents who wish to see it. If you do not have these applications installed on your devices, I would urge you to do this as soon as possible.

Early in the term, we launched Twitter for RIS as a means of instantly sharing events at school as they happen and I am pleased to see that we currently have 237 members of our school community following the official RIS feed. I would be equally pleased to see that number double in the next 6 months!

The second term is traditionally our busiest term for events and we start with FS2 and Year 1 Sports Days along with Innovents Qur’an recitation competitions in January. Before that, we have three weeks of well-earned rest and recovery. Whether you are remaining in Dubai to enjoy the sunshine and fireworks or travelling overseas, I wish you all a very safe and happy holiday and best wishes for 2019!

Tim Richardson Principal

Recent Happenings RIS Celebrated UAE National Day on 28th November

Choose Respect assembly with PS and SS students sharing film, poetry and talks on the theme of Respect.

Eco Team Activities - Primary School Planting the seeds – Organic Garden

Poster Competition across the Primary – amazing response …Save the Oceans Say NO to Plastic. Save life under water

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Eco Team Activities - Secondary School Student led presentations on Sustainability focus on SDG#14 (Life Under Water)

Lecture session on Energy Conservation by DEWA representative for Year 8 and Year 9 students SDG#12 ( Ensure Sustainable consumption and production)

Awareness through Art –Wall Mural by the secondary Eco team members – Save the Ocean SDG #14 (Life under water)

Planting the seeds – Organic Garden SDG #13, SDG #15 (Protect ecosystems & combat climate change and its impact.

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Recent Happenings in the Nursery Gingerbread Decoration and Disney character show...getting the Nursery into the festive spirit.

National Day Celebration - Our children made the skyline of Dubai. Proud to be living in the UAE this 47th UAE National Day!

Our children do Story Sequencing for the Little Red Hen. They collaboratively identified the beginning, middle, and end of the story. An activity such as this enables speech and l anguage development, auditory comprehension, and recall.

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Recent Happenings in the Primary RIS Got Talent Participants

Year 4 are playing “Connect 4” to practise their speaking skills

Year 6 at the Louvre. Amazing trip to unravel the mystery behind masks...

RIS Rugby players meeting the England Rugby 7s team after training.

RIS Orbiters have steered the 'RIS Moon City' spaceship to FLL nationals in Abu Dhabi - Awarded one of the best models

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Recent Happenings in the Secondary Year 10 and Year 11 Oman Trip

Secondary School Students celebrated UAE National Day off campus

Secondary ICT students secured 12th position in Regional Level of FLL Competition

Secondary BTEC - Fun and Learning in one go!!

Very insightful and informative session on Marketing Strategy and Islamic Banking Model by two leading guest speakers from Corporate Sector.

IGCSE / AS and A level students answering mock exams!

British Olympic, World and European medalist Marilyn Okoro speaks to the girls of RIS about A,B,C: Ambitions, Beliefs and Commitments

French: Year 8 students learnt about clothing playing ÂŤ Monopoly Âť What a fun lesson!

RIS U14 boys football team win 5-3 Safa Community - go Falcons!!