TERM 1 2018
THE
RAPTOR
REPORTER
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL
FROM MR. IAIN... Dear Parents,
Important Dates:
It’s incredible to think we have reached the end of the first term already. It has been such a busy term that time has flown by and we
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are all looking forward to the winter break.
We have welcomed almost 400 new students and 32 new staff into
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school this year. Everyone has settled in very well indeed and we are proud of the new additions to our Raha community.
The term has been an exciting one with numerous activities going on across the school. Some of the most memorable things for me so far have all been related to ‘Raha’s Exceptional Journey’:
We are training and supporting a large number of teacher trainers from local universities There have been many training opportunities for staff this term, with almost all EY and Primary teachers being involved in the highly impressive Responsive Classroom training, plus a wide range of IB training The release of our first ever chat show aimed at promoting entrepreneurial skills and developing students as business leaders – 'Ask an Entrepreneur' The school has won an impressive number of sports competitions across the city The Raha Singers and Raha Junior Singers performed at the Taaleem Winter Concert and Champions of Tolerance Symposium, sponsored by the Ministry of Tolerance We Hosted The Abu Dhabi Choral Group (which includes a number of Raha staff) for their performance of LIGHTS, CAMERA, SING! A number of wonderful events have also taken place this year including Flag day, National Day and the Holiday Bazaar. We are always incredibly grateful to help of our Parent Team and the many other parents who support such exciting events