JPGS Newsletter, Issue no. 15, 2021-22

Jeddah Prep and Grammar School






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Founded in 1967 Thursday 14 April 2022
Issue no. 15
Wishing You All a Very Happy


and Healthy Spring Break

Contents
half term have included:
3 U19 RSAC Tournament
4 Mad Hair Day at EYFS
• Year 11 pupils organised a 5 Bookweek
Ramadhan Food Drive and 6 Pupil Support Service
distributed these food packs to 7 Changes at JPGS Library
the needy in our community. 8 Duke of Edinburgh
9 Alumni and Sixth Form Dinner
10 School Production Blood Brothers
• Held an exam revision and 12 Mother’s Day Celebrations
wellbeing assembly for all of 14 Senior Sunset
year 11,12 and year 13 pupils 16 Lights, Camera, Action
19 Ramadan Assembly
to provide information and 20 The Next Half Term Calendar
help them prepare for the
Dear Parents/Guardians forthcoming IGCSE and A’
levels examinations.
As we come to the end of a very
busy term for the school, I wanted • Held celebration assemblies • Held a very successful three-
to take this opportunity to thank for all year groups to recognise day school production called
the whole JPGS staff team. This and reward all the fantastic ‘Blood Brothers’.
term has been a very demanding achievement and progress our
one for them but as ever, they pupils have made • A popular and much anticipat-
have pulled together and put the ed colour run returned, raising
children first, and it has been a • Launched our work experi- money for charity.
successful term because of their ence preparation for Year 10
efforts and dedication. I am sure and 12 pupils. • Held a number of very popu-
you will join me in wishing them lar movie nights for different
all a very peaceful and relaxing • Held numerous sports tour- year groups.
Spring Holiday. naments throughout this term
via our RSAC and SAIKAC • Organised our very first Duke
I would also like to thank all our membership. of Edinburgh adventurous
parents and pupils for their con- journey for our Year 10 and 11
tinued support and hard work • EYFS teachers organised a pupils in the desert.
especially after returning from on- cool and funky mad hair day
line learning and settling back into for the younger pupils. Par- • Charity Red Nose Day , rais-
school routines and the transition ents and pupils were very ex- ing money for charity and
back into normal school life. cited and enjoyed the day very dressing up.
much.
Some of the highlights from this • Held an International Math’s

Day which is a great way of additional sessions during the ents should contact Reception,
learning by doing. exam period as well. For all pupils who will relay a message to any
in these years, a successful exam pupil if needed; The same rules
There is no doubt that the re- period (again something which apply for headphones. Thank you
silience shown by the school has not happened since 2019) de- for your continued support.
community during the last few pends on some self-discipline and
months and years has been re- planning in revision. There have I would like to wish you all a very
markable. The pupils across the been a number of workshops on happy Spring break and a very
school are making progress and revision techniques and wellbeing happy Eid Mubarak to our Mus-
are doing well academically as and our staff are always on hand lim families celebrating eid over
shown by our termly assessments, to help and answer any last min- the holiday period.
reports, and the recent mock ex- utes queries. We wish the pupils
aminations results for our Year 11, the very best as they embark on We return to school on Sunday 8th
12 and 13 pupils. I would like to their exam journey. May 2022. Thank you for a fantas-
wish our Year 6 well in their Cam- tic term.
bridge checkpoint assessments in Face Masks
Science, Mathematics and English Kind regards
again measuring their progress It is important that pupils and
and attainment. The teachers have staff still continue to wear face Mr Khalil Ahmed FCCT
worked hard to prepare pupils for masks inside the school building Interim Headmaster and Head of
theses assessments. and classrooms as per the Minis- Grammar School
try guidelines and directives. It is
It is always a genuine pleasure important that we are complying Red Nose
to speak to parents at the many with the ongoing rules as a school
events this term including the community with many adults and Charity
Foundation Stage/Early Years par- children working in this environ-
ent coffee morning, the recently ment it is important that we re-
held Governors coffee morning main safe and protected.
and various parent presentations
and parent teacher conferences Phones in School
that have been held. We will be
holding further coffee mornings I would like to remind parents
after the spring break and details that with our focus on the use of
will be shared with our parents phones around school. These have
through our website and social never been any significant prob-
media. lem in lessons and can at times be
a useful tool when used correctly.
As end of term reports are being However the following rules apply
sent home, we hope parents are to pupils having phones in school;
seeing just how well the vast ma- Phones should be switched off and
jority of pupils are doing, and it is out of sight during the school day; If we’ve learned one thing in the
to their credit the manner in which a teacher may give permission for last 18 months, it’s that life is un-
they have applied themselves this their use during lessons; predictable. One thing we can al-
term. Our pupils are not the for- ways rely on though is the power
gotten generation or left behind. Pupils cannot use them in school. of laughter. It can change things, it
These are responsible, hardwork- If pupils are caught with them out can connect us, it can be the differ-
ing and diligent young people in school or during a lesson or be- ence. That’s why this year on Red
who want the very best for them- tween lessons they will be confis- Nose day, JPGS helped change the
selves and this is evident in the cated. If this happens phones will world with the power of funny.
many world class university offers be kept locked in one of the main Our pupils and staff dressed up in
Year 13 pupils have received school offices until the end of the a variety of costumes and noses to
day or the Thursday of that week, raise money for a very worthwhile
For our Year 11, 12 and Year 13 pu- if a persistent problem; Parents charity to help those less fortu-
pils, these holidays are an essential should not be contacting pupils nate than ourselves. Thank you to
period of revision and there will be via their mobile phone during the pupils and staff for making it so
some opportunities to have some school day, in an emergency par- memorable.

U19 RSAC Tournament



The girls played their hearts out
over the weekend. Securing victo-
ries and displaying skill and tech-
nique and showing a real under-
standing of the game. Shooting,
dribbling, defending, rebounding,
and passing are among the most
significant abilities in the game of
basketball. Aside from these bas-
ketball demands specific talents,
agility, acrobatic ability, speed,
and endurance.
U16 boys came over many bound-
aries to finish second at the RSAC
Basketball Tournament over the
weekend. Mental resilience and
positive energy was the main fo-
cus with a strategic understanding
of the principles of play. Their fo-
cus saw that they performed well.

Mr Martin Eldridge
Head of PE




BSME Languages Championships 2022



Congratulations to all Set 1 Arabic
pupils who participated in BSME
languages championships 2022
and won top school award,1 for
st
Arabic in Saudi Arabia and 2
nd
overall in Arabic out of 21 schools.

I would like to thank my pupils
for the hard work and effort that
they put in this important compe-
tition and competed against larger
schools.


Pupils worked so hard to answer
many Arabic questions and it was
a good opportunity to revise some
of the vocabulary that they stud-
ied before hand.


Well done!

Mrs Sally Mostafa
Teacher of Arabic and LCS



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Spread Love, Not Germs



Promoting health and safety prac- washing hands regularly, careful-
tices to our school community is ly using a sanitiser could stop the
our staff’s crucial priority, After spread of germs and viruses, so
the child’s home, school represents you always can spread love but no
the second most influential envi- germs, please!
ronment in a child’s life. Health
practices such as washing hands, “It only takes as long to wash your
healthy eating, healthy lunch box, hands well as it takes twice to sing
mental health, wellbeing and oth- “Happy Birthday”
ers are usually addressed, encour-
age and demonstrates within our Love is in the air, so is the virus.
school. Go ahead and wash your hands.


During the school Book Week pa- Mrs Ayah Malkawi /
rade, we presented the fact of lots Mrs Marisol Cepe
of Keeping Healthy books is that School Nurses





Mad Hair Day in EYFS




























EYFS children are making ex-
cellent progress in their phonics
learning. We always try to plan
fun and creative things linked to
the letter sounds of the week. This
half-term we have been learning
digraphs (two letters that make
one sound) and trigraphs (three
letters that make one sound). All
the children thoroughly enjoyed
learning the air trigraph. There
was no better way to reinforce it
other than having a mad hair day!

Mrs Nargas Gulzar
Head of EYFS

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Book Week 2022




























This year, we had an exciting nected their doors were to their
book week where we began to books, how well they had used
delve into picture books, looking recycled materials and how inde-
at how stories can be told in many pendently they had worked.
different ways, and how authors
and artists often use pictures to We had lots of parents in to read
hide meaning. This helped us look to us, and teachers moved around
more at inference - how the writ- the school to read to different
er used the picture to suggest or classes also. We finished the week
imply details about the characters with World Book Day where
and events. many of the children had come
dressed as characters and items
from their picture books - we even
had a boat!.

It was wonderful to see all the
creativity and the excitement for
books generated by this week and
look forward to seeing this con-
tinue throughout the rest of the
school year.

Mr David Millar
Year 6C Class Teacher















We had an exciting door decora-
tion day where pupils were asked
to design and create a classroom
door connected to their picture
book in one day. Doors were
judged based upon how well con-

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Pupil Support Service






























We recognise that there are times for or you may just need someone Please speak to Ms Calleja or any
in your life where you may find to talk to at times. of your teachers if you feel you
things difficult, not just with your would benefit from this service
studies but maybe in your rela- We aim to work with you to find or just drop by into GU20 and if
tionships with friends, with your the right information, solutions there is someone available we can
confidence and other more spe- or ways of managing tricky situa- have a chat.
cific areas of your well-being. You tions so you do not feel you have
maybe have worries or concerns to handle things on your own. Ms Caroline Calleja
that you may want to seek advice Inclusion Lead and SENDCo


Summer The Vicious Jungle


Concert

Announcement














One scary rainy night in the jun- the jungle. He ran. And ran. He
gle, an abandoned child cried. fell into an erupting spewing vol-
Frightened, walking down by the cano crater.
The Prep School Choir has been river, a large figure passed by.
busy preparing for the Summer Trees creaking. Twigs snapping. His skin melted. His eyes burned.
Concert, which is scheduled for Air rushing. In the distance, the Tears evaporated. Blackened teeth
June.We will be happy to receive figure rushed towards him. fell. He screamed.
new members at the start of next
term. Contact Mr Porter for more Suddenly, everything stopped. A He sat up. Shivering with fear, his
information. loud howling echoed through the mum looked very worried.

jungle calling the animals. Blood
Mr Shane Porter dripped from the trees. The child Ms Karen-Ann Lynch
Prep School Music Teacher was horrified and fled deeper into English Teacher


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Changes at Our JPGS School Library



School libraries have been chang-
ing over the last few years to sup-
port the schools’ curriculum and
learning, where pupils are encour-
aged to read and learn more. It is
important to create an inspiring
environment for pupils so that
reading can be an enjoyment rath-
er than a task to fulfil. Bearing this
in mind, the JPGS library has been
redesigned with wall decorations,
pictures and posters to create a
more welcoming place for learn- brarian as junior librarians to de- 5. Mariam Javed
ing and sharing ideas. velop and keep the library run- 6. Lamar Sharbatly
ning successfully. The junior li- 7. Leyana Hamdan
There is also an author spotlight brarians have been sharing some 8. Sadeem Khanday
section in our JPGS library now, part of their break times to work 9. Inaya Pervez
where we introduce a new author at the library and we are very hap- 10. Maryam Ahmad
to our pupils each month. The au- py so many pupils volunteered for 11. Nishant Chawla
thor spotlight area provides pu- this role. 12. Areej Shaikh
pils with information about the 13. Maria Racho
author’s life and his/her books. The library will continue to grow 14. Mariam Muzaffar
The author’s books are available and offer different services with 15. Yousuf Zahran
at the library to be borrowed. This their help and ideas. Welcome to 16. Aribah Farooq
month, we have Anthony Horow- our Junior librarians who are :
itz as pupils enjoy reading his Mrs Humeyra Ceylan Izhar
books. 1. Jaannani Sethuraman Librarian
2. Sandra Bekhit
Pupils from the Grammar School 3. Nabila Abutaleb
have volunteered to help the li- 4. Manal Hussein



A Trip to Bounce



When the Sixth Form visited seen having limitless fun which
Bounce in November, they were was topped with a meal from Mc-
greeted with joyous fun, moments Donald’s. Bounce will live in the
of glee, and amusement. The place memories of our Sixth Formers for
was filled with endless activities years to come.
that evoked nostalgia. A child-
hood dream that was relived with
trampolines, basketball hoops,
and dodge ball.

A time that saw Yahya Kirimly
showcase his mastery on the tram-
poline, Hadiah Al Haddad com-
plete a challenge after 2 hours of
trying, and Ahmed Awais earning Mr Mudasir Mahmood
the prize for best performer after Head of Sixth Form
outplaying Bounce staff in a game Teacher of Sociology and
of dodge ball. The pupils could be Humanities


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Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award


Adventurous Journey
































Pupils Completing the to complete the adventurous jour- immensely proud of our pupils
Adventurous Journey: ney here in Jeddah. The journey who worked as a team, encourag-
started when we left the school at ing and supporting one another.
• Faisal Daaboul 7.40 am on Thursday 17th March The terrain was not easy and it
• Yousef Alghrabi amidst a sand storm. We arrived was a great achievement that all of
• Fatima Awais at the Deeratna Complex and de- the teams arrived at campsite un-
• Amina Nedjadi layed the hike, hoping the weather scathed and in good spirits.
• Waniya Saqib would clear up.
• Mahnoor Mosharaf
• Raed Kayani
• Ziad Kandiel
• Hussain Malji
• Yasmeen Bittar
• Sanya Saqib
• Adam Mejai At the campsite the pupils set up
• Ahana Mishra their tents and then they cooked
• Afaf Alsowagh A huge thank you to the staff at their evening meal on a portable
• Anaya Al Haddouchi Deeratna for the hospitality they stove. It was great to see the pupils
• Salaar Mansoor gave during this period. The demonstrating the skills they had
• Rayan Din weather cleared up after lunch- learnt in the lead up the trip.
• Inaya Pervez time and the pupils set off for their
• Hasan Malji hike at 1.00 pm.
• Bilal Khan
• Ashaz Mohammed
• Adam Mjaii
• Abdul Raheem Master


A huge congratulations to our 23
year 10 and 11 pupils who com- The evening finished with all the
pleted the adventurous Journey groups sat by a campfire telling
on the mountains of Daghan, The journey was not an easy one each other scary stories. The pu-
Jeddah. We as a school are very and required a great deal of de- pils were in the tents for 9.00 pm
proud that our pupils are the first termination and resilience. I was and were woken at 5.30 am for

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dawn prayers. They then cooked
their own breakfast and packed
away all their equipment and
hiked back to the Deeratna Com-
plex.

A big thank you to Mr Mason, Ms
Lynch, Mr Kit, Nurse Mirasol and
Coach Oula that helped support
me with the Adventurous Journey
and well done again to all the pu-
pils.

Mr Munsoor Shahzad
Assistant Head / DSL /
Head of Key Stage 4




Alumni and Sixth Form Dinner









































The words glamourous, extrava- lah Khalifa adding light-hearted peers which was the first of its
gant, and luxurious come to mind humour. Our Deputy Head Boy kind. The Alumni and Sixth Form
when describing the Alumni and Abdullah Zahran spoke with wis- Dinner marked the end of a busy
Sixth Form Dinner. This event dom and maturity, and the Sixth term and continuation of special
encapsulated the very essence of Formers came dressed to impress. events at Jeddah Prep and Gram-
our school and the Sixth Form. The night was filled with music, mar School.
The occasion was led by our Head wonderful food, and a showcase
Team who decorated The Crowne of dance from the likes of Abdal- Mr Mudasir Mahmood
Plaza’s Ball Room and organised la Abdi, Yousef Elias, Abdullah Head of Sixth Form
the presents for Secret Santa. Our Usman, and Nawaf Shakeel. We Teacher of Sociology and Human-
senior Prefect Amani Shah gave a also had graduates return to re- ities
remarkable speech with Abdule- live a special moment with their

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Blood Brothers




























On Wednesday the 30 of April, Mr Darryl and I could not have
th
Jeddah Prep and Grammar cel- done this without the support
ebrated the closing night of their of the wider school community -
production of Blood Brothers. The parents, staff and SLT. We would
production which ran for three like to especially thank the teach-
nights, under the direction of Ms ers who gave up their time to help
Catherine Kane and Mr Darryl backstage and offered props for
Matthews, was the first school the production.
production to take place since the
start of the pandemic. We would also like to pass on a
huge congratulations to the pupils
Pupils -from year 7 to 13 - in the who not only made us proud but
cast gave up their weekends to re- made themselves and Jeddah Prep
hearse in the prep hall, while the and Grammar proud. Their talent
crew -pupils in sixth form- spent and work ethic were the talk of the
their weekends studying how to school!
work lights and sound. Because
of all their hard work, the pupils Ms Catherine Kane
put on a wonderful show for the Grammar School Music Teacher
whole school and parents, selling
over 200 tickets across the three
nights.




























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Colour Run



The Colour Run was a delight- and given a number of wheel
ful event that called on all pupils chairs to various countries. JPGS
to celebrate those who make the would like to show their support
world a brighter, healthier, and again by donating the proceeds in
happier place. Pupils who dare to the hope that humanitarian causes
dream, believe in unity, and enjoy such as these continue to grow. We
making magic were involved in a want to say thank you to all that
200m dash around the track. They supported this delightful event.
were greeted with coloured pow-
der at every turn until they turned Mr Mudasir Mahmood
into the colours of the rainbow. Head of Sixth Form
Teacher of Sociology and
Pupils could be seen having mo- Humanities
ments of glee, with huge smiles on
their faces, and relishing memories
for years to come. The Colour Run
raised money for charity which
is testament to the commitment
JPGS has for charitable causes. All
profits earned will be donated to
the environmental humanitari-
an charity ‘Wheels to Heal’. The
‘Wheels to Heal’ foundation has
already visited Africa this year


International Maths Day




In the Prep School today we cel-
ebrated International Maths Day.
Children had been busy creating
their magnificent mathematical
costumes for the day and they
looked superb. We looked at dif-
ferent ways maths can be used in-
cluding artistically. The children’s
costume ideas had a real domino
effect on the staff too.

Mr Alastair Taylor
Year 6 Class Teacher
Prep School Maths Coordinator



















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Looking Mother’s Day Celebrations

Ahead



My back to the door

The endless path in front of me.


The seeds of knowledge fed by the
water of wisdom

The buds of my youth blossoming
and blooming Mothers are a true blessing and we celebrated this wondrous day
special gift for us to cherish and together making handmade pa-

Any step I take, leads me some- love each and every day. We are per daffodil bouquets. We truly
where new, incredibly appreciative of our enjoyed having our mothers craft-
mothers and for all that they do so ing with us in the classroom while
Wolves lurk within my mind, we wanted to do something very also spending quality time togeth-
special for them in Year 2. er. We hope all the mothers in Year
Planting seeds of doubt, watering 2 had a lovely afternoon with their
it with the water of the weak, We invited them along to our child and we thank you all for
classes on Mother’s Day for a attending and joining us for this
Droughts and erosion, will I wonderful afternoon of activities. special day.
prosper or fail? We shared embraces, made mem-
ories, proclaimed our love for our Ms Maryam Nauman
Stepping on the spotlight mothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, Year 2 Teacher
grandmothers and friends and
My smile shone with a dash of
Geography
glory

The tree of life and the fruit of my
work

Guided me to this place,

And now I’m at the end of the
stage,

This time I decide my actions,

I’ve endured trials, tribulations
and terrors.

Where will fate take me next?

Mrs Windle’s 7Y geography class river and largest mountain rang-
produced some fantastic projects es, the ecosystem, the capital city
on countries in Africa. Pupils were and information on the size of the
each given a different country to population. The posters and the
research and produce a poster to presentations were all outstand-
present to the class. For the pro- ing, and pupils learnt lots of in-
ject, pupils included the flag and formation about many different
map of the country, along with countries. Well done class 7Y!
Victor Racho lots of different facts. Pupils re-
7Y searched the different languages Mrs Carlene Windle
spoken, facts about the longest Teacher of Geography

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Staff CPD Training at JPGS



As part of the school’s journey to
outstanding, Mr Abdul Aziz Qa-
yum (Head of Humanities and
Social Sciences) organised a whole
school CPD on teaching and learn-
ing by delivering a carousel activi-
ty on Tuesday 1 March 2022.
st

Each session was 25 minutes and
consisted of a carousel of choices
as seen below:


Title Room Lead

Planning lessons effectively using MAPA (Model,
Assess, Practice, Assess) GU13 Abdul Aziz Qayum

Using EXCEL to create seating plan GU12 Carlene Windle
Sharing good practice GD9 Junaid Rawoot
Using Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction Prep 5A Saira Ali
Coded marking GU11 Zakaria Mohamed
Independent Learning GD3 Hasnain Ayub
Silent Debate GU8 Abdullah Chowdary


























The sessions were repeated again in the second ses-
sion so that colleagues could benefit from two CPD
workshops. The feedback has been very positive and
staff appreciated the opportunity to engage with
CPD and see their peers sharing good practice.

On a final note, thank you to all the staff who put
themselves forward to share outstanding teaching
pedagogy.


Mr Abdul Aziz Qayum
Head of Humanities and Social Science




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Senior Sunset


















The Senior Sunset saw the Year test based on two teams, those who
13 pupils come together for one hide, and those who seek. The hid-
last social before they part ways ers had the entire campus to them-
at the end of the academic year. selves and the seekers were tasked
The event started with seeing the with tagging their counterparts to
wonderful sun set behind the col- send them to the loser’s corner in
ourful green filled trees. We then the Common Room.
proceeded to the Common Room
to watch Rush Hour, a comedy The first round saw the seekers
movie filled with action, drama, win but the second round saw the
and enough thrill to keep every- rejuvenated hiders avoid defeat.
one involved entertained. The entire event could be seen
through a live stream connected
This was accompanied with some to the phone of every contestant.
popcorn, pizza, chicken wings, This made for an action filled
fries, and drinks. Once the film evening and a wonderful way to
ended, the Sixth Formers began bid farewell.
preparing for a Manhunt. A con-



A Day Out at King Abdullah


Economic City



Year 11 pupils enjoyed a day out
at King Abdulla Economic City as
part of their Geography syllabus.
The aim of the trip was to study
the coast and its activities whilst
giving the pupils the chance to
have an opportunity to enjoy
themselves before they start their I joined Jeddah Prep and Gram-
IGCSE exams in May. They also mar School on Jan 30 2022, and
th
had the opportunity to take part this was my first time joining the
in some go karting, bowling, VR education sector as I previous-
games and assorted beach activ- ly worked in a corporate setting.
ities. The students commented What I like about being in a school
how much fun the day was and a setting is that it is pretty different–
great opportunity to spend some every day, something new is hap-
time with their friends. pening around you. A school day
at JPGS is usually a busy, lively
Mr Suhel Patel day, and there is always a chance
Geography Teacher to learn. In other words, there is

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Herbology with Dr Haroon
no dull moment.

I learned a lot during my first few
weeks, gained new skills, and dis- As part of the Herbology After
covered abilities I did not know I School Club, our pupils have been
had. I love the multi-cultural envi- busy collecting and extracting
ronment of the school, where you plant materials from plants and
get to interact with people from trees in the school. Plants were
various backgrounds. I also have then identified and extracted to be
a soft spot for children, a bonus investigated for anti- microbial.
point.
This project will eventually result
As a receptionist, I deal with peo- in a crest award.
ple daily, whether parents, staff,
pupils, or visitors. This can be Dr Haroon Iqbal
challenging, but the challenge is Science Teacher
accepted. The employees also hap-
pened to be very friendly from the
beginning.

The most challenging thing in any
organization is the people there,
and I liked how everyone here
made me feel at ease. For this fact,
it did not take me so long to settle
in this new job. Moreover, it is nice
to reminisce on the good old times
of my school years.

I would proudly call it my new
family and my home.

Ms Jawaher Zahran
Receptionist









The creepy stalker




Walking down the road, late at One of the three laughed. Daz-
night, a clueless girl felt a pres- zled and confused: where was
ence. A full moon tracked her. Dis- she now? A vicious howl. A torch
torted black figures lurked near- flickered. Wolves charging at her.
by. A twig snaps. Wolves howled. She screams. The figures jump.
Dogs barked. She noticed. She ran. She hears a bullet. The wolf whim-
pers. She opened her eyes; the
She was surrounded by black wolves were dead and the figures
hooded figures with blood red disappeared.
eyes. She was cornered! Her fears
have come to life. 7Y





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Lights, Camera, Action!



In Mr Raza’s Art & Design class Year 9 pupils have been learning the principles of photography, increasing
their aesthetic skills, and understanding the world of communication all around them as a result.

Below are examples of the areas covered and the best response

RULE OF THIRDS Khadija Soorty
The human eye prefers an image Place: Taif, Al Hada
that has been divided into three Time: Around 6 pm
equal parts and has the most hap- Weather: Cloudy, slightly rainy
pening along these lines. The ex- Subject: Mountain range with a cable car, dark col-
amples show this. The point of in- ours
terest can be along any of the lines Technique: Photo taken from cable car, used 0.5 zoom
and intersections.


FILL THE FRAME
Filling The Frame simply means Yasmeen Khalifa
to fill your photograph with more Place: Al Matlub Beach
of the subject. So instead of having Time: Around 1pm
negative space, or worrying about Weather: Quite cool, sort of windy
composition, you’re going to get Subject: A picture of a stone build-
closer {that’s where your feet come ing by the waters
in, WALK, move closer} and snap Technique: Had to climb an odd
it a little closer up. This means that looking rock.
you’re removing any distractions.
Fill the frame with the subjects you
want to be seen, this will natural-
ly mean that anything you don’t
want included will be pushed out-
side of the frame.


















This is a picture of a piece of deco-
ration in my house called a plasma
ball. This picture was taken with “I took this photo in my living
no light in the room to make the room while Ibwas admiring how
light it generated more visible, beautifully my cat slept l, it was
making it the subject, and mak- 4 PM, there was nothing unusual
I hovered over a bush in my com- ing the subject brighter coloured. that lead to the photo. The weath-
pound and snapped a few shots, I had to turn off the lights on my er was probably warm but I did
then i chose the best one and ed- room and stand on the tips of my not check the weather when I took
ited it by adding a filter and crop- toes to take this picture. this photo as I was indoors”
ping it a little, i also played around Jad Hilal Karma Ali
with the hue and saturation”
Soona Osman


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RULE OF ODDS
The human eye tends to accept
an odd number of elements more
readily than an even number as it
makes the composition look more
natural. The examples show this.
Note: More than an odd number.
If they are split into two groups,
one of three family members and
one on their own it works well
(last example). Although there are
then two groups, which is an even
number, the groups are not evenly
balanced so the rule of odds is still
at play.
“I took a photo of a pot of water-
colour pencils at 8:21 PM I had to On the roof I took this photo in my garden.
go on my tiptoes”. of my house, I placed the apples on a table. It
ev ening was taken at around 11:30 in the
Maria Mohammed ( 8 : 0 0 pm ) , morning. It was very sunny with
Clear sky/ just a few clouds in the sky. The
windy picture features three red apples.
Picture of 3 I washed them to give off a fresh
pieces of jew- look in the picture. The tables that
ellery, 2 brace- the apples are on has a glass base,
lets and a ring, which gives off the reflection. I
and I used a blurred out the background to
vignette filter make the apples the main subject
and sharp- of this picture.
ened the im- Khadijah Haq
age so the de-
tails were more apparent to the
person viewing it. I laid the objects This picture
on a stool Infront of the LED lights was taken
and placed the phone upside right under
down to capture the essence of the an electricity
Taya Yousef stool and this highlights some re- tower in the
flections of the lights and bright- desert. I drove
SYMMETRY ens up the image. my quad bike
Imaan Zuberi
In photography symmetry ap- under one and
pears when parts of your com- when I looked
up, I realized
position mirror other parts. It is Taken in my
created when two halves of your neighbourhood. it would make a good picture and
scene look the same and balance Around 18:00 it was also quite symmetrical. It
each other out. Symmetry de- There were a was taken at around 4 in the af-
fines something being clean, pro- few clouds in ternoon. It was quite windy and
portional, and balanced and will the sky, but it there were some beautiful clouds
make pictures appear neat, tidy was a sunny in the sky on this day.
and clinical. Symmetry tends to day. This photo is looking up at an
impress the human eye and it is The photo consists of a masjid,
constantly looking for it. trees, streetlights and water on electricity tower from the bottom
near the pavement. centre. Behind the symmetrical
tower is the sky with the Sun.
Ibrahim Cham
Khadijah Haq



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FRAME WITHIN A In Makkah city, in masjid al haram.
FRAME Around 7’o clock. It was during the
Use foreground objects to create night, so it was just the regular lighting
a window (or frame) that you can of the mosque. It’s a picture of The Clock
see the background through. In Tower with my fingers shaped as a heart
photography, a frame within a as the frame. The tower is extremely tall,
frame is when the photographer so I had put the camera to the very bot-
uses something within the scene tom on the ground to take the picture.
in front of them to frame the main Rameen Shakil
subject. Therefore, a second frame
is created within the image hence:
a frame within a frame.








I took this photo at the Jeddah
Corniche at 3:00 pm. The sky was
clear, and it was very sunny, how-
ever there was lots of wind and
there were strong waves at the
corniche. The second frame in the
picture is the lens from a pair of
sunglasses. Through the frame
you can see the ocean on the left
and bushes on the right. There is
a path in the centre with palm trees on both sides. A person is standing
in the middle of the path and looking towards the ocean. The picture is
tilted towards the right.
Khadijah Haq
I took a photo of an ornament af-
ter placing it on the dining table
through a tissue roll, I was on my Mr Raza’s commented “The pupils that have participated in the Home-
knee. work Tasks are taking something away with the that will serve them
Maria Mohammed for the rest of their lives. Young people are inundated with imagery all
day long, yet many are oblivious to the intention, symbolisms and effect
this has on humans. They are very susceptible and this helps them to be
more informed both a creators and consumers”.


Packing Healthy Snack Boxes



As a school, we encourage our will negatively affect your child’s
pupils to eat a balanced diet and health and their readiness to learn.
drink plenty of water so they are
fit and ready to learn. It is very
I took the photo in my room at 6 important to pack a nutrients-rich
pm under indoor lighting. The lunch box each day. However, be
picture shows a hanger acting as advised that nuts are not allowed
a frame which displays a brightly in our school for the health and
coloured blue RC heli-copter. I had safety of our community.
to sit down on the ground and flip
my camera in order to get the cor- Please do not include food that
rect view for the photo. has a large amount of trans fats,
Jad Hilal salt and sugar. This choice of food

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Assembly on Ramadan


























The month of Ramadan is a special Our health tips for ramadan are: • Avoid food high in salt, sugar
time to get closer to Allah, to prac- and oil.
tice self-reflection self –improve- • Keep your body hydrated dur- • Sleep is an essential that allows
ment, kindness and spirituality. ing iftar hours. your body and mind to re-
This month is a great opportunity • Break your fast with dates charge, leaving you refreshed
to begin a new chapter in life in- (Dates are a great source of and alert when you wake up.
cluding a healthier lifestyle. energy and they help release • Remember to have regular ex-
digestive enzymes in prepara- ercises.
Research has shown that Rama- tion for the upcoming meal).
dan fasting has great health ben- • Eat Smart-make sure to have Stay Safe and wash your hands
efits such as, it can improve brain a balanced diet that comprises regularly
function and mood, promotes vital nutrients like carbohy-
blood sugar control and reduces drates, fats, vitamins, miner- Wishing you a blessed Ramadan
insulin resistance, aids in weight als, proteins, and fiber.
loss by limiting calories intake, • Never skip Suhoor Mrs Ayah Malkawi
and promotes metabolism and in- • Avoid eating large amounts of School Nurse
creases growth hormones. food at Iftar.


JPGS Wellbeing Ambassadors



The Wellbeing Ambassadors have Everyday, they create a warm and The Wellbeing Ambassadors are a
continued to make a wonderful welcoming environment where credit o themselves and the school
contribution to the happiness and children of all ages can come dur- for all the work they do behind
wellbeing of our Prep pupils as ing lunchtime to play and have the scenes. They meet regular-
this term progressed. It is hard to fun. They offer structured and col- ly to discuss the sessions and to
believe that the team have only laborative games where children make them even better. We look
been employed since February, so can come and make new friends. forward to restating the program
established have the sessions be- The children continue to enjoy after Ramadan, when we shall be
come. playing card games such as Uno, even bigger and better!
and board games like Connect 4
and Ludo. By far the most popular
games are played with the skip-
ping ropes and there have been
hard-fought tug-of-war battles be-
tween the younger and the older
children. Even teachers have been Ms Melanie Widocks
tempted to join in! Year 6 Teacher
Upper Key Stage 2 Coordinator

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The next Half Term at JPGS…






May 2022


Sunday 22 Year 6 into 7 Transition day
Friday 27- June 10 Study Leave Years 11, 12 and 13 - External Exams begin





June 2022



Sunday 19 to Grammar Transition Week / Year 12 Work Experience
Thursday 23
Monday 27 EYFS COA Assembly
Tuesday 28 Prep School Reports (EYFS - Year 6)
Wednesday 29 Prep School COA Assembly (Y1-Y6)
Thursday 30 Year 7-10 Full EOY Reports Out to Parents
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