JPGS Newsletter, Issue no. 7, 2019-20

Jeddah Prep and Grammar School







Newsletter





Thursday 20 February 2020
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Founded in 1967
Issue no. 7


Happy Half-Term Holiday

Contents...

2 Helping You Achieve,
May I thank all pupils and parents 3 Learning in FS1
E-Safety Day at JPGS,Year 6 Chinese
for your verdant and generous New year,
contributions to our GO2 Green 4 Term 2 School Council Members
campaign. We have made a real 5 Wellbeing Ambassadors
start to creating a much more 6 JPGS Sports Days 2020
pleasant, greener and eco-friendli- 7 SAIKAC Football
er school. Mrs Nahid Hussain and 8 GO Green JPGS, Last Breath
the School Council have been 9 Prep School Assemblies
instrumental in coordinating all 10 Healthy Pupils, Better Learners,
our efforts. FS2 Trip to Trio Ranch
11 SAIKAC Middle School Music
As we approach our half-term As always, we have a very full and Festival 2020
break, we have enjoyed yet anoth- exciting programme of events and
er extremely busy and positive activities throughout the remain- school, which will benefit our
half-term here at Jeddah Prep and der of this term for the benefit of pupils. Please note that the next
Grammar School. Pupils in Years all pupils and students in the Tea and Talk is on Monday 23rd
11, 12 and 13 have recently under- school. Please note that a copy of March at 8.00am. As a school, we
gone their Mock Examinations. As the JPGS calendar is itemised on are always more than happy to
I mentioned to a number of par- our website for your convenience. talk to you and meet with you if
ents this week, these assessments there is anything we need to
are an excellent means for us to I convey my thanks to our two understand, review, improve or
see their potential for May and nurses at the school for up-to-date resolve.
June. However, these are still not advice and information about lim-
the definitive and crucial public iting the effects of illnesses and I wish you a very happy and
examinations that will determine containing potential contagious healthy half-term holiday. I shall
future steps; improvements and diseases here at the school. We are look forward to seeing you
developments can still be always mindful of advice from the refreshed and ready for the
achieved with the correct learning Ministry of Health and other second half of this term on Sunday
attitude and disposition. For your agencies both here and overseas. 1st March.
information, our Mock Examina- I particularly enjoyed our sched-
tion Reports are being sent out in uled Tea and Talk for this Mr Mark S. Bedford
an electronic format via Firefly by half-term on 27th January. Many Headmaster
the end of today. We can, of parents joined senior members to
course, provide a hard copy of the provide thoughts and suggestions
report if you prefer. for improvements around the

Helping You Achieve



At the end of another very busy vidual pupil and the whole class. gaged in their learning journey
half term, the staff and pupils are has had a wonderful impact on
ready for a break and the chance A huge amount has taken place in their education.
to recharge before the start of an- and out of the classroom this half
other exciting half term, none term with our pupils attending The pupils have performed in a
more so that those who have been the Under 13 BSME Games in variety of themed events where
involved in our recent mock ex- Dubai, the appointment of our parents have had the opportunity
aminations for IGCSE and A Lev- new school council representa- to be included in the learning
els. Parents are reminded that tives, Safer Internet Day. Our being invited to watch class as-
there will be a Year 11, Parent staff, who make all of this possi- semblies, learn about the Fire of
Teacher Consultation afternoon ble, are dedicated, committed and London, be part of the Roman
on 3 March which will provide passionate and I know you will Empire, participate in Sports Day
rd
an opportunity for parents to dis- wish to join me in thanking them events, Curriculum Meetings, and
cuss current progress and next for all their hard work this half so many more.
steps for success at IGCSE. This term.
will be followed by a Year 12 and We at JPGS appreciate the support
13 Parent Teacher Consultation I hope that your children have an provided from all our families
meeting on 17th March. enjoyable half term. who have attended these events
as it has encouraged our pupils to
Mock exam results will be issued Mr Khalil Ahmed be more confident in their abili-
on Thursday 20 March 2020, giv- Deputy Head and ties. The Parent Teacher Confer-
th
ing details of both target grades Head of Grammar ences have also been key in devel-
and mock grades. Next half term, oping the pupils’ progress as they
we are looking forward to our are held responsible for their
Grammar School production of learning and can be reflective, cel-
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The cast ebrating their achievements and
are currently busy preparing and One Family, setting themselves new challeng-
we are excited to see the energy of es.
the pupils and celebrate their tal- One School
ent and commitment. We are hope that you have a won-
The first half of Term 2 has been derful half-term break and come
Please can I remind parents about filled with exploring and progres- back to school ready to be innova-
the importance of regular attend- sive learning for the entire JPGS tive pupils.
ance. It is a parent’s responsibility community. The main focus has
to ensure their children receive naturally been on the pupils and
appropriate education. Absence watching them embrace the Mr Raymond Garnett
disrupts the education of the indi- school curriculum and be en- Head of Prep School





Learning in happening in our Nursery. Our
learning journey is such a great ad-
FS1 venture. Stay tuned to see what we
learn next!

In Nursery our children have been
learning about all the different col-
ours of the rainbow. We have been
hunting for colours. So far we have
found red apples for red day, yel-
low bananas for yellow day and on
blue day we found something blue. Ms Ammara Ilyas
There is always exciting things Head of FS1


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E Safety Day at JPGS




JPGS is Supporting Cyber Bullying Bystanders Stand up against bullying
Safer Internet Day Reach Out for Help If you see someone Why do people
2020 being bullied bully?
Do not share your
password you can help by... To pretend they are tough
Tuesday 11 February
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Together for a better internet Block the person, if you Not laughing To try to get others to like them
feel harrassed in texts, comments
or tagged photos
Telling the bully to stop To hide their own fears
Report the problem to
How will you play your part? If someone is the parents and guardians, Not joining in They copy other bullies
being bullied
School authorities and JPGS
THINK! TAKE Wellbeing Ambassadors They are unhappy
ACTION Save Evidence Telling an adult about it
T = is it True? capture your screen shots and
H = is it Helpful? It’s not your show to someone who can help Because if you do nothing They don’t like who they are
I = is it Inspiring? FAULT you are a bully too!
N = is it Nice? Respond Retaliate
K = is it Kind?
If you have a concern please contact us at If you have a concern please contact us at
[email protected] or visit us in library during second break [email protected] or visit us in library during second break
Safer Internet Day was celebrated “Before you tap and click…You the internet. The day ended with
on Tuesday, 11 February 2020. It need to stop and think…And a workshop for parents to discuss
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is celebrated in over 150 countries TELL someone!” concerns on using technology and
worldwide and JPGS joined forc- alerting them to potentially inap-
es to work "Together for a better In- Year 3 and 6 pupils learnt about propriate apps for the young.
ternet". private and public information.
They were reminded that they We must work together as a com-
In this age of technology, the inter- should never give out informa- munity: administrators, educators
net offers us many positive oppor- tion to strangers. and parents to encourage practices
tunities to learn, create and keep that will promote a safer and pos-
in touch with family and friends. In the Grammar school, an assem- itive experience for ourselves and
On the other hand, the internet bly was conducted where pupils our pupils.
also opens up certain risks to its were addressed about the dan-
users – especially the most vul- gers of cyberbullying followed by ”Together for a better Internet”
nerable ones, such as children’s a video. During their PSHE class-
privacy concerns, cyberbullying, es pupils discussed and reflected
disinformation and exposure to on the importance of not partici-
potentially harmful content. pating in behaviour that promotes
or encourages cyberbullying. Dur-
Year 1 and 2 pupils learnt through ing first and second breaks pu- Mrs Maria Quiroga
Smartie the Penguin that they pils in Grammar were encouraged Head of Computer Science
should think- before they post, to make a pledge to keep safe on Department





Year 6 Chinese day. Some children participated Prep School Reading Buddies
in a chopsticks challenge which
New Year they all were very enthusiastic All classes in Prep School have
about.
been meeting weekly with their
In Year 6 we have been studying reading buddies. The children
have been listening to each other
the Shang dynasty so it only felt read and sharing books together.
appropriate that we celebrate the year 6 have been reading to the
Chinese New Year. The pupils Nursery children as well as help-
came dressed in Chinese clothing ing them fix puzzles and practise
or the colour red and took part in drawing and writing.
a variety of activities such as lan-
tern making and Chinese writing.
The children all shared Chinese Mrs Gemma McDonagh
food together at the end of the Year 6 Teacher


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Term 2 School Council Members
















Sara Shaheen Mohammad Kyle Padayachee Joury Soliman Julie Azzam Hamza Al Wakeel Hayat Abdi
Year 1A Year 1B Year 1C Year 2A Year 2B Year 2C












Samer Shouman Hamna Shekhani Ahmet Tarik Senol Haarith Ahmed Karen Halaby Yusuf Ahmed
Year 3A Year 3B Year 3C Year 4A Year 4B Year 4C












Marwan Memoni Victor Junior Omar Heiba Hiba Alakraa
Roshan Kazi Year 5B Dawood Bokhari
Year 5A Year 5C Year 6A Year 6B Year 6C











Muhammad Ilham Aminuddin Yasmine Khalifa Alia Zagzoug Rayan Din Faisal Junaid Ziad Kandiel
Year 7X Year 7Y Year 7Z Year 8X Year 8Y Year 8Z












Minas Hadjidemetriou Zina Hashish
Sakifa Khurram Faisal Daaboul Lina Muneeb Year 10X Year 10Y Athar Siddiqui
Year 9X Year 9Y Year 9Z Year 10Z











Amani Shah Rayan Issa Farah Bakhsh
Lubna Al Salloum Year 11Y Jana Al Fase Year 12X Year 12Y Abduljalil Kayak
Year 11X Year 11Z Year 13
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Recently there have been some portant at Jeddah Prep and Gram- cided on and pupils then proceed
exciting days in Jeddah Prep mar School and we are delight- to implement it. The school coun-
and Grammar School, as seen in ed that the council comprises de- cil has already begun their mis-
the school council elections. Our termined, focused, and reflective sion to make JPGS a better place.
new whole school council was an- young representatives wanting to
nounced on 4 February after a make our school even better. Good luck to all pupils for the
th
fierce competition amongst pu- forthcoming year.
pils. The school council works to make
improvements to the school and
Every class voted for the best can- the way things are done at Jed-
didate they thought was worthy dah Prep and Grammar school. Mr Munsoor Shahzad
of this very important role to rep- Everyone gets a chance to voice Assistant Headteacher, DSL,
resent their class. Some pupils their opinion and after discussion, KS4 Coordinator
who had done a fantastic job were a vote is taken on the best idea. Mr Yassar Hussain
re-elected. Pupil voice is very im- Thereafter a plan of action is de- Head of Year 3







JPGS Wellbeing Ambassadors














Lucrezia Antonaci Amna Saqlain Evangeline Bedford Ammar Vora Haadiya Usman Abdulelah Alsini Omar Abdelraheem Amjed Abdul Majeed
Year 11 Year 11 Year 11 Year 12 Year 12 Year 12 Year 13 Year 13
Hey, my name is Lucrezia and I'm Hi my name is Amna. I'm in year 11 Hello, my name is Evangeline and I Hello! Let me introduce myself, I am Hi, my name is Haadiya and I am in My name’s Abdulelah Alsini and I Hey, my name is Omar Abdelra- Hello I am Amjed. After becoming a
currently in year 11, come talk to me and I am excited to be a Wellbeing am in year 11. Come and talk to me if Ammar Vora in Year 12X. I became year 12. Hopefully, by having students am in year 12. I am very pleased that heem and I’m a year 13 student, I well-being ambassador, I would like
if you need a friend. Ambassador to help you. If you you need a friend or someone to an Ambassador because I was a helping other students we can create a I am a Wellbeing Ambassador and spend most of my school time in the to think of my role as being someone
need anything don't hesitate to ask. listen to you. victim of bullying. Therefore, if you friendlier community at JPGS. If you I’m here to help. 6th form common room, so come who you could share your insecuri-
ŽŸŽ›ȱ—ŽŽȱŠ—¢ȱ‘Ž•™ǰȱ¢˜žȱŒŠ—ȱꗍȱ–ŽDzȱ have any issues whether it be in school over let’s have a chat. ties with in order to help you voice
whenever and wherever it may be! or social problems like bullying, please out your innermost feelings.
come to speak to us.

Our Contact: [email protected] or visit us in library during second break

We congratulate the above pupils term. It is a really achievement to sents both mental and physical
for getting appointed as Wellbe- be chosen to represent the school health. JPGS strives to install a well-
ing Ambassadors. Wellbeing Am- in this role and we feel this helps being mindset in all its pupils and
bassadors are role models within children show their leadership students.
our school who are keen to pro- qualities.
mote our shared values of respect, Wellbeing is very important for a
kindness, do the right thing and child, as they will grow up to be a bet-
set high standards. They have ter person, and enjoy their life now. It
been selected because they really is always good to let a kid be a kid, but
care about the wellbeing of the there must be some restrictions. In
children in our school, treating Dawoud Bokhari conclusion, your mindset will affect
others how they want to be treat- Year 6 Wellbeing Ambassador your life. By improving you mental
ed and believe listening to one an- JPGS introduced Wellbeing Ambas- and physical health you will experi-
other is extremely important. sadors to the school in order to make ence a more productive and satisfying
pupils and students happy and to en- life.
Wellbeing Ambassadors work courage them to make friends. You
with the staff and the children can find them wearing their yellow
across the school supporting, badges, if their assistance is required.
helping and leading others. They Wellbeing is a behavioral pattern of a
take on specific roles across each person. It’s a state of mind. It repre-



5

JPGS Sports Days 2020



of the fastest times in the middle Newton with a gold medal in the
distance events. 400 metres winning convincingly.
Her house was supported with
some solid performances from
Poppy Britton, Salma Moumena,
Haniyya Siddiqi and Raiha Khan
who all won their respective track
events for the girls. Special men-
tion to Sophia Burham was the
Sports Day this year was close as shining light for Newton with a
ever with all house having a great blistering run winning gold in the
chance of winning the title. Impe- 200 metres.
rial were defending their crown
and needed to be on top form to Sulaiman Ahmed performed well
see off the challenges from New- for Newton in the boys track
ton and Victoria. events along with Tamin Azzam,
Omar Ali Reza, Saeed Binmah-
fooz and Keeyan Mantah who all
won gold.


Imperial also competed well Ebri-
House Captains Abdulelah She- ma Keita, Jordan Matthew and
sha and Nai Hassan lead their Lina Muneeb winning gold med-
house well and medalled with als. Awais Ahmed was the stand-
Nai performing very well in shot out performer for Imperial after
put. Zeina Musallam in Year 6 seeing off tough competition to
was on fire on the track helping win 100 metres.
gain valuable points for Victoria.


In Grammar School there were
some impressive individual per-
formances with some new ath-
letes showing their talents. In
There were some outstanding Year 7 performance of the day
performance in Prep School nota- went to Al Hasan Silah from Vic-
ble Yehia Ghobara for Victoria toria won a number of medals in-
who was the fastest runner in the cluding gold in 400m, 200m, 60m
sprint event from year 1 and 2. El- and triple jump. Beril Atay also However after all the scores were
liott Bedford won gold for Victo- from Victoria picked up two gold added together from Prep and
ria in the shot put with the fur- medals on the track with some Grammar School Sports Day
thest throw of the day in year 6. impressive performances in the there could only be one winner
Saleh Binmahfouz in Year 5 for sprint events. and it undoubtable went to Victo-
Imperial was outstanding medal- ria who dominated both track
ling in high jump and getting one Victoria continued to dominate and field events in Grammar
proceedings on the track after School. They also shone with a
more gold medals from Hala number of superb performances
Alzagha, Fairouz Hafiz, Malak in Prep School. Congratulations
Khotat, Sura Gaafar, Jamal Khota- to Victoria who are the new 2020
ta, Aly Abeid, Salman Arab and Sports Day Winners.
Faisal Daboul. Special mention to
Heba Alzagha who was also im-
pressive with multiple medals in-
cluding gold two track events. Mr Leo Cox
Daniela Langdon flew the flag for House Coordinator



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SAIKAC Football


















Friday 14th February 2020 there
were four football boys teams
playing in the U14 RSAC tourna- Mariam Ahmad Nishant Chawla
ment at BISJ and two girls teams Year 8Z Year 5C
at TKS. Both the boys and girls A
team did extremely well and are
favorites to medal in the upcom- We all participated in the fun-filled On Year 5 and 6 Sports Day, every-
ing SAIKAC U14 football tourna- and enjoyable Sports Day on the 20 one was excited, parents came to
th
ment. January 2020. It was our annual watch our sports activities. We had
Grammar School Sports Day. A com- to wear our house t-shirts. There were
petition between the three Houses, total seven stations including short-
Victoria, Imperial and Newton, to see put, high jump, javelin, 200 metres
which was the best and would score race, hunger station, 60 metres race.
the most points. At the end of the day we could not be-
lieve that Imperial won.
It was divided into 2 different sec-
tions. We had Field and Track events.
We went first doing the track events Haniya Shekhani
Saturday 15th February 2020 saw whereas the boys did the field events. Year 7Y
two girls U16 basketball teams The track events were ranging from
travel to TKS and the boys U16 the tiring 400m to the quite easy
Basketball team were at BISJ, 60m. There were also a variety of field Last week in JPGS, the Grammar
again both A teams were victori- events from the fairly easy long and School sports day took place. It was a
ous and are favorites to medal in triple jumps going to the nearly im- hot sunny day and the sun was beat-
the next SAIKAC event. possible high jumps and Target Jave- ing down on our backs like a drum as
lin. In the middle we switched over we ran and jumped, competing in the
Piranhas between the field and the track. many events sports day had to offer.
The day ended with ambitious ath-
At the end of a tiring Sports Day letes winning gold, silver and bronze
Piranhas also had a fabulous two when everything, including the relay medals. As we stood on the large vel-
day weekend of swimming at the races, was done we all gathered in the vet podium, staring down at the
Spring Championships held at sports hall ready for the award cere- cheering crowd, a shiny medal
BISJ. Several students obtained mony. We were all excited to see so around our necks, we all felt like win-
National Qualifying Times, ready many medals. There were too many ners, although only one house could
for the nationals later on in the medals, so the field ones were given win. In the end, Imperial came third,
year. out the next week. We were all eager Newton came second and Victoria
to find out which house had won so at came first.
the end they gave out the trophy. We
were all so happy that our House Vic-
toria had won. Overall it was an ex-
hausting but at the same time fun
Sports Day.







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The recently concluded, ambitious
initiative at Jeddah Prep and Gram- LAST BREATH
mar School known as the GO2
Green JPGS was a two week long Why must you chop down the trees?
whole school campaign to make
our school green and eco-friendly. What did they ever do to you?
Who do you think provides us with oxygen?
Hundreds of plants were donated
generously by pupils and staff from Filters the air we cruelly pollute,
both Prep and Grammar School to
help improve our environment. As
a result, trees are now everywhere Are you really in need of more concrete?
on the campus and the air is cleaner Is it essential to have that shed?
than before. This will not only have What do you think the world would look like,
a positive impact on our children’s
health and wellbeing, it will also fa- When all the wildlife is dead?
cilitate teaching and learning of the
Science Curriculum in school.
Where would all the birds nest?
Tree planting is the cheapest and Where would they hide from man?
the most effective way to tackle the
climate crisis. Trees are like magic If there’s nowhere left for them to fly to,
machines that suck carbon out of Nowhere safe from human hand,
the air, release oxygen and put the
carbon back where it belongs, into
the soil. Therefore, we would like to We’re killing the world with all our actions,
encourage everyone to grow more
and more trees and help save our Robbing beauty from the Earth,
precious planet from an existential The forests that teem with magic,
threat. There is no other planet like The diversity that gives our planet worth,
Earth in the entire Universe!

We would like to thank every mem- So I hope you’re happy looking at your garden,
ber of our JPGS family who contrib-
uted a plant or plants to make this Now a thick slab of cement,
campaign a huge success. Hope- Where once life danced in the thickets,
fully, the ambient feeling of being
surrounded by plants will make us But where soon will visit death,
healthy, happy and more produc- Unless we can do something to help.
tive.


Have a safe and happy holiday! By: Dawoud Bokhari (6A)



Ms Nahid Hussain
Y3 Teacher



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Great Fire of London


we had our own Great Fire of Year solutions to global problems, dur-
1. We lined up our houses very ing our KS2 Assembly. Their mes-
close together and safely stood sage complemented the recent
behind the cordon. Mr Moham- GO2 Green campaign in JPGS,
mad started the fire in one house. encouraging fellow pupils to be
We could see the flames quick- young stewards of their environ-
ly spreading and Mr Mohammad ment.
and Mr Marei put out our fire.
The fire only lasted a few minutes
but it made us realise how people
in 1666 felt when their fire lasted 3
days. We also saw how dangerous
fires can be and made a promise
This week we had our class assem- to our teachers to never play with
bly for parents to come and see fire.
the amazing facts we have learned
about the Great Fire of London.
Class 1B enjoyed performing Ms Rehana Etheridge
as London boys and baker girls Head of Year 6
while recalling lots of informa-
tion about the Great Fire. We have
shown our learning through our
writing, artwork, and singing. We
think our parents were very proud Viking Day
of our efforts because they all put
their thumbs up.
We all came to school dressed as
Vikings. We enjoyed activities
such as Rune writing, cross word
puzzles and solving coded mes-
sages. During our swimming les-
son we sailed across the pool in
our “Long boats” pretending to
be pirates out at sea. We each re-
ceived a Viking name. At lunch-
time we enjoyed tasty treats such
as tuna sandwiches with flags on
that looked like boats. We nibbled
on fruit and celery sticks that the
Mrs Saira Ali Vikings were known to consume.

Ms Ayesha Riaz Year 1 Leader and 1A Teacher We ended the day by creating our
own Viking shields.
FS2 Teacher
Year 6 Assembly

Year 1 have had some exciting
events this half term. Our parents In our Year 6 Science unit, we have
joined us to build some houses been researching how human ac-
from London in 1666. We had so tivities have negatively impacted
much fun sharing our creative tal- different habitats, and what can
ents with our parents. It was also be done to stop their destruction.
interesting to see so many com- As a result, young leading conser-
petitive parents trying to make vationists of Class 6A took to the
their house the best! We kept our stage and were articulate in pre- Mrs Anne Courtney
houses safe for two weeks before senting their facts and offering Year 3 Teacher

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Healthy Pupils, Better Learners



































Helping young people stay mental health. Healthier children importance of drinking enough
healthy is a fundamental part of are happier, and both health and water, joining in the activities dur-
the mission of our school. Chil- life satisfaction are associated with ing physical education classes, eat
dren are consuming twice as much better learning and educational healthy foods, and how to become
sugar than they should in every- outcomes to build strong commu- a ‘sugar smart’ pack a healthy
day food and drinks. Becoming nities. School nurse Ayah dis- lunch box.
more Sugar Smart can have a cussed with Prep pupils about
range of benefits for schools, such healthy living, diligent hand Mrs Ayah Malkawi
as improving pupil physical and washing, the School Nurse





FS2 Trip to

Trio Ranch



FS2 have had yet another exciting
half-term. As part of our learning
all about the topic of 'animals', we
visited Trio Ranch in Jeddah. We
learnt so many things about hors-
es! Did you know a baby horse is
called a foal?

We met Samsung, a Shetland pony
who loves to eat carrots. We were
all very brave and had a short
horse riding session, and helped
groom a horse too. What an amaz-
ing day!

Ms Nargas Gulzar
Head of FS2



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SAIKAC Middle School Music Festival 2020





Joud Bahamdaine
7X


I participated in the SAIKAC Music
Festival. We stayed in the Best West-
ern hotel in Kuwait for three nights
and four day, which all started on the
29 of January 2020. We had to prac-
th
tice nearly every single day which
took a lot of energy! And had to sleep
at 9.30pm. Most of the days we spent
chatting and having BBQ for din-
ner as well as a karaoke night which
From Thursday 30 January to Jaannani Sethuraman (7Y) helped train our voices for the big
th
Saturday 1st February, JPGS host- Aiyla Iqbal (7Y) night. On Saturday, we spent half of
ed the SAIKAC Middle School Yasmine Usher (7Z) the day watching a movie in the cin-
Music Festival. This involved stu- Maha Shehzad (7Z) ema. On Sunday, it was time for the
dents and staff from SAES Dhah- Alia Zagzoug (7Z) show. We sang several songs with
ran, Abqaiq and Ras Tanura, The Selena Elias (8X) lots of people watching. It was a blast!
KAUST School, American Interna- Habibah Ishaq (8Y) In conclusion everyone really enjoyed
tional School Jeddah and ISG Ju- Haya Abdalla (9X) themselves at Kuwait and are looking
bail joining pupils from JPGS in a Sakifa Khurram (9X) forward to another year of fun.
weekend of music-making. It was
the first time JPGS has hosted the
event and it was an incredibly re-
warding experience for the pupils
involved. Karma Ali
Year 7X



Choir is one of the 47 clubs that occur
in JPGS. Choir takes place every
Ms Jessica Langley Monday. It is a fun after school en-
Grammar School Music Teacher richment where the pupils sing many
different songs from all around the
world, sometimes in different lan-
guages. All the songs end up being
Sakifa Khurram
9X performed in school performances
Participants joined either Band or such as winter concert, SAIKAC
Choir and spent a busy weekend Games, Celebration of Achievement
rehearsing, culminating in a Con- SAIKAC was an amazing experi- Day, Remembrance Day and any im-
cert on the Saturday afternoon. ence, I got to meet and interact with portant annual festival that takes
The standard of musicianship so many awesome people, I made new place throughout the year.
was extremely high and rehears- friends and SAIKAC also helped to
als were intensive, but there was improve my self-esteem. Joining it All songs are rehearsed many times
chance for pupils to unwind on was possibly one of the best decisions and sometimes sung by soloists here
the Friday night with a trip to the I’ve made. If given another chance I in JPGS. Parents and invited people
Aquarium. The festival celebrated will happily be a part of this amazing spectate the well-rehearsed perfor-
music, cooperation and encourag- experience. mances.
es pupils to form new friendships.

JPGS was represented by...
Joud Bahamdaine (7X)



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The next Half Term at JPGS…




March 2020



Sunday 1 Careers Week Year 7,8 and 9
Thursday 5 SAIKAC U16 Girls Basketball, SAIKAC U16 Boys Basketball,
Friday 6 U16 Girls Basketball AISJ, U16 Boys Basketball AISR
Saturday 7 RSAC U19 Boys Basketball AISJ, RSAC U19 Girls Basketball BISJ
Sunday 8 International Women’s Day
Monday 9 Sports Relief
Tuesday 10 Year 11 and GSLT Parent Meeting with Mock Exam Results
Wednesday 11 No Smoking Day
Thursday 12 U11 BSME Games (UAE),
Friday 13 U14 Boys Football, BISJ/AISJ, U14 Girls Football JPGS,
Saturday 14 RSAC U19 Girls Basketball BISJ, RSAC U19 Boys Basketball TKS
Friday 20 RSAC Girls Badminton BISJ, RSAC Boys Badminton JPGS
Saturday 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Tuesday 24, Wednesday Prep Production ‘Seussical The Musical’
25 and Thursday 26
Thursday 26 Year 7 -10 Tracking Report sent to parents, TEDx 6.00-8.00pm
Friday 27 Swim Meet
Saturday 28 JPGS Family Fun Day

April 2020



Wednesday 1 April Fools’ Day
Thursday 2 SAIKAC U14 Girls Basketball AISJ, SAIKAC U14 Boys Basketball JPGS,
SAIKAC U19 Boys Badminton DMM, SAIKAC U19 Girls Badminton DMM,
Friday 3 SAIKAC U14 Girls Basketball AISJ, SAIKAC U14 Boys Basketball JPGS,
SAIKAC U19 Boys Badminton DMM, SAIKAC U19 Girls Badminton DMM
Monday 6, Tuesday 7 Grammar School Production ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’
and Wednesday 8
Tuesday 7 World Health Day, Spring Report Prep School, Grammar School Production
Thursday 9 End of Term Assembly
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 LISST Jeddah Nationals
Friday 10 - Saturday 25 Spring Holiday

Sunday 26 Ramadan Week 28 Term 3 Commences,
Monday 27 Study Leave starts for Year 11, 12 and 13
External Examinations Commence
Wednesday 29


End of Term










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