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Tutors: Mr Kipkurui Tonui (L)
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Front Row L-R: Haneen Idris, Salma Alakhal, Kevin Bafitos, Basil Baglin, Mazen Bamanea, Farah Ahmed
Absent: Ahmed Sayed, Gabrielle Sabbah

Middle Row L-R: Jagaa Jaannani Sethurraman, Jamal Khotat, Marium Zagzoug, Haniya Shekhani, Saleh
Gandeel, Ziad Abbas, Ramya Chapra

Back Row L-R: Yasmeen Khalifa, Furkhan Anani, Omar Madhoun, Khadijah Ikram-Ul-Haq, Aiyla Iqbal,
Yasminah Mneimneh, Jennah Zeidan.




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Tutors: (L) Mr Nelson Santos
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Front Row L-R: Yousef Alzaben, Jad Azzam, Alia Zagzoug, Maha Shehzad, Sarah Alakhal, Fahad Al Sulaiman

Middle Row L-R: Omran Baassiri, Hamza Dahlan, Zakariya Vasaiwala, Yasmine Usher, Rameen Hasan,
Amna Haider, Mariama Fatty

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Tutors: Mr Mudasir Mahmood (L)
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Front Row L-R: Adnan Baassiri, Ajwad Chowdhury, Yasmeen Bitar, Rayan Din, Fawaz Al Esayi, Mohamed
Adam Mejai

Middle Row L-R: Rayan Bokhari, Logein El Sayed, Fawaz Mir, Areej Shaikh, Umar Gani, Aahana Rajesh Mishra

Back Row L-R: Selena Elias, Flavia Buccheri, Abdullah Binladen, Osama Baghdadi, Keira Margaret McMillan,
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Tutors: (L) Ms Rehab Mohamed
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Front Row L-R: Rana Eesa, Bakhsh Leen, Racho Maria Yzzabelle, Khan Mohammad Bilal

Middle Row L-R: Salim Ahmed, Muneeb Muzna, Abdelraheem Lana, Alzagha Hala, Malji Hussain,
Junaid Faisal

Back Row L-R: Ishaq Habibah, Griffin Sulaiman, Ahmed Sulaiman, Hamad Azzam Tamim, Jafry Sayed,
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Tutors: Mr Leo Cox (L)
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Front Row L-R: Nasir Hasan, Eshaal Junaid, Mohammed Abdul Khalid Majman, Abdul-Raheem Master

Middle Row L-R: Raed Khanani, Adam Charrouf, Ziad Kandiel, Inaya Pervez, Faisal Bakhashwain, Ammar
Ayub, Abdullah Hemimy, Mariam Ahmed

Back Row L-R: Raed Khanani, Adam Charrouf, Ziad Kandiel, Inaya Pervez, Faisal Bakhashwain, Ammar Ayub,
Abdullah Hemimy, Mariam Ahmed






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Tutors: (L) Mrs Claire Sheldon
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Front Row L-R: Sakifa Khurram, Nusaiba Zyen Ahsan, Nawal Al Amoudi, Ahmed Azzam, Mahamed Bilal Abdi,
Gibran Chouman

Middle Row L-R: Jassem Khlouf, Haya Abdalla, Salwa Khayat, Youssef Osman, Hadi Faisal

Back Row L-R: Heba Alzagha, Abdullah Al Attar, Razin Issa, Masa Al Banna, Adham Elesily, Jameel Al Haddad,
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Front Row L-R: Aly Ebeid, Faisal Daaboul, Norr Binmahfouz, Yousef Bamanea, Fatima Awais, Mark Sabbah

Middle Row L-R: Layan Fayez, Muhammad Ur Rehman, Mohammed Masry, Hanya Yakout, Mark Tamim,
Yousef Aghbari

Back Row L-R: Ghadi Hassan, Hamdy El Attar, Amina Nedjadi, Rema Khuddro, Isabella Vasconcelos Dos Reis,
Thowaibah Junjunia.






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Front Row L-R: Azraa Khota, Aleena Moazzam, Sana Khan, Abdul Moyeed Mohammed, Yasseen Abdelraheem,
Sura Gaafar

Middle Row L-R: Shahad Al Baadani, Simon Calles Castelo, Khalid Hamouda, Abdullah Alsherebi, Salman
Alhomayed, Alwaleed Al Esayi, Farida Alfaham

Back Row L-R: Lina Muneeb, Fairouz Hafiz, Salman Baassiri, Salman Arab, Jordan Matthew, Murtaza Khan






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Tutors: Ms Tara Reohorn (L)
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Front Row L-R: Raiha Khan, Yasmeen Al Sharif, Nadine Maarouf, Zeina Hemimy, Yaraa Mansour,
Lara Abdeltawab.

Middle Row L-R: Sofia Burhan, Nabilah Abdul Talib, Radin Chowdury, Ibrahim Zahran, Fatoumata Fatty,
Arham Alvi

Back Row L-R: Ahmad Hammouda, Hassan, Omar El Sayegh, Minas Hadjidemetrriou, Abdur Rahman,
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Front Row L-R: Abdelrahman Saleh, Aminah Zuberi, Layla Accaoui, Raziman Humariaa, Mirah Hussen,
Ziyad Salloum

Middle Row L-R: Yahya Kirmli, Hammzah Shekh, Ahmed Sahazad, Manal Hasan, Zina Hashish,
Veronica Bekhite

Back Row L-R: Shaher Khan, Zainab El Gazzah, Malik Fitahi, Kayyan Nasser, Ebrima Keita, Bader Baglin






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Tutors: Ms Abeer Siddique (L)
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Front Row L-R: Hadiah Al Haddad, Enaasa Kamran, Salma Salem, Suha Shehzad, Athar Siddiqui,
Haniyya Siddiqi.

Middle Row L-R: Aribah Farrukh, Bessma AbdulJawad, Daniela Langdon, Ibrahim Sillah, Nael Khalid, Yousef
Elias.

Back Row L-R: : Hesham Ali, Malek Jastaniah, Aman Tilani, Ibrahim Ikram-ul-Haq, Mohamed Ben Ali,
Sulayman Arif Khan.




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Front Row L-R: Evangeline Bedford, Aminuddin Muhammad Azam, Nawaf Shakeel, Anthony Bafitos, Lubna Al
Salloum, Tuerhanali, Paziliyana

Middle Row L-R: Zoha Khan, Jumana Elesily, Mohamed Nedjadi, Abdullah Nasser, Luai Atarji, Ayma Quraishi










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Front Row L-R: Amani Shah, Lucrezia Antonaci, Amna Saqlain, Ikhlas Memon, Abdullah Zahran

Middle Row L-R: Fatmah Bugshan, Ahmad Awais, Hashim Raffa, Maria El Tawbah, Louai Abdalla,
Sarah Alamri

Back Row L-R: Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz, Abdullah Usman, Abdulelah Khalifa, Ibrahim Ansari,
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Front Row L-R: Erin Mcmillan, Marinella Trompetter, Mr Moolla, Ayat Rana, Mariyah AlBarakati, Jana AlFase

Middle Row L-R: AbdurRahman Khan, Sameer Kaukab, AbdulRahman Shesha, Abdullah Toonsi, Sadeel
AlBanna, Fatima Rabbani,

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Message from the Head of Sixth Form


Mr T McGarry


Every year in my message for the Jeddonian I comment As always, we thank parents for their support, staff for
on just how unique the experience has been but this year their guidance and wish our pupils all the best in their
I cannot be accused of exaggeration, for in 30 years of future studies and careers. JPGS takes the task of molding
teaching I have not been through an experience such as future generations very seriously and we are confident
that witnessed in recent months. that this year’s graduates and leavers will once again rep-
resent us well in the world.
I have been very impressed by the resilience with which
our staff and the students have adapted to the new nor-
mal of life under lockdown. When faced with difficulties
we have shown imagination and adversities have been
accepted as challenges to be met and most of our students
have adjusted well as expectations have changed. Virtual
learning has delegated to

students greater responsibility for their own develop-
ment and some have raced ahead in their studies whilst a
few have missed opportunity to reflect upon.

Overall, the difficult experiences of recent months, will
leave us all – parents, staff and pupils – more grounded
and better able to embrace and appreciate all that the fu-
ture has to offer.



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Front Row L-R: Elyas Mejai, Haadiya Usman, Aiza Shaikh, Fauwaz Shakeel


Middle Row L-R: Tamara Sarawak, Kareem El Sawy, Ammar Vora, Naufal Sharol Razi, Hibba Khan
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Front Row L-R: Nafisah Ayub, Sara Alsaleh, Poppy Britton, Farah Bakhsh

Middle Row L-R: Saeed Binmahfouz, Omar Dada, Abdulelah Alsini, Rameen Salman, Eesa Khan

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Front Row L-R: Albaraa Alamoudi, Umar Emrith, Mariam Kamel, Cameron Hooper

Middle Row L-R: Amjad Abdul Majeed, Hamzah Kassim, Asad Ghaffar, Tariq Usher

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Thoughts from the Sixth Formers




“My experience in Sixth Form this year has greatly “As I have progressed through JPGS, I’ve become aware
exceeded my expectations. I was anxious at the start of that the Sixth Form has been a wonderful and different
Year 12 as I had heard how challenging A Levels could experience, but I never expected it to turn out like this!
be. However, with the help of my teachers and class- Over the past two years not only have I made friends
mates, I have been able to successfully make it through. with most of the members of Sixth Form, but more than
The events that the Head Team have organised have that, due to much smaller class sizes, I feel that I have
helped to unite the upper and lower Sixth Form, and also benefited from having closer and more personal
next year, I hope to make the new Year 12’s feel just as relationships with my teachers. This has enhanced my
welcome as I have been by the current Year 13’s.” learning and brightened my experience as a student
more than ever!”
Farah Bakhsh
Year 12 Mohammad Khalifa
Year 13

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Sociology is to be hoped that their analytical and evaluative skills
will be honed.

Although they are kindred subjects, the perspectives of
business studies and economics differ greatly. Econom-
ics is inherently more abstract. It introduces a central
premise – that scarcity of resources such as labour, land
and capital is a fundamental truth the whole world over.
Given that, how do different people, societies and indeed
economies manage to produce the range of goods that
they do. If societies do not do so, what is lacking – as for
example in a host of African nations?

As for business studies, its central premise is to do with
the mechanics of businesses in general, the components
of which these are individually made up as well as the
There have been many progressive triumphs in Sociol- criteria against and indeed amongst which they work –
ogy this year. The intriguing concepts and ideas of the the tools of accounting for example. In both cases howev-
curriculum have yet again, inspired, and motivated our er, the primary aim of the business and economics teach-
students to become more critical and analytical thinkers ers to make the children see how to structure lucid and
of today’s generation. This was enhanced by the planning incisive answers and to do so in the most cogent fashion
being updated to include current events and situations or manner possible. Over and above this, it is hoped that
around the world, allowing our students to apply the the students will be fascinated by the process of enquiry
theories learned in class to real-life contexts. I have great itself: knowledge, by definition, being the key to every-
hope for our future Sociologists to shape their personal thing.
societies and communities for the better, using the leader-
ship and thinking skills Sociology teaches them. Over a number of years, students in both business stud-
ies and in economics have scored extremely well at both
This year, our highlight can be seen in the picture be- IGCSEs and at A level exams. This has been so much so,
low. The ‘Sociology Ultimate Team’ pays tribute to the in fact that our students have scored the best grades not
11 fantastic ‘players’ in IGCSE and A-Levels. Each stu- only in Saudi Arabia but across the whole Middle Eastern
dent achieved a special player card, acknowledging their region. This goes some way towards justifying our po-
performances throughout the year alongside a fun de- sition that knowledge is everything. In the coming year,
scription of the players strengths to go with it. Our pupils Jeddah Prep is going to open up a new educational path
thoroughly enjoyed this and I look forward to continuing for its students in business studies by making the BTEC
this next year for the Year 10s who have equally, highly award available to them as a substitute for A levels. It is
ambitious, motivated, and dedicated pupils. more course driven in the case of business studies than is
the A level but also, felicitously, provides another path to
The Revision Guideline made for IGCSE and A-levels university education.’
were used effectively by the students, as shown in the
Mock results this year that have made the school proud. Mr M Mahmood
In IGCSEs, Jana Al Fassi achieved a spectacular 137/150 Head of Humanities and Social Sciences
marks in the Mock Exam. Lubna Al Salloum and Amna Teacher of Sociology and Humanities
Saqlain showed consistent and continuous hard work
throughout the year, resulting in the most ‘A’s achieved
throughout the year in their weekly essays. This effort History (KS3/KS4)
was awarded with an A* in their Mocks. In A-Levels,
Tariq Usher achieved a fantastic 67/75 marks in a 3-hour
paper consisting of 6 separate essays. Such exams are
high intensity and I am very proud of each and every one
of the Sociology pupils for showing such dedication and
resilience this academic year.

Buisness and

Economics



‘The teaching of both business studies as well as econom-
ics stretches across the final four years of the grammar
school – Key Stages 4 and 5 at Jeddah Prep and Grammar History is an enquiry into the past. It is about the ques-
School. As such, both of these subjects exist, in a sense, tions a person learns to ask of the past perhaps more im-
to open up vistas to the students and help them to both portant than which particular Age, Epoch, Era of the past
enlarge and enhance their thinking. At the same time, it chosen to study. It is about learning the skills and tools
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that historians use to interpret and understand the past. conflicts. A century that saw the passing of old Empires
Lastly history needs presentation: for when you have dis- and the emerging two Super Powers of USA and USSR.
covered issues and facts about the past it is important to A century of ideology and political philosophies such as
share that information and give a perspective on what it Fascism and Communism being applied to nation states
means. with often terrible consequences for their populations.
The first term was a study on World War One. The high-
Year 7 light was undoubtedly the Mock trial that the students
created for General Douglas Haig regarding the disas-
This year in Year 7 the students have been introduced trous Somme campaign of 1916. There were very many
and learning to do those skills and processes. For them well prepared witnesses; fantastic lawyers; and organ-
it has been a year of contrasting Civilizations. In the first ized Juries! The best I have seen so it is a challenge to next
term our study was Rome. The highlight was the superb year’s groups!
study on the Roman Army culminating in the students
re-creating their own Scutum and re-enacting a Testudo The second term studied then the causes of World War
in a disciplined way. Two. They have considered the key turning points of that
war: why the Allies won. They are in a position to judge
The second term has seen the introduction of a new topic the reason why President Truman chose to use nuclear
to study at JPGS; The Islamic Civilization. The contrast weapons that finally brought that War to an end.
and comparison between the two Civilizations has been
interesting and enjoyable experience for students and Year 10/11 IGCSE History
teacher. In the third term we will learning about a ma-
jor event that shook the world in the 13-14th centuries. A History at IGCSE is busy and demanding. It builds di-
disease that crossed national borders and travelled from rectly on the skills acquired in KS3 years 7, 8 and 9.
the East of Asia through to the Islamic Civilization in the
Middle East and then into Europe following trade routes: Both the Year 10 and 11 this year have excelled at class
The Plague or Black Death. Does history repeat itself? debates; and finding their own perspectives and interpre-
Perhaps 2020 is a year to reconsider this old saying! tations of historical events. Analysis of the past and ex-
planations of the many factors that made an event signifi-
cant are essential for top grades and the IGCSE students
are practicing their historical skills and stretching their
understanding of the 20th Century.

Mr Shane Tregear
Teacher of History

Humanities



History: A-Level (KS5)
Year 8
Students have been working their way through the syl-
Year 8 have been engaged in a study of Revolutions. In the labus and studying a variety of key turning points in In-
first term enquiring about the Tudor House of England ternational Relations ranging from the Berlin Conference
and its major Revolution: a complete break with Rome and Scramble Of Africa to disintegration of the Soviet
and the rest of Europe by Henry VIII. The first ‘Brexit’ as Union.
the historian David Starkey has called it! It was not just
about Henry though. The year 8 classes then tracked the AS students are finishing off their Asia topic and conclud-
long term consequences of Henry’s actions through the ing their study of Japanese Imperialistic ambitions while
next 130 years of Monarchy until Civil War and English hard at work practicing component 1 and 2 past papers
execution of their King! The Tudor House assessment this to fine tune their attainment of Cambridge Assessment
year was particularly outstanding in that first term. Objectives 1 and 2.

In the second term the students continued with the theme A2 students are doing the same however still have more
of Revolution. This time taking place in 18th century to cover in their depth study component 4 and their cov-
France. Historians like to use the tool of causes and con- ering of the key figures in China such as Mao Tse Tung
sequences leading to more causes to put some order and and Deng Xiaoping. They will be coming back to Assess-
shape to the past events. That has been a strong theme ment Objectives and past paper practice of component 3
with our studies about French Revolution. and 4 once they have sufficiently covered this theme.
A-level students will be utilising the online virtual les-
Year 9 sons to collaboratively work on online shared whiteboard
where they can paste their research and work together
The Twentieth Century conflicts is the major theme of on linking syllabus topics to their research subsequently
Year 9. This was a century of tragic and catastrophic correlating this with past paper question markschemes to
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make sure students are covering what is expected from Mathematics
Cambridge frameworks.

Mr Eric Mason
Assistant Head of Grammar School (KS3 Coordinator)
Teacher of Humanities
Geography










This year started with some wonderful and exciting news
that a number of our conscientious students achieved
Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards from the re-
sults in August 2019.These students are namely:


Mohamed AbdelAziz
Year 10 Set 1
IGCSE Mathematics, Top in the World

Geography at JPGS is the study of people, the natural
environment and the interactions between the human Nafisah Ayub
and physical worlds. Geography students at JPGS seek to Year 11 Set 1, Add Maths Class
understand where things are found, why they are there, Additional Mathematics, Top in Western Province
how do geographical features change over time and how
is the world interdependent on certain things. If students Asad Ghaffar
can understand these interactions and how the world is Year 12 Pure Maths Class
changing they will be able to make decisions on a sustain- Best Across four AS, First in the Western Province.
able future.
At Key Stage 3 students will be assessed on four assessed Our school, JPGS, played host in the Western Province
pieces of work, each worth 10%. The other 60% will be for the official presentation of the Cambridge Outstand-
made from a final end of year exam. Students in year 7 ing Learner Awards on Wednesday 27th November 2019.
have been studying map skills and basic Geographical It was an excellent evening with a large turnout, from
skills, the wonderful continent of Africa with a particu- across the Western Province, which included students,
lar focus on the Horn of Africa and last but not least riv- their parents and special guests.
ers around the world. Year 8 started the academic year
looking at population dynamics and population control. Later during the academic year the whole of our school,
They also studied global warming, the continent of Asia from Years 1 to 13, participated in the global COBIS
and coasts. The coasts topic was supported by a trip to Maths competition, exclusive to COBIS member schools.
the Corniche, where we compared the old Corniche to The competition is managed and organised by Manga-
the new Corniche. Year 9 students have studied develop- High; an extremely successful on-line learning platform
ment, plate tectonics, industry and lastly the Middle East. for all ages, similar to myimaths on-line learning plat-
Key stage 4 follows the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus. The form which our school has been using from Years 1 to 13.
uptake for Geography in the last 4 years has been very The COBIS Maths challenge took place during November
pleasing, roughly 50 students are studying Geography at 2019 where students complete Maths activities to score
Key Stage 4. Students study 14 units, complete a skills pa- individual points and these points then contribute to the
per and an alternative to coursework paper. Results have schools tally. There are a range of questions and activities
been very pleasing with many students achieving their adjusted to the students’ ability. Many of our students
target grade or above. participated and enjoyed the competitiveness and chal-
lenge.
It has been pleasing to see some students carry on their
love of the subject to Key Stage 5. We have 6 students cur- In addition, JPGS also took part in the UK Maths Chal-
rently studying Geography at AS Level. Students study 6 lenge this year. The questions in the challenge encourage
units, 3 are physical units and 3 human units. mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluen-
cy in using basic mathematical techniques to solve inter-
Mr Suhel Patel esting problems. The senior Maths challenge took place
Teacher of Geography on Thursday 7th November 2019, involving Year 12 and
13 students. Our school had an amazing eleven students
who achieved awards. These budding Mathematicians
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Asad Ghaffar Year 13---Gold Year 9 pupils learnt a variety of new ICT skills using word
Omar AbdelRaheem Year 13---Silver processing and presentation software. They also devel-
Saif Al Banna Year 12---Silver oped their problem solving skills in using trace tables,
Nafisah Ayub Year 12---Silver flowcharts and algorithms. They also wrote programs to
Elyas Mejai Year 12---Silver validate input data using Python.
Muhammad Umar Emrith Year 13---Bronze
Cameron Hooper Year 13---Bronze Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5
Hamzah Kassim Year 13---Bronze
AbdulJalil Kayal Year 13---Bronze Year 10 pupils have been working on developing their
Raaed Khan Year 13---Bronze programming skills. Pupils have used both flowcharts
Naufal Ahmad Sharol Razi Year 13---Bronze and pseudocode when designing algorithms and their
finished solution is made on the Python. Year 10 pupils
Later on during the academic year the Intermediate UK have progressed very nicely this year and have been
Maths challenge took place on Thursday 6th February working on previous examination programming chal-
2020 for Years 9 to 11. The results have not been pub- lenges.
lished due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Year 11 pupils worked very hard on completing their syl-
Thank you to students and parents alike for their con- labus for the June 2020 exams. They learnt how to create a
tinued support, especially more so this year during these circuit using logic gates; how the CPU processes instruc-
unprecedented and testing times for all of us. We hope tions and data and they learnt a variety of data security
you all stay safe and healthy and take care of each other. threats and how to prevent them. Practical lessons in-
volved working on solutions to the pre-release paper for
Mr Maqbul Hussain the upcoming exam.
Head of Mathematics
Year 12 pupils covered new topics in Computer Science
such as: Assembly Language programming, Communi-
Computer Science cation and Internet technologies and Database Model-
ling. During practical lessons, pupils brushed up on their
programming skills and also worked on solutions to their
pre-release paper.

Mrs Maria Quiroga
Head of Computer Science Department


English



2019 to 2020 has been another extremely eventful academ-
ic year in the English Department at JPGS. We opened the
year by celebrating the best English examination iGCSE
It’s been a memorable school year for Computer Science and A Level results the School has ever seen. We were so
pupils. Although Year 11 and Year 12 were not able to sit proud of our Year 11 and 13 students and hope for contin-
exams they should be commended for their hard work ued success this academic year in the Summer results. We
that they put into prepare for it. Below is a highlight of were again amazed at the professionalism of our students
what our pupils learnt this year. in the preparation for the Grammar School performance
of ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ managed expertly again by
Key Stage 3 Miss Siddique, with outstanding management by our
Year 13 production directors Mohammad Khalifa and
In year 7, pupils touch on many different aspect of Com- Abduljalil Kayal. We were of course all incredibly disap-
puter Science; they develop skills that will help them in pointed that the production could not go ahead due to the
a multitude of subjects. This year the pupils developed a Ministry enforced School closure, but look forward next
good foundation for the skills that they will need in the year to another undoubtedly spectacular performance.
coming years. Pupils learnt about the computer system,
which was then followed up with turtle programming Our most important contributors to the English Depart-
using Python. They also learnt how to create a website ment are, of course, our students. Here are some of their
using HTML and have learnt about spreadsheets. comments below:

Year 8 pupils learnt how to develop logical reasoning and Year 7 English was fun, interactive and we learned a great
problem solving skills through Flowol. Pupils used mim- amount about story writing, comprehension and poetry. Thank
ics to program instructions using sequence, selection and you to the Grammar School English department for this won-
repetition constructs. Pupils also were able to see how derful year and start to our Grammar School English educa-
outputs can be generated with logic gates. tion. Ziad Abbas (Year 7)
In English this year I grasped all the necessary skills to achieve
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higher grades. I learnt how to write discursive essays and I got
better at writing argumentative essays as well. I want to ex-
pand my skills even more in writing articles and letters. This
year in English I have enjoyed descriptive writing a lot and
next year I am looking forward to doing literature.
Yasmeen Al Sharif (Year 10)

We wish all of our students a peaceful and restful Sum-
mer break and all the very best in your English studies in
the future.

Mrs Louise Ayaad
Head of Grammar School English Department

Science





















AbdulRahman Shesha and Mohammed Hussain,
Global change is creating enormous challenges relating keenly undertaking an experiment involving move-
to human health, energy and scarce natural resources. ments.
These challenges offer excellent future opportunities to
our budding scientists.

In the science labs, this year, there was much fun to be French
had. Between dissecting animals or their body parts,
there was experiments to set up and various hypotheses
to prove or disprove. Students of all year groups engaged
in a fulfilling practical and theoretical curriculum which
was engaging and informative. All disciplines of science
has captivated our students and ensured full participa-
tion with great enthusiasm and vigour.












Bonjour!

Our French Department had a busy and fruitful year at
Jeddah Prep and Grammar School in 2020!

We started in Prep school a new program, based on books
and Cd’s, called “L’amitié”. The students from year 4 to
Abdullah and Farah Bahksh perform- year 6 displayed a lot of enthusiasm and improvement.
We had beautiful songs at our music assemblies, with the
Mohammed in Year ing open heart on a Year 6 learning the classic: “Douce France” from Charles
11 teamed up to gath- sheep’s heart. Trenet; a fantastic performance by Year 4 who performed
er data in their IGCSE “Ma famille”, and a perfect interpretation of “Où est le
Physics Hooke’s law
chat?” by Year 5! We had in immersion in the French
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cartoons and films, discovering “Astérix, and Tintin”, or ometry designs.
even “La gloire de mon père”, the master piece of Marcel
Pagnol. IGCSE & A level Art & Photography students have con-
tinued to develop their coursework, having to take inspi-
We enjoyed, as well, weekly cultural events, with the ration from closer to home developing themes such as
French club, like cooking our traditional recipe of “gratin ‘My Surrounding’, ‘Fairy Tales’ and ‘Telling Stories’.
dauphinois”, while learning about Mr Parmentier, or oth-
er French Historical figures. Our last term was obviously
under the sign of the Covid 19, yet our classes remained
active, and original, and many quizzes, dictées, vidéos or
writing essays of a particularly good quality coming from
students of all years. It surprised me and gave me a lot of
positive vibes! “Ce fût une bonne année!” I would gladly
say!

Mr Antoine Dupuy
Prep School French Teacher




Une langue différente est une vision différente de la vie.

A different language is a different vision of life. Art work by Farah Bakhsh Yr 12

I am happy to say that I was delighted to see how the
French department evolved and showed great improve-
ment through the past year. More pupils became inter-
ested in learning the language.

Pupils learn and develop their speaking, writing, read-
ing and listening skills in French by doing a variety of
activities like role-plays, listening to and singing songs,
interacting together and learning based on various ICT-
based activities. Finally they are also challenged to use
French in doing writing, reading and translation activi-
ties under the form of different types of stimulating and
exciting exercises.

We are most proud of the number of students taking Art work by Evangeline Bedford Yr 12
French O Level and achieving the highest grades in com-
parison to the previous years. Moreover, we are proud of
our student Roha Mansour who has achieved the high-
est standard mark in French IGCSE June 2019 examina-
tion and has been Top in Saudia Arabia . Not to mention,
our progress with our students Farah Bakhesh and
Sara Alsaleh in the DELF exam and scoring more than
85% which may help them apply in universities in France.

Mrs Naglaa Elawamry Art work by Humairaa Sharol Yr 10
Grammar School French Teacher

Arts




This year has brought many challenges to students but
they have continued to work hard and excel in their Art-
work. When the Coronavirus lock-down came they had
to start applying creative ideas to solving the issue of re-
strictions and finding inspiration with what is available.
They did not disappoint.

Students in YR9 produced some delightful Photographic
alphabet and forced perspective pieces and Islamic Ge- Art work in progress
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Sara Alsaleh
Year 12Y


Bessma Abduljawad Lana Al Madani
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Abdur-rahman Al Yafi Faisal Daboul
Year 10 Year 9

Aminah Zuberi
Year 10
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Abdulrahman Shesha
Year 11


Arabic without the enthusiasm of the students and your invalu-
able support and cooperation.
Welcome to the Arabic department at JPGS. Mrs Rehab Mohamed
Head of Arabic
Arabic is a beautiful and rich language in both its written
and spoken forms. The language is the native tongue for
almost 300 million inhabitants of 22 countries through the
Middle East and North Africa.

At JPGS, we teach Arabic to students at a variety of differ-
ent levels from recent arrivals in Saudi Arabia without
any knowledge of the Arabic language, to those who are
confident native speakers who ultimately perform ex-
tremely well in the First Language Arabic examination.
The variety of ability levels, even within the same class,
makes every lesson interesting a challenging in equal
part!

We adopt a highly motivational and individualised teach-
ing style that makes the language interesting and relevant
to the students, using modern methodologies with the
latest audio and video resources. Where the non-Arabic
speaking students are concerned, we work with students
on listening skills, using songs, rhymes and language
games. Our development and progress cannot continue
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Note from the Editor




Following the JPGS tradition for the last so many years, we have
poured our hearts, minds and souls into developing the yearbook this
year again. Countless deadlines, pages, and stories that seemed as if
they would never be completed, but we finally did it. The yearbook
2019-20 is ready to be presented, with the year’s highlights, cherished
memories and great moments captured for ever.

Every year when I start the project of compiling a yearbook, the chal-
lenges are always diferent to those of the previous year. Not every day
was perfect, but then again nothing ever is. Sometimes it felt like a
puzzle where one is always trying to fit the right picture to the right
article or the right context to the right event. But than thats what makes
it extremely fulfilling at the end.
The biggest and the most unforseen challenge of the year was Covid-19
outbreak, which brought so much unprecedented uncertainty along.
Just like all other institutions, JPGS closed down and hence the last
term publication came to a halt as well. But that did not stop us from
compiling it further and sending it you, thereby keeping up with our
tradition and commitment to you.

I must also thank Mr Mark Bedford for entrusting me with such a huge
responsibility. Having the opportunity to be the editor has been a priv-
ilege to me. Not only have i learnt a lot by the constructive feedback
but also how to be consistent, focused and organized in so many other
ways. There are not enough words to express how grateful I am for this
opportunity and the learning experinece I had with him.


To all the staff, thank you for sharing the load with a flood of untimely
emails and calls. I know juggling both print and online media was not
always easy, but you all always found a way to make it work. We know
some days it seemed like a never ending stream of missed deadlines,
changes to the story lines, requirement of additional information; but
finally we did it. Together we made this yearbook into a proud presen-
tation. I am so proud of the teamwork and willingness to help, exhib-
ited by everyone involved. Without your contributions, the Yearbook
project could never have been accomplished on time. So thank you all,
once again.

Lastly, I would like to wish you all a restful and safe summer break. I
hope you enjoy going through this time capsule as much as i did.
Asra Yaldram
Web/Graphic Designer



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