JPGS Newsletter, Issue no. 11, 2020-21

Jeddah Prep and Grammar School






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Founded in 1967 Thursday 1 April 2021
Issue no. 11

Happy and Healthy Holiday


Contents
Our two guiding principles this
past year have been to protect 2 Success and Achievement
the health and wellbeing of our 4 Launch of Careers Lunch
5 Roman Day with Year 4
staff and pupils and to deliver our 6 COBIS Art Competition
mission of excellent teaching and 7 Rule of Balance Competition
learning. While it has been a diffi- 8 JPGS Virtual Book Week
cult year, and many of us have suf- 10 Year 7 Activities Day
fered in myriad ways, there have 11 The Great Fire of London
12 Arabic and LCS Department
also been many upsides. We have 13 Virtual IGCSE Physical Education
learned new ways of working and 14 3D Shapes in Reception
new ways of teaching. We must 15 Walking through the Jungle
hold on to those insights as we re- 16 Arabic with Mrs Sally
17 Poets Corner
Dear Pupils, Parents and Col- turn to normalcy. 18 Marketing and Business
leagues, 20 The Next Half Term Calendar
Pupils and students are now af-
The second term of this academic forded a two-week break, in the
year 2020-21 reaches its conclu- majority of cases this will com- In the meantime, as always, thank
sion. As the seasons change, I have prise a well-deserved holiday and you for your ongoing support of
been reflecting on the remarkable rest. For our older pupils and stu- our school. Please note that Rama-
challenges of the past thirteen dents in Years 10, 11, 12 and 13, dan timings will change the school
months. We have all, I believe, who will be undertaking formal day: schooling will start at 8.30am
in many ways enjoyed an excep- assessments, which will now be and conclude by 2.30pm. There
tionally busy, enthusiastic and, of centre/teacher assessed grades, will be no ECAs offered after
course, virtual term. rather than paper-based examina- school.
tions, please do bear in mind that
This term has been even more we still have some way to go until I shall look forward to seeing you
challenging partly because of the we complete the academic year. back at school for the start of Term
uncertainty around variants, as 3, 2020-21 on Sunday 18 April
th
well as the sheer difficulty some- On behalf of all members of staff 2021.
times of combining work with here at Jeddah Prep and Grammar
caring responsibilities and home School, I do wish you a very Hap- Mr Mark S. Bedford
schooling. However, I am excep- py Spring / Easter holiday with BA Hons (Wales), PGCE (Oxon), MPhil (Cam),
NPQH
tionally proud of how our JPGS lots of memorable moments with Headmaster
community has looked out for one friends and family. I shall look for-
another and has come through ward to the day when we can be
this time together. together again.

Success and Achievement



ue to teach assess and feedback Unfortunately, we have missed
to the high standards. We have out on so many events this aca-
received many positive and en- demic year but rest assured that
couraging messages – please keep as soon as we are up and running,
sending them. It is times like this we will begin planning to ensure
that we all need to pull together to pupils do not miss out.
provide the best education for our
children whilst keeping them safe Finally, may I take this opportuni-
and healthy. ty to wish you all good health and
express my thanks to you all. My
As you can see from our Newslet- message to pupils is not to worry
ter, this last term has been full of or be anxious. If you need any ad-
amazing activities involving the vice or help please e-mail the rele-
whole range of our pupils. I would vant Heads of Key Stage, Heads of
I would like to thank all our par- like to thank my hardworking staff Department, or form tutors.
ents for their continued support for going above and beyond in or- May I wish our Muslim families
and help. In particular your sup- ganising the Business Studies trip, a very happy Ramadhan Kareem
port is appreciated in ensuring careers events, activity day events, for the forthcoming Holy Month
that pupils are attending registra- mock exam and assessment and of Ramadhan. I look forward to
tion and lessons and are punctual revision workshops. welcoming our pupils back on
alongside continuing to complete Sunday 18 April 2022.
th
work to a high standard despite
the virtual nature of teaching and Mr Khalil Ahmed
assessment. BA, QTS, MA (London), NPQH, FRAS, FCCT
Deputy Head / Head of Grammar
Despite the numerous challenges,
I would like to re-assure you that
the school and it’s amazing staff
are working very hard through
this difficult time and will contin-




INSET Day



A busy training day for our fan-
tastic staff.

On Thursday 18 March, every
th
member of the academic and ad-
ministrative staff at Jeddah Prep
and Grammar school attended
training at our Al Naeem cam-
pus or were online via zoom. This
training focused on using online
learning and teaching platforms
to improve further our teaching
practice and this included train-
ing on platforms such as Nearpod,
Peardeck, PAdlet and Kahoot.
These sessions were led by Mrs
Matthew, Mrs Rughbeer, Mr Mil-
lar and Mr Garnett.


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Another significant discussion branch of the Jane Goodall Insti-
topic on Thursday covered staff tute, a global charity, and is devel-
wellbeing and health and was led oping the Roots & Shoots school’s
by a group of medical profession- programme. He is also a Director
als from ALJ hospital. at Aspire Prep, an innovative new
school programme based in Lon-
Thursday’s training day was also don. He also works as Director
a great opportunity to hear from of Education for a newly formed
a leading education consultant, charity, He is also a trained teach-
Mr Adrian Sladdin whose key- er of English and Mathematics
note address was entitled ‘Dream who has worked in both the state
Schools - A Radical New Curric- and independent sectors and has
ulum’. It was a pleasure to hear worked as Senior Examiner for
Adrian Sladdin who is an educa- AQA on GCSE English.
tional consultant who works on
projects and partnerships in the Mrs Manal Al-Tayeb
UK and around the world. He is Business and Operations Manager
educational trustee for the UK





JPGS held a series of Activity Activity Days - Year 8, 9 and 10
Days for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 over
the course of the last few weeks.
These were a unique and positive
time for all our pupils involved.
Each day offered a valuable edu-
cational experience which would
not normally be delivered during
a traditional school day.

Through a range of team building,
decision making, critical thinking,
stock market challenge, entrepre-
neurship and sporting activities.
Pupils were engaged, inspired and
challenged through working in
teams and as individuals. Pupils
really enjoyed the days, and this
was an opportunity for engaging
in personal development in a fun
and stimulating way.

We hope pupils developed their
self-confidence, motivation to
thinking outside the box, develop
better communication skills and
meet their friends at school after
such a long time. Thank you to all
the teaching and administration
staff who made these days possi-
ble.

Mr Eric Mason
History Teacher
Head of Key Stage 3


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Launch of Careers Lunch



studying in the UK. They w
The Economics Department suc-- studying in the UK. They were I really enjoyed listening and I ere I really enjoyed listening and I
The Economics Department suc
found it very beneficial, especially it very beneficial, especially
cessfully launched Careers Lunch found
cessfully launched Careers Lunch also able to find out about the dif-also able to find out about the dif-
ferent careers paths they could
to KS4 and KS5 pupils. The pur ferent careers paths they could because I am unsure what I want because I am unsure what I want
to KS4 and KS5 pupils. The pur--
to study at university. It opened ersity. It opened
pose of this new initiative is to in-of this new initiative is to in-
pose pursue with Law. to study at univ
pursue with Law.
my eyes to the possibility of stud-es to the possibility of stud-
vite my ey
vite guest speakers from different guest speakers from different
ying law and he gav
professional
professional backgrounds to share Pupils responded well to the ses-backgrounds to share Pupils responded well to the ses- ying law and he gave really good e really good
their experiences with our pupils. advice regarding choosing the
advice regarding choosing the
their experiences with our pupils. sion as seen in the feedback:sion as seen in the feedback:
right course for you. It was engag-as engag-
This will also give our pupils and e our pupils and
This will also giv right course for you. It w
an insight into what it takes to “I found that yesterday’s career ing and definitely worth attending insight into what it takes to “I found that yesterday’s career ing and definitely worth attending
an
be
be successful in the industry. All talk was incredibly engaging; the successful in the industry. All talk was incredibly engaging; the
Hattie Britton
together we had 51 participants guest speaker made it very in-e had 51 participants guest speaker made it very in-
together w Hattie Britton
which was a great turn out. Their teresting to watch. I was really 12Xas a great turn out. Their teresting to watch. I was really 12X
which w
engagement
engagement and participation was pleased with the contents of the and participation was pleased with the contents of the
well received. ell received.
talk, and ev
w talk, and even for those who may We hope to continue delivering en for those who may We hope to continue delivering
these sessions so our pupils can s so our pupils can
not be interested in pursuing cor-be interested in pursuing cor-
not these session
porate law, it provided a clear and benefit from engaging with pro-law, it provided a clear and benefit from engaging with pro-
porate
honest perspectiv
honest perspective into the world fessionals. The next Careers Lunch e into the world fessionals. The next Careers Lunch
of work after univ
of work after university, as well will be with Mr Tanvir Miah, a ersity, as well will be with Mr Tanvir Miah, a
as the requirements we must meet Chartered Accountant from Lon-e must meet Chartered Accountant from Lon-
as the requirements w
don on Sunday 28 March at 1pm. March at 1pm.
to pursue a certain line of work.” don on Sunday 28 th th
to pursue a certain line of work.”
I look forward to seeing you there. look forward to seeing you there.
I
Lubna Al Salloum Al Salloum
Lubna
Mr Abdul
Year 12Year 12Y
Y Mr Abdul Aziz QayumAziz Qayum
Economics T
Economics Teachereacher
“The
“The talk was really beneficial talk was really beneficial
as
as it gave me an insight on how it gave me an insight on how
to choose my career and life after
to choose my career and life after
univ
university”ersity”
Umar Oozer
Umar Oozer
Year 12X ear 12X
Y
The first guest speaker was Mr first guest speaker was Mr
The
Aysh Ahmed Chowdary, a Cor-Ahmed Chowdary, a Cor- “The opportunity
Aysh
“The opportunity we received to we received to
porate The Rocky
porate Lawyer at Clifford Chance listen to such a successful and Lawyer at Clifford Chance listen to such a successful and
well-spoken person was truly eye ell-spoken person was truly eye
since 2014.
since 2014. Aysh is an Eng-Aysh is an Eng- w
lish-qualified
lish-qualified Corporate Finance opening. Listening to Mr Chow-Corporate Finance opening. Listening to Mr Chow- Hills
lawyer specialising in M&A, Pri-er specialising in M&A, Pri-
dary, who embodies integrity in
lawy dary, who embodies integrity in
vate Equity, Joint Ventures, Invest-ate Equity, Joint Ventures, Invest-
such an inspiring manner incul
v such an inspiring manner incul--
ment
ment Projects and Capital Markets cated everyday values that I as-Projects and Capital Markets cated everyday values that I as- I walked past the rocky hills
(including Islamic
(including Islamic Finance). He pire to achieve both as a pupil, Finance). He pire to achieve both as a pupil, Above me lay the sun shining
advises sov and a dreamer. We can only hope e can only hope With pleasure my heart fills
and a dreamer. W
advises sovereign entities, mul-ereign entities, mul-
to withhold the same
tinationals, high net worth indi-- to withhold the same dedication dedication I move my arms in the air,
tinationals, high net worth indi
in the future”
viduals and start-ups across v in the future” desiring
viduals and start-ups across var-ar-
ious
ious sectors. Aysh works across sectors. Aysh works across
London and Casablanca and has Yaara MansourYaara Mansour
London and Casablanca and has The wind blowing past my skin
worked
worked in the Middle East and Year 11Xin the Middle East and Year 11X The clouds sleep above my head
Spain previously. I can’t help, but imagine
Spain previously.
I really enjoyed it. I learnt so ed it. I learnt so The rock tripped near me, and
I really enjoy
This session said
This session enabled pupils to much from it and made me feel enabled pupils to much from it and made me feel
learn about Law and what it motivated Law and what it motivated
learn about
takes
takes to be successful in this field. to be successful in this field. By Zeina Musallam
Aysh’s wealth of knowledge and Louai Abdallahwealth of knowledge and Louai Abdallah
Aysh’s 7x
experience
experience allowed pupils to ask Year 12Yallowed pupils to ask Year 12Y
questions and gain an insight into and gain an insight into
questions
4 4 4 4

Roman Day with Year 4



Year 4 pupils were assigned one habitat. Finally, pupils had an op-
of 6 habitats and they had to find portunity to present their projects
at least five living things that be- to the class.
long there. Pupils had to include
animals from different kingdoms This term we also learnt about the
(mammals, reptiles, etc) and Romans. Pupils enjoyed reading
plants. While researching and the story of Boudicca and how
writing in their own words, pupils she led an uprising against the
had to think about the climate and conquering forces of the Roman
weather, surrounding landscape Empire. During our Art lessons,
and soil. Pupils researched how we enjoyed designing and making
the habitat changed or is changing a Roman shield which we show-
due to natural processes and how cased on our ‘Roman Day’ when
it is affected by human involve- we all dressed - up as a Roman.
ment. In groups, we discussed
ideas on what can be done to help Mrs Christien Rughbeer
preserve a habitat. To demon- 4A Class Teacher
strate their understanding, pupils Roman dress by
created fantastic models of their Samer Shouman



















Roman shield by
Hafsa Malik



The African Savannah by
Habitat Project by Adam Zogheib
Hala Kenawi BY ADAM ZOGHEIB 4A























Kenzy Ahmed Roman shield by
Roman Dress by Hala Roshdy Hafsa Malik


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5 5 5 5

COBIS Art Competition



“Art must be an expression of love
or it is nothing.” – Marc Chagall.


This year the theme for the CO-
BIS art competition was “Connec-
tions”. Our school pupils had par-
ticipated in this years competition
by submitting their fantastic art Joud Bahamdaine
work. Year 8X

The competition was opened for
key stage 1, key stage 2, and key
stage 3. From each key stage three
art work were shortlisted for the Lama Al Yaqoub
competition. Year 4C

The pupils came up with differ-
ent art theme which portrayed the
message of “connections”.

The winners are sponsored this
year by Kinteract. Kinteract’s intu-
itive digital learning platform sup-
ports schools and educators.
Muhammad Sulayman Janneh
Winners will be provided by gift Muhammad Hamza Shamsi
vouchers by amazon of 50 pounds Year 1C Year 5C
and 25 pounds. The winners will
be announced on COBIS website
and social media channels in April
2021. The winning entries will be
published on COBIS website and
may feature at the Annual Confer-
ence in May 2021.


I wish all the best to all our young
artists from JPGS participating in Sarah Alakhal
the competition.
Year 8Z
Mrs Fatima Jabeen
Art and Design Teacher







Musa Mahoon
Year 1C


Moudi Al Turki
Year 2C
Muhammad
Ehsaan Serene Sharbatly
Year 7Y Year 6A

6 6 6 6

Rule of Balance Competition



This picture was taken at Jeddah
Corniche at 18.08 pm. It was be-
fore sunset, so the lighting came
from the sun. The yellow/orange
sun is setting into the blue water.
The yellow contrasts the dark blue
that gradually becomes a light
blue while moving closer to the
sun. You can also see the reflection
of the sun in the water in the top
third. I went close to the water (so
the water starts of clear, wavy, and
dark blue and gradually gets dark-
er and less detailed) and made my
phone level with the horizon.
1 st 2 nd Sanya Saqib


Year 9z
This picture was taken in my bath-
room at 9:00am, very dull lighting
like after rain. I used a mirror and 3 rd
water on my hand to this picture
like it was a panic. I placed my
phone on thee end of the mirror
and zoomed in.

Hala Alzagha
Year 9Y




I took this photo on my way to Taif, Saudi Arabia. I had taken this picture in my car around 12:34 in the morn-
ing. The two main points in this photo are the bush and the mountain in the background. It was quite sunny
when I took this picture. I used an S20 phone camera.”

Rayan Din
Year 9X

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED HIGHLY RECOMMENDED HIGHLY RECOMMENDED






















Hussain Malji Rayan Bokhari Hasan Malji
Year 9Y Year 9X Year 9Z

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Virtual Book Week in Prep School




























Seattle



The Prep School enjoyed a busy
and exciting Book Week where
we didn’t let the fact that we are Book Week in
online stop us from having lots
of fun and getting excited about
books.


It was great to hear from many dif-
ferent authors from the UK, Cana- Seattle,
The Emerald City,
da and the Emirates, sharing mes- A city of many wonders,
sages about their love for reading. A city that feels the breeze com-
We tried to figure out who the ing by,
Masked Readers were, and lots of
staff and pupils took the opportu- A city that hears the sound of the
cars driving by,
nity to read stories for one anoth- A city that feels the people walk-
er, sharing some of our favourite ing by,
books. We were especially excit- As well as one that feels sur-
ed to see some of our youngest
learners taking up the challenge rounding nature,
and reading aloud for the whole Oh where would I want to be,
If not Seattle,
school.
The Space Needle sticking up in
the Emerald City,
Furthermore, we reflected on the
theme of ‘Not all heroes wear Lush greenery around,
capes!’ We recognised the every An urban metropolitan with the
sound,
day heroes in some of our favour- The sound people walking in the
ite books and in our lives, from streets,
children who are great friends, to
the mums, nurses and doctors, po- The feeling, that of a breeze,
Seattle,
lice officers and teachers who help Where else would I want to be,
us and protect us. to show off some of our favourite A place with a beach,
books. That’s a maybe
The week ended with an exciting
assembly where we got to see all Mr David Millar
of the creative hats that we made Year 6 Teacher Dawoud Bokhari
7x

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Book Week in Year 2



Year 2’s had a fun filled week
doing all things book related
on Book Week this year! It was
packed with fun activities, superb
photos, wonderful discussions
and most of all lots of stories and
books! Our theme this year fol-
lowed ‘Not all Superheroes wear
capes’. It goes without saying that
our greatest superheroes in the
school are our wonderful children
who have shown resilience and
perseverance in light of continued
virtual learning and it doesn’t stop
there! The children continued to
take part in all the activities and
most importantly had lots of fun!
From creating story corners in
their homes and extreme reading
photos to reading their favourite
books and making character hats,
we all had a fantastic week! Let’s
continue to let our books transport
us to different worlds and embrace
the love for reading in our lives!

Mrs Maryam Nauman
Year 2 Teacher












































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9 9 9 9

Year 7 Activities Day



Year 7 finally returned to JPGS (al-
beit just for one day) on Wednes-
day 17 March. As a new Head
th
of Department, I was looking for-
ward to meeting pupils face-to-
face for the first time. During the
day we ran a round robin’ event in
the sports hall. All pupils took part
in eight sports during the course
of each 4 x 40 minutes activity.

We named each ‘sport’ accord-
ing to the equipment we used;
tennis, football, badminton, bas-
ketball, archery, rugby, hockey
and cricket, but anyone who was
in the sports hall would not have
seen any of these sports taking
place! The fantastic sports re-
sources available at JPGS allowed
us to be ‘creative’ in how we kept
the whole of Year 7 entertained,
competitive and Covid safe.

I was delighted that teamwork
won the day. But also the fan-
tastic energy, competitive spirit,
and maturity in taking turns and
playing fair were fantastic to see
throughout the day.

A big thank you and well done
also to our fantastic PE staff-
Mr Nelson Santos and Coach
Eman -their hands-on contri-
bution made the day complete.

Well done Year 7. Hurry back
soon!

Mr David Kitt
Head of PE




















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The Great Fire of London by Year 1






























And some exciting news to share but later were fascinated by the ty, while drawing beautiful mas-
with everyone! how quickly the flames spread terpieces of the fire they saw and
from one house to the next. The coloured it!
After a whole year of being cooped fire may have only lasted a few
up at home and learning virtually, minutes but it got them to realise
an opportunity came up which how people in 1666 must have felt
enabled the pupils of year one to when theirs lasted for three whole
come to school to travel back in days. The pupils subsequently
time and experience a reenact- promised their teachers that they
ment of the Great Fire of London will never play with fire!
that happened in 1666!
After experiencing the live inciner-
ate of the houses, pupil discussed
various questions with each other
and shared mutual feelings about The reading session that took
what they had witnessed. place after really showed their
fluency and understanding of the
The pupils were then escorted to book they read, which was spec-
the Prep Hall to write a news arti- tacular.
cle as news reporters about what
they saw. The hall was organized
in such a way that everyone was
The pupils were as thrilled as us following the Civil Defense guide-
by the idea. They were split into lines for Covid!
three groups due to Covid restric-
tions and assigned a day to come
in and bring history to life. The day ended with everyone
snacking and speaking to one an-
On Tuesday 9 of March and other keeping the social distance
th
Wednesday 10 of March, pupils rule in mind. We couldn’t let pupil
th
went behind the cordon and saw leave without doing some fun ex-
their amazing Tudor houses craft- ercise! I must say they were suc-
ed with their parents, lined up cessful days and everyone had a
together and then put to fire by blast!
Mr Mohammad and Mr Marei.
At first they felt unhappy because Their colourful and creative side Ms Ayesha Riaz
their houses were getting burned, came out during their art activi- Year 1 Teacher


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Arabic and LCS Department



Pupil involvement is essential to يفولا قيدصلا
the success of our learning pro- ةظفاحملا نم دبالو ا نم ةمعن يفولا قيدصلا ربتعي
cess, so in Arabic and LCS set 1 we عيطتست ال ةريثك ءايشأب موقت يكل كدعاسي هنإف .اهيلع
تقو قيدصلا) قيضلا تقو يف كدناسيو اهب مايقلا
convince the students to set their ةصاخلا كرارسأب هرابخإو هب قوثولا كنكمي كلذكو ،(قيضلا.
own individual goals, raising their صخش هنإ ،ناقرف يفولا يقيدص نع ثدحتأ فوس مويلا
interest in the subject. We also try ،يكذو كحضم اضيأ وهو هيلإ جاتحأ نيح هدجأو هيف قثأ
باعلألاب بعللا يف ضعب عم اليوط اتقو يضقن نحنف
to increase their proficiency, by ءاضقب عتمتسأ يننإ ،ايوس ركاذنو جرخن كلذكو ةينورتكلإلا
encouraging them to gain the nec- هعم تقولا.
essary skills and knowledge, in ad- صلخمو يفو قيدص رايتخا كيلع بجي هنأ ىلإ ةفاضإلاب
كئاقدصأل صلخمو يفو قيدص تنأ نوكت نأ بجي.
dition to using different methods
to expand their creative thinking.
That can be done by encouraging
the students to always relate their
written work to their living reali-
ty, however they can alternate that
reality in numerous ways and al-
low their creative thinking to drag
them along into undiscovered
territories. We then adopt a strat-
egy that will obligate students to
answer challenging but achievable
tasks.
three years and I am still enjoy-
Mrs Reham Tawfik ing it. I think it is always good
Arabic Teacher to learn something new, some-
thing that you wouldn’t have an
interest for before but then your
interest starts to build up. I prac-
ticed, learned and concentrated
in my classes and realised that I
had started enjoying the lessons.
My experience has been great and
I know that I will be continuing to
have such an amazing experience.

Aahana Mishra tries, and how it is made. There
Year 9 have also been topics such as the
Red Sea, or tourist locations in
Saudi Arabia. Throughout the
LCS lessons, the class is usually
shown a video, which gives us a
So far this year, I have been en- good idea of what we should make
joying LCS as a subject. I am fond our PowerPoints about, and we
of working with other pupils to are given a week to add our infor-
The experience of learning the Ar- produce PowerPoints and present mation which we will eventually
abic Language has been excellent them the next week to the class; it present. I look forward to a lot of
so far. As a non-Arab, it is quite not only enhances my knowledge the upcoming LCS lessons we will
challenging and difficult and for of things that we wouldn’t study be having throughout the rest of
me speak or write in Arabic, but in other classes but also builds my the year.
these past years has really helped curiosity on certain topics. I have
me to develop my understanding especially enjoyed covering topics Inaya Pervez
in Arabic. I have thoroughly en- about gold in Saudi Arabia, how Year 9Z
joyed learning Arabic in the past it differs from gold in other coun


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Virtual Teaching IGCSE Physical Education



There are two crucial barriers to hard about content. ers accountable for attending
effective online learning. The first and thinking have been baked
is over-complex, confusing lesson The second crucial barrier is mo- into the lesson design. I’m really
and task design. As far as possi- tivation, engagement and effort. pleased with the theoretical con-
ble, I have planned the IGCSE PE As a teacher we need to remember tent progress within the IGCSE
virtual theoretical content to get that we have very limited control examination groups. The pupils
every lesson to look and sound the over the learning environment or have found holding themselves
same, with a shared, common lan- the behaviour of the learner. As accountable to do more thinking
guage around what content pupils such, the IGCSE PE examination about the content much more fre-
will be doing in their final written classes have cultivated a need to quently than in a synchronous,
exam. This in turn, will lead and encourage learners to do this for physically-proximate lesson has
has led to more successful out- themselves. The messaging to pu- maximised and developed their
comes. pils has been the same in every les- learning in the virtual world that
son. This has helped build a cul- has been laid in front of us.
I have chosen this is as pupils ture and ensured that pupils have
have to devote limited working developed good habits around Mr Martin Eldridge
memory resources to decoding learning. PE Teacher
a novel or confusing task design,
they are less likely to have space Attention is the gatekeeper of
for essential processing of key les- learning (McCrea, P). All the
son content. By keeping the lesson normal methods of focusing at-
structures predictable, pupils can tention on learning are closed to
devote more resources to thinking us. Techniques for holding learn-





Not All Heroes Wear Capes…

Some Wear a JPGS School Uniform!



During our Book Week celebra- ence in people’s lives. Since we inspires others to do amazing
tions, I discovered that a small enjoy baking with our mom, we things too!
group of children from our School have been fundraising to help
had been involved with an amaz- people in need. We are happy to Mrs Fahmida Master
ing initiative. see that each year it is attracting KS1 Coordinator
more people so this way we can
Children from our School took help even more.
part in a ‘Bake Sale’ and other
activities (such as selling slime!) Supporting our local communities
within the Conti Compound, in is more important than ever and
order to raise money for their own there are plenty of ways out there
maintenance staff. This selfless act to do so. Please join us in our next
spurred me to investigate further fundraiser to help those in need.”
which led me to Jana Berjawi’s
(from Class 2A) mum and family. Our theme for Book Week was
This is what Jana (2A) and Celena ‘Not All Heroes Wear Capes’ so it
(4B) had to say: was just by chance that I came to From right – left: Celena Berjawi
learn about our remarkable chil- (4B), Talia Al Banna (1B), Jana
“We love having a bake sale. This dren during that week! Berjawi (2A)
is one way to give back to our
community. We can all help how- Well done to all the children and
ever small it is to make a differ parents involved and I hope this


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3D Shapes in Reception


























In Maths, Reception have been favourite zoo animals. We had Many children are now also writ-
learning about 3D shapes. We fun making Giraffe puppets and ing words independently, which
learnt cube, cuboid, sphere, cyl- learning about the zoo keeper and makes us so proud! Thank you
inder, cone and pyramid. We the zoo vet and their jobs. It was so for being absolutely amazing this
have been playing some games, fun going on a virtual tour at Lon- half term Reception. We can’t wait
and recognising and naming the don Zoo where we saw the insect to see your smiley faces hopefully
shapes. We enjoyed making 3D house, the reptile house, an aquar- very soon.
shapes, whilst studying their ium and a small farm too! We are
properties. We also went on a so proud of the progress the chil- Mrs Ola Loutfi
shape hunt and realised there are dren have made in phonics so F2B Teacher
3D shapes all around us! Our top- far this term. They are becoming
ic about animals has gone WILD! increasingly confident each day
We have been exploring the sto- in recognising, saying, and blend-
ry ‘Dear Zoo’ and discussed our ing the sounds they have learnt.





Activities with Mrs Courtney




The Year 2 pupils have been busy
this term painting and drawing.


We have been learning about
rainforests this term and decided
to draw cartoon monkeys and to
shade in using pastels/crayons to
depict these animals.


In science we have been studying
rocks and the pupils had to go out
and find some rocks to paint on.
They thoroughly enjoyed this ac-
tivity and were able to report back
on what type of rock they had
found.

Mrs Anne Courtney
Year 2 Teacher

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Walking Through the Jungle! Celebrating

Sports


Successes






















Selim Ebeid Aly Ebeid
Year 6A Year 10Y

26 swimming clubs recently com-
peted in Western Region Swim-
ming championships and JPGS
achieved fantastic double success
with two star swimming brothers!

Aly Ebeid (Year 10Y) achieved 3
Silver medals including a fantastic
personal best time, meanwhile his
brother Selim Ebeid (Year 6A) also
participated achieving one Silver
medal and one Bronze. These suc-
cesses are even more impressive
since training for a whole month
has been limited due to the partial
Year 2B
lockdown that took place over the
last month. Both boys are proud
Piranhas and they are now aim-
ing to take part in the forthcoming
Saudi National Championship.
This term, Year 2 have been work- ing his poem but then presenting
ing really hard on poetry and we it in a beautifully colourful way. Meanwhile during the school
have been learning all about rain- Daniel Zogheib in 2B pushed him- holidays JPGS PE staff are busy
forests, jungles and animals! The self further to present his poem retraining and refreshing Life-
children were introduced to an in a very captivating way and his guard Certificates so we are ready
original poem; ‘Walking through poem itself is brilliant! Well done to get all pupils safely back in the
the Jungle’ and then were asked Daniel and well done everyone pool once school re-opens. Teach-
to change elements of it to make it in Year 2 for working so hard on ing our pupils how to stay afloat,
their own. your poems this term! They have learn basic strokes, some elite per-
all been fantastic! formance and having fun!
On 20th March, we also celebrated
World Poetry Day and performed Mrs Maryam Nauman Good luck to them both.
various different poems, but I Year 2 Teacher
would like to highlight one child’s Mr David Kitt
particular effort into not just writ-
Head of PE

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Arabic with Mrs Sally




Year 4 were introduced to a new
technique called talking 4 writing
it is a technique where the pu-
pils talk about the story that they
heard or read and then write it , in
early years we give them the base Dareen Raghab
and some sentence starters and Year 4 (Set 1)
some key vocabulary, then the pu-
pils build the story on their own,
we help them by giving them the
structure and setting of the story
and some of the key words and
remind them to use the correct
punctuation marks and connec-
tives year 4 enjoyed writing the Rital Al Sayed
stories and we are so proud of Year 4 (Set 1)
them. Well done all!


Mrs Sally Mostafa
Teacher of Arabic and LCS








Samer Shouman
Year 4 (Set 1)







Omar Aly
Year 4 (Set 1)







Haneen Hamid
Year 4 (Set 1)




Kenda Ahmed
Year 4 (Set 1)


I want to express my sincere grat-
itude for the efforts in arranging
all the fun activities that helped us
to enhance our knowledge. I feel
lucky to have had the opportunity
to participate in this day

Mahnoor Mosharraf
Selena Elyas Lea Bahamdaine
Year 4 (Set 1) Year 4 (Set 1) Year 10Y

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Poets Corner




The Vigorous The Sleeping The Sky

Lightning Sun














The sky is low,
The water is slow,
Morning sun rose from the east, The trees will grow,
The vigorous lightning, The night sun settled in the west. And I will row,
And the deafening thunder, Daytime, the sun glows vibrant Across the countries watercourse,
Pooled with robust rain, While evening starts to set
As the wind ran rapidly, I’m holding a bright light,
The fearsome wind, The trees began to swiftly wave And a kite,
And the heavy pellets, the sun is now going down low Walking with excite,
Combined with crying children, Sky becomes a russet orange very And delight,
slow In fright
Then in the very sudden moments, Russet starts to wilt with dark-
The snow had arrived, ness creeping By Ammar Moumena
Now all that’s left are gloomy Cloudy skies with a sorrowing Year 7X
folks. sun,
The sun is now sleeping.
By Abdulelah Shesha The Nature
Year 7X By Fatimah Ali
Year 7X


The Desert Bright Stars








Look at the nature the,
beautiful mountains,
The bright stars shine so bright with the miracle sun,
That they take away the dark rise and look at the mirror,
fright water that reflects all the nature,
The Desert is hot, In an incredibly large height on the mountain refreshing green
The wind just caught, They make a beautiful sight grass,
The rocks have formed. at the bridge, the people sit and
To sit on the rocks take all of the positivity,
Until the dust stormed, And stare at the sky there is nothing better than na-
And the leopards swarmed, That might take away your cry ture,
The desert warmed Burt now I must go so good-bye and look at the nature.


By Emil Elias By Sirsa Youssef By Zidan Fahmy
Year 7X Year 7X Year 7X


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Marketing and Business




























After spending a whole year We then went onto collecting sta-
away from school, thanks to our tistics for our research topic ‘Is
wonderful teachers, the business price the most important reason
students of year 10 had the op- for buying’. The students admin-
portunity to come together and istered questionnaires relevant to
put their hard work at task. With our topic to passers by. The trip
marketing being our current top- was extremely beneficial as we got
ic of interest, we got to experience to ‘learn by doing’ and we were
firsthand what it really is and how also encouraged to engage with
some of our local stores achieve it. people which was something we
This was done through a trip to haven’t done in a long time. Hope-
Mall of Arabia. fully we’ll have more opportuni-
ties like this in the future.
Our first business research task
was to find out who our compe- Nour Binmahfouz
tition would be when starting a Year 10Y
business. We visited ‘home center’
and ‘Nike’ and were fortunate
enough to speak to the store man-
agers who thoroughly explained
the details of the stores. We learnt
many things including their target
market, how they advertise and if
their products are value for mon-
ey.























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From the Head Team

























Saif Al Banna Haadiya Usman Ammar Vora Farah Bakhsh
Head Boy (Year 12) Head Girl (Year 12) Deputy Head Boy (Year 12) Deputy Head Girl (Year 12)
As the second term comes to end, zoom timetables more comforta- this academic term, however, we
we as a Head Team are glad that ble. We have managed to maintain hope to achieve many more in the
our pupils have continued to sup- a proper connection between the coming months as well.
port us during these times. Where staff and the pupils through these
online learning might prove diffi- meetings. Lastly, we would like to mention
cult for many, with the help of the that there is only one term left be-
staff, the Senior Leadership Team, As the academic year’s completion fore we depart for our summer
and of course, our pupils, we have comes closer, the planning for our holidays and we as a Head Team
had success throughout the sec- leaver’s graduation has also begun will try our utmost to make this
ond term as well. as we attempt to give our pupils term enjoyable and memorable for
and peers a farewell to remember. you.
The School Council meetings es-
pecially have allowed us yet again Furthermore, the Head Team also We are thankful for all your sup-
to assist our pupils with their ide- participated in the school’s Virtu- port and we hope that you shall
as and innovations. In the Prep al Open Day; through our Virtual continue doing so. The JPGS Head
and Grammar school meetings, Tour and interviews, our parents Team would like to wish you all
along with the whole school meet- and students witnessed a short happy holidays and a very happy
ings we have found solutions to glimpse of the beauty and majesty Easter.
ease the pressure on our students of our institution. These were some
by making their homework and of our many successes throughout Head Team


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The next Half Term at JPGS…

May


Sunday 2 Year 6 to 7 Transition Week
Wednesday 12 Half-Term Eid Al Fitr
Wednesday 19 Prep Parent Teacher Conference
Thursday 20 Prep Parent Teacher Conference
Friday 21 U14 Boys Basketball AISJ / U14 Girls Basketball
Saturday 22 All Girls Badminton / All Boys Badminton
Sunday 23 Year 7-9 Assessment Week 1
Thursday 27 U16 Boys/Girls Badminton DBGS U19 Boys/Girls Badminton DMM
Friday 21 U16 Boys and Girls Badminton DBGS / U19 Boys and Girls Badminton
DMM
Sunday 30 Year 9-7 Assessment Week 2 / Year 10 IGCSE End of Year Exams Week


June



Thursday 3 Grammar Swim Gala / U14 Boys Cricket Inv Jubail
Friday 4 U14 Boys Cricket Inv Jubail
Sunday 5 Grammar School Transition Week
Monday 7 Nursery / Reception Swim Gala
Tuesday 8 Year 1 / Year 2 Swim Gala
Thursday 10 U14 Girls Basketball TKS, U14 Boys Basketball TWA
Friday 11 U14 Girls Basketball TKS / U14 Boys Basketball TWA
Saturday 12 Sixth Form Prom
Sunday 13 Year 12 return from Study leave
Monday 14 Year 3 / Year 4 Swim Gala
Tuesday 15 Year 5 / Year 6 Swim Gala
Thursday 17 Prep School End of Year reports

Friday 18 Sixth Form Graduation
Sunday 20 Year 12 University Preparation
Monday 21 Year 1 to Year 6 Prep School COA day
Tuesday 22 Reception-Year 10 Written Reports / Grammar School COA Day
Wednesday 23 Sports Award Event / FS1 and FS2 Moving on Show
Thursday 24 Last Day of Summer Term
Sunday 27 Summer Holidays


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