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    JPS Weekly

    April 24th 2014 Jumeirah Primary School, Dubai Issue No. 29 - 13/14 Dear Parents, I am writing to wish you a warm welcome back to JPS following the Spring Break. I hope that you have all had an excellent time and that you have returned refreshed. I was fortunate enough to visit England in the first week of the break and spent time with my family; in the second week I spent my time working on a GEMS project with Stephen Chynoweth, my predecessor at JPS, and Catherine McKeever, who will take over the reins from me in September. I think that we made a pretty good team together! When I reflect on last term, I think of many great JPS events, including the wonderful Spring Fair which was led and organised by the PTA. I know that I really enjoyed it as I have each of the three years that I have been here. The term finished with the fantastic Year Six show which, as always, was led by Mrs. Deborah Bannister, Mrs. Maryellen Scribner and the Year Six team. As one parent wrote, To conjure that level of performance from 10 and 11 year old children is truly staggering, never mind the imagination, energy and musical skill also brought to the show. Thank you to all of you for giving us such wonderful children to work with! We are, of course, moving into the hottest time of the year and that is why I am urging all parents to provide their children with appropriate protection with sun hats and sunscreen applied before school, as well as a small bottle of still water that can accompany your child in their lessons. It is extremely important that we work together to ensure the children are properly hydrated. I look forward to meeting many of you over the forthcoming term at the numerous events that will be happening. I wish you and your families the very best in all that you do. Very best wishes, Chris McDermott Principal/CEO.

    DATE
    Sun 27 April Mon 28 April Tue 29 April Wed 30 April Thurs 1 May

    EVENTS
    FS2AC Trip to Deira Souks

    TEACHER LED AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES BEGIN

    FS1and Year 1 will be watching Pinocchio in the Main Hall FS2EH Trip to Deira Souks FS2BDF Trip to Deira Souks FS2G Trip to Deira Souks

    TEACHER LED AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES BEGIN THIS SUNDAY, 27th APRIL (Years 1 to 6)
    IMPORTANT - CANCELLATIONS:
    Because the whole of the PE Department will be involved in pool safety training on Tuesday 29th April, Wednesday 30th April and Thursday 1st May (next week), the following after school activities will not start until the following week: Year 2 Ball Skills Squad (Tuesday) Year 5/6 Rounders (Tuesday) Year 3/4 Rounders (Wednesday) Year 5/6 Water Polo (Thursday) The Year 3/4/5/6 Swim Squad (Wednesday) training at Hamdan Complex will still go ahead (Squad members please sign up on Weebly) Please note that after school activities will finish at 3.15pm. (This includes all sport ASAs, except swim squad which will finish at 3.30pm) ASAs will run for seven weeks, last day being Thursday 12th June.

    MESSAGE FROM THE REGISTRAR VERY IMPORTANT - RE-ENROLMENT DEADLINE


    A reminder that the strict deadline for re-enrolment for the 2014/15 academic year is WEDNESDAY, 30th APRIL. Children not re-enrolled by this date will have their names removed from the register at the end of this term. The non-refundable reenrolment fee is Dh3000 per child. This amount will be deducted off the first terms school fees. Each child must be individually re-enrolled through the parent logon on GLG (OASIS) before Accounts will accept payment; If your child is NOT returning to JPS in September, you still need to complete the re-enrolment process, as the Transfer Certificate is only generated through GLG. A Transfer Certificate will be required by your new school. The re-enrolment process does not apply to children who are currently in Year 6. If your child is not going to Jumeirah College, however, please drop an email to the Registrar, Mrs Larkins ([email protected]) advising her which school your child will be going to so that Transfer Certificates can be arranged. Please pop in if you need help with GLG. Thank you

    INTERHOUSE SWIMMING GALA


    The Year 6 Inter-house Gala is now on the following date: The gala will start at 8am and will aim to finish by 11am, although please allow for additional time in case it is slightly longer than planned.

    THURSDAY 8th MAY

    All children must wear their house colour swim cap available from sports shops

    TERM 3 PREVIEW MEETINGS We welcome you all to attend our termly preview meetings. The Heads of Year and specialist staff will provide you with an overview of the terms learning focuses. There will be an opportunity for you to ask questions about the curriculum and year level educational opportunities. Preview questions should be emailed in advance via the Heads of Year, email addresses below. We look forward to seeing you there!
    FS2 YEAR 1 YEAR 3 YEAR 6 YEAR 2 FS1 Year 4 Year 5 Sunday 4th May Monday 5th May Monday 5th May Monday 5th May Tuesday 6th May Wednesday 7th May Wednesday 7th May Thursday 8th May 7.45am to 8.30am 7.45am to 8.30am 1.30pm to 2.10pm 6.00pm to 7.15pm 7.45am to 8.30am 7.45am to 8.30am 1.30pm to 2.10pm 7.45am to 8.30am Chloe Hobson-Burch [email protected] Louise Usher [email protected] Nikki Perkins [email protected] John Stapley [email protected] Dan Smith [email protected] Sue Price [email protected] Fiona Nicholson [email protected] Jenny Barratt [email protected]

    Temperatures have started to soar again. Please can you stress to your children the importance of keeping hydrated water, water, water!! We have already noticed an increase in sore tummies and headaches, usually caused by dehydration. Also, dont forget to apply sun cream in the mornings before school and remember NO HAT, NO PLAY

    MESSAGE FROM THE NURSES

    A QUICK REMINDER PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW YOUR CHILDREN TO BRING THEIR MOBILE PHONES TO SCHOOL

    15 of our Year 6 students attended the World Scholar's Cup on the weekend of April 4th and 5th, at GEMS World Academy. They were involved in many activities including debating, writing, quizzes - all against secondary students! The highlight of the weekend was when they discovered that 12 of them had qualified for the global round in SINGAPORE!! Well Done to all 15 students, who were great ambassadors for JPS. All of you should be very proud of your achievements.
    Helen Green Gifted and Talented Leader

    MESSAGE FROM THE LIBRARY


    We are looking for parent volunteers to help out on Monday and Wednesday mornings after drop off, to assist with putting books on the shelves . No experience necessary just a pair of helping hands! Pop up and see us in the library or send an email to [email protected] Well done to our new library monitors this term who are Faud Awad (6A), Savanna Oberg (6B), Jenifer Hosking (6B), Rachel Manning (6F) and Ana Majer (6F). They can be easily spotted with their purple badges!
    Giants is also making rules. Their rules is not suiting the human beans. Everybody is making his own rules to suit himself. Roald Dahl, The BFG

    Reefat Mohamed Lead Librarian

    Year 6 performed for the very last time as JPS primary students at the end of last term, and what an amazing production it was! Well done to all the actors, singers and backstage workers.

    MARY POPPINS!

    A very big Thank You to Deborah Bannister, Head of Music, who, as always, choreographed an amazing show and was ably assisted by Mary Ellen Scribner and the entire Year 6 team of Teachers and Teacher Assistants.

    We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Tim Hortons for their wonderful donation of hot chocolate, many different coffees, yummy cookies, delicious timbits, scones and doughnuts on the Mary Poppins performance evenings. The photographs taken by Stu Williamson Photographers will be on display in reception from next week, and the DVD orders will be sent home shortly

    JPS Sports
    MIXED TAG RUGBY TOURNAMENT
    In the last week of term, boys and girls from Year 4, 5 and 6 took part in a mixed tag rugby tournament. It was a great afternoon for all our rugby enthusiasts! Both boys and girls displayed fantastic skills, playing tough and challenging games against each other. The highlight of the day had to be the participation from the girls. Our girls at JPS have been playing Rugby the last two terms by the second term, they were moving into contact Rugby. They have committed themselves to learn the skills of this sport despite the absence of competition. I have been so proud of the girls passion and motivation to learn the game; some of them are now moving forward with rugby, joining local rugby clubs soon to be local Rugby Stars! During the tournament, the girls proved that they are just as good as the boys, with speedy footwork, slick passing, quick decision making and strong defence. In fact they definitely impressed and shocked many of the boys! Overall, the standard and level of Rugby displayed at this tournament was excellent - A massive Well Done to all those who took part.

    Hollie Murphy Teacher of PE

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