Summer Term Week 2

(Week A)

BSME Bonanza!

Wonderful Art!

Back into the Swing;

Feeling Sunny!

In pursuit of excellence!

Brighton College Abu Dhabi had the privilege of

hosting the 2016 BSME Music Festival. The weekend

was full of rehearsals, making new friendships and

performing to a great audience. A wonderful

weekend with many great memories made.

Here at Brighton College, we believe that a balanced, inspiring curriculum

allows all of our pupils to flourish in many, if not all, areas within their

studies. It is integral to our ethos that subjects are interspersed and

entwined with each other. The recent Prep School exhibition was a

collaboration between the Art department and Mrs Robitaille’s vision to

showcase what our pupils do best.

The themes within Art for each year group were discussed and broadly set

to be inclusive of every department in the school: Scale, Opposites,

Contrasts, Texture and Pattern. These trigger words were projected on to

every department within the school, with the intention to collate a cross-

curricular exhibition.

The exhibition has been a huge success; from scaled matchbox still life

paintings, nestled against models of The Titanic with beautiful writing

about the survivors from the events of 1912, to the Arabic department’s

exquisite calligraphy using extracts from the Quran about the scales of

humanity – it was a celebration of diversity.

The entire exhibition is a visual delight to the senses and will be on show in

the gallery for a further two weeks - if you have not seen it, please do take

the time to explore how diverse our curriculum can be.

Michael Cooper

Director of Art

Creativity Across the

Curriculum

This week we have continued to consider what it would be like to be

an evacuee during WW2. We used our amazing language skills to write

some fabulous poems. In our poems we tried to put ourselves in the

shoes of being an evacuee and describe the sights, sounds and smells.

We also used oil pastels to create some wonderful Blitz scenes.

Well done to all of our shining stars – keep up the hard

work!

The Stars!

Daisy S – Elm Issac - Oak

Hugo – Willow Saif - Palm

Angelina – Maple This week’s playground award goes to:

Playground awards goes to: Youhan – Elm

Prep Art Exhibition Please enjoy the photographs below of some of the many works of

art produced by pupils in Hosn.

Jonny Walster , Y5 Hosn

Gyeongeun Noh, Y7 Hosn

Al Hosn News

Abdulla Al Ketbi, Y8 Hosn

Alex Kokalj and Harry Sanders, Y6 Hosn

Members of the choir including Helena

(Y8), Sophia (Y6), Amelia, Marie,

Emerson, Amelia, Mak, and Addison (all

Y5)

Equipment checks! With the examination season soon to be upon us, it is the perfect time to ensure that

pupils have and bring in all of the required equipment ready to learn in lessons, and to

perform under exam conditions. Bearing this in mind, please find a list of the expected

equipment below, in case some items have been misplaced.

1. Pencils (x2)

2. Pens (x2, with ink as necessary)

3. Pencil sharpener

4. Ruler (preferably 30cm)

5. Pencil case

6. Eraser

7. Protractor

8. Compass

9. Set Squares

10. Colouring pencils/pens

11. Glue stick

12. Scissors

13. Calculator* *Y7/8 only

Hosn have been conducting equipment checks this week, in order to ascertain which

items are needed, and the majority of pupils are very lucky, with a lot of stationery to

assist organisation and learning!

Thank you

Jennifer White

HMM Hosn

Going the Extra Mile

Congratulations to everyone who received their ‘Gold MySticker’ this

week for ‘going the extra mile’.

This achievement recognises pupils who have produced extra work or

who have committed time and effort above our usual range of

expectations.

It was particularly pleasing to see so many Hosn pupils receiving the

accolade this week during the Whole School Assembly, immediately

before Hosn was announced as the winner of the MyStickers

Housepoints this week! Keep it going!

Emma Nemeth (3 Palm) has been dancing her way to success

once more, competing in the O'MORDHA International Irish

Dance Competition (feis) in Manchester, England, recently and

her results were astounding!

Amidst stiff competition from dancers all over the world,

Emma won in every dance category in her age group! Her

prizes were:

• 2 gold medals

• 2 silver medals

• 1 bronze medal

• 1 premiership gold trophy for light shoes dancing

• 1 premiership bronze trophy for heavy shoe dancing

These impressive results have enabled Emma to qualify to the

next level in every dance choreography. Please enjoy the

photographs that follow the highlights of Emma’s success.

Well done Emma –

the whole House is

proud of you!

We welcome back Xavier and Sebastian Sawaqed who have

popped into school this week to reunite with their friends. We

hope they are enjoying life back in Australia and it has been

great to see them again!

WELCOME BACK!

It is very pleasing to

announce that Hamda Al

Nahyan and Shefaa Al Ali

have progressed to the final

of the Qur’an competition

between Brighton College

and Brighton Al Ain which

will take place on April 28th.

This is a great achievement and we wish

them the best of success – good luck!

BOARD GAMES FOR HOUSE

ROOM

The weather is set to become hotter

over the next weeks and we are

looking for ways to entertain the

pupils during break-times when it

becomes too hot to go outside. If you

have any board games which you are

willing to donate to the Bithna House

Room then please do email Mr Scott

(Bithna HMM):

dscott@brightoncollege.ae

BSME MUSIC

Lilia Gauthier In Year 5 performed in the recent BSME

Music Weekend at Brighton College playing the violin.

She is an excellent violinist and played some lovely

music pieces alongside the rest of the Orchestra.

We always knew that Fujairah pupils were exceptionally

talented. At the Prep School Art Exhibition on Monday, we

were lucky enough to have had another opportunity to see

their wonderful talent on display. Here are a few examples

of what we were able to marvel at:

Well done all! Fujairah is very proud!

Millie singing

Adrina’s scale drawing of a match box

Millie, Osama and Noor’s scale drawings of matchboxes

Arguments were presented by all

Science Year 5 Key Vocabulary

Year 5 have been studying different materials and

their properties. Can your child put together the

material with its different properties in the

crossword puzzle?

The Parents’ Broadsheet News and Views

Week 3 (Week B) Summer Term 2016

Our Prep School exhibition, “Creativity across the Curriculum” was launched this week and is definitely worth a look if you have not already seen it. The work on show will really give you a window into the amazing work that your children do at school and the large variety of skills they are learning in all areas of the curriculum. We were not only treated to a visual feast but also had the pleasure of the fabulous sounds of our Prep School choir. It was a lovely event and I would like to thank all those who joined us for coming along to support. Thanks also to the Art Department for pulling it all together but most of all for inspiring us to be creative in whatever we are doing. The next few weeks will be very busy so please watch out for all of the special events that will be happening across the school - starting with our first ‘World Cup’ tournament of the year tomorrow with Years 3 and 4.

This Week: Week 3, 24th – 28th April

GCSE and A-Level Music Recital – Wednesday The Third Annual Quran Competition – Thursday Years 5 & 6 Mini World Cup – Friday

Looking ahead: Week 4, 1st – 5th May

Beauty and the Beast Performance – Tuesday Isra and Miraj Day – Thursday

Looking further ahead: Week 5, 8th – 12th May

Festival of Movement Through the Decades – Thursday

Notes and Important Information

Water bottles – it is apparent that quite a lot of the children are not bringing water bottles to school; as the weather heats up, this become increasingly important so that our children remain hydrated.

Letters that have been uploaded onto the Communicator this week

Sports Bulletin Spinneys Menu Swimming Pool Update Al Isra Wal Mi'raj and 2016/2017 Provisional Dates

Support roles in the Prep School advert Year 8 Common Entrance letter and timetable Year 3 Summer Term Topic Letter ***Year 7 Science – Reproduction topic letter