September 2017
رزنامة العام الدراسي 2017-2018
School Calendar
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a message from the directorDear QAW Parents and Students, Welcome back to school! QAW faculty have set a clear vision for 2017-2018. Our prime initiative this year is to focus on the “whole child” addressing our students’ social emotional well being as well as their academic achievement. Our Primary Years and Middle Years International Baccalaureate programs are enriched with cultural and student centered experiences that provide authentic learning experience for our students. Students are challenged to think creatively, ask questions and find solutions, these skills that will help them become successful happy adults. We strongly believe that our students' happiness is a key factor in their success and achievement both personally and academically. Thus, we have set a goal to focus on student happiness and self esteem. Our teachers have spent a significant part of their training this year preparing for this school year with a primary focus on student well being and happiness. Our newly developed Ethics curriculum is another related and exciting initiatives that we will roll out this year. The development of the Ethics curriculum was led by Ms. Maryam al Hajri, QAW Principal who along with a group of QAW faculty and a parent representative completed the curriculum that will be implemented this year. The curriculum is made up of enquiry based units of study where students at all grade levels from preschool to grade 8 will enquire about and investigate a variety of ethical and moral situations. Activities will guide them to think deeply about each خلق to internalize it. We believe that this curriculum will impact our students personalities, character and will produce leaders who have high integrity, wisdom and strong people skills in addition to academic skills. We believe that we have an obligation to focus on moral and ethical integrity as a core topic that we teach in our program as our prophet SWS was also a teacher for ethics and morality ( إنما بعثت لأتمم مكارم الأخلاق) We believe that it's more important than teaching values such as leadership, caring and risk taking, etc..., we need to teach our students the deeper morality and ethics that values are built on. The name of the curriculum is: وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيم This is a taste of what’s new this year. We look forward to working closely with you to enhance your children’s experience at QAW. Bedriyah Itani Director PYP News
PYP teachers welcomed students this year with many different team building activities and student-centered learning experiences that focused on building a classroom environment that is safe and fun. The goal for the first couple of weeks (and even throughout the whole year) was for students and teachers to work together on building a classroom community where everyone feels welcome!
Our students will begin their units of inquiry soon, where they will focus on understanding different concepts and making meaning through research, collaboration and cooperative work. P3 stuents will be inquiring into how rules and routines help our school function. They will focus on students understanding their responsibility in creating a safe environment and the importance of having rules and routines. P4 students will be inquiring into the importance of making healthy choices, personal hygiene, our responsibility to take care of our bodies and how our choices an effect our bodies. KG students will be inquiring into communities and the role everyone plays in order to make a successful community work together. They will study cooperation and communication skills that connect us to a successful community. Grade 1 students will be reflecting on who they are and how their family beliefs and traditions shape the person they are. They will study how families can be different, even in the same society and how their role in school is connected to their family values. Grade 2 students will be inquiring into personality traits that cause someone to be considered a role model. They will read, research and study about different role models, what traits these role models had and their importance in the society that caused them to be a role model. Grade 3 students will be taking a journey through different cultures and how these cultures use art to express their cultures. They will focus on the different aspects of the cultures and make connections to their own culture as they take this journey. Grade 4 students will be studying about universal rights and how these different rights are important to humans. They will work together to research the different rights there are and the responsibility of different organizations to protect these rights as well as their responsibility as a member of the community to respect and protect these rights. Grade 5 students will be inquiring into self-identity and the influences of our families, traditions and experiences we have in shaping who we are. |
Uniform Updates
The uniform pop up shop will be in school on Tuesday October 17 from 11.00-1.00 for any information please call 40390264 or email: [email protected]
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WELCOME FROM THE PTAWe aim to provide quality and valuable parental involvement in the school community.
A very warm welcome from QAW PTA Team to all our lovely parents. This year, our Masterchef Event will expand to cater for our growing middle school, and we will plan and organize for two separate awards for PYP and MYP parent and student entrants. More details will follow on dates and criteria. Furthermore, an all year long project will be led by our prestige parent PTA members, for parents to encourage their children to pursue a hobby outside school hours. You will be invited to attend a meeting to explain this further and how you can be involved; how this can be powerful and effective for the students. The PTA Team will meet to discuss further quality events that provide an invaluable experience for your children and ways to improve parental involvement in the school community. If you're interested to join or be involved in any way and are encouraged to do so, please email Zahra Lessak: [email protected] and provide me with: (1) your full name, (2) your child's full name and grade level and (3) if you have any expertise or skills that will be beneficial to help improve the students learning experiences. We are so interested in you! You are the prestige members of our school community. Zahra Lessak PTA Coordinator |
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After School ActivitiesAfter School Activities will begin weekly on Wednesday, October 4th 2017 from 2:10 - 3pm, inshaAllah. We aim to offer activities throughout three sessional blocks. The dates will be as follows: 1st block - Wednesday, October 4th - 22nd, 2017. 2nd block - Wednesday, February 14th - March, 28th, 2018. 3rd block - Wednesday, April 18th - May, 2018. Prior to each block, a link will be sent to parents for students to make their first and second choice from the list provided in the link. The students will be notified if they get accepted into their chosen activity, as each activity will have a limit number of students. The choice of activities for students to sign up their first and second preferences for the first sessional block will be sent out by the end of next week. A variety of quality valuable learning activities will be offered this year and remember to help your child/children to sign up quickly once the link is sent from the school. Extra curricular activities are fun, engaging and help develop students skills after school. Our wonderful educators provide the quality to support your child during this activities. A useful mindful tip! Please make sure your child eats healthy and balanced meals, gets a good night's sleep the day before, and eats a healthy breakfast. After School Activities Coordinator |
MYPDear Parents of Grade 6-8 students,
We welcome students back for the new 2017-18 academic year, and we are delighted to welcome Grade 6 who begin their learning journey in the Middle Years Programme. Our aim is to continue to provide a well-rounded international education, in which students learn to the best of their ability through inquiry in order to become lifelong learners. My name is Leen Sabbagh and I have been an IBMYP/DP educator for 13 years. I have previously worked in Jordan, and for the past two years at Qatar Academy Al Khor prior to joining Qatar Academy Al Wakra as the MYP Coordinator. It is essential that parents know what students are being taught at school, how their children are being taught and how and what is being assessed, what homework is given, the students’ success, and challenges that lie ahead. Effective communication between teachers and parents is essential for the success of the MYP. You will receive welcome letters from our teachers with their contact information that you may use to reach out to us should you have any questions or concerns. More information, including course outlines for each subject, will be provided in our Back to School night. Students in Grades 6-8 will use digital platforms such as Google Classroom as a tool for learning and staying connected with their peers and teachers. Students in the MYP will receive planners and are expected to use them effectively to write down when homework and assignments are due. This will support them in developing their organisation and self management skills. It is also important that students use the planners to reflect on their academic progress. The Middle Years Programme at QAW strives to develop our students identity through appreciating their culture with emphasis on enhancement of their mother tongue. Students should develop and demonstrate conceptual understanding, knowledge, attitudes and approaches to learning skills which are needed to participate actively and responsibly in a changing, challenging and increasingly interrelated world. Through hard work, determination, and your full support at home, students at QAW will continue to learn to the best of their ability. Please contact me at [email protected] for any information regarding the Middle Years Programme. Sincerely, Leen Sabbagh |
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