Saturday: cream of onion soup, hamour lemon sauce, vegetable rice, sauteed vegetables
Sunday: vegetable soup, mushroom steak, cocotte potatoes, sauteed vegetables
Monday: cream of chicken soup, chicken satay sticks, rosemary potatoes, sauteed vegetables
Tuesday: potage parmentier, macaroni pie, garlic break, sauteed vegetables
Wednesday: mushroom soup, chicken breast with orange, banqette potatoes, sauteed vegetables
Students from Foundation, Key Stage 1 & 2 dressed in national costume, or costume representing other countries, today. Gallery of photos here. Remember you can click the play button for a slide show, and the ‘full screen’ icon so the images fill your screen. If you do the latter, you may have to wait a few seconds for the larger images to load.
The US Consulate has arranged with the Saudi Traffic Police to have an additional police officer posted at the turn in from the main gate to the school and consulate entrance. This police officer will be there during the morning rush hour and is there to control traffic, cars trying to cut in at the entrance will be asked to go around and come back in the proper line.
We have added an “Upcoming Events” page to our school website. There is a link from the homepage or you can visit it at this address and bookmark it.
Year 5 Blue held their assembly today. It was a ‘Show and Tell’ about Victorian Children. You can see some photographs here.
Garden club is beautifying the DBGS campus. We have planted petunias and snapdragons and have potted plants for the school office. Soon we will identifying plants on the ISG grounds and creating a journal.
Twelve high fliers from Year 11 sat their IGCSE mathematics examination this week – 6 months ahead of the majority of their peers. They have been working very hard since August so that they can get a head start on their A Levels. This will give them the opportunity to study for two A Levels in maths if they wish. We look forward to successful results, which will be published in January.
Saturday: leek soup, breaded hamour, roasted potatoes, sauteed vegetables
Sunday: cream of carrot soup, Salzberry steak, mashed potatoes, sauteed vegetables
Monday: red lentil soup, sweet and sour chicken, fried rice, sauteed vegetables
Tuesday: vegetable soup, cheese cannelloni, garlic bread, sauteed vegetables
Wednesday: sweet corn soup, steak with mustard, duchesse potatoes, sauteed vegetables
With the arrival of Mrs Sohail in school, following her maternity leave, we are now at full strength in Key Stage 2. I would like to take this opportunity to say a really big thank you to the children in classes 4 Red and 5 Red. They have waited patiently for their teachers to arrive and have shown excellent qualities in settling down so quickly and efficiently. Mrs Dayaji and Mrs Ogidan have kept systems running really well and Mrs Addis has proved to be amazingly adaptable as a classroom assistant one week and teacher the next. Thank you so much to all of these people.
In terms of Key Stage 2 it is great to report that things are going really well in all classes. Mr Odell has settled in incredibly quickly and it feels like he has been here for years already. Our Year 6 children have entered their classes with a really responsible and mature attitude. I am positive that they will develop into a really successful Year Group. The children in Year 3 have made the huge step from Key Stage 1 to 2, with very few difficulties. I know that Mrs Jones and Mr Sohail are pleased with their progress to date. Elsewhere, Mrs Bolton and Mrs Evans also report that their classes have settled really quickly and some excellent work is being produced already.
As teachers, we were all unbelievably impressed with the quality of work produced by the children during Virtual school. The attitude and commitment of the pupils in Key Stage 2 is truly amazing. Following Virtual School the children returned and settled back into classes swiftly as if there had been no break at all. This is a real reflection of the quality of the children in Key Stage 2.
On a final note, a big thank you to Mrs Wasson, who has taken on the role of Classroom Assistant in Year Four. She has settled into the job very quickly.
I am sure that the rest of the year will be as successful as the start. Thanks to all of you for your continued support as shown by the excellent attendance at the first Parent Teacher Conference in October.
Yours sincerely
David Bolton
Head of Key Stage 2
Key Stages 2, 3 & 4 held a fancy dress day on November 3rd to raise money for charity.
