SECONDARY HIGHLIGHTS(Oct 22) – Al-Rayan International School Newsletter

Dear Parents,

Welcome to our monthly newsletter.

At the heart of the ARIS educational model, students’ learning and experience are at the centre. It is a promise to raise standards for all children and to help all children meet those standards.

Every child can succeed academically and in life, and every parent, family member, and caregiver can assist. The question is, how can we assist our children in succeeding? According to the research, combining how we prepare students and how they learn is the key to success.

What we say and do in our daily lives can help them to develop positive attitudes towards learning and to build confidence in themselves as learners.

Although school is very important, it does not consume a large portion of a child’s time. The school year is 180 days long, so a child spends 49% of the year at school and 51% of the time at home. Clearly, a child’s non-school hours and days are also important for learning. Here are some suggestions to help your child make the most of that time:

1. Encourage your child to read: It is the key to lifelong learning. Set aside quiet time for family reading. Keep books, magazines, and newspapers in the house. Reading materials don’t have to be new or expensive. Encourage your child to pick a reading book from our Digital Library or library. Show that you value reading. Getting help for your child if s/he has a reading problem is essential.

2. Talk with your child: Talking and listening play major roles in children’s school success. Find time to talk with your child. This allows children to express their emotions while learning to listen, follow directions, and pay attention in class.

3. Monitor Homework: Make a homework schedule. Having regular homework time helps children complete their assignments. Remove all potential distractions. Discourage your child from making and receiving social phone calls during homework by turning off the TV. (Unless contacting a classmate about an assignment may be beneficial.)

5. Monitor TV Viewing and Video Game Playing: Limit the time you let your child watch TV or play games. As with TV programs, be aware of the games he likes to play and discuss his choices with him.

6. Help Your Child Learn to Use the Internet Properly and Effectively: Monitor the amount of time your child spends online. Internet surfing can be just as time-consuming as watching TV. Don’t let it take over your child’s life. Contact our Counseling Department. They are equipped to support your child.

7.Encourage your child to be responsible and to work independently:

Establish rules. Have your child help you set rules, then make sure that you enforce the rules consistently.
Make your child responsible for getting ready to go to school each morning—getting up on time, ensuring he has everything he needs for the school day, and so forth. If necessary, make a checklist to help him remember what he has to do.
Make it clear to your child that s/he has to take responsibility for what he does at home and school.
Work with your child to develop a reasonable, consistent schedule of tasks to do around the house. ( both household and school tasks).

8. Make a schedule:

Work with your child to follow a daily schedule even for weekends to develop time and self management skills.

Let us work together.

Student Representative Council 2022

The investiture ceremony took place on Wednesday 5th of October. Our New Students Representative Council for the academic year 2022-23 is now in action.

Meet our key members of the new SRC.

Head Boy: Alfa Alfa

Asst Head Boy: Mert Hamza Asar

Head Girl: May Al Hassan

Asst. Head Girl: Aline Kodsi

Head of Representatives: Merna Aly

Well Being Prefect: Hiba Karroum

Library Prefect: Rene essel

Environment Prefect: Christa Bou Rached

Sports Prefect: Stephen Adam.

Dates to Remember

17th October- 21st October: Mid-Semester Break.

Monday 24th October: School resumes

However, we have various activities during the week of this break.

17th October > 21st october: CAS / SA workshop with TIM Douglus (Year 11 /12/13) Students will attend SA/ workshops with an international trainer, Mr Tim Dooglus (African Impact), for the whole week. Details were already sent to the respective parents. It is compulsory for all 11th and year 13 students and optional for year 12 students.

18th & 19th October: Teacher Leader Institute training: Our Teachers will be attending a Leading Learner-Centered Assessment workshop.

Tuesday 25th October: Arisversity session 2 training for parents.

26th -28th October: Mid-semester Performance Analysis

24th 0ctober > 26th October: The first phase of MAP growth test for year 7-Year 9 students.

2nd November: Student-led 3-way conference.

15th November: ART Exhibition

New member of Staff & new acting MYP Coordinator

New Acting MYP coordinator: Our newly recruited MYP Coordinator Ms Jaya Kalsy discontinued her responsibilities due to personal reasons and returned to her country. We are grateful to Madam Temitopi Ray Odekeye for taking this responsibility as Acting MYP coordinator. The team and I will assist her in running the program. She completed her MYP coordinator training successfully. We wish her success in her new journey as Coordinator.

Francis Yeboah: In September 2022, Mr Francis Yeboah joined our Team as a new Science teacher. He is an experienced science teacher. Please welcome him.