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To view the GWA cafeteria menu, please visit the GWA

website at www.gemsworldacademy-dubai.com

Volume 5, Issue 15

Dec 20th 2012

The Academy promotes inquiring, knowledgeable, reecve, and caring learners who develop personal skills to create a

beer and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Reected in a variety of dened outcomesand assessments, our divisional I.B. programs support students to become compassionate, lifelong, and acvely involved

learners who recognize the dierences among people and will contribute to a beer future global society.

What A Great Week to be a Proud Principal!

Every week is a busy week at GWA-Dubai. This week has been exceponally busy for us as we head into the winter

break at a screamingly high pace. Teachers, teaching assistants, students and parents have come together in many

dierent ways to celebrate learning across the school. Our students have been showcasing, exhibing, demonstrang,

public speaking, listening, experimenng and, importantly, enjoying, a huge variety of culminang experiences this

week.

Celebrang Readers! Students in Grades 3, 4 and 5 this week parcipated in the GWA Reading Challenge our own

compeon in the lead up to the Emirates Literature Fesval Readers Cup. Excitement was high and the library was a

place of noisy cheering as teams of students competed against each other to answer quesons about the two books

that they have been reading over the past 3 weeks. Thank you to Miss LJ, Mrs Atkinson and all of the volunteer reading

coaches for your enthusiasc support of this event. It was great fun for all involved, and more importantly, enthusiasm

for reading has increased as a result of this compeon. Congratulaons to our winners who go through to the next

round of the compeon.

Celebrang Arsts! Creang their personal art exhibion was the focus for all students in Grade 2 this week as they

wrapped up their unit of inquiry on how arsts express themselves through visual arts.A dazzling display of visual arts

has capvated visitors all week, with parents invited to view the artwork, meet with the arsts and be guided through

the various pieces of art on display. Visitors to the gallery were able to see pieces inspired by Kandinsky, Van Gogh,

Picasso and other great arsts, as well as read real stories that inspired the dierent works of art. Congratulaons

Grade 2 on an impressive exhibion.

Celebrang Sciensts!Parents and special guests were treated to science exhibits and demonstraons at

the Grade 4 science fair this week. Students in fourth grade undertook their own scienc invesgaons

into chemical changes and very condently presented the results of their experiments and inquiries to

their visitors. Their chemistry experiments included creang lava lamps, elephant toothpaste and

exploding rockets while students were able to demonstrate their scienc skills observaon,

collecon of data, creang and tesng hypotheses, and drawing conclusions.

Connued on page 2.

Sunday, Jan 6 Monday, Jan 7 Tuesday, Jan 8 Wednesday, Jan 9 Thursday, Jan 10

Day 6

Classes resume

Day 1

Student Council

Meengs 3.45 pm

Day 2 Day 3

Pre-kGr 1 Assembly 8.45

am - 9.15 am

Day 4

Gr2Gr5 Assembly 8.45

am9.15 am

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GWA-Dubai has BOTH an all-school building evacuaon plan and an all-school

lockdown plan

The school evacuaon plan and a pracce drill to exit the buildings is conducted once a month. Those drills

are unannounced at random mes each month. A pracce drill was conducted while the CIS Accreditaon

Team was on our campus and following the observaon received a commendable mark of excellence on

the wrien exit report. A school lockdown plan is also in place. This plan is included in the red emergency

folder in every classroom. That drill has a script that teachers are required to read to students regarding the

pracce and why we do such drills. An announced all-school lockdown is conducted twice a year. All

pracce drills take no longer than 20 minutes and regular classwork resumes once an all

clear is announced. Interested parents may preview a red emergency le and its

contents at any me. Health, safety, and welfare of our enre school community remains

an eminent priority.

The 2011 KDHA/DSIB inspecon results reected an OUTSTANDINGmark to GWA in this category.

Celebrang Athletes! It was a pleasure seeing our Grade 4 and 5 football teams being recognised with cercates of

parcipaon on assembly this morning. They have worked hard for the last couple of months, at football pracces

and giving their best during their matches. Their success has come with a lot of hard work and commitment, from all

players and their coaches. Well done!

Celebrang Winter through Music and Fesvals!

Our hearts were touched and spirits lied with incredible music

making both the EC-Grade 1 and Grades 2-5 assemblies this week. We were entertained by the PYP Orchestra, an

MYP singing ensemble, PreKs accompaniment of Jingle Bells while the school sang along, and the sweet singing of our

Swedish community with Santa Lucia. What a great way to celebrate and acknowledge winter fesvals and

celebraons from around the world. The Winter Fesval hosted by GWAPA was a huge success, with cultural displays

of Haj, Diwali, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year drawing the aenon of students from across the school. Take

some me to read the New Year wishes on our tree in recepon. It was a truly internaonal celebraon of winter

fesvals. Thank you to our Music department for the wonderful assemblies, and to our energec Parent Associaon

for bringing the Winter Fesval to life.

With so many reasons to celebrate learning in every area of our school, you can see why I am feeling like a very proud

principal this week!

We have a truly incredible school.

Wishing you all a wonderful, resul, fun-lled winter holiday, and for those of you celebrang, Merry Christmas! I look

forward to seeing you when school reopens, on January 6th

, 2013.

Sincerely

Megan Brazil

Elementary Principal

Congratulaons to Grade 3AH on

winning the Green Dragon this weekin assembly!

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Thank you GWAPA!

Click hereto view more photos

from the Winter Fesval.

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Over the past week, the recepon areaand the Gallery Walk have been brightlydecorated with examples of Grade 2 art!

Grade 2 students presented a range ofpieces, that reected their learning aroundusing dierent elements of art. Their nalsummave task was also shown throughartwork on a canvas, and a wrien piece.Parents and teachers came to discuss the

artwork with the Grade 2 arsts.

Thearsts explained topics such as whicharst they were inspired by, how they

used the elements of art to express theiremoons and their personal reecons on

their work.

Grade 2 Teachers would like to thank eve-ryone very much for supporng Grade 2

we know you are as proud as we are ofour ARTISTS!

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December 20 Early dismissal 12pm

December 23January 3 Winter Break

January 6 Classes Resume

January 15 Gr2 Gr5 Sports Day

January 21 Music Concert KG2Gr2 , 9am10am

January 31

ECGr1 Sports Day

February 10 Quarter 2 Reports Issued

February 22 GWA Internaonal Day

Our theme for Internaonal Day this is year is FOOD!

Dont forget to bring back those special mementos

from your home countries for your Internaonal Day

stand we will be forwarding more info in the New

Year.

If you would like to sign-up for Internaonal Day, click

the link below for instrucons on how to join in as

either a parcipant or a country stand organizer!

Over the break take pictures of

everything you see that is EXCITING,COOL, OR JUST NEW. You never know

what the winning picture will look

like It could be yours.