Happy Summer!

Annnnd, that's a wrap! If you are interested in staying connected, please get in touch! My email is lauranossal@gmail.com and I'm very active on social media.  I have some recent pictures to post from our field trip to Green Planet, so I'll share them in the near future.  Until then, please take good care and know that I'll miss you all very much. It's been such a phenomenal year!

All the very best,

Ms. Laura xx

🌟 Talent Show Recap and Gratitude🌟

To those of you who were able to make it, thank you so much for coming to our end-of-year talent show. It was so great to see the students beam with excitement and pride (and some embarrassment, too!) as they shared their talents and hard work. I was seriously impressed to see so many well-developed skills. I commend all of your hard work, grit, and perseverance to keep pushing yourselves further and further, as you do the things you enjoy. I hope you'll continue, as well! 

So, here are the students who presented, if you didn't get a chance to come to the party...

Shared in class with a picture: 

• Jordan--his creativity through art 

• Aly--football 
  
  
• Sofiya--art (displayed on white board) and figure ice-skating
  

And, you can view these, which were sent in via email: 

• Ali--skiing in France
• Zoya--playing tennis 
• Anita--playing the piano
• Leo--playing football
• Mariam--performing basketball skills and karate 
• Woochan--Minecraft (consider subscribing to his channel!) 
• Zayd--demonstrating squash (age 4 and now) 
• Yehia--snorkeling in Bali
• Isabella--swimming 
• Zunyi--playing the piano
• Julian--stand up paddle-boarding 
• End of Year Powerpoint (Thank you, Anita and Afshan!) 

I would also like to thank you, dear parents, for giving me the generous Mall of the Emirates gift card. It was so nice to use the money to purchase what I really wanted, which was an iPhone 7!  (I feel like a new woman with all of this storage...128 MB!!) 

Ms. Csilla is also very grateful for her gift card, as well, and was especially surprised that the class remembered her summer birthday. Here are some fun pictures: 

Lastly, I want to thank Doaa one last time for all of her tremendous help this year as our class mother. She truly lightened my load, eased a good deal of stress, and was such a joy to work with! (I know you parents have also appreciated her!) 

I also want to thank each and every one of you, dear parents, for all of the countless ways that you supported me this year. I saw it played out in so many ways...from the way you read with your child at night, encouraged him/her to homework, practiced math facts, and read the blog, to your kind and encouraging emails, hugs, warm smiles in the hallway, donations to souk day and treasure box, and for the way you entrusted your child to me. That's the biggest one of all. For all of these, I sincerely thank you. You've all truly been so fantastic. (This is one of every teacher's dreams, by the way.) 

One last request...

Dear Parents,

In my efforts to wrap up these final details, I'd like to make one last request for you to kindly check around your home for these six missing library books:


"Top 10 cats for kids"
  Call #: 636.8 RAU
  Barcode: T 100602

"Starring Jules (third grade debut)"
  Call #: FIC AIN
  Barcode: T 35365

"The tree with eyes"
  Call #: FIC BEN KEMO
  Barcode: T 21898

"Fantastic voyage"
  Call #: FIC BENTON
  Barcode: T 18072

"The Fran with four brains"
  Call #: FIC BENTON
  Barcode: T 21703

"Rumpelstiltskin"
  Call #: J 398.2 RUM
  Barcode: T 348


Thanks so much!!