In Celebration

Today, we are celebrating Lyn's 10th birthday. While every single student's birthday is very special and I make an intentional effort to make child feel treasured on their day, the children especially enjoyed our little party today because Mikyung prepared this video to share. 

The children loved it so much that they were capturing it with their own devices as it played. (Just imagine a whole class lifting up their iPads and tablets to record a video. It was so sweet to see how much they cared.) 

I told them that I'd share it here, so they could watch it again at home and/or show their family. Mikyung was kind enough us to allow me to post it. And, hopefully, the second time I watch it, I won't cry! What is it about babies?? 

Enjoy and a very happy birthday to you, Lyn! We all love you! 

Trimester 3 ASA Registration Information

ASA Registration Information 

• Internal Registration is available online between March 15-20. 

• External Sign ups are on March 19 at 10:00 AM (ES lobby) and March 20 at 7:30 in the ES Cafeteria. 

Students will receive paper notices on Wednesday, March 23, informing them of their Internal ASA registration. 

• Trimester 3 ASA start:  Sunday, April 10

• Trimester 3 ASA finish: Thursday, June 2 

Summary of Session 3 Important dates:

• Internal sign ups: March 15-20 
• Registration: March 19-20
• Start Date: Week of April 10 (actual start day depends on the day your ASA meets)
• End Date: June 2

Parent-Teacher Conferences

You are invited to parent/teacher conferences, which will occur this Wednesday and Thursday (Mar. 16-17). Please visit School Bookings. 

For more information please visit gemsdaa.com and click on the link under the PS/ES Parent-Teacher Conferences heading. (There was also an email sent out about this last week.) 

Kindly note that the conference sign-up window will end on Tuesday at noon. 

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you soon!

March Madness

March Madness Reading Challenge

We are having a March Madness Challenge in 3LN. Every student will be responsible to participate by reading as many chapters as they can during the month of March. Together our class has set a goal to read 22, 076 minutes in all! 

Students, in your new March Madness reading log, which is found on this sheet, please record the number of minutes you read each day, starting March 7th. After each book is read, you will take a book report form from our classroom to complete at home and return. 

Each child who meets or exceeds his/his March Madness goal will be given a certificate and small prize. If our class meets or exceeds our goal, we will enjoy a pizza party as a reward. The class is already very excited and has set some challenging, yet realistic goals!!

Happy reading! :)

Bingo Night

DAAPA will be hosting Bingo Night this Thursday, March 10th. It will be in the sand play area starting at 5:00 PM.
(Our class just played Bingo during math today, so this might be something that would interest them!) 

World Book Day and the ES Literacy Week

The children had a great time dressing up last Thursday for World Book Day! The activities we did throughout the week were also a big hit and the children's love of reading really shone through. I hope you'll enjoy these pictures from our literary fun!

Also, please click here to see more. :) 

Author Visit

On March 9, we will welcome UK children’s poet and author, David Webb, to give a presentation to ES students about his books and his work as a writer. 

David Webb grew up in Liverpool and now lives in Bury, where he worked as a Primary School Head Teacher before becoming a full time writer ten years ago.

A limited number of copies of three of Mr. Webb’s books will be available for sale and signing. The books cost 40 AED. If you would like to purchase a book for your child, please send the exact amount, along with the title and name for dedication and signing.

Pocket Wands
Do you believe in magic? You really should! Come into Hocus Pocus House where you can meet the magical Moon family. Follow Wilf and Maisie as they get up to mischief with their brand new pocket wands. (suitable for 7-8 year olds)

The Dragon’s Cave 
Daisy & William discover a dusty old book showing the way from the holiday house they are staying in to The Dragon’s Cave, but all the other pages are blank…..leading them on a fantastic adventure. (suitable for 8-9 year olds)

Tom Travis Time Traveller 

When Tom Travis begins to experience strange dreams, he realizes that he is no normal boy. Through sleep, he travels to The Time Forest, where he sees the past unfold before his very eyes. But it is when he is introduced to the time master that his incredible adventure really begins. (suitable for 9-11 year olds)

The books will be signed after his presentation and delivered the following day to students.