DAAPA Annual Winter Carnival 🍭

Dear Parents,

The Winter Carnival is fast approaching and we are very excited to see all of the students having fun at our winter wonderland.  As always, there will be a photo opportunity to capture the spirit o the season.  

This year the photos will feature the children in an amazing candy house.  The cost of photo with card matt is AED 15.  If you wish to order a picture of your child and his/her friends, please return the green form sent home in your child's take home folder along with exact change to your classroom teacher by Wednesday, December 8th.  

We would love volunteers to help at the Carnival.  If you can spare an hour or two the week of December 11th,  please shoot us an email at Nadia.p.sheikh@gmail.com or n.elahalbi79@gmail.com, we will be happy to give you all the details. 

Your DAAPA Winter Carnival Committee

Winter Carnival

Dear Parents,

The Winter Carnival is fast approaching. (3LN will be going first thing on Wednesday morning.) As always, there will be a photo booth to capture the spirit of the season. This year there will be an elves backdrop and holiday props where the children can take pictures with their friends. There can be up to 4 children per picture. The photo will be set in a frame.  

If you wish to order a picture, please return this form to your teacher along with the payment by Monday morning, Dec. 14th. The cost is 15 dhs. (Exact change, please.)

Looking forward to seeing you there!

DAAPA 

Winter Carnival Committee

Class Party

As 2015 comes to a close and we prepare to have time off with our friends and families, we would like to celebrate the holidays together in 3LN. 

Please view this invitation and mark your calendars to join us, if possible. The invitation also includes important information about our class gift exchange. 

We are looking forward to a special time of festive holiday fun as a class family! 

Winter Concert

I want to thank those of you who were able to come to our ES Winter Concert yesterday. The children did a truly remarkable job and demonstrated such excellence, professional performance behavior, and of course, plenty of cuteness! 

It was a treat to see so many of you there. I just feel remiss that I didn't have the time to personally welcome and greet each one of you; however, with all of the picture-taking, movement, and excitable children, it just wasn't possible. Please know that I appreciate you coming and hope that we can connect at our class party next week. (Details on that coming in the next blog post.) 

Here are some truly beautiful pictures that one of class mothers, Mikyung, captured and shared. I'm so appreciative of her talent and willingness to help, as it frees me up to focus even more on the children. 

I hope you'll enjoy these precious memories and give your sweetie an extra big squeeze for a job very well done. 

Winter Concert Practice

As the winter concert quickly approaches, Ms. Wyse has requested that the students get some extra practice at home on singing these two songs: One in a Million and Nothing Special. 

Here is the link to listen at home and we'll also practice a little at school as time allows. 

Thanks so much for your help! 

News from the ES Music Dept.

Hello Grade 3 ES Parents,

My name is Miss Wyse and I am your new music teacher for 3-5 Music. I am very excited to be working with your wonderful children and my colleagues at Dubai American Academy. 

We have a winter concert for third grade in early December and I would love for your children to practice their music on a consistent basis at home. 

For easy access to all the info on this concert please use this link to my blog:

http://gemsdaaesmusic.blogspot.com

Thanks,

Miss Wyse

Winter Carnival

The ES Winter Carnival will be on Wednesday, Dec. 17th. As with past years, there will be a photo booth at the where students can dress up in holiday fun and have their photo taken.  

The cost of the photo, if they wish to purchase one, is AED 15.  Kindly return the green form, which was sent home on Thursday, back to school by Monday, Dec. 15th. 

 

Thanks! 

ES WINTER CONCERT

“Celebrate the Holidays” is coming...to DAA!

Hello DAA community!

By now, you have probably heard your child/children sharing their excitement about our upcoming concert, “Celebrate the Holidays”. This is a huge undertaking for the Elementary School at DAA as all 500+ students are working together to bring this mini-musical to you in December.

By working together on choreography, songs, performance posture, stage etiquette, and spoken dialogue, your children have gained first-hand experience of preparing for a theatrical production! Hard-work, responsibility, commitment, dedication, and leadership are just a few of the life-skills that your children have practiced each and everyday in music class!

I have been amazed at the sense of responsibility that our students show. The ES Music Blog  is updated to reflect the activities happening in music class.

Great care was taken to organize the concerts so that holidays from different cultures were reflected throughout the performances. Depending on the grade level, the songs will reflect Ramadan, Diwali, St. Lucia Day, a freedom song from South Africa, SinterKlaas, Central American Spanish Christmas and songs that celebrate the winter and the holiday season.

Concert Times:

• 3rd Grade:  Tuesday, December9@11:50pm
• 4th Grade:  Wednesday, December10@12:30pm
• 5th Grade:  Thursday, December11@12:30pm

Concert Dress:

• Bottoms: Black trousers (or long black skirt BELOW THE KNEE is acceptable)
• Shoes: Black or dark-colored,closed-toe shoes (no light-up runners)
• Tops: Entirely Black OR Entirely White shirt/blouse--no designs, colors, words, etc.

This is a great opportunity for students to share their learning at home become your “teachers.” Consider taking time over the next couple of weeks to talk about, explore, practice, dance, and sing. Help us to make this an experience that the students won’t soon forget. They are so excited to know that YOU are excited to watch them!

Looking forward to seeing you at the performances and singing all the way.

Musically yours,

Ms. Rich kat.rich@gemsdaa.net

Winter Concert Production

Please make note of the following dates. This is the information that Ms. Rich has shared on her blog.