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Abu Dhabi Grammar School (Canada)

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Website:http://www.agsgrmmr.sch.ae Date: Thursday 3 May 2018

Phone:(02) 644 4703 Email: [email protected] Fax:(02) 645 4703

ADEK Parent Survey Online

It is urgent that all parents complete ADEK’s

Parent Survey online. We still need parents to

complete so that we can reach the quota! This

survey is directly from ADEK and will have an

impact on our annual ADEK inspection.

You can access the ADEK survey on any device –

laptop, iPad, tablet, etc. by typing in the following

website:

Arabic: http://bit.ly/aradekparent2018

English: http://bit.ly/enadekparent2018

The survey can be accessed using the following

details:

eSIS ID: 9049 Password: 25230

Time frame: 3rd of April to 1st of June.

Target respondents: parents of students in all

grades.

Minimum Number of Responses for 2018: 218

The survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to

complete. If you have more than one child at our

school, then it is preferable to complete the survey

for your eldest child. Thank you for helping make

our school the best it can be!

School Hours during Ramadan

During Ramadan school

hours will be as follows:

KG – grade 2 school

hours will be from 8:30

am until 12:30 pm.

Grades 3 – 12 school

hours will be from 8:30

am until 1:30 pm.

Senior High

Trip to Cyprus Grade 12 students

had the chance to

visit Cyprus as their

senior trip with

their teachers, Mrs.

Fatima Mr. Tariq

and Ms. Pauline.

They visited major

cities such as

Paphos, Larnaca,

Agia Napa,

Famagusta and

visited the Turkish

side of Cyprus -

Kyrenia. They

also went to the mountains in Troodos. They had

What’s Happening in Our School Community?

Sunday, 22 April – Thursday, 26 April AGS Literacy Week

Thursday, 3 May Last day of Afterschool Activities

Sunday, 6 May Ministry Of Education Islamic Exams Grade 12

Tuesday, 8 May Arts Night at 7 – 8 pm in the School

Wednesday , 9 May – Thursday 10 May Grade 5 Musical- “Press Start”

Tuesday, 15 May- Wednesday, 16 May Ramadan begins (subject to the announcement of the UAE Govt.)

Sunday, 27 May- Wednesday, 30 May Grade 8 Nova Scotia Assessments

Thursday, 7 June KG2 graduation

Tuesday, 5 June – Wednesday, 13 June Grades 9 – 12 Final Exams

Thursday, 14 June – Sunday, 17 June Eid El Fitr begins (subject to the announcement of the UAE Govt.)

Monday, 25 June Grade 12 Graduation Ceremony

Thursday, 28 June Last day for all students dismissal @ 9:30 am

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a wonderful experience learning about the cutlture

and food of this generous and welcoming country.

End of Year We would like to remind you

that the last day of school for

all students is Thursday June

28, 2018. This is a regulation

from ADEK. Due to the fact

that we must hold our

examinations at the same time as Nova Scotia,

grades 9 – 12 exams will begin on Tuesday, June

5 and end on June 12. Make up exam will be on

Wednesday June 13 provided that the student has

a medical excuse. Although exams will be over,

teachers will continue curriculum instruction and

assessment until June 28. Students MUST be

dressed up in the proper AGS uniform when they

come to school.

Please find below the grades 9 -12 final examination

schedule. Students must arrive at 8:45 am dressed in

the proper AGS uniform.

KG2 Graduation Ceremony

A graduation ceremony for KG2

will be held on Thursday June 7,

2018 @ 10:30 am in the school’s

gym. Congratulations KGs!!

Grade 12 Graduation Ceremony-

The Grade 12 Graduation Ceremony will be held

at school on June 25 @ 7:30 pm. Further

information on this event will be announced later.

AGS NEW UNIFORM AGS-Canada is proud to announce that we are

changing our school uniform for the next

academic year 2018-2019 and for the years to

come. We are fortunate to sign a contract with a

Canadian Company- ZAKS - headquarters are

based in Toronto. Zaks has stores in malls around

the city. It follows ADEK’s standards in uniform

prices and uniform measures.

AGS - Canada is listed on the platform with

parents able to search for school

from www.zaksstore.com or directly visiting the

school listing page https://zaksstore.com/shop/ags/en/

All the uniform items & accessories are listed on

the page with price & sizing information. There is

also a downloadable visual & price list.

At the moment the product pages are catalog view

only - online purchasing will be enabled once the

items are available for sale in showrooms. All students will be required to wear the new uniform beginning the first day of school in September 2018.

AGS NEW HOUSE TEAM NAMES

We are very excited to announce that we have also

CHANGED the school house team names to ones

unique to Canada:

Black Bison

Green Moose

Red Grizzly

Blue Wolverine

House team T.Shirts with these new names are

also available at ZAKS stores. You may visit the

website or click directly on the link above to view

your house T.Shirt. All students will be required to wear the new house team T.Shirt during the house team assemblies.

http://www.zaksstore.com/

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AGS

Science

Fair – 2018

The AGS

Science and

Innovation

Fair is a

science

festival

organized by

the AGS science staff that took place this year on

April 22nd . The fair featured an array of fun and

educational scientific activities that offered

students hands on and research experience of

scientific principles and their applications in the

real world.

The fair promoted the innovation spirit among the

students who attended the fair as the excitement

and learning was obvious. Some ideas tackled

many scientific issues and world problems such

as: Energy

from water,

handling of

factory carbon

waste, effects

of global

warming on

ocean water

levels, using

microwaves to measure the speed of light,

analyzing the chemical composition of the human

body, plus many other interesting ideas.

The fair is becoming increasingly popular and

competitive among the students who competed to

get Gold, Silver, or Bronze medals along with the

Most Innovative award.

Students from grades 7 to 12 participated in the

fair.

Below are the names of the winners of this year’s

Science Fair. Congratulations!!!!

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

(ADIBF) Shoppers A number of students, parents and staff recently

attended the

ADIBF that was

held at the

National

Exhibition

Centre. The

Book Fair

displayed over

500,000 books

and as well, renowned authors were in attendance

and a number of cultural events took place.

Shown above with their book trolleys used to

gather books are: Steven and Abdullah- Grade 4,

Emil- Grade 7

Fourth Annual AGS Chess Tournament

a Success Congratulations to Marina who won this year’s

Gr. 7-8 Chess Tournament Division as well as the

last three year’s tournaments.Congratulations to

Shahraiz who was the Runner-Up.

Congratulations to Adam who won the Grade 6

Division with Muhammad placing as Runner-Up.





Congratulations

to Chess

Tournament

participants who

played very well

during the

Event!All

participants

enjoyed taking

part in the tournament. Special thanks from

Tournament Organizer, Mr. Jim (Vice- Principal)

and to the following staff who helped during the

tournament-Mr. Houssein (High School Math) and

Mr. Scott (6A).

Chess Tournament Winners and Runner-Up-

Above photo- Mr.

Jim, Marina (Grade

7-8 Winner),

Shahraiz (Gr. 7-8

Runner-Up). Right

Photo- Mr. Jim,

Adam (Grade 6

Winner).

Muhammad (Grade 6 Runner-Up).

AGS recognized at Canadian Business

Council Event

Canadian Business Council (CBC) Abu Dhabi

recently held its annual Maple Leaf Ball (MLB)

2018 under the patronage of H. E. Sheikh

NahayanMabarak Al Nahayan, UAE Cabinet

Member and

Minister of

Tolerance.

The event

gathered

prominent

members of

Emirati and

Canadian

government

and business

community,

including H. E. Masud Hussain, Ambassador of

Canada to the UAE, H. E. Emmanuel

Kamarianakis, Consul General of Canada to the

UAE, Mr. Musabbeh Al Kaabi, Co-Chair of

Canada UAE Business Council (CUBC) and Chief

Executive Officer (CEO) of Mubadala Petroleum

and Petrochemicals, and Mr. Gregory Zoughbi,

Chairman of CBC Abu Dhabi. AGS was

recognized at the event for its support of the

Canadian Business Council.

Shown above is Ms. Fatima, AGS Director

receiving the special recognition. From left to

right: H.E. Masud Husain, Ambassador of Canada

to the UAE, Ms. Fatima, AGS Director, H.E.

Sheikh NahayanMabarak Al Nahayan, UAE

Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance,

Gregory Zoughbi, Chairman of Canadian Business

Council (CBC) Abu Dhabi. Congratulations!!

The PISA assessment is scheduled for Monday 7

May. It is for students born in 2002. AGS has

participated in PISA in the past and will once

again be participating during the month of May.





Grade Eight Reading, Writing and

Mathematics Assessments Grade 8 students will once again be participating

in the Nova Scotia Department of Education

Provincial Assessments. This year the assessments

will take place during the following times: May

27, 28, 29, 30- 9:20-10:50 AM. The makeup day

is May 31st for students who are absent during

the assessment dates. It is important that all

Grade 8 students are in attendance for the

assessments.

This assessment will gather information about

individual student performance in reading,

writing, and mathematics. The results will provide

teachers with information to inform instructional

planning and the Department of Education and

Early Childhood Development and Abu Dhabi

Grammar School (Canada) with information to

inform educational decisions.

No special preparation is necessary. A positive,

relaxed attitude will help your child do their best.

What your child has been learning in school has

been preparing them for the assessment. Students

should come to the school well rested in

preparation for participating in the assessments.

Athletic Awards Banquet Honours AGS

Athletes The Annual Athletic Awards Banquet was held in

the school’s gymnasium during the evening of

May 1st. Nine teams with a total of 118 student

athletes were recognized during the evening event.

All student athletes received Participation

Certificates and each coach presented MVP and

Coaches Awards. Thanks were extended to the

coaches for their time and dedication over the past

year. Thanks were also extended to Ms. Fatima for

her support, Ms. Dani (P E Dept. head) for

coordinating the arrangement of games and buses

for the teams and Ms. Brittany O’Halloran , Ms.

Nisreen Ibrahim and Ms. Kirsten for their

leadership in organizing the Banquet. Two

students, Hala and Zanah performed well while

being Co- Masters of Ceremony.

All students, coaches and staff in attendance

enjoyed the Athletic Banquet.

The winners of the Coaches and Most Valuable

Player (MVP) awards are listed below.

Congratulations to

George Haddad on

receiving the David

MacDonald Award

of Champions.

George had a very

successful year

playing U16

Football and Rugby.

The award is in honour of a former AGS teacher

who was very involved in school athletics. The

award recognizes the top all round athlete at AGS.

Shown above with George is Mr. Sorin, Under 16

Boys’ Football Coach.





Congratulations

to Ahmad

Dahabra on

winning the AGS

Male Athlete of

the Year Award.

Ahmed had a

very successful

year playing

Under 16 Boys’ Rugby. Shown on the left with

Ahmed are Mr. Tom and Ms. Brittany O, U16

Boys’ Rugby coaches

For more pictures you may visit the school’s

official Facebook page or visit the school’s

website – Gallery.

KG2 Water

Project Shortly

after Spring

Break, the KG

students had a

fantastic time

exploring water

as part of our

science and math curriculum. Over a two week

period the students predicted which objects would

sink or float using various materials, used

important capacity vocabulary such as: full,

almost full, half, almost empty and empty. The

students had lots of fun exploring water and tried

their best to stay dry.

Literacy

Week at AGS April 22-26 was

Literacy Week at

AGS. Literacy

Week is a time

to think about

how important

reading is in our

everyday

lives. Our whole school took part in reading

events and activities including a school-wide art

project that will be on display soon. We had an

interactive display where students could add their

reading hashtags and we also created the new

"Book Nook"

in the outside

play area.

This is a

comfy spot

where

students can

sit and read in

their free

time. They

can also drop

off books they no longer want for sharing with

other students. This has been so popular it will

remain in place for the rest of the year!

AGS Book Fair AGS recently held

a Book Fair as

part of Literacy

Week in the school

library. Books

were provided by

University Book

Store and were available for purchase by all

students. Due to the great support from the school

community, a number of books were provided by

the University Book Store for our school library.

Shown above with our school librarian, Ms.

Jolani are grade 4

students looking over

some of the books.

Shown on the right are grade 5 students

looking over some

Arabic books with

our library assistant,

Ms. Daiane. Thanks to Ms. Jolani for organizing

the Book Fair.

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