Salmiya School Newsletter - Edition 2 Term 1

24th September 2017

Dear Parents,
Welcome to our 2nd Newsletter of the 2017 - 2018 Academic Year. You may notice a few
changes! It is bigger and in colour! Each week we hope to inform you about all the learning
and events that have taken place in Salmiya School as well as providing you information
about upcoming events and activities.
This edition includes news from every year group as well as the Specialist departments.
Please note the information on the timings of the school day and the access routes to /
from the school as well as a selection of photographs from the events of the week.
For the last two weeks we have been updating our parent records particularly mobile
phone numbers and email addresses so we can communicate with you quickly and
efficiently. If you have not already done so please can you update this information via the
following link. https://tinyurl.com/EPG-PSSLM-PEQ
We hope you enjoy the newsletter.

Have a great week!

Yours sincerely,

Matthew Bristow
Principal

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Dear Parents,
It has been a delight to meet and begin teaching your children this year. We look forward
to the wonderful learning that will take place and communicating through class dojo and
the homework diaries. Here are some things we have learned this week.
Maths
Writing numbers 1-10
Identifying larger and smaller numbers
Reading
Words that start with the letter S
Matching sounds to letters
Writing
Practicing writing our own names
Art
Tearing and pasting activities
Finger Painting
Science
Exploring the 5 Senses
Learning parts of the Body

Ms. Tercia and Ms. Natasha

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 We had a brilliant start off in Year 1!
Thank you to the support of parents
and teachers. Our learners are eager
and excited to learn!

Home Learning Packs will include

work of English, Maths, Science
and Humanities. Prepare learners
for their spelling tests and mental
maths weekly. Learners must read
every day. Please make sure to
check your childs bag for letters.
Every child received a timetable
of the new times.
Our first topic is: Me, Myself and I.

We will be working on the following for this term:

English Texts: Fiction/ Non Fiction/ Phonics: Phase 2;

Maths Numbers/ Compare Length and Height
Science Humans
Humanities My family/ Local Area
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Welcome to the Salmiya School Newsletter Week Two. We will be letting you know the topics covered in
each subject while celebrating their learning!

In English, we are currently reading I want a Pet by

Lauren Child. Students are focusing on coming up
with creative adjectives to describe animals and pets.

In Maths, Year 2 has been working hard with

comparing numbers and place values. With the
help of base ten blocks, the pupils can quickly
tell why a number is a bigger!

In Science, we are learning about animals and

habitats. Children had an opportunity to draw their
favourite animals and describe where they live. We
are looking forward to investigating various habitats
deeper!

In Humanities, students are able to take a glance at

various cities/countries and discuss how they are
alike and different.

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Welcome to the Salmiya School newsletter Week Two, where we will be
celebrating the progress we have made so far.

In Maths we have been looking at Place Value. Pupils

have been using Base 10 to help find 10 more and 10
less than a 3 digit number. Most of us mastered this
pretty quickly and were soon looking at 100 more 100 less.

Pupils have been looking at Jill Murphys book,

Mr Large in Charge. The pupils came up with
some excellent ways that they could help to
look after sick parents.

In Humanities the pupils have been learning about

Kuwait. The pupils really enjoyed painting their
hands in Kuwait colours and making their own
flags. Next week the pupils will be starting a
project about making their own island.

In Science we are learning about Plants, so

far we have learnt about the different
parts of a plant, and what a plant needs to
grow and be healthy.

We are looking forward to planting some

of our own plants soon.

Well done to all the Year 3 Pupils who took part in the Islamic
New Year Celebration Assembly, you all did a fantastic job!

Keep up the great work Year 3

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Welcome to the Salmiya school weekly newsletter for
Year 4. Each week we let you know what your child will
be learning in each subject and celebrating their progress.

Themes for this Week

Book - James and the

Giant Peach by Roald
Dahl.

Pupils are really enjoying diving into this book and describing the exciting
characters.

In year 4 we are learning about

place value.

The pupils have also done really

well with vertical addition this
week.

In Science we are learning all about sound. Next week the pupils will carry out
an experiment to determine if sound can travel through a solid.

In Humanities year 4 pupils have looked at

the continents and oceans of the World.
Next week we will focus on Kuwait and
its History.

Well done Year 4, A Great start to the

year.

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Welcome to Year 5!

We spent the first week getting to know each other and doing various revision activities to kick-start our
brains into action.

Week 2 was a taste of things to come in Year 5. We are starting the year with an interesting topic - The
Blue Planet. It refers to water, to caring for the earth, making a difference, life It will pop up during
English comprehension and when doing creative writing. In Math it will be present when we measure
volume. In Science we will focus on properties of materials, different states of matter and solutions.
Humanities will begin with Geography and our topic, of course, water! Where it comes from, its importance,
saving it, where Kuwaits water comes from, rivers, oceans.

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Preparing for an interesting and exciting start to the year!

A reminder that it is important for the children to arrive at school on time. The brain is freshest early
in the morning and we try and use this opportunity to dive into math. Children who come late may
find that they struggle to keep up.

Please ensure that your children are wearing the correct school uniform. Its looking good and wed
like to keep it this way.

We pride ourselves in being a healthy school and want to continue doing so. Please assist us by only
sending healthy food to school.

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 THE YEAR 6 STUDENTS ***CLASS OF 2017-2018***
We have begun this year with mixed feelings. We are sad and reluctant to leave the
comfort of our Primary School. BUT we are excited as it heralds a major milestone in
our lives the next phase in our education - HIGH SCHOOL.

Well we are now the

SENIOR students at our
school. We have to lead
by example. The rest of the
school will look up to us.
Prefects for Salmiya
Primary will be chosen
from amongst us.

Oh ! the pressure..

We also have our GRADUATION to look forward to at the end of this year.

We have embarked on taking up the challenge this year by making a positive

CHANGE to our lives. We believe that changing o
ur mindset is a step in the right
direction.

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We have started the year revising place value in Maths.

Science has really sparked our interest. We are discovering whats going on inside our
bodies. We have begun learning about the Circulatory System. It is fascinating to
realise that there is more to our blood than it being RED in colour.

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The book that we will be studying this year is HOLES by Louis Sachar. We have been
introduced to the main character Stanley Yelnats, who was wrongfully sent to a
detention centre Camp Green Lake. This is where the boys are supposed to build
character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five
feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.

We have also completed some Creative Writing. We started by thinking and planning
our ideas before writing our thoughts as stories. It was exciting but a little difficult to
let our mind wander and our imagination flow. We are talking and discussing the
topics before we plan and we are doing more exercises to help us get better with this.
Our teacher says that Creative Writing requires all the skills we have learnt in English,
so we are really practising to get to grips with CREATIVE WRITING.

Its a delight to have your children in Year 6. We have made an excellent start to the
year and hope this will continue throughout the year. We look forward working with
you as partners to help your children be the best they can be.

We need your help for the following:-

1. The students to come to school regularly.

2. That they are on time. Arrive before 7:25 a.m. T

he 1st
lesson starts at 7:40

3. That they bring healthy lunches and water bottles

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In Music this week, the children across the school have practiced the EPG Salmiya School
Song. Here at Salmiya we are proud to be part of such a wonderful community and the
school song gives us and the children a sense of that feeling. Please find the lyrics of the
song below and an internet link for the music. ENJOY!!!

Salmiya School Song

Oh we want to learn, everything we need

Like how to add, how to write and read

Lots of friends are there with me

Were a great big family at Salmiya Primary School

Salmiya Primary School

Salmiya Primary School

Working hard from the start is the way to be smart

At Salmiya Primary School

There is time to learn and theres time to play

When we go to school, several hours a day

We can learn and have fun, our school is No. 1

Salmiya Primary School

The link to the music is https://youtu.be/QZ_mIieKAKE

Mr. Dascalu

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This time of the school year is a very busy and exciting time for everyone, especially the Physical
Education Department. We have many try-out and training sessions taking place after school. You will
be receiving letters over the coming weeks to invite your children to attend these sessions.

Taking place this week:

Day Year Group Sport Venue Coach

Sunday Year 5&6 KFSAC Boys Hassan Abul Mr Jenkins &

Football Training Football Club Mr Fionda

Monday Year 5&6 KFSAC Girls Salmiya School Miss

Benchball Training Kondrashenkova

Monday Year 3&4 KFSAC Girls Salmiya School Mr Fionda

Unihoc Try-out

Wednesday Year 5&6 KFSAC Girls Salmiya School Miss

Benchball Training Kondrashenkova

Wednesday Year 3&4 KFSAC Boys Salmiya School Mr Fionda

Unihoc Training

There will be plenty of opportunities for your children to take part in competitive sport during this
school year. If these sports are not suitable I am sure there will be something coming up very soon.

Children who are playing sports, whether it is KFSAC or PE lessons need to be wearing suitable clothing.
Please make sure that the shoes are for sports and can be secured to the foot either with velcro or laces.

I look forward to updating you in the near future with the results of our teams.

Mr Fionda

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 Promoting Positive Behaviour

Welcome

Let us celebrate and welcome the new academic year,, Warm wishes to our children on promoting
new level and wishing them all the luck to make it a successful year.

Here at EPG our school community has a duty to Safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Positive behavior and Discipline are key foundation for effective education, without an orderly
atmosphere, effective teaching and learning.

At EPG we expect and insist on the highest standards of behaviour throughout our school.
Guidance regarding behaviour and conduct is everyone's responsibility and forms an essential
part of personal and social development.

Here in EPG our behavioural objectives are:

To promote: culture, social, emotional intellectual and physical development of our

children.
To promote and value:
Care and Trust
Respect of others
Honesty.. TruthFairness..
Self-respect and Self-Discipline.
Respect of property.. And Care of-for the environment
To encourage our children to take on special duties and responsibilities
To encourage our children to take responsibility for their own action and behaviour
To explain what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour
To promote the development of the whole child with support of the parents and the
wider community.

During upcoming weeks will keep posting more about positive behaviour, and how we do support
our children around the school through the year.

Mrs Saleh

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