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To view the GWA cafeteria menu, please visit the GWA
website at www.gemsworldacademy-dubai.com
Volume 5, Issue 15
Dec 20th 2012
The Academy promotes inquiring, knowledgeable, reecve, and caring learners who develop personal skills to create a
beer and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Reected in a variety of dened outcomesand assessments, our divisional I.B. programs support students to become compassionate, lifelong, and acvely involved
learners who recognize the dierences among people and will contribute to a beer future global society.
What A Great Week to be a Proud Principal!
Every week is a busy week at GWA-Dubai. This week has been exceponally busy for us as we head into the winter
break at a screamingly high pace. Teachers, teaching assistants, students and parents have come together in many
dierent ways to celebrate learning across the school. Our students have been showcasing, exhibing, demonstrang,
public speaking, listening, experimenng and, importantly, enjoying, a huge variety of culminang experiences this
week.
Celebrang Readers! Students in Grades 3, 4 and 5 this week parcipated in the GWA Reading Challenge our own
compeon in the lead up to the Emirates Literature Fesval Readers Cup. Excitement was high and the library was a
place of noisy cheering as teams of students competed against each other to answer quesons about the two books
that they have been reading over the past 3 weeks. Thank you to Miss LJ, Mrs Atkinson and all of the volunteer reading
coaches for your enthusiasc support of this event. It was great fun for all involved, and more importantly, enthusiasm
for reading has increased as a result of this compeon. Congratulaons to our winners who go through to the next
round of the compeon.
Celebrang Arsts! Creang their personal art exhibion was the focus for all students in Grade 2 this week as they
wrapped up their unit of inquiry on how arsts express themselves through visual arts.A dazzling display of visual arts
has capvated visitors all week, with parents invited to view the artwork, meet with the arsts and be guided through
the various pieces of art on display. Visitors to the gallery were able to see pieces inspired by Kandinsky, Van Gogh,
Picasso and other great arsts, as well as read real stories that inspired the dierent works of art. Congratulaons
Grade 2 on an impressive exhibion.
Celebrang Sciensts!Parents and special guests were treated to science exhibits and demonstraons at
the Grade 4 science fair this week. Students in fourth grade undertook their own scienc invesgaons
into chemical changes and very condently presented the results of their experiments and inquiries to
their visitors. Their chemistry experiments included creang lava lamps, elephant toothpaste and
exploding rockets while students were able to demonstrate their scienc skills observaon,
collecon of data, creang and tesng hypotheses, and drawing conclusions.
Connued on page 2.
Sunday, Jan 6 Monday, Jan 7 Tuesday, Jan 8 Wednesday, Jan 9 Thursday, Jan 10
Day 6
Classes resume
Day 1
Student Council
Meengs 3.45 pm
Day 2 Day 3
Pre-kGr 1 Assembly 8.45
am - 9.15 am
Day 4
Gr2Gr5 Assembly 8.45
am9.15 am
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GWA-Dubai has BOTH an all-school building evacuaon plan and an all-school
lockdown plan
The school evacuaon plan and a pracce drill to exit the buildings is conducted once a month. Those drills
are unannounced at random mes each month. A pracce drill was conducted while the CIS Accreditaon
Team was on our campus and following the observaon received a commendable mark of excellence on
the wrien exit report. A school lockdown plan is also in place. This plan is included in the red emergency
folder in every classroom. That drill has a script that teachers are required to read to students regarding the
pracce and why we do such drills. An announced all-school lockdown is conducted twice a year. All
pracce drills take no longer than 20 minutes and regular classwork resumes once an all
clear is announced. Interested parents may preview a red emergency le and its
contents at any me. Health, safety, and welfare of our enre school community remains
an eminent priority.
The 2011 KDHA/DSIB inspecon results reected an OUTSTANDINGmark to GWA in this category.
Celebrang Athletes! It was a pleasure seeing our Grade 4 and 5 football teams being recognised with cercates of
parcipaon on assembly this morning. They have worked hard for the last couple of months, at football pracces
and giving their best during their matches. Their success has come with a lot of hard work and commitment, from all
players and their coaches. Well done!
Celebrang Winter through Music and Fesvals!
Our hearts were touched and spirits lied with incredible music
making both the EC-Grade 1 and Grades 2-5 assemblies this week. We were entertained by the PYP Orchestra, an
MYP singing ensemble, PreKs accompaniment of Jingle Bells while the school sang along, and the sweet singing of our
Swedish community with Santa Lucia. What a great way to celebrate and acknowledge winter fesvals and
celebraons from around the world. The Winter Fesval hosted by GWAPA was a huge success, with cultural displays
of Haj, Diwali, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year drawing the aenon of students from across the school. Take
some me to read the New Year wishes on our tree in recepon. It was a truly internaonal celebraon of winter
fesvals. Thank you to our Music department for the wonderful assemblies, and to our energec Parent Associaon
for bringing the Winter Fesval to life.
With so many reasons to celebrate learning in every area of our school, you can see why I am feeling like a very proud
principal this week!
We have a truly incredible school.
Wishing you all a wonderful, resul, fun-lled winter holiday, and for those of you celebrang, Merry Christmas! I look
forward to seeing you when school reopens, on January 6th
, 2013.
Sincerely
Megan Brazil
Elementary Principal
Congratulaons to Grade 3AH on
winning the Green Dragon this weekin assembly!
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Thank you GWAPA!
Click hereto view more photos
from the Winter Fesval.
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Over the past week, the recepon areaand the Gallery Walk have been brightlydecorated with examples of Grade 2 art!
Grade 2 students presented a range ofpieces, that reected their learning aroundusing dierent elements of art. Their nalsummave task was also shown throughartwork on a canvas, and a wrien piece.Parents and teachers came to discuss the
artwork with the Grade 2 arsts.
Thearsts explained topics such as whicharst they were inspired by, how they
used the elements of art to express theiremoons and their personal reecons on
their work.
Grade 2 Teachers would like to thank eve-ryone very much for supporng Grade 2
we know you are as proud as we are ofour ARTISTS!
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December 20 Early dismissal 12pm
December 23January 3 Winter Break
January 6 Classes Resume
January 15 Gr2 Gr5 Sports Day
January 21 Music Concert KG2Gr2 , 9am10am
January 31
ECGr1 Sports Day
February 10 Quarter 2 Reports Issued
February 22 GWA Internaonal Day
Our theme for Internaonal Day this is year is FOOD!
Dont forget to bring back those special mementos
from your home countries for your Internaonal Day
stand we will be forwarding more info in the New
Year.
If you would like to sign-up for Internaonal Day, click
the link below for instrucons on how to join in as
either a parcipant or a country stand organizer!
Over the break take pictures of
everything you see that is EXCITING,COOL, OR JUST NEW. You never know
what the winning picture will look
like It could be yours.