GR 1_Newsletter_03 to 07 November

DUNES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Volume 5, Issue 1 ACADEMIC SESSION 2019-2020 03– 07 November 2019 SNEAK PEEK Glimpse of this week Reminder  Islamic Education/ Moral Science weekly test will be conducted during respective period from 10.11.2019 till 13.11.2019  Students can bring story books to school to read dur- ing free periods.  On account of children’s day students can come in coloured dress on Wednes- day, 13.11.2019  Carnival will be held on November14 ,2019. It will be a non instructional day for the students. They can come to school at 5 p.m. in the evening along with their parents. The National day of UAE stands for the nationalization from the British Protectorate Treaties which were declared in 1968 and also falls on the anniversary of the federal unification of the seven emirates in 1971 which combined to form the modern-day country, headed by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan .The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) Flag Day is a national occasion where people of the UAE remember the efforts of the founders of their State, Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid, and their brothers who sacrificed everything for the sake of their nation. On this occasion principal of Dunes Inter- national school hoisted the UAE flag wherein all students and teachers in UAE were victims of this occasion. 1

Students of Grade 1E presented assem- bly on the theme Cooperation. A skit on the theme cooperation was per- formed by the students to make the grade students understand how valuable and important cooperation is in our lives.  The students were confi- dent and were able to convey the mes- sage properly to other students of the same grade through the skit which talks about two poor and needy friends who choose to cooperate each other in order to break out of their situation and to come over to achieve successful lives. A song was also sung by the class students to reinforce the theme of co- operation. 2

“Of all the arts in which the wise excel, Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well” The students from grade 3 to 5 had an interactive session with the author Pablo Harren and experienced him speaking about his interest in writing books and film making. He spoke about how writing helps him to be more cre- ative and keep away the problems and struggles from life. He made the students understand the importance of writing and how they can be happy by reading books. The students enjoyed asking him questions about what inspired him to write books and learnt many ways to develop a story and be creative while writing a story. He developed the interest in students of writing by giving them few words to form stories. The students enjoyed making short stories and shared their stories with Mr. Pablo. He was happy to hear the creative short stories made by the stu- dents. It was overall a unique learning experience for the children with the author. 3

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First graders of Dunes International School made beautiful dreamcatchers to help themselves have a good sleep. They were excited and enjoyed making the dream catchers. Students used stickers , beads, colour papers and wool to decorates their artwork. 5

students of grade 1 participated in sandwich making activity. They all brought sandwiches from their home and shared with each- other. It was a fun activity as they all were exited to share and have all different types of sandwiches. They all enjoyed it a lot. 6

1A– Caring Celine Rephley 1B– Perseverant Apoorva 1C—Kind Nivedya Sonu Tiwari 1D — Honest Mohammed Shayaan 1E– Resilent Shifa 1G– Independent Gopika Surapu 1H– Perseverant Angeline Maria 7

1A – Saatvik Gejwal 1B – Akshay Chandanala 1C—Shivani Patil 1D —Chakrika Athmakuri 1E – Moksha Sai Mayans 1G – Yazhini Paulpandian 1H – Venkata Tejaswini 8

Subject: Math children use their pattern spotting skills to identify and continue shape patterns in this activity. Each sequence con- tains two different shapes in a fixed pattern. After carefully looking at each sequence, stu- dents use the spaces provided to continue the pattern. This practice, designed for a first- grade math, helps students build a foundation in geome- try and develop the pattern identification skills critical to later math achievement. 9

Subject : English Students engaged in Word Web activity by brain- storming their ideas in the group and then writing it down in the notebook. This helped them to enhance their vocabulary and to develop their ideas on a par- ticular topic. Abstract ideas are hard to picture, and even harder to draw.  A word web gives students a way to turn abstract ideas into concrete images, al- lowing them to move from numbers to pictures that engage students. It also gives students concede visual symbols to later incorporate into a visual de- sign. This activity emphasized on the value of collab- orate thinking. 10

Subject: Science Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains es- sential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. Students were asked to write about sources of food and draw the picture of food from plants and animals. This activity helped to develop independent learning and creativity. Students enjoyed this activity and they were able to explain about it. 11

Subject: Hindi The learners of grade – 1 are now through with the vyanjans and matras. They were able to identify, read and circle the words starting from इ letter. They were asked to make two, three letter words from the jum- bled vayanjan and colour them. 12

Subject: Library Children of all ages will learn to develop stronger focus, increased intelli- gence, creativity and more awareness of the world around them when they dive into reading 13

Subject: USST The activity was conducted to make students identify and understand about types of family. First stu- dents were told about both small and the extended families and the member of both the families then they were told to identify both the types of families. 14

Subject: Arabic In this activity We linked to identity The students painted the UAE flag and wrote its four colors in Arabic 15

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Subject : Music Morning assemblies are a very important part in a student’s life. Students learn actions to go along with the song, which gives a sense of happiness and excitement to start the day. Singing boosts confidence and dancing keeps one active and fit. 17

Subject: Dance Dance improves flexibility, coordination, balance, range of motion, stamina, muscle tone, strength and posture. But physical fitness is just one of many benefits of dance that can enhance your child's life in so many ways. 18

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THE ROOTS OF TOLERANCE IN UAE SOCIETY The location of the UAE continues to play a critical role in entrenching the val- ues of acceptance and openness. Pre-oil economic activities like fishing, raising livestock and pearling helped strengthen cooperation and solidarity among people. Mechanisms to settle disputes among traditional tribal society played an im- portant role in enhancing the values of tolerance. The principle of tolerance was instrumental in overcoming disagreement, as well as fostering a unification of positions and aims. The idea of unity has always been present in UAE history. There can be no separation between unity and tolerance 13.11.2019 What Next... 12.11.2019 20