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To: All Parents of Secondary School Students in Year 10

RE: WEEK 5 – CURRICULUM NEWSLETTER

18th March 2018

Dear Parent/Guardians Welcome to the Curriculum newsletter outlining what your child will be studying over the next fortnight at Al Jazeera Academy and also providing some information about the forthcoming Mid Term Assessment Tasks. We include in this letter each week some important reminders along with an update on some of the key Secondary School issues in learning and some of the achievements of our young people.

Through hard work and dedication, we hope your child will have been as successful as possible in the January examinations. With the recent results we are very proud of what our students are achieving overall.

We provide the following guidance for parents:

Mid Term Assessment Tasks

As we near the Spring Break holiday and the midpoint of Semester 2, we write to confirm that Mid Term Assessment Tasks take place during next week (March 25th – April 4th) for all

AJA Students –Academic Leaders with Islamic Values Our Academy Core Priorities 1st Safeguarding 2nd Teaching and Learning Quality Our Key Tarbeya Theme A Culture of Respect – Integrating the Tarbeya Ethos Across the Academy. Current Value this Week – Self Discipline – Completion of homework



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pupils in Years 7-10. The purpose is to provide an indication of students’ learning and current progress, identifying strengths and areas for development. This will enable teachers to devise suitable work for the individual student as we move towards the End of Year exams.

Unlike the formal End of Semester 1 and End of Year exams the Assessment tasks take place during the normal school week and within normal lessons. There will be no specific timetable though teachers will indicate to their pupils when the tasks are likely to take place. They are part of the regular learning process and we wish to avoid unnecessary disruption to the flow of teaching and learning.

We also confirm the following details:

The relevant Learning Objectives are published on the school website (under Secondary exams)

A proportion of the marks for the Semester (50%) are awarded for classwork, participation and homework to emphasise that learning and assessment happen every day in regular classroom practice and involve both teachers and learners in reflection and dialogue.

Mid Semester 2 tasks will be marked by the subject teacher in each case.

Mid semester 2 Assessment tasks are not standardised across the three Ta’allum schools.

Year 7 will do their assessment tasks online in Arabic, English and Science at the times indicated below. It is essential that all Year 7 students have a working tablet with them at these times.

Sunday, 1st April Period 3 (Y7) Science

Monday, 2nd April Period 3 (Y7) English

Tuesday, 3rd April Period 3 (Y7) Arabic

For Year 11 and 12 students there will be Mock Exams where required. This will enable students to be fully prepared for the actual exams ahead in May and June. Many students have already completed some of their external and IGCSE exams in January. Teachers will notify students where Mock exams are required.

The intended date of publication for the Mid Semester Report card will be

We thank you for your continued support and we wish your child well next week. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further clarification of the detail

There is an important Options Meeting for Year 9 Parents and students to find out about Options choices for Year 10 in September. The meeting is from 4 – 6pm on Wednesday this week, March 21st.

Many congratulations to our Year 11 &12 students on a superb set of results in the January external IGCSE and AS examinations. Special mention to some of our successful students:



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Y11 IGCSE – For the girls

Al Dana Khalaf with 2 A* and 2 A grades

Myas Murad A* A B

Wadad Muftah A* A,

Alanoud Jolo A* B,

Razan Reneh A* in English,

Shahad Ibrahim A* A B,

Sara Sabbagh A* Maths,

Zeinab Ghasoub A* A A

Y12 AS

Ilhaam Waja A for Psychology

Year 11 IGCSE -For the boys

Ali Mohsin – A B B,

Zeed Samhadaneh A* B,

Khalifa Al Baker A C D

Y12 AS

Saoud Al Khater A in Business. There were A grades in Maths for Muhammad Haggag,

Khalifa Abdulla, Hassan Al Ansari.

The curriculum for the next fortnight is as follows:

Subject

Week Commencing 18th and 25th March

Maths

Surds

To be able to understand and identify Sets and symbols

To be able to use Venn diagrams



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English

English First Language

Your English as a Second Language Child will continue to prepare to answer Reading Comprehension Questions. Their mid-term assessment will be made up of reading and writing tasks based on their class work.

Your First Language English child will continue to develop their argumentative skills in their longer writing task. They will complete a mid term assessment where they will answer comprehension questions regarding an argumentative text and follow with a writing task.

Biology

2.73B describe the structure of the urinary system, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra

2.76B understand how water is reabsorbed into the blood from the collecting duct

2.77B understand why selective reabsorption of glucose occurs at the proximal convoluted tubule

2.78B describe the role of ADH in regulating the water content of the blood 2.

2.79B understand that urine contains water, urea and ions

2.80 understand how organisms are able to respond to changes in their environment

2.81 understand that homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment, and that body water content and body temperature are both examples of homeostasis

2.82 understand that a co-ordinated response requires a stimulus, a receptor and an effector

Chemistry

Acid, Alkalis and bases

2.28 describe the use of litmus, phenolphthalein and methyl orange to distinguish between acidic and alkaline solutions

2.29 understand how to use the pH scale, from 0–14, can be used to classify solutions as strongly acidic (0–3), weakly acidic (4–6), neutral (7), weakly alkaline (8–10) and strongly alkaline (11–14)



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2.30 describe the use of universal indicator to measure the approximate pH value of an aqueous solution.

2.31 know that acids in aqueous solution are a source of hydrogen ions and alkalis in aqueous solution are a source of hydroxide ions.

2.32 know that alkalis can neutralise acids

2.33C describe how to carry out an acid-alkali titration.

Physics

Electricity

2.17 understand why current is conserved at a junction in a circuit

2.18 know that the voltage across two components connected in parallel is the same

2.19 calculate the currents, voltages and resistances of two resistive components connected in a series circuit

ICT

Your child will learn how the internet has impacted employment, including giving employees the ability to work more collaboratively and allowing flexible working. Your child will look at the social impacts of the internet, including effects on physical health, social interaction and cyberbullying. They will also learn how to stay safe online through flagging offensive material, blocking individuals and keeping personal data private.

Business Studies

Your child will learn about: Importance of Communication in Business & Barriers to communication

Students are learning about the nature of communication, the difference between internal and external communication, different methods of communication used by businesses. Students will also learn about the barriers to communication and how to choose an appropriate method of communication.

History Your child will explore the fall of Germany and the end of the unit

They will also take the mid-semester test

Leisure and Tourism

Your child will continue working on the coursework

They will also take the mid-semester mock examination

Art Your child will be completing observational drawings using oil paint



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GCSE Religious

Education

Your child will investigate Conflict and War.


Global Citizenship

Your child is finishing the unit on global sustainability, the environment and what we can do to help.


Psychology Your child will need to understand the active process of memory through the Theory of Reconstructive Memory (Bartlett, 1932) and understand the reductionism and holism debate as well as do revision from the previous unit.

Arabic على الّشباب ووجهة نظرهم فيما يدور حولهم من أحداث وتأثيها كتابة خطاب تلقيه عن دور أجهزة اإلعالم

Islamic ّ48صفحة / درس: من صور الغلو في حق النبي

Information on your child’s learning:

1. Some Key Reminders

Students must bring their tablets to all lessons. Please ensure that your child has

their tablet with them fully charged at all times.

Mobile phones are not allowed to be used by pupils in school at any time. If pupils bring them they must be handed in at the start of the day and collected at the end of the day. Phones will be confiscated if pupils are caught with them.

2. School Events

Holy Quran Competition

There were 209 AJA Students as winners in the annual competition. Our academy has

made remarkable progress. This is in line with the school's mission and vision.

Visit to the Melting Pot - Year 11 & 10 Business Studies Trip

On Thursday 15th March, some of our IGCSE Business Studies students visited "The Melting Pot". The students met with the manager of the branch who explained his reasoning behind starting up a franchise and his choice for choosing this particular one. Students were very engaged and extremely articulate in their choice of questioning to the franchisee. They



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also had the opportunity to tour the kitchen and see how the food is prepared; which included Abdulla Kareem (11BY) preparing a cheese fondue meal for his peers.



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Football Success continues for Al Jazeera Academy

Successful day for AJA Boys in the QUESS Football League with both teams securing convincing wins.

Year 9s vs Park House English School (2-0 Win)

Goal Scorers: Abdullah Babikr (Man on the Match) Badr Al-Badr

Year 7s vs International School of London Qatar (7-0 Win)

Goal Scorers:

Ali Shahabi x2 Salman Sulaiti Abdulaziz Rasheed



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Mohammad Al Hashmi Mohammad Selim Hamad Abdulghani

Year 9



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Year 7

3 Coming Events for the Secondary School



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19th March QUESS U12s Boys Football Y7s vs ISLQ (Away)

20th March YR 8 Boys v Dukhan school (A) QUESS football league

KR ICT & Business Mini Review AJA

Provisional Y9/10 and Y11/12 Options Evenings (tbc)

English QNL visit girls

QUESS U14s Girls Football Y9s vs ISLQ (Away)

21st March Student training course: Anger Management (Tarbeya)

Careers Fair at Gulf English School

Y9 (Boys and Girls and their Parents) -21st March 4-6pm

QUESS U12s Boys Football Y7s vs Messaieed (Home)

QUESS U13s Boys Football Y8s vs Messaieed (Home)

22nd March Qada Fetyan /10 (Tarbeya)

23rd March Student training course: Anger Management (Tarbeya)

24th March Ertkaa. (Tarbeya)

25th March – 4th April

Year 11/12 Mocks

Mid Semester 2 Tests Y7-10

English QNL visit -boys

27th March Pi Day Competitions held at AMAG

29th March Yr 10 Global trip to Msherib museums

Qada Ashbal / 11 (Tarbeya)

31st March Ertkaa(Tarbeya)



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1st April Book Fair

Autism month from 1st April

14th March – 11th April

Monshed Tarbeya

April (tbc) The Small Moathen

‘Meet the Parents Events’ Inspiring QA for Y7, 8 and 9 students

Y6 and 7 ‘Learning about Experience’ (linked to the Monthly value.)

From April 5th Jordan trip (Tarbeya)

8th – 12th April Spring Break

April 13th-14th Middle School MUN (MISMUN) (Friday-Saturday)

April 20th AKIS MUN

Year 10 Qatar National Library Visit for girls (Ms Janelle)

May 8th Year 10 Qatar National Library Visit for the boys

May 13th GCSE/GCE External Art Moderation – John Heaton

June 21st 5pm - Y12 Graduation at Katara

We hope you have found this this weekly Newsletter to be useful. Please feed back to us if there is anything else you would like to see in the weekly newsletter. Yours sincerely,

Samira Rokadia Peter Kubicki

Deputy Head Secondary- Academic Head of Secondary

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