JPS Weekly
May 28th 2015
Jumeirah Primary School,
Dubai
Issue No. 32 - 14/15
NOTICE BOARD
DATE
EVENTS
SUN 31 MAY
MON 1 JUNE
6.30pm—WELCOME TO FS EVENING
TUE 2 JUNE
8am—SING AND SWING / UKULELE CONCERT
WED 3 JUNE
THU 4 JUNE
LAST DAY FOR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
THANK YOU BREAKFAST—MAIN HALL
FRI 5 JUNE
TABLE TOP SALE—MAIN HALL AT 7.30AM
Please note, no cricket bats are allowed in school except for ASA
SAVE THE DATE—FATHERS DAY EVENT 14TH JUNE—MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
NEW EVENT FOR THE CALENDAR —IFTAR— 23RD JUNE— MORE DETAILS NEXT WEEK
A message from the Principal
Dear Parents,
Good Afternoon, (masā' al-khayr), ‫مساء اخلري‬
One of the highlights of the year in any school is receiving the KHDA report on the success of the school. This
year there is a parents’ report so please do take time to read it at www.khda.gov.ae and celebrate with your
children for all the hard work and achievement of the school. It makes us all very proud to be part of the community of JPS!
After that, life at JPS continues to be as busy and exciting as ever. The Year one children have been to see the
musical ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ and were thrilled at the sight of Granny and her fat chickens!! Modesh has
also visited JPS this week and amazed the year one and three children with his dancing skills. We are all very
much looking forward to the disco this evening and I hope to see many of your children’s dancing skills too.
I look forward to another busy week in school next week as we prepare for our ‘Parents’ Thank You Breakfast’, to
thank the many parents who have helped us out in so many ways during the past year.
Finally this week we are preparing to hold the final JPS ‘Trash to Treasure’ sale of the year on Friday 5th June,
which will raise funds to take our support staff for a lovely dinner cruise to say thank you to them also for all
their hard work this past year. I know they are all looking forward to it and excited about the cruise.
Warm regards,
Catherine
Catherine McKeever—CEO/Principal
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JPS NEWS
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Every year we ask over 140,000 students and their parents, as well as 14,000 employees, in 16
countries what they think of their experience with us. These opinions provide us with a local and
global indication of what makes our people happy and what we can do better. We are never
afraid to pioneer new ideas, excited and humbled to help learners on their journey - equipping
them for tomorrow's world - today.
On Sunday we will send you an email inviting you to participate in the final Parent Survey for the
2014-15 academic year. It’s only 10 questions and won't take long to complete.
We are listening and using your feedback to make continuous improvements in your child’s
school.
For example, this year your feedback led to the following changes in the school…
Of course if you wish to contact someone at any time to give your feedback you may either call
the Principal’s Office directly use the ‘My School Hotline’ at 800 724 665 or email
[email protected]
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JPS NEWS
MODESH FULL OF SUMMER FUN !!
On Tuesday 26th May, Year 1 and 3 were very lucky to have a surprise visit from
Modesh, the Summer Surprises mascot. The show involved a lively juggling act
using diablos! Modesh moved and grooved to the tunes while the audience
supported him.
Look out for Modesh this summer as there will be lots to see and do here in
Dubai.
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JPS ARABIC & ISLAMIC NEWS
Treasures of UAE Art Competition
Celebrate your love and
respect for UAE heritage with
art!
A wonderful opportunity for children in Years 5 & 6 to
create a masterpiece that reflects the treasures of the
UAE, connecting historical and modern cultural
perspectives through one visual experience.
Finalists’ masterpieces will make up a large collage to be
painted on an interior wall of JPS.
Guidelines:
Paper size: A3
Theme: Treasures of UAE
Deadline for Entries: June 11th
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JPS NEWS
The next project which
Helping Hands
has lined up is “Help the Workers” .
This will involve making up and distributing parcels during Ramadan.
From Sunday 24th May, we will have boxes in Reception ready to take donations
of :
Shampoo / Shave Foam / Toothpaste / Toothbrushes / Soap
We would appreciate everyone’s support in making this worthy cause a great
success.
Sing and Swing
and
Ukulele Concert
Tuesday, June 2nd at 8:30am
Main Hall
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JPS GIFTED & TALENTED NEWS
Calling all bookworms
We have a wonderful opportunity for some avid readers to
review newly published books with the possibility of having the
review published on the Emirates Literature Festival Website
and even possibly reviewing live on the radio at Dubai Eye on
their Saturday morning ‘Talking Books’ programme next year.
If you are an avid reader in Year 4 or 5, please go to the GT weebly website on the
following link:
http://giftedandtalentedjps.weebly.com/
Here you will find details of how to apply to be a JPS book reviewer. Looking forward
to hearing from you soon!
Mrs. Green
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JPS MUSIC NEWS
YEAR 3/4 ASSEMBLY
Lauran Koster (4A)
‘Tit Willow’
Jad Oklany (4D) and Zihan Tian (4G)
‘Country Gardens’
Meher Vakharia (4B)
‘When the Saints’
Ameen Zaidi (3A)
‘Ode to Joy’
Dana El Toukhy (3C)
duet ‘Spring Day’
Celine Naude (4C)
‘March’
Stella Peacock (3C), Gabriella
Watson (3C), Ellie Bruce (3F)
and Isabelle Williams (3G)
danced to ‘Bang Bang’
Suhail Al Mansoori and Waiz
Abdul Hafeez (3G) danced to
‘It’s my Birthday’
Kiara Kuriakose (4A)
‘Just the Way you are’
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JPS MUSIC NEWS
YEAR 5/6 ASSEMBLY
Lia Zaman (6D)
‘Melody in C’
Tanvi Buddhavarapu (6D)
‘Minuet in G’
Luke Desira (5F)
‘Dixieland Jam’
Danyaal Kokhar (6G)
‘Bare Necessities’
Helena Shanahan (6E)
sang a folk song from Fiji
Aaima Hasnain (6A)
danced to ‘Birthday’
Abigail Hasker, Amatullah Yusufali , Amara Habib, Rania
Bhojwani and Arhum Kamlani (5A) sang ‘Riptide’
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JPS MUSIC NEWS
Janine Samji (5F) sang ‘Reflection’
Sumona Dasgupta (5D)
sang ‘The Ash Grove’
Kashish Sen and Sanyukta Joshi (6A)
sang an Indian folk song ‘Ghoomar’
The Zumba Girls!
Juna Oklany (6B)
‘Solfegietto’
VIDEOS OF ALL PERFORMANCES CAN BE WATCHED ON WEEBLY UNDER ‘MUSIC ASSEMBLIES’
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JPS MUSIC NEWS
YEAR 1 MUSIC CONCERT
With great big smiles, the Year 1 children thrilled the audience at their Music
Concert, singing ‘Bingo’, ‘Baby Bumblebee’, ‘Elephants Have Wrinkles’, ‘The
Clown ‘, ‘My Dog Rags’, ‘The Elevator Song’, and ‘Going To The Zoo.’
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JPS MUSIC NEWS
Sara Christie (1A) danced to
‘See you Again’, and on the piano sisters Johanna Teja (1C)
and Sophia Teja (2D) performed ‘The Blue Danube’ as a
duet, Annika Jain (1B) played
‘Do-Re-Mi’, and Elyes Mrabet
(1E) played ‘Skip To My Lou ‘.
Thanks go to Mary Ellen Scribner
and Deborah Bannister for their
wonderful choreography
WELL DONE YEAR 1 - YOU WERE AMAZING!
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JPS REGISTRAR NEWS
Re-enrolments are now concluded.
Parents are reminded to complete a request for a transfer certificate online in
OASIS if their child/children are leaving JPS, including all year 6 students, at the
end of this academic year and they require one for their next school.
Transfer certificates will only be processed after the request is received by the
registrar.
May we take this opportunity to thank parents who have already completed this
process.
Please contact the admissions office or the reception at school should you require
any assistance with this procedure.
Thank you.
JPS LIBRARY NEWS
Our final Bookworm fair for this academic year will take place on the 7th, 8th and 9th of
June.
A good opportunity to buy books before the holidays!
Years 1 to 6 will receive an envelope to put money in to purchase a book if they wish during
school time. (average prices are from 50 AED) Book fairs are optional for our JPS
children and not compulsory.
Foundation Stage children visit the fair with their parents/guardians at drop off and pick
up. Families are invited to come and have a browse after school.
A special thank you to Ella McKeag 6B, Rayna Karim 4B and Imogen O’Connor for their
generous donation of books.
"Someone's been sitting in my chair and they've broken it all to pieces,"
cried the Baby bear.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Reefat Mohammed
Lead Librarian
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A sale you CANNOT afford to miss !!!!!
Your trash is someone else’s treasure !!!
FRIDAY 5th JUNE 2015
AT 8.00 AM
THE JPS
‘TRASH TO TREASURE’
SALE
OPEN FOR SALE TO EVERYONE…
STALLHOLDERS ARE RESTRICTED AND MUST BE JPS (or JC) PARENTS AND STAFF
ONLY DUE TO SPACE RESTRICTIONS IN THE HALL.
Located in
JUMEIRAH PRIMARY SCHOOL
MAIN HALL
For all bookings and enquiries, please email:
[email protected]
Please note that due to limited indoor space,
stallholders will be restricted to JPS/JC parents
and staff ONLY.
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JPS NEWS
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JPS NEWS
Our students are participating in raising
the Autism Awareness in the community
with the official launch of the ‘I AM
DIFFERENT JUST LIKE YOU’ campaign!
Stand by for more details.
#ICareImAware
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JPS NEWS
Dear Parent,
GEMS Music Academy Summer Programme
5 – 9 July 2015 - Wellington Academy, Al Khail
GEMS Music Academy is delighted to announce that we will be running a summer programme for students aged 4–14
years old who wish to have a taster course in:
- Playing the violin
- Playing the recorder
- Singing
The programme will run from Sunday 5 July to Thursday 9 July, 9am – 12pm at Wellington Academy, Al Khail in their
music department, and will conclude with a short performance in the auditorium at 11am on Thursday 9 July to
which parents and friends are invited.
On each day, students will attend 3 workshops with specialist staff and have taster sessions on learning to play the
violin, learning to play the recorder and singing. The cost of the 5 day programme is 1000aed.
If you would like your child to participate, please retain this information. You should then complete the application form
attached and submit the form, with the programme fee of 1000aed, to the accountant at one of our payment centres.
Payment centres for this programme are:
GEMS World Academy
GEMS Wellington International School
GEMS Wellington Academy, Al Khail
GEMS Wellington Academy, Silicon Oasis
GEMS Jumeirah Primary School
If you have any queries, then please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected]. I do hope this is of
interest and I look forward to working with your child in this programme.
The deadline for applications is Thursday 18 June 2015. Please note that the programme will only run if numbers are
viable.
Kind regards,
Karen Hobbs
Manager – GEMS Music Academy
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JPS NEWS
NBAD GEMS Co-brand Credit Card
Made especially for the GEMS Schools’ parent community!
With the free for life NBAD GEMS Credit Card, enjoy discount of up to 7% on your GEMS School tuition fee.
The earlier you pay, the higher the discount! Over and above the discount you can also benefit from the
convenience of converting the fees paid into a 0% interest EPP for up to 12 months.
The NBAD GEMS Credit Card also comes with many other value added benefits like:
 Earn 1.5 NBAD Stars on every AED 1 purchase redeemable for Emirates Skywards Miles, Etihad Guest
Miles, Flydubai e-vouchers or NBAD Stars card which can be used for purchases at any merchant across
the world that accepts Visa cards
 Watch movies from just AED 5 at Cine Royal and Oscar Cinemas in Abu Dhabi and for AED 10 in Reel
Cinemas in Dubai
 Complimentary airport lounge access across GCC and Meet & Greet services at Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Airports
 Complimentary airport pick-up and drop service in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
 Complimentary access to Fitness First Clubs across UAE
To apply for the NBAD GEMS Credit Card or to get further information please contact our personal banking
representatives:
Mr. M.Shamsi
Mr. Binoj Jose
055-2747417 / 056-3714631
055-5327221
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JPS NEWS
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JPS NEWS
COLLECTION OF CHILDREN AFTER THE AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY CLUBS
We would like to remind all parents that children must be collected from
their after school clubs at 3.15pm / 3.30pm by an ADULT and / or students
from Jumeirah College who wear the black uniform
CHILDREN’S SAFETY AT SCHOOL
Parents have full responsibility for their children until delivered to class. Similarly,
on collection of children at the end of the day, it is the parents’ responsibility to fully
supervise their children.
Please do not allow children to play on any playground equipment before or after school.
One of the issues we are facing is where families do not vacate the premises when
school has finished for the day and this is a concern for us all. Please ensure you
pick up your children promptly and supervise them when they are on school
premises.
MESSAGE FROM THE NURSES
Temperatures are on the increase again. Please can you continue to stress to your
children the importance of keeping hydrated – water, water, water! We have already
noticed an increase in sore tummies and headaches, usually caused by dehydration.
Also, don’t forget to apply sun cream in the mornings before school … and remember,
NO HAT, NO PLAY.
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CHILDREN’S BIRTHDAYS BEING
CELEBRATED WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY
We want to ensure that all children feel happy and
special, especially on their birthday. We do however
encourage a healthy eating policy within the school.
Therefore, we feel it would be more appropriate that,
should you wish to bring something in for your child to
share with all his/her class mates, then a non-edible gift may be brought
in. This can be something like a pencil, stickers, homemade personalized
bookmark, etc. These items can again be left at Reception where they
will be sent up to the class. We hope you agree this is a much more
suitable and fun way to help a child celebrate their birthday with the
whole class.
RECEPTION AREA
We would like to remind all parents that once they have collected their
children at 2.15pm, it is important for health & safety reasons, for
everyone to vacate the premises, unless you have a meeting with a
member of staff. It is not possible for parents to wait in the Reception
area, which is a working area until 4pm. We would appreciate all parents
working with us to ensure that the school is a safe environment at all
times.
LOST PROPERTY
Please ensure that you check the Lost Property bins, situated near to the
Quiet Garden, if your child misplaces anything. At the end of each month,
we will donate any unclaimed items to charity. Please always ensure that
all clothing is named so that it can be returned to the rightful owner if lost.
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