3. Further promoting equality and friendship, we read the beautiful book ‘Call Me Lion’ written by Camilla Chester she/her. The children empathised with the character and responded to and wrote their very own beautiful informal letters 💛

I highly recommend this book ⭐️

3. Exploring the importance of equality. We read remarkable biographies written about Stevie Wonder and Evelyn Glennie. Using this as inspiration, the children wrote their very own autobiographies in the style of Little People, Big Dreams ⭐️

The children really loved this unit!

2. Raising awareness for Turtle Rehabilitation by creating information leaflets. This project really inspired the children as they got to share their leaflets with the turtle sanctuary in Dubai.

1. Creating our own dialogue narrative using The Great Kapok Tree as a stimulus. We had lots of interesting discussions around deforestation and how this is negatively impacting our planet. We loved transforming our classroom for the full immersive experience!

This year, I have enjoyed creating a concept based curriculum which focuses on half termly sustainability themes using the Sustainable Development Goals. ⭐️

I’m excited to share some of our wonderful learning this year …

And it works… so very, very well.

Of course, it comes with an element of trust. But, if moderation is happening often, team teaching and collaborative practice is in place, this summary acts as a forward thinking and effective way for teachers to mark.

When the writing starts to click! 💡 Such a special moment… super proud of my little #Year1 class.

Then ▶️ Now

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Wishing all the awesome mums out there a very Happy Mother’s Day. 🩷

Francesca could not be more proud of her talented, beautiful and wonderful Mummy! 🤍

Our rock for the past 7 months (and always really!) 🫶🏽

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Rachael Parums

We mixed our Phonics up a little this week in #Year1 . We used our iPads to evaluate what we had read so far, unpick the meaning of new words by reading around them before asking our own questions about the short text. ✍️ 📖
Collaborate & Communicate 🗣️

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A great way to end a special week! Our first KHDA inspection and #WorldBookDay2024 celebrations; our team with a Julia Donaldson theme ft. Where’s Wally? 🌟

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#CognitaWay

#thebestatgettingbetter

Year 1 Team on World Book Day RGS Guildford Dubai

We are so excited to experience our first KHDA inspection next week at RGS Guildford Dubai. We are looking forward to immersing our wonderful pupils into the world of Lila and the Secret of Rain as part of our writing unit.🌧️

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Delighted to say that I will be taking on the role of Head of English at RGS Guildford Dubai from next academic year.

We are on such an exciting journey as a school, and I am thrilled to be joining the leadership team at RGSGD from September. ☺️

#thebestatgettingbetter

This! Anything else is outdated and just being done because ‘That’s the way it’s always been done…’

The importance of reading fluency!

‘Although there were dedicated daily reading sessions in the KS2 timetable, the irony was that children were not spending much time actually reading.’

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‘Collaboration is the way to go but we have got to harness it, structure it and inform it.’

An excellent 55 minutes from Robert Coe Tom Sherrington Emma Turner FCCT

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Fantastic opportunities for next academic year Dove Green Private School 🇦🇪

Apply through TES:

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#CollabUAE
#EduTwitter

Love how the classroom environment developments at RGS Guildford Dubai are lending themselves to wider #SOLE activities, dedicating time so pupils can deepen their future skills is so important!

We developed the Titantic Coding Drone maze Cognita Schools RGS Guildford, International Schools #Cognitaway

We have got the best practitioners RGS Guildford Dubai ❤️