Category: Letter

Dear Parents,

Please find below an update on the school’s Covid-19 protocols from School Directors and Principals.

With all best wishes,

Colin Rogers, Soumaya Amr, Karim Rogers, Allison Fleet & Matt Topliss

School Directors and School Principals

Dear Parents,

As the start of the school year draws near, we wanted to provide you with some bus transport information as your child is registered to use a school bus.

Please be advised of the following points:

Late Buses for EC/EY Students: We are unable to allow students on the 1:35 EC/EY buses to travel home on 2:35 buses with older siblings. Excepts are made only in the case where we do not provide a 1:35 bus service to the child’s location. It is the parents’ responsibility to make arrangements for 1:35 bus students to be received at their bus stop in the afternoon.

Bus Changes: Bus changes are not permitted except in the case of significant emergency, and at the discretion of the Operations Manager. Please note that doctors appointments or desire for a child to go to visit with relatives or friends, amongst other things, are not considered to be emergencies.

Bus Changes for Club Training: Bus changes for students who attend sports club training may be approved upon a request to the Operations Manager and receipt of an official letter from the club. Please note that such requests will be approved on a first-come first-serve basis and only be approved if there is sufficient space on the bus required. Any approved changes for club training will only take effect beginning October 3rd. Parents are advised to submit their requests as soon as possible for processing.

Address Changes: Any parent whose child has changed address since last year, or who plans to change address within the academic year, is advised to alert the Operations Manager before the first day of school.

Bus App: Please note that all the bus info is available on the school’s bus app.

Prior to the start of school, we kindly ask that you discuss our bus rules with your child. Further school-wide communications will also provide reminders as to bus health and safety processes.

Kind Regards,

Ahmed Mattar

Operations Manager

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Dear Parents,
Over the course of the remainder of this school year the British School at El Alsson will be
running a series of workshops, hosted by the Principal and members of the Senior and Middle
Leadership Teams, to further update parents on key areas of school life and key areas of
practice within the school. These workshops will serve to support parents in their understanding
of the way the school works and how best to support their children in their learning,
development and progression at El Alsson. Our workshops will span a wide range of year
groups and are designed to update parents on long and short term planning and activities for
their children and the school. Each workshop will be hosted online via Zoom by the Principal
and a panel of senior or middle leaders. The workshop will contain an update from the panel
and then the opportunity for parents to ask any questions that they may have. Each workshop is
scheduled for 60 minutes.

The list of workshops and the targeted year groups can be found below. We ask that parents
sign up via the google form link for each session that they wish to attend. Once registration is
confirmed a link to the session will be sent out from our admin team. Each workshop will be
recorded and made available to those parents who have registered, in case parents are unable
to join the workshop as it happens live. These workshops are designed to give parents
additional information to the regular updates that the school provides on the day to day running
of the school, the progress of their child and other important information.

The last twelve months has been a very challenging time for our community and we hope that
these workshops will give staff and parents the chance to reconnect on key areas of school life
and the plans the school has going forward. We hope as many parents as possible can join us
for these workshops either live or via recordings that will be sent to parents who register.
Please complete the registration form at the link below and please remember to check which
year groups each workshop is designed for.

Parent Workshop Registration form

Finally, I would like to thank parents for their continued support through the challenging
circumstances that we are all still facing. We hope to see as many parents as possible in the
various workshops as we continue to build the partnership between home and school.

Kind Regards
Mr Matt Topliss

 

Dear Parents,

We hope your child has had a wonderful first week back to school on campus. We were delighted to welcome them back, and know that learning alongside their peers at school is best, not just for their academic development, but also their social and emotional development and wellbeing.

Social Gatherings

We need your help to ensure that school remains safe for all students and staff. Please avoid allowing your child to participate in large gatherings outside of school in evenings/weekends. Please make sure that whenever your child is out in public places that he/she is taking necessary precautions (social distancing, face protection, sanitization) so as to minimize risk. Covid-19 is still very active in our wider community and we will continue to monitor positive cases that may occur within our community and will need to return some classes and students to online learning where positive cases appear.

If your child is at all unwell, or a member of your household is unwell, please leave your child at home until you are able to confirm that any illness is not Covid-related. If you suspect Covid, please alert our school doctor, Dr. Sally Gouda (sgouda@alsson.com).

Parking and Pick-up and Drop-off

We are also very concerned by some of the parking and picking up of students at the end of the school day. We are asking parents and drivers to please not stop on the main road and expect their children to cross the road. We are very concerned that a serious accident could happen and are working to ensure that the recent traffic congestion in the mornings and afternoons is rectified.

Ministry of Education mid-year examinations

Parents of students in Grades 4-11 / Years 5-12 should be aware that we have received updated information regarding Ministry Arabic Studies Exams. We will soon send you further details regarding internal examinations in these grade/year groups when we have clarity on the full details.

Please have a wonderful, and safe, weekend.

Kind Regards

Ms Allison Fleet and Mr Matt Topliss

School Principals

Dear Grade 9 / Year 10 Parents,

Following the communication we sent to all Grades/Years yesterday regarding Ministry exams, we received updated information late in the afternoon yesterday via the Ministry of Education.

All students in Grade 9 / Year 10 will sit for a combined Arabic / National Social Studies exam on March 7th at 9:00 a.m.  This exam will be 2 hours in duration.

Students will not sit a mid-year Religion exam; instead they will sit a religion exam at the end of the year.

Arabic teachers will clarify for students the expectations for these exams and students will receive further information as to the location of their exam scheduled for March 7th.

We sincerely apologise for any confusion this has caused, but can only respond to information as and when we receive through official sources.

Kind Regards,

Allison Fleet & Matt Topliss

School Principals

Dear Parents,

Please see the below document outlining school health and safety measures and protocols. Please take the time to review them with your child before s/he comes to school on Sunday.

Many thanks,

Allison Fleet and Matt Topliss

School Principals