Dear Parents,

We have had a successful Initial Parents Council Orientation Session today. For those of you who could not make it or missed it for one reason or another, please find below the presentation…

 

Yesterday saw a hot competition between Memphis, Karnak, Siwa & Thebes as our Y5/6 & G4/5 students took part in their first cross-school general knowledge library quiz.
Both, the students representing the different houses & the audience had great fun answering interesting questions about Sports, Science, Maths, English, Geography, Children’s Books, Authors & Famous Characters…..
We are very proud of the great teamwork & general knowledge we’ve witnessed!
Special thanks to Mr. Mostafa El Shishiny who took the initiative & organized the competition along with our Head Librarians, Ms. Claire Roberts & Ms. Helena Trevor.
We are happy to announce that the winning house is………KARNAK!
Well done to the team representing Karnak. Each member has won a 200 LE voucher to buy books! The vouchers were a generous gift from the Readers Corner Bookshop; thank you!

Below are samples of the brilliant works of art done by the GCSE, AS and A2 students. These are the whole of the students’ work for the year. The work is displayed along the corridors and areas in the British Senior School as well as both Art Studios. The moderator was highly impressed by the level of work that the students presented. #alssoniansandproud #alssonianartists

During their trip to France during the Easter holiday, Y8 students enjoyed a full week of French culture eating croissants everyday, visiting touristic sites such as the Eiffel Tower, using the metro, visiting a medieval castle and museums and making new friends as they spent a day in a French school. In a nutshell: a busy and enjoyable trip with a cultural flair.

Last Thursday, our Y10 Economics class went on a trip to the Regional Center for Renewable and Energy Efficiency (RECREE)

From the minute they arrived, they were extremely welcomed by members of the RECREE. While there, they were explained the role and purpose of the center. Alssonians met key members of staff who were very generous with their time. Some explained their work and others went further as they shared with their motives for working in the field of renewable and energy efficiency. Our students saw the reality of work and had the chance to discuss important topics with highly qualified people from various parts of the world. Such exposure was a true source of inspiration.

Our young attendees found out that by 2050, Morocco plans to rely exclusively on solar power for its supply of energy and that many environmental challenges lie ahead of us in Egypt. They also learnt about transformational job creation, wind energy and found out more about why we, as a society, must strive to combat climate change.

The students who participated were great ambassadors of our school and their excellent manners and behavior make us beyond proud. Students had a great time and the food offered was simply succulent. Besides the educational purpose of the trip, it was a great way to create additional links between students who have a multicultural background and an inspirational and beautiful vision of the world. We only went to Nasr City, but thanks to Dr. Ahmed Badr and his team, we felt we were traveling the world.

As we truly say: “we all stand with respect to you, as you are approaching the level of the “holy messenger”.  This is simply because you are doing the “most economic profit rewarding” by investing our most valuable human capital i.e., our children/our hearts. – Dr. Ahmed Badr

Mr. Reza Hamroun

Under the skies which truly belonged in England, Pearson in conjunction with the British Embassy and Council conducted the Outstanding Achievers Awards ceremony last Wednesday 6^th March.

El Alsson students distinguished themselves in the June 2018 examination session by winning multiply awards.

Highest Mark in Africa

Pearson Edexcel Advanced Level Fine Art               Emily Jeanette Ghazal

Pearson Edexcel Advanced Level Mathematics    Samy Ahmed Amer

Pearson Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Aseel Mohamed Ayoub

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Language      Nour Ahmed Eltawila

 

Highest Mark in Egypt

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Economics   Nour Ahmed Eltawila

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE French          Aseel Mohamed Ayoub

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics              Youssef Khaled Wahba

Congratulations to both students and their teachers

This half term, our different school teams have competed in several sports for boys and girls and did remarkably well achieving great successes and high level of performance.

During Christmas break, over 40 students traveled with the annual snow sports trip to Switzerland. Most students had no experience with snow sports and never skied before. Throughout the week students has been introduced to skiing and snow activities in a fun manner. By the end of the week all students learned how to mountain ski and finished with a slalom snow race which was an extreme raise of their ability and confidence. Students have enjoyed the ski experience and would love to go back and progress even more. Well done for mastering the completing the new experience happily and with confidence.

During Christmas break, our U18 boys and girls football teams took part in the annual Football tournament in El Gouna. Al teams played a very high level of Football impressing everyone with the Football quality they have performed. Well done

Our first Athletics event was at BISC on 1^st February. Throughout the races, our performance as a team improved massively and our team’s spirit was increasing. Both Boys’ and Girls’ teams were linking up nicely and were not giving up but battling hard in maintaining possession. We just needed some more practice to prove how able our young boys and girls are. Finishing 3^rd place overall with such a young team is something we are very proud of.

On 2^nd February, our under 16 boys squad took part in the annual Basketball CISSA tournament at BISC. There were four boys’ teams. Boys had to compete against all teams in the and some games were very tough. Boys were up to the challenge and played some fantastic Basketball and won all games finishing as Champions of the day.

On 8^th February our U14 boys and girls Football teams took part in the CISSA west competition, both teams played very high levels of Football impressing every one with the quality of performance. Both teams finished as the Champions of the tournament. Well done to all, you are such a promising generation.

 

On 9^th February, our under 9 boys and girls Football teams took part in their first local invitation competition in BISC. As always both boys and girls have performed some good team work and enjoyed a good day of Football promising to be the future generation. Both boys and girls finished the day as Champions of their tournaments.

On 9^th February, the under 18 girls Basketball team played their final tournament before they graduate. Girls have played a high standard of basketball dominating every game and winning smoothly one of their best Basketball tournaments. Very well done you will be greatly missed. El Alsson will always be proud of such talented generation.

On 15^th February, the under 11 girls Football team played in the invitation tournament hosted in BISC. Girls have surprised everyone and played some wow Football, won every game and where clearly the strongest team of the tournament. Well done for such performance and congratulations for First Place Trophy.

Our under 14 boys and girls Basketball teams have taken part in their annual CISSA Basketball tournament on 15^th February hosted in AISW. The day has proved to be one of the hardest and highest level of Basketball tournaments, it was very competitive and every team worked hard and felt that they deserve to win the day. Proudly our teams have focused to play to their best standards, impressed all schools, proved to be fine teams and both teams finished as the Champions of the day.

A huge well done to every single student who took part and played a role in achieving such success, El Alsson is lucky to have such talented athletes and will always support them to achieve their full potential.

 

Students of Grade 10 English prepared for the study of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

The activity was to investigate a really cold case, the violent death of Julius Caesar; and using evidence gathered, come up with an indictment of the person(s) to be charged and why.

  

We made it….in other words….they made it….our future super stars MADE it to first place. We are beyond proud of our Alssonians and Ms Rita for their utmost enthusiasm, commitment, passion and love for singing 🙂 they have managed to win FIRST place in the singing competition at #uptownstarscompetition last Saturday. Thanking you all for the support, encouragement, votes and for believing in them. #alssoniansandproud