Our British Primary School Student Representative Council for 2018/2019 was inducted in a special assembly on 8th November. Parents were invited in to enjoy this special ceremony where students received their badges and read an oath. Mr Karim and Mr Colin attended the event as special guests. Mr Peter will be working with the Student Representative Council this year. We wish the students all the best in their new leadership roles in our school.

Congratulating…

Hana Shabayek 6E – Ismail Raghib 6A – Salma Youssef 6A – Selim El Kafrawy 6C – Sophia ElFar 5A – Adham Badr 5A – Karma Dacres 4A – Yassin Hamza 4A – Tala AbdulKader 3E and Taha Aboul Nour 3G

 

Y2 students auditioning for the Uptown Stars Talent Show last week. Thanking our Y2 parents and Ms Rita for making this happen during the school half term break. As for Y2 students, a HUGE shout out to you! Amazing talents, cheerful faces, beyond cute performance and above all proudly presenting us and our Alsson spirit at eh auditions.

Congratulating our school sports teams who competed in different sports tournaments for different age groups and did very well in all.

On 28th September, the Varsity boys and girls Football teams have played their first tournament this year, Both Varsity boys and girls teams finished in first place.

On 12th October, our U11 boys football team and Varsity boys and girls Volleyball teams played their first tournament as well. Our U11 football team finished in second place while our volleyball teams, even though they performed to a very good level, could not make it to the top 3 positions. Better luck next time!

On 19th October U11, U13, U15 boys and girls swimming teams have participated in the first leg of this year’s swimming league. All swimmers did really well and managed to win over 45 medals finishing in 3rd place.

On the same day our varsity boys and girls have taken part in their second tournament this year and have performed to a very good standard of football. Both teams did not lose a game and both finished in second place.

Well done for all teams and best of luck for coming tournaments

How do you make learning French easier?  You make it fun of course!

Last year our students in Year 9 ran a French café for students in Years 5 and 6.  As well as eating yummy food like waffles and crepes, the students conversed in French with the younger students placing orders and the older students taking and preparing these orders.

Years 7 and 8 ran a little French market enabling students from Year 4 and 5 to face an authentic shopping experience right here at the school.

These two events raised enough money for the French department to purchase a crepe maker, a waffle maker, new reading books and some additional tools which will all be used again in the fun activities that the French department have planned again for this year.

Thank you to all those who supported this event.

Dear Parents and Students,

Our first electronic yearbook is here! Below is the first yearbook after our relocation to NewGiza, please click on the link to download if you have difficulties browsing (Also so you have a saved copy)

Please click here to download

ENJOY 🙂

The art installation in the American small hall was conceived, constructed and designed by Tijana Antonic and David Eyres. The idea behind it was to have a radical alternative to diffuse boards which break up reflected sound, making it easier to hear speech. Experimental and successful El Alsson is proud to make innovations.
The installation was mounted by Mostafa, our carpenter.

Year 4 understanding how computer networks work, including the Internet. This was taught today through acting out and role playing.
Some students acted as routers while others acted as workstations sending each other messages.

Egypt safer than US and UK – Gallup poll

Egypt has been ranked the safest country in Africa and higher than both the UK and US, according to a new global poll.

The annual Gallup Global Law and Order asked if people felt safe walking at night and whether they had been victims of crime.

The survey placed Egypt 16th out of 135 countries, while the UK was 21st and the US 35th.

Singapore was ranked the safest, with Venezuela was seen as the least.

Egypt got 88 out of 100 in the survey, placing it on the same level as countries like Denmark, Slovenia and China. This was an improvement on 2016, when it got 82.

Gallup’s Jon Clifton told the BBC that Egypt’s score reflected a trend over recent reports, which have seen Egyptians becoming increasingly trusting of the police.

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has led the country since the military removed Mohammed Morsi in 2013.

His government has been battling Islamist militants who last year killed more than 70 people in suicide attacks against churches in the capital Cairo and in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria.

Militants allied to Islamic State have also launched several daring attacks in the Sinai Peninsula, targeting Egyptian troops operating.

Gallup says it interviewed 148,000 adults in 142 countries and areas for its survey.

Its questions revolved around confidence in local police, safety at night, cases of theft and whether participants or a family member had been mugged or assaulted within the past 12 months.

In Afghanistan (46%), Uganda (49%) and South Sudan (50%) residents were more likely than lowest ranked Venezuelan to say they had been the victims of theft in the past year.

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Top five safest countries:

• Singapore
• Norway
• Iceland
• Finland
• Uzbekistan

Five least safe countries:

• Venezuela
• Afghanistan
• South Sudan
• Gabon
• Liberia

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South Sudan was ranked the least safe country in Africa.

The East African nation is followed by Gabon, Liberia and South Africa, one of the continent’s most popular tourist destinations.

Across sub-Saharan Africa, just 60% of people polled told Gallup they were confident in the local police force, rising to 68% across North Africa and the Middle East.

Rwanda scored highest on the continent when it came to safety at night, with 88% of people saying they would be happy to walk about after dark.

Click here for Original Article on BBC World

Hady EL Kordy, a Grade 7 Alssonian has won the Discovery open qualifier  DOQ tournament 2017. His prize was nothing less than to spend an entire week of intensive training at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. This was a great experience for Hady who just came back yesterday and shared it with us.

El Alsson is super proud of Hady. The IMG Academy hosted top world tennis players …it is owned and managed by the legendary Nick Bollettieri and it provides young athletes with the opportunity to train at a higher level. WAY TO GO HADY….We are ever so proud of you!