K9 Friends Dog Show

The annual dog show took place at Nad Al Sheba and we had student volunteers from DIS helping with the K9 stalls.

Students helped on the book stall, registered the dogs for the dog show, walked the dogs, asked for donations, sold things for K9 and carried the pups around! All in all, it was a fantastic day and everyone enjoyed it, even if some people got a little bit sunburned!!

Well done everybody.

Congratulations to those who took part in the Terry Fox Run

We had loads of people take part in the Terry Fox Run on Friday 26th January.

We also had some volunteers who manned two tables and did an amazing job handing out over 1500 bottles of water to the participants who were walking, running, cycling, rollerblading etc etc.

Although I was unable to attend myself, some of the other teachers told me how amazing the students were - both the volunteers and all those who participated as well.

Well done everybody!

Student Council bakesale

Student Council bake sale was a great success - here are a few pictures, thanks to Mr Miquiabas.

Mo's chessy grin! and below that "Buy more Brownies!" shouts Aisha

Sausage sizzle

We had a very successful Sausage Sizzle organised by Erka. She had a great team of helpers and a wonderful chef :)

All the hotdogs were sold out on both days and everyone enjoyed the food.

Upcoming events

Events are planned for the following dates :

February 10- K9 Dog show - volunteers required, see Mr Elliott if you are interested
February - Computer tournament
February - Valentine's Day
January 26th - Terry Fox Run
December 15th - Al Noor fun day
December 5th and 6th : Sausage sizzle - a barbecue and lots of hotdogs for sale.

AL Noor fun day - 15th of December

Al Noor need volunteers for their fun day on the 15th of December. See me if you want to go - you will need to take and fill in a parent permission form.

Raffle tickets are now available for sale in school - see Alice and Meghan if you want to buy some.

Well done Y9

Well done Year 9 for organising a Bring and Buy sale - now one of you can do a write up for me - a few pictures below.

Al Noor visitors

Russell and Vera from Al Noor Centre for Special Needs Children came to visit the school today and Russell showed some of the woodwork and products he has made. He did a demonstration for the Years 10 and 11, and donated one of his pieces of work - a wooden house he designed and made, and even fitted with a solar panel to move a windmill at the side. He is keen to come here again and maybe teach a full class - he has already got ideas what he would like to teach the students!

Vera is in charge of the screen printing at Al Noor, and is keen to have students from DIS visit to see their screen printing facility.

After school activities and some upcoming events

Several students have offered to organise and run after school activities for other students. This is a new and very exciting CS adventure, and I am sure that the students will make a great go of it.

Also there is an Open Day at Al Noor Training Centre for Children with Special Needs on the 15th Decembrer 2006, and they are looking for volunteers as well as participants. Watch this space and also the CS board for more details.

Al Noor is also organising an art competition if you are interested - Mr Kent has details, and so do I. The deadline is 1st November 2006, so act (and draw/paint)fast!!

CS team for 2006-2007

The following people have been chosen to help lead and drive the Community Service in the school this year. We will come up with ideas of events and try to encourage the others students to become involved.

Asad Y8 Vinodh Y9
Mohammad T Y8 Sharif Y9
Aisha Y8 Ross Y11
Nichil Y8 Rewina Y11
Brooke Y8 Meaghan Y11
Joanna Y8
Basma Y8

Volunteers needed

I need volunteers who are committed and willing to help with Community Service events. If you are interested, please fill in a form which is available on the CS board in the reception area of Upper School. Complete the form and return it to me by Tuesday 19th September.

The team for 2006-07 will be announced soon afterwards.

Welcome back to school

I hope you all had a great summer, and are feeling ready to take part in Community Service events.

I have been amazed at the number of students coming to me with ideas for CS events in the first week of school - already a great start.

There is a school magazine being planned, a Spanish club (organised by a student)is in the planning stages, and several students have volunteered to help out in the library.

This is going to be an incredible year for CS at the school - I can tell already.

Congratulations to everybody

Well done to all students and staff - especially in Lower School - who have made a fantastic start to Community Service from January to June. The Lower School has raised lots of money specifically for Bright Stars School, by arranging events such as a Sponsored Swim, Money Metre, and Wacky Hair Day. The whole school took part in International Day which had a Community Service aspect to it as well.

Upper School will also be organising lots of events next year, from September onwards, to help both the local community and also overseas organisations.

Well done, MangoTeam

Three students at DIS have created a website - link on the right handside or here to reunite lost pet birds with their owners. A very active and worthwhile site, updated regularly - please support them.

French bake sale - 1900 Dhs raised

Students in the French classes have just completed a bake sale at lunch times - they each made a French dish, wrote the recipes in French and then sold what they had made to raise money for the organisations we work with.

Well done, Mr Kantar's classes!

International Day at DISD

DIS has just had its first very successful international day - there were stalls from numerous countries, by both students and parents, and almost 8000 Dhs was raised for Community Service organisations.

CS is moving forward !!

CS is really taking off with lots of students - especially Mohammed Y7 - having wonderful ideas for the next few months. Our team of CS volunteers is starting to become more active in their efforts and are working well together.

CS team

A team of CS volunteers has been created to help organise CS events. They are

Anastasia Ross Rewina Mohammed Caitlin Alice Nathan Aisha Brooke Jade Mohamed T Joanna

We will meet every week to discuss what we can do within the school. I am sure that this team of dedicated, caring people will help to introduce the ideas behind Community Service to the other students, and come up with ideas for events as well.

Volunteers needed

The volunteers have been selected - well done the people listed.

I am looking for volunteers to make up a small Community Service team which will meet once a week to decide on CS events and activities.

If you are interested in taking part, then see me soon to get a form to explain why you should be invited to be part of the team.

Deadline is Wednesday 1st March for those interested.

Congratulations girls

Well done to Anam, Rachel and Shakti who organised DISD's first CS event - without even letting me know they were doing it!! :) They sold flowers and chocolates for Valentine's day and raised some money which will go to buy baby milk for an orphanage in Dhaka.

Preparing the flowers

Kisses from Ms DD as well as roses