Recent News 2007

"Injaz" is a business competition organised for schools in Kuwait by PWC Logistics Agility. The team of Year 10 students taking part are known as "The Q8holixs" as pictured below:

The KNES business group q8aholix had their booth at the marina mall on the 30^th of May. The team had a wide variety of customize stationery and t-shirts on display it was a splendid effort as the young business professionals were able to generate a lot of orders. Passers by showed keen interest in the products and many orders were placed. All in all it was a very entertaining day with many lessons learned. The business team is looking forward for the final competition on the 21^st June where they hope to give the other teams a run for their money.

Year 9 and 10 pupils are investigating water usage at their homes and in the wider community as part of the UNESCO Water for Life Project. They are investigating and collecting data that can be be analyzed and used in statistical modes to help with the worlds future crisis on the availability of fresh water for human consumption.

On Friday 26th April the school held a Health and Environment Day to highlight environmental issues and to promote both healthy living and a healthy life style. There were many interested and exciting stalls, games, tasty healthy food, raffles, music and DJ which provided some fantastic entertainment from the many people who attended this event. All proceeds raised on this day will be presented to various charitable organizations including "The World Food Programme". The Director and Chairman would like to thank parents, friends, students and staff for their support in this event in particular Mrs Angela who is currently Head of the Pre school "Kinder Heart" who was the key person in the organisation of this exciting event. View the Health and Fun Day Picture Gallery.

A special assembly was held recently to celebrate our students's art contribution to "Environment Week". Parents of Early Years and Primary children came together to watch the proud students receive medals and prizes. Madame Chantal, the school Director expressed thanks to three of our sponsors, "The Commercial Bank", "Emirates Airlines" and "We love Kuwait Books" who were also present at this event and furthermore supported the school and our students. Below are some pictures of this event

An English Quiz was organised which took place in the School Theatre during April. There were teams participating from the Secondary Dept from both Key stages 3 and 4. The audience were also involved which made the event particularly entertaining for the whole school. The quiz was organised and hosted by Mr Barnaby who is Head of the English Dept at the school.

Each year the school hold a special evening for it’s year nine pupils. This is the time that the IGCSE options are chosen and when pupils begin to consider what they will do after they have completed their formal secondary education. For this reason many KNES pupils and parents attended an Option Information evening on Tuesday 11^th of March.

Selecting IGCSE courses that will in many years time lead a pupil to university and a successful career beyond is a daunting task for both parents and pupils. To aid the decision making process, KNES holds an evening at which all of the secondary subject heads can advise parents of what courses are on offer and of which courses are appropriate to supporting future career ambitions.

On Wednesday 12^th of March the Kuwait National English School’s Primary Department held their annual sports day. The weather and temperatures were fine enabling both the indoor and outdoor events to take place in near perfect conditions.

The events were split into two parts which enabled competitors to enter more than one event. There were medals for all of the event winners plus additional awards for the overall best competitors.

The climax to what proved to have been a very exciting day came when the name of the winning house team was announced. The cup was won and proudly claimed by the team from the Jupiter house. In presenting the trophy, Madame Chantal al Gharabally congratulated all of the competitors on their efforts during the day and commented that taking part in such events was as equally important as winning a medal.

On Thursday March 15th the first Mathematics contest was organized at the school for years 9, 10 and 11. Each Year group comprised of two teams and after a long competition Year 10 finally won first place with Year 11 following closely in second place. Below are some pictures of this event.

On 19th February a group of Year 10 Business Studies students visited Kuwait Stock Exchange. They learnt about the complexities involved in the purchasing and selling of shares and they also listened to a number of lectures given by officials from the Public Relations Department. The students also observed the electronic trading process and were astonished to see the large number of brokers situated on the "Trading Floor". The students has a thoroughly enjoyable day and are now adamant that they will make a significant capital gains on their future investments.

A team of twenty five Year 10 Business Studies students will compete in this year's INJAZ Kuwait Company program. The students will be required to use their business expertise to develop a mini company. In addition, the pupils will participate in a series of specialist training sessions run by INJAZ Kuwait in an effort to perfect their practical Business skills and to develop the expertise necessary to plan, control and organise their business efficiently and effectively. At the end of the program, the students will present their Business at the "Battle of the Best" competition organised by INJAZ Kuwait. The students are looking forward to a very exciting and competitive battle in an effort to win the first prize of 500KD. Good luck to all of the Year 10 Business Team.

On Thursday 13th December a group of Year 11 Business Studies students visited the KLTT's production facility which is located on the sixth ring road.

The students were given a tour of the plant by the Quality Control Manager, Dr Mohammed Saie when they observed many interesting features of the production process including the Quality Control Systems, Stock Control Methods and Health and Safety regulations that are in operation. Following the tour of the factory a lecture was given by Dr Mohammed on the "Production, Planning and Control. Furthermore the pupils were given the opportunity to "Test Market" a new Italian Beef Burger that is due to be launched in the market in the very near future.

At the end of the day, the students thanked the management for a very informative, interesting and well organised visit.

As a continuation of the KNES Kinder Heart Pre School policy of introducing its very youngest pupils to the world outside of school, the Kinder Heart Pre School pupils paid a visit to Kuwait Zoo on Wednesday 14^th November.

For many of the pupils this was their first sight of the animals that they had previously been told stories about whilst in their class sessions. It was amazing to find out how good the children were at identifying the animals they had heard about in their story times.

Another highlight of the visit was a ride on the Zoo Train. Again this was probably the nearest the children have ever got to a train as Kuwait does not possess a railway system.

After a busy morning exploring the Zoo, the children then moved on to a restaurant where they were able to socialise and discuss with their teachers all that they had seen in a very exciting morning.

On the 11^th of December, with the start of the winter break only a few days away, the Special Educational Needs Department of Kuwait National English School mounted their usual spectacular concert. This time the format was slightly different with the programme being divided into two halves. The first part of the evening consisted of a video presentation which gave the audience an insight into the highly specialised programmes followed by one group of younger children at KNES.

The presentation illustrated how, in one term ,the children tackled a range of carefully planned educational and developmental learning tasks and the successes they had achieved as a consequence. The presentation, compiled by a number of KNES’s specialist SEN staff, was well received by the audience. Many of whom were not aware of the vast amounts of dedication and expertise which the highly qualified staff put into the delivering of individual educational programmes.

The second part of the evening consisted of the concert proper. Each of the Red, Green and White teaching groups performed a range of popular songs accompanied by pianist Ms. Mariah. The concert finale terminated in a crescendo of singing with all of the pupils joining together to perform the well know song “Shake To The Rhythm” and the Arabic language song “Kolena”. The entire audience joined in with the cast filling the hall with their own voices and , at the end, gave the pupils a lengthy round of applause.

Madame Chantal Al Gharabally (Director) thanked the pupils for their splendid performance and thanked the audience for the way they had shown their appreciation to the cast. She also took the opportunity to wish all Muslim families a Happy Eid and Christian families a Merry Christmas.

Monday 16th December is the last school day of this term for pupils at the school however for one pupil this day will mark the end of a remarkable sixteen years studying at this school. Noor Jassim Yassim first joined the school at the age of three when it was located in smaller premises in Surra at such time when the school was just a Nursery and Primary school only. Noor is pictured above with the school Director, Madame Chantal Al Gharabally.

The School Director pictured with the Head Boy and Girl

After a very lengthy selection process, which included interview sessions and an election in which all of the senior pupils voted; the School has finally chosen its Head Boy and Girl for this academic year.

The chosen pupils are Omar Mohammed who is to be the Head Boy and Sarah Abdulwahab who is to be the Head Girl. These are regarded as very important appointments as the two students will be required to represent KNES at the many events which take during the school year. They will lead the KNES student council and school prefects.

Their first formal event took place last week when Madame Chantal Al Gharabally (Director of KNES) introduced the new Head Boy and Girl to an assembly of the whole school. Both Sarah and Omar made speeches of acceptance and received a loud round of applause from their fellow pupils at the end of the assembly.

Omar and Sarah are in their final years at KNES and are presently preparing to sit IGCSE examinations in the near future. Both of them are exceptionally bright students; open minded, setting an example to promoting international understanding throughout the school.

Omar enjoys football but has his eyes on attending university with the aim of taking up a future career as a Dental Surgeon.

Sarah also has many outside interests including drawing and reading modern English literature. She too has definite plans for her future. Sarah’s aim is to enter a Kuwait University to study economics and then, after her graduation, to develop a career in business.

Students visit Al Amiri Hospital

A group of Year 10 Computer Studies students recently visited the Al Amiri hospital Radiology Unit in order to improve their understanding of how technology is used in the wider world. The students who were accompanied by their teacher Ms Diana were given a tour of the unit which has some of the latest technology including both extremely sophisticated hardware from the USA and specialized software for carrying out advanced treatment for its patients.

The students enjoyed the visit which proved to be very interesting and informative particularly for students who are planning to study either Computing or Medicine at a higher level. The school would like to thank everyone who was involved in organizing this wonderful event.

The School Director pictured with the Head Boy and Girl

Students visit Al Amiri Hospital

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