Head of Middle School Message

As-Salaam–Alaikum, 

A covid lockdown, at the start of the term, certainly threw us off course but Alhamdulillah we still had a very productive term 3.

The steam excursion for the Year 7 and 8’s, the annual book week assembly and the Quran competition were a few highlights of this busy term. In all of these activities, our students proudly demonstrated outstanding levels of engagement, creativity and resilience.

In our quest to prepare our students with academic and emotional resources to become respectful, responsible and productive citizens of this world, we often find that middle school students struggle to keep up with assignments, tasks and tests, mainly because most students first encounter multiple teachers and classrooms daily.

Students need to realize that being organized is the key to success in middle school.

Time management skills are usually not explicitly taught in school so students can benefit from parents helping with organizing assignments and managing time.

• Teach your child how to use a calendar or personal planner to stay organized and schedule study times. It’s also a good idea to make sure your child knows how to make a daily to-do list to prioritize tasks and manage time.

Planning is a big part of helping your middle-schooler study for tests now that he or she is juggling work from multiple teachers.

• Be sure you both know when tests are scheduled, and plan enough study time before each. When there’s a lot to study, help determine roughly how much time it will take to study for each test, then make a study calendar so your child doesn’t have to study for multiple tests all in one night.
• Remind your child to take notes in class and review them at home each day.

Remember! 

No one is born with great organizational skills
— they have to be learned and practiced 

With that being said, I would like to acknowledge the hard work done by our teachers and students in the Middle School this term. Our students are fortunate to have a great team of teachers to guide them and we are looking forward to a productive  final term.

Have a wonderful, safe holiday and we look forward to welcoming you back next term with your planners!