23 December 2021
Middle School
Assalaamu Alaikum Dear Parents / Caregivers,
The students of the Middle School have been active in the Arabic language classroom throughout Term 3.
The Year 7 students were engaged with the The Study (Al-Diraasatu) and ‘Maktabatee ‘My Library” units of work. They learned relevant expressions and vocabulary, reading comprehension, spelling, sentence construction, grammar and handwriting. The students explored various styles of creative writing in order to write their own composition about their experiences with learning another language or/and books and libraries.
The Year 8 students enjoyed the ‘Al-Eid’ ‘The Eid’ unit. In addition to reading comprehension and sentence construction activities, the students compared the Arabic grammar with the English and examined adverbs in Arabic, the conjugation of present tense verb, the conjugation of the future tense verb, the attached pronouns to nouns and the construction of complex sentences. Students also experienced writing in Nskh and Ruq’ah handwriting styles. The Year 8 students wrote their own narratives about how do they celebrate ‘The Eid’.
The Year 9 students studied the unit ‘The Holiday’ ‘Al-‘Utlatu’ They familiarised themselves with the necessary terms and vocabulary to express meaning. They explored the conjugation of the present tense verbs in positive and negative sentences, and the conjugation of pronouns as subjects and as objects in sentences. Students also practised the past tense verb conjugation with all pronoun groups and connected their conjugation learning with adverbs of time. Students wrote a text on the topic ‘The Holiday’ and will develop a dialogue to present orally their reflection on their learning.
I wish all the students in the Middle School success in learning Arabic.
Senior School
Assalaamu Alaikum Dear Parents / Caregivers,
As the end of Term 3 approaches fast, it is great to reflect on the important learning that took place in the Senior Arabic language classrooms. The students were committed to improving their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
The Year 10 students explored new vocabulary, expressions, structures and grammatical rules through two important units of work, The Houses of Allah (Min Biyooti Allah). which they found very interesting and fascinating as it introduced them to the Arabic/Islamic history and arts. And The Sports Day (Al-Yawmu Al-Riyaadee) unit which they enjoyed and related to the activities that they themselves participated in during our school Sports Day. In grammar, the students learnt many new concepts and rules mainly the past passive voice tense verb, relative pronouns, interrogative sentences, adverbs and certain rules of Al-hamzah etc.
The Year 11 students completed writing and presenting the Text Production, Women in the Workforce and Text Analysis Tasks, The House of My Grandparents, after analysing and examining various types of texts and completing many formative assessments.
The Year 12 students completed their In-depth Study. They researched their free choice topics and presented their findings in written and oral forms, after intensive research and reading of articles and reports. They also reflected on their learning of this research in an English Response.
I wish our Year 12 students every success in their up-coming exams in shaa’a Allah.
– Mrs Hanan Dallah
Arabic Language Teacher