If you want to enter the TEA International Week Quiz, print the document below, fill it in and hand it to your teacher by 2nd Feb 2012. Good luck!
Here is some of the work the photography club has produced! We have looked at different camera modes and how they can be used to take different pictures.
Year 4 Pupils
Literacy Week is nearly here and the Secondary School is abuzz with ideas! This year for Literacy Week, the Secondary School will be focusing on strengthening a community approach to literacy, encouraging students to interact across Key Stages and involving families and staff in some way.
Year 7 shall be completing a variety of activities and competitions, including guessing which story character a selection of teachers will be dressed as on the Thursday! Their teachers are busy organising their costumes as we speak and are very much looking forward to the fun. Year 8 will be collecting a favourite family recipe from their parents in order to collate an online TEA recipe book. They will also visit with the Year 5 students and help them create a recipe for the perfect book! Year 9 shall be designing their own books for Key Stage 2 readers, which will be put to the ultimate test – they will sit and share their books with Years 3 and 4! Year 10 will create a Digital Story with PowerPoint, making a montage of images that help tell their story. Students will be given an option to add music and animation to make their Digital Story really stand out! These will be presented in class.
Literacy Week is a time for staff and students alike to reflect on how literacy impacts our lives and to discuss and share our love of writing and stories. We look forward to sharing this together.
Miss Kate Miller – The English Department
TEA has organised a Serbian Language class for Serbian children. There is great excitement as this is the first time a Serbian Language programme has been organised in the Middle East.
Ivana Mitrovic, the Serbian Language Class School Teacher has been the driving force behind this and was interviewed by Serbian National Television to explain what the programme is all about. Full support has been provided by Mr Horace Vernall the School Principal and Mr Mihailo Brkic the Serbian Ambassador in Kuwait and our community, parents and pupils.
Serbia Online Report On The English Academy’s Serbian Education Programme from The English Academy on Vimeo.
The uniform shop will be open from Sunday to Thursday from 9am to 12pm starting on Sunday 28th August 2011.
At the start of the academic year it will also open on Saturday 27th August, Saturday 3rd September and Saturday 10th September from 9am to 12pm.
The uniform shop will be closed during the Eid holiday.
Congratulations to Bibi Murtada who has won a 4 year scholarship at NYUAD. The scholarship covers her tuition fees, accommodation charges, health insurance, personal expenses, books and airfare twice a year. Bibi has achieved this award through her hard work and a great deal of focus during her time at TEA. She also took part in a rigorous selection process writing essays and attending an interview weekend in Abu Dhabi. Here she was competing with hundreds of students from all over the world.
Again congratulations Bibi, and the best of luck in your future studies!
We wish all of our pupils the best of luck during this exam and assessment period. We hope all of your hard work throughout the year pays off and shows in your results.
From the TEA team
The following pupils from Years 9 to 12 all completed their Bronze or Silver International Awards in the Academic Year 2010 – 2011.
Bronze: 1. Faye Upton 2. Balqees Al Noumas 3. Hana Faez 4. Sammer Nasrallah 5. Barak Al Tayyar 6. Abdul Jaleel Mohammed 7. Fawaz Al Tarkeet 8. Khaleefah Alojaailan 9. Bader Al Bader 10. Ahmed Al Hindi 11. Yousif Al Quabandi 12. Sanaa Khundalhuai
Silver: 1. Reem Karimi 2. Zainab Farhat 3. Mohammed Ahmed 4. Fawaz Al Tarkeet 5. Barak At Tayyar 6. Sammer Nasrallah 7. Boris Miailovic 8. Faisal Layri 9. Bader Ali
The English Academy runs the prestigious International Award Scheme programme. Over the past few years the school has passed many students at bronze, silver and gold level. This year the school took an expedition to the Kuwaiti desert for the bronze award expedition. In April 2011 the school took 3 teams to Cyprus to complete their silver expedition. All students who undertook the expedition have passed and the school is planning similar trips for next year.
To find out more about extra curricular activities at TEA please click here.
8 pupils from years 9-11 took part in the Earth Day Competition organised by Al Bayan Bilingual School Alumni committee on Thursday 21st April at the Discovery Mall, Kuwait City. The competition involved a series of tasks such as ‘The Great Debate’, Bowling, Impromptu speech, Brain Bowl, ‘The Amazing Race’, and making a junk sculpture. 
(Khalifa Al Ghassab 11R, Bader Ali 10B, Faisel Al Layri 10B, Ali Dawi 10B, Mahmoud Suliaman 10B, May Yasin 10B, Hana Faez 9G and Leen El Taki 9R)
Prior to the competition the pupils worked together to produce a short video with an environmental message. The TEA team won first prize in the Bowling event, they were awarded a Trophy and several gift certificates for the use at COZMO. Overall the team came in at 4th place, and were presented with gift bags from the various event sponsors as well as gift vouchers. The Competition was a success and the pupils enjoyed the tasks. They worked well as a team practicing research, negotiation, creativity and organisational skills.
Mrs Heidi Mohamed
To commemorate the event of the Royal Wedding for HRH Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey, London on April 29th, the British Embassy in Kuwait in association with the British Council organised a painting competition. Many children from many schools in Kuwait entered the competition.
We are very proud to announce that the top 3 winners were all pupils from TEA, for the 9-11 years age group – Well Done! We would also like to congratulate all of the pupils that submitted paintings for this event.
The Winners: 1st Place: Habeeb Hassan 5B, 2nd Place: Yasmine Magdy 6B, 3rd Place: Marwan Salah Hashem 6B
Pictures: The British Ambassador, HE Frank Baker awarding prizes to our pupils:
The Serbian President Mr Boris Tadic visited Kuwait on 10th and 11th April 2011 to discuss future political and economic relations and developments with Kuwait. During his visit, a reception was organized where many friends of the Serbian Embassy were invited, along with Mr Horace Vernall TEA’s School Principal and Mrs Ivana Mitovic the Serbian Teaching Specialist at TEA.
During the reception President Tadic met with Mr Horace Vernall and Mrs Ivana Mitrovic who discussed the Serbian program and provided him with information about the classes given. President Tradic was very happy with the program and said that he hoped it will continue for a very long time. He also thanked TEA for providing the opportunity for children to learn the Serbian Language.
We are proud to announce that TEA is one of only 3 schools in Kuwait to have been awarded the prestigious International Schools Award. Congratulations to all the pupils and teachers who contributed to this success.
School Principal Mr Horace Vernall recieving the award from the British Council
TEA was awarded the ISA after submitting a portfolio showing the following have been completed:
-An international ethos embedded throughout the school
-A majority of pupils within the school impacted by and involved in international work
-Collaborative curriculum-based work with a number of partner schools
-Curriculum-based work across a range of subjects
-Year round international activity
-Involvement of the wider community
To find out more about the International Schools Award please click here
During this month (March) we have seen 3 children in Key Stage 1 achieve 100 house-points.
Faisal Esbita (2R), Laila Abdel Motaleb (2R), Tarek Al Bakri (1G)
House-points are awarded to children who demonstrate behaviour above the high expectations that we already set for our pupils at The English Academy. Pupils can be awarded house-points for producing excellent work, showing a caring attitude towards other pupils or for demonstrating consistently high standards of behaviour.
Therefore, it is not easy to achieve a high number of house-points during the year, nevermind 100!
These 3 children have demonstrated excellent behaviour and high levels of commitment to their learning throughout the year and as a result have received this recognition of such an amazing achievement.
Congratulations to Tarek Al Bakri in 1G, Faisal Esbita in 2R and Laila Abdel Motaleb in 2R- keep up the outstanding work!
Mr Ben Flynn – Senior Teacher KS1
February 2011
During Health week at TEA many activities were organised to help teach our pupils about Health and Nutrition in a fun and educational way.
Some of the events that took place during Health Week were Healthy Chef, Aerobics, Sandwich Bar, Juice Bar, Bleep Test, Sports Day and Walkathon.
“Health week was put together to show pupils how to have a better diet – a very good week.” Yasmina Atallah (Yr 6)
“The healthy chef show was fun, enjoyable and helpful. The chef showed us what to eat, why we need to eat it and if it was healthy or not. The sandwich bar was amazing; there were all sorts of vegetables. The fruits were for free! Thanks to Mrs Reid for organising it ”Jassim Dashti (Year 9)
“The show was entertaining and made me laugh a lot. It was a great way to learn about healthy foods at the same time.” Dania Moftah (Year 
“The show was amazing. It was enjoyable and we understood the information he gave us. I hope we have more interesting visitors.” Mona Helmy (Year
“The healthy chef show was great it is the best I have seen so far. About health week, it was one of the best weeks in my life and I wish it was every week!” Mustafa Salem (Year 4)
“The healthy chef show was amazing. It was full of energy. The show was very informative as well. The chef told us how to balance our meals and what are the essential things our body requires. We had healthy sandwiches and fruits were distributed. It was an amazing event.” Sandy K (Year 9)
“The healthy show was great and entertaining which made the information easy to get and we understood the information he gave us.” Haya Al Rushoud (Year 8)
“It was Awesome! He lit a dish which turned into a duck!” Ali Hachem (Year 3)
“It was amazing… but a bit scary when he went to cut off the teacher’s arm.” Yousef Al Hamad (Year 3)
“The healthy chef was fantastic and so funny and I wish to have the healthy chef every week.” Saja Amro (Year 5)
“The healthy chef show was so great that I would laugh for hours. I learned to eat healthy food.” Assa’ad Chehimi (Year 5)
“We had so much fun in health week, sports day was great fun.” Anas Hamdy (Year 6)
“We had fun during health week because we learned about healthy food and had a great day on sports day.” Ahmed Mustafawi (Year 6)
“I liked the man who taught us about the healthy fruits and I learned lots of interesting things.” Mohammed Al Mesbah (Year 5)
“The health week was incredible. The healthy chef and the competitions were awesome. I never felt healthy like that in my life. The chef was so funny. My best things were all the activities in health week.” Fay (Year 4)
“The healthy chef show was fabulous. I enjoyed it very much. I enjoyed health week, it was fun and there were lots of activities. The fruits were yummy!” Tulin Ali (Year 4)
“It was marvellous! I want to see it again when I’m in Year 4.” Dushica Mitrovic (Year 3)
If you want to enter the TEA International Week Quiz, print the document below, fill it in and hand it to your teacher by 10th March 2011. Good luck!
Pupils in years 3-6 entered poster and poetry competitions during Health Week. Their imaginative and beautifully presented work earned them certificates. Well done to all the children who entered competitions during Health Week.
Naamat Fahmy
by Mai Moftah Year 12
Dalal AL GHANEM 10G, Yasmine UPTON 10B, Bader Al BADER 11G, Mahmoud AL SULIMAN 10B
On Friday 21 January 4 pupils from The English Academy including myself attended a one day leadership program delivered by Teaching Future Leaders Ltd UK at New English School. This workshop entailed looking at your own personal leadership characteristics, what it takes to be a great leader and what made historic leaders of the past such as Nelson Mandela, Ghandi and many others so memorable and significant to the world .
At first we were put into 2 groups: those who were positive they were going to lead and another group who weren’t quite as confident. The majority of the student headed straight to the not-so-sure group; this changed dramatically by the end. Throughout the day we were challenged with different group tasks, as well as personal ones. The program helped us realise that everyone possess leadership qualities but it is those who have enough determination and passion that have the ability to change the world. Thanks to Mr Eric Liddell for organising this experience for us!
By Dalal Al Ghanim Year 10
This year once again many of our pupils entered the Kuwait Science Fair. After the success of the first prize winner Amneh Tarkhan, pupils were inspired and even more motivated to enter. 5 projects were chosen from our school, as part of ‘The Best 100’ entries. These pupils are now working on their experiments and inventions with the aim to succeed! Well done to those young scientists; we wish them well on their journey of discovery.
For the first time, The English Academy is launching its own Science Fair. Pupils are encouraged to investigate an area of science and carry out an experiment or come up with an invention. This is an exciting opportunity for our eager pupils who enjoy research, experiments and Science. Pupils will enter a world of discovery, learning new things and investigating their own ideas.
Do you think you have what it takes to take on the challenge and be a winner? If your answer is YES, the TEA Science Fair is ready for you, are YOU ready? …think Science, think Future! For more information speak to the Science Department.
Jalila Al Qattan and Abdul Latif Khaled Al Hashel
Congratulations to Abdul Latif Khaled Al Hashel in Year 2 for receiving a prize during the 4th Khalifa Al-Qattan Children’s Art Exhibition.
The Khalifa Al-Qattan Childrens’ Art Exhibition was created to commemorate the renowned artist Khalifa Al-Qattan. He was the first Kuwaiti artist to hold a personal exhibition and also created his own unique art style called Circlism, to find out more about this artist or exhibition please visit qattanart
Pupils from our 6th Form took part in the KSAA MUN Conference that took place on 25th to 27th November. Pupils took on the challenge of representing a country in Commissions ranging from the Environment to the Security Council as a mock set up to the real United Nations. The pupils took part in debates and composed resolutions to help solve many of the world’s problems.
The weekend required a large amount of commitment from the pupils but what they got out of it made it worth the sacrifice. Seven pupils from TEA took Part:
Khalifa Al Hojailan Y12
Amneh Tarkhan Y13
Majid Helmy Y13
Shayma Shamo Y12
Faisal Al Fuhaid Y12
Saad Al Shanfari Y12
Jassem Al Ameri Y12
Roughly 350 students took part from schools all over Kuwait and three of our pupils won an award for their contribution:
Faisal for Most Outstanding Delegate in the Environment Commission
Amneh for Most Outstanding Delegate in the Security Council Commission
Jassem for Best Delegate in the ECOSOC Commission (His third award in 3 conferences)
Thank you to all staff and pupils who worked extremely hard to make the weekend a success.
Wishing you a Happy Eid and a Happy Holiday!
On Thursday 11th November 16 of our Year 10 pupils visited the British Embassy for Remembrance Day when members of the armed forces that gave their lives to their countries are remembered.
On a beautifully bright Saturday morning, TEA staff, students and some parents converged at the campus and prepared themselves for a fun filled day of music, sports, cooking and of course running! The day started with buses relaying students to and from the Jabriyah running track, where students and teachers alike ran with great excitement in an effort to promote healthy living through fun. While some students ran, others walked and some even cooked [healthy of course!].
During the course of the day, several students took part in a cooking competition creating magnificent dishes which were judged by a panel of teachers. By midday, students and teachers competed against each other in bench ball, football and basketball. As all this was taking place, skipping, press up, music and drama was happening elsewhere on the campus. This was an awesome event packed with endless energy and was also extremely healthy for all those involved.
By Jassem Al Ameri Year 12
On the 28th of October 2010, a group of students from TEA set out on a mission of ambitious proportions to represent our darling TEA at the 2010 Pearl X MUN – hosted at the Al-Bayan Bilingual School campus in Hawally, Kuwait.
Several students including: Amneh Terkhan; Faisal AL-Fuhaid; Jassem Al-Ameri; Khlaifah Al-Hojailan; Malek Madi; and Saad Al-Shanfari, eagerly prepared for weeks in excited anticipation for the chance to pit their wits – and themselves – against the opposing schools in argumentative and oratorical combat.
The students arrived at the BBS campus at 3:00 pm and readied themselves for the pending exchanges of tongue twisting taunts and saliva slurring statements.
Throughout the 3 days of the grandly organized conference, Amneh Tarkhan (representing France at the Human Rights commission) engaged in every opportunity to speak and allowed her well thought opinions and powerful voice to be heard. With such excellence and motivation, our Amneh traversed the obstacles of narrow mindedness at the topic of “Islamophobia” and arrived at the victorious result of swaying the minds of the masses.
Jassem Al-Ameri – representative of Nigeria at the Security Council commission – strived through the weekend against the opposing delegates of foe nations to prove that ‘even Nigeria is important,’ and eventually won the Best Delegate Award.
On the other hand, Faisal Al-Fuhaid – who represented France at the Security Council commission – emphasized the seriousness of the event and his role through his continuous announcement of ‘point of order’ to the presiding conference chairman; a true example of orderly conduct to us all. Both Jassem and Faisal were equally rewarded as the most hard working delegates of PearlMUN.
While others delved in the opportunity to openly argue and debate, our very own Khalifah Al-Hojailan, who took it upon himself to represent Nigeria at the ECOSOC commission, conducted himself with serenity and subtleness where he provoked exclusively specific but profoundly meaningful ‘points of information’ to the delegates at hand. His calm countenance was soon put on hold during the later ambassador’s breakfast, where he confidently conversed with the Ambassador of Swaziland to Kuwait throughout the meal.
Malek Madi (representing Nigeria at the ECOSOC commission) made his first appearance for TEA at the conference. Upon the emergence from each conference room, he aimed to socialize and familiarize himself with the other delegates present; resulting in the expression of the defining character of The English Academy’s environment of sociable friendliness and general courtesy amongst its students.
In the endless flow of discursive intelligence and oratorical showcases, we cannot forget Saad Al-Shanfari, who represented France at the General Assembly commission. His diligence was an example to us all while his preparation was a standard which we strived to attain, but most of all, his patience was a virtue we envied and treasured; for it was his professional etiquette that proliferated an image of discipline within the halls of BBS.
Finally, we cannot forget our Coach: Miss. Deborah O’Neill and her Co-Coach: Miss. Sharon Alvey-Ball who intensely inspired us to perform to our optimum abilities and benevolently motivated us to pursue our goals at this conference, while continuously reminding us to have fun.
“We’re so proud of you guys! All of you! . . . We really are!”
– Miss. O’Neill and Miss. Alvey-Ball expressing their happiness at the end of our politically charged weekend.
On Thursday 30th September, the sixth form organised a lunch to
celebrate their IGCSE and AS results. The event took place in the
sixth form common room where teachers were invited to taste the
delightful savoury and dessert dishes pupils had brought in. It was
a relaxing environment with classical music being played in the background and the sound of conversation as pupils and staff
mingled. This occasion not only marked pupils’ achievements last
year but was also a way of marking the start of what we hope will be
another successful year at The English Academy.
By Mona Abbass 12B
The English Academy was admitted into Schlumberger’s Excellence in Educational Development program (SEED) after one of our pupils, Amneh Tarkhan, won the largest nation-wide science fair competition in Kuwait. The SEED admittance and the PC Suite were the reward.
Schlumberger, a global oil services company and a strong advocate of educational excellence, inaugurated the company’s first online educational computer lab in Kuwait at The English Academy connecting students to over 282,000 students from 42 countries and 66,000 Schlumberger employees from 140 different nationalities, essentially creating a forum of learning, discussion, and knowledge transfer.
If you would like to find out more about our SEED programme please visit the Extra Curricular Activities page on our website.
Well done to all of the pupils in Year 11, 12 and 13 for achieving excellent exam results for GCSEs, IGSCSEs, AS & A2 Levels.
Well Done to Sanaa Khandaqji for receiving an award and participating in the Enironmental Artwork Competition.
One Chance - By Sanaa Khandaqji
My drawing represents all of the drastic changes that are happening to our world. Outside the bulb, fires are caused due to deforestation and global warming. The recycling bin is empty, as there is a lack of recycling in our present world; whilst the normal bin is over-flowing with litter. The bulb is glowing with a bright light, showing a sign to raise awareness of the heating that is occurring. The arrows show how a neutral, warm colour (green), is turning into a red burning colour (red). The ice in the bulb is melting so the penguins will not have a proper home. I showed this by having the penguins hold a sign to beg people not to damage their only home left. The tree shows that drought will occur, due to the increase in temperature; as well as floods because the icecaps are melting at a high speed. Overall, the bulb represents the miniature of the Earth that is not completely damaged, so a chance is given to us for improvement before it is too late. The photo shows that our Earth is suffering harshly even though we cannot hear its cries.
Well Done to Hamad Al Fawaris, Abdulazziz Al Mass, Anwar Al Awadhi, Abdullah Almass for receiving a Sponsors and Judges Choice Award for their Graffiti team art work during the Al Watan Graffiti competition.
Congratulations to Ms Gina Agger for being awarded a Best Supporting Teacher Award for her hard work during the Al Watan Youth Programme.
Al Watan 7th June 2010
Amneh Tarkhan, a year 12 pupil at The English Academy won 1st prize in the Kuwait Science Fair Compeititon 2010.
CONGRATULATIONS to all of the pupils that participated in The 6th Kuwait Karate Championship and for winning Gold medals.
Good luck to all of our students currently participating in the Photogrpahy competition organized by Al Watan Newspaper.
Well Done to the following pupils for reaching the final round in the Youth Graffiti competition that Al Watan Daily newspaper organized:
· Hamad Al Fawairis
· Abdulaziz Al Mass
· Anwar Al Awadhi
· Abdullah Al Mass
The competition was designed as a creative outlet for children to express themselves.
Congratulations to all Reception pupils for all of their achievements.
Peter J Murray is one of the UK’s leading children’s authors and will be visiting us at The English Academy Today. He is a very sought after visiting author and is renowned for inspiring children to want to read.
When the Toy Maker goes to bed……the toys come alive.
Graduation Pictures coming soon…
History comes alive for our pupils at TEA by engaging them in the discovery of the historic, cultural and social experiences of the past. The children and teachers will be dressing up in costumes from the Egyptian, Roman, Greek and Victorian time periods.
Good Luck to all of the pupils that have exams in the next couple of weeks.
The English Academy submitted two posters, a video and a song to the British Council, Connecting Classrooms competition. The pupils were asked to send entries with the title “I am a global citizen”.
Pupils at TEA worked to design and create the strongest possible entries to compete for the first prize of an ‘all expenses paid’ trip to the UK. TEA’s strongest video presentation was from a team in year 9 (Dalal Al Ghanem, Sana Khandakji, Fatma Bin Eidan, Nezar Kabara and Boris Mihailovic).
Abdullah Khader and Fai Aman (Year 8 ) produced two excellent posters that depicted the importance of global citizenship.
The final entry from TEA pupils was a song about world peace, which was written and performed by Nicole Al Sayegh, Hana Faez, Fatima Dashti, Islam Salah Eldin and Mahmoud Selim (Year 8). This song went on to win the runner-up place in the Kuwait region, and each will receive a mini MP3 player, courtesy of the British Council.
Well done to all our competitors and we hope you enjoy viewing the entries.
Well done to all of the pupils for participating in the Literacy Competition.
Congratulations to the following pupils for winning:
Book Covers
Mubarak Aman 7B
Haya Al-Rushoud 7R
Anwar Al-Ball 7B
Hamad Al-Seady 8G
Reem Ayad 8B
Dalal Mansour 9R
Ali Deeb 9G
Reem Karimi 9R
Short Stories
Mohammad Al-Benwan 8R
Ghadeer Ghafour 8R
Abdulla Eldin 9G
Mohammed Al-Arbash 9R
Mahmoud Al-Suliman 9R
Nailah Faez 10G
Nabilah Tuan Zaid 10G
Syeadah Masooma Ali 10R
Omar Salah Eldin 10R
Mohamed Helmy 10R
School will be closed for our end-of-term break from Firday 2nd April and will re-open for pupils on Sunday 11th April for the start of our Summer Term.
Character dress-up day is extremely popular in our school and is a great way of promoting literacy and love of books. Our pupils and teachers had lots of fun dressing themselves as their favourite storybook characters.
Literacy week is a week dedicated to promoting Literacy and reading throughout the school. There are various competitions for our pupils, ranging from creating their own book cover, poetry reading, and the much loved character day where the children come to school dressed up as a character from one of their favourite books. Reading is promoted through 15 minutes of reading each day in class as well as the different age groups taking turns reading to children younger or older than them.
Quality Not Quantity – The Great Short Short Story Competition
She used to jump over puddles.
The rainwater would splash, and often, a smattering of mud would appear on the red galoshes she wore. When she jumped over those puddles, she flew, as one flies high in the sky, without any inhibition, or fear; a feeling of vertigo that surpassed the eagles. (46 words)
Task: To write a complete short story; with a beginning, middle and end, in 50 words or less. Find inspiration from real life, from literature, from your imagination.
The alarm clock is screaming at me. Come back tomorrow, I tell it, I’m still dreaming, but I don’t think it’s listening. I consider suffocating it with my pillow, and then reluctantly I crawl out of bed and drop the clock in the toilet on the way to shower, oops. (50 words)
All stories must be original, hand written and in English. Stories will be read by the students and staff of The English Academy, so all content must be appropriate to this audience. All stories must be entered on a named entry form – available from your English teacher – to be considered. Entries will be judged in year group categories. All entries to Miss Alvey by Thursday 18th March.
Kuwait Times - 8th March 2010
Arab Times - 8th March 2010
CONGRATULATIONS!!! to the following pupils for participating and winning awards in the Kuwait Science Fair annual competition.
Amneh Hisham Tarkhan (Year 12) - 1st Prize
Mahmoud Jawadat Al Suliman (Year 9) – “Best 100″
Amneh Hisham Tarkhan (Year 12) - 1st Prize Winner
Kuwait Science Fair is the largest annual science competition in Kuwait, encompassing over 150 high-schools from across the country. The fair was created and founded as a joint partnership between ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Kuwait Limited and Kuwait Energy Co. to encourage young scientists to apply maths and science to a project of their choice in a competitive atmosphere.
Two TEA students reached the last 100 of this prestigious competition. The Final was held on Saturday 6th March 2010 where each competitor had to present their project and findings to a panel of 6 Judges. The event took place at Salwa Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Theatre and Hall under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Minister of Oil and Information and Chairman of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
The students only had two months to create their science projects and the competition consisted of different stages which included proposals, plans, procedures, experiments, scientific journals, scientific papers, presentations and a built display. Mahmoud Jawdat Al Suliman, a Year 9 student, received a certificate acknowledging his place in the top 100 for his project on “Haze Monitor: To Investigate The Amount of Haze Produced In The Atmosphere”
On the evening the excitement mounted as the audience waited patiently to hear who the winner was. We are very pleased to inform you that Amneh Hisham Tarkhan, a year 12 student, was awarded the overall 1st Prize for her project titled, “Which is More Detrimental to the Growth and Developments of Plants: Cigarette or Argilah Smoke.” Amneh has been at TEA from year 9 and is currently studying Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths AS Levels through the Sherifa Hilal Al Mutairi / Salem Ali Al Rashed scholarship programme. Amneh’s 1st place prize included a trophy, KD750 cash prize, 100KD vouchers, certificates, scholarship to GUST University and a summer internship at Schlumberger.
The English Academy will receive a computer lab from Schlumberger and will be admitted into their Excellence in Educational Development (SEED) program.
The School Management wish to congratulate both Amneh and Mahmoud, their parents and teachers on this excellent achievement.
Congratulations to all pupils that participated in World Maths Day 2010 and to the following pupils that won Gold awards:
Mohammed Ahmad
Khalid Amir
Mark Al Ayesh
Nezar Kabara
World Maths Day 2010 is a major global competition that will see pupils involved in a huge online Mathematics spectacular.
Our pupils will join children from across the globe to unite in their quest to set a world record in answering mental arithmetic questions.
There will be an attempt to set a new official Guinness World Record!!!
School will be closed for our mid-term break from Firday 19th February. In line with the Ministry decision, school will now re-open for pupils on Tuesday 2nd March.
All Pupils should be in Summer uniform from Tuseday 2nd March 2010.
On the occasion of National Day. Liberation Day and the Prophet’s Birthday, we would like to wish all of our families a happy and blessed holiday.
Pupils will be participating in numerous educational, fun and healthy activities:
Health Week at The English Academy 7 – 11th February 2010
During Health Week our pupils will have a full week of activities to highlight the importance of good food and good living.
Students will have the opportunity to taste healthy food, take part in sporting activities and learn why it is important to look after their health.
At the end of the week pupils from Year 2 to Year 9 will be taking part in our annual walkathon to raise money for Haiti and Bayt Abdullah.
School photographs will start to be taken on Sunday 31st January 2010.
Students should be smartly dressed in Winter uniform. All school items are available in our Uniform Store.
A change from the published term dates:
Sunday 3rd January has been declared a public holiday. This means that the start of Term 2 will now be Monday 4th January.
We are proud to announce that 2 students in Year 9 have received the International Global Citizen Award. Dalal Al Ghanim who has achieved the Silver award is one of only 5 students worldwide to achieve this standard and is also the youngest. Fatima Bin Eidan received the Bronze award along with students from 9 other countries.
Certificates for the June 2009 Examination Session from both Cambridge International Examinations and Edexcel have arrived in school and are available for collection from Mr. Bushfield
Our website has had a refreshing facelift!
Over the next few weeks we’ll be updating much of the site content, and adding new sections. We hope that, eventually, anything you could possibly wish to know about our school, will be easily available right here.
If you have any comments or suggestions about the site, please let us know via website@tea.edu.kw
As we enter the final few weeks of the summer term, thoughts turn to exams…
We’d like to wish our IGCSE and A-Level students the best the luck in their external exams, and all of our other students the same in their end-of-year exams.
Work hard, do your very best, and make us all proud!
The TEA management and staff
