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
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.
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 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.
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
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)
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
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.
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.
Graduation Pictures coming soon…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
