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Later in the programme, the principal Dr. Kishor Pillai and thechairman Mr. Vinod Sharma both gave speeches to commemoratethe occasion and also to break the exciting news regarding theexpansion of CPS with the construction of a brand new school justfive minutes away from our current school. The new school will bemuch bigger with spacious classrooms, Improved play areas and anew football pitch. Construction of the new school is underway andwill be finished in time for the start of the new academic year.

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49th UAE National DayUAE Flag DayOnline and Onsite

Preventing Cov-19 @CPSInternational Teacher'sDayProphet Mohammed’sBirthdayWorld's Children's DayGrandparents' DayStudent Video Contest A Fight Against BullingAppreciation messagesby ParentsCPS Winter Festival

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Seeds of the Nation: The 49th National Day Celebration T e r m 1 , S e p t e m b e r , 2 0 2 0 - D e c e m b e r , 2 0 2 0

29th November, 2020, Sunday

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Crown Private School celebrated the 49th UAE National Day at school on Sunday, 29th November 2020 with a wonderful array ofsongs, dances and fashion parades to delight both parents and students alike. The programme began with a colourful fashion showperformed by the students from KG - Grade 2 dressed in the traditional clothes of the UAE. It was delightful to see our youngeststudents beautifully dressed in the colours of the UAE flag and traditional Emirati clothes proudly waving their flags! This was followedby a performance of traditional dances including the famous yola dance by students in grades 3-9.

WE ARE GROWING BIGGER..WE ARE GROWING BIGGER..WE ARE GROWING BIGGER..

"Raise it High ... Raise it Proud.." - Proudly Celebrating UAE Flag Day3rd November, 2020, TuesdayCrown Private School celebrated Flag daywith a special morning assembly that wasconducted at 11 am in the school assemblyarea. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions wecouldn’t have all the students presentaround the flag but a few selected studentsattended the ceremony while the Principaland Head Boy raised the flag and thestudents sung the National Anthem as amark of respect. Thanks to moderntechnology, the event was shared live onFacebook and everyone around the worldcould watch and be a part of the ceremony.This was followed by an Arabic and EnglishSpeech and various activities were thenconducted in class to focus the students’attention on the importance of Flag Day.

With more flexibility, self-directed study options, and access to the sameinstructors and teachers as traditional learning, it’s no surprise that onlinelearning is popular. But is online learning as good as face to facelearning? It may be — and may even be more effective in some cases! We, at Crown Private School, are providing a teaching platform ofblended classes with face to face and online students. We see that weuse differentiation and also collaborative learning by making theoptimum use of zoom and the features like breakout rooms offered. Itallows the teacher to focus on a few students who sometimes need alittle extra handholding while the others learn collaboratively from theirpeers. There has been great feedback from parents as far as theeducation and safety of students are concerned. Thanks to themanagement and all the staff who made it possible.

Back to school: A framework for Onsiteand Online learning amid COVID-19

Preventing the spread of COVID-19at CPSThe UAE Ministry of Education is keen to provide a safe, healthy, andsustainable workplace and learning environment aiming to protect andsupport students, employees, contractors, and relevant other personsin the education sector. This shall also contribute to students’motivation and encouragement to achieve the highest levels oflearning and knowledge.Our priority is the health and safety of the entire CPS family and to thisend, we closely monitor the social distancing of students duringlessons and break times. Thermal cameras have been installed torecord the temperatures of all students and staff as they enter theschool in the morning as well as at the end of the day. In addition,special fogging machines are used to sanitize bags and playgroundequipment throughout the day.

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"Investing in our Future means investing in our Children"- Children's Day

Crown Private School celebrated the birthdayof Prophet Muhammad PBUH on 28thOctober 2020 with a special assemblyperformed by students under the guidance ofthe Arabic teachers. The assembly includedthe National Anthem, a recitation of the HolyQuran, and speeches in both the Arabic andEnglish languages.

“Teachers give the gift of Education” - International Teacher's DayTeachers play a major role in influencing and molding a child’s life as children in their formative and impressionable years spend a lot oftime at school. Whatever a child learns at this time stays with him all his life. We at Crown Private School celebrated InternationalTeacher’s Day on October 5th, 2020. The students came in excited to wish their teachers and shared cards and flowers. KeepingCovid-19 in mind the flowers and cards were sanitized and then shared and the day was exciting and full of fun and the students madetheir teachers feel loved and appreciated. The teachers went home feeling blessed and happy to have chosen this profession.

It’s time for generations to come together to reimagine the type of worldwe want to create. Having said this we at Crown Private School do ourbest to make our students feel special not just on World Children’s Daybut every single day, however, on the 19th of November (Friday 20thbeing the weekend and a holiday) we did our best to make the dayeven more special for our children by playing many more fun-filledgames and activities with them which made them feel loved andcherished. We conducted a special assembly for them and shared agoogle form with them after showing them several videos on “Children’srights”. The students and staff wore blue clothes in keeping with theUNICEF’s “Go blue” campaign and we made sure that "Along withgrownups, children will also wear masks and maintain physicaldistance. That, however, does not mean that children's voices will beany quieter children will be Masked but not Muted! this World Children'sDay," as the UN body said in a statement.

28th October, 2020, Wednesday

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Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) Birthday

5th October, 2020, Monday

19th November, 2020, Thursday

"Make it Simple, but Significant.." - Student Video Contest 2020

Promoting innovation and creativity amongst students. Promoting critical thinking skills and reflective attitudes amongst students. Encouraging a love for distance learning. Promotion of the English language through speaking with confidence.

The student video competition was held from the 4th of October 2020 and closed bythe 8th of October 2020.This was a wonderful opportunity for students to apply all the language they havelearned in a meaningful and engaging context. It was completed either on-campus orin a remote learning environment.The topics of the competition were based on what has changed in the educational lifeof the students in the past 6 months. Students were asked if they preferred onlinelearning or traditional schooling. These were the core objectives of the competition:

Meanwhile, the evaluation rubrics of the competition were based on eye contact,grammar, volume, clarity and expression, fluency, and pronunciation.

On the occasion of Commemoration Day, Crown Private School planned aspecial assembly at 11:15 am in honor of those who have sacrificed theirlives in the service of UAE. The UAE flag which was at half-mast washoisted after a minute’s silence was observed in honor of all those sons ofthe soil who laid down their lives for this nation.Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, we were unable to allow all our students tophysically attend the assembly however they were able to view theassembly online on zoom from their classrooms or from home. The Islamicteacher Mr. Abdul Rahman said a few words about the occasion and thestudents clicked on a link and wrote on a virtual wall created on nearpod topay their respects to the martyrs.The students were also asked to cut out the images of martyrs of the UAEand place them on the map of the country which has been displayed in thegrade 5-9 corridors at school.

With Honour & Gratitude, We remember the Service & Sacrifice of the Braves!30th November, 2020, Tuesday

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4th October to 8th October 2020, Sunday - Thursday

To create awareness about bullying and reducing bullying at school.To help students express their feelings around bullying and develop an atmosphere of

To foster an environment of respect and familiarize students with anti-bullying

CHANGE STARTS WITH US! Keeping this in mind we, at the Crown Private Schooldecided to dedicate a week and mainly 3 days focusing on anti-bullying from the 17th tothe 19th of November 2020.The main objective of the event was:

tolerance.

procedures at school.The activities were conducted across the school right from KG to Grade 9.There were videos as well as quizzes, discussions, and games played with the students tomake them aware of what bullying is and to know what to do when they are bullied or theysee someone else being bullied. The event was a success with a very good feedback fromstudents as well as the parents.students.

“Be a BUDDY.. NOT a BULLY!! - A Fight Against Bullying"17th to 19th November, 2020, Tuesday - Thursday

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Our Vision is Every Child Safe, Inspired, Challenged, Empowered..

Boosting Academic PerformanceImproving Life and Social Skills

The benefits of after school activities for children are wide and varied, ranging from physical benefits due to the promotion ofincreased activity, to psychological and social advantages. Scientific research proves that encouraging children to engage inactivities after school could aid their development. Experts in child advancement suggest that participation in extracurricularactivities regularly is the best way to help children develop their individual personalities, cut down on emotional stress, and enhancesocial or academic skills that could benefit them in the future.Psychologists even recommend after school activities as the preferred choice over confidence-building classes. Keeping this andthe following reasons in mind we at the Crown Private School pride ourselves in having conducted these classes for the all-aroundscholastic development of our students.

September to November, 2020

Promoting Healthy HobbiesEncouraging a Brighter Future

Creating Safer, Happier Children

“Winter is not only a Season, it's a Celebration..”- Winter FestUnlike previous years, due to the Covid-19 restrictions and alsodue to the fact that the online students might miss all the fun, awinter festival programme was organized at Crown PrivateSchool to allow all our students to take part whether online orface to face. On the 9th of December 2020, face-to-facestudents stayed back after their exam and online studentsremained online and the whole class watched a winter movietogether with treats like popcorn, marshmallows, etc. The KGto Grade 2 had a whole week of Winterfest activities from the6th to the 9th of December 2020. They enjoyed the winterfestival for the whole week creating and integrating variousactivities from learning how to make snow to how to keep theirsmall hands warm with handmade mittens. They embracedtheir imagination of what can be explored in the winter season.The students who were in school were allowed to come inpajamas or dressed in character costumes. The day was wellspent and the students enjoyed themselves.

“Thank You! for helping us Walk in the Right Direction” - - Appreciation messages by Parents

Parent of KG Student:I would like to present to your esteemed administration a letter ofthanks for the efforts made under these circumstances, and Iwould be grateful if you received my thanks to the principal of theschool. I am a school guardian, and under these circumstances itwas very difficult for me to make a decision to send my childrento school .. But in a short period of time you were able to give mea wonderful and amazing impression of what I saw of goodmanagement and organization, especially at the time morningtime and leaving time of students, as the matter is done smoothlyand comfortably ..How wonderful it is for our children to come home with a positivecard from teachers, despite the pressures, but they work withlove and sincerity. I am really proud that I am one of the first toattend this school and that my children are part of the Crownfamily. Thank you to the school administration Thank you to the teachers Thank you for the staff and supervisors you Really wonderful .. I wish you more progress and prosperity..

9th December, 2020, Wednesday

Parent of Grade 3 Student.

Dear Principal,I just wanted to share my sincerest thank you. It has not been an

easy transition for any of us, but your leadership and positive

attitude have helped to change the school a lot.

I’m mother of a student who was in this school since KG 1 and I

really can see the progress in the school and my son but what you

did this year was extraordinary in this hard time. My son loves his

new expert hard working teachers such as Ms Anja, Ms Tyran

and Ms Marwa.

Those teachers that keeps giving their feedbacks the positive

before the negative without even asking. They keep updating me

about my son progress. I really appreciate your weekly

newsletters and your constant dedication to keep us parents

updated and informed, especially during these rapidly changing

times because of COVID pandemic. Your dedication to the

students shows and is much appreciated. I feel very

fortunate to have you as our principal during these

challenging times. Thank you for all that you do.

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