A Lesson with my Child

KG2 parents attended an English and Arabic classes with their children. Many activities related to KG2 program were executed . Parents were introduced to"Caring School Community" program that has to do with character building,the teaching strategies, and procedures that take place during the day . It was a great experience for both parents and children.

Sweet Recipes

How to prepare a vanilla cake? How to cook “Fondant au chocolat”? What are the ingredients of the famous blueberry cheesecake? … These are some questions you have to ask KSPS 5th graders.
Some students were able to prepare desserts at home, others wrote the recipes, and still others downloaded videos of famous cooking shows. Of course Grandmothers, mothers, and sisters played a huge role in this project.
Thanks for all and Bon Appétit!

Our School's Library

Kiwi, Strawberry, blueberry, orange … names of fruits? Well, actually YES, but our 5th graders used them as their group names. In groups of 5 each group visited the library and chose a short story, in order to read, enjoy, and paraphrase it in front of the whole class. The summarizations and the presentations of the groups were amazing with unexpected results.
With the help of Mrs. Zeina Fawzi I was able to give my students a chance to borrow books and visit the library.
For more pictures you can check this slideshow:

حقوق ومسؤوليّات عبر الانترنت- أتواصل باحترام

     برعاية وزير الشّؤون الاجتماعيّة الأستاذ وائل أبو فاعور والمجلس الأعلى للطّفولة أقامت مؤسّسة الرّؤية العالميّة في لبنان بالتّعاون مع شركائها من الوزارات والجمعيّات إحتفالا بيوم الانترنت الأكثر أمانا ً 2013 في قصر الاونيسكو.
تضمّن الحفل عرضاً مسرحيّاً هادفاً يشجّع على السّلامة عبر الانترنت وتوزيع جوائز قيّمة على 19 تلميذ وتلميذة رابحوا من ثلاثين مدرسة مشاركة حول لبنان.
     فازت التّلميذة جمال يموت بكاميرا رقميّة  لرسمها لوحة عن الانترنت الهادف ، كما أخصّ بالشّكر الاستاذ بسّام حيدر والآنسة سمر المصري لإشرافهما على هذا النّشاط المثمر .
مبارك لمدرسة خليل شهاب ومبارك للمقاصد.

فرس النّهر

     عالم الحيوان مليء بالمعلومات القيّمة والغنيّة وكلّما غصنا فيه تعرّفنا إلى أشياء كثيرة وغريبة.

     تلامذة الصّفّ الخامس بدأوا جولتهم في عالم الحيوان مع فرس النّهر إذ راحوا يتعرّفون إلى صفات هذا الحيوان الضّخم وطرق عيشه وتكاثره.

     فلتستمتعوا معنا بمشاهدة هذين العرضين من إعداد التـّلميذتين سلمى أحمد وجمال يموت.

Shield the Earth

Grade 2 may care about the environment, but we;the third graders, are the pioneers! Since last year and we are trying our best  to help the environment and protect our earth. Now we are year older and a year wiser, we decided to find out about all kinds of pollution, their causes and solutions. We made a research and shared our information with the rest of the class. Wait! we also signed a vow to protect the environment and help reduce pollution. We hope that our little efforts will make a change. Help yourself, help the environment!

Teaching Through Art

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
Aristotle

I’ve always fascinated with art, everything that is related to art; paintings, literature, sculptures, songs, plays, symphonies, dance … And I’ve always tried to reflect that on the people around me.
Through art we can discover ourselves, as well as analyze and get to know more about other people.
Keeping all these in mind, I wanted to test my students and allow them to take their first footsteps in art and analyzing art. I wanted my students to express their inner thoughts, emotions and opinion all at the same time. And at our paragraph writing session I showed them Aivazovsky’s “The Ninth Wave” and I asked them to look at the painting and write whatever they see or feel.

And this is what they came out with:
Ruba Ani: “Look at the hidden sun standing behind the clouds, and saying: “Good bye, see you after the moon.” While the waves wave the water as hands reply to the ‘good bye’ of the sun.” “When I look at this sad and melancholic painting I feel I am inside it. I wish I was so rich, I could have bought it.”

Hanan Aref: “I felt comfortable when I saw this painting, it's like a very beautiful dream. Do you know that dreams can be real? Once I dreamt about a sea colored in pink and orange and I was in the sky with my smart ship that used to answer all my questions, and solve all my problems… This painting is a dream like my dream. I wish every dream comes true.”

Hiba Soubra: “ The sunset reflects beautiful light in the painting, it isn’t only beautiful but it’s amazing .The people on the raft are joyful. When I looked at this painting I felt joy. The orange color of the sun is the perfect color in the painting. It gave color to the clouds and waves. I think the painter is proud of himself in this painting.”

Reina Agha: “When I first saw this painting I thought it was a photograph, but when my teacher told me that it was a painting I got shocked and I immediately realized that the painter who drew this painting was a famous artist and that the painting now costs a fortune.”

Salma Ahmed: “The scene of the sunset is the most exciting scene in the whole painting. As if the sun is fare welling us and is sending fire to the waves.”

And as I’ve told my students ‘art is all about what you see and feel’, even though the painting depicts a sea after a stormy night, where people are facing death and attempting to save themselves by clinging to debris from a wrecked ship. Even though the painter has used warm tones of color in which the sea appears to be not so menacing and giving a chance for the people to survive, but still some of my students saw peace and victory in it.

P.S: This famous painting is displayed in a museum in Russia. And it is called as “The most beautiful painting”.

محمّد نور القلوب

 

 

 

 

يا شمس يا منوّرة غيبي

كفاية نور طه حبيبي

كل عام وأنتم بخير من أطفال عثمان ذي النورين