EHISA Newsletter, Issue No.5                                                                                                               June, 2006      

Edited by Shefya & Faycal

Year Two Children

Letter from the Head Teacher

As this academic year 2005-06 is ending, I’d like first to address the pupils of our school: your reports are showing that all of you have been working hard and most of you achieved good results. Even for some of you, non native speakers in English, whose progression was bound to have been hampered by a language problem, the substitution of adapted tuition in English has proved successful in most cases, and you have managed to overcome your difficulties much better than expected. To all of you, I wish, on behalf of EHISA, a pleasant and much deserved summer break, looking very much forward to welcoming you, in the new school, on 16 September 2006. As for those who are changing school, next year, we wish plenty of success in their studies, hoping that what they have achieved with us would serve a purpose.

   I would also like to thank all of you, teachers and staff, for your enthusiasm and commitment. Without these two key qualities, the school couldn’t have overcome the numerous difficulties that we encountered, during a year so rich in new events, which are indeed milestones in the school’s history.

Your hard work has greatly contributed to the successful running, of some CIE supervised International Examinations, for the first time in our school: CIPAT, Checkpoint, IGCSE and AS  were taken in May and June and the scripts were sent to Cambridge for external marking. As for the Progression Tests that were taken in June, they were internally marked. We also appreciate the efforts you devoted to your online Teacher Development Trainings, often done after hours, at the expense of your free time. And congratulations for all of you that have already obtained their CIE Accreditation for marking the IGCSE coursework and practicals.

   Finally, I’d like to thank all of you parents, for your immeasurable faith in our School. Your trust and support, at difficult times, whenever some flaws appeared, contributed to our improvement, and thus benefited the pupils.

To our credit though, I’d like to emphasise that we’ve always been dedicated to dispense education at its highest standards. And we indeed, did choose the means for that purpose:

- Firstly: our choice, as an International English Speaking School, of the National Curriculum of England, to provide us with a framework. It is far from being static and remains open to the needs of modern teaching

- Secondly: our accreditation by CIE, one of the worlds’s leading education and assessment providers, and our membership of the CIPP, gives us access to some universally recognised and invaluable teaching means and resources. Together with the work and assessment schemes and the teacher professional development training courses that they offer, we have a credible support for our activities.

- Thirdly: the school’s implementation of a teacher and staff development policy. Teachers are to reappraise their teaching in response to the changing nature of the school itself, and to the changing needs of the pupils.

-  Finally: the choice of much bigger premises, to house the school for the next academic year.

All these are meant to improve our service to the pupils, whose interests remain our sole point of concern.

Yours faithfully     

The Head Teacher: Rachid Chaouche                 

Algiers,  27 June 2006

The Rose city of the desert (Petra) By Miss Warda

Petra is the treasure of ancient world, hidden behind an almost impenetrable barrier of rugged mountains, boasting incomparable scenes that make it the most majestic and imposing ancient site still-standing nowadays.. It has been said "perhaps there is nothing in the world that resembles it", actually, for sure, there is nothing in the world that resembles it. The rock-carved rose-red city of Petra is full of mysterious charm, it was "designed to strike wonder into all who entered it". 

Petra is considered the most famous and gorgeous site in Jordan It is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2000 years ago. Admired then for its refined culture, massive architecture and ingenious complex of dams and water channels, Petra is now a UNESCO world heritage site that enchants visitors from all corners of the globe.

The approach through a kilometer long, cool, and gloom chasm (or Siq) a long narrow gorge whose steeply rising sides all but obliterate the sun, provides a dramatic contrast with the magic to come. Suddenly the gorge opens into a natural square dominated by Petra's most famous monument, The Treasury (El-Khazneh), whose intricately carved facade glows in the dazzling sun. 

More facades beckon the visitor on until the ancient city gradually unfolds, one monument leading to the next for kilometer after kilometer. The sheer size of the city and the quality of beautifully carved facades is staggering and leads one to reflect on the creativity and industry of the Nabataeans who made Petra their capital.

Petra is always breathtaking, and never to be forgotten. It flourished for over 400 years around the time of Rome and Christ, until it was occupied by the Roman legions of the Emperor Trajan in 106 AD.

The Petra basin boasts over 800 individual monuments, including buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways, and colonnaded streets, that were mostly carved from the kaleidoscopic sandstone by the technical and artistic genius of its inhabitants.

Petra sights are at their best in early morning and late afternoon, when the sun warms the multicolored stones, you can view the majesty of Petra as it was seen first when discovered in 1812 after being lost by the 16th century for almost 300 years! 

                                   Mrs Nehab  Maths Teacher

Seif Year One

Year Six

Year Two Children

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