Get Caught Reading Campaign
Students and faculty at QA Sidra primary school have been having fun “Getting Caught Reading!” Students are getting caught reading everywhere with friends and family: in the car, […]
Lego Robotics Finalists
On Saturday, January 19th, Shreedhar Suresh Kumar and Lukas Snell from QA Sidra earned 2nd place medals in the Lego Robotics Competition at the American School of Doha […]
Young Artists as Teachers
What fun was had by students and parents in the art studio during three-way conferences. The young artists had the opportunity to teach their parents block printing and painting. […]
Grade 5 – How We Share the Planet
We have started a fascinating journey into the unit of inquiry “How We Share the Planet”. For a couple of weeks we have inquired into different concepts related to ecosystems, habitats, infinite and finite resources, peace and conflict resolution, and rights and responsibilities. We have visited other G5 rooms and […]
Grade 4 – Time and Place
We are ready to start our “Where we are in place and time” unit of inquiry into history and culture. We will be finding out about the links between history, culture and resources within countries and will be starting by looking at Qatar history. We will be researching r […]
Grade 3 – Sharing the Planet
Students have been learning about their rights through an inquiry into the ‘United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child’. They have been learning about children’s rights advocates and […]
Grade 2 – Impact of Litter
Grade 2 went to Simaisma Beach to observe the condition of the beach. We used the compass points activity to guide our observations. Students were documented Needs, Suggestions, things they were Excited about, and things they found Worrisome. They were alarmed by the amount of litter and the impact litter […]
Grade 1 – Time and Place
In our last unit of inquiry: Where we are in place and time, Grade 1 students had a chance to deepen their understanding of the key concepts of change and connection. We looked at how things have changed or stayed the same over time. For their summative assessment, each student […]
Early Years Practices to Enhance Play, Inquiry and Agency
The Preschool three and four team are excited to share that we are “free-flowing.” Free flow describes a learning environment in which children can move freely between classrooms and guide […]
IB Primary Years Programme Update
The PYP curriculum framework has undergone some exciting new developments, which will bring enhanced opportunities for the learner, learning and teaching and the learning community. Curriculum Development As a first step towards building understanding of the new PYP enhancements QA Sidra primary staff collaborated to reflect on the curricular foundations […]
