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Secondary Newsletter Tuesday, 10 October, 2017

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Mesaieed International School

Secondary Campus www.mis.qp.qa email: [email protected]

Dear Parent,

Welcome to the September edition of the Secondary School

newsletter for the Academic Year 2017/8.

By now you should have received your copy of the Home School

Agreement. The Home School Agreement sets out our expectations

of the students and also of you as parents of the school. It also

makes clear our obligations as a learning community to you and

your children. Please take the time to read this important document

carefully with your child. Through working together we can help

ensure your child’s education is a successful one.

Over the past year we have been increasing the importance of the

role of the Tutor at Secondary as a key point of contact for you in

regards your child’s well-being at school. You will already have

received a Welcome Letter providing you with the email contact of

your child’s tutor. In addition you have access to your child’s planner

as a way to communicate with the Tutor. The Tutor will meet with

your child regularly to review their progress and help them set

targets for improvement. The Tutor will also meet with parents twice

a year to discuss the same. Where the Tutor is unable to help with a

specific subject concern then please feel able to contact the class

teacher directly. The school website contains a list of all staff and

their contact details.

You can help your child’s tutor by ensuring that the school is properly

informed of your child’s absence on any school day by contacting

Reception on the day of absence.

Kind regards

Trevor Spence, Headteacher

Calendar Reminders

October 14

National Robotics Olympiad

Student training day

October 15

World Maths Day

October 16

Secondary Open Day

October 19

Qatar Leadership Conference

October 20



October 21



October 26

Progress Report 1 Y7-13 Issued

October 27

Half Term Holiday

October 30

Year 11 FL English exam

November 2

Year 11 FL English exam

November 5

Back to School

Announcement

If any parent would like to grow plants in the Community Garden please

contact secondary reception and leave a message for Mr. Baldwin.

http://www.m/#is.qp.qa

mailto:[email protected]


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Events and Trips

Parent Welcome Meetings

Parental engagement is important to us.

In the first week of term we held Welcome Meetings for parents with children in Y7, Y10 and Y12 to

introduce them to Tutors and for us to share important curriculum and pastoral information as they

start this new stage of their learning journey. Thank you to those who attended, the feedback told

us it was very useful. Unfortunately only around 25% of parents attended these meetings. The

survey feedback we received afterwards revealed that the timing of these meetings is vitally

important for you to be able to attend, and most of you want meetings after 4pm so we will in

future aim to achieve this.

We then held morning coffee meetings for all parents to be able to come and chat with your

child’s Tutor, Head of Year or Progress Leader. Your child’s tutor is your first point of contact as they

see them every day and have an overall picture of their progress. Following the letter sent home in

the first week by Mr Spence, you now have the e-mail addresses of the tutor who you can contact

regarding any query you may have. Please contact the school if you did not receive this.

Parental engagement is important to us and we really want you involved in your child’s education.

Please let us know if there is anything you wish to discuss or any ideas you may have.

We look forward to working together for a prosperous and enjoyable year ahead.

Mrs. Gordon, Assistant Head (Pastoral)

Nxplorers

The Nxplorer journey begins

The year 12’s have taken their initial

steps on their NXplorer journey. The

NXplorers is an innovative educational

programme that introduces young

people to the complex and creative

thinking needed to bring about

positive change. Focused on the Food -

Water - Energy Nexus. The programme

aims to build awareness, develop

knowledge and provide thinking tools

and complex problem solving skills to the

leaders of the future. Our students


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gained a wealth of knowledge around

thinking tools and how to work on their projects

in order for them to make a positive change.

The proposals are now all in and we will keep

you updated of the progress throughout the

course of the year.

For the first time students in Year 12 are now

able to follow their Nxplorers project through to

achieve external accreditation. Students

opting to use their NXplorers project as the

basis of the Extended Project Qualification can

earn the equivalent of an AS Level.

Mrs. Akhter, STEM Coordinator

Baseline Tests

Baseline testing of Year 11 and Year 12 Students

Year 10 and Year 12 Students both recently took part in YELLIS and ALIS Baseline testing

respectively.

YELLIS is a secondary baseline assessment for students aged 14-16, specifically designed to

measure student performance, potential and attitudes in Year 10 and 11. The assessment is

computer-based and taken individually by each student. YELLIS assesses three key cognitive areas

of: Vocabulary - word fluency and understanding; Mathematics - logical thinking, manipulating

numbers and numerical concepts; Non-verbal ability - ability to match patterns, reflections and

rotations and apply visual intuition. The YELLIS assessment, provides our school with high quality

baseline feedback which helps us to recognise student and cohort strengths, and weaknesses,

and identify gifted students and those requiring interventions. Reliable predictions data helps the

school to set appropriate targets and develop learning plans accordingly and assists in the

tracking of student progress.

ALIS is a post-16 monitoring system designed to provide an individualised learner profile, used by

schools, colleges and academies all over the world. ALIS provides baseline measures and

predictive information to ensure learners maximise their potential. The ALIS assessment is computer-

based and adaptive to each student. ALIS generates AS/A- level predictions by subject indicating

likely future performance to inform crucial discussion with learners. The predictive feedback is an

invaluable tool for the school for informing, motivating and setting realistic targets for learners, and

enabling appropriate planning for the future.

Mr. Jobber, Assistant Head (Curriculum)


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Upper and Lower School News

Student Leadership

Student Leadership Team

MIS held its annual election hustings for the

Student Leadership Team on 25th September. The

successful students were as follows; Head Boy,

Johann Bambino, Head Girl Antonia Mensah and

Deputy Head students Hassan Khan and Rebeca

Macauley. The hustings produced some

passionate speeches from candidates as they

outlined how they intend to represent the student

body. The Student Leadership Team will chair

meetings with the student council and lead

student activities through the year to ensure the

student voice is heard.

Mrs. Gordon, Assistant Head (Pastoral)

Lower School PSHE Day 1

Building positive relationships.

The theme for the first of our PSHE days was

Bullying, Discrimination and Relationships.

Students took part in a wide range of activities

including a talk from a guest speaker, drama

acts, presentations and workshops. The

sessions allowed the students to work

collaboratively, whilst highlighting the key

issues surrounding the theme for the day. The

students approached the day with great

energy and enthusiasm and produced some

exceptional work. Some of the work produced

will be showcased on an Anti-Bulling

Awareness evening in the near future… watch

this space.

I would like to congratulate the students on their mature approach to the day, and thank the

Heads of Year and Form Tutors for providing such a positive and stimulating start.

Miss Pounsett, Progress Leader Lower School


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Refugees

Year 8, Year 11 and some Year 12 students spent the morning of

the first PSHE day of the year enthralled at the story of our guest

speaker Ms Lana Kulas. Lana told the story of growing up in Mostar

in Yugoslavia when at the age of eight and half she was told to

pack a bag because they were going on ‘holiday’. This was no

holiday at all, her parents had reluctantly decided that they had

to leave as they feared the civil war in Yugoslavia was about to

reach their beautiful, ancient, home town. Lana was utterly

unaware of the war on her doorstep until the houses at the end of

her street blew up.

What followed was an amazing tale of bravery, family love

and cruel injustices. Running from city to city, country to

country. Until they arrived in the UK. There they were safe from war and surrounded by family, but

in a strange land in place where they did not speak the language. Lana and her brothers went to

school and had to find their way in a language and culture that seemed very strange and

challenging. To then hear how this refugee, who ran from war to a country she did not know and

to be unable to speak the language

it seems almost impossible to believe

that when she earned her place at

Oxford University she read English!

Yet that is what she did and Lana is

now Head of Senior Girls at the new

Swiss International School Qatar.

Everyone that heard her story

listened with rapt attention, sighing

at the disasters and cheering at the

successes and laughing. We

laughed a lot. Sometimes in the face

of tragedy, sometimes at the strange

randomness of memory but mostly

we laughed in recognition that

throughout it all the one constant in

Lana’s life has been her family. A

family that held together when

home, country, and nationality were

taken from them.

Lana’s story inspired the rest of the

day’s work in drama, presentations and

Miss Lana Kulas, Guest Speaker

Y12’s and their display entitled “Escape! A Refugee

Story”


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culminating in a display of a Refugee’s story. This was a very memorable PSHE day thanks to Miss

Kulas and the staff that supported the activities.

Mr. Artus

Sixth Form Curriculum

What is IELTS?

The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) measures the language proficiency of

people who want to study or work where English is used as a language of communication. It is the

world’s most popular English language proficiency test for higher education and global migration.

IELTS uses a nine-band scale to clearly identify levels of proficiency, from non-user (band score 1)

through to expert (band score 9). It assesses all of your English skills — listening, reading, writing,

and speaking and it is accepted by over 10,000 organisations worldwide, including schools,

universities, employers, immigration authorities and professional bodies. You cannot fail the test.

IELTS is designed to assess English language skills at all levels. The overall band score may be crucial

if you intend to emigrate, apply for university or take up a job in an English-speaking country.

Many of our student opt to take an IELTS test during their Sixth Form through an IELTS centre, such

as the British Council. As from this year, students have access to specialist support to help them

prepare for this important English Language qualification. For further information, please contact

Ms. Fuentes.

The Unit Award Scheme

The Unit Award Scheme has been offered by AQA as a way to record achievement for over 30

years. It is a tried and tested means by which learners, no matter what their age or ability, can

have their achievement formally recognised. At MIS, we use the UAS to recognise achievement

that the learner may not achieve through a formal qualification.

UAS can help learners with progression to

further study

training

employment

UAS is shown to motivate, encourage, engage, support and raise self-esteem and can reward

achievement that might otherwise go unrecognised e.g. small steps or non-mainstream subjects.

How does UAS work?

MIS has a trained Co-ordinator who runs and is responsible for UAS (Ms. Reid)

Each UAS unit clearly sets out what the student has to do to achieve and the evidence needed.

There is an extensive and varied bank of units.

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Certification

Each time a unit is achieved, a Unit Award Certificate is issued.

This lists all the outcomes, i.e. all the knowledge, skills and/or experiences completed as detailed

on the unit.

UAS is not a qualification - but instead show the detail of what the student has achieved in

completing the unit.

They provide a great talking point for the learner about what they've done, e.g. during an

interview for a college place or employment.

For further information, please contact Ms. Reid, SEND Coordinator

Business as Usual

Most recently, year 13 had the privilege of partaking in a rather unique workshop for their PSHE

day. As opposed to the usual lessons involving CV building and mundane TED Talks, this time MIS

had a little outside help to shake things up a little. The company INJAZ (Arabic for achievement)

visited our school with the aim of developing skills of the youth in business and entrepreneurship.

This workshop presented a rare opportunity for staff and students to work together to solve very

relevant issues in our time.

INJAZ was a game changer in terms of bringing

a new perspective for problem solving. The

workshop provided a way to integrate normal

everyday life into lessons. The wonderful leaders

and volunteers from Cummins Company who

gave up their precious time to make the event

possible made all the difference, ensuring we

were thoroughly engaged for the short five

hours we spent with them. What was perhaps

the most satisfying aspect of the workshop was

the amount of freedom given to students to

find various ways to solve the same issue.

Essentially, there was no wrong

answer and this provided a means for students to be creative, take risks and exercise strategic

decision making. Above all, INJAZ encouraged students to do one main thing: innovate. So, while

by the end of the day we were exhausted in body, mind and spirit, the program injected us with a

sense of vigorous new passion. We were inspired to think outside the box.

Johann Bambino, Year 13


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Faculty News

English

Tales from the Literature

The English department has been a frenzy of activity this month.

The Year 7s have begun their project on Middle Earth and have

been busy analyzing the factors that make up a society. They

have been designing their own flags and examining the

constitution of their respective country. Each group will tackle a

real world problem and debate possible solutions; alliances will

be formed and a growing threat will need to be dealt with!

Year 10 are deep into their analysis and understanding of

Arthur Miller’s play, “A View from the Bridge,” in which Miller

uses elements of Greek tragedy in his portrayal of Eddie

Carbone’s life and death. Shakespeare’s drama is one of the

foci at Key Stage 5, “Twelfth Night,” a dark comedy of errors,

and “Measure for Measure,” where human frailty is exposed.

Students throughout the school have a great deal of reading

and research to complete. Encourage them in this and try to

catch them reading!

Mr. Omissi, Head of English

Mathematics

21st Century Skills in Mathematics Project

Over the past fortnight, Year 7 pupils have worked both

individually and collaboratively as part of an exciting paper

engineering project. The students have been exposed to the

Key Stage Stars of the

Month

Art and Design

KS3 Muhammad Farihin Fitria

KS4 Kenana Albazal

KS5 Zamah Hover

Design & Technology

KS3 - Ankriya Padayachee

KS4 - Christine Bualoy

KS5- Lois Akuaka

English

KS3 Archie McKenzie

KS4 Emmanuel Agbottah

KS5 Mire Styger

PE

KS3

Boys – Anwaar Ahmed

Girls – Zeina Mohamed

KS4

Boys – Emmanuel Agbottar

Girls – Tasneem Alshengiti

KS5

Boys- Giovabii Matsolo

Girls – Antonia Mensah

Science

KS3: Nayara Carrasqueiro

KS4: Freya Davis

KS5: Mire Styger


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intricate mechanics of gift cards; a lucrative market with a global value of over 300 billion dollars

(US).

After learning the basic concepts, teams were asked to plan and construct gift card templates for

their own designs. These templates are soon to be tested on their peers. Can fellow students follow

their friend’s instructions without problems?

Later in the project, teams will be expected to ‘pitch’ these gift cards to their classmates and

teachers as part of a ‘Dragon’s Den’ business experience as well as engaging in a manufacturing

challenge to see who can accumulate the greatest revenue in a one-hour window? The Economist

Adam Smith would indeed be pleased, I feel.

Mr. Gordon, Head of Mathematics

Science

Energy for the future.

The year 7 pupils are experiencing project based

learning. The project is based on “Energy, and the

future of it in Qatar”. Whilst exploring fossil fuels

and their uses they have also been investigating

alternative energy sources. The young people in

the pictures were asked to make a wind turbine

that would generate electricity, this they did

extremely well.

Not only is energy an issue for the future

generations, water and food are too. The year 7

pupils will also have the opportunity to grow plants in our community garden and be involved in

the crops husbandry and real life problem solving exercises using recycling as a focus.

Mr. Baldwin

French

Book lovers in Qatar

The year 7's have started an exciting project that will be providing the students with opportunities

to be creative, practice their group work skills, exercise their communication skills and their critical

thinking skills amongst others. They are creating a collection of books for Qatari children to learn

French and have chosen from a range of topics that we have been studying as part of our

curriculum. The year 7's have been working extremely well so far with lots of fantastic ideas! They

have shown initiative and will have their final books displayed on our department notice board to

exhibit their excellent work!


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Mrs. Naili

Humanities

Safety in the community

The year 7s are investigating their local area: Qatar- Mesaieed. They are exploring the different

types of Geography. The focus of the investigation is on crime and safety in the community. They

are exploring ways to make Mesaieed International School even safer. Students are carrying out

investigations and coming up with own conclusions in a collaborative manner using various

methods of data collection and presentation. The students are learning to think critically and

communicate their ideas as a team. They will eventually present their findings as a final piece at

the end of the project. Some of their ideas may even be used by the school leadership.

The Battle of Al Wajba

In History, the Year 7’s are investigating the mystery of the skeletons of Al Wajba. They are exploring

an important part in the development of Qatar’s independence and a turning point in its

nationhood. Through this they are learning the importance of using sources effectively, and real

world skills in what archeologist do, and the methods they employ. Students work in investigative

teams, and identify and answer key questions, while working collaboratively to articulate

conclusions. Critical thinking is a defining part of an historian’s skillset, and learning to be discerning

with information presented to them, reach their own judgments and become true global citizens.

Mr. Harrison, Head of Humanities

Physical Education

The sports being covered until half term are fitness for all students and badminton for the boys,

while the girls are doing dance. With determination and motivation, fitness levels are improving

each week, meaning students will be ready for invasion games after half term.

The Year 7 students have been doing a Healthy Body Project, where they have learning about

leading a healthy lifestyle and finding out how exercise affects their bodies. They are working

extremely hard and I hope that the excellent motivation and desire continue in every sporting

opportunity.

The Year 10 IGCSE group have started well and are developing the attributes required of sports

enthusiasts. All students have demonstrated high motivational levels in all tasks and their attitudes

are first class

Mr. Benfield, Head of P.E.


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Creative and Performing Arts

Masquerade

This term year 7 students are embarking on an exciting project entitled ‘Masquerade’, which

combines Music, Art, Drama and Dance to allow pupils to investigate a particular period from the

past, while gaining new knowledge and skills to use in their future.

In Drama, students have been exploring body language for the theatre genre Commedia

dell’arte, learning how to clown and create characters based on the 16th Century art form.

Music lessons have involved learning about the waltz and understanding time signatures and style

by walking through the dance steps to everyone’s amusement! Students have also been learning

the fundamentals of composition and the basic elements of music notation.

Pupils are learning to listen to waltzes, perform

a waltz on the keyboard, and compose their

own melody with accompaniment.

When pupils are listening to waltzes, they are

developing and honing their listening skills to a

point where they can describe what sounds

they are hearing. Pin pointing certain

instruments from the orchestra from the 4

musical families, and aurally give feedback

about dynamics, tempo, rhythm, texture,

timbre, duration and structure.

The performance side of the project is based

on an 8 bar waltz with left hand accompaniment. The pupils have to learn to play the melody,

and the accompaniment. Some can do both, most can do this separately. The challenge is to

keep a steady tempo, play with style, and make the phrase sound smooth. The composition is

again an 8 bar piece and the pupils have to compose the melody using correct notation, then

keeping a steady tempo, make the melody pleasant to the ear and experiment using various

voices/sounds from the keyboard voice bank. Extension for this would be to add dynamics, repeat

the phrase and start and end in the given key of C.

Ms. Clarke and Mr. Mercer.


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Art workshops creating masks.

A number of Year 7 students attended their very first

Art and Design workshop as secondary school pupils.

In this session, they used their designs developed from

their summer school homework booklets, and their

creative imagination to produce both a paper

mache mask and a clay mask.

The year 7’s showed enthusiasm and delight as they

plunged their hands into the construction paste and

produced a range of delightful results.

These masks are supporting props for their Creative

Arts project-based learning project ‘Masquerade’.

Ms. Fisher, Head of Creative and Performing Arts

Design and Technology

Tackling waste and recycling in Qatar

The Year 7’s have settled in very well in

Design and Technology and are now 4

weeks in on their 6 weeks’ project Based

Learning Task. For their project they are

looking at the big problems associated with

waste and recycling in Qatar and the issues

associated with people not recycling certain

products. Pupils are researching the topic of

recycling and in particular, plastics, and

have decided to explore the opportunities

for rethinking, reducing, reusing and

recycling plastics to reduce their negative

impacts on the environment and people.

They are currently working in groups carrying

out a range of investigative activities in

lessons and sharing their ideas for completing

the challenge.


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This will culminate with each group designing

and manufacturing a product from the waste

plastics they have collected from home to

complete this enterprise task. With innovative

names like “GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY”,

RECYLING BANDITS, and “ECO PLEASERS”, let’s

see which product or products will top the most

innovative product for this challenge!

GROUP PRESENTATION:

THE BIG QUESTION: What questions does the

lack of recycling raises for you?

Here two groups share their concern and

feedback to the question raised.

Mr. Temple, Head of Technology


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Extra-Curricular News

Sports

Rugby Coaching

The clubs and after school

activities are up and running,

with students attending the

following sports clubs: football,

basketball, netball, table

tennis, badminton, rugby and

boxing fitness. A big thank you

goes out to all staff that are

helping and running these

clubs.

A special thank you goes also

to Doha Rugby Club, who

have committed 2 of their

coaches to come to MIS and

coach both boys and girls.

Mr. Benfield, Head of PE

House

A new student led approach

With the start of a new school year comes a new approach to the House System at MIS. Houses

are going to be student led. With the Student House Leadership Teams taking assemblies, planning

and preparing for events, competitions and community projects. Staff will be involved in a

supervisory capacity, but it will be down to the Student Leaders in each of the four Houses to make

the arrangements with the Staff.

Sports Fixtures

October 16

U16 Football MIS v ACS (AWAY)

October 24

U16 A,B and C & U19 Netball

Away at Doha College

U16 & U19 Football vs Doha

College


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This new approach means that the House Captains and Deputy House Captains are even more

crucial to the success of the House. What was incredibly pleasing was to see that this increased

level of responsibility inspired more students to apply for the posts. With over 40 nominations across

the four houses, each candidate had to speak in front of their house and put forward their case

and their plans for the future. At the time of writing the students go to the polls tomorrow morning

so the results will be in the next newsletter along with the first results of the first competitions. So

watch this space!

Mr. Artus, House Coordinator

Clubs and Activities

Club sign up

Club sign-up and registration is now

complete. This Term there are over 30

different after school clubs and activities on

offer at MIS. The ECA programme is running

from Monday to Thursday and offers

opportunities for students from years 7 to 13

to experience a wide variety of fun and

educational activities.

The clubs this term cover a range a

disciplines, some of which are preparing

students to enter into competition with other

schools, both academically and in the

sporting arena. The new offerings for 2017

include Rugby Club, Coding Club and

Mathletes.

The most popular clubs this term are MUN, Football, Netball, Badminton, Basketball, Karate and

Robotics. Some of these clubs are now full, if your son or daughter was not able to get into the

club that they wanted to this term then hopefully they will get their opportunity next term as club

sign-up will begin again for Term 2 soon.

A big thank you to all the teachers and support staff who are giving their time and energy as

without their commitment, enthusiasm and support an after school clubs programme would not

be possible.

Mr. Whitehead, ECA Coordinator


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Welcome to the New Teachers!

Mr. Rizwaan Ali, Teacher of Business and ICT

I feel very fortunate and excited to be teaching in such a culturally diverse

setting such as MIS. Having qualified in Manchester with a major in Economics in

2007, I have taught Economics, Business Studies, Computer Science and IT

across various settings in the Midlands in the UK and have thoroughly enjoyed

being part of the teaching profession for the past eight years. I am very much

looking forward to the challenges awaiting me in MIS and feel very enthusiastic

about the future.

Mr. Martyn Harrison, Head of Humanities

Hello, my name is Martyn Harrison. I hail from North Wales, close to Liverpool,

where I grew up an enthusiastic outdoorsman. I graduated from the University of

Bedfordshire in the mid-1990, and am currently a 15 year veteran of the teaching

profession. I started my career in the state system, working at Fort Pitt Grammar

School near London, before getting the travel bug and moving to China.

Consequently, I have worked in Ecuador, Brunei and Jeddah before starting my

new position at our fine school here in Mesaieed. I am a keen Asian History specialist and look

forward to bringing my experience to the students of MIS.

Mrs. Sabeena Hassan, Teacher of Mathematics

Having graduated with a Mathematics degree from Aston University, Birmingham,

I decided to go into teaching and did a PGCE from Goldsmiths College, University

of London, in 2007. Since then, I have had the privilege to teach in outstanding

schools in the UK, in both the state and independent sectors. I enjoy getting to

know pupils to a greater extent than just what they can achieve in the Math’s

classroom. I am thoroughly looking forward to working with staff, parents and

students at MIS, who have been immensely welcoming. Outside school, my interests include

travelling, studying different cultures, cooking different cuisines and spending time with my two

beautiful children. I believe my move to Qatar will allow me to fulfil my passions both personally

and professionally.

Mrs. Sarah Naili, Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages

Bonjour! My name is Madame Naili and I am very excited to have joined

Mesaieed International School this year! I am the new French teacher and I have

worked in the UK in a variety of schools in London. I have a degree in French and

Linguistics from Queen Mary University of London and a Post graduate PGCE in

MFL from the Institute of Education in London. I look forward to contributing to and


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developing the Languages department at MIS and hope to also develop myself professionally.

Dr. Steven Rishi

My name is Dr Steven Rishi and I am a teacher of Science and A-level Chemistry

at MIS. My undergraduate degree in Chemistry was completed in 2002 at the

University Of Birmingham, UK. Following this, I successfully completed my PhD

doctoral studies in Inorganic Chemistry in 2006. Before moving to Qatar, I was

teaching for 7 years in a secondary school in Birmingham. This is my

first teaching post abroad and I am very much looking forward to the challenge

of working at MIS with students from all around the world, an experience that

only an international school can offer.

Mr. Darren Shepley, Teacher of Science

My name is Darren Shepley, I was born in the UK however I have lived for most of

my life in Spain. I carried out my degree in Chemistry at the University of

Valencia. Before getting into teaching I worked in the chemical industry sector

as Head of Production and Research and Development for a pharmaceutical

company. After this, I carried out my PGCE at the University of Manchester and

have been working in the international school setting for the past 5 years

teaching Physics and Chemistry.

Mr. Irman Tariq, Head of Science

My Name is Irman Tariq and I have taken up the role of Faculty leader for

Science. I am a Biology specialist having studied Applied and Human Biology at

Aston University, Birmingham followed by a PGCE at Birmingham University. I

have been teaching Science for 12 years at various schools in Birmingham and I

have spent 6 years of this as Head of Science in a large mixed-ability school. I

am really looking forward to working at MIS and developing a world class

Science department that equips our students to achieve their aspirations in Science and to

contribute to Qatar’s National Vision.

Note: A PGCE is a post-graduate qualification in teaching

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