On Monday, 28th of November, the U16 girls’ basketball team travelled with coaches Mr. Muhammad McIntee-Masud and Ms. Zisin Lee to compete on the QUESS U16 Girls’ Basketball Tournament at Qatar International School (QIS). The SEK International School Qatar’s squad played against three other schools.

On the first match, SEK faced QIS, with Katerina scoring 2 points, and Victoria 8 points for SEK Qatar. Final result saw a win of 10 points to 2 points for SEK. On the second match, against Dukhan English School, SEK scored a total of 10 points to 2 points from Dukhan. Gabriela scored 4 points, and Victoria another 6 points. On the third match, SEK played against a very strong side from Doha College, losing 7-9. Gabriela scored 2 points, Katerina 2 points, Victoria 3 points. On the last match, versus Al Khor International School, SEK won by 12-9. Gabriela scored 6 points, Salma 2 points, Katerina 2 points, Victoria 2 points.

SEK players’ highlights:

Victoria had the hot shot of the evening. With solid use of the backboard. Great job bringing basketball up the court.

Gabriela had a great laying-up the centre of the key. She was fast driving up the court.

Great defense from the forwards, owned their zone. Forwards also did a great job squaring up, and rebounding, especially on defense, with Katerina continuously blocking shots from opponents.

Overall, the team played a fast paced hustle. They communicated well, and supported each other in defense and offence.

With 39 points scored, SEK Qatar finished in 1st place, winning the QUESS U16 Girls’ Basketball Tournament of 2016-2017.

Squad: Gabriela de la Cuesta, Katerina Darby, Salma El-Bechouti, Tsunami Ceballos, Victoria Pérez.

Keep up the great work!

On Tuesday, 8th of November, SEK International School Qatar had its first participation on the Qatar Private Primary Schools Sports Association (QPPSSA). This sports league programme is designed to implement, and promote sports events between schools with primary years education. Together with Ms. Dalila Rodrigues and Mr. Diego Encinas, a team of grade 4 and 5’s pupils travelled to the International School of London Qatar (ISLQ) to compete on the QPPSSA Grade 5 Girls’ Football tournament. Despite the lack of experience, and little practice, the team kept a very enthusiastic and cheerful mood throughout the tournament.

QPPSSA G4 & G5 Girls’ Football
Grade 5
Pool A: Doha College West Bay, Dukhan English School, Nord Anglia International School Al Khor
Pool B: Qatar International School (QIS), SEK International School Qatar, International School of London Qatar (ISLQ), Al Khor International School (AKIS).
Grade 4
Doha College West Bay, Nord Anglia International School Al Khor (NAIS AK), International School of London Qatar, Qatar International School.

Each match was played up to 10 minutes. On Game 1, SEK faced QIS, losing 4-1. Marta Abella scored the goal for SEK Qatar. The team then watched Game 2 ISLQ vs AKIS, and Game 3 QIS vs ISLQ. On Game 4, AKIS and SEK opposed each other on a close game which, resulted on a win for AKIS 1-0. Game 5, and last on Pool B saw ISLQ vs SEK. ISLQ played a very good game, and won it with six goals to nil. After conclusion of the Pool B matches, SEK Qatar and NAIS AK played a friendly match before heading back to Al Farouq Street. Well done to all the girls who showed great sportsmanship.

Squad: Al Maha Al Dehaimi (Grade 4B), Essma Nechi (Grade 4B), Julia Ramírez (Grade 4B), Lucia Fernández (Grade 4A, captain), Lujayne Bouaoud (Grade 5A), Mahrya Arif (Grade 4A), Marta Abella (Grade 5A), Naia Manjón (Grade 5B), Paula Manjón (Grade 5A).

A big thank you to ISLQ for organising and hosting the competition.

Grade 4 have been inquiring into what it means to resolve conflict. In Physical Education this has taken the form of being a referee. Pupils have experienced a variety of activities, and worked together on to resolve arising conflicts in their teams.

Grade 4 explored the way that players and referees interact in different sports, and decided how they should behave when talking to officials and one another. The clip below was shown to the students, it demonstrates how players interact with a referee in a game of rugby. The grade fours thought the players showed respect, listened, and took on board what the referee was saying. They also discussed how effective Nigel Owens was as a referee, and why he was successful. After the discussion students agreed that he was successful because, he was “clear”, “calm”, “spoke with confidence”, and “knew the rules of his game”.

We discussed the title of the video “This is not Soccer”, we agreed that even though football is a fantastic sport, sometimes the players are not the best role models for interacting with respect with officials of their game.

Take 2 minutes of your time to watch this video: Referee Nigel Owens tells off Tobias Botes – ‘This in not Soccer’