On Tuesday 9th of May, the English Modern School (EMS) organised and hosted the QUESS U13, U14, U16 Boys’ Table Tennis. SEK-Qatar participated in the U13 and U14 competitions.

Squad: Abdur-Rahmaan Iqbal, Fares Elsayed, Filip Saric, Hyder Jinnah, Jaime Pombo, Jibran Samnani.

On Wednesday, 10th of May, SEK-Qatar participated in the QUESS U13, U14 Girls’ Table Tennis at EMS. Both SEK-Qatar’s players showed a fantastic performance in both the singles, and doubles. SEK-Qatar competed against EMS, and American Community School who presented the biggest squad of players, and won the overall.

On the Singles: Gabriela won 8 matches, and Virginia won 13 matches. With a total of 21 points, and average of 10.5. ACS with 9 players achieved a total of 16 points, averaging 1.7.

On the Doubles: SEK-Qatar won 6 matches. ACS’s highest total of wins was 8 matches.

SEK-Qatar were Runners-up. Well done, Gabriela and Virginia!

Squad: Gabriela Brito, Virginia Beghelli.

On Sunday 26th, ten Grade 4’s travelled to Qatar-Finland International School for the QPPSSA U10 Boys’ Basketball tournament.

International School of London Qatar 16-4 SEK-Qatar

Dukhan English School 4-0 SEK-Qatar

Qatar-Finland International School 4-6 SEK-Qatar

Doha College West Bay 10-2 SEK-Qatar

Qatar International School 4-0 SEK-Qatar

Squad: Álvaro Lozano, Aly Ibrahim, Aly Mazhar, Filip Loncaric, Jasem Paredes, Matthew Morais, Mohammed Alsuhaibani, Omar Al Maghrabi, Yazzan Soboh, Zain Khanafer.

On Monday 27th, it was time for the Grade 5’s to go on their tournament at Qatar-Finland International School.

QPPSSA U11 Boys’ Basketball tournament

Qatar International School 10-0 SEK-Qatar

Doha College West Bay 12-2 SEK-Qatar

Al Khor International School 6-4 SEK-Qatar

International School of London Qatar 2-10 SEK-Qatar

Dukhan English School 6-4 SEK-Qatar

Qatar-Finland International School 6-2 SEK-Qatar

Squad: Abdelrahman Awad, Darío Moreno, Gabriel Elbechouti, Guillermo López, Ignacio Narro, Khaled Saed, Leonardo Bettoni, Mohammed Al Rumaihi, Nicolás de la Cuesta, Yehia Elsokkar.

On Tuesday, 21st of March, the U14 Boys’ Football team travelled to the International School of London Qatar to compete on a QUESS tournament. SEK-Qatar competed on Group 1 against International School of London Qatar (ISLQ), Doha British School (DBS), Sherborne Qatar (Sher), Park House English School (PHS).

SEK 0 v 2 DBS

SEK 0 v 0 PHS

ISLQ 2 v 2 SEK

SEK 6 v 0 Sher

Squad: Jorge Brito, Riordan MacGregor, Fabián Escobar, Mario Elbechouti, Antranik Ohanian, Malek Ahmed, Khalid Al Zadjali, Alejandro Narro, Mohammad Gharaibeh.

On Wednesday, 22nd of March, it was time for the U14 Girls’ Football team to compete on the QUESS tournament. The event was hosted and organised by ISLQ. On the group stage, SEK played against American School of Doha, Al Jazeera Academy, Qatar Academy Al Khor. SEK played a fourth match against Doha College.

Squad: Zaynab Berriche, Konstantina Filippakopoulous, Sarah Gil, Mahya Bouaoud, Laila Shokair, Tsunami Ceballos, Ayesha Ayesha, Hana Elsokkary, Jana Salameh.

On the 21st of March, ten Grade 2 girls attend their QPPSSA (Year 3/Grade 2) U8 Girls’ Basketball tournament. The team was very excited about their participation, following the boys’ participation in the previous week. SEK played 5 matches, of 10 minutes each. With exceptional performances from Aina and Celia, the team improved as they progressed on the tournament, becoming Second Place overall.

These were the matches and results: Qatar-Finland International School 6 vs 2 SEK; Doha College West Bay 4 vs 2 SEK; SEK 4 vs 2 Qatar International School; Dukhan English School 4 vs 4 SEK; Nord Anglia International School Al Khor 0 vs 4 SEK.

Squad: Aina Vivas, Celia Lozano, Layla Al Lanjawi, Madison Smith, Matilde Bettoni, Mia Impellitteri, Noga Cohen, Noora Al Thani, Yasmeen Soboh, Zaina Al Muftah.

QPPSSA Grade 2 Girls’ Basketball – Runners up, in the QPPSSA Northern Divison 2016-2017.

On 22nd of March, Grade 3 girls competed in the QPPSSA U9 Girls’ Basketball tournament.

The Grade 3 girls had lots of fun taking part on this tournament of basketball, where they played against teams from Al Khor International School, Dukhan English School, Qatar International School, Nord Anglia International School Al Khor, Doha College West Bay, International School of London Qatar. They kept improving throughout, and got praised by the referees for being the team that showed better sportsmanship.

Squad: Ghala Gharaibeh, Leila Helin, Liv Muth, Jumana Moawad, Pamela Dahdah, Margherita Mino, María Constanza Ades, Shahad Al Romaihi, Sophia Khan.

SEK’s Player of the Tournament was María Constanza Top Scorer was Jumana Moawad, and Best Defender was Ghala Gharaibeh. Doha College West Bay hosted both tournaments.

On Sunday, 12th of March, Doha College West Bay hosted the QPPSSA (Year 3 NC UK/Grade 2 IB curriculum) U8 Boys’ Basketball tournament. The SEK-Qatar team walked to the school next door, in Al Farouq Street, West Bay area of the city, for the competition. The SEK-Qatar’s squad had to play against Qatar International School (QIS), Doha College West Bay (DC WB), Nord Anglia International School Al Khor (NAIS AK), and Dukhan English School.

The boys played well, and showed good teamwork. But, above all they really enjoyed taking part on the competition. SEK was 4th overall.

With points scored by Ali, Ioannis, and Vasco, these were SEK’s results on the matches:

SEK 0 vs 2 QIS

DC WB 4 vs 2 SEK

NAIS AK 0 vs 6 SEK

Dukhan 4 vs 4 SEK

Squad: Abdulaziz Al Fakhroo, Ali Amer, Diego Garrote, Elias Carbajo, Ioannis Augustt, Mihailo Izogin, Omar Aldari, Sahir Samnani, Salman Shaban, Vasco Romão.

Within the SEK-Qatar team, our Player of Tournament was Ali Amer, Top Scorer for SEK was Vasco Romão, and Best Defender was Mihailo Izogin.

On Monday, 13th of March, it was time for the Grade 3 pupils to attend the QPPSSA U9 Boys’ Basketball tournament.

Squad: Dominik Ulloa, Eitan Cohen, Gabriel George, Gabriel Loncaric, Humberto Baptista, Idriss McIntee, Javier Pombo, Kristijan Saric, Nasser Al Kuwari, Usayd Ansari.

With points scored by Javier and Kristijan, these were SEK’s results on the matches:

Al Khor International School 3 vs 0 SEK-Qatar

Qatar-Finland International School 0 vs 2 SEK-Qatar

SEK-Qatar 4 vs 7 Qatar International School

SEK-Qatar played 5th-6th Place match against Dukhan English School. With 4 points scored, SEK won the match by 4-2, finishing 5th overall.

On Tuesday 21st of February, a group of 31 PYP pupils from Grade 2 and Grade 3 attended the QPPSSA Y3 & 4 (G2 & 3) Outdoor Athletics meet at the American School of Doha. Accompanied by Ms. Dalila Rodrigues, Mr. Jack Hatch, and Mr. Diego Encinas, the very enthusiastic pupils, who had been practicing for their events over the past two weeks, had a great time.

The weather held, allowing all events to run safely. SEK Qatar crew was joined by a mass support from our pupils’ parents, who enthusiastically cheered throughout the afternoon. The Outdoor Athletics meet consisted of 32 separate events.

Year 3 Girls: 600M, 60M, 300M, Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, High Jump, Ball Throw, 4x100M Relay.

Year 3 Boys: 600M, 60M, 300M, Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, High Jump, Ball Throw, 4x100M Relay.

Year 4 Girls: 600M, 60M, 300M, Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, High Jump, Ball Throw, 4x100M Relay.

Year 4 Boys: 600M, 60M, 300M, Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, High Jump, Ball Throw, 4x100M Relay.

These were the individual results.

Girls 60 Meters Dash Y3 (G2) – 15^th place: Noora Al-Thani 12.81

Boys 60 Meters Dash Y3 (G2) – 17^th place: Yahya Isse 11.95

Girls 60 Meters Dash Y4 (G3) – 3^rd place: María Constanza Ades 10.30

Boys 60 Meters Dash Y4 (G3) – 4^th place: Carlos Belman 9.81

Girls 300 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 7^th place: Noga Cohen 1:09.67

Girls 300 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 5^th place: Vasco Romão 1:01.24

Girls 300 Meters Run Y4 (G3) – 11^th place: Vivienne Moore 1:10.09

Boys 300 Meters Run Y4 (G3) – 16^th place: Kristijan Saric 1:11.40

Please, note there some issues with the timing of the 600 meters races. The first 3 places were correct. For the other runners, the 4th place was given to all other schools.

Girls 600 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 4^th place: Madison Smith 5:55.55

Boys 600 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 4^th place: Nasser Darwish 5:55.55

Girls 600 Meters Run Y4 (G3) – 4^th place: Jumana Moawad 5:55.55

Boys 600 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 4^th place: Eitan Cohen 5:55.55

Girls 4×100 Meters Relay Y3 (G2) – 9^th place: Marissa Morais, Celia Lozano, Madison Smith, Noga Cohen 1:21.30

Boys 4×100 Meters Relay Y3 (G2) – 15^th place: Omar Adari, Ioannis Augustt, Vasco Romão, Mihailo Izogin 1:20.96

Girls 4×100 Meters Relay Y4 (G3) – 11^th place: Vivienne Moore, Jumana Moawad, Pamela Dahdah, Margherita Mino 1:19.18

Boys 4×100 Meters Relay Y4 (G3) – 8^th place: Javier Pombo, Dominik Ulloa, Eitan Cohen, Carlos Belman 1:09.34

Girls High Jump Y3 (G2) – 6^th place: Sabrina Gutiérrez 0.85m

Boys High Jump Y3 (G2) – 14^th place: Mihailo Izogin 0.80m

Girls High Jump Y4 (G3) – 7^th place: Margherita Mino 0.90m

Boys High Jump Y3 (G2) – 11^th place: Kristijan Saric 0.90m

Girls Ball Throw Y3 (G2) – 16^th place: Celia Lozano 8.40m

Boys Ball Throw Y3 (G2) – 9^th place: Sahir Samnani 21.70m

Girls Ball Throw Y4 (G3) – 15^th place: Laura Ahmad 10.23m

Boys Ball Throw Y4 (G3) – 16^th place: Humberto Baptista 19.21m

Girls Long Jump Y3 (G2) – 10^th place: Jana Shoukria 2.04m

Boys Long Jump Y3 (G2) – 9^th place: Ioannis Augustt 2.37m

Girls Long Jump Y4 (G3) – 1^st place: María Constanza Ades 2.65m

Boys Long Jump Y4 (G3) – 17^th place: Carlos Belman 1.88m

Girls Standing Triple Jump Y3 (G2) – 16^th place: Jenan Al Jallabi 2.70m

Boys Standing Triple Jump Y3 (G2) – 16^th place: Salman Shaban 3.30m

Girls Standing Triple Jump Y4 (G3) – 18^th place: Ghada Al Jassem 3.04m

Boys Standing Triple Jump Y4 (G3) – 14^th place: Sean MacLeod 3.90m

On the overall schools’ total results, SEK Qatar’s G2 finished in 16th place, and the G3 finished in 11th place.

Congratulations to all for the great participation, and enthusiasm! Keep practicing sports!

On the 26th of January, SEK Qatar celebrated the annual MYP Sports’ Day. The students competed in 8 different events, each one challenging the skills they developed in the Athletics unit. The stations included Shot put, Javelin, Vortex Throw, Broad Jump, Long Jump, Vertical Leap, 100m Sprint, and 1Km Run. The students demonstrated enthusiasm for the day, where they cheered for their classmates, and gave everything a go. Thanks to the excellent work of the Radio Stations, the students had music, and house point updates throughout the day. The celebration concluded with a Tug of War challenge, where the victorious Scorpions even managed to overthrow the teachers’ team. However, after calculating all the events’ points, the Oryx team were the overall winners, closely followed by Stingrays. Well done to all of those who participated on the day, and to the teachers’ collaboration, and parents who supported the event.

On Tuesday, 24th of January, the PYP Sports’ Day took place between 8h-12h. At the start of the day, for 1 hour, Pre-school 3 and Pre-school 4 pupils had their Sports’ Day hosted and organised by Grade 5’s pupils. The preparation and running of the event was of the full responsibility of Grade 5 pupils, who have been working on the Unit of Inquiry of Event Organisation. The activities were a combination of obstacle challenges, and throwing stations. Posterior to this event, between 9:50-12h, all 6 classes of Pre-school 5, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5 had their own Sports’ Day. The 8 stations involved javelin throwing, relay races, obstacle course, tug of war, football and basketball challenges. The day was marked with a big presence of parents who attended to support their children, and witness a very friendly, and cheerful atmosphere.

On the Overal Results of P5-G5:

1st Place with 319 points – Stingrays (Blue)

2nd Place with 279 points – Scorpions (Yellow)

3rd Place with 269 points – Falcons (Orange)

4th Place with 268 points – Oryx (Green)

SEK Qatar’s Overall Results of PYP Sports’ Day:

2013-2014 Stingrays

2014-2015 Stingrays

2015-2016 Falcons

2016-2017 Stingrays

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’

On Tuesday, 4th of October, the U19 Girls’ Volleyball squad competed on the QUESS tournament organised and hosted by Qatar Academy Doha. The young squad did well, and much enjoyed competing. Despite losing all 4 matches, the girls showed improvement as they recovered from the initial anxiety of the first match. The tournament was played as a round-robin, first set to 25 points (win by two or, first to 30 points). Here are the results:

Doha College v SEK Qatar 25-5

SEK Qatar v Al Khor International School 26-28

SEK Qatar v Qatar Academy Doha 14-25

SEK Qatar v Park House 13-25

Congratulations to runner-up Park House English School, and to Doha College for the first place. Well done to all!

Squad: Adriana Abella, Isabel Pérez, Isabella A. Jiménez, Claudia Montalvo, Gabriela de la Cuesta, Salma El-Bechouti, Emilia Montalvo, Katerina Darby, Rafaella Becerra, Victoria Pérez.