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 5 have been working on the Unit of Inquiry of Games. Pupils learnt and practiced different invasion games: touch rugby, basketball, and football. During theory and inquiry, pupils reflected on the key aspects of concepts such as teamwork, individual roles, and communication. During practice, pupils had a chance to apply new rules, team strategies, and to practice sportsmanship.

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’

Grade Threes have been working on the Unit of Inquiry of Our Place In The World. The Physical Education subject integrated this Unit under the strand of Adventure Challenge. During the lessons, pupils experienced activities, such as treasure hunt games, trust games, cross-country, and orienteering, that had a focus on working through the concepts of teamwork, trust, and communication skills.

As part of their final assessment, on Sunday the 30th of October, pupils and staff travelled to Aspire Park, where four groups completed a different Orienteering Course according to geographical location in the Park. The courses were defined as “North Course”, “East Course”, “South Course”, and “West Course”, and pupils answered geographic questions in relation to their location, “our place in the World”.

On Tuesday, 11th of October, the U16 Girls’ Volleyball squad travelled to Al Khor International School (AKIS) to compete on the QUESS tournament. The tournament had the participation of eight teams. Pool A and B had four teams each competing a round-robin, first set to 25 points (win by two or, first to 30 points). Winner of Pool A played runner-up of Pool B, and winner of Pool B played runner-up of Pool A. In Pool A competed: Al Khor International School, Sherborne Qatar team B, Qatar Academy Doha, Doha College. In Pool B competed: Doha British School (DBS), Park House English School (PH), SEK Qatar, Sherborne Qatar team A. Here are the results of our SEK team:

DBS 25-13 SEK

PH 25-21 SEK

Sher. A 19-25 SEK

Doha College won the U16 Girls’ Volleyball tournament, and Qatar Academy Doha were runners-up.

There were some great performances from all teams. It was fantastic to watch! Well done, Girls! Thank you to AKIS P.E. team for organising, and hosting the tournament.

Squad: Claudia Montalvo, Gabriela de la Cuesta, Emilia Montalvo, Katerina Darby, Rafaella Becerra, Victoria Pérez, Tsunami Ceballos.

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.

The Physical Education team would like to welcome all to the Academic Year 2016-2017. Ms. Dalila Rodrigues is now joined by Mr. Jack Hatch, and Ms. Jessie Anderson. We would like to wish all a wonderful academic year.

As we end the third academic year, from the opening of SEK International School Qatar, the Physical Education Team would like to cheer for yet another successful year. There were some great accomplishments within the curriculum, in the interdisciplinary collaborations, and achievements in the extra-curricular sports participations. We would like to wish all pupils a great Summer break. Keep practicing sports, while you are not watching the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Best wishes!