Drop Everything And Read Day
Monday 30 April was Drop Everything And Read Day at Rashid School. The focus of the day was to celebrate reading and began with an assembly, led by headmaster, Mr. Kilsby and was then followed by a few minutes of silent reading by all students and staff. Mr Kilsby introduced the day by talking about the different technologies available that now enable us all to read, from using hand held devices such as e-readers and tablets, to more traditional printed books. Teachers then dedicated part of their lessons throughout the day to a variety of activities to encourage students to read to support their learning.
Borneo Trip 2012
Year 12 students are travelling to Borneo in April where they will experience trekking through tropical rainforest, wildlife river safaris, white water rafting and will climb to the top of Mount Kinabalu which is a height of 4100m above sea level.
The boys will spend time in a jungle village and experience the food, hospitality and culture of these welcoming people. A true once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Read about their adventures on twitter here https://twitter.com/#!/rsbexpedition
Matt Roberts Visits RSB
Fitness trainer, Matt Roberts, came to Rashid School for Boys on Thursday 8 March to give a motivational and interactive talk on health and fitness to students across the secondary school. Matt was in Dubai to take part in the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature but took time out to visit RSB.
Year 12's Learn App Programming
Year 12 High School Diploma students are learning how to program Apps for Android mobile phones and web browsers. This is part of the new "Computer Programming" course offered by the ICT department.
Recently there is renewed interest among educators in many countries for schools to return to teaching the principles of computer science so that we can enable a new generation of young people to create applications and content for the web.
Here is an example of what they have been doing. More examples will follow as they are completed
Click "read more" to play the game online (requires up to date version of Internet Explorer, Safari or Firefox)