Dear PYP Parents,
We are pleased to announce that Fairgreen will be continuing to support students in participating in the Junior Duke Program, an extra-curricular international Life Skills Awards program for primary aged children in grades KG2-5. If your child is already registered for this programme, you do not need to register again. For children not yet registered, please read more about the award scheme and follow the directions below to register.
Do you want your child to join Junior Dukes at Fairgreen? We all hope that our children succeed in school, achieve good results and go on to do great things with their lives. However, their general wellbeing and happiness plays a huge part in his or her future success. For this reason, we agree that working on helping our children to develop their self-confidence and independence from an early age is crucial.
We often hear in the news that our 'young people' are leaving school ill-equipped to manage in the modern workplace (as well as with the ups and downs of early adulthood) and that there is a general lack of suitable life skills. The Mini and Junior Duke is there to help with that by giving children the opportunity to participate in a variety of new experiences. It teaches them that it is good to 'have a go' and challenges them to learn new and varied skills from an early age.
By enrolling in the award, children will learn that you may not always succeed the first time and that is okay. This helps them to develop the resilience they will need throughout their lives. This Award has been running in schools since 2007 and has helped thousands of children aged 5 to 11 to realise their abilities and, for some, to discover new talents and passions.
In 2019/20 the award has been trialed in the United Arab Emirates, the first international country to launch the UK scheme. It has been adapted to include four additional challenges linked to life in the UAE and living abroad. Each of the new challenge sections are progressive and follow the same ethos as the original award challenges. The international additions include Moral Education, World Diversity, Local Sustainability and Local knowledge.
Sincerely,
Rachael Wilding International Junior Dukes Ambassador
Why do I want my child to be part of the Mini Duke and Junior Duke Awards?
How can I sign up my child?
STEP 1: Sign up your child by completing the form on this LINK.
STEP 2: Payment of AED100 can be done via SchoolBuddy website - LINK
DEADLINE: The payment will need to be made by 15 January, 2021 If you have any questions about the programme, please email Lirene Burger, Grade 2 Teacher and Junior Duke Ambassador at lburger@fairgreen.ae
Additional information about the program: Website: http://juniorduke.com/
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