Primary Cambridge 2022-23

ውድ ወላጆች እና አሳዳጊዎች በጣም ቆንጆ 7 ሳምንታትን አሳልፈናል እናም ሁላችንም የሩብ ዓመትን እረፍት በጉጉት በመጠበቅ ላይ እንዳለን እርግጥ ነው፡፡ የሩብ ዓመት ዕረፍት ሰኞ ጥቅምት 5 እስከ አርብ ጥቅምት 9 ለተማሪዎች እና ለአስተማሪዎች ዝግ ይሆናል። በዚህ ጊዜ የትምህርት ቤቱ ቢሮ ክፍት እንደሆነ ይቆያል። የትምህርት ቤታችን ጋዜጣ ተያይዞ የሚገኝ ሲሆን ፤ ካምብሪጅ አካዳሚ ኢትዮጵያን ለሁሉም ተማሪዎቻችን የተሳካ ትምህርት ቤት ለማድረግ ለምትሰጡን ድጋፍ፣ አስተያየት እና ምክር እናመሰግናለን። ከልጆችዎ ጋር በዕረፍትዎ ይደሰቱ፡፡ ከአንድ ሳምንት በኋላ እንገናኛለን። ከሠላምታ ጋር, ኢቫ ኪያኮ ፍሬድ አቲንጋ የሁለተኛ ደረጃ መሪ መምህር የሁለተኛ ደረጃ መሪ መምህር

ውድ ወላጆች; ይህ መልእክት በሰላም እንደሚያገኛቹ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ። በካምብሪጅ አካዳሚ ኢትዮጵያ የተማሪዎቻችንን ስኬት እና ደህንነት ለማረጋገጥ የምታሳዩትን ድጋፍ እናደንቃለን። ባለፈው ወር በተካሄደው 'You Said We Did' ፕሮግራማችን ላይ እንደተገለፀው በካራቫን ሬስቶራንት በተዘጋጀው ቅምሻ ላይ የእርስዎን ጠቃሚ አስተያየት ታሳቢ በማድረግ የትምህርት ቤቱ አስተዳደር በትምህርት ቤቱ ቅጥር ግቢ ውስጥ ያለውን ካፊቴሪያ ለመቀየር ወስኗል። ለዚህ ለውጥ ዋናው ምክንያት ለተማሪዎች እና ለሰራተኞች የምግብ አማራጮችን ጥራት እና ልዩነት ለማሻሻል ነው.፡፡አዲሱ ካፊቴሪያ ጤናማ እና ጣፋጭ ምግቦችን፣ መክሰስ እና ለስላሳ መጠጦችን በተመጣጣኝ ዋጋ ያቀርባል። የትምህርት ቤቱ አስተዳደር ይህ ለውጥ የአመጋገብ ልምድ እና የትምህርት ቤቱን ማህበረሰብ እርካታ እንደሚያጎለብት ተስፋ ያደርጋል። ተያይዞ እባክዎን በካራቫን የተዘጋጀላችሁን የምግብ ሜኑ ይመልከቱ።እባክዎን ሁሉንም የምሳ ትእዛዞች በጊዜው ለማድረስ ከአንድ ሳምንት በፊት ትዕዛዝ መሰጠት እንዳለባቹ ልብ ይበሉ። ለተጨማሪ መረጃ እባክዎን ካፊቴሪያውን ይጎብኙ። ቀጣይነት ላለው ድጋፍዎ እናመሰግናለን።

Dear Parents and Guardians, I hope this message finds you well. We appreciate your ongoing support in ensuring the success and well-being of our students at Cambridge Academy Ethiopia. As indicated in the 'You Said We Did' session held last month followed tasting arranged by Karavan, your valuable feedback has been taken into account and the school administration has decided to change the cafeteria in the school compound. The main reason for this change is to improve the quality and variety of food options for the students and staff. The new cafeteria offers a range of healthy and delicious meals, snacks and beverages at affordable prices. The school administration hopes that this change will enhance the dining experience and the satisfaction of the school community. Attached please find the menu shared by Karavan. Please note that all lunch orders need to be placed one week in advance for timely delivery. For further details please visit the cafeteria. Thank you for your continued support.

Dear Parents and Guardians, I hope you are having a blessed week. Kindly note that the school will observe a half day on Friday the 11th of October 2023 on account of expected road closures for Irreecha Festival. The classes will end at 12:00 PM sharp. Kindly be prompt to pick your child on time. The school will reopen on Monday as normal. Thank you for your usual cooperation.

ውድ ወላጆች; መልካም ሳምንት እያሳለፋቹ እንደሆነ ተስፋ እናደርጋለን። ቅዳሜ የሚከበረውን የኢሬቻ በዓል አሰመልክቶ በሚኖረው የመንገድ መዘጋት ምክንያት ትምህርት ቤታችን ነገ አርብ መስከረም 25 ቀን 2016 ዓም እስከ ቀኑ 6፡00 ሰዓት ለግማሽ ቀን ብቻ ትምህርት የሚኖር መሆኑን እያሳወቅን እባክዎን ልጅዎን በሰዓቱ መጥተው በውሰድ እንዲተባበሩን ይሁን። መደበኛ የትምህርት መርሃግብሩ ሠኞ የሚቀጥል ይሆናል። ስለተለመደው ትብብርዎ እናመሰግናለን። ኦፕሬሽንስ ዳይሬክተር ዶ/ር መርጋ መኩሪያ

ውድ ወላጆች፣ ልናሳውቃቹ ቃል በገባነው መሰረት ፤ ረቡዕ መስከረም 16 የመውሊድ በዓል መሆኑን በኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ዛሬ መታወጁን እያረጋገጥን ፤ ረቡዕ መስከረም 16 ለመውሊድ በዓል እና ሐሙስ መስከረ4ም 17 ለመስቀል በዓል ትምህርት የማይኖረን መሆኑን እንገልፃለን። አርብ መደበኛ የትምህርተ ሂደቱ የሚቀጥል ይሆናል፡፡ ለሁልጊዜ ድጋፍዎ እናመሰግናለን። ከምስጋና ጋር, ዶ/ር ሰቴፈን ኤም.ዎከር ኤምኢዲ፣ማሰተርስ፣ፒኤችዲ የካምብሪጅ አካዳሚ ኢትዮጵያ ዋና ኃላፊ www.cambridgeethiopia.org +251 977141414 +251 977151515

Dear Parents, As promised here is an official notification that Wednesday, 27th September has been announced today by the Ethiopian Government as Mawlid holiday. Therefore the school will be closed on Wednesday the 27th September and Thursday the 28th for Meskel. The school will reopen on Friday as normal. Thank you for your usual cooperation. Warm regards, Dr Stephen M. Walker MEd, MSc, PhD Head of School Cambridge Academy Ethiopia www.cambridgeethiopia.org +251 977141414 +251 977151515

Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. We recently had a productive "You Said, We Did" meeting, during which we discussed several important topics related to our school and the education of our children. Please see the attached document as a summary of the input I gave in relation to quality improvement, teacher evaluation and the parent charter. Your input and concerns are invaluable to us, and we wanted to provide you with a summary of the key discussions and actions taken as a result: 1. Personal Social Education Curriculum: We are committed to enhancing our Personal Social Education curriculum to further support the holistic development of our students, we will ensure the concerns raised are addressed through the appointment of a qualified counsellor and a review of our PSHE curriculum. 2. Parent-Teacher Communication Platform: We are actively exploring options to improve our communication platform, making it more user-friendly and efficient for parents and teachers to stay connected. We expect the implementation to be concluded by the end of December. 3. Managing Increasing Student Numbers and Classroom Capacity: We are working on strategies to manage the increasing number of students, including optimizing class sizes and utilizing available resources effectively. We have a commitment to stay within our current 20:1 and 25:1 ratios. As reported our current student teacher ratio is 13:1, this is relatively low. 4. Teacher Retention: We are addressing concerns related to teacher turnover and working on retaining experienced and dedicated educators. We are confident that we have stalled the challenges we previously faced in this regard and we were happy to start the year with a full cohort of teachers. 5. Safety Rules: We are strengthening our safety protocols to ensure a secure learning environment for all students. We are becoming stricter in relation to ID cards and car stickers, our security are being continually updated in terms of their responsibilities and we are staffing more heavily the beginning and end of day routines. 6. Food Options: We are reviewing the food options available to students, focusing on healthier choices. We are committed to supporting parents in making healthy choices in their packed lunches and we are seeking to work with our catering partner to ensure food offered through our outlet is healthier and better quality. 7. Local Language Attention: We acknowledge the importance of local language and are taking steps to ensure it receives the attention it deserves in our curriculum. Our quality framework has a particular focus on local language learning and we recognise that this subject area requires improvement. 8. Homework Levels: We are revising the homework policy to strike a balance between academic rigor and the well-being of our students. We are seeking to ensure the amount of homework is manageable and is consistent within year groups and across subjects. 9. IGCSE Results Communication: We are very proud of our IGCSE results and we will ensure these results are celebrated via our social media channels. We greatly appreciate your input and engagement during the meeting. Your feedback helps us make meaningful improvements to the educational experience of our students. If you have any further questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us. Thank you for your continued support in our shared commitment to your child's education. Warm regards, Mark Whitfield CAE Board

Dear Parents, Thank you to all of you for your patience as we endeavor to streamline the drop-off and pick-up time of your children at school. We will be introducing some minor modifications to the present system so that we can enhance the safety and security of this process. Further communication will follow next week regarding this. I noticed that many cars are still not displaying CAE car stickers and there are also outstanding student IDs to be collected from reception. If I am to have watertight security and safety around your children, I need every car entering the campus to display car sticker and every child to be in receipt of their school ID. Therefore as of next Friday, the 29th of September no car will be allowed to enter the campus without car sticker and no child will be released without presentation of student ID. If you look at our school calendar as published on the school website, you will see that Wednesday, 27th September is marked as Mawlid and Thursday, 28th September as Meskel. We await confirmation for the exact date of Mawlid but we are definitely closed on Thursday 28th September. We are very pleased to share with you our second bimonthly newsletter of the new school year. Please find it attached to this email. Thank you for your continued support. Best wishes, Dr Stephen M. Walker MEd, MSc, PhD Head of School Cambridge Academy Ethiopia www.cambridgeethiopia.org +251 977141414 +251 977151515

ውድ ወላጆች, ይህ መልዕክት በሰላም እንደሚያገኝዎ ተስፋ እናደርጋለን።በትምህርት ቤታችን የተማሪዎቻችንን ስኬት እና ደህንነት ለማረጋገጥ እያበረከቱ ያሉትን ያላሰለሰ ድጋፍ እና አጋርነት እናደንቃለን። እንደሚታወቀው ለትራፊክ ምቹ ሁኔታ ሲባል  ባለፈው ሳምንት በትምህርት ቤቱ ግቢ የነበረው የትራፊክ ፍሰት ተቀይሯል። ነገር ግን የአቅጣጫ መቀያየሩ  በተለይ በመውጫ ሰዓት ላይ የሚታየውን የትራፊክ መጨናነቅ እንዲጨምር ማድረጉ ተስተውሏል። ስለዚህ የትራፊክ ፍሰቱ ከዚህ ቀደም ወደነበረበት ሁኔታ ከረቡዕ መስከረም 9 2016 ዓም ጀምሮ እንደሚመለስ ልናሳውቅዎ እንወዳለን። ለሁልጊዜ ትብብርዎ ልናመሰግንዎ እንወዳለን፡፡ ከምስጋና ጋር, ዶ/ር ሰቴፈን ኤም.ዎከር ኤምኢዲ፣ማሰተርስ፣ፒኤችዲ የካምብሪጅ አካዳሚ ኢትዮጵያ ዋና ኃላፊ www.cambridgeethiopia.org +251 977141414 +251 977151515

Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. We appreciate your ongoing support and partnership in ensuring the success and well-being of our students at Cambridge Academy Ethiopia. As you know, the traffic flow in the school compound was reversed last week for better facilitation of the traffic. However, it has been observed that the reversal of direction has added to the traffic congestion, especially at dismissal time. Therefore the traffic flow is going to be reversed back to how it was previously starting from Wednesday 20th September 2023. Thank you for your usual cooperation. Warm regards, Dr Stephen M. Walker MEd, MSc, PhD Head of School Cambridge Academy Ethiopia www.cambridgeethiopia.org +251 977141414 +251 977151515

ውድ ወላጆች, ይህ መልዕክት በሰላም እንደሚያገኝዎ ተስፋ እናደርጋለን።በትምህርት ቤታችን የተማሪዎቻችንን ስኬት እና ደህንነት ለማረጋገጥ እያበረከቱ ያሉትን ያላሰለሰ ድጋፍ እና አጋርነት እናደንቃለን። የካምብሪጅ አካዳሚ ኢትዮጵያ ቦርድ የቅርብ ጊዜውን የወላጅ ፎረም - 'You said, we did' ስብሰባ ላይ እንድትገኙልን ሲጋብዝዎ በጣም ደስተኛ ነው። የትምህርት ዳይሬክተራችን ማርክ ዊትፊልድ ስብሰባውን ይመራል፣ ነገር ግን ከትምህርት ቤቱ አስተዳደሮችም የሚነሱ ሃሳቦች ይኖራሉ ፣ የቦርዱ ሰብሳቢ ዶ/ር ገመቺስም በስብሰባው ላይ የሚገኙ ይሆናል። እነዚህ ስብሰባዎች የእርስዎን አስተያየት ለመስማት እና CAE በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ምርጥ እና በጣም ትምህርት ጥራት ላይ ያተኮረ ትምህርት ቤት እንዲሆን የምናደርገውን ነገር ሁሉ በደንብ እንድናሳውቅዎ ጥሩ መንገድ ናቸው። ቀጣይነት ያለው ለውጥን  ለማምጣት እየሰራናቸው ስላሉ ስራዎችም የምንነግርዎ ይሆናል፡፡ ቀን፡ መስከረም 3 ፣ 2016 ሰዓት፡- ከጠዋቱ 02፡30 እስከ 4፡00 ሰዓት ቦታ፡ አንደኛ ደረጃ አዳራሽ የእርስዎ መገኘት እና ተሳትፎ በጣም ይበረታታሉ። ጥሩ ተሳትፎ ያለው እና በመረጃ የተደገፈ የወላጅ ህብረትን መመስረት ለጋራ ግባችን በጣም ጥሩውን የትምህርት ሂደት ለተማሪዎቻችን ለማቅረብ አስፈላጊ ነው ብለን እናምናለን። የእርስዎ ድምጽ ጠቃሚ ነው፣ እና የእርስዎ አስተያየት እንዴት አወንታዊ ተፅእኖ እንዳለው ለማሳየት ጓጉተናል። ልጅዎን አምነው ስለሰጡን እናመሰግናለን፣ እና በስብሰባው ላይ እስክንገናኝ በጉጉት  እንጠብቃለን ፡፡ ከምስጋና ጋር, ዶ/ር ሰቴፈን ኤም.ዎከር ኤምኢዲ፣ማሰተርስ፣ፒኤችዲ የካምብሪጅ አካዳሚ ኢትዮጵያ ዋና ኃላፊ www.cambridgeethiopia.org +251 977141414 +251 977151515

IMPORTANT: PARENT FORUM ‘YOU SAID – WE DID’ Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. We appreciate your ongoing support and partnership in ensuring the success and well-being of our students at Cambridge Academy Ethiopia. The Board of Cambridge Academy Ethiopia is very happy to invite you to our latest Parent Forum - 'You said, we did' meeting. Mark Whitfield, our Education Director, will chair the meeting, but you can expect contributions from school management, also, the Chair of the Board, Dr Gemechis will be in attendance. These meetings are a great way for us to listen to your feedback and keep you well updated on all we are doing to ensure CAE becomes the best and most learner focused school in Ethiopia. We have so much to tell you about all the work we are doing to ensure continuous improvement. Date: 14th September 2023 Time: 08.30am to 10.00am Location: Primary Hall Your presence and participation are highly encouraged. We believe that an engaged and informed parent community is essential to our shared goal of providing the best possible educational experience for our students. Your voices matter, and we are eager to demonstrate how your feedback is making a positive impact. Thank you for entrusting us with your child's education, and we can't wait to see you at the meeting. Warm regards, Dr Stephen M. Walker MEd, MSc, PhD Head of School Cambridge Academy Ethiopia www.cambridgeethiopia.org +251 977141414 +251 977151515

IMPORTANT: PARENT FORUM ‘YOU SAID – WE DID’ Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. We appreciate your ongoing support and partnership in ensuring the success and well-being of our students at Cambridge Academy Ethiopia. The Board of Cambridge Academy Ethiopia is very happy to invite you to our latest Parent Forum - 'You said, we did' meeting. Mark Whitfield, our Education Director, will chair the meeting, but you can expect contributions from school management, also, the Chair of the Board, Dr Gemechis will be in attendance. These meetings are a great way for us to listen to your feedback and keep you well updated on all we are doing to ensure CAE becomes the best and most learner focused school in Ethiopia. We have so much to tell you about all the work we are doing to ensure continuous improvement. Date: 14th September 2023 Time: 08.30am to 10.00am Location: Primary Hall Your presence and participation are highly encouraged. We believe that an engaged and informed parent community is essential to our shared goal of providing the best possible educational experience for our students. Your voices matter, and we are eager to demonstrate how your feedback is making a positive impact. Thank you for entrusting us with your child's education, and we can't wait to see you at the meeting. Warm regards, Dr Stephen M. Walker MEd, MSc, PhD Head of School Cambridge Academy Ethiopia www.cambridgeethiopia.org +251 977141414 +251 977151515