It is not just all fun in school - life in BISAK extends across the Middle East. Two weekends ago, three Year 5 students played as part of a BISAK Under 11 team in Dubai. The team only had the bare minimum of seven players, so despite winning their group on the first day and qualifying for the Cup group, exhaustion caught up with them and they eventually finished third overall. Well done to Mohammed, Alexi and Matthew - we're still waiting for their version of events so that we can add it to the blog here.
I have had a great year so far- I have just come back from the football tournament in Dubai. The trip was exciting and fun. I was heading to Bahrain airport and I was the most excited boy on earth. We were all worried because one of our players had been sick and we thought he would not come. Luckily he was fine and we all got on the airoplane with Mr Ashford and Mr Leak.
When we arrived in Dubai we had our own bus to take us to the Premier Inn where we stayed. I shared a room with Basil and Angus and we all went to sleep to make sure we were able to play football the next day.
Our first match on Friday was against Rashid Boys School and we lost 4-1 which made us sad. We all tried even harder in our next 3 games and we won them all. We were at the top of the league at the end of the first day and we were very happy but tired.
After all our hard work we had a treat when we went to the Mall of the Emirates which was good fun.
We qualified for the Cup section of the tournament which was on Saturday. We played another 3 games and we won one friendly match but lost the other 2 cup games. We came 3rd in the tournament. We did win the Respect Award for sportsmanship which made us very proud.
I had a wonderful time.
Matthew Gair 5S
In the meantime, we are setting a caption competition: we'd like to know what you think Mohammed is thinking about Alexi's flamboyant celebrations in the first picture above, or what it is you think Matthew has seen and is pointing at in the second picture. Post your captions as a blog comment below.
Finally, well done to Mrs. Joseph, who is our first parent to post a comment on the blog when she was answering Valerio's maths puzzles. Come on parents, we'd like to see more of your comments posted!
