Life on the Spot! Life and Leisure in Doha, Qatar

Doha Montessori and British School held its Sports Day for the KG-Year 2 classes on December 13.  It was a two and a half hour non-competitive sports event where children from the said classes participated in different sports activities.  My daughter Xianelle almost didn’t attend the Sports day.  She had been having fever for 3 consecutive nights and although she managed to go to school the next day, we thought it best for her to miss the Sports day so she could rest.  We figured going to school on that day would only make her sicker since she would have to engage in physical activities. 

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November 29 marked the celebration of International Day at the Doha Montessori and British School (DMBS).  This was the school's way of recognizing the various nationalities that consist the DMBS community.  As of this term, it is said that the school's population comprises of students from over 50 different countries.  In Philippine schools  this is like United Nations Day.

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It’s Thursday and the last day of school for the week. It’s actually her first week in the big school. Classes opened on Tuesday, September 4. As a newcomer, we were told to bring Xiane from between 8:15 and 9:15 in the morning and to go straight to the office for some briefing. Xiane drove us to school at 8:30 in the morning. We found the list of pupils per class posted at the gate. Naturally, we went looking for Xiane’s name on the KG4 class where we thought she would be.

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Xianelle will be going to Doha Montessori and British School or DMBS. After the waiting game she and her friend Princess finally got their place at the school and we were able to register them just before we left for our vacation in May. Sunday, August 19. I called the school to ask about the start of classes. Their classes start on the 4th September.

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I, along with our friends Sandro and Dimple have spent the last two days scouting for a school that our daughters would attend in September 2007.  There are actually a lot of schools around, the only problem is that it is very difficult to get a placements in these schools. Being British schools, they mostly give priority to British passports, especially DESS, as it is sponsored by the British Embassy. We are still in the application process, i.e. submission of application forms along with other required documents. For most of them, the processing of application as well as the assessment of applicants will only start in March. This is quite a dilemma for us since we are about to have our vacation in a couple...

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