{"id":7668,"date":"2016-02-25T09:22:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T05:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/en\/?p=7668"},"modified":"2016-02-25T17:43:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T13:43:15","slug":"newsletter-2016-%c2%b7-23th-of-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ds-doha.de\/en\/newsletter-2016-%c2%b7-23th-of-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 2016 \u00b7 23th of February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Impressions of events<\/strong><\/p>\n

End of first semester music project<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the first semester the primary school students rehearse in the \u201cDance and Drum\u201d activity as a project the songs \u201eThe Lion Sleeps Tonight \u201cfrom Solomon and the famous and traditional South African folk song \u201eShosholaza\u201d.
\nThe students in the higher grades have decided for the song \u201eAstronaut\u201c from Sido featuring Andreas Bourani. Perhaps a way to draw their audience\u2019s attention on current world affairs. Although the project ended with a performance which lasted only 25 minutes the audience left the auditorium with a big smile on their face. In this way the students wanted to wish everybody a happy end of the first term to everyone.<\/p>\n

Some statements to it:<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u201cWe are excited to watch the next performance, one of the parents whose child participated in the event said.
\n\u201cIt was original and it was nice to be able to read in the student\u2019s shining faces excitement and self-confidence\u201d:
\n\u201cThe rehearsal was boring because we keep repeating the same things until everything was. Our teacher was encouraging us.\u00a0 I am proud of the result and I understand now better that we have to be patient and endure especially while working with others.\u201c
\nCarnegie Mellon University \u2013 Experiments in the Bio Lab<\/strong>
\nAs part of a biotechnology project recently pupils of grade 9 and 10 visited the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar on the premises of the Qatar Foundation. The students were accompanied by Dr. Shomar, as well as principal Dirk Dillschneider, both teach the subject biology at the school. The student group breathed University air and was supported by Dr. Annette Vincent, Ph.D. (Assistant Teaching Professor, Biological Science) who provided information on the current state of research in the field of bacteriophages. In addition, the student Aya Hassan gave a short lecture on the scientific work. The group of students could then extract under the guidance in the Bio-Labs of the University the DNA (genetic material) of strawberries and had much fun. They were supported by Biology students from the University. Again a big thank\u2019s to Dr. Vincent and her team.<\/p>\n\n\t\t