Dear Parent,

At Winchester School, we strive to provide various opportunities to our students to enhance the 21st century skills. We are pleased to announce the opportunity to participate in The World Scholars Cup as a step towards this endeavour. This event enhances learning skills like leadership, effective collaboration, problem-solving, critical thinking, and adaptability. For further information on World Scholar’s Cup, please feel free to log on to the link: http://www.scholarscup.org/

Given below are the details of the event.

DUBAI I REGIONAL ROUND

Venue: SUNMARKE SCHOOL & INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL DUBAI

Cost: AED 390/- per student

Date: Saturday, 18th to Monday, 20thMarch 2023

*Saturday,18th & Monday,20th March is for Junior division Sunday,19th &Monday, 20th March is for Senior division

Time: 8:30 am to 7:00 pm (Subject to change)

I would also like to inform you that the school will not be providing transport for the competition. All parents are requested to drop their children to the venue and pick them up from the venue. The schedule will be shared with the participating students.

Please note all Scholar’s who qualify in the Regional Round 1 will then move on to participate in the Global Round which will be held in Doha, Qatar from June 29, 2023—July 4, 2023. Details for the same will be shared with all the qualifying participates (not compulsory) If your child is interested in participating in this event, register your child by paying the respective amount by Friday, 17th February, 2023.

We request you to kindly pay online through GEMS Parent Portal/GEMS Connect. Please refer to the attached guidelines for GEMS Parent Portal/GEMS Connect payment.

Note: In case of log in issues please email: Helpdesk_win@gemsedu.com

Further details about the program will be shared with the registered participant’s parents.

If you have any questions please do email Ms. Amanda Po, Head of year 9 at Amanda.p_win@gemsedu.com or myself. Looking forward to your child’s active participation.

Yours sincerely,

Anna Francis Cherukara

Head of Innovation and Curriculum Enrichment

Anna.c_win@gemsedu.com