04 April 2026
073/Par/25
Dear Parents,
I hope you all are safe and well. As a precautionary measure in response to governments’ high priority to the safety of the UAE population, a directive has been issued by the Ministry of Education that online learning period has been extended to Friday 17th April at this time. This is subject to amendment by the government should they decide to alter this.
As we are dealing with a number of factors out of our control in bringing distance learning to your children, this needs to be seen as an ongoing procedure. The school has a very diverse parent body, with many different commitments, circumstances and requirements we have been trying to accommodate these in our planning. However, when providing for students with an age range 4-18 it is not always possible to accommodate all individual requests across the school as requirements are often age related. If your family finds that they are having difficulty accessing distance learning, then please email admin@fpa.sch.ae. I would like to thank the majority of our parents for the positive interface and collaboration given, however, a polite reminder to all, that communication with the school staff should remain respectful and conversations polite as they are trying to assist. We understand that that the situation is stressful for all and this does include the faculty of the school and the support staff.
Commencing Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th we will be offering mainly live lessons, but seesaw will be used for messaging, and the uploading work for marking. Specific instructions will be sent on seesaw for accessing of timetables and links for the lessons these will be sent under the direction of Ms Nicky Mackenzie Head of Primary, Ms Nicola Kelly Head of Middle School and Executive Headteacher, Ms Jan Brettingham- Head of Secondary and Principal and Mr Mamdouh Salah Head of Arabic Curriculum.
As students may need items from school, we are asking that you email admin@fpa.sch.ae with the full name of the student, first name of father, family name, name of teacher plus class so they can find the correct books. This message can be on What’s App on the school mobile 050 434 5358 or by email as above. This will allow the administrator organizing this process to obtain materials quickly and will call to collect them from security. We ask that you please check for SMS messages from the school as I will send these for urgent communication.
With strength and unity, we will get through this challenging period together as one nation.
Yours sincerely,
Jan Brettingham
Principal