An education that challenges young people to make a difference in the world.
An education that challenges young people to make a difference in the world.
As your son or daughter moves from Early Years to Key Stage One (KS1) in Durham School Dubai, a more formal approach to lessons begins.
The learning environments are well resourced and maintained providing the children with a range of multi-sensory activities. All classrooms have interactive whiteboards to support the children’s learning. Display areas celebrate the children’s work across all curriculum areas.
The pupils have a dedicated outdoor area to allow curriculum activities to take place outside of the classroom alongside activities that keep them fully occupied at break time. There are two breaks during the school day. During the break times, the children get the opportunity to play and to eat their snack.
At Durham Dubai we use a structured approach to teaching children how to use phonic sounds in their reading and writing, with the aim that children become fluent readers and accurate spellers.
We teach early reading through the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised systematic, synthetic phonics programme.
When children join us in FS1 they are first introduced to our Little Wandle programme, laying the foundation for phonics.
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A smooth transition takes place between Foundation and Key Stage One. Pupils in KS1 follow the English National Curriculum. We have adapted this slightly to ensure our curriculum is culturally engaging and teaches skills for our pupils to become global citizens. The structure of the curriculum is as follows: English, Mathematics, Science, Arabic Language and Islamic Education (for Muslim pupils) are the core subjects in addition to the foundation subjects of History, Geography, Design Technology and Art.
Subject specialists deliver art, design and technology, computing, music, French and PE and swimming programmes. Links across the curriculum are made wherever possible and all activities are planned and delivered to maximise first-hand experience and respond to differing learning styles. Role play continues to be used as a way of developing expressive language skills; role play areas change regularly in classrooms and central areas.
Wherever possible, children are taken out of school for activities that support and enrich the curriculum, for example, the Y1 pupils may visit a local science museum where they get the opportunity to engage in many ‘hands on’ practical activities. Y2 pupils may visit a local wildlife park as part of their study of animals in the local environment. Similarly, visitors with special skills and experience are invited into class to further enrich the curriculum.
Little Wandle is the UK government approved synthetic phonics scheme we use to teach children how to read and this is supplemented with Oxford Reading Tree books to ensure an individual approach for our children, providing further depth and breadth. Our Mathematics will be broadly based on the White Rose scheme. However, give full autonomy to our talented and experienced teachers when planning engaging lessons for our pupils.
A smooth transition takes place between Foundation and Key Stage One. Pupils in KS1 follow the English National Curriculum. We have adapted this slightly to ensure our curriculum is culturally engaging and teaches skills for our pupils to become global citizens. The structure of the curriculum is as follows: English, Mathematics, Science, Arabic Language and Islamic Education (for Muslim pupils) are the core subjects in addition to the foundation subjects of History, Geography, Design Technology and Art.
Subject specialists deliver art, design and technology, computing, music, French and PE and swimming programmes. Links across the curriculum are made wherever possible and all activities are planned and delivered to maximise first-hand experience and respond to differing learning styles. Role play continues to be used as a way of developing expressive language skills; role play areas change regularly in classrooms and central areas.
Wherever possible, children are taken out of school for activities that support and enrich the curriculum, for example, the Y1 pupils may visit a local science museum where they get the opportunity to engage in many ‘hands on’ practical activities. Y2 pupils may visit a local wildlife park as part of their study of animals in the local environment. Similarly, visitors with special skills and experience are invited into class to further enrich the curriculum.
Little Wandle is the UK government approved synthetic phonics scheme we use to teach children how to read and this is supplemented with Oxford Reading Tree books to ensure an individual approach for our children, providing further depth and breadth. Our Mathematics will be broadly based on the White Rose scheme. However, give full autonomy to our talented and experienced teachers when planning engaging lessons for our pupils.
Academic ambition for all pupils underpins life at Durham with individual attention supporting all learners.
Opportunities in sport, music, drama and the arts supported by an extensive co-curricular programme ensure that talent is identified and nurtured.
Academic ambition for all pupils underpins life at Durham with individual attention supporting all learners.
Opportunities in sport, music, drama and the arts supported by an extensive co-curricular programme ensure that talent is identified and nurtured.
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