Children entering Durham School Dubai in EYFS start Foundation Stage 1 in the September after their third birthday.
The Early Years Foundation Stage is a two-year phase. Teaching assistants support the class teachers in the delivery of the curriculum and specialist teachers deliver carousel activities in Art, Music and Computing, as well as an informal approach to Arabic. The children in Foundation Stage will also love visiting the Library each week.
The children have a dedicated play area featuring a range of activities, including wheeled vehicles, keeping them fully occupied at break times! Our talented and experienced staff provide a range of changing outdoor play activities such as water, sand, mark making and small world. The learning environments are a hive of activity providing the children with a range of multi-sensory activities.
The children get the opportunity to play outdoors for most of the year and eat their lunch indoors in our fantastic canteen. Foundation Stage children will spend an increased amount of curriculum time outdoors during the cooler months with art, physical, creative, mathematical and language tasks and resources available outside.
Early Years in Durham School Dubai will be a delightful experience filled with exciting learning opportunities and lots of fun! We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum which is broken down into 7 areas further divided into Prime and Specific areas.
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.
Our classrooms and outdoor areas are organised to allow children to explore and learn securely and safely. At Durham School Dubai, we believe that children learn through play and this is part of the continuous work in the Foundation Stage. It is the natural way for children to learn and it is a vehicle that provides access to the curriculum and a useful approach to learning.
Opportunities to enrich the curriculum are developed through trips and visitors. Parents are invited into school to attend school productions that are appropriate to the children’s age.
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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An English professional footballer who plays for Manchester City. Stephanie has also played for England and captained the women's national team.
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Former English rugby Union international and successful coach notably with the Australian national team.
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