Teach Middle East Magazine Jan - Mar 2020 Issue 2 Volume 7 | Page 26

Featured School
subjects on our curriculum
and student achievement
As with many schools who offer a
high quality provision in the arts, Al
Dhafra has seen that this strategy has
a positive impact in other areas of the
curriculum and school life. “We have
seen a year on year improvement
in nearly all of our more academics
subjects, including Mathematics and
Science subjects. The school is a US
College Board Center and over the
past few years, the students have
achieved some of the highest SAT
scores ever, in both Mathematics
and English. Our Grade 12 students
have also excelled in the Ministry of
Education (MoE) assessments, in both
Arabic and Islamic Studies, with 100%
of graduating students being accepted
in universities, both here in the UAE
and across the world.
Through developing a more creative
and engaging curriculum, the students’
learning has been enhanced in so
many ways, with the children making
links between the different areas of
study. For example, in preparation for
the UAE National Day, middle school
students were involved in a technical
drawing activity where they chose
landmarks such as the Grand Mosque
and Burj Khalifa, and learned how
to create scaled drawings of their
chosen buildings. This task supported
their mathematical and scientific
understanding,
whilst
through
adopting a thematic approach, the
art work also supported the topics
being covered in UAE Social Studies
and extracurricular activities. The
middle school girls were also involved
in preparing a traditional Emirati
dance, at the same time, which they
performed at the Ministry of Finance,
as part of the Etisalat National Day
celebrations.
Al Dhafra Private School is extremely
proud of the work of their young
artists, their levels of excellence and
the impact which their work has had
on the life of the whole school.
Through their experiences of studying
the arts, we are sure that they will lead
more successful lives, whilst creating
many special memories which will last
forever.
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