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RANCHES PRIMARY SCHOOL
DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL IN EACH STUDENT
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“
haring is caring” this is a
cliché we have been hearing
our entire lives. But when it
comes to education, sharing is
indeed caring, and all schools should
be sharing good practice.
Why should your school be sharing
good practice? The answer is simple,
every school has good practice to
share. Good practice is something
that sets your school apart. A school
that shares its “secret sauces” with
other schools is a school that grows. If
everyone in the world kept knowledge
and good ideas to themselves, there
would be no innovation. Ranches
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Nov - Dec 2018
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Primary School understands and
embraces this concept of sharing
good practice.
Ranches Primary school (RPS) is a
British Curriculum School located in
the Arabian Ranches 2 neighbourhood
of Dubai. We were made aware of the
good practice taking place in this
school via twitter. Several members of
the Ranches staff are active on “Edu
twitter” so much so that two members
of the school’s staff were recognised
as finalists in the 2018 Middle East
Education Influencer Award, Liam
Marshall and Andi Price.
Class Time
In this issue of Teach Middle East
Magazine we benefit from learning
about some of the great ideas
and innovation taking place in this
school. Before we delve further into
this article, pls answer the following
question. What would you do if your
principal told you to make sure that
your classroom did not have a desk
and a chair for every child? How would
you organise the space? This is the
challenge Samantha Steed, Principal
of Ranches Primary school posed to
her staff at the start of the academic
year. Keep reading to find out how
the staff at Ranches responded to this
challenge.