Teach Middle East Magazine September 2014 Issue 1 Vol. 2 | Page 20

Featured School

there are few facilities in Abu Dhabi
to cater to the educational needs
of these children. A few years ago,
the leadership in the school took the
decision to use the expertise, within the
school, to set up what is now known as
The Oasis Room.
This is a facility designed specifically
to support students who may have a
learning difficulty such as Dyslexia,
Dyscalculia (difficulty with numbers),
developmental delays and speech or
language difficulty. It also caters to

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students who are new to the English
National Curriculum and need extra
support. The staff are very skilled and
work very hard to enable students to
make progress by providing lessons that
are relevant to the students’ readiness
and developmental needs as well as
their learning styles and interests.
Al Muna Primary’s gifted students
have been introduced to programmes
to motivate them further towards
achieving their highest potential.
Special programmes have been

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designed in particular to promote
gifted UAE nationals, which make up
twenty-seven per cent of the school’s
student population. Examples of this
include a music-mixing workshop that
was recently conducted by popular
Dubai One DJ Saif Al-Naji, who
encouraged the students to work hard
because there are many exciting job
opportunities, like his job, that are
available to them. An Emirati author
also visited and worked with students
on story writing. There was also a visit
by a veterinarian.