Taaleem

Taaleem – which means ‘education’ in Arabic – is a Dubai-based school management organisation established in 2004 by an international team of education experts.  It operates early childhood, primary and secondary schools, all of which are tailored to meet the specific educational needs of the communities in which they are based.  Taaleem schools therefore offer a range of top international curricula including British, International Baccalaureate and American programmes, as well as an innovative, multi-lingual Early Childhood curriculum.  Taaleem has the following schools in the UAE: Al-Mizhar, American Academy for Girls, The Children’s Garden (Green Community and Jumeira), Dubai British School, Greenfield Community School, My Nursery, Uptown School (IB World School), Uptown High School (IB World School) and Raha International School (IB World School) in Abu Dhabi.

CEO: Ziad Azzam

Location: Century Plaza, Jumeira Road

Website: www.taaleem.ae

Address: PO Box 76691, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)4 349 8806

Fax: +971 (0)4 349 8807

Email: info@taaleem.ae

Taaleem’s Family of Schools:

Al-Mizhar, American Academy for Girls       

Al-Mizhar American Academy for Girls offers a first-rate American curriculum in an ideal environment for girls to harness their potential. Our unique, family-style environment caters to the distinctive learning needs of girls, encouraging an array of academic and life skills that will enable these young women to engage actively in our global society.

With a student centred, activity based, inter-disciplinary American curriculum, we help students develop a rich variety of academic and life skills. The holistic nature of the curriculum emphasizes a healthy balance between academic and extra-curricular activities. This reflects the importance placed by us on encouraging every aspect of each child’s development – academic, emotional, physical, and social – helping them grow in skills and confidence that will set them up for successful futures. Our highly professional and mostly North American trained staff are dedicated to helping students achieve their individual potentials.

Principal: Delice Scotto

Curriculum: American

Location: Mizhar, five minutes from Mirdif

Grades: KG 1 through Grade 12

Website: www.aag.ae

Address: PO Box 78484, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)4 288 7250

Fax: +971 (0)4 288 7251

Email: admissions@aag.ae

For fees and admissions please visit our website.

The Children's Garden, Green Community       

The TCG concept is based on a tailor-made, multilingual Early Childhood curriculum combining the very best of several prominent educational methodologies from across the globe.  At its core is a real understanding of brain development and the latest thinking in age-appropriate early childhood education.  A holistic programme, this unique emphasis on languages and creative arts during the most crucial years of a child’s personal development promotes confidence, cultural awareness and a real ability in children to hold their own in our increasingly global society.

The language component ensures that, from the age of three, 50% of activities are conducted in English while the other 50% are held in either German or French. In addition, each child is exposed to the Arabic language. The exciting arts programme compliments the advantages of a multilingual curriculum, unlocking each child’s personal creativity so that he or she continues to grow in social and intellectual confidence as well as lateral thinking skills. Set in custom-designed facilities and run by Early Childhood experts, the atmosphere at TCG is exciting, absorbing and inspiring.

Director: Birgit Ertl

Curriculum: Tailor-made, multilingual Early Childhood Programme

Location: Green Community

Grade:  Pre-nursery to KG 2 (2 to 5 year olds)

Website: www.childrensgarden.ae

Address: PO Box 211336, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)4 885 3484

Fax: +971 (0)4 885 3584

Email: Admissions, Andrea Metin: ametin@childrensgarden.ae

Please contact us for fees and admissions.

The Children's Garden, Jumeira       

TCG Jumeira offers a curriculum that is properly age appropriate.  Based on a real understanding of the neuroscience that underpins how children learn, our programme is all about engaging the child’s emotions, because if children can develop an emotional connection with what they are learning or with the person teaching it, this is how they learn best.

Today’s world is one of fantastic cultural diversity, making it more important now than ever before to understand each others’ realities and cultures.  The best time to sow those seeds of understanding are during our most formative years – early childhood – and the best way to do that is with first hand experiences of these myriad cultures and realities.  TCG was launched in the UAE for a reason: to match our multilingual, international curriculum with the kind of cosmopolitan families that could both support it best and benefit from it most.  English and French are the languages of instruction and Arabic is taught as a second language.

Director: Birgit Ertl

Curriculum: Multilingual Early Childhood Programme

Location: Jumeira Road, Jumeira 2

Ages: 2 to 4 year olds

Website: www.tcgjumeira.ae

Address: PO Box 213755, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)4 349 2985

Fax: +971 (0)4 349 2986

Email: info@tcgjumeira.ae

Please contact us for fees and admissions.

Dubai British School       

Dubai British School is a prestigious National Curriculum (England) school designed to satisfy the demand for a first-class, traditional British education. This world-renowned curriculum covers a broad and balanced range of disciplines that enables each child to develop an advantageous skill-set to meet life’s challenges confidently.

At the heart of our school’s philosophy lies the belief that each child has extraordinary potential and we will offer a variety of stimuli to help empower all students to find the keys to unlocking their individual talents. A strong community spirit will encourage outside involvement to endorse school values, promote open-mindedness and ensure the best possible opportunities for social and career development.

Particular attention has been given to recruiting a highly professional, British-trained staff. Our teachers are dedicated to helping each student make the most of their education in a creative and engaging learning environment. Small class sizes and sophisticated ICT software will (delete) also play key roles in the development of each child’s potential through his or her own learning preferences and styles.

Principal:  Andy Homden

Curriculum: The National Curriculum (England).

Location: Dubai, Emirates Hills, Springs 3.

Grades: Foundation to Year 13

Website: www.dubaibritishschool.ae

Address: PO Box 37828, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)4 361 9361

Fax: +971 (0)4  360 9294

Email: reception@dubaibritishschool.ae

For fees and admissions please visit our website.

Greenfield Community School       

At Greenfield Community School, we recognise the importance of laying solid foundations upon which to construct the educational future for our students. With the emphasis firmly upon learning, our school is a safe and secure educational environment where students are happy to explore and share their ideas. We encourage students to be curious and ask questions, knowing that this will develop their capacity to think creatively.

We teach students awareness of different ways of thinking, helping them to understand the benefits of, for example, logical, divergent and creative thought; to understand that there is never one answer only to a question and that there are several versions of a “right” answer. We encourage reflection upon their thinking and lead them towards an understanding of their own abilities to learn. We teach them how to learn, to understand how learning works best for them as an individual, to propagate positive learning habits and help them to move towards fulfilling their potential.

Your child has just one chance to be the best s/he can be and therefore deserves the very best education you can offer them.

Principal: Lesley P. Stagg

Curriculum: International Baccalaureate Candidate School

Location: Dubai Investments Park

Grades: Kindergarten to Grade 9

Website: www.gcschool.ae

Address: PO Box 282627, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)4 885 6600

Fax: +971 (0)4 885 6611

Email: admissions@gcschool.ae

For fees and admissions please visit our website.

My Nursery

The child is always our first concern.  My Nursery follows a unique, bilingual curriculum based on building each child’s character, encouraging independence, stimulating creativity and building physical abilities.

We deliver information in a fun and exciting way that will help the children remember what they learn.  Instruction will be carried out in Arabic and English at the same level of proficiency.  While Islamic culture is at the heart of our programme, we also teach a respect for the other cultures and religions of our global society.

Director: Muna Hijjawi

Curriculum: Bilingual Classical Arabic and English Programme

Location:  Jumeirah 1, close to Al Wasl Park

Grades: Nursery to KG 1 (ages: 2 - 4 yrs)

Website: www.mynursery.ae

Address: PO Box 73494, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)4 344 1120

Fax: +971 (0)4 344 9912

Email: munahijjawi@gmail.com

Please contact us for fees and admissions.

Raha International School

At Raha International School, we are preparing students to become successful, compassionate, confident citizens of the world - the men and women who will lead the next generation with intelligence, a profound world view, and thoughtful ambition

Encouraging young minds to the world of possibility surrounding them is one of the most important things we will ever do. Bringing out the best in each individual, encouraging all students to reach beyond their boundaries and realise their fullest potential - that is the educator's job and what Raha International School faculty and staff excel at.

Principal: Wayne MacInnis

Curriculum: An International Baccalaureate World School (Diploma Programme) with Candidate School status for the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP).

Location:  Al Raha Gardens, Abu Road and then the Abu Dhabi Golf Club exit. (delete)

Classes: Kindergarten 1 through Grade 11

Website: www.ris.ae

Address: PO Box 34150, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)2 556 1567

Fax: +971 (0)2 556 1568

Email: info@ris.ae

For fees and admissions please visit our website.

 Jumeira Baccalaureate School (New 2010/11)

ABOUT THE SCHOOL: The school will be a true international school, locally focused but globally connected. Its uniqueness will come from its mission to teach Arabic as a modern language from Kindergarten to Secondary School. . French will also be a core language and cater for all levels from advanced to emergent speakers. The School will create a culture rich environment where bilingualism is a natural outcome of a holistic educational experience. Nursery to KG2 will be driven by the English Early Learning Goals, while the Literacy and Numeracy strategies will shape the school’s approach to the teaching of English and Mathematics. The International Primary Curriculum will promote a thematic and internationally minded framework to organise the teaching of Science, Technology, ICT, Art and the humanities throughout the school. Inquiry, creativity and the educational value of play will be central to the early primary school’s programme. Arabic subjects will be taught by inspired specialists that will lead the way with innovative and creative programmes of study. Arabic will also be enriched and taught through activities such as music, literature, art, dance and drama.

The Secondary Section of the school will open in September 2011, offering an enriched MYP Programme that will enable students to opt to undertake IGCSE examinations should they wish to do so; both options will lead to the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme in Grades 11 – 12.

Executive Principal: Andy Homden (Currently Head of Dubai British School)

Curriculum: International Primary Curriculum (IPC), followed by the International Baccalaureate’s Middle Years Programme (MYP), with optional, elective IGCSEs and subsequently leading to the International Baccalaureate’s Diploma Programme. English will be the main language of instruction throughout the school, with first and second language programmes in both French and Arabic offered to all students.

Location: Jumeira 1, on 53B Street, off Al Wasl Road, behind Dubai Zoo (Former American School of Dubai/ASD campus)

Grades: September 2010, KG 1 up to Grade 4 with the secondary school opening in September 2010

Website: www.jbschool.ae

Address: P O Box 211829 Dubai, UAE

Telephone: +971 (0)4 344 6931

Fax: +971 (0)4 344 6754

Email: info@jbschool.ae and admissions@jbschool.ae

For fees and admissions please visit our website.

Uptown School

A curriculum chosen for its relevance to today’s global society, Uptown has been authorised as an IB World School for the International Baccalaureate’s internationally acclaimed Primary Years Programme (PYP). Its rising popularity within the education arena is based on its success in teaching children how to think, rather than simply what to think.

Music and foreign languages will be introduced from K1 and the system aims to stimulate intellectual curiosity, lateral thinking and self-confidence. Uptown School's imaginative activities programme includes a rich variety of school-based and community-centred clubs and projects that compliment the academic advantages of the PYP.

Parental involvement will be strong, helping ensure an overall programme that answers children’s individual needs while offering the best conditions for social, emotional and physical development. Our highly qualified and experienced staff will play a key role in achieving the school’s end goal of creating the great minds of tomorrow.

Principal: Elizabeth Loadwick

Curriculum: International Baccalaureate World School, Primary Years Programme  

Location: Mirdif, Dubai

Grades: K1 to Grade 5.

Website: www.uptownprimary.ae

Address: PO Box 78181, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)4 288 6270

Fax: +971 (0)4 288 6271

Email:  admissions@uptownprimary.ae

For fees and admissions please visit our website.

Uptown High School

Uptown High, an authorised International Baccalaureate World School, is a coeducational school delivering the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP). The IB philosophy we uphold (delete) embrace incorporates the idea that respect and service for our wider community starts in the classroom. This ethos underpins the relationship between staff and students and explains the high expectations each has of the other. We encourage hands-on participation from everybody, thereby promoting a school environment characterised by responsible citizenship, community awareness and social concern, and breeding the confidence to make an effective contribution.

Uptown High offers a warm and supportive environment that encourages students, teachers and parents to work as a team to achieve the greatest successes in learning. Uptown High's facilities and imaginative activities programme, combined with first-rate teaching by highly-qualified staff, are designed to achieve the school's end goal of creating the great minds of tomorrow.

Principal: Elizabeth Loadwick

Curriculum: International Baccalaureate World School, Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP).

Location: Dubai, Muhaisnah

Grades: Grade 6 to Grade 11

Website:  www.uptownhigh.ae

Address: PO Box 20252, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +971 (0)4 264 1818

Fax: +971 (0)4 264 1919

Email: admissions@uptownhigh.ae

For fees and admissions please visit our website.