Dubai British School Jumeirah Park Virtual School Tour

welcome to dubai british school demiro park we are large successful british curriculum school located here in jamira park educating students from year one through to year 13. as school at the centre of its community many of our students make their own way to us either by walking by scooting or by bike we offer slick drop and go system for parents wishing to drive their children to school and for those children that live little further away we have supervised bus service on offer our unique and close working professional partnership with dpa coupled with our state-of-the-art facilities and dynamic expressive arts curriculum sets us apart from other providers we are recognized as one of the leading providers for performing art not only in dubai but in the uae itself under the vision of enjoy aspire achieve we provide the facilities resources and inspiration to enable the students to enjoy their schooling experience have high aspirations in all that they do and equip them with the skills and desire to achieve we're currently in the primary reception which is usually hub of excitement with families entering the school building with big smiles on their faces ready to start the day in primary we love fostering the love of learning across all subjects and we like to have the children engaged in hands-on active learning at all times we're heading towards year one now although the children's learning at dbs jp actually begins in the foundation stage at dubai british foundation throughout the year the fs2 team and the year one team worked tirelessly to make sure there is smooth transition from foundation into year one to support the seamless transition between foundation stage and year one we blend the curriculum the early years framework along with the national curriculum for england year one curriculum objectives to make sure the children don't have any gaps in their learning we use continuous provision approach just like the children experience in the foundation stage so they're primarily learning through play we use adult directed sessions to engage the children and focus them in on certain objectives and ensure that rapid progress takes place the children love their time in the classroom but they equally love their time in their outdoor classroom too which is an extension of their learning environment in primary we follow the national curriculum for england complemented by uae regional subjects such as moral education and social studies the children are taught in homeroom classes by uk trained teachers who deliver the core subjects such as english math science computing and humanities they're also lucky enough to have specialist teachers for other curriculum areas such as art languages and sports all of our teachers are dedicated to ensuring that the children's experience is as active engaging and enjoyable as possible the children love visiting the primary library they get to come here as class each week and select books to take home we really try and use this as learning experience though so rather than just selecting random book from the shelf the librarian works closely with the class teacher and the children to ensure the children are taking books which were appropriate for their reading agent level we also have computing suite up here technology is another big part of our primary curriculum but we use it to enhance the curriculum provision in the classrooms rather than replacing what the teacher does we have balanced approach to screen time and we're very well resourced in terms of having ipads laptops and other forms of technology available to use in school without that becoming too much for the children we make sure that our use of technology is purposeful at all times reading is such huge part of the children's foundational skills and we really encourage the children to read at home as part of their home practice home practice for us is all about the children consolidating their learning that takes place in school we don't believe that parents should be the teachers that's our job here at dbs jp you can see one of our fantastic facilities which is the playground where children can come and have lots of fun on the climbing frames and jungle gyms and you can see just behind me they're laying off some steam and having great time wellbeing is one of our highest priorities at school we fully believe that children only learn well and staff only do their best when wellbeing is at our top priority we have an ethos of building strong relationships with staff and children and parents to make sure that everybody feels safe comfortable and happy at school we have an open door policy which means that the leadership team pop in and out of the classrooms to make sure that their high standards are maintained and the children receive the best education we make sure that the children make healthy lifestyle and food choices we're in the canteen at the moment we also make sure that the children learn about healthy eating throughout all of the curriculum from years one all the way up to senior school welcome to the arabic department the arabic program allows students to gain deeper appreciation for the arabic language and fuels their experience with the highest quality of education to achieve better and flourish in the community we ensure that parents are involved in the arabic learning journey of their kids by providing them with online arabic lessons and creating an arabic parents community teachers strive to create motivating and encouraging interactive learning environment through wide variety of activities we teach arabic as first language and arabic as an additional language at dubai british school jamiro park we really are blessed with our fantastic facilities and our outstanding teaching staff and it is this combination that enables us to offer first class curriculum in key stage 3 every student follows the subjects aligned to the english national curriculum however we are also able to offer students further enriched experience by the range of specialist teachers and the expertise that they offer where we can do this include food technology design technology and i.t or art music and drama for their languages of course we study arabic and to complement this they're also able to study french and spanish in key stage 4 years 10 and 11 our students progress onto gcses or international gcses the igcse or indeed some level two tech options this is where our curriculum really comes into its own students study mandatory core programme of maths english language and literature and science but then they are able to choose four of five further options from exciting subjects such as media studies business studies psychology to name few when the students then progress into key stage 5 years 12 and 13 the final stage of their learning journey with us before they go off to university or indeed into the world of work we really are fortunate in that we're able to offer number of learning pathways key question we often get asked is what is the difference in terms of homework when we move from primary into secondary the biggest difference is that we do run homework timetable so that homework is spread out during the week and that is done by subject teachers rather than the class teacher so that is all shown on platform called show my homework which is way for students to stay really on top of what they're doing as parents you also get notified as to when that homework is due and what homework's coming up so as family you can plan that around the other activities that you do outside of school another key area in secondary there is big change from primary is that we do encourage students to bring their own devices into school we have just launched bring your own device policy which does recommend that proper laptop set up for secondary school children as they go into the exam classes now that really is important to make sure that they've got central place for them to be storing their work and to be submitting work through the lessons and with their teachers we do embrace the microsoft office teams and office package and that is so important that students are familiar with that so that we can make sure their learning is as seamless and enjoyable as possible our sixth form is well-equipped space which is an ideal learning environment and has been shaped by our students they have been integral in making the sixth form what it is starting from the design of the space to the choice in uniform which is smart business attire our students have been fortunate enough to choose from approximately 25 a-level or b-tech courses through one of three pathways one of the pathways is doing a-levels the other is doing only b-techs and the third one being combination of the two lot of the time we get asked about the difference between a-levels and b-techs one of the big differences is that levels are more focused on exams at the end of two years whilst b-techs are more project-based and the assignments and assessments happen over two years the choices are made with careful thought keeping career and university intentions in mind we are proud to have future engineers lawyers and doctors alongside talented artists we're one of the first schools in dubai to work with industry professionals offering b-tech in performing arts it has been great having such diverse students working together to form our sixth form community and watch it grow welcome to the dbs jp swimming pool we're extremely passionate about swimming here at school and we're lucky enough to have one of the very best school facilities in the whole of dubai our primary students swim once week all through the year and our secondary students swim as part of vlog they start off in our beginner pool where we work on their water confidence and safety and when they're ready we put them into our eight lane swimming pool that we're really proud of we use this facility to host data events telling games house events and also for our swimming lessons we've got fantastic relationship with hamilton aquatics who support our eca program and provide additional swimming outside of the school hours and we really could not be more proud of what goes on in this place so come on let me show you the rest of the facilities this is one of our two sports tools that we have here at dbsjp what an amazing place to work and learn the aim of the pm department is for us to pass on our passion and we believe that sport is an amazing way to bring our community together as well as the two hours of curriculum time that each of our students have we're always building on an extracurricular program where we show that learning happens outside of timetabled hours be it the scootathon the fun run our sports days or getting involved in the dubai 3030 challenge there's always an opportunity for our students to get involved within the house system we offer events where our students can enjoy aspire and achieve and we have the aim within the pe department to make sure that sports not just something that happens within two time tables hours week it's something that is always part of their active healthy lifestyles this is one of two fitness suites we have here at dbs jp we use this space mainly for our btec level and gcse students where they work really hard putting together personal exercise plan to show us that they understand how to live balanced active and healthy lifestyles we offer real breadth and balance through our eca programme we offer games activities dance gymnastics and swimming and we have the opportunity to work with some exceptional community providers who support us within our eca journey we participate in the teleme games and the international games of the bsme as well as hosting some of those events here we believe that regardless of ability we have an extracurricular opportunity for every single one of our students here at dbsjp that concludes our tour hope you enjoyed seeing what dbsjp is about if you have any questions at all please feel free to contact our admissions team who will be happy to help you we look forward to welcoming you to our dbsjp community very soon