We see genius in every child Making quality education accessible Rewarding excellence THE GEMS DIFFERENCE

Trusted by parents around the world We are passionate about education and have been trusted by parents for 60 years.

We are a family of committed teachers GEMS EDUCATION CORE VALUES Everyday, our family of 20,000 teachers make a difference to the lives of over 190,000 students. The GEMS Education Core Values are our collective beliefs. They set the standard that we expect from all GEMS Education people – from employees and teachers, to parents Our Students lead locally and internationally and students. GEMS students have won over 2,100 international, regional and Our Core Values also lie at the heart of our holistic approach to education – in our local awards in science, arts and planned curriculum, in our school life and other places of work. GEMS Core Values help sports. our learners become not just great students but great people.

Our Students excel and go 1. GROWING BY LEARNING to the top universities 2. PURSUING EXCELLENCE GEMS students have been accepted into 1,050 universities 3. LEADING THROUGH INNOVATION in 53 countries – including all eight Ivy League universities in 4. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP the US and all 24 Russell Group universities and colleges in the UK. Growing by learning_print_A2.pdf 1 5/18/14 9:17 AM Pursuing excellence_print_A2.pdf 1 5/18/14 9:09 AM Leading innovation_print_A2.pdf 1 5/18/14 9:12 AM Global Citizenship_print_A2.pdf 1 5/18/14 9:15 AM

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Making quality education accessible GEMS Rewards is an exclusive rewards programme for our community of students, parents 1. Growing By Learning 4. Global Citizenship and staff designed to reduce the Strive to develop your potential. Making an active contribution to your impact of school fees. and further enhance their lifestyle. local and global community. »» Along with our students, we never stop learning »» We respect and celebrate our diversity We see genius in every child »» Each and every one of us has a and recognize that there are many We believe that a quality education capacity for leadership things that unite us all. is the key to unlocking the »» We make a difference in our local greatness that lies in every child. 2. Pursuing Excellence communities so that we have a Work to continually exceed sustainable planet to share expectations. »» We build bridges of knowledge, push »» Just as we set educational standards boundaries and unite young people. for our schools, we take care that »» We aim to produce not just great We believe the diversity of the students studying at the GEMS Royal School, everything we do is delivered to a high students, but great people who live standard. is one of its greatest strengths. Through social interaction and by studying and with honesty, confidence and integrity. »» We go the extra mile for our students experiencing other cultures and belief systems, this rich diversity will instill a and our colleagues. unique international understanding in your child - just what they need to succeed in an increasingly globalised world. 3. Leading through Innovation Find the courage to challenge With over 60 years’ experience in education, your child will also become an convention. important part of the global network of award-winning GEMS schools, comprised of »» We dare to dream of the possibilities more than 250,000 students from over 150 nations, studying in 14 countries around »» No idea is too small or too large if it the world. This diversity is mirrored by over 20,000 teaching staff, specialists and makes things better for our learners advisors who are on hand to ensure all students at GEMS schools, have access to and our people. the specialist resources and assistance they need. We see genius in every child WELCOME TO GEMS ROYAL DUBAI SCHOOL A message from the Principal

Welcome to GEMS Royal Dubai School, leading to fun and wonder. Our curriculum a school where we place children at the celebrates the diversity within our school heart of all we do; because our pupils and equips our children with the skills and deserve the very best. attributes required to become active citizens in our international community and beyond. I am privileged to be part of this amazing school, where we value those marvelous The wellbeing of our children is paramount moments which nurture individuals to in all that we do and we place great achieve their true potential and build make emphasis on building high quality personal lifelong memories. and social skills, which has a positive impact on achievement and attitudes to As soon as you walk through the door learning. This is supported by an extensive at RDS you will experience the ‘family range of extra curricula activities including feel’ culture and ethos which we have sports, cultural and performing arts as developed since opening in 2005. We are well as access to holiday, residential an Outstanding learning community and camps, and cultural activities. we have a lot to feel proud of! Our school is an English Curriculum Our bespoke learning model (The RDS primary school situated close to the Mirdif Learning Wave), complemented by a area of Dubai. Mirdif has excellent traffic Concept Curriculum ensure a holistic links, affordable high quality housing, approach where students develop webs restaurants and shops. We are a truly of information rather than memorising with over 70 different straight facts. Our talented and dedicated nationalities with UK residents being the teaching team focus on the whole child, predominate nationality. The multi-cultural with their intellectual, emotional, social, experience that the children receive truly physical, artistic, creative and spiritual reflects the multi-cultural life of our host potential being developed alongside country and city. academic knowledge. GEMS Royal Dubai School is a special The GEMS Royal Dubai School offers place to learn and we welcome you to an Outstanding education that extends visit the school and become part of our beyond the New National Curriculum learning community for . The focus is on meeting the needs of each and every one of our learners so that they are equipped with the learning skills and life-long learning dispositions necessary to be able to accept and embrace the challenges of an ever-changing world. This means equipping students with a wide range of traditional academic and technological skills and developing a range of learning dispositions and critical thinking skills that will promote creativity, problem solving and support learners to develop agency A VIBRANT, CARING AND HARMONIOUS (ownership) over their learning. Through this curriculum, we encourage LEARNING COMMUNITY – DSIB creative and critical thinking alongside Vicky Martin, Principal & CEO stimulating and meaningful experiences, GEMS Royal Dubai School has gone challenges of change that the 21st from strength-to-strength since it first century will bring. This has helped to opened its doors in 2005 and is today make GEMS Royal Dubai School the only acknowledged as one of the leading British outstanding school in the area offering primary schools in Dubai, further reinforced The New National Curriculum for England, by having been rated as Outstanding in with excellent teachers trained in the UK. DSIB inspections since 2015. Our ethos The school is certified as a British School and friendly atmosphere are complemented Overseas "combining the best of British by a commitment to excellence in both educational standards and methodology academic and personal development. with an awareness of the local cultural and regional context." The New National Curriculum for England, which places emphasis on the core Our school strives for excellence in subjects and careful monitoring of progress everything we do. Your child's academic to ensure a record of academic success. needs are our top priority. However, at This is complimented by outstanding our English Curriculum school we also facilities and provision in the foundation encourage our students to develop their subjects which include the Creative Arts, strengths outside as well as inside the PE, Humanities and Social Studies. classroom through an extensive range of Extra Curricular Activities (ECAs). A The school continues to move with focus on student’s personal development , embracing new approaches promotes positive attitudes to learning. to learning and technology, preparing our students well for the inescapable

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by KHDA since 2015 LEARNING SKILLS AT RDS

We are extremely proud of our students the ICARE learning dispositions understanding of the skills and processes complimented by the HPL cognitive that enable them to be an affective domains (ACPs) as well as the values, learner. This was recognised as part of attitudes and attributes (VAAs) RDS our latest DSIB inspection and continues students continue to devleop the to be a strong feature in the school. language to help them explain the current stage of their learning journey “The schools enterprising approach to and the next steps they need to take to the Learning Wave model is a developing improve and deepen their understanding. feature and has a positive impact on students’ acquisition of learning skills. “The school’s development of the Students in all years embrace the “Learning Wave” and “Concept concept of the learning wave, which Curriculum” enables teachers to plan encourages them to evaluate their own lessons that focus on learning. As part performance.” DSIB of this, students frequently initiate GEMS ROYAL DUBAI SCHOOL | VISION learning … various teaching strategies are To amplify the impact of the Learning being deployed to increase the level of Wave, which is the RDS learning model Achieving Excellence Together responsibility that students take for their used to help students articulate the learning, including the use of learning We embrace the GRDS prepares learning process, we are currently As a Learning Community Our Mission is to... ladders to aid self-evaluation.” DSIB. I GEMS Core values of: its students to be: working alongside Professor Deborah Eyre as part of a High Performance Create dynamic and technology enabled risk-takers Learning network of schools. Through D CREATIVE who are able to innovate and lead their own learning journey, THINKERS LEADING THROUGH using digital technology as an integral tool to develop INNOVATION E new ideas and ways of thinking. Develop learners aware of their own standards of excellence in ASPIRATIONAL order that they understand and achieve to their full potential; N & ADAPTABLE consistently challenged by high standards and methodologies who PURSUING EXCELLENCE are forward thinking in their responses, attitudes and behaviour.

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REFLECTIVE and ability to transfer learning across contexts, becoming active LEARNERS I GROWING BY participants in a lifelong learning process, fostering curiosity, LEARNING creativity and an ongoing cycle of self improvement.

T Empower responsible and respectful citizens EFFECTIVE to voice their own opinion and express themselves in various COMMUNICATORS GLOBAL situations and mediums, developing their own pathways Y CITIZENSHIP as multi-cultural and global citizens. In Key Stages 1 and 2 the children will study the following subjects

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»» English »» Mathematics »» Science »» Digital Learning THE CURRICULUM »» Arabic

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Students at GEMS Royal Dubai School We want our youngest pupils to have »» Moral Education follow an enriched version of the New a happy and confident start to their »» UAE Social Studies National Curriculum for England, where learning journey. We aim to develop »» History they may transfer to or from other their curiosity, imagination and a thirst »» Geography National Curriculum schools around for learning. Therefore, their classrooms »» Creative Arts (our students the world. The school is certified as have been designed especially to make have a rotation between Art, a British School Overseas, supporting them feel comfortable, secure and ready Music and Drama) students wanting to transition between to learn. Everything they need is within »» Design and Technology the UK and UAE. their bright colourful play space, such as »» Physical Education washroom facilities and direct access to a »» Personal, Social, Health The Foundation Stage curriculum is shaded and well-resourced outside area. divided into six areas of learning: Education and Citizenship The curriculum is delivered through »» French (from Year 3) »» Personal, social and emotional carefully structured play activities and development. practical experiences, and is supported Arabic A and Arabic B language »» Communication, language and literacy. by a programme of visits and outings. lessons and Islamic Education (for our »» Mathematical development Our caring staff create a vibrant Muslim pupils) are taught from Year »» Knowledge and understanding of the world. environment and through observation 1 in accordance with local Ministry » » Physical development and listening are able to ensure that requirements. In Foundation Stage a »» Creative development each individual is supported through weekly time is allocated for Arabic with At GEMS Royal Dubai School, we know the Stepping Stones towards the Early an Arabic teacher engaging in play-based Learning Goals. In this way we ensure how young children learn, and provide activities to further enhance their Arabic our pupils have all the skills and attitudes a stimulating environment in which language skills. French is also taught as they will need to succeed in Year 1. they flourish. an additional language from Year 3.

Success develops naturally in children who are happy, well-motivated and given the encouragement to push themselves. We therefore encourage students at RDS to be prepared to take a few risks along the way, knowing they will always be supported. KEY STAGE 1 KEY STAGE 2

We take seriously our role in encouraging With a friendly atmosphere, the children children to develop the leadership are well mannered and eager to learn. skills, resilience and confidence which High standards are expected and will help them succeed in a challenging met, and each child is regarded as an world. In Key Stage 1, this means individual. In Key Stage 2 there are many specialist teachers working alongside our opportunities both inside and outside the experienced class teachers to ensure a classroom, with students thriving in a broad and motivating curriculum whilst stimulating environment and making use achieving consistently high standards for of the excellent facilities on campus. the all-round development of our students. With a combination of traditional Each child is treated as an individual, and modern teaching methods, each and at RDS we look at the youngsters’ child is encouraged to develop into an preferred learning styles and help them to independent learner and succeed to the understand themselves as learners. best of their ability. This is achieved With its outstanding academic record, through aiming for the highest possible first-class facilities and excellent pastoral standards and ensuring that all students care, GEMS Royal Dubai School offers all are able to meet challenges by setting students the chance to excel both inside individual targets and encouraging and outside the classroom. They learn to long-term goals. Personalised learning, enquire, question, hypothesise, use their ongoing assessment, a range of teaching imagination and develop their physical, approaches, as well as a selection of creative, mathematical and language extra-curricular activities, all help to skills. We also ensure that our pupils motivate and inspire, develop natural develop the social skills to be confident ability and encourage new interests. and responsible members of their class The GEMS Royal Dubai School seeks to and school community. Whilst setting encourage and develop a range of gifts high academic standards, we also ensure and talents amongst its students. It has there is an emphasis on fun and lots of high academic standards and aspirations, practical experience, both inside and but also encourages artistic, creative and beyond the school boundaries. sporting excellence. We are confident that the overall effect of students receiving such a broad curriculum will be that they discover their skills and interests, and will gain the self-belief and a willingness to live their lives to the full. THE RDS COMMUNITY

PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT FRIENDS OF ROYAL DUBAI SCHOOL

Research has shown the importance of parental engagement in the success of your child’s education. We want the best for your child, and by working in partnership we can successfully enrich your child’s journey through GEMS Royal Dubai School. Friends of Royal Dubai School is run Close communication is at the core by parents for parents, families and of our partnership approach. Keeping members of the local community to guardians in the loop regarding their meet socially, in and out of school child's progress is an essential part and to organise events to support our of what we do. From Parent Teacher school and GEMS charities. Everyone is Stduent meetings, written reports, Open welcome to participate and new ideas Classrooms and an "open door" policy are always welcome. which ensures parents can speak with us at any stage, we keep those all- important channels of communication wide open. Make an appointment today to speak one-to-one with any member of our teaching staff in confidence. +971 4 288 6499 GEMS Royal Dubai School, situated [email protected] near Mirdiff, Al Mizhar 1, 11A Street, www.royaldubaischool.com Dubai,