At Kings’ School Nad Al Sheba, we treat every day as one step along a learning journey designed to inspire children to become effective, enthusiastic, independent and lifelong learners.

Foundation Age 3-5

FOUNDATION STAGE (AGE 3-5)
At Kings’ School Nad Al Sheba, we provide a broad and balanced curriculum for our youngest children, aged 3 to 5 years, based on the English Early Years Foundation Stage. The curriculum covers the areas of:

• communication and language
• literacy
• mathematics
• understanding the world
• expressive arts and design
• physical development
• personal, social and emotional development.

We believe that how you learn is just as important as what you learn. As active learners, our children acquire skills and knowledge in lots of different ways:

• through their senses
• by investigation and experimentation
• by listening and observing
• by questioning and exploring
• through social interaction
• both inside and outside the learning environment.

Primary Age 5-11

At Kings’ School Nad Al Sheba, the Primary level of schooling takes children from age 5 to 11, and is broken into two stages:

• Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2, ages 5 to 7)
• Key Stage 2 (Years 3 to 6, ages 7 to 11).

Our bespoke curriculum is based on the National Curriculum for England, to ensure that the skills and knowledge gained are in line with UK expectations, but our teaching is tailored to the individual children so that the learning experience is meaningful and inspiring.

Key Stage 1 is designed to support children in their transition from mostly play-based learning in the Foundation Stage to the more formalised routines and situations of Key Stage 2. We plan opportunities to make the learning experience memorable, by adding imagination and excitement into the mix, encouraging children to learn through collaboration, investigation and perseverance. Our children have hatched baby chicks, turned investigators after a friendly giant broke into classrooms, created artwork from marvellous medicines, discovered Ancient Egyptian tombs in darkened hallways, and received a series of challenges from a lighthouse keeper!

Key Stage 2 begins with a greater emphasis on independence, leadership and collaboration. In the first two years, teachers facilitate learning experiences designed to:

• provoke thinking skills
• nurture risk-taking
• develop emotional intelligence
• stimulate the imagination
• challenge
• build confidence
• develop leadership skills.