Students who are identified as requiring extra help in English or other core subject. Skills will be assisted by the Program Support Teacher (PST) who will then devise a need-based support schedule for students. Students will work toward specific objectives with the PST teacher. Their progress will be monitored and the need for continuing support will be assessed at the end of each term.

Arabic, French

20

Yes

Every classroom is wired to a computer and projector for instructional purposes.

Yes

Elementary:
Students in Grades 2 to 6 will have homework on a regular basis, but not necessarily a daily basis. Homework can include unfinished class assignments, group work, project work or work assigned for that evening. It is recommended that students in grades 4–6 not exceed the following daily maximum total time (four nights of the week) for all homework in all subject areas:
Grade 4 20–30 minutes per day (maximum 2 hours per week)
Grade 5 30–40 minutes per day (maximum 2.6 hours per week)
Grade 6 40–50 minutes per day (maximum 3.3 hours per week)

Junior High:
It is recommended that students in grades 7–9 not exceed the following daily maximum total time (four nights per week) for all homework in all subject areas:
Grade 7 60 minutes per day (maximum 4 hours per week)
Grade 8 60 minutes per day (maximum 4 hours per week)
Grade 9 90 minutes per day (maximum 6 hours per week)

Yes

Interview and assessment.

Entrance tests in English, mathematics and Arabic.

No deadline.

Yes

8:00

KG3 - G2: 13:50
G3 - G12: 15:00

Yes

Yes

Yes

Football, basketball, volleyball, dance, cooking, drama, art and crafts, music, bicycling and board games.

Physical education: athletics, gymnastics, fitness, swimming, football, basketball, volleyball, handball

Yes

Gymnasium, 25 meter pool, play area

Abu Dhabi Grammar School (AGS), established in 1994, is open to students from KG to Grade 12. AGS is officially licensed by the Ministry of Education and adheres to the Nova Scotia public schools programme. The school is rated C6 by ADEC, the emirate’s education regulator, which is a school “in need of serious improvement”.

The Abu Dhabi Grammar School (Canada) offers superior education to students in the United Arab Emirates. The school is committed to providing an excellent education environment to all students. Single semester and/or full year programs are available. The school follows the public school curriculum set by the Nova Scotia Department of Education. Public school education in Nova Scotia has two major goals: to help all students develop their full potential cognitively, affectively, physically and socially and to help all students acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for them to continue as thinking, learning, physically active, valued members of society.

The public school program is based on the following principles of learning:

Learning is a process of actively constructing knowledge.
Students construct knowledge and make it meaningful in terms of their prior knowledge and experiences.
Learning is enhanced when it takes place in a social and collaborative environment.
Students need to continue to view learning as an integrated whole.
Learners mus see themselves as capable and successful.
Learners have different ways of knowing and representing knowledge.
Reflection is an integral part of learning.