We hope there are many more fun carnival days to come with The Arcadia Prepatory school here in JVT.
If you are reading this on Friday afternoon, there is still time to come down before 7pm and enjoy a game, grab a free burger or get a refreshing ice lollie all compliments of Arcadia.
Thanks to our new future neighborhood school!
Family Fun Friday on March 4th
The Sunmarke school recently held an Open Day at Milestone in JVT. I stopped by to get you the full story on one of two new schools set to open within the JVT neighborhood. Starting in September 2016, Sunmarke will provide quality primary and secondary education as well as a nursery school catering to the youngest infants. There is even an option to avail of the afternoon nursery program hours for non-working Moms that just need a bit of a break!
The school will accommodate up to 3,000 learners at total capacity. In the opening year, we can expect 1,000 pupils as the school plans to gradually expand the staff and classrooms. Secondary school students from their sister school, Regent International, will be moving in for this coming Fall semester. With a long-standing experience in this region, the parent company Fortes Education certainly can ensure that this facility will integrate well with the community and provide outstanding learning experiences.
For example, we all know that traffic woes are a common sight in front of most Dubai schools. I’ve been assured that Sunmarke has taken this on board in the planning process and will have a multi-storey car park to avoid the usual traffic tailbacks at drop off and pick up times.
With a 600 seat auditorium, 2 swimming pools, football pitch and a multi-purpose auditorium, the community can also expect to benefit from these superb facilities. I am told that many after-school activities will be scheduled with external organizers that will welcome children from the neighborhood as well. Hopefully, this can also provide a great space for community clubs to meet or sports groups to practice.
For those enrolling their children, it can be expected that your children will greatly benefit from the human values program and the multi-smart learning platform which incorporates the arts, music, drama, dance, self-development, logic, language and people skills with all the core subjects. Importantly for parents, the school is offering a significant Founder’s discount on the first three years for those enrolling in the opening year. Get more information on their website: http://www.sunmarkedubai.com
We look forward to a fruitful relationship between Sunmarke and the community for mutual enrichment.
Sunmarke school is holding a “Meet n’ Greet” session at the Milestone Cafe in JVT on Wednesday 16th December 2015 from 9am – 11am.
Mr. Harvey Trump, Head of Secondary – Fortes Education will be available to answer all your queries.
Please RSVP your attendance to the school by filling out this short form:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/FortesHoldings/SunmarkeMeetNGreetAtMilestoneCafeJVT
As the JVT Blogger, I wanted to find out more about the new Arcadia Preparatory School set to open in September 2016. I’m sure that many parents of young children are very curious to know their plans. I caught up recently with Kephren Sherry, Head of Infants and part of the Executive team setting up the school. Here is what I learned.
The school will be offering the English National Curriculum and caters for pupils from 3-11 years in age. In the first year, the school will open with Foundation Stage 1 through Year 4 building up to a number of four classes in each year. They will add Year 5 and 6 classes progressively and I noted on their website that Arcadia is planning a secondary school by September 2019 (subject to KHDA approval). It’s expected that this will be located in close proximity to the primary school.
Kephren tells me that the school will offer top class learning facilities including state of the art ICT facilities, purpose built rooms for specialism teachers and unique programmes such as English as an Additional Language classes. They are currently recruiting highly qualified staff in teaching roles and are promising a student classroom size of 25 learners with the overall school pupil/teacher ration being set for around 1:10. Purpose built staff accommodation is also planned near the school, which will mean that teachers can live within the community and be an active part of everyday life. “Our intention really is to create a community school in the heart of JVT,” Kephren says. “Teachers will also feel the benefits of having such a short distance to travel to school!”
Work in progress
When I asked how the school intends to manage the drop-off and pick-up traffic around the area, I learned that plans are being discussed to minimise the impact on neighbours and to keep the children safe from passing cars at these critical times.
Their website already contains a wealth of information about class timings, uniform requirements, admissions process and importantly fees! Visit: http://www.arcadia.sch.ae
The school will be planning a community event later this month. We’ll be sure to inform you when we learn the date and venue.
Getting ready for September opening!
Anyone know more about the two schools being built? Do share !!
Here is info on one of the school sent in by a reader:
Might be a primary school called Arcadia Primary set to open Sept 2016. Info found is unclear. Anyone with more info, do let us know!
New school near Limitless
School construction at end of main park.
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recent reading by the JVT Book Club
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