The school broadly follows the National Curriculum of England, with all teaching carried out in English (except Arabic, Quran and French lessons).
Primary education is based around the class teacher who takes his / her group of children for the majority of the school day, covering all the main subject areas. This enables the teacher to closely monitor the progress of individual children, building a special relationship with them over the year.
We reinforce this by using specialist teaching for certain subjects, such as Arabic, Quran, Music, French and Science.
For a small number of activities, such as reading groups and mental maths, we pool students across the year group. This allows them to be grouped by ability, with each group progressing at its own pace.
I am pleased to be starting my second year as academic Principal at Qatar International School.
This school has a tradition of providing a high...
