High School Curriculum
Curriculum and learning resources have been carefully selected to provide the most accessible but comprehensive learning environments in different areas of the school.
Our High School programme comprises days that are divided into nine periods of forty minutes each. The day begins with Form Class Registration with a regular Form Teacher at 07:40.
Lessons begin at 07:50. Students move from the Form Classroom, in turn, to the classroom of each teacher who is timetabled to teach them that day. Each student is required to carry the books and materials required for the first set of lessons while the rest of their belongings are locked away in a personally assigned locker. The requirements for lessons later in the day are collected from lockers at break and lunch times.
In Grades 7 - 9 students are divided into four mixed ability sections for Form Class registration and the majority of teaching and practical subjects. Where a range of language proficiencies demand, students may be taught in five or six sections in Arabic and French lessons. Students are also grouped by ability for Mathematics.
In Grades 10, 11, 12 and 13 students are also accommodated in four mixed ability sections for Form Class registration and compulsory subjects. However, when they disperse for subjects they have chosen from an option block, the number of sections and group sizes will vary.
All students are required to be punctual at all times and to be adequately prepared for lessons. Our dress code is clearly communicated and the uniform is easy to wear. Our school rules are few. Recognition is given to students for integrity, organisation, helpfulness, excellence and effort. Students who disobey school rules and classroom rules and infringe on the rights of others are dealt with fairly and swiftly.
Break, lunchtime and after school activities are well supervised. During the cooler months, students are encouraged to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine while in the hot months they are accommodated inside air- conditioned buildings.
Parents are required to provide a snack and drink for the morning break and additional food for students who attend afternoon activities. Full canteen services are available to students during the lunchtime. Healthy cooked meals snacks and drinks are sold at a reasonable cost.
All students have access to a wide variety of extra-curricula activities of a sporting, cultural and social nature and are expected to engage in at least one per term. Fieldtrips (locally, regionally and overseas) are also available to all students, providing that parents cover any costs involved and the student is deemed to be safe and fit to undertake the trip.
A High School Counsellor takes care of the social and emotional needs of students in Life skills classes, and maintains an open door policy for walk-in advice and as part of a referral process by teachers or parents.
An English Second Language unit is able to assist a limited number of students during the school day when students are referred for additional English instruction - occasionally some learning support is available for students whose learning difficulties may have been diagnosed later in their schooling. We do stress, however, that such support is limited.
A fully-fledged High School Library and Media Centre is available for student and staff use during class time, during lunch time and after school. The facility is used for timetabled and open instruction and research.
High School lessons end at 14:50 and a further hour is dedicated to extra curricular activities which end at 16:00. A privately operated bus service provides transport to and from school at additional cost.
Our curricula are varied, for we are mindfully aware of the need to prepare students for repatriation and study in further countries.
At EIS-Meadows we recognise the need to step beyond the boundaries of pure knowledge - to equip our students with the skill to apply knowledge and understand diversity and options in all aspects of work and life is the underlying aim in the classroom. Personal academic excellence is encouraged in each child.