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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
Dear GPES Families,
Let me extend a very warm welcome filled with excitement, enthusiasm, and delight to all our existing and prospective parents for a new academic year as the Principal of Key Stages 2 and 3.
Our priority is to provide a safe, secure, healthy, productive, and engaging learning environment, an environment that is inclusive yet challenging for all our students who are all unique in their own way, and who thrive as active contributors to our rich, vibrant, and diverse school community.
Our educational vision is to foster a passion for learning, develop forward-thinking, build balanced character, raise responsible citizens, and prepare them for tomorrow’s opportunities by providing them with a rigorous and joyful inclusive school environment that will pave the way to a brighter future and ensure a lifetime love for learning.
I believe that students are at the core of all school-related decisions, and creating a school culture that fosters respect, trust, responsibility, fairness, and trustworthiness is our main objective to encourage our students to reach their full potential and achieve their future aspirations.
Building and maintaining positive relationships with our parents is at the core of my educational philosophy, and the home-school dynamic is a crucial piece of helping to prepare students for their future which fulfills the needs of each and every student at its core.
As a professional learning community, we are committed to providing challenging yet attainable educational opportunities and high academic standards for all our students every single day through providing a nurturing environment that encourages curiosity and a lifelong love for learning. At GPES, we are ably supported by a highly experienced, dedicated, and qualified team of teachers, each of which has transformed their areas of excellence and responsibility to raise high expectations for every student in the school. Our teachers will work together to ensure that the curriculum and the quality of teaching meet the needs of all students and, challenges them to learn to their fullest potential with a holistic approach based on a growth mindset and values-based education leading to a proficient continuously learning community. Life at GPES is a valuable journey for all our students and the ample experiences they will gain have a long-lasting impact academically and socially. At our core is a focus on high performance where everyone matters, everyone succeeds and no one is left behind. Once again a heartfelt welcome goes out to our students, teachers, existing and prospective parents. With immense pleasure and on behalf of GPES family, we do cherish our partnership and collaboration to the success and development of our future leaders. We treasure your care as well as your concerns through our open-door policy. Your positive and constructive feedback is always of great value. Let’s make it together a meaningful learning journey!
Kind Regards,
Rima Tawakul
At Global Paradigm English School, we strive to differentiate and personalize every child’s learning experience, as we are strong believers that no two pupils are the same. Therefore, we aim to incorporate learning resources that caters every child’s needs, whether they are auditory, visual, or kinaesthetic learners.
GPES passionate and expert teachers are recruited for their ability to create the leaders of tomorrow and guide every pupil to achieve their maximum potential. Our team of teachers and administrators, constantly works together to continually adapt the curriculum, so it is tailored to cater every pupil’s unique and individualized way of learning. Furthermore, our small class ratio, allows teachers to build a one-on-one bond with pupils, encouraging them to make exceptional progress as they learn.
All learning concepts are introduced with the consideration of building and practicing key life skills. Some of those skills include critical thinking, problem solving, reasoning, analysis, effective communication, application of learned content and real world understanding.
Cambridge curriculum Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary programmes include curricula for English, Mathematics and Science, and Global Perspectives. Cambridge curriculum frameworks reflect the teaching targets for each year group and provide comprehensive learning objectives.
The learning objectives provide a structure for teaching and learning and a reference against which learners’ ability and understanding can be checked.
Cambridge Primary Key Stage 2 (8-11 years old)
Cambridge Primary is organized into six stages. It develops the skills, knowledge and understanding that will prepare learners for a smooth transition to Cambridge Lower Secondary.
Key Stage 2 syllabus is a four-year programme during which teachers introduce students to advanced levels of skills in all subject areas. Students completing Year 6 of Key Stage 2 are also assessed via the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint examinations, following which they are rewarded with a certification of achievement.
We aim to develop students’ critical thinking, analytical skills and the ability to communicate ideas effectively. Most subjects are taught by homeroom teachers. We aim to develop students’ critical thinking, analytical skills and the ability to communicate ideas effectively.
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Cambridge Lower Secondary Key Stage 3 (11-14 years)
Cambridge Lower Secondary develops the skills, knowledge and understanding that will prepare learners for a smooth transition to Cambridge Upper Secondary. All students follow a set, broad and balanced curriculum across Years 7, 8 and 9.
The curriculum broadly follows the English National Curriculum but is adapted for our multi-lingual, international context. A core examined programme of English, Mathematics and Science is taught to all students across Key Stages 3. All subjects are taught by specialist teachers.
The major emphasis in these years is on the transition into the senior school and the development of key skills required for successful completion of Key Stages 4 and 5.
Our KS3 students enjoy a greater level of independence and a wider range of subject specialists to lead their learning. We aim to develop students’ critical thinking, analytical skills and the ability to communicate ideas effectively.