Arabic Curriculum

The Arabic curriculum for Kids aims for students to develop a love for Arabic! We follow a learner-centred curriculum approach where children’s interests, motivations and learning styles are at the heart of everything we do.

Speaking and Listening in Arabic

Oral language is fundamental to learning. From the first days in school, speaking and listening play a large part of a child’s experience in all curriculum areas and teachers plan for a wide range of oracy experiences. Students have a range of planned oracy experiences, which are planned across the whole curriculum. These activities include: – Structured play activities; – Drama; – Listening to and telling stories; – Paired/collaborative activities; – Extra-curricular and cultural experiences.

Writing in Arabic

Writing is taught through a combination of structured tasks and student-initiated activities. Writing for a purpose is at the heart of instruction. Shared Writing supports the oral construction of sentences, demonstrates use of letter forms in different positions within a word, models use of tanween and the connecting hamzat, with adults modelling and developing language, modelling correct grammar, and asking open-ended questions to encourage further thinking and discussion. Independent Writing is encouraged across the whole age range by providing a range of meaningful purposes to write.