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Curriculum Overview

At Dewvale School, we believe that education is the cornerstone of a thriving society and the foundation for developing caring, responsible global citizens. We follow the CBSE -Central Board of Secondary Education curriculum fortified with international best practices. Our curriculum is thoughtfully designed to inspire and challenge young minds, fostering a love for learning that extends beyond the classroom.

Guided by our vision to create and nurture global citizens, we strive to provide a holistic education that embraces both local and international values. Our mission is to inspire and challenge our students through innovative teaching methods, research, and entrepreneurship, ensuring they are well-prepared for the complexities of the 21st century.

Our curriculum is structured to:

  • Promote Academic Excellence: We offer a broad range of subjects that cater to the diverse interests and abilities of our students, ensuring a strong academic foundation.

  • Encourage Critical Thinking: Through inquiry-based learning and hands-on experiences, students are encouraged to think critically and creatively, preparing them for future challenges.

  • Foster Personal Development:
    We prioritise the personal growth of our students, promoting values such as respect, empathy, and resilience, which are essential for their development as global citizens.

  • Support Well-Being: Our commitment to promoting a healthy lifestyle is embedded in our curriculum, with programmes focused on diet, fitness, and mental well-being.

Join us on this exciting educational journey as we empower our students to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens of the world. Together, we can inspire a brighter future for our community and beyond.

Welcome to The Foundation Years at Dewvale School Dubai

The Early Years are a crucial time in a child’s development and it is important that they are provided with a nurturing and stimulating environment. Children’s training in the early years goes a long way towards preparing them for academic and life tasks they are required to master later. We expose our Kindergarteners to rich experiences in learning that prepare them well for years of schooling that lie ahead.

Our Kindergarten Programme focuses on creating a secure, stimulating, and nurturing learning environment, in which our students can develop through structured play activities, practical art and craft, games, interaction, and imaginative play.

Intellectual growth is also encouraged through sharing stories and discussion, writing, number games, observation, and scientific experiences. Throughout the Kindergarten stage, we keep our parents closely involved and assessment is conducted throughout the year.

Features of the Curriculum

    • Theme-based learning as part of the curriculum integrated into the curriculum to enhance engagement and understanding.

    • Learning Centers where developmental and foundational skills are acquired through observations, construction, pretend play, reading and art.

    • Learning Centers are planned to focus on developing children’s enthusiasm for lifelong learning based on seven areas of learning Communication and Language, Personal Social and Emotional, Physical Development, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World, Expressive Art and Design

    • Circle Time is planned to encourage social interaction, listening, conversing, feeling, thinking, empathy and patience.

    • Supervised Play and Field Trips to energise children in a healthy, stimulating outdoor environment.

    • Guest lectures and Parent Participation

      • Learning A to Z

      • First In Math

      • Life Skills Lab

      • Learning Corners to provide opportunities for free flow play

      • Annual Day

      • Sports Day

      • Field Trips

      • Arabic Language sessions

      • ICT

      • Music

      • PE

      • Dance

      • Swimming

      • Physical/Motor skills

      • Personal, Social, Emotional skills

      • Language skills

      • Numeracy skills

      • Creative skills

      • Knowledge & Understanding of the world

      • Play-based, hands-on and experiential learning

Welcome to the Primary Years at Dewvale School Dubai

Grade 1-5

Inspired by the Experiential Learning and Visible Thinking approach

The Dewvale primary curriculum aims to provide a broad and profound learning experience and encourages a rich variety of approaches to teaching and learning that cater to the different needs of individual children. The primary curriculum is designed to nurture the child in all dimensions of his or her life—spiritual, moral, cognitive, emotional, imaginative, aesthetic, social and physical, in a diverse and intellectually stimulating environment. The primary curriculum is planned carefully and progressively, so that there is coherence and full coverage of all aspects of the transition stage from KG to lower primary. The curriculum is designed to meet the UAE National Agenda Parameters and the structure of the CBSE Curriculum is embedded and established well with international elements for a smooth transition of students to the upper primary. A problem-based learning approach with meaningful cross curricular connections makes learning deeply engaging and life-long.

We aim at the holistic development of students through joyful learning techniques that extend learning beyond the classrooms. Students are guided and trained to acquire 21st Century Learning Skills. They are exposed to challenging and differentiated learning experiences which nurture critical thinking, problem-solving, reasoning, and decision-making skills. During Primary School, we embrace the students’ innate inquisitive nature to develop their basic skills through first-hand experiences. They are encouraged to question, explore, apply, and test what they know, whilst treating each other with respect and developing the beginnings of social etiquette.

The wide range of extra-curricular activities and wellness programmes ensures the all-round development of the child’s personality and develops the awareness of the global needs and competencies pertaining to self and community. It also creates an enthusiastic and happy learning environment in the primary classrooms.

Subjects in the Primary:

      • Arabic

      • Islamic Studies/ Moral Science

      • English

      • Mathematics

      • EVS

      • MSCS (Moral, Social and Cultural Studies)

      • Second Language (Hindi/Malayalam/French)
      • Art
      • Physical Education
      • Music
      • Drama
      • STEAM
      • ICT
Music, Art, Dance, and Physical Education classes are integrated into the timetable to make sure that latent talent is developed. Personalized and self-paced learning are the key features at Dewvale. This is achieved by a well-balanced innovative timetable consisting of TACT time, Learning by Doing, a Recap Session, and Free Learning Space. Making thinking visible at all levels in the school has been one of the key focus areas of our teaching and learning.

      • Provides a fine balance of scholastic and co-scholastic skills

      • Skill-based, child-centered and experiential

      • Structured progression of scholastic skills for smooth transition

      • Learning Corners to provide opportunities for free flow play

      • Meets the National Agenda targets and complies with the statutory requirements of CBSE and MOE

      • Promotes independent learning & learning beyond the classroom

      • Meets individual needs & offers appropriate challenge

      • Learning Beyond Boundaries

      • Little Entrepreneurs

      • Mind Blogger

      • Train your Brain

      • Financial literacy

      • Science spell bee

      • WAGOLL

      • Guided Reading
      • Dewvale Innovates
      • Scinovation
      • SLC (Student Led Conference )
      • Math Rockstar
      • Budding Authors Programme

      • Commendation Certificate for Academic Excellence

      • Appreciation Certificate

      • Star of the Section

      • General Proficiency for Academic Excellence (Grade 4 & 5)

      • All Rounder Award (Grade 4 & 5)

At Dewvale, we develop students’ abilities and academic success necessary to access new opportunities, whether through mentoring, enrichment, or individualised learning. Our dedicated staff delivers the programmes in an environment that is intimate, friendly, and attuned to every specific educational need through a holistic approach.

Welcome to the Middle sCHOOL at Dewvale School Dubai

Grades 6 to 7

In the Middle School years, the fundamental element of our students’ education is to prepare them for life outside of school. All aspects of the CBSE Curriculum are taught, providing a holistic educational experience as well as a diverse range of skills and experiences allowing students to further develop their love of learning, which is a wide-ranging, skills-based curriculum designed to allow students to apply their skills and knowledge to real life scenarios. The curriculum is enhanced and extended through research work, independent and collaborative learning. It focuses on supporting students to develop the understanding and skills they require to make healthy and safe choices that will enhance their own and others’ health and wellbeing. We foster complex reasoning skills that are crucial to thriving in High School.
In these years, learning and teaching lay emphasis on intellectual challenge and encourages students to make connections between what they do in school and the world beyond the classroom
Subjects in the Middle SchooL

      • Arabic

      • Islamic Studies/ Moral Science

      • English

      • Mathematics

      • Science

      • MSCS (Moral, Social and Cultural Studies)
        Second Language (Hindi/Malayalam/French)

      • Art
      • Physical Education
      • Music
      • Drama
      • STEAM
      • ICT
Music, Art, Dance, and Physical Education classes are integrated into the timetable to make sure that latent talent is developed. Personalized and self-paced learning are the key features at Dewvale. This is achieved by a well-balanced innovative timetable consisting of TACT time, Learning by Doing, a Recap Session, and Free Learning Space. Making thinking visible at all levels in the school has been one of the key focus areas of our teaching and learning.

      • Inspires students to be creative, vibrant and dynamic.

      • Complies with statutory NCERT requirements, CBSE framework & KHDA/MOE directives

      • Promotes moral, cultural, social and physical development of young adolescents.Learning Corners to provide opportunities for free flow play

      • Strives to develop the 4Cs – Collaboration, Communication, Creativity and Critical thinking.

      • Well-being Activities (My Wellbeing My Way)

      • Student Support Programme (LEAP)

      • Digital Citizenship Programme

      • Reading Activities (Read and Lead, Readtheory, Raz Plus)

      • SAZ Plus

      • Sustainability Club

      • Spellathon

      • Dance
      • Think, Prepare and Talk
      • Sports Activities
      • Learning Beyond Boundaries (LBB)
      • PASS – Peer Mentoring Programme
      • Train Your Brain
      • Skill-sharing Programme (Reflection Period) by student leaders
      • Field Trips
      • Art
      • Music / Choir
      • Physical Education
      • ICT

      • Engage and Enlighten – Experience a Profession While in School – specially designed for the students of Grade 7

      • A Genius Within – A unique programme for high achievers

      • CBSE approved Skill Courses for Grades 6-7 – Financial Literacy, Design Thinking &Innovation & Tourism

                  Appreciation and Awards

      • Commendation Certificate for Academic Excellence

      • Appreciation Certificate

      • Star of the Section

      • General Proficiency for Academic Excellence

      • All Rounder Award

At Dewvale, we develop students’ abilities and academic success necessary to access new opportunities, whether through mentoring, enrichment, or individualised learning. Our dedicated staff delivers the programmes in an environment that is intimate, friendly, and attuned to every specific educational need through a holistic approach.