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Our Own English High School – for Girls
Programs and prices, tuition fees in Our Own English High School – for Girls
Kindergarten
- Age: from 4 to 6 years.
The kindergarten program has been specifically designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn and explore using a curriculum that fosters the development of school vision, GEMS philosophy, and international thinking. The focus of the kindergarten's activities is on developing skills that lay a solid foundation for future learning.
Primary School
- Age: from 6 to 11 years.
Elementary classes are formative years when students begin to search for themselves. Therefore, the purpose of primary school is to educate children in all aspects of their lives: spiritual, moral, cognitive, emotional, creative, aesthetic, social and physical. The curriculum incorporates child-centered principles that lead to holistic and interdisciplinary learning. The faculty offers a range of study tasks suitable for students with different levels of development. It highlights the importance of literacy, accountability and language, while responding to the changing needs for science and technology, social, personal and health education and citizenship.
Continuous assessment is an integral part of the system and is carried out to test the knowledge, understanding and skills acquired by each child. Assessments are conducted at regular intervals during the school year and are part of regular interactions in the classroom. Parents regularly receive feedback and up-to-date information about their child's development and progress, and a partnership between school and home is encouraged that contributes significantly to each child's success.
Middle class
- Age: from 11 to 16 years.
This is the culminating stage of secondary education, in which students prepare for high school. Classroom instruction is complemented by laboratory work, audiovisual lessons and student-led research. Seminars and master classes conducted by professionals from various academic and professional fields are organized in order to help students narrow down their choices to the area they would like to pursue.
Students are encouraged to take part in a variety of extracurricular activities, including public speaking, debates, quizzes, essay writing, and so on. Students also get the opportunity to become a part of the school magazine Strides. As part of the school's commitment to developing confident and dynamic student leaders, a system has been developed to select from a large group of capable and responsible students. Student leaders are mandated to enforce discipline, assist in the organization of school activities, and liaise between the student community and school administration.
Senior Classes
- Age: from 16 to 18 years.
Seniors are becoming more specialized, with students focusing on possible career choices to prepare for higher education and the professional world.
This is the Plus Two stage in the 10+2 education scheme leading to the All India High School Certificate Exam administered by the Central Board of Secondary Education in New Delhi. Students prepare for the CBSE Grade XII Board exams in a comprehensive learning environment.
Description of Our Own English High School – for Girls
- Age of students: from 4 to 17 years,
- Location: Sharjah, UAE,
- Founded: 1982 year,
- Type of institution: private school,
- Language of instruction: English,
- Type: separate.
Founded in 1982, Our Own English High School – Girls provides high-quality education to girls from kindergarten to grade 12. Over the years, the school has experienced a phenomenal leap in terms of size, infrastructure, and student enrollment. 37 years of effort and commitment to excellence have transformed the school into one of the largest in the fraternity of the Global Education Governance System (GEMS). The school is a member of the Central Board of Secondary Education (New Delhi, India).
Attention to personal growth and physical development in the form of sports and extracurricular activities, combined with academic training, creates an ideal ground for children's development, where individuality is respected, diversity is accepted and no effort is spared to ensure that its graduates become self-confident and successful citizens of the world.
The teaching staff of Our Own English High School consists of a team of highly qualified and professional staff who, in addition to their academic qualifications, are chosen for their dedication to their profession and proven abilities to create a motivational atmosphere.
Educational process
The school strives to provide a stimulating environment so that each child's energy is directed in the right direction. One can count on a very intensive and challenging academic program that ensures that all students become critically thinking, active problem-solvers, inquisitive readers, diligent researchers, and even writers.
Scientific achievements
- Sharjah Award for Excellence in Education – 26th Session of the School Category for 2019–2020,
- Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence in the Outstanding School and Administration category for 2016–2017,
- Generation Global Bronze Award in 2015-2016,
- Generation Global Gold Award 2017–2018 for teaching the next generation an open-minded approach to others through diversity and difference,
- The Green Flag Award four years in a row since 2014 from ECAT (Emirates Center for Arab Towns), an international non-governmental organization that promotes sustainable development through environmental education,
- The prestigious Sheikh Hamdan Award and the Sharjah Distinguished Achievement Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence. The global presence can be measured by the number of students pursuing higher education at prestigious universities around the world.
Activities Our Own English High School – for Girls
Students are encouraged to participate in a variety of extracurricular activities outside the classroom, including arts and culture, science, and sports.
The school in Sharjah offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, including:
- Painting on fabric with acrylic paints,
- Calligraphy
- Clay sculpting,
- Creating portraits in masks,
- Collages.
To help students increase their confidence and self-esteem, understand themselves, the school provides ample opportunities for students in areas such as:
- Musical drama,
- Impromptu creative writing,
- Discussion music concerts,
- "First aid" for an entrepreneur.
The school holds regular activities at the inter-school level. Some of the competitions are held in public speaking, debate, reading, dramatic art, quizzes, essay writing, music.
The school offers a well-balanced and graduated physical education program that instills team spirit and fosters healthy competition. Special training is offered in various games to solve problems in inter-school and intra-school tournaments:
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Athletics
- Table tennis
- Badminton
- Chess
- Carrom.
Advantages
- The average score for the school is 90.6%,
- 60.96% of students score 90% or higher for exams,
- 26 students receive an A1 grade in all five examination subjects,
- Since 2001, the school has consistently achieved 100% CBSE results for both grades 10 and 12, and to date has a consistent list of the best.
Facilities and equipment at Our Own English High School – for Girls
The school has everything you need for effective and comfortable learning:
- Auditoriums and theatre,
- Basketball courts,
- Bookshop
- Playground and sports ground/fields,
- Indoor sports hall,
- Library
- Medical Center,
- Performing Arts Center/Studios,
- School canteen,
- Own transport,
- Scientific laboratories,
- Safe campus,
- Technological laboratories,
- Tennis court,
- Uniform store.
Entry requirements, how to apply, what is required to enrol
- 2 copies of the student's passport with a valid UAE visa,
- 4 recent passport size photos and 2 mini photos for travel card,
- 2 photocopies of birth certificate in English or Arabic,
- Copy of the child's vaccination card/Copy of the medical record from the previous school,
- A copy of the original scorecard for the last exam taken at the previous school.
Institution on the map
Residence permits, citizenship and other services
- Guardianship services during the studies
- Student supervision
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Recommendations on when to apply
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